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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
magic of the deck functions only if its cards are drawn at random. You can take a Magic action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a point within 30 feet of yourself. An
real creature of its kind, except that it can do no harm. While you are within 120 feet of the illusory creature and can see it, you can take a Magic action to move it anywhere within 30 feet of its
Spells
Player’s Handbook
modified memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in the details of your description. If the spell ends before you finish describing the modified memories, the creature’s memory isn
’t altered. Otherwise, the modified memories take hold when the spell ends.
A modified memory doesn’t necessarily affect how a creature behaves, particularly if the memory contradicts the
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
/day each: Globe of Invulnerability, Hold MonsterThe false lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one legendary action at a time and only at the end of
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the false lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The false lich has advantage on saving throws against spells and magical
Gray Dwarf (Duergar)
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
grim, ashen-skinned dwarves now take slaves of their own and are as tyrannical as their former masters.
Physically similar to other dwarves in some ways, duergar are wiry and lean, with black eyes and
of Moradin and his false promises. Their period of enslavement and the revolt against the mind flayers led by their god, Laduguer, purged the influence of the other dwarven gods from their souls and
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you.
While
of the necromancy school.
As an action, you can expend 1 charge to take on a semblance of undeath for 10 minutes. For the duration, you take on a deathly appearance, and undead creatures are
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Avoidance. If the null is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take half as much damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and half as much
of gods, believing the so-called deities are merely powerful spellcasters. To combat false gods, Athar nulls train to negate the powers of those with magic. Nulls work in the shadows, serving as
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
prepared:
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, mending, resistance, sacred flame, spare the dying, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, detect evil and good, false life, inflict wounds, ray of
Constitution saving throws. While in his shell, Krull is prone, his speed is 0 and can't increase, he has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, he can't take reactions, and the only action he can take is to emerge from his shell.
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
False Appearance. If the chandelier is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the chandelier move or act, that
14 Constitution saving throw or take 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Blazing Vortex", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage and have the blinded condition until the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
False Appearance (Hoard Form Only). If the mimic is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the mimic move or act
-shifting prowess allow it to take on the semblance of a vast trove of treasures, not just a single object. Like smaller mimic;mimics, hoard mimics exude adhesive goo to trap prey. They can also vent a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The egg hunter can breathe air and water.
False Appearance. If the egg hunter is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature
in a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on the egg hunter must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. While poisoned in this way, the creature can take either an action
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
a critical hit.
Evasion. If Forge is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only
audacious criminal has left a trail of broken promises and false identities along the Sword Coast. He conceals flexible morals and a ready dagger behind his winning smile.
Forge enjoys the finer
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
False Appearance. If the blight is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. If a creature hasn’t observed the blight move or act, that creature must succeed
on a successful one. If at least one of the creatures that failed this save isn’t a Construct or an Undead, the blight regains 9 hit points.Travelers of Sigil and the Lower Planes take care to
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
False Appearance. If the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing is motionless (except for its lure) at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t
appearance of various small‚ often adorable creatures to entice their prey. The Lure Forms table suggests some forms the lure might take.
Lure Forms
d6
Lure Appearance
1
Clumsy
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environment, such as healing herbs and clean water, become degraded, and swamp gases take on a hint of the catoblepas’s foulness. Animals in the area are more aggressive and liable to be diseased
. Degenerate creatures are likely to take up residence near a catoblepas’s territory, as are those seeking to avoid notice.
Catoblepases in Folklore
Ordinary folk rarely see a catoblepas, but
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
portal to a random layer of the Abyss.
Amorphous. The alkilith can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
False Appearance. If the alkilith is motionless at the start of
demonic nature of the alkilith, making what should be a dire warning appear strange but otherwise innocuous. Wherever alkiliths take root, they weaken the fabric of reality, creating a portal through
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
connected to one another.
False Appearance. If the yggdrasti is motionless and rooted in the ground at the start of combat, it looks just like a dead tree and has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover
them. Each one has its own gravity plane and air envelope.
Creatures sometimes try to hitch a ride on an yggdrasti to take advantage of its air envelope. A typical yggdrasti specimen has cavities
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
; 3–4, purple blossom; or 5–6, snapper saw. This form determines certain traits in this stat block.
False Appearance. If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has
unsuspecting prey off guard.Sap Squirt (Purple Blossom Only). The horrid plant targets one creature it can see within 15 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or take 28 (8d6
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
, filling the target’s mind with visions of death and the plangent toll of an iron bell. The target must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw or take 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType
dead (as an action), dispel magic, speak with dead
1/day each: finger of death, plane shift (self only), project imageSkall can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Baleful
Cloaker
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Damage Transfer. While attached to a creature, the cloaker takes only half the damage dealt to it (rounded down), and that creature takes the other half.
