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Player’s Handbook
Dwarves were raised from the earth in the elder days by a deity of the forge. Called by various names on different worlds—Moradin, Reorx, and others—that god gave dwarves an affinity for
stone and metal and for living underground. The god also made them resilient like the mountains, with a life span of about 350 years.
Squat and often bearded, the original dwarves carved cities and
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
by powerful eldritch forces can give rise to spell effects that become living beings. These so-called living spells haunt the places where they were created, subsisting on ambient magical energy.Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Magic Resistance. The living spell has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unfettered. The living spell can move through any barrier, even a wall of magical force
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
effects that become living beings. These so-called living spells haunt the places where they were created, subsisting on ambient magical energy.Poison
Magic Resistance. The living spell has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The living spell doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.Force Fist
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that become living beings. These so-called living spells haunt the places where they were created, subsisting on ambient magical energy.Poison
Dimensional Form. The living spell can enter another creature's space and vice versa, and it can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. The living spell can't detach from a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
violence to sustain their existence, angry sorrowsworn—sometimes called the Angry—grow more powerful when their foes fight back. If a creature opts not to attack, though, this sorrowsworn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
consuming individuals and replacing them with duplicates called podling;podlings. Bodytaker plants view themselves as perfect organisms and seek to dominate the lands where they grow. To their minds, a
exhaustion for each hour it spends in the pod. If the target dies while enveloped, it immediately emerges from the pod as a living podling, wearing or carrying all of the original creature’s equipment
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
magically into one living tree within 5 feet of itself and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of itself that it can see, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree
.
“Right now, you are a feeble stick, but I will help you grow some rings.”
—Borogrove, Tuinvale treefolk
Bludgeoning, PiercingFireOaken Boon. The treefolk blesses one creature other
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
vegetation that thrive in the bayou. They are living examples of the conflicting forces of life and decay existing in a harmonious cycle. Flowers and other plant life grow on their backs, necks, and heads
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, seeking to mold and shape stone into beautiful elegance. If it needs more raw materials, the scion can transform a living creature in its palm into stone.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a scion
of Skoraeus is altered by the giant’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Abundant Stone and Minerals. Smooth stones and gems grow within 6 miles of the scion.
Edible Moss
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
scion continues to pursue the art that ornamented its dreams, seeking to mold and shape stone into beautiful elegance. If it needs more raw materials, the scion can transform a living creature in its
stones and gems grow within 6 miles of the scion.
Edible Moss. Carpets of golden moss that stone giants find tasty grow on cavern walls within 6 miles of the scion.
Empowered Stone Giants. Stone
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Tree Stride. Once on each of its turns, the wood woad can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically into one living tree within 5 feet
of it and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of it that it can see, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be Large or bigger.Multiattack. The
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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the result of imagination trying to account for a terrifying and
called lich-knights or fell horsemen.
In stark contrast to the knights of Eldraine, the deathless riders are without virtue of any kind. They are few in number—unless many more lurk in the dark
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
seek to maintain planar equilibrium, assuring that good, evil, law, or chaos never grow too powerful or too weak. To the rilmani, each of these forces is fundamental to the multiverse’s existence
frequently encountered on their home plane, the Outlands, where they work to ensure that no force overexerts itself on the Concordant Opposition.
Rilmani are bipedal, with bodies of living metal that ranges
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
the multiverse. They seek to maintain planar equilibrium, assuring that good, evil, law, or chaos never grow too powerful or too weak. To the rilmani, each of these forces is fundamental to the
living metal that ranges in appearance from cold iron to brilliant gold. Most have smooth faces with few features, and their extraordinary anatomies often act in defiance of natural forces.Psychic
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Out of the Abyss
Fungus Stride. Once on its turn, the bridesmaid can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically into one living mushroom or fungus patch within 5 feet and emerge from another within 60 feet of the
saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay, Zuggtmoy is an alien creature whose only desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her mindless servants and, eventually, into
(Medicine) and Wisdom (Survival) checks have disadvantage.
Fungal Infestation. Molds and fungi grow on surfaces within 6 miles of the lair, even where they would normally find no purchase.
Mutating
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
result is a ravenous monster called a maw of Yeenoghu, which is wholly devoted to the demon lord.
A maw of Yeenoghu grows a mane of hair and hunches over like a gnoll. Its jaw grows and widens, and
its mouth fills with multiple rows of sharp teeth. These teeth constantly grow, driving the maw to bite and chew on anything within reach. Some maws desperately rip the teeth from their mouth for
Zuggtmoy
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Out of the Abyss
infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of madness (determined by rolling on the Madness
save, the creature is infected with a disease called the influence of Zuggtmoy for 24 hours. While infected, the creature is charmed by her and can’t be reinfected by these spores.Protective
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
stability.
