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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
While wearing this pendant, you gain the following benefits.
Life Preservation. Whenever you make a Death Saving Throw, you can change a roll of 9 or lower to a 10, turning a failed save into a
successful one.
Natural Healing Boost. Whenever you roll a Hit Point Die to regain Hit Points, double the number of Hit Points it restores.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with all its
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Core Monk Traits
Primary Ability
Dexterity and Wisdom
Hit Point Die
D8 per Monk level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Strength and Dexterity
Skill Proficiencies
Choose 2
power. Different Monks conceptualize this power in various ways: as breath, energy, life force, essence, or self, for example. Whether channeled as a striking display of martial prowess or as a subtler
Spells
Player’s Handbook
after yours and acts independently, focusing on protecting you.
Disappearance of the Steed. The steed disappears if it drops to 0 Hit Points or if you die. When it disappears, it leaves behind
1 mile (works only with you)
CR None (XP 0; PB equals your Proficiency Bonus)
Traits
Life Bond. When you regain Hit Points from a level 1+ spell, the steed regains the same number of Hit Points if
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Core Paladin Traits
Primary Ability
Strength and Charisma
Hit Point Die
D10 per Paladin level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Wisdom and Charisma
Skill Proficiencies
Choose 2
definition, the life of a Paladin is an adventuring life, for every Paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against annihilation. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of a world&rsquo
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Core Bard Traits
Primary Ability
Charisma
Hit Point Die
D8 per Bard level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Dexterity and Charisma
Skill Proficiencies
Choose any 3 skills
, including performing music, working magic, and making jests.
A Bard’s life is spent traveling, gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
you draw the card or at any other time before you die.
Flames. A powerful devil becomes your enemy. The devil seeks your ruin and torments you, savoring your suffering before attempting to slay you
die. If an ally of yours deals damage to the avatar, that ally summons another Avatar of Death. The new avatar appears in an unoccupied space as close to that ally as possible and targets only that
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Core Wizard Traits
Primary Ability
Intelligence
Hit Point Die
D6 per Wizard level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Intelligence and Wisdom
Skill Proficiencies
Choose 2: Arcana
used across the multiverse.
The closest a Wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer. Other Wizards sell their services as advisers, serve in military forces, or
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Core Cleric Traits
Primary Ability
Wisdom
Hit Point Die
D8 per Cleric level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Wisdom and Charisma
Skill Proficiencies
Choose 2: History, Insight
prayers and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer Planes.
Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Core Druid Traits
Primary Ability
Wisdom
Hit Point Die
D8 per Druid level
Saving Throw Proficiencies
Intelligence and Wisdom
Skill Proficiencies
Choose 2: Animal Handling
.
Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
ft. or range 30 ft. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Burst", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Life Drain. Constitution Saving
Throw: DC 15, one creature Saidra can see within 30 feet. Failure: 28 (8d6);{"diceNotation":"8d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Drain", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage, and its
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
.
Entwined Existence. The symbiote can’t be targeted. If you die, so does your symbiote. If you are returned to life, your symbiote also revives.
Second Mind. You gain proficiency in one of the
tables in the Player’s Handbook.
Sustained Symbiosis. When you fail a saving throw, you can take a Reaction and expend one of your Hit Dice. Roll the die and add the number rolled to the
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. Wilfred makes one Object Slam attack.Lord Wilfred Godefroy rules the afterlife of all who die in Mordent. Arrogant, impatient, and vengeful, the Darklord seeks any opportunity to exert his control and
targets.
Spectral Serfs. A Humanoid that dies in Mordent rises 7 days later as a Specter under Lord Godefroy’s control, unless the Humanoid is restored to life.
If Wilfred dies, these effects end immediately.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Piercing, Slashing, Thunder
Resurrection
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its
removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its return to life.
This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal
Will-o'-Wisp
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
saving throw against this magic or die. If the target dies, the will-o'-wisp regains 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Consume Life"} hit points.
Ephemeral. The will-o'-wisp
Consume Life. As a bonus action, the will-o'-wisp can target one creature it can see within 5 feet of it that has 0 hit points and is still alive. The target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Constitution saving throw against this magic or die. If the target dies, the will-o’-wisp regains 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Consume Life"} hit points.
