gloom cause lightning

Staff of Thunder and Lightning

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Lightning. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the target to take an extra 2d6 Lightning damage (no action

take a Magic action to cause a bolt of lightning to leap from the staff’s tip in a Line that is 5 feet wide and 120 feet long. Each creature in that Line makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw

Guardian of Gorm

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Brave. The guardian has advantage on saving throws against the frightened condition.Lightning Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lightning Mace

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Mace", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 2 (1d4

Champion of Gorm

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

cause, buffeting these foes with their shocking implements.Aura of Resilience (1/Day). The champion exudes an aura of ghostly lightning that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. While this

Brave. The champion has advantage on saving throws against the frightened condition.Multiattack. The champion makes two Lightning Mace attacks or three Handaxe attacks. Lightning Mace. Melee Weapon

Flail of Tiamat

Magic Items Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. When you hit with an attack roll using it, the target takes an extra 5d4 damage of your choice of one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. While holding the flail

, you can use an action and speak a command word to cause the heads to breathe multicolored flames in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed

Valetta

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Divine Eminence. As a bonus action, the priest can expend a spell slot to cause its melee weapon attacks to magically deal an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction

":"Mace","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Dragonborn. She can use her action to exhale a 5-foot-wide, 30-foot line of lightning (but can't do this again until she finishes a short or

Slarkrethel

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Amphibious. Slarkrethel can breathe air and water. Freedom of Movement. Slarkrethel ignores difficult terrain, and magical effects can't reduce its speed or cause it to be restrained. It can spend 5

. Lightning Storm. The kraken magically creates three bolts of lightning, each of which can strike a target the kraken can see within 120 feet of it. A target must make a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw

Juvenile Kraken

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Amphibious. The kraken can breathe air and water. Freedom of Movement. The kraken ignores difficult terrain, and magical effects can't reduce its speed or cause it to be restrained. It can spend 5

Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone. Lightning Strike. The kraken magically create a bolt of lightning, which can strike a target the kraken can see within 90 feet of it

Elder Tempest

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

(Costs 2 Actions). The tempest can cause a bolt of lightning to strike a point on the ground anywhere under its storm. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw

hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (4d6 + 9);{"diceNotation":"4d6+9","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Thunderous Slam","rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage. Lightning Storm (Recharge 6

Scion of Stronmaus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

structures.Multiattack. The scion makes one attack using Lightning Sword or Hailstone, as well as two Slam attacks. Lightning Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18", "rollType":"to hit

", "rollAction":"Lightning Sword"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 36 (4d12 + 10);{"diceNotation":"4d12+10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Sword", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage

King Hekaton

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Lightning Strike (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Lightning Strike"}. Hekaton

hurls a magical lightning bolt at a point he can see within 500 feet of him. Each creature within 10 feet of that point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation

Baernaloth

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

planes. It’s said the first demodands of Carceri were created by baernaloths. Baernaloths spread discord and despair among any creatures they meet. They use their breath, thick with the gloom of

wounded foes alive, sometimes indefinitely, to prolong their suffering. Even striking against a baernaloth brings misery—they can cause an attacker’s old wounds to painfully reopen. All the

Autognome

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

":"damage","rollAction":"Shock","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.An autognome is a mechanical gnome that resembles the rock gnome who created it, though it could never be mistaken for a gnome

autognome obeys its creator’s commands when it is functioning properly, but a design flaw can cause an autognome to go rogue, forget its orders, and wander Wildspace doing anything except what it

Cradle of the Storm Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

from harm it might cause. If the scion is threatened, it unleashes elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 19 (3d12);{"diceNotation":"3d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"lightning

Steel Predator

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12

can be used in another steel predator. Battle damage can cause this instinct to fail, however, in which case the steel predator lingers in the area, hunting and killing other creatures that resemble

Zikzokrishka

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit

is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the Zikzokrishka’s Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours. Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

Iymrith

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

"} piercing damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16

throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours. Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge

Yan-C-Bin

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

, requiring no material components: At will: gust of wind, invisibility, lightning bolt 2/day each: chain lightning, cloudkill, haste Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Yan-C-Bin fails a saving throw, he

","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. Thundercrack (Recharges after a Short or

Maelephant

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

;s Mind Poison for 24 hours.Respected as guardians by villains across the multiverse, maelephants are Fiends with pachyderm-like heads. They can exhale toxic fumes that cause foes to temporarily

decades. The Fiends fulfill their end of the bargain with unwavering loyalty, steadfastly tending to their posts per the terms of their agreement.PoisonAcid, Fire, Lightning

