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Spells
Playerâs Handbook
spell for the next 24 hours. On a failed save, the target is imprisoned. While imprisoned, the target doesnât need to breathe, eat, or drink, and it doesnât age. Divination spells can&rsquo
is entombed beneath the earth in a hollow globe of magical force that is just large enough to contain the target. Nothing can pass into or out of the globe.
Chaining. Chains firmly rooted in the
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Unusual Nature. The anhkolox doesnât require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The anhkolox makes two Claw attacks and one Entrapping Rend attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10
territorial instinct and a predatory urge to hunt and devour living prey. They run on all fours and rear up onto their hind legs when they corner their quarry. When they strike, they wallop foes about
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The magen doesnât require air, food, drink, or sleep.Psychic Lash. The magenâs eyes glow silver as it targets one creature
body disappears in a burst of harmless fire and a cloud of smoke that quickly dissipates.
Magical Servants. Magen make ideal servants. At creation, each is instilled with an instinct to protect
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The magen doesnât require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The magen makes two melee attacks.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon
harmless fire and a cloud of smoke that quickly dissipates.
Magical Servants. Magen make ideal servants. At creation, each is instilled with an instinct to protect itself and its creator, and it follows
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The magen doesnât require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The magen makes two Shocking Touch attacks.
Shocking Touch
smoke that quickly dissipates.
Magical Servants. Magen make ideal servants. At creation, each is instilled with an instinct to protect itself and its creator, and it follows its creatorâs
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Monster. The dragon deals double damage to objects and structures.
Unusual Nature. The dragon doesnât require air, food, drink, or sleep, and it gains no benefit from finishing a short or long
, move as close as it can to that target and use its action to make a melee attack against it. If the dragon doesnât choose a target, the charmed creature can act normally on its turn.
Radiant
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The golem doesnât require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The golem makes one Pinion attack and two Rend attacks
", "rollAction":"Pinion", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is pinned beneath the bony pinion and restrained. The golem has two pinions
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Magic Resistance. The steel predator has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The steel predator doesnât require air, food, drink, or
can be used in another steel predator. Battle damage can cause this instinct to fail, however, in which case the steel predator lingers in the area, hunting and killing other creatures that resemble
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
.
Spelljamming. The esthetic has the properties of a spelljamming helm (see the Astral Adventurerâs Guide), but only its reigar creator can attune to it.
Unusual Nature. The esthetic doesnât
esthetic becomes a nearly mindless entity with an instinct for self-preservation.
Reigar use their esthetics as spelljamming warships. When a hostile reigar in its esthetic encounters another
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
fire damage, this trait doesnât function at the start of Zargonâs next turn. Zargon dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesnât regenerate.
Shrouded Being. Zargon
cleansing waterfall on one of the Upper Planes for 101 days. While the horn is submerged in this way, Zargon doesnât re-form, and the horn slowly dissolves, sending corrupting slime downriver that
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesnât explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
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Ideal
1
Endurance. We who dwell beneath the waves can weather all storms. (Any)
2
Indifference. What do I care for the fleeting
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Air Form. The tempest can enter a hostile creatureâs space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Flyby. The tempest doesnât provoke
tempests assume the shape of serpents that slither through the sky. They drown the land beneath them with rain and stab the earth with lances of lightning. Punishing winds scream around them as they fly
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
.
Regeneration. Miirym regains 40 hit points at the start of her turn. If Miirym takes damage from a magic weapon or a spell, this trait doesnât function at the start of Miirymâs next turn. Miirym
dies only if she starts her turn with 0 hit points and doesnât regenerate.
Incorporeal Movement. Miirym can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. She takes 5
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
scattered the components that powered it, secreting them across the world. But the orreryâs instinct for survival is strong, and its components have a way of inexorably coming together over
component doesnât count against the number of magic items you can normally attune to.
While a component is not installed in the orrery, its magic might function sporadically or with unpredictable
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesnât
land.
Dragon Turtle Ideals
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Ideal
1
Endurance. We who dwell beneath the waves can weather all storms. (Any
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesnât explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
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Ideal
1
Endurance. We who dwell beneath the waves can weather all storms. (Any)
2
Indifference. What do I care for the fleeting concerns of those who crawl upon the land? (Any
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Regeneration. Geryon regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesnât function at the start of his next turn. Geryon dies only if he starts his turn
with 0 hit points and doesnât regenerate.Multiattack. Geryon makes one Claw attack and one Stinger attack.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
it is possessed by the yakfolk, the yakfolk dies as well, and its body doesnât reappear.Multiattack. The yakfolk makes two Greatsword or Longbow attacks.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
that yakfolk are lazyâquite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the secrets of elemental magic
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
it is possessed by the yakfolk, the yakfolk dies as well, and its body doesnât reappear.Multiattack. The yakfolk makes two melee attacks.
