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Dungeon Master’s Guide
. The avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. The avatar disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or you
, which must be cleared out before you can claim the keep as yours.
Void. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
incapacitated condition and loses control of its body. Gremorly can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except ones that turn Undead, and he retains his alignment, Intelligence
’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the hollow dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Reconstruction. When the hollow dragon is reduced to 0 hit points, its body breaks into
hollow dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Claw. The hollow dragon makes one Claw attack.
Ghostly Binding (Costs 2 Actions). The hollow dragon creates ethereal bindings
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
/Day). If Halaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Halaster dies in Undermountain, he revives after 1d10 days, with all his hit points and any missing body
parts restored. His new body appears in a random safe location in Undermountain.
Spellcasting. Halaster is a 20th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 22, +14 to hit
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, or you throw it into an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you in a body of water that is at least 50 feet wide and 50 feet long. Upon doing so, the tooth burrows into the ground and vanishes, leaving
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When you damage a target that hasn’t taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades.
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Deck of Many Things
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
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Skull. You summon an avatar of death--a ghostly humanoid skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. It appears in a space of the GM's choice within 10 feet of you and attacks
apply it.
The Void. This black card spells disaster. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the GM's choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
fishing tackle. If you have access to a body of water that sustains marine life, you can maintain a moderate lifestyle while working as a fisher, and you can catch enough food to feed yourself and up to
. You caught a sea animal whose fins were made of pure gold, but another fisher stole it.
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Ghost Fish. You are haunted by a ghostly fish that only you can see.
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Nemesis Clam. A large clam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
tower to anyone who enquires. Gallio’s Possession Each night, Thalivar’s ghost emerges from the Ethereal Plane to possess Gallio while he’s sleeping. Unlike normal ghostly possession, Gallio remains
unaware that his body has been hijacked and placed under the effects of the spider climb spell. He crawls around the tower in his night gown, peers worriedly at the pile of rubble at the top of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
d6 and consult the Crypt Hauntings table to determine the nature of the ghostly image or effect encountered there (or choose one that seems evocative). A haunting can’t leave the location where it’s
there. These hauntings are disturbing, and the fifth and sixth options on the table below involve body horror. Check your players’ comfort level before including these hauntings in your game; you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
you. As she points toward the hollyphant, Lulu’s eyes turn pure white. A whisper fills your ears and says, “I remember!” A wave of radiant energy erupts from Lulu’s body and in that blinding flash the
ghostly warrior, the hollyphant, and the Bleeding Citadel disappear.
The solace of the cathedral is replaced by havoc, screams of panic, and acrid smoke. You stand at the edge of a small town of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
means existing as an indentured spirit for years or even millennia. An indentured spirit is an incorporeal being draped in ghostly black robes and a hood that hides whatever face it might have. Chains
ORZHOV SPIRITS
For the members of the Orzhov Syndicate, life as a spirit after death can be a gift, or it can mean everlasting servitude. The process of separating the soul from the body is often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
implements of that torture. The ghost of a gardener might become more vulnerable when exposed to a potent floral fragrance. Ghostly Manifestations. Sensations of profound sadness, loneliness, and
unfulfilled yearning emanate from places where ghostly hauntings occur. Strange sounds or unnatural silences create an unsettling atmosphere. Cold spots settle in rooms that have roaring fires. A choking stench
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
infernal war machine resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. Soul Spike Armor The vehicle is covered with spikes inscribed with blasphemous symbols. Luminous, ghostly figures
impaled on these spikes wail and reach out in agony. If a creature that isn’t a devil dies within 30 feet of the infernal war machine, its soul (if it has one) is torn from its body and joins the wailing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Eidolon The gods have many methods for protecting sites they deem holy. One servant they rely on often to do so is the eidolon, a ghostly spirit bound by a sacred oath to safeguard a place of import
graven vessel, a statue specially prepared to house the souls of these protectors. The eidolon then animates the effigy and uses the borrowed body to drive out the intruders bent on plundering the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
wading boots, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Harvest the Water You gain advantage on ability checks made using fishing tackle. If you have access to a body of
. 4 Ghost Fish. You are haunted by a ghostly fish that only you can see. 5 Nemesis Clam. A large clam containing a pearl the size of your head claimed one of your fingers before jetting away; one day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Intelligence of 3 or higher dies inside the Black Cabin, its spirit (if it has one) leaves its body and assumes a spectral form on the Border Ethereal until the creature is brought back from the dead. This
form the spirit takes. It might look like a spectral image of the dead character, or it might be something bizarre like a ghostly crow or a blob of ectoplasmic energy. Regardless of the form it takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(see the accompanying stat block) appears in an unoccupied space as close to you as possible. The avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe
before you can claim the keep as yours. Void Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your soul is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
encounter, characters seeking a missing body must find their quarry among the other dead, whether for themselves, another faction, or an interested party in Sigil. During the characters’ search, the
corpses throughout this area. As an action, a character can inspect a corpse within 10 feet of them, identifying the body with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Medicine) check. It’s up to you where in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. The avatar disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or you die. If an
the world. However, the keep is currently home to one or more monsters, which must be cleared out before you can claim the keep as yours. Void Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
than three victories. Read the following aloud: Before you can act, the dragon extends a ghostly claw from its body and snatches a glowing red stone from the air above its head. With a triumphant roar
attack!
