diseases instead are bearing

Zombie Clot

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

from a critical hit. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. The zombie doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The zombie makes two Slam attacks

marches, zombies might suffer all manner of trauma, potentially reducing them to masses of crawling limbs (see swarm of zombie limbs), infecting them with terrible diseases (see zombie plague spreader), or crushing an entire horde into a single, rotting titan.Poison

Storm Giant Tempest Caller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Scrying (Requires Storm Rune). The giant can use its crystal ball to cast the scrying spell (save DC 17). Storm Rune. The giant has a storm rune

inscribed on a crystal ball. While the object bearing the rune is embedded in its body, the giant can use its Tempest Call action and its Scrying trait. The object bearing the storm rune has AC 17; 50 hit

Frost Giant Ice Shaper

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Frost Rune. The giant has a frost rune inscribed on a chunk of ice or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Ice Wolves

action and Ice Armor reaction. The object bearing the rune has AC 16; 40 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end of every turn

Stone Giant Rockspeaker

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Stone Rune. The giant has a stone rune inscribed on a mineral object in its possession. While

holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Prismatic Rays action. The object bearing the rune has AC 18; 30 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The

Dragonborn of Bahamut

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragonborn touches another creature within 5 feet of it. The target magically regains 40 hit points. In addition, all diseases and poisons affecting the target are removed. Radiant Breath (Recharge

one. When the dragonborn uses this action, it can choose up to three creatures in the cone. These creatures take no damage from the radiance and instead regain 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10

Zombie Plague Spreader

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. The zombie doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Viral Aura. Any creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of the

swarm of zombie limbs), infecting them with terrible diseases, or crushing an entire horde into a single, rotting titan (see zombie clot).PoisonNecrotic

Fire Giant Forgecaller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Fire Rune. The giant has a fire rune inscribed on a medallion or some other object in its

possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Magma Wave action and Furnace Armor bonus action. The object bearing the rune has AC 15; 40 hit points; and immunity to

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

urged her to seek out the Black Sword. Avarice didn’t know who or what the Black Sword was until she was approached by cultists of Levistus bearing swordlike shards of chardalyn worn as pendants

the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast. Spellbook. Avarice’s spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover

Fraz-Urb'luu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

: mirage arcane, modify memory, project image Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Fraz-Urb’luu fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Fraz-Urb’luu has

elaborate fantasies that have no bearing on reality. When I return my focus to the world, I have a hard time remembering that it was just a daydream.” 61–80 “I convince myself that

Ki-rin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the ki-rin fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The ki-rin has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

, diseases, and poisons on creatures are suppressed when those creatures are within 3 miles of the lair, unless the creatures are Aberrations, Fiends, or Undead. Safe Descents. Within 3 miles of the

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, you can use your reaction to cause them to be hit instead. You can’t use this reaction again until you finish a short or long rest. 4 The Mill Road Murders (halfling canine) 3 green hag

(rainbow-colored donkey molar) 1 unicorn The tooth has 3 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to touch a creature. The target regains 2d8 + 2 hit points, and all diseases and poisons affecting

Ki-rin Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

form, major image (6th-level version), wind walk 1/day: create food and water Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the ki-rin fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The ki

farther from the domain of a ki-rin. Curses, diseases, and poisons affecting good-aligned creatures are suppressed when those creatures are within 3 miles of the lair. A ki-rin can cast control weather

Going Mad

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

instead of the spell effects of those spells. Diseases, poisons, and planar effects such as psychic wind or the howling winds of Pandemonium can all inflict madness. Some artifacts can also break the

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Background Instead of the delegation from Mirabar, the missing caravan that drives the heroes’ initial involvement in the adventure consists of envoys from the halfling village of Ogo, bound for the

recently freed city of Tyr. The city’s new leaders hope to forge an alliance with the halflings of the Forest Ridge, and sent envoys bearing gifts and trade goods to the village of Ogo; a party of

Giant Rat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

) piercing damage. VARIANT: DISEASED GIANT RATS Some giant rats carry vile diseases that they spread with their bites. A diseased giant rat has a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP) and the following

action instead of its normal bite attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 10

Dragonborn of Bahamut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the dragonborn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Actions Multiattack. The dragonborn makes three Longsword

flare in this way only once per turn. Healing Touch (1/Day). The dragonborn touches another creature within 5 feet of it. The target magically regains 40 hit points. In addition, all diseases and

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death. Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who

ward off diseases if they are worn. Don’t stand inside a ring of stones, mushrooms, or any other kind of circle. Seeing a shooting star before a battle is bad luck. To ward it off, you must

Frost Giant Ice Shaper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Ice Wolves action and Ice Armor reaction. The object bearing the rune has AC 16; 40 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic

on an object in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Actions Multiattack. The

Stone Giant Rockspeaker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Stone Rune. The giant has a stone rune inscribed on a mineral object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune

, the giant can use its Prismatic Rays action. The object bearing the rune has AC 18; 30 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the

Storm Giant Tempest Caller

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

. Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Scrying (Requires Storm Rune). The giant can use its

crystal ball to cast the scrying spell (save DC 17). Storm Rune. The giant has a storm rune inscribed on a crystal ball. While the object bearing the rune is embedded in its body, the giant can use

