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Monsters
Monster Manual
Bound. The guardian is magically bound to an amulet. While the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the guardian to travel to
the guardian.
Regeneration. The guardian regains 10 Hit Points at the start of each of its turns if it has at least 1 Hit Point.
Spell Storing. A spellcaster who wears the guardian’s amulet can
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Every shield guardian has an amulet magically linked to it. A shield guardian can have only one corresponding amulet, and if that amulet is destroyed, the shield guardian is incapacitated until a
damage. Crafting an amulet requires 1 week and costs 1,000 gp in components.
A shield guardian’s solitary focus is to protect the amulet’s wearer. The amulet’s wearer can command the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
A Large spectral guardian appears and hovers for the duration in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The guardian occupies that space and is invulnerable, and it appears in a form
appropriate for your deity or pantheon.
Any enemy that moves to a space within 10 feet of the guardian for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 20
Monsters
Monster Manual
Inscrutable. No magic can observe the sphinx remotely or detect its thoughts without its permission. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain its intentions or sincerity are made with Disadvantage
.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the sphinx fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The sphinx makes three Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +8
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as
cases, made notations and additions to existing text. There are places where pages are missing, torn, or covered so completely with ink, blood, and scratches that the original text can’t be
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
the table below. A necklace can have more than one bead of the same type. To use one, you must be wearing the necklace. Each bead contains a spell that you can cast from it as a Bonus Action (using
your spell save DC if a save is necessary). Once a magic bead’s spell is cast, that bead can’t be used again until the next dawn.
1d20
Bead
Spell
1–6
Bead of
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
magic of the deck functions only if its cards are drawn at random. You can take a Magic action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a point within 30 feet of yourself. An
real creature of its kind, except that it can do no harm. While you are within 120 feet of the illusory creature and can see it, you can take a Magic action to move it anywhere within 30 feet of its
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
it longs to be more than mere reference material.
Abyssal Lore. You can reference the Demonomicon whenever you make an Intelligence check to discern information about demons or a Wisdom (Survival
) check related to the Abyss. When you do so, you gain Advantage on the check.
Containment. The first ten pages of the Demonomicon are blank. As a Magic action while holding the book, you can target a
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
true form, it is forced into its true form and can’t change forms until the end of the guardian’s next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.
“Thought
and other shapeshifting creatures. In response, the Moon card spawned the first moonlight guardian.
A moonlight guardian’s body is infused with magical moonlight that the creature can channel
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
guardian has an amulet magically linked to it. A shield guardian can have only one corresponding amulet, and if that amulet is destroyed, the shield guardian is incapacitated until a replacement amulet
amulet requires 1 week and costs 1,000 gp in components.
A shield guardian’s solitary focus is to protect the amulet’s wearer. The amulet’s wearer can command the guardian to attack
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
caster's spell save DC or become unconscious for 1 minute.
Innate Spellcasting. The portrait's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12). The portrait can innately cast the following
best of their ability, and can act independently to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple automatons.
Constructed Nature
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
original victim’s memories resonates within the skull. A skilled magic-wielder can attempt to extract memories from it to gain insight into the victim’s past or find lore that otherwise
, animating the statue and turning it into a useful guardian.
Stone cursed possess a malevolent drive to slay the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
5 ft., one creature. Hit: 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shocking Grasp","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage, and the target can’t take reactions
until the start of its next turn.
Lightning Eruption (3/Day). The sage creates an eruption of magical lightning centered on a point it can see within 150 feet of it. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
the attack).
Dwarven Resilience. Drannin has advantage on saving throws against poison.
Indomitable (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Drannin can reroll a saving throw that he fails. He must use
the new roll.
Second Wind (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Drannin can use a bonus action to regain 16 (1d10 + 11);{"diceNotation":"1d10+11","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Second Wind"} hit
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Chameleon Skin. The hybrid has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
Spider Climb. The hybrid can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make
., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Guardian Project is a consequence of increasing
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Amphibious. The hybrid can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The hybrid makes two claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit
, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The Guardian Project is a consequence of
Monsters
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Hold Breath. While out of water, the octopus can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Water Breathing. The octopus can breathe only underwater.Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5
was creating a spore servant from a dead giant octopus to protect the caves while the leader could not. Unlike a living octopus, this guardian has only basic control over its tentacles. Rather than coiling around intruders to immobilize them, the spore servant simply bludgeons them.
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
property again until the next dawn.
Dark Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as lore about
in the cosmos. A character can use the lore the book contains to unearth terrible secrets no mortal should know. Among the contents a character might find are the following, plus whatever else you
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
serves as a guardian, attacking creatures that cross its path while remaining loyal to its caster.
Areas of wild magic and sites that have been ravaged by powerful eldritch forces can give rise to spell
":"Force Fist","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, the living spell can move it up to 5 feet and move with it, without provoking opportunity attacks
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
5 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shocking Grasp","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage, and the