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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
to your head and remains there until you die. If the eye is ever removed, you die.
Properties of the Eye. While you are attuned to the eye, your alignment is Neutral Evil, and you gain the following
. The hand grafts itself to your arm and becomes a functioning appendage. If the hand is ever removed, you die.
Properties of the Hand. When you are attuned to the hand, your alignment is Neutral Evil
Spells
Player’s Handbook
a reroll of any die roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a Wish spell could undo an ally’s failed
for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails.
The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you
Hydra
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded
, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Hold Breath. The Telepathic Pentacle can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The Telepathic Pentacle has five heads. While it has more than one head, the Telepathic Pentacle has advantage on
. If all its heads die, the Telepathic Pentacle dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Amphibious. The hydra can breathe air and water.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. Whenever the hydra takes 30 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die
points for each head regrown this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
Wakeful. While
Dullahan
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monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Headless Summoning (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dullahan is reduced to 0 hit points, it doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, it regains 97 hit points. In addition, it
summons three death's head;death's heads, one of each type, in unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of it. The death's head;death's heads are under the dullahan’s control and act immediately after the
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws
against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 35 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Multiple Heads. The dracohydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the dracohydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and
knocked unconscious.
Whenever the dracohydra takes 30 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the dracohydra dies.
At the end of its turn, the dracohydra grows two
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
decapitated.
If the zombie is reduced to 0 hit points, all parts of it die. Until then, a severed part acts on the zombie’s initiative and has its own action and movement. A severed part has AC 8. Any
turn, with disadvantage on the attack roll. Each time the zombie loses an arm, it loses a claw attack.
If its head is severed, the zombie loses its bite attack and its body is blinded unless the head
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the Goose Mother dies.
At the end of its turn, the Goose Mother grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last
turn, unless it has taken poison damage since its last turn. The Goose Mother regains 10 hit points for each head when it regrows.
Reactive Heads. For each head the Goose Mother has beyond one, it gets
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Its blade is cruelly serrated, and its hilt resembles a demonic head and wings. Whenever you slay a creature with an attack
target now has fewer than 75 hit points, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or die. If the target dies, you can’t use this property again until you finish a long rest.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Heads. Polukranos has five heads. While it has more than one head, Polukranos has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious
.
Whenever Polukranos takes 40 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, Polukranos dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost.First Form
In her first form, Auril appears as a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down
. Protruding from her feathery owl’s head is a pair of curved goat horns. A cloak and cowl made of pristine white snow conceals much of her tripartite form, which her worshipers refer to as the
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
only leader the faction has ever had. A popular Duster legend holds that other than the Lady of Pain herself, Skall is Sigil’s oldest resident, the first creature to live and die in the City of
, rasping to himself. Skall appears as little more than a floating, disembodied head and two hands, his tattered cloak fluttering behind them. Notorious among the factols of Sigil but rarely seen in the
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
his will.
Grandfather Karlov. The head of the council, who gives final approval to its decisions and breaks ties within the group, is Karlov, known as Grandfather. In life, Karlov was the greediest of
Council’s Traits
Ideal: “Influence is measured in power, status, and money, but mostly money.”
Bond: “Gather as much as you can while you can, for when you die, you will take
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
extremity.
To attune to the eye, you must gouge out your own eye and press the artifact into the empty socket. The eye grafts itself to your head and remains there until you die. Once in place, the eye
transforms into a golden eye with a slit for a pupil, much like that of a cat. If the eye is ever removed, you die.
To attune to the hand, you must lop off your left hand at the wrist and the press
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, you must place it on your head and speak a true desire of your heart. You know how to attune to the crown when you touch it.
Random Properties. The Crown of Lies has the following random properties
, the crown melds into your person and is undetectable.
Your new form lasts until you die, your attunement to the crown ends, or you use another action to transform into a different creature or your true
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
organization, but who serve as its hands, head, and heart.
