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                                                    Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     3d6 Psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is dominated by the sword, as if by the Dominate Monster spell, and the sword demands blood. The spell effect ends when the sword’s demand is met
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ). The chamberlain releases spores that burst out in a cloud that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on it, and the cloud lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood creature in the cloud when it
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of indefinite madness (determined by rolling on the Madness of Zuggtmoy table in appendix D) that lasts until the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     10-foot-radius sphere centered on it, and the cloud lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on it, and the cloud lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 10 Constitution
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     discharges their lightning breath, thousands of gray, parasitic blood worms can be seen writhing inside their mouths. Targeting the behir with magic that removes a disease kills off its blood parasites.Lightning
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     throw at the start of each of the behir's turns or be feasted upon by blood parasites, taking 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Swallow","rollDamageType":"necrotic
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zuggtmoy has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Zuggtmoy’s weapon attacks are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     nightmare about losing blood. Its coloration and shape resemble those of the beholder that dreamed it into existence, but its hue is more muted, and instead of magical eye rays, it has ten long
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Blood", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     been. A redcap’s desire to slay is rooted in its will to survive.
VARIANT: MADCAPS
A madcap is a redcap that soaks its hat in demon ichor instead of blood. Contact with demon ichor makes the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"3d10+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ironbound Pursuit","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.A redcap is a homicidal fey creature born of blood lust
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of existence, such as Carceri, where they are a menace. Each vargouille carries a disease that creates more of its kind; a flock of vargouilles on the wing is a plague of chaos and evil.
Swarms of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     away from the body in a fountain of blood, becoming another vargouille, which often then eagerly laps up the blood spilling from its former body. Sunlight or the brilliant illumination of a daylight
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is missing any of its hit points, it instead takes 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Nosferatu Bite"} days.
Blood Disgorge (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Disgorge"}. The nosferatu vomits blood
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , instead of a bipedal vegepygmy. Thornies are less intelligent than other vegepygmies, but they are larger and more ferocious and have thorn-covered bodies.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     myconid adult;myconid adults, shrieker;shriekers, and violet fungus;violet fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual).
Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood, vegepygmies can absorb
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the necrichor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. Unless its lifeless remains are splashed with Holy Water (flask);holy water or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the necrichor’s next turn.
Blood Puppeteering (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     with creatures such as myconid adult;myconid adults, shrieker;shriekers, and violet fungus;violet fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual).
Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     poison or cures disease kills the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zuggtmoy fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zuggtmoy has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     within the lair. They vanish after 1 hour.
Unleash Spores. Zuggtmoy uses either her Infestation Spores or her Mind Control Spores, centered on a mushroom or other fungus within her lair, instead of on
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual).
Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood, vegepygmies can absorb nutrients from soil and many sorts of organic matter, so they rarely go
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Any magic that neutralizes poison or cures disease kills the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Immutable Form. Elise is immune to any spell or effect that would alter her form.
Lightning Absorption. Whenever Elise is subjected to lightning damage, she takes no damage and instead
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     stitching itself into place if positioned in a cavity where the creature’s heart used to be. A creature with the device inside them is immune to disease, ceases to age, and does not die of old age
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect poison and disease, druidcraft
2/day each: enlarge/reduce, speak with plants
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                                                     interfere with the goings-on of the faerie court. Instead, treefolk serve as guardians and shepherds of their wild groves, dispensing wisdom and blessings to travelers who wander under their branches
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.A troll that survives massive doses of poison might transform into a venom troll. Lingering poison infuses the troll’s blood and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ;rot trolls, spirit troll;spirit trolls, and venom trolls that follow are especially likely to arise when trolls regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Evasion. If the dolgaunt is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, the dolgaunt instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     number of hit points equal to half the necrotic damage taken.Dolgaunts are emaciated hobgoblins with disease-hued flesh. Their eye sockets gape open and empty above a mouth with a wormlike tongue
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the amalgam fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The amalgam has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     troll amalgam.
