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Monster Manual
components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15).
Draining Kiss. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature Charmed by the succubus within 5 feet. Failure: 13 (3d8
attack and uses Charm or Draining Kiss.
Fiendish Touch. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fiendish Touch"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Essence Transfer (1/Day). The professor can cast the animate dead spell, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two Mortality Spear attacks. It can replace one of
the attacks with a use of Spellcasting.
Mortality Spear. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Mortality Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the titan dies, or the pact is broken by a wish spell.
The titan chooses one spell from the
necromancy or enchantment school that is 8th level or lower. The bound creature can cast that spell using this pact, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. When it
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
other phenomena that would prevent sight.Multiattack. Murgaxor makes two Blood Lash attacks.
Blood Lash. Melee Spell Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Blood Lash
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
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Necromantic energy washes over a creature of your choice that you can see within range, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8
necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving
Dhampir
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’s deathless prowess in the form of increased speed, darkvision, and a life-draining bite.
With unique insights into the nature of the undead, many dhampirs become adventurers and monster hunters
cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature of the Construct type.
Dhampir Traits
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Deathly Choir. Any creature within 10 feet of Rahadin that isn't protected by a mind blank spell hears in its mind the screams of the thousands of people Rahadin has killed. As a bonus action
to put Tatyana out of his mind, Strahd lured more women to the castle, taking several of them as brides before draining their lives and turning them into vampire spawn. Rahadin would see to it that
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shift Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast hallucinatory terrain, requiring no spell components
and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17).
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 15-foot-diameter tunnel in its
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Warp Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast mirage arcane, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The dragon
takes half as much damage with no additional effects.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This spell has
no effect on undead or constructs. If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving throw with disadvantage, and the spell deals maximum damage to it. If you target a nonmagical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This spell has
no effect on undead or constructs. If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving throw with disadvantage, and the spell deals maximum damage to it. If you target a nonmagical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
through every chink and crack, every opening in the warmest furs, every tent flap, every roof and board of the strongest homes, draining away any hint of warmth. The sun, held down below the horizon by
the Frostmaiden’s magic, offers no respite from winter’s fury. The days are twilit, the nights dark. As Auril casts her nightly spell, a curtain of light weaves across the starry sky to keep the dawn at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
of your Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 feet of yourself. Vitality-giving flowers and life-draining thorns appear for a moment in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on that point. Each creature
of your choice in the Sphere must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 2d6 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. One creature of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
takes the same damage again. The acid floods the room to a depth of 5 feet and flows 40 feet out into the hall leading back to area 14a before slowly draining out through tiny holes in the floor
the petrified sahuagin baron to revert to flesh, attacking with its teeth and claws. The box’s key is hidden in area 6c. The box can also be opened with a knock spell or unlocked with thieves’ tools and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Daemogoth Titan Daemogoth titans are towering monsters that blight the land around them. A daemogoth grows in power over the course of decades spent feeding on sorrow and draining life from nature
magical bond with a willing creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the titan dies, or the pact is broken by a wish spell.
The titan chooses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
and S7) where the characters can collect spell components for Professor Lang. Any character who ventures into the swamp on the west side of this islet stumbles into an area of quicksand. See chapter
.
This is one of the three islets (along with areas S2 and S7) where the characters can collect spell components for Professor Lang. Hiding behind the tree stump in the center of this islet are two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
while deactivated.) Speaking the word “Blackfire” along with a cell number frees the creature trapped in that cell. Casting an identify spell on the mirror reveals its command words and magical
invisible stalker and the troll. The stirge attacks A’tan, killing him in 1 round. After draining A’tan’s blood, the stirge flies away to digest its meal. The doppelganger tries to flee but doesn’t go far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
15. Cleric’s Chambers The Typhoon Palace’s resident cleric of Umberlee claimed these rooms for herself. The double door to this suite has a glyph of warding spell inscribed above it that triggers
rain-catching cistern on the roof. Next to the basin is a stone plug that can be used to keep the water from draining out through the hole in the bottom of the basin. Vestibule. The western door off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
) Psychic damage.
Charm. The succubus casts Dominate Person (level 8 version), requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15).
Draining Kiss. Constitution
components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At Will: Detect Magic, Identify, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation
1/Day Each: Dispel Magic, Legend Lore, Locate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. When the first character enters the room, Muiral becomes visible as he casts a wall of force spell, using the barrier to cut off that character from the rest of the party. He then engages the
-draining wails as follows: Charinidia wails on her first turn in combat. Grazthrae wails after taking damage for the first time in combat. T’riizlin wails after one of the other banshees is destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15).