Rilmani
Rilmani protect the balance between the forces and philosophies of the multiverse. They seek to maintain planar equilibrium, assuring that good, evil, law, or chaos never grow too
overexerts itself on the Concordant Opposition.
Rilmani are bipedal, with bodies of living metal that ranges in appearance from cold iron to brilliant gold. Most have smooth faces with few features, and
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, naiads gather to revel in nature’s might. Individual naiads often grow fixated with a single type or body of water, potentially preferring a deep sea trench, coastline, or river system above
for whatever catches their eye. Living creatures aren’t exempt from this curiosity, either. Naiads are known to befriend aquatic creatures, or even to keep modest menageries. The occasional star
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
members of a ship’s crew one by one. Ancient sea serpents grow large enough to demolish whole ships, then feed at leisure on helpless sailors in the water. At any age, a sea serpent attacks with
crew sacrifice one or more of their own.
Living amid the wreckage of sunken ships or in deep sea caves, sea serpents collect the cargo of the craft they sink, amassing great hoards of trade goods, sailors’ trinkets, and pirates’ booty.Cold
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
behind when one Fiend kills another.
Because of their hunger for living prey, vargouilles are eager to escape the Lower Planes. On rare occasions, summoning a demon to another plane can bring a
fiendish aspects, such as fangs, tentacles, and horns. At the same time, the person’s ears grow larger, expanding into wing-like appendages. In the final moments, the victim’s head tears
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the elves use to grow crystals and repair their ships. Most important, astral elves use
astral elf society called the Xaryxian Empire. This empire is based in Xaryxispace, a Wildspace system illuminated by an enormous radiant sun named Xaryxis.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hunters. They use reefs and natural camouflage to hide before they strike, picking off members of a ship’s crew one by one. Ancient sea serpents grow large enough to demolish whole ships, then feed at
. 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
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
can make a stomp attack against that creature.Polukranos, called the World Eater, is the mortal manifestation of the eternal ideal of a hydra. In its first incarnation, it fell from Nyx to the mortal
gods, like the legendary hydra Polukranos.
Territorial Terrors. During their early years, hydras feed their rapid growth by terrorizing the land. When they grow large enough, they look for a
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
do this for several reasons. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the elves use to grow crystals and repair their ships. Most
Xaryxis features an amoral astral elf society called the Xaryxian Empire. This empire is based in Xaryxispace, a Wildspace system illuminated by an enormous radiant sun named Xaryxis.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, Prestidigitation
2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic
1/day: SlowYears ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign
’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
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of 4 or lower, the fensir has no more boulders to throw.Some fensirs undergo a transformation after living in Ysgard for at least a thousand years. They grow rapidly to a height of 25 feet, fueled by
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Acquisitions Incorporated
the familiars of evil arcane casters, abandoned in the subterranean depths and left to grow to enormous size. Others claim these creatures were once normal crows transmuted by vile essence and viler
almost any creature. Their preferred attack is a snatch-and-grab that sees a deep crow flying off with a living victim before its companions have any chance of counterattack. Provided the doomed prey
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
medusas of Ravnica, often called gorgons, are a monstrous race of creatures that appear superficially similar to human women. In place of hair, a gorgon has a writhing mass of black, serpentine
cables, and its hands are scaly claws.
The gaze of a medusa's glowing eyes causes living tissue to petrify. The transformation is rapid, leaving the victim as a stone statue, usually frozen in a position
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Returned, called kakomanteis, use their magical prowess to control the energy that suffuses the Underworld.
Returned have escaped the Underworld and dwell among the living once more, but their second
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
great evil and is unable to forgive itself, the dryad might transform into a wicked Fey monster called a deadbark dryad. Such dryads relinquish any compassion they once felt for living beings and
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
living, as these aimless killers know only suffering and seek to spread it whenever the opportunity arises. While palamnites might wander the world as dangerous, lone murderers, many gravitate to Odunos
, where they serve the vicious will of Tymaret the Murder King (see chapter 3).
Returned have escaped the Underworld and dwell among the living once more, but their second lives are rarely what they
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Create Lornlings"}. Bavlorna creates one or two 1-foot-tall duplicates of herself, called lornlings (use the Quickling stat block in appendix C). Each lornling appears
Endelyn, Bavlorna is called Slack-jawed Lorna because her wide mouth is prone to hang agape. Flies flit in and out of it. She is the hag of the present, the here and now, the moment to moment. Those
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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
target’s hands grow claws, which can be used as dagger;daggers.
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One of the target’s legs grows longer than the other, reducing its walking speed by 10 feet.
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