False Appearance. While the cloaker remains
creature, including the target, can take its action to detach the cloaker by succeeding on a DC 16 Strength check.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
Slithering Tracker
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
takes only half the damage dealt to it, and the creature it is grappling takes the other half.
False Appearance. While the slithering tracker remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a puddle
down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Watery Stealth. While underwater, the slithering tracker has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide, and it can take the Hide
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Coulrophobia (Rare+). When you succeed on a saving throw to avoid the Frightened condition, you can take a Reaction to force the creature that created the
the d20 for a D20 Test.
Fool’s Motley (Very Rare+). You can cast False Life from the marotte. Any clothing or armor you wear looks like a fool’s motley for the duration of the spell
Adult Copper Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a successful save.The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used
dragon makes a tail attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 (2d6 + 6
monsters
False Crows. The swarm can’t enter a space with a drawn or painted image or crafted effigy of a crow. A creature holding such an icon has Advantage on saving throws the swarm forces it to make
.
Secret. While they might take the form of crows or possess crow bodies, crowstorms are held at bay by drawn images or crafted effigies of crows.Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Piercing, Slashing
Ancient Copper Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
23 Dexterity saving throw or take 15 (2d6 + 8);{"diceNotation":"2d6+8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wing Attack","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The
magic-items
, and you can use the following properties.
Coulrophobia (Rare+). When you succeed on a saving throw to avoid the Frightened condition, you can take a Reaction to force the creature that created the
the d20 for a D20 Test.
Fool’s Motley (Very Rare+). You can cast False Life from the marotte. Any clothing or armor you wear looks like a fool’s motley for the duration of the spell
magic-items
, and you can use the following properties.
Coulrophobia (Rare+). When you succeed on a saving throw to avoid the Frightened condition, you can take a Reaction to force the creature that created the
the d20 for a D20 Test.
Fool’s Motley (Very Rare+). You can cast False Life from the marotte. Any clothing or armor you wear looks like a fool’s motley for the duration of the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
soul was trapped.
Legendary Actions
The false lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one legendary action at a time and only at the end of another
False Lich Occasionally, liches create nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons. To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
soul was trapped.
Legendary Actions
The false lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one legendary action at a time and only at the end of another
False Lich Occasionally, liches create nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons. To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
1 through 9 for your own reference. The globes contain the following items: Sphere 1. Three folded-up shadows, 300 worthless lead pieces, and a false key. (The shadows aren’t visible to magical
inspection.) Sphere 2. A spell scroll of fear and a false key. Sphere 3. Jewelry worth 12,000 gp, a false key, and an angry air elemental. Sphere 4. A potion of flying and a false key. Sphere 5. Eleven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
1 through 9 for your own reference. The globes contain the following items: Sphere 1. Three folded-up shadows, 300 worthless lead pieces, and a false key. (The shadows aren’t visible to magical
inspection.) Sphere 2. A spell scroll of fear and a false key. Sphere 3. Jewelry worth 12,000 gp, a false key, and an angry air elemental. Sphere 4. A potion of flying and a false key. Sphere 5. Eleven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
). False Ending. If this outcome doesn’t make the players suspicious enough to take another run through to check things out, put the adventure away for use when you have a different group (or the same ones
. A creature exposed to the gas must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature frightened in this way must take the Dash action on each of its turns to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
). False Ending. If this outcome doesn’t make the players suspicious enough to take another run through to check things out, put the adventure away for use when you have a different group (or the same ones
. A creature exposed to the gas must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature frightened in this way must take the Dash action on each of its turns to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
characters’ Short Rest if they take one). Corlie strides from the door of one of the fortress’s interior buildings. Three grim-looking soldiers fall in behind her. She gives you a wide grin.
“My friends
can take a Search action to make a DC 19 Wisdom (Insight) check. A character who recalls Corlie telling them that she doesn’t have any squires makes this check with Advantage. On a success, a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
characters’ Short Rest if they take one). Corlie strides from the door of one of the fortress’s interior buildings. Three grim-looking soldiers fall in behind her. She gives you a wide grin.
“My friends
can take a Search action to make a DC 19 Wisdom (Insight) check. A character who recalls Corlie telling them that she doesn’t have any squires makes this check with Advantage. On a success, a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
3. False Entrance After 20 feet, a puzzle door sealing off a small chamber beyond blocks this false entrance into the tomb. A short tunnel ends at a slab of worked stone, whose edges are marked by
a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 5 (1d10) poison damage and 5 (1d10) acid damage. While any affected creature remains in the tunnel, it must repeat the saving throw at the start of each of