Trolls
The dwarven tale titled The Saga of Gnarldan Steelshield claims the god Vaprak the Destroyer came into being when Annam was injured and his blood spilled on the ground. The
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     require some sort of blood sacrifice, and their effects are usually transformative. For example, some Black Raven shamans know a ritual that allows them to hatch giant ravens from normal raven eggs, and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , dybbuks appear as translucent flying jellyfish, trailing long tentacles as they move through the air. They rarely travel in this fashion, however. Instead, a dybbuk possesses a suitable corpse as a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     vehicle, rousing the body from death. Dybbuks delight in terrorizing other creatures by making their host bodies behave in horrifying ways—throwing up gouts of blood, excreting piles of squirming
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ", "rollAction":"Death Ray", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target instead takes 64
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     disease and decay brings out similar characteristics in the creature’s swampy habitat. Such a wetland becomes gloomy, tangled, and more fetid than it was before. Beneficial qualities of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     a barrowghast. Though it looks like little more than an animated corpse, a barrowghast is filled with necrotic energy and driven by spite and malice. Its blood is a thick and toxic ichor that gives
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the barrowghast a noxious stench.
Barrowghasts no longer hunger for physical food and instead crave life energy drained from living creatures. They often target former family members and allies, but
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Aura of Blood Thirst. If the flind isn’t incapacitated, any creature that has Rampage can make a Bite attack as a bonus action while within 10 feet of the flind.Multiattack. The flind makes one
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the flind, within its reach. If there’s no creature within reach, the target instead moves half its speed in a random direction.
Flail of Pain. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . To do so, you cast the spell while holding the gem. The spell is stored in the gem instead of having any effect. Casting the spell must require either 1 action or 1 minute or longer, and the spell
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
Spell Gem (Quartz);Quartz
Rare
13
+5
3rd
Spell Gem (Bloodstone);Blood Stone
Rare
15
+7
4th
Spell Gem (Amber);Amber
Very rare
15
+9
5th
Spell Gem (Jade);Jade
Very rare
17
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Illmarrow fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Illmarrow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     island domain.
Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol — a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death — was engaged in secret blood rites
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Goose Mother fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Multiple Heads. The Goose Mother has five heads. Whenever the Goose Mother takes 25 or more
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Goose Mother is real.
Centuries ago, an enterprising witch created a frothy stew composed of hydra’s blood and goose feathers. It is from this noxious slurry that the Goose Mother was born. Within
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Acidic Blood. When Polukranos takes piercing or slashing damage, each creature within 5 feet of Polukranos takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acidic Blood
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
Hold Breath. Polukranos can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Polukranos fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Multiple
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     with their jaws to extract mineral sustenance. They can also digest iron from blood and marrow, if mineral-rich rock is unavailable.
The Netherese sent the thaluud into the Underdark to exterminate
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     they acquire, instead choosing to protect and venerate such items. Tappers spend their long lives in the search for the source of all magic, which they believe to be hidden deep in the Underdark. They
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , mirror image, mislead, raise dead, teleport, wall of fire
1/day each: imprisonment, meteor swarm
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bel fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     oversees the forges that furnish weapons and armor for the Blood War. Though Asmodeus has instructed Zariel to accept Bel as her advisor, Bel and Zariel loathe each other and invent distractions to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Orcus fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Orcus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     known as the Blood Lord. While he takes pleasure in the sufferings of the living, he far prefers the company and service of Undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     succeeds on this saving throw automatically if Bael wishes it or if he is incapacitated.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bael fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ). Bael makes one Hellish Morningstar attack.With the Blood War between devils and demons raging for eons and no end in sight, opportunities abound for ambitious archdevils to win fame, glory, and power
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     frightened condition.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Kas fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. Kas regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn if he has at least 1
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     blood to sow terror rather than for sustenance. If destroyed, Kas revives in 1d100;{"diceNotation":"1d100", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Strength of the Night"} nights in an unoccupied space in
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zariel has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Regeneration. Zariel regains 20 hit points at the start of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with watching the tides of the Blood War, Zariel succumbed to the corrupting influence of the Nine Hells and fell from grace. Asmodeus admired Zariel’s passion for war and offered her rulership of
                                                
                                            
                                        






