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Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
appearance of the Humanoid it was in life, while retaining its game statistics. The assumed appearance ends if the haint is reduced to 0 hit points or uses an action to end it.Rising from the
sorrowful dead, haints are spirits that change their shape in tragic imitation of what they once were. A haint can shift from its spectral form to appear as the corporeal Humanoid it was in life, passing as
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
transforms into a Medium owl, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the tlacatecolo is reduced to 0 hit points or if it uses its action to end it.
Plague
mortals. These fiends spread an affliction that leaches heat and life from the living, dispersing it upon winds that rattle like a gasp from a frozen body. Sunlight staves off the disease, but those affected rarely survive the dark of night.Cold, Poison
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
target drops to 0 hit points or dies. The target’s game statistics are replaced by the wolf;wolf's statistics, but it retains its hit points. The target is limited in the actions it can perform
twisting and dancing at the tip of her black horn, this corrupted avatar of Lurue is instead a nightmare come to life.
While tainted by the influence of Malar, the avatar of Lurue carries out the Beast Lord’s will: to slaughter anything that dares to cross its path.Poison
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
than 1 hour is restored to life with all its hit points.
Platinum Breath. The aspect exhales radiant platinum flames in a 300-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 26 Dexterity saving
one.The aspect can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The aspect
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The lich regains spent legendary
actions at the start of its turn.
Cantrip. The lich casts one of its cantrips.
Noxious Touch (Costs 2 Actions). The lich uses Noxious Touch.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3 Actions). Each creature within 30
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
","rollAction":"Ray of Cold","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Life Drain. The atropal targets one creature it can see within 120 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw
, taking 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The atropal
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spellcasting ability:
1/day each: greater restoration, mass cure wounds, plant growth, revivify, speak with deadBeledros can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
.
Miasmal Flow (Costs 2 Actions). Beledros uses Miasmal Flow.
Teeming with Life (Costs 3 Actions). Beledros magically summons 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Teeming with
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
PlantsEuryale can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Euryale regains
relocated to Cair Ophidian, a small hideaway in the Outlands detailed later in chapter 22. There, Euryale embraced the quiet life of a gardener, and she spends her time tending to the plants she’s
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
who died a century ago, after a long and nefarious career. Esvele Rosznar, a brash young noble, has recently adopted the Black Viper's persona to lead a secret life of crime. Like many other nobles
nobles she targets are made of sterner stuff, so Esvele has learned how to fight as well. She knows she's playing a dangerous game, but is satisfied that at least one member of the Rosznar family is earning the respect of Waterdeep's nobility.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Whisperer. A purple star whose guidance and minions seem to help for a time but whose influence inevitably leads to disaster.
Hadar, the Dark Hunger. A cinder-red dying star that siphons life from its
power to defy death.
RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
can choose to succeed instead.Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation
":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the ghost regains hit points equal to half the amount of damage the target takes. The target must
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.In Khorvaire, magic is part of everyday life. A chef might use prestidigitation to heat and season food
form of dragonshards.
Creating a Magewright
The magewright stat block provides the baseline statistics for a magewright. You then add to that baseline by choosing a specialty from the Magewright
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
":"Double-Barreled Musket","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The giff can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and
Morningstar attacks or one Double-Barreled Musket attack.A high-ranking giff who takes up the life of an independent mercenary might amass enough power and influence to become a warlord.
A giff warlord
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
points. While possessing the corpse, the dybbuk adopts the corpse’s size and can’t use Incorporeal Movement. Its game statistics otherwise remain the same.
The possession lasts until the
that terrorize mortals on the Material Plane by possessing corpses and giving them a semblance of life, after which the demons use them to engage in a range of sordid activities.
In their natural form
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
after the possession ends.
Change Shape. Leedara magically assumes the appearance she had in life, and her creature type changes to Humanoid, while retaining her other game statistics. This
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried. If the lich chooses, plant life in the area is unaffected by the spell.
