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Returning 35 results for 'ground casting life'.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Blight Seeds. When it finishes a Long Rest, the blight expels 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Blight Seeds"} seeds into unoccupied spaces on the ground within 30 feet of
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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with all its
is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.
Casting this spell to revive a
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
As a Magic action, you can place this 1-inch adamantine statuette on the ground and, using a command word, cause it to grow rapidly into a square adamantine tower. Repeating the command word causes
a single door at ground level on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can issue as a Bonus Action. It is immune to the Knock spell and similar magic.
Magic prevents the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
As you cast the spell, you draw a 5-foot-radius circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and
.
You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for 365 days.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
).
Call Undead. While holding the wand, you can take a Magic action to conjure 15 Skeleton;Skeletons and 15 Zombie;Zombies. These Undead magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in
skull surmounts it. For this to happen, the long-lost hero must first be restored to life—no easy task, given the fact that Orcus has imprisoned the hero’s soul and keeps it hidden and well
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s 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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
space that you can see on the ground.
Instant Health. You allow yourself and up to twenty creatures that you can see to regain all Hit Points, and you end all effects on them listed in the Greater
for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails.
The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, minor illusion, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): false life, mage armor, magic missile, ray of sickness
2nd level
Oreioth dies, he can use an action on his next turn to cast animate dead on that humanoid’s corpse, instead of using the spell’s normal casting time.Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +3
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
successful one. When the staff is destroyed, the life force of the Forgotten One is released to the afterlife. Where it goes is anyone’s guess.
Casting the staff into a sphere of annihilation
, remove curse, or similar spell ends the curse on the target.
The Forgotten One. The bodiless life force of a dead archmage empowers the staff and is imprisoned within it. The rune carved into the
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
":"2d10+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Strike (Thunder)", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} damage (the high fae’s choice).
Negotiate Life (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Negotiate Life"}. The high fae enacts a magical bargain, siphoning energy from its opponents to heal its wounds. The high fae targets up to three creatures it can see
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creature isn’t revived before then, only a wish spell or killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature’s original body can restore it to life. Constructs and devils are immune
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
before then, it can be restored to life only by a wish spell or by killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature’s original body.Multiattack. The hellion makes two Morningstar
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These undead magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands
.
A Taste of Undeath. Orcus casts chill touch (17th level).
Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its hit point maximum is reduced by 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Corrupted Healing"}. This reduction can be removed only by a wish spell or by casting greater
stalk the killing field, poisoning the ground and sickening creatures they encounter. Sometimes they might be hired to lift the very plagues they spread, but the price for such work is high, and the
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
stand and move on liquid surfaces as if they were solid ground.
Watery Fall. When Gar drops to 0 hit points, his body collapses into a pool of inky water that rapidly disperses. Anything he was wearing
lair actions while concentrating on a spell cast as a lair action. His favorite use of this capability is casting inflict wounds or call lightning.
If Gar casts cure wounds using this lair action, he regains the maximum number of hit points from the spell (28).Cold
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
with a semblance of life. When she wills it to do so, the hut pulls its gigantic roots free of the earth and shambles around like a spidery behemoth, shaking the ground with every step. The hut
furnishings have been bolted to the floor, since the hut lurches from side to side when it walks.
Heart of the Hut. The gemstone that has given life to Baba Lysaga's hut was previously buried in the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Life Leech. One Large or smaller creature that the slithering tracker can see
addition, the grappled target takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Leech", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns. The
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Disembodied Voice. Up to three times in its life, the zodar can cause a message of up to twenty-five words to issue from the air around it. It speaks only when it has something profoundly important
casts the wish spell, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17). After casting this spell, the zodar turns to dust and is destroyed.A zodar is a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its turn if it is in contact with the ground. If the wood woad takes fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the wood woad’s next turn. The wood woad dies only if it
":"4d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Club", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.A wood woad is a powerful bipedal Plant invested with the soul of someone who gave up life to become an
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes one Tail attack.
Treacherous Ice. Magical ice covers the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point the dragon can
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
spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes one Tail attack.
Treacherous Ice. Magical ice covers the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point the dragon
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
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Podling Link. The plant can see through and communicate telepathically with any of its podling;podlings within 10 miles of it.
Rejuvenation. When the plant dies, it returns to life in the place
where it died 1d12 months later, unless the ground where it took root is sown with salt or soaked with poison.
Unusual Nature. The plant doesn’t require sleep.Multiattack. The plant makes three
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its master.A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. They feel no obligation to their young and have no inclination to gather with others of their kind. Instead, each has an overpowering need
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
cradle defies all their expectations. Like a living volcano, the cradle hurls balls of magma at intruders, exhales fiery gases, and causes molten stone to erupt from the ground around it.
If the
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
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
trees must be Large or bigger.Multiattack. Trostani takes three actions: she uses Constrict and Touch of Order, and she casts a spell with a casting time of 1 action.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +11
. Trostani makes one melee attack, with advantage on the attack roll.
Voice of Life. Trostani bestows 20 temporary hit points on another creature she can see within 120 feet of her.
Voice of Order
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
ft., one creature casting a spell of 5th level or lower. Hit: 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the
fire giants shaped them into flexible joints and plated armor. Storm giants inscribed runes into the inert form to give it the semblance of life. The fruit of these labors was an everlasting guardian
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
instead.Multiattack. Jarad makes two attacks: one with his Noxious Touch and one with his Staff of Svogthir. He can cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action in place of one of these attacks.
Noxious Touch
creature's turn. Jarad regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Cantrip. Jarad casts one of his cantrips.
Noxious Touch (Costs 2 Actions). Jarad uses Noxious Touch.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At will: fire bolt, invisibility (after casting, roll a d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8
to reckless acts.”
Bond. “This carnival is our opportunity for a new life, far away from the gloomy world we came from.”
Flaw. “I’m too confident in my own authority to
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
no damage, and the target gains the benefits of the awaken spell for 8 hours.
Summer. As an action, you can fire this arrow at an unoccupied space on the ground that you can see within 320 feet of
as best it can, and it takes its turns immediately after yours. The emissary remains for 1 hour before fading away.
Autumn. As an action, you can fire this arrow at a space on the ground that you can
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These creatures magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands
Tail or Necrotic Bolt attack.
Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling necrotic energy 60 feet tall and
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Aura of Death. Creatures within 30 feet of Skall have disadvantage on death saving throws.
Cosmic Annihilation. A creature killed by Skall can be restored to life only by means of a true
Counterspell. Skall chatters his teeth to interrupt a creature he can see within 60 feet of himself that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
magma at intruders, exhales fiery gases, and causes molten stone to erupt from the ground around it.
If the cradle is destroyed, the scion of Surtur inside it awakens. Standing 60 feet tall, the scion
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
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
troll amalgam.
Trolls
The dwarven tale titled The Saga of Gnarldan Steelshield claims the god Vaprak the Destroyer came into being when Annam was injured and his blood spilled on the ground. The
saga further claims that trolls were born similarly when Vaprak’s blood was spilled. Whatever the truth of their origin, trolls embody life’s steadfast determination to grow and thrive
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried. If the lich chooses, plant life in the area is unaffected by the spell.
Spellcasting. The lich casts one of the
feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw or fall unconscious until the poisoned condition ends on it.
Sap Life (Costs 2 Actions). The lich targets one creature it can
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or animal swoops down to rip apart victims with its gnashing teeth. One with the head of monster like a nothic or medusa, though, retains a measure of the power it had in life and can befuddle the
themselves in unholy ground. A new death’s head tree emerges from each planted head 1d12;{"diceNotation":"1d12","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Death's Head Tree"} months later.Necrotic