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                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     magnetic north. (Nothing happens if this function of the rod is used in a location that has no magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     height above it.
Drain Life. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using the rod, you can force the target to make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes an extra
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     creature whose soul has been devoured by Blackrazor can be restored to life only by a Wish spell.
When Blackrazor devours a soul that isnât yours, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the slain
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Blackrazor is a sentient Chaotic Neutral weapon with an Intelligence of 17, a Wisdom of 10, and a Charisma of 19. It has hearing and Darkvision out to 120 feet.
The weapon speaks Common and can communicate
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Darkvision out to 120 feet.
The wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and speaks Abyssal and Common.
Personality. The wandâs purpose is to help satisfy Orcusâs desire to slay
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     skull surmounts it. For this to happen, the long-lost hero must first be restored to lifeâno easy task, given the fact that Orcus has imprisoned the heroâs soul and keeps it hidden and well
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     divined.
Nature canât abide the bookâs presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You canât be restored to life
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Kavan was a ruthless chieftain whose tribe lived in the Balinok Mountains centuries before the arrival of Strahd von Zarovich. Although he was very much alive, Kavan had some traits in common with
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     that drains life from those it kills and transfers that life to its wielder, imbuing that individual with the stamina to keep fighting.
When you hit with a melee attack using this magic spear and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     attacks. It can replace one Slam attack with a Life Drain attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d12+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.A skitterwidget that gives birth to a kiddywidget canât procreate for 3d6 days afterward. Still, given that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     skitterwidgets are constructs with no natural life span, there is no telling how many kiddywidgets a pair of skitterwidgets can produce.
Growth Cycle. It takes 3d6;{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     enough to move to and attack, the bearer attacks an object, with preference for an object smaller than itself. Once the bearer goes berserk, it remains berserk until it is destroyed or its creator gives it
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Suffer not their presence; destroy rose bearers on sight.â
âCommon saying among the Knights of Solamnia
A black rose bearer is a rotting corpse animated by necromancers on Krynn to serve
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;gather in packs to scour the Shadowfell for prey. These desperate entities subsist on life force; when they find a creature, they surge forward to sink their fangs into their victims and drink deep
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Sorrowsworn
The Shadowfellâs pervasive melancholy sometimes gives rise to strange incarnations of the planeâs bleak nature. Sorrowsworn embody the forms of suffering inherent to the shadowy
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Thievesâ Gallery
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     things in life, particularly when they result from his own cleverness. Decades of heists and cons havenât slaked his thirstâin fact, his ambitions only grow grander with time.Cunning. Forge
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action, or he gives himself advantage on the next attack roll he makes before the end of this turn.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     her collection. She also gives keys as gifts to those who need them.
Jingle Jangle seeks a quiet life far away from locked doors and the intrigues of the fey courts. She moved to Telemy Hill to enjoy
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     destructive prowess, the land around its volcano is often naturally abundant. Itâs common for those who live nearby to honor the tlexolotl as a protector of the land, as the ash it creates rejuvenates the soil and encourages life to flourish.Fire, Poison
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , rising only rarely to gorge itself on massive amounts of animal and plant life before returning to its slumber. Should a tlexolotlâs sleep be disturbedâwhether by intruders in its volcanic
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     his will.
Grandfather Karlov. The head of the council, who gives final approval to its decisions and breaks ties within the group, is Karlov, known as Grandfather. In life, Karlov was the greediest of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Specialties table, or roll for one. The specialty determines additional spells the magewright knows, including ones that can be cast only as rituals. The specialty also gives the magewright more
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     true form if it dies.Kin to the common mimic described in the Monster Manual, hoard mimics are among the oldest and most cunning of their kind. A hoard mimicâs massive, amorphous form and shape
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     dragonâs lair to draw unwitting intruders away from the real richesâand into the mimicâs maw. If faced with unexpectedly fierce opposition, though, a hoard mimic might offer information about the true hoard in exchange for its life.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     natural leader and a protective caregiver. She has a direct manner that reassures and inspires those around her.
Mercion does not worship a deity, but rather an ideal: that truth gives life to artistry
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see âRandom Propertiesâ below).
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you.
