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Dungeon Master’s Guide
As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a Giant Constrictor Snake in that space. The snake is under your
’t have the Incapacitated condition. You decide what action the snake takes and where it moves during its turn, or you can issue it a general command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature whose soul has been devoured by Blackrazor can be restored to life only by a Wish spell.
When Blackrazor devours a soul that isn’t yours, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the slain
Blackrazor. Blackrazor can be destroyed by crushing it in the great gears of Mechanus. Primus, the creator of the modrons, also knows a series of musical tones that Blackrazor can’t stand to hear, causing the sword to shatter.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
ally with its attacks. You and your allies can each summon only one avatar as a consequence of this draw. A creature slain by an avatar can’t be restored to life.
Avatar of Death
Medium Undead
guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a family’s bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact
Duty-Bound. The foresworn is bound to enacting a singular duty it pledged itself to in life. While this duty is incomplete, whenever the foresworn is destroyed, it re-forms at its previous location
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
master or because it believes it must perform a task to satisfy its honor or sense of duty. For example, a guard who dies defending a wall might return as a phantom warrior and continue guarding the
wall, then disappear forever once a new guard assumes its post or the wall is destroyed. The period between the time it died and the time it rises as a phantom warrior is usually 24 hours.
Faded Memories
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the initiative order. If this wight slays a Humanoid with its Life Drain, the wight transforms into a jiangshi 5 days later.
Change Shape. The jiangshi polymorphs into a Beast, a Humanoid, or an Undead
their descendants and the communities they knew in life, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
deep in the Underworld. Terrifying and cunning, they guard portals between the wards of the Underworld, Erebos’s greatest treasures, and noteworthy souls who might attempt to escape the realm of
life and death. Most cerberi have a boundless hunger for fresh meat, especially the flesh of humanoids. Villains have been known to exploit that hunger by luring cerberi away from the river and setting them loose on mortal settlements.Fire, Necrotic
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
causing the creatures to devour themselves.
Cunning stalkers, breath drinkers are usually solitary. Occasionally they serve powerful Far Realm entities or Elder Evils, consuming life and souls for their
reduces the target’s Charisma to 0, the target dies. Until the breath drinker dies, the dead target can’t be returned to life by any means short of divine intervention. On a successful save
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"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
living. Because they are undying, some wood woads outlive their original purpose. The site a wood woad guards might lose its power or significance over time, or those whom it was assigned to guard
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons.
To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its life force to a corpse in a profane
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spike","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.It takes six months of steady eating for a young kruthik to reach adult size. The natural life
more lethal.
Kruthiks abide the presence of Constructs, Elementals, Oozes, and Undead, and they use such creatures to help guard their hive. They are smart enough to barricade some tunnels and dig new ones that keep their neighbors away from their eggs.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
vestiges of its previous life. It sprouts a tail and clumsy wings and grows to enormous size, barely retaining a bipedal shape. Its stomach churns with acid, causing noxious fumes to waft from its mouth and
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. 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
). Trostani animates one or two trees she can see within 120 feet of her, causing them to uproot themselves and become awakened tree;awakened trees (see the Monster Manual for their stat blocks) for 1 minute or
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, or at least get close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons
and must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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
scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See “Giants of Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.)
Scions of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
least get close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
staff; when the ulitharid is ready to give up its life, it attaches the staff to the back of its head, and the staff cracks open its skull, enabling its brain to be extracted. The brain and the staff
are then planted in the ulitharid’s corpse, causing it to dissolve into ichor. This psionically potent slime helps to fuel the transformation of the area into a brine pool for the embryonic elder brain.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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
first empires of giants until Annam retreated into seclusion. On other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the reach of melee combatants and spellcasters, or he flies away (using summoned wolf;wolves or swarm of bats;swarms of bats or swarm of rats;rats to guard his retreat).
Strahd observes the characters
to see who among them are most easily swayed, then tries to charm characters who have low Wisdom scores and use them as thralls. At the very least, he can order a charmed character to guard him
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
trying to teach them military tactics.
3
A druid summoned galeb duhr to guard a young sapphire dragon;young sapphire dragon's hoard in exchange for the dragon controlling the giant spider
population, but the galeb duhr are causing trouble for local miners.
4
Two Lolth cultist;cultists seek a magical relic that attracts giant spider;giant spiders, but the relic’s resting place has
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
gifts of gold, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
7
A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to invade the dreams of adventurers, sending parties on quests to
’s life.
4
A young moonstone dragon has acquired a powerful magic item belonging to one of the fey courts and is leading the assassin sent to retrieve the item on a chase through the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s lair.
6
A moonstone dragon, offended by gifts of gold, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
7
A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to
moonstone dragon has partnered with an androsphinx to guard a precious treasure, taking the place of the sphinx’s slain gynosphinx partner.
3
An ancient moonstone dragon is summoned to mediate a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons’ attentiveness to unusual
the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
8
An
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a weapon. Response: The nimblewright adds 2 to its AC against that attack, potentially causing it to miss.Watchful sentries that patrol important sites, nimblewright guards serve as loyal soldiers or
or other areas where they are common. Roll or choose a result from the Nimblewright Tasks table as inspiration for what a nimblewright guard or nimblewright hulk might be doing in a busy public place
Animate Dead
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead
command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you
Deck of Many Things
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
alteration, causing your alignment to change. Lawful becomes chaotic, good becomes evil, and vice versa. If you are true neutral or unaligned, this card has no effect on you.
Comet. If you single
becomes your enemy. The devil seeks your ruin and plagues your life, savoring your suffering before attempting to slay you. This enmity lasts until either you or the devil dies.
Fool. You lose 10,000 XP
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
16 Constitution saving throw or drop to 0 hit points. On a successful save, the creature is frightened until the end of its next turn.
Life Drain. The demilich targets up to three creatures that it
can see within 10 feet of it. Each target must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or take 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType
Animate Objects
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Objects come to life at your command. Choose up to ten nonmagical objects within range that are not being worn or carried. Medium targets count as two objects, Large targets count as four objects
the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a
Soldier
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
War has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the
standing army, a town guard, or a village militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mercenaries, private guards, Watch soldiers, and members of the Flaming Fist number among just a few of the many soldiers on the streets of Baldur’s Gate.
War has been your life for as long as
military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your military career. Was it a standing army, a town guard, or a village
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. “I came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this
the patron ancestors formed a bond with you. Now it is your duty to follow in the footsteps of your patron, living your life as they lived theirs, allowing this champion to live on through you. This
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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
solution for every problem, and following it is imperative. (Lawful)
3
Embracing. Life is messy. Throwing yourself into the worst of it is necessary to get the job done. (Chaotic)
4
eradicated.
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My commander betrayed my unit, and I will have revenge.
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FLAW
1
I grow combative and unpredictable when I drink.
2
I find civilian life
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. “I came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this
godlike power and has protected your island home for thousands of years. The greatest heroes of your people join the Undying Court after death; if you achieve great things in your life, you too could
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
survive with just their wits in situations that would be deadly for other folk. Because of that fact, many lizardfolk myths state that their people were placed by the gods in the Material Plane to guard
’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end