Ephemeral. The
Consume Life. As a bonus action, the will-o’-wisp can target one creature it can see within 5 feet of it that has 0 hit points and is still alive. The target must succeed on a DC 10
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
vegetation that thrive in the bayou. They are living examples of the conflicting forces of life and decay existing in a harmonious cycle. Flowers and other plant life grow on their backs, necks, and heads
. When these plants die, they decay and become the ideal habitat for fungi. The older a trudge is, the wilder and more varied are the plants and fungi that thrive in the tiny ecosystem on its back.
While
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
, the hydra has the prone condition, its speed is 0 and can’t increase, its heads can’t die, it has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, and it can’t take any other actions or
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
webs lie in ambush draped over plant life, wrapped around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs.
Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey
draws close, the web springs at the creature and wraps it in sticky, cord-like fibers. The web then drains its victim’s memories, sapping the creature’s life force in the process. A memory web
Gladiator
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Brave. The gladiator has advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the gladiator hits with it (included in the attack
each match as a life-or-death struggle, while others are professional duelists who command huge fees but rarely fight to the death.
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
using the dagger, the creature’s soul is imprisoned inside the dagger, and that creature can be restored to life only by a wish spell. The dagger can hold a maximum of five souls.
For each
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
The Book of Many Things
", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can
roll the prophecy die and add the number rolled to the total, potentially changing the outcome. The blessing ends after 1 hour or when the living portent ends the blessing (no action required) or uses
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when Jarund hits with it (included in the attack).Multiattack. Jarund makes three melee attacks.
Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +7
his life, and age has made him cautious. He has seen other kings and queens rise and fall, has made war with friends and peace with his enemies, and has led warriors he knew as babes to their deaths
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
you get taken prisoner by a group of sociopathic adventurers who end up letting you die after you save their sorry lives. One minute, you’re a dead goblin named Splug. And then you’re alive
. But as the point goblin for the group known as the Six (see “Factions and Rivals” in chapter 3), he’s made vengeance against Acq Inc and Omin Dran his life’s work. And then the work of his next life. And the one after that.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
ritual ends or is interrupted:
Clinging to Life. Death saving throws are made with advantage.
Grievous Wounds. Any creature that scores a critical hit rolls one additional damage die to determine
using harmful magic while on campus.
University officials believe Murgaxor began his illicit experiments with life-draining magic shortly after he enrolled as a student.
In his third year
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
can choose to succeed instead.Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation
":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the ghost regains hit points equal to half the amount of damage the target takes. The target must
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Cling to Life (Recharges after a Long Rest). The first time Zargash would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, he instead drops to 1 hit point.
Special Equipment. Zargash wears a bat
, for when I die, Orcus will transform me into a vampire.”
Ideal. “Entropy is not simply the bane of existence. It’s the doom of the multiverse. My job is to speed it along.&rdquo
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"4d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Club", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.A wood woad is a powerful bipedal Plant invested with the soul of someone who gave up life to become an
might die. If it is freed from its specific duties, a wood woad might roam to find another place of natural beauty or fey influence to watch over.
Wood woads are drawn to creatures that have close ties
Carrionette
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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
carrionette and the target die. A protection from evil and good spell cast on the controlled body drives the carrionette out and returns the consciousness of both creatures to their original bodies
. The swap is also undone if the controlled body takes damage from the carrionette’s Silver Needle.Carrionettes arise from innocent intentions. Heartfelt wishes breathe life into a beloved toy and
Oath of the Ancients
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Classes
Player’s Handbook (2014)
the side of the light in the cosmic struggle against darkness because they love the beautiful and life-giving things of the world, not necessarily because they believe in principles of honor, courage
, and justice. They adorn their armor and clothing with images of growing things—leaves, antlers, or flowers—to reflect their commitment to preserving life and light in the world
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Boon of Immortality. Endelyn is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Eclipsed Doom. Endelyn can be killed only if she is reduced to 0 hit points during a
deal.
Endelyn’s obsession with tragedy and hopelessness extends to her own life; she has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device
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
search of their severed heads or to quench their thirst for revenge.
Wicked knights or commanders in life, dullahans adhere to twisted codes of chivalry or soldiership. These fallen champions consider
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when Izek hits with it (included in the attack).Multiattack. Izek makes two attacks with his battleaxe.
Battleaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +7
into his home. I owe him my life, but he isn’t family.”
Flaw. “I would do anything, kill anything, to find my sister.”
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
cultivated over eons in the Astral Plane. Now all githyanki can use their psychic bond with that plane to access splinters of knowledge left behind by beings who travel, live, and die among the silver
rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player