Spellcasting. The lich casts one of the
plants, transport via plantsThe lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Exethanter can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can
. If a target’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the target is immune to the Exethanter’s gaze for the next 24 hours.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3 Actions). Each non-undead
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a success.The lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The lich
the lich's gaze for the next 24 hours.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3 Actions). Each non-undead creature within 20 feet of the lich must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw against this magic, taking 21 (6d6
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
missile if it’s small enough to hold in one hand and Bak Mei has a hand free.Bak Mei can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used
death, Bak Mei became obsessed with living an unending life. He began collecting texts on the subject, consulting with practitioners of the necromantic arts, and seeking audiences with dark forces.
The
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
encounters.The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains
life. In battle, they are deadly foes, channeling the Cataclysmic fire that limns their bones and fuels their breath. They take cruel delight in snatching foes in their jaws, rushing into the air, then
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
action), Gust of Wind, Mirror Image, Nondetection
1/day each: Greater Invisibility, Polymorph, Scrying (as an action)Strahd can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
. Little happens there without the Darklord’s knowledge, although Strahd rarely pays attention to what he considers the uninteresting dealings of lesser beings.
History
In life, Strahd von
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The hertilod 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
;opportunity attacks.
Feed (Costs 2 Actions). The hertilod drains life from the creatures in its gullet to bolster itself. Each creature in the hertilod’s gullet takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6
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
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 life force to a corpse in a profane
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
slime to make itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit
; souls as springboards to his own immortality. He forged pacts with any entity that would give him more power and delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.Jarad can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another
creature's turn. Jarad regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Cantrip. Jarad casts one of his cantrips.
Noxious Touch (Costs 2 Actions). Jarad uses Noxious Touch.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. The titan teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 120 feet of itself.The titan can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a
the titan doesn’t heal.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
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, Greater Restoration, Plane Shift (self only), Protection from Evil and Good, RevivifyAsteria can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time
the first Deck of Many Things. She doesn’t know why this is but surmises her life is tied to that deck; so long as it continues to exist, so will she. She has no way to prove this hypothesis
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
","rollAction":"Wrath of Mat","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Trostani can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
. Trostani makes one melee attack, with advantage on the attack roll.
Voice of Life. Trostani bestows 20 temporary hit points on another creature she can see within 120 feet of her.
Voice of Order
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dullahan regains spent legendary actions at the start of its
search of their severed heads or to quench their thirst for revenge.
Wicked knights or commanders in life, dullahans adhere to twisted codes of chivalry or soldiership. These fallen champions consider
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of gem dragon it was in life and has AC 20, 15 hit points, and immunity to all damage except force. Unless the gemstone is destroyed, after 1d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
unoccupied space.
While inhabited, the object becomes a magic item if it wasn’t already, and a Tiny cracked gemstone matching the kind of gem dragon the shard was in life appears somewhere on the
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
has vulnerability to necrotic damage. Greater Restoration, remove curse or similar magic ends the curse on the target.Acererak can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
the Sphere (Costs 2 Actions). Acererak uses his talisman of the sphere to move the sphere of annihilation under his control up to 90 feet.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3 Actions). Each creature within 20 feet
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
(Medicine) check.The slasher can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn
relentless killers began life as innocents, any semblance of who they were is washed away in a tide of gore and rage. These killers’ grisly work swiftly becomes the stuff of legends,striking
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.Orcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
Prince of Undeath, known as the Blood Lord. He takes some pleasure in the sufferings of the living, but far prefers the company and service of the undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Wisdom (Medicine) check.The juggernaut can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s
. Their bargains transform them into vicious butchers that exist only to indulge their endless bloodlust. While some who become relentless killers began life as innocents, any semblance of who they were
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
reduced.The dragon can take 2 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains
and heat vents, wild gardens, crystal formations, magical phenomena, or an ecosystem of lesser life forms that have adapted to living with the dragon.
Regional Effects
The region containing an