Random Properties. A docent has the following properties:
Languages. The docent knows Common, Giant, and 1d4
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , branding smite (at 4th level), revivify
1/day each: geas, raise dead
Special Equipment. Arkhan wields Fane-Eater and wears a suit of Obsidian Flint Dragon Plate. The armor gives Arkhan advantage on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     many allies as possible. Should one or more of his comrades fall in battle, Arkhan uses revivify and raise dead spells to bring them back to life as soon as possible.
If Arkhan finds himself overwhelmed
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     troll undergoes strange mutations. Among the most common mutations are wings, stretchable bodies, resistance to magic, and a strange reflective psychic property. Many troll mutates also have small
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     injured and his blood spilled on the ground. The saga further claims that trolls were born similarly when Vaprakâs blood was spilled. Whatever the truth of their origin, trolls embody life&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of carrion, and wallowing in mire. A catoblepas might be found with the one mate it chooses for life and, on occasion, with a calf. A catoblepas attacks anyone that moves too close, especially if
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     guarding its young.
A catoblepasâs stink, like the stench of death mixed with swamp gas and skunk musk, gives it away as being much more ghastly than its appearance suggests. When it is on the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . The swap is also undone if the controlled body takes damage from the carrionetteâs Silver Needle.Carrionettes arise from innocent intentions. Heartfelt wishes breathe life into a beloved toy and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     porcelain dolls are the most common, all manner of deadly stuffed animals, crawling jack-in-the-boxes, bloodthirsty poppets, murderous jewelry box ballerinas, and so forth might be carrionettes. These
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator.
Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     environments abundant with life. They share apesâ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those found in deep
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. Itâs common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships, not only as emissaries
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     thousands (in some cases tens of thousands) of years old. Whatever their disposition, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Also at rank 1, you are the beneficiary of a whisper jar â a common magic item resembling an ether-filled jar with a long tap hose. The jar is used to record othersâ stories and your own
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ;Tabaxi on a Hot Tin Roof
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The lifeâs work of the loremonger who owned the jar before you
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Every courageous thought youâve ever had, to cover for how scared you are most of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     attack roll, the clockwork gives that creature a +5 bonus to its AC against that attack, potentially causing a miss. To use this ability, the clockwork must be able to see the creature and the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     number of Hit Dice.
8
Suction. The clockwork gains a climbing speed of 30 feet.
9
Vocal Resonator. The clockwork gains the ability to speak rudimentary Common or Gnomish.
10
Water
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a specific location their battlefield. This gives rise to stories of haunted battlegrounds, ruins, roads, river crossings and other strategic locations where a dullahan continues a terrifying
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion.
Desertification. Precipitation is almost nonexistent within 6 miles of the scion, parching the land and withering most
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     plant life.
Empowered Fire Giants. Fire giants within 1,000 feet of the scion gain a +8 bonus to attack and damage rolls.
If the scion dies, existing ore remains, but new veins of ore stop forming. The
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Special Equipment. Halaster wears a robe of eyes that lets him see in all directions, gives him darkvision out to a range of 120 feet, grants advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     effect is triggered, as though Halaster had cast minor illusion in an area. Common illusions include the echo of rattling chains, the distant sound of explosive spells being cast, a dusty cloak or a rusty
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     guests for Pidlwick II to âentertain.â The clockwork effigy emerged from its closet and found new places to hide. It fears Strahd and eagerly follows anyone who gives it the attention it craves
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Pidlwick II is basically an oversized toyâa 4-foot-tall mechanism stuffed with gears, springs, and other components expertly fitted together to impart a semblance of life to it. Its skin is made of stitched
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the giantâs magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Abundant Ore. Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion.
Desertification. Precipitation is
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     almost nonexistent within 6 miles of the scion, parching the land and withering most plant life.
Empowered Fire Giants. Fire giants within 1,000 feet of the scion gain a +8 bonus to attack and damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     gives no hint of her supernaturally extended life span. She typically wears long robes and wields a unicorn-headed staff, her Staff of Silverymoon.
Personality
Alustrielâs primary concerns
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founderâs name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly power. Acknowledging the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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 Dark Powers and tapped into
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time
                                                
                                            
                                        