Hill Giant Avalancher

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

hill rune inscribed on a rock or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Stone Avalanche action and Hill Rebuff reaction. The

object bearing the rune has AC 15; 20 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to

13. Recreation Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

attempt to copy Wormriddle’s spell scroll was successful, Elan’s book also contains legend lore. 13b. Arch Gate to Level 6 Arch. Embedded in the south wall is a stone arch bearing images of beholders

headmaster’s office (area 15a) for questioning. Given strict instructions not to kill anyone, the nycaloth knocks creatures unconscious instead of killing them, then drags them to the headmaster’s office

Minor Alterations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

functionality. Size and Creature Type You can alter a creature’s size and creature type as you please. For example, you can use an Ogre stat block for a human bully—just make it a Medium Humanoid instead

proficiencies. If it has none, you can add one or two. Senses Blindsight, Darkvision, Tremorsense, and Truesight have no bearing on a creature’s Challenge Rating. You can add or remove them freely. Spells If a

The Importance of Brains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

brain jars. Ceremorphosis Mind flayers don’t reproduce in the traditional sense. Instead, they lay eggs from which hatch tadpole-like creatures that are used to make more of their kind through a

flayer comes into being. The emergent mind flayer often retains a few dim memories from its previous form, but these vague recollections seldom have any bearing on its new life as a brain-eating monster.

Darklake Docks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

look ungainly, but each can carry tons of trade goods. The characters land at the easternmost inlet if they arrive at Gracklstugh by way of the Darklake, near the Ghohlbrorn’s Lair inn. If they instead

assassins has a piece of fish-skin parchment bearing Werz’s likeness drawn in charcoal. Access to the Whorlstone Tunnels Hidden next to the easternmost pier, a disabled drainage pipe is the Gray Ghosts

Shadow Dragon Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Points regained. Stifling Shadows. Within 1 mile of the lair, effects that normally create Bright Light instead create Dim Light, and creatures there have Advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. If the

(XP 10,000, or 11,500 in lair; PB +5) Traits Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Living Shadow. While in Dim

Mage of High Sorcery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Trinkets. When you make your character, roll once on the Mage of High Sorcery Trinkets table instead of on the Trinkets table in the Player’s Handbook for your starting trinket. Mage of High Sorcery

Trinkets d6 Trinket 1 An unopened letter from your first teacher 2 A broken wand made of black, red, or white wood 3 A scroll bearing an incomprehensible formula 4 A purposeless device covered in

Madness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

instead of the spell effects in the Player’s Handbook. Diseases, poisons, and planar effects such as psychic wind or the howling winds of Pandemonium can all inflict madness. Some artifacts can also

chapter 9, “Dungeon Master’s Workshop”), a creature makes a Sanity saving throw instead. Madness Effects Madness can be short-term, long-term, or indefinite. Most relatively mundane effects impose

Fire Giant Forgecaller

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge

saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Fire Rune. The giant has a fire rune inscribed on a medallion or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune

, the giant can use its Magma Wave action and Furnace Armor bonus action. The object bearing the rune has AC 15; 40 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object

11. Drow Outpost

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

reinforcements from areas 11b and 11c. If the battle is not going their way, a second whistle brings the quaggoths from area 12b. Treasure. Balryn wears an obsidian scarab bearing the insignia of House

Vlonwelv that Melith has released a group of adventurers from her custody instead of killing them. After thanking Thirza for the information, Vlonwelv curses her daughter’s foolishness and awaits the

Spellcasting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

way. See chapter 5, “Equipment,” in the Player’s Handbook for descriptions of these tools. After you gain the Infuse Item feature at 2nd level, you can also use any item bearing one of your infusions

is special. The same principle applies when you prepare your spells. As an artificer, you don’t study a spellbook or pray to prepare your spells. Instead, you work with your tools and create the

Spellcasting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

use it in this way. See chapter 5, “Equipment,” in the Player’s Handbook for descriptions of these tools. After you gain the Infuse Item feature at 2nd level, you can also use any item bearing one of

of spellcasting is special. The same principle applies when you prepare your spells. As an artificer, you don’t study a spellbook or pray to prepare your spells. Instead, you work with your tools and

Gelatinous Cube

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

need of repair. 5 Skeleton belonging to a famous adventurer. 6 Tablet bearing a mysterious message. Gelatinous Cube Large Ooze, Unaligned AC 6 Initiative −4 (6) HP 63 (6d10 + 30) Speed 15 ft

moves to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the cube. If there is no unoccupied space, the target fails the save instead. Olivier Bernard

Fire Giant Forgecaller

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Fire Rune. The giant has a fire rune inscribed on a medallion or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune

, the giant can use its Magma Wave action and Furnace Armor bonus action. The object bearing the rune has AC 15; 40 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object

Dolindar Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Instead, a ghost custodian named Newmy lives inside. She’s affixed a piece of paper with “Newmy’s Room” written on it in Common. If anyone approaches the slab, Newmy pops out, sputtering apologies

silver nameplate is worth 75 gp. B4: Vault This vault contains six pedestals, each bearing treasure. Carvings encircling the base of each pedestal read, “What good are treasures when home is denied

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