Draining Kiss. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature Charmed by the succubus within 5 feet. Failure: 13 (3d8) Psychic damage. Success: Half damage
casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Light, Thaumaturgy
2/Day: Command
1/Day: Hold Person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
chambers.
Chambers and Passages. The various open spaces were formed from flows of lava that crusted over and cooled, with the hotter middle draining away. Where the walls and ceilings are solid
. Flame Gout. A bubble of gas spontaneously ignites, creating a burst of flame identical to a burning hands spell. The cone starts in the space of a random character and shoots in a random direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
vampire. Rahadin continued to do his master’s bidding. Eager to put Tatyana out of his mind, Strahd lured more women to the castle, taking several of them as brides before draining their lives and turning
60 ft., passive Perception 21
Languages Common, Elvish
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)
Deathly Choir. Any creature within 10 feet of Rahadin that isn't protected by a mind blank spell hears in its mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
danger and urgency by rolling dice behind your DM screen, even without an actual encounter!) Drain Character Resources. By draining the party’s Hit Points and spell slots, leaving the adventurers feeling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Soulmonger or by some other life-draining effect, such as the touch of a wight, wraith, or similar creature. If a humanoid dies anywhere on the planet, its soul becomes trapped inside the Soulmonger
. Only the destruction of the Soulmonger can free the trapped soul. Any spell that breathes life into the dead (including revivify, raise dead, resurrection, and true resurrection) automatically fails if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. 4 Giant spiders have declared war on all bipedal creatures. 5 A coven plans to use a volcano as a massive cauldron for a catastrophic spell. 6 The nation’s beloved monarch was recently revealed to be
floating and fallen ruins of a magical megastructure. 2 A blood-soaked swamp. 3 A tower that pierces a magical ley line, draining its power. 4 A criminal consortium’s lavish academy. 5 A forest where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
a Magic action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 feet of yourself. Vitality-giving flowers and life-draining thorns appear for a moment in a 10-foot-radius Sphere
centered on that point. Each creature of your choice in the Sphere must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 2d6 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
’ tools, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic also works. A door can be forced open with a successful DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check. It can also be
destroyed. Each door has AC 19, 40 hit points, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Zox has cast a glyph of warding spell on every door. Each glyph is inscribed on the inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11): Augury, Find Familiar
, Identify, Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast that spell again.
Vile Appearance. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, any Beast or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12).
Unsettling Visage (Recharge 6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 12
D20 Tests.
Actions
Draining Swipe. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Necrotic damage, and the target’s Strength score decreases by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fireball fungus has AC 10, HP 6, and Immunity to Psychic damage. When it drops to 0 Hit Points, the fungus explodes as if a Fireball spell (save DC 15) had been centered on it. At Higher Levels. The
effect can be ended only by the Greater Restoration, Heal, or Wish spell. If the effect isn’t ended after 30 days, the effect becomes permanent and the creature loses all its memories. At that point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
as well. He later brought these two prisoners to his lab and has been performing magical rites on them, draining their vitality and will to keep them in a state between life and death. Map 3.2 shows
lightning bolt or cone of cold to get down to business. (At your discretion, give Hoobur a spell save DC of 15 and +7 to hit with spell attacks because he’s a little out of it. Maybe there’s more in that tea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
on the map, as if created by the spell of the same name. The wall seals off the underlevel as the tower soars into the sky. U2. Rocket Boosters A four-section rocket engine is attached to the
programmed illusion spell. The magic triggers when any creature except a member of the Livestock enters through the double door, creating the illusion of a giant silverfish at the east end of the hall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
transmutation to a detect magic spell or similar effect. Double Doors. The lock on the double doors opens with a key granted by passing the trials of the pools (see below). If the characters have that
1d4 rounds, as if affected by the polymorph spell. The snakes are compelled to attack any other creatures in the room. Treasure. In addition to opening the door, the key is worth 25 gp. RESTING
No
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
the reservoir is drained. Draining the Reservoir. To drain the reservoir and flush the apparitions from Sigil, the characters must manually activate three of the machine’s pumps—convoluted-looking
contained in the crypts (detailed below). Containment Crypts. Eight cylindrical glass crypts span the height of the vault. A permanent magic circle spell (save DC 15) in each tube prevents the