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Monsters
Monster Manual
itself. After 24 hours, the seeds become creatures under the blight’s control. Roll 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Blight Seeds"} for each seed to determine the
Life-Draining Root.
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 25 (4d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"4d8+7", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Monster Manual
Incorporeal Movement. The specter can move through other creatures and objects as if they were Difficult Terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
rolls.Life Drain. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Life Drain"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Drain
Spells
Player’s Handbook
or magic items to an allied temple, while a Fiend might demand a living sacrifice or a gift of treasure. Some creatures might exchange their service for a quest undertaken by you.
A task that can be
typically require only half the suggested payment, while especially dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal.
After the creature completes the
Monsters
Monster Manual
move through other creatures and objects as if they were Difficult Terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"Force
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shock", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.Lightning, PoisonAcid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Necrotic, Piercing, SlashingConsume Life. Constitution
Monsters
Monster Manual
Incorporeal Movement. The wraith can move through other creatures and objects as if they were Difficult Terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
Drain. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Life Drain"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 21 (4d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life
Species
Player’s Handbook
attribute their unusual gift to one or more of their benevolent gods, including Yondalla, Brandobaris, and Charmalaine. The same gift might contribute to their robust life spans (about 150 years
Cherished and guided by gods who value life, home, and hearth, halflings gravitate toward bucolic havens where family and community help shape their lives. That said, many halflings possess a brave
Monsters
Monster Manual
Detect Life. The banshee magically senses the direction of creatures up to 1 mile away that aren’t Constructs or Undead.
Incorporeal Movement. The banshee can move through other creatures and
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dracolich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of the dracolich can’t
turn.Dracolich Lairs
A dracolich lurks in a corrupted version of the lair it had in life. The region containing a dracolich’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects:
Sapping Mist
Monsters
Monster Manual
Underdark, in the tunnel-mazes they occupied in life or in the lairs of enemy beholders they conquered. These lairs are devoid of life, as death tyrants change their servants into Undead horrors.
The
a spell, it subtracts 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Negative energy suffusion"} from the number of Hit Points regained.
Scopophobia. Creatures within 1 mile of the
Monsters
Monster Manual
create sanctuaries apart from the living, whether hidden in cosmopolitan cities or sequestered in ruins where they dwelled in life.
The region containing a vampire’s lair is warped by its presence
and any creatures of its choice are unaffected by the fog.
If the vampire dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.Cold, NecroticSanguine Drain. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 18
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
effect.
Comet. The next time you enter combat against one or more Hostile creatures, you can select one of them as your foe when you roll Initiative. If you reduce your foe to 0 Hit Points during that
ally with its attacks. You and your allies can each summon only one avatar as a consequence of this draw. A creature slain by an avatar can’t be restored to life.
Avatar of Death
Medium Undead
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If the target is a creature, its speed is halved until the start of the leprechaun’s next turn.
Gift of Luck (1/Day). The leprechaun touches a creature and
magically gifts the target a measure of luck. The creature gains the leprechaun’s Astonishing Luck reaction. The creature can use the reaction three times, after which this gift goes away. The
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
been used as nimble scouts, always on alert for danger.
The first anvilwroughts were created by the god of the forge, Purphoros. He gave the secret of breathing life into these metal creatures to his
":"piercing"} piercing damage.The first bronze sables were presented to Karametra as a gift by Purphoros to serve primarily as guardians in Karametra's temples. But as others have been created, some have
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
glittering spores, a statuette resembling its former self, a chunk of ice, or a sponge shaped like a dodecahedron (DM’s choice).Magical Gift (1/Day). The chwinga targets a Humanoid it can see
spelljamming ships or ride around on space guppy;space guppies. Using its Magical Gift ability, a chwinga astronaut can bestow one of the following charms in place of those described in the Dungeon Master
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
action.Though they’re often mistaken for mundane cats, giant lynxes are magical creatures with origins in the snowy woodlands of the Feywild. Their coats grow lighter in winter, helping to
camouflage them in their favored habitats even when the landscape is draped in snow.
Giant lynxes are crafty hunters, cooperating in small groups to trap prey and occasionally using a magical gift to scout
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Incorporeal Movement. The snow maiden can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction
Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Life Drain. Melee Spell Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 10 (3d6
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the barrowghast a noxious stench.