Ringlerun

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

charges), globe of invulnerability (6 charges), hold monster (5 charges), levitate (2 charges), lightning bolt (10d6;{"diceNotation":"10d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Bolt

","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage; 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges).Ringlerun became an adventurer to better satisfy his craving for

Lhammaruntosz

Monsters Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

for the next 24 hours. Breath Weapons (Recharge 5–6). Lhammaruntosz uses one of the following breath weapons. Lightning Breath. Lhammaruntosz exhales lightning in a 90- foot line that is 5

feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw, taking 66 (12d10);{"diceNotation":"12d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Breath","rollDamageType":"lightning

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

attunement). It can be used as an arcane focus. Whoever is attuned to the blast scepter gains resistance to fire and lightning damage and can, as an action, use it to cast thunderwave as a 4th-level spell

with spell attacks). He can cast disguise self and invisibility at will. He can cast fly and lightning bolt once each without expending a spell slot, but can’t do so again until he finishes a

Dybbuk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

maggots, and contorting their limbs in impossible ways as they scuttle across the ground.PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksControl

Corpse. While Possess Corpse is active, the dybbuk makes the corpse do something unnatural, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or cause a quadruped to move as a biped. Any Beast

Vecna the Archlich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22): At will: Animate Dead (as an action), Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Fly, Lightning Bolt

in his archlich form and not his divine form.Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Lightning, NecroticVile Teleport. Vecna teleports, along with any equipment he is

Yeenoghu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

flail attacks. If an attack hits, he can cause it to create an additional effect of his choice or at random (each effect can be used only once per Multiattack): 1. The attack deals an extra 13 (2d12

of civilization on his layer of the Abyss. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Yeenoghu can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the

Fraz-Urb'luu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

of their holy cause, only to eventually reveal his true nature and claim their souls as his own.Fraz-Urb’luu’s Lair Fraz-Urb’luu’s lair lies within the Abyssal lair known as

(62,000 XP) when he’s encountered in his lair. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Fraz-Urb’luu can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

soul of the mighty warlord Leuk-o was drawn into the artifact and has become its animating force. The servant has been known to attack or move of its own accord, particularly if doing so will cause

, the servant’s two crew members can cause it to explode. The self-destruct code is not revealed to crew members when they attune to the artifact. If the code is discovered (the DM determines how

Arcturia

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

initiative ties), the lich can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the lich can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: The lich rolls a d8 and regains a spell

52 (15d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a success. The apparitions then disappear. Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Lightning, Necrotic

Scion of Skoraeus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

. Hit: 35 (4d12 + 9);{"diceNotation":"4d12+9", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Crystal Club", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Hit or Miss: The scion can cause the club to flare with

cradle dies, the scion within fully awakens.AcidCold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksEarth-Shaking Movement. The scion moves up to its speed and then sends

Lady Illmarrow

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

missile, shield, sleep 2nd level (3 slots): blur, detect thoughts, mirror image 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, fireball, fly, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): blight, confusion

, polymorph 5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, cone of cold, hold monster, scrying 6th level (2 slot): chain lightning, circle of death, create undead 7th level (2 slot): finger of death, forcecage

Exethanter

Monsters Curse of Strahd

its lair has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Exethanter can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects

(15d6);{"diceNotation":"15d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Apparitions","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a success. The apparitions then disappear. Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Lightning, Necrotic

Aspect of Bahamut

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

allies enjoy the full benefit of his mercy. His breath can wreak monumental destruction and work miraculous healing, and few things in the mortal world can cause him lasting harm.Acid, Cold, Fire

, Lightning, Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksIf the aspect’s Platinum Brilliance trait has activated in the last hour, he can use the options below as legendary

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

, populated by minotaur;minotaurs, goristro;goristros, and quasit;quasits. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Baphomet can take a lair action to cause one of the following

people, but as beasts meant to be preyed upon.” Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Orcus’s voice booms throughout the lair. His utterance causes one creature of his choice to

the awareness of life’s futility.” Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

bulk of this palace extends deep underwater, in chill and darkened caverns. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take a lair action to cause one of the

me. They might try to take it away from me!” Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning

Graz'zt Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Graz’zt can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Graz’zt casts

bring me happiness should be enjoyed immediately. There is no point to saving anything pleasurable for later.” Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning

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