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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Resistances. See Living Shadow.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in Dim Light or Darkness
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Resistances. See Living Shadow.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in Dim Light or Darkness
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Ability Scores: Dexterity, Constitution, IntelligenceFeat: AlertSkill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand and StealthTool Proficiency: Thieves’ ToolsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) 2 Daggers, Thieves
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ’ Tools, Crowbar, 2 Pouches, Traveler’s Clothes, 16 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You eked out a living in dark alleyways, cutting purses or burgling shops. Perhaps you were part of a small gang of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shadow Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, CharismaFeat: LuckySkill Proficiencies: Animal Handling and PersuasionTool Proficiency: Navigator's ToolsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     earned a living by buying and selling the raw materials artisans need to practice their craft or finished works from such crafters. You might have transported goods from one place to another (by ship, wagon, or caravan) or bought them from traveling traders and sold them in your own shop.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     corpses to eat and living creatures to hunt. A harrow hawk can even travel the multiverse, flying magically from one world to another.
The Grim Harrow—a band of Undead beings created by the Deck
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of Many Things (see chapter 19)— seeks out harrow hawks, capturing them and training them as hunting animals. The Grim Harrow dispatches these Undead companions from the Gardens of Decay to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The champion makes two Blight Staff attacks, two Plague Bolt attacks, or one of each.
Blight Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +9
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Undead in the Grim Harrow, considering himself better than all of them and unjustly condemned to the Gardens of Decay for an act of altruism.
Though the weakest of the Harrow’s three leaders
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Grim Harvest. Once per turn when Oreioth kills one or more creatures with a spell of 1st level or higher, he regains hit points equal to twice the spell’s level.
Spellcasting. Oreioth is a 6th
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (3 slots): crown of madness, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, vampiric touch
Swift Animation (Recharges after a Long Rest). When a living Medium or Small humanoid within 30 feet of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The champion makes four Blazing Morningstar attacks. It can replace one of these
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Deck of Many Things. The avatar of death slew her in a flash. That was many centuries ago, and Wynemar is now a powerful and bloodthirsty Undead commander of the Grim Harrow.
Wreathed in searing
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The champion makes two Leeching Blade attacks and uses Hollow Void.
Leeching Blade
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her.
The Grim Champion of Desolation rides a malevolent
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} slashing damage.Murderous gangs of harpies collect in grim places across Theros, preying on any who pass by. Many merchants face regular losses at the harpies' claws, common casualties often referred
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to as a “blood toll.”
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance. Once per day, when he fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Equipment. Harshnag wears plate, +3;+3 plate armor and wields Gurt's greataxe. The axe sheds light
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Harshnag the Grim is a legendary good-aligned frost giant. In taverns throughout the North, he is known as a monster to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Trostani has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Trostani’s weapon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     step magically into one living tree within her reach and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     doesn’t function if Asteria has the incapacitated condition.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Asteria fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Asteria wears
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , but she nevertheless opposes groups like the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19) that seek to destroy the Deck of Many Things.PoisonEmpowering Aegis (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     60 feet of you, the figurine becomes a living creature in one of two forms (you choose). If there isn’t enough space for the creature where it would appear, the figurine doesn’t become a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the tempest fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Storm. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tempest is always at the center of a storm 1d6 + 4;{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Living Storm"} miles in diameter. Heavy precipitation in the form of either rain or snow
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Resistance (3/Day). If the impaler fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The impaler makes one Spike attack and two Wicked Spear attacks.
Spike. Melee Weapon Attack: +11
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.In the Domains of Dread, practitioners of foul magic perform a profane ritual that turns living creatures into fiendish killers. This ritual necessitates the use of a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Aphemia fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Aphemia has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     travelers and settlements.
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the hart fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The hart makes a Lightning Antlers attack and a Thunder Hooves attack.
Lightning Antlers
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     enormous creatures dwell in these wilds, with the tempest hart being among the most majestic.
A colossal elk with antlers made of living lightning, a tempest hart has a long mane of fine hair that
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the necrichor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. Unless its lifeless remains are splashed with Holy Water (flask);holy water or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     each of its turns, detaching from the necrichor and forcing it to move into the nearest unoccupied space on a success.A necrichor is a being of living blood, formed from the ichor of evil gods or the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with one foot in the land of the living and the other in the land of the dead. Those who walk the shadowed path between two lands do so because the spirits of the dead compel them. Other Uthgardt fear
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     soldier or knight who perished on the battlefield or died performing its sworn duty. It appears like a translucent version of its living self.
Task Driven. Although one is often mistaken for a ghost, a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     phantom warrior isn't bound by a yearning to complete some unresolved goal. It can choose to end its undead existence at any time. Its spirit lingers willingly, either out of loyalty to its former
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Amphibious. The sea serpent can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the sea serpent fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The sea serpent deals
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Some can be appeased by offerings of treasure, but most demand that a ship’s crew sacrifice one or more of their own.
Living amid the wreckage of sunken ships or in deep sea caves, sea serpents
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     object.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Gremorly fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Gremorly makes three Withering Strike attacks.
Withering Strike. Melee Spell Attack
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ’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
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the spider fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Unusual Nature. The spider doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The spider makes two Web Strand attacks
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     living brain functions like a spelljamming helm, allowing the spider to travel through Wildspace without a ship. It often haunts asteroid belts, lurking among normal asteroids until a spelljamming ship
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Velomachus fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Velomachus makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     exploration and discovery through the lens of creating a direct conduit to the past.
She founded Lorehold College to ensure mortals would never forget the lessons of the past. After living for centuries
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the beast fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The beast deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The beast makes
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     gore them with its tusks, but its most devastating attack is its magical ability to disintegrate foes with its terrible gaze.
Powerful spellcasters create nightmare beasts to serve as living siege
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Orcus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Orcus’s weapon attacks are magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Orcus fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Orcus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     known as the Blood Lord. While he takes pleasure in the sufferings of the living, he far prefers the company and service of Undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} poison damage. A creature that succeeds on the save is immune to this sibriex’s Contamination for 24 hours.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the sibriex fails a saving throw, it can choose to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     6 levels of exhaustion, it dies and instantly transforms into a living manes (see the Monster Manual) under the sibriex’s control. The transformation of the body can be undone only by a wish
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ; the mummy lord can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Each undead creature in the lair can pinpoint the location of each living creature within 120 feet of it until initiative count 20
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , any non-undead creature that tries to cast a spell of 4th level or lower in the mummy lord’s lair is wracked with pain. The creature can choose another action, but if it tries to cast the spell
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 15
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 20
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     contain natural springs 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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with Cataclysmic fire and serve the death dragon’s will, typically going on rampages to destroy all living creatures in sight.Necrotic, PoisonPiercing
                                                
                                            
                                        





