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Dungeon Master’s Guide
While holding this Shield, you can take a Bonus Action to cause it to animate. The Shield leaps into the air and hovers in your space to protect you as if you were wielding it, leaving your hands
free. The Shield remains animate for 1 minute, until you take a Bonus Action to end this effect, or until you die or have the Incapacitated condition, at which point the Shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
. The weapon uses your attack roll and adds your ability modifier to damage rolls.
While the weapon hovers, you can take a Bonus Action to cause it to fly up to 30 feet to another spot within 30 feet of
you. As part of the same Bonus Action, you can cause the weapon to attack one creature within 5 feet of the weapon.
After the hovering weapon attacks for the fourth time, it flies back to you and
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
saving throw, or its Concentration is broken. In addition, you can cause a 30-foot-deep, 10-foot-wide fissure to open up on the ground anywhere in the area. Any creature on a spot where the fissure
against the ground to create an intense seismic disturbance in a 50-foot-radius circle centered on the point of impact. Structures in contact with the ground in that area take 50 Bludgeoning damage
Spells
Player’s Handbook
shut.
Phantom Sound. You create an instantaneous sound that originates from a point of your choice within range, such as a rumble of thunder, the cry of a raven, or ominous whispers.
Tremors. You cause harmless tremors in the ground for 1 minute.
(Intimidation) checks.
Fire Play. You cause flames to flicker, brighten, dim, or change color for 1 minute.
Invisible Hand. You instantaneously cause an unlocked door or window to fly open or slam
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
Choose a point on the ground that you can see within range. For the duration, an intense tremor rips through the ground in a 100-foot-radius circle centered on that point. The ground there is
Difficult Terrain.
When you cast this spell and at the end of each of your turns for the duration, each creature on the ground in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature has
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You create a 10-foot-radius, 20-foot-tall Cylinder of magical energy centered on a point on the ground that you can see within range. Glowing runes appear wherever the Cylinder intersects with the
from the creature.
Each time you cast this spell, you can cause its magic to operate in the reverse direction, preventing a creature of the specified type from leaving the Cylinder and protecting
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
count 20 (losing initiative ties), Ogrémoch uses his lair action to cause one of the following effects:
A 10-foot-radius area of rocky or earthy ground within 60 feet of Ogrémoch turns
, and the affected creature can’t benefit from being invisible.
Stomp (Costs 2 Actions). Ogrémoch stomps the ground, creating an earth tremor that extends in a 30-foot radius. Other
Yeenoghu
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
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
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
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
A navigation orb is a hollow, 7-foot-diameter sphere of thin, polished mithral with a large skye (cloud) rune embossed on its outer surface. The orb levitates 10 feet above the ground and is keyed to
altitude and location remain fixed until the orb is returned or replaced.
As an action, you can cause one of the following effects to occur if you are touching the orb:
The castle moves at a
Orcus
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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
+ 9);{"diceNotation":"2d12+9", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Flail", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If it’s his turn, Yeenoghu can cause the target to suffer one of the following
hunting ground, where he pursues captured mortals in a cruel game. Yeenoghu’s lair is a place of blood and death, populated by gnoll;gnolls, hyena;hyenas, and ghoul;ghouls (see the Monster Manual
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
By using an action to read the scroll, you cause a comet to fall from the sky and crash to the ground at a point you can see up to 1 mile away from you. You must be outdoors when you use the scroll
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
their lairs with vegetation.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same
home and hunting ground of the ancient female green dragon Claugiyliamatar, better known to many as Old Gnawbone. She earned her nickname from her habit of gnawing on old kills, and is often seen
Monsters
Divine Contention
(losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Grasping roots and vines erupt in a 20
underground city known as Southkrypt. For centuries, Kryptgarden Forest has been the home and hunting ground of the ancient female green dragon Claugiyliamatar, better known to many as Old Gnawbone. She
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
are tiny thieves who steal whatever they can lay their hands on to cause confusion and consternation. A faerie borrower stands less than six inches tall, with blue or blue-gray skin and wings resembling
they are often boastful and love to mock their victims, faerie borrowers are quick to dart away from losing battles on their nimble wings.
The throng of faeries flitted from castle to castle, leaving
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
ties), the beholder can take one lair action to cause one of the following effects:
A 50-foot square area of ground within 120 feet of the beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until
lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
schemes of others? No one is my equal in cunning.”On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties) Nintra can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; she can’t use the same
;
Bond. “I have many supporters in the Gloaming Court who worship the ground I walk on. They deserve a sovereign who is worthy of their love.”
Flaw. “Why should I worry about the
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
she will fight tooth and nail for a cause she believes in.
Doric has joined the Emerald Enclave, a network of survivalists who tend to the balance between civilization and nature. When the Lord of
owlbear (see the Monster Manual).
Doric can remain in that form for up to 2 hours. She can choose whether her equipment falls to the ground, melds with her new form, or is worn by the new form. Doric
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects:
The aboleth
choose to be affected.
Pools of water within 90 feet of the aboleth surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
skeleton covered with fungi and bark-like lichen. A lichen lich has vines within its chest cavity. These vines exude viscid and poisonous black fluid.On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
lichen lich can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects:
Poisonous spores fill a 10-foot cube that the lich can see within 120 feet of it. Any creature that enters the cloud for the
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
entirety of the Eternal Garden.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the Gardener can take one of the following lair actions; they can’t take the same lair action two
or larger plant within the lair.
Vine Wall. A wall of grasping vines appears on the ground within 120 feet of the Gardener. The wall is up to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it
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
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
).
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the riverine can take one of the following lair actions; the riverine can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row
. The riverine conjures swampy ground that briefly covers the ground in a 20-foot square the riverine can see within 120 feet of itself. That area becomes difficult terrain until initiative count
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the sphinx can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the sphinx can’t use an effect again until it
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, treasure, and wrecked ships.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the kraken takes a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects:
A strong current moves
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
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
students and embittered faculty they might turn to their cause. The Oriq take pains to hide their true allegiance and wear masks to hide their identities. These masks have magical properties that
blood mages almost impossible to ambush.NecroticSanguine Tentacles (1/Day). The blood in the copper basin disappears as tentacles of congealed blood fill a 10-foot cube centered at a point on the ground
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
willingly harms its master, but outside battle, it might cause considerable difficulties. It might follow its master despite being told to stay put, destroy its master’s house, burrow holes through a
ground
8
Attacks carts and wagons as if they were terrible monsters
9
Howls when it rains
10
Whines piteously in the dark
11
Buries treasure it finds
12
Chases birds, leaping into the air to catch them, heedless of the destruction it causes
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
can take lair actions and has a challenge rating of 13. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Gar uses a lair action to use his Multiattack or cast one of his spells, up to 3rd level
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
nightmare about losing blood. Its coloration and shape resemble those of the beholder that dreamed it into existence, but its hue is more muted, and instead of magical eye rays, it has ten long
;rats, leaving behind a trail of bloodless corpses. When underground, it uses its tentacles as feelers, prodding and examining the environment in all directions. Above ground, it usually keeps its
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
a shock wave through the ground in a 60-footradius circle centered on itself. Each creature on the ground in that area that is concentrating must succeed on a DC 24 Constitution saving throw or lose concentration.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
wrecked ships.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the kraken takes a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects:
A strong current moves through the kraken
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
Baphomet
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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
;The world is my hunting ground. Others are my prey.”
61–80
“Hate comes easily to me and explodes into rage.”
81–00
“I see those who oppose me not as
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
snakes infest the lair, which is filled with the stench of death and decay.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the
following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Pools of water that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Magma erupts from a point on the ground the dragon can see within 120 feet of it
dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a