To defend the escaping townsfolk, the characters must hold the line against a large force of enemies.
Ghostly Warrior
The undead have advanced into the city. The characters face one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
protect the keep for its rightful owners—who might be the characters, thanks to the magic of the Deck of Many Things. But Gremorly’s ghostly presence has confused the golem, and it doesn’t recognize
the dining table are the ghostly figures of three dwarves: one wearing vestments and two in sturdy armor. They murmur to each other in somber tones.
In life, the three ghosts were an adventuring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
patron is the head of a country or other national body, they could oversee a powerful private division, a cult of personality, or an elaborate expedition. Also, consider the scale of your patron’s
other servant at the royal household far exceed their title. 5 Envoy. A semi-retired, leisure-loving ambassador speaks in suggestion and innuendo. 6 Spectral Assembly. A ghostly council of the
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
, causing those creatures to recall their saddest memories.
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You have a +1 bonus to Wisdom (Insight checks) involving creatures you can see.
Your body is ghostly and translucent except for your
body of the user and trailing behind them. When so attached, the wire becomes invisible, astral, and extends to virtually infinite length.
As long as the wire remains intact, the attuned user can make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
you own are lost in a way that alters reality the least. Any documentation that proves you should own something lost to this card also disappears. Skull. You summon an avatar of death—a ghostly
Void. This black card spells disaster. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your soul is trapped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
alters reality the least. Any documentation that proves you should own something lost to this card also disappears. Skull. You summon an avatar of death—a ghostly humanoid skeleton clad in a tattered
. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Azure Sea The Azure Sea has long been a turbulent body of water in every sense. Its storms have sent countless ships to their doom, and warfare of one sort of another is conducted across its surface
of Pale Prow is composed of undead servants, both corporeal and ghostly. Necromancers are drawn to Pale Prow whenever it nears land, and it is common for them to take up residence in the dark cabins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
one of the zombies or when a character tries to take a tree bark sample from the redwood. As a Search action, a character within 10 feet of a zombie can assess the body and make a DC 14 Wisdom (Medicine
, ghostly images of dead elf warriors wielding tall spears appear, fading in and out of existence, some uttering cryptic warnings in Common and Elvish. Foremost among the images is Ethvarn, an androgynous elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
d100 Omen of Athreos
1 01 Faintly glowing wisps of fog or mist coalesce into shapes in the air.
2 02 Ghostly whispers come from nowhere.
3 03 The ground beneath a character’s
feet flows like water in a river.
4 04 A veiled figure observes the character from a distance, then vanishes.
5 05 Silent mourners carry a body past.
6 06 Echoes produce words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
below). Removing it from her head causes Ivira to shudder and shed the ice that has formed around her. With the crown gone, her body rapidly deteriorates, as the centuries take their toll. Ivira has
tuned, and a spectral orchestra materializes from out of the corpses onstage. The ghostly musicians hold their instruments and stare expectantly at their conductor. These spirits can’t be turned or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
it. The first time a character tries to damage the sealed door or open it with an ability check or magic, or if a character touches any of the indentations, the ghostly figure of an elf steps through
of them. Zyrian the Scrivener. The ghostly figure is Zyrian the scrivener, the archmage who created the Haven of the Red Quill to preserve the lore of Phalorm. Zyrian (use the ghost stat block) doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
: Ghostly Haunt As you proceed down this corridor, the ghost of a human man in a shimmering crown and regal attire appears before you. The phantom raises his hand and gestures for you to stop.
“Go no
the coffin lies the astrologer’s body. Treasure. A bronze tube in one of the brass jars contains a crudely drawn map of this tier of the ziggurat. Two stars on the map denote the locations of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
. The oblex can impersonate 2d6 + 1 different creatures, each one tethered to its body by a strand of slime that can extend up to 120 feet away. For all practical purposes, the simulacrum is the oblex
oblex’s main body and the simulacrum. The simulacrum disappears if the tether is severed.
Actions
Multiattack. The elder oblex makes two pseudopod attacks and uses Eat Memories.
Pseudopod. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, except for one thighbone. If the characters disturb Saint Markovia’s remains, add: A ghostly form appears above the dust, so faint that you can barely discern more than part of a face. From this
symbol (worth 25 gp). A good-aligned character who picks up the holy symbol hears a ghostly female voice. It whispers the following message: “There is a grave to the west, with roses that never die, in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
her body on the stairs leading up to the servants’ quarters (area G19). The maid has a ring of keys on her belt that opens all the locked doors in the mansion as well as the cabinets in area G8. G8
the Ethereal Plane (unless destroyed first). The specters manifest as ghostly tieflings with elongated fingers. The Gralhund family crest appears on the book’s title page. The rest of the book is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
runes to activate the door. V4: Halls Four ghostly soldiers patrol these hallways. Their eyes are red, and each wears spectral, ridged armor and carries a hollowed-out goat horn.
The creatures are four
. Kneeling on the floor of the chamber is a werewolf. It howls terribly, clutching and clawing at its body in fury. At the sight of the cell door opening, the werewolf leaps up and sprints toward you