Barrowghasts no longer hunger for physical food and instead crave life energy drained from living creatures. They often target former family members and allies, but
they feast indiscriminately on any creatures they encounter. When barrowghasts drain Humanoids’ life energy, those Humanoids rise as zombie;zombies.Necrotic, Poison
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Campus Knowledge. While at Strixhaven, the guide can’t become lost by magical or nonmagical means. The guide also has advantage on ability checks made to locate creatures or objects at
have a gift for finding things on campus, often popping up at the most inopportune times.PoisonNeed Directions? The guide takes the Help action.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Shrapnel Explosion. When the giant drops to 0 hit points, its armor explodes, destroying the giant’s body and scattering the armor as shrapnel. Creatures within 10 feet of the giant when its
to strike the foes of the Eternal Flame. The armor forged in these flames welds to the flesh, so while the giant isn’t burned, the armor can’t be removed once donned. When the giant dies, the armor explodes as a final gift from the All-Consuming Fire.Fire
Magic Items
Candlekeep Mysteries
properties:
Undead within 30 feet of the figurine can’t be turned.
Dead creatures within 30 feet of the figurine can’t be brought back to life.
A creature that holds the figurine while
avatar has the statistics of a wraith except that it’s chaotic evil. It attacks all non-undead creatures it encounters, and it disappears after 1 hour or when reduced to 0 hit points.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
":"damage","rollAction":"Bite (poison)","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.
Life Drain. The megapede magically drains life energy from other creatures nearby. Each creature within 15 feet of
Multiattack. The megapede makes one Bite attack and uses either Life Drain or Psychic Bomb.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Duty-Bound. The foresworn is bound to enacting a singular duty it pledged itself to in life. While this duty is incomplete, whenever the foresworn is destroyed, it re-forms at its previous location
after 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days, with all its hit points restored.
Incorporeal Movement. The foresworn can move through other creatures and objects as
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the gremishka’s initiative.Gremishkas are the vicious products of mistakes made by novice spellcasters seeking to create life. The results are cat-sized, magically unstable creatures with
gave them life as they infest the walls of spellcasters’ homes or the surrounding lands.
Despite their feral appearances, gremishkas are cunning creatures. They might imitate the sounds of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
by novice spellcasters seeking to create life. The results are cat-sized, magically unstable creatures with a taste for the trappings of magic—particularly spellbooks, spell components
, familiars, and the like. Gremishkas delight in tormenting magic-users, holding vicious grudges against those who gave them life as they infest the walls of spellcasters’ homes or the surrounding lands
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions
. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons’ connection to
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
the vampire’s hunger for blood. It exists only to seek out creatures and drain the life from them, and its insubstantial nature enables it to pursue prey through the tiniest of openings.
When
Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is construct or undead.
Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Life Hunger. If a creature within 60 feet of the sorrowsworn regains hit points, the sorrowsworn gains two benefits until the end of its next turn: it has advantage on attack rolls, and its Bite
deals an extra 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Hunger", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a hit.Multiattack. The sorrowsworn makes one Bite attack
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
burgomaster’s will, Izek drinks copious amounts of wine.
Fiendish Gift. After years of doing Baron Vallakovich’s dirty work, Izek awakened from a drunken stupor one morning to find that he had
into his home. I owe him my life, but he isn’t family.”
Flaw. “I would do anything, kill anything, to find my sister.”
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
ends. Most individuals prove unequal to the task. Those not destroyed outright are sometimes drawn inside the plane and replaced by nightwalkers—terrifying Undead creatures that devour all life
sucks the life and soul from creatures, annihilating most at once. The few who survive by sheer luck or by harnessing some rare form of protective magic soon discover that they can’t leave as easily
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
creature, it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.Feral ashenwights retain a fragment of the spark they had in life. However, they are devoid of memories
or thoughts beyond a compulsive desire to destroy all living creatures they encounter.
Ashenwights
When a Humanoid consumed by cruelty and rage dies in an area corrupted by the Far Realm, the
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
nature through their magic. They brew infusions of plants, fungi, and insects or other minuscule creatures that thrum with the essence of life, using these infusions to fuel their magic instead of using
conjured poisonous vines to avatars of nature’s wrath.
These professors teach their students to focus on the growth side of the natural cycle of life and death and to avoid wasting resources. They
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
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Ship Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). A ship upon which the captain stands, along with all creatures and
objects aboard it, becomes invisible to creatures not aboard the ship. The captain must concentrate on this magical effect to maintain it (as if concentrating on a spell), and it lasts for up to 1 hour
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Consume Life. As a bonus action, the will-o’-wisp can target one creature it can see within 5 feet of it that has 0 hit points and is still alive. The target must succeed on a DC 10
Constitution saving throw against this magic or die. If the target dies, the will-o’-wisp regains 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Consume Life"} hit points.
Ephemeral. The
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
is missing any of its hit points), reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Life
-Draining Vines (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Life-Draining Vines"}. Snaking vines erupt from the blight. Each creature within 10 feet of it must make a DC 12