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation
laboring oneself. Itâs not that yakfolk are lazyâquite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Flyby. The scion doesnât provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemyâs reach.
Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can
creatures who live beneath this cloud often display superstitious and duplicitous behavior, almost unconsciously leaving gifts for ârain spiritsâ while playing mischievous pranks on each
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Regeneration. Geryon regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesnât function at the start of his next turn. Geryon dies only if he starts his turn
with 0 hit points and doesnât regenerate.Multiattack. Geryon makes one Claw attack and one Stinger attack.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its cavernous maw. If seriously injured, a zaratan retracts its appendages to gain shelter beneath its impervious shell, biding its time until it recovers and can resume its march.PoisonCold, Fire
creatures use their actions in this way, the check is an automatic success. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and doesnât fall prone or become trapped.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
cradle occupied and uses the cradleâs initiative count.
Flyby. The cradle doesnât provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemyâs reach.
Legendary
a constantly overcast sky. Sapient creatures who live beneath this cloud often display superstitious and duplicitous behavior, almost unconsciously leaving gifts for ârain spiritsâ while
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
by dealing 15 or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesnât hurt the cradle but ends the grapple.
Rolling Hills (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge
standing stones, a village, or a city on a scionâs back, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for centuries, as the scionâs magic causes crops to flourish
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
contain numerous caves, two of them large enough for Klauth to shelter in. He keeps his legendary hoard in tunnels beneath one cavern, which can be entered only by lifting or pushing aside a massive slab of
kindness for creatures he doesnât think can harm him.A Red Dragonâs Lair
Red dragons lair in high mountains or hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Out-of-Phase Movement. The seer can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, and its movement doesnât provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
Each
, transforming it into a star spawn seer. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seerâs body. The mortalâs
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
gravity with flight that doesnât rely solely upon their great wings, and gravitational force empowers both their devastating breath weapon and the exploding amethyst crystals they spit at their
is set beneath a mountain ridge between two deep tarns, with streams flowing down toward the lowlands. The lair has the following features:
Entrances. Two cave entrances provide access to the lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
physical laws affect them. They defy gravity with flight that doesnât rely solely upon their great wings, and gravitational force empowers both their devastating breath weapon and the exploding
the dragon, the deeper the purple color of the crystals.
Amethyst Dragon Lair Features
The amethyst dragon lair shown in map 5.1 is set beneath a mountain ridge between two deep tarns, with streams
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a murder but doesnât want to be found or identified.
2
An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon riders.
3
An
defenses.
Emerald Dragon Lair Features
The emerald dragon lair shown in map 5.8 is a series of ancient vaults situated beneath a city built in the caldera of a dormant volcano. The vaults fell into disuse
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
doesnât want to be found or identified.
2
An emerald dragon seeks heroes to participate in a dramatic reenactment of a legendary battle involving dragon riders.
3
An emerald dragon
(and more paranoid) dragons employing several layers of such defenses.
Emerald Dragon Lair Features
The emerald dragon lair shown in map 5.8 is a series of ancient vaults situated beneath a city
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.
Pit. A pit opens beneath you. You plummet 3d6 Ă 10 feet, take damage from the fall, and have the prone condition.
Plant. You gain the ability to cast
spellcasting ability (your choice).
Tower. Draw two additional cards beyond your declared number of draws. The magic of these cards doesnât immediately take effect; instead, choose one of the two
monsters
Agile. The rat doesnât provoke Opportunity Attacks when it moves out of an enemyâs reach.
Death Burst. The rat explodes when it dies. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 9, each creature in a
damage.Slinking Vermin Befouled by Magic
Corrupted by a malevolent ex-adventurerâs magic, the rats of Elmshire are mottled and sickly. Their organs glow and bubble beneath their scabby hides as if ready to pop. These pests sometimes gather in squeaking tides, devouring everything in their path.
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damage and the target has the Charmed condition for 1 minute or until Zlan dies. While Charmed, the target doesnât act as an ally to any creature. Success: Half damage only. Failure or Success: Zlan
for wealth
Zlan Clervish
Currently in control, aims to expose hidden horrors and ruins beneath Icewind Dale
Personality
Zlan has an affinity for enchantment and corrupting minds. During
Lizardfolk
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For example, humans confronted by an angry troll experience fear on a basic level. Their limbs shake, their thinking becomes panicked and jumbled, and they react by instinct. The emotion of fear takes
hold and controls their actions. In contrast, lizardfolk see emotions as traits assigned to other creatures, objects, and situations. A lizardfolk doesnât think, âIâm scared.&rdquo
Backgrounds
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
always straining to peer into another reality that seems to be just beyond my senses.
5
Iâm uneasy if I canât see plants growing or feel soil beneath my feet.
6
Seeing illness
.
3
I enjoy comfort and quiet, and prefer to avoid extra effort.
4
I have a fierce temper that doesnât reflect the inner calm I seek.
5
Iâm convinced that everyone else in the