As a prelude to your adventuring career (and in preparation for it), you served as an agent of a particular faction in Faerûn. You might have
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6
Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)
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Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Rolling with It Some DMs rely on die rolls for almost everything. When a character attempts a task, the DM calls for a check and picks a DC. As a DM using this style, you can’t rely on the
that anything is possible. Sure, it might seem unlikely that the party’s halfling can leap on the ogre’s back, pull a sack over its head, and then dive to safety, but with a lucky enough roll it just
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dangers of the Trial Valachan offers thousands of ways to die, and characters can encounter many of them during the Trial of Hearts, including jungle predators, animated plants, and displacer beasts
. Those who choose Kiru Island as their goal must cross treacherous waters to reach it, while those who head for the Scars must climb the towering Anquara Plateau. Additionally, each hour the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
tooth, roll a die at the end of your turn. On an even number, the tooth vanishes, and creatures appear as if you sowed the tooth, but they are hostile to you and your allies. On an odd number, the
originated, with the intention to destroy it. When planted in this way, creatures summoned are not friendly to you and do not vanish. Some of the creatures summoned merely head off in search of home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, the hydra grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken cold damage
since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
(Perception) score sees a still figure surrounded by spilled gold coins and slumped against the wall, head tilted to stare at them. Characters who investigate find a dead dwarf wearing lavish robes. Nearby
no way of learning that the dwarf was murdered by the vengeful Kala Mabarin, who got close enough to him in the crowd to poison him, then led him to the alley to die.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. Chakuna leaves those who die in the Trial of Hearts without demonstrating skill or honor dangling from the branches of her home. Pantara Lodge The Pantara Lodge rises 80 feet above the rainforest
further bloodshed. Secret doors hidden here lead to her meditation chamber and a room where the undying head of Urik von Kharkov spits curses and plots his return. Great Hall and Banquet Room. Chakuna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Mists. Chakuna swore to save her people. She entered the tournament freely, determined to turn the tables on von Kharkov or die. She vowed to sacrifice whatever it took to defeat the Darklord—but
learned quickly that it takes monstrosity to beat a monster. Chakuna found von Kharkov’s weakness, burned Castle Pantara to the ground, and kept the former Darklord’s head.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Part 3: Master of Rules Dungeons & Dragons isn’t a head-to-head competition, but it needs someone who is impartial yet involved in the game to guarantee that everyone at the table plays by the rules
and the players. A player tells the DM what he or she wants to do, and the DM determines whether it is successful or not, in some cases asking the player to make a die roll to determine success. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Demon Ichor Demon ichor is what remains behind after a demon dies. It’s a reduction of demonic blood, viscera, and bodily fluids with the consistency and odor of bile. Enough demons die in Avernus
head on the end of stalks.
11–15 The target’s hands grow claws, which can be used as daggers.
16–20 One of the target’s legs grows longer than the other, reducing its walking speed by 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
chromatic dragon’s elemental power. These gluttonous creatures’ appearance heralds disaster for any region they settle in, as they feed relentlessly—with each head demanding a feast of its own. If left
Perception 19
Languages understands Draconic but can’t speak
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Multiple Heads. The dracohydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the dracohydra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dullahan pursues it own relatives, seeking to claim a head with its family resemblance.
3 A greedy dullahan seeks to recover its bejeweled helmet, caring nothing for the head that wears it.
4
Two dullahans seek the same head, both believing they’re the actual owner.
Dullahan
Medium Undead
Armor Class 16 (breastplate)
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Nearly impossible 30 The numbers associated with these categories of difficulty are meant to be easy to keep in your head, so that you don’t have to refer to these rules every time you decide on a
ability score of 20 still needs a 19 or 20 on the die roll to succeed at a task of this difficulty. Variant: Automatic Success Sometimes the randomness of a d20 roll leads to ludicrous results. Let’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
has five heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra
takes 35 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
the room is a stuffed tiger, posed as if on the prowl. The tiger’s left ear has been torn off, leaving a jagged scar on the head. Also near the middle of the room stands a stone statue of a tiger
a silvery head.
All the items hanging on the walls are actually realistically painted stucco sculptures. If the characters investigate the calendar stone, see area 31. Creature. The statue is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
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17–20: The zombie is decapitated.
If the zombie is reduced to 0 hit points, all parts of it die. Until then, a severed part acts on the zombie’s initiative and has its own action and movement. A
one claw attack on its turn, with disadvantage on the attack roll. Each time the zombie loses an arm, it loses a claw attack.
If its head is severed, the zombie loses its bite attack and its body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Captain’s Grave Skullport was once a haven for pirates, one of whom came here to hide her treasure — only to die from a poisoned cask of ale shortly thereafter. 9a. River’s Edge This cave at the
-tall empty obsidian bottle carved in the shape of a wizard’s tower with a removable cork roof (50 gp), a pearl necklace (250 gp), and a shriveled sea elf’s head with a potion of water breathing stuffed in its mouth (with the vial’s cork sticking out).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
demon lords’ armies, serving as foot soldiers in the Abyss’s endless warring. Bulezaus crave violence. Their eagerness to kill and willingness to die make them common members of many demon lords
bulezau, for all its rage and violence, has the head of a goat. I always respond, have you met a goat? They’re stubborn, they’re vicious, and they rarely go down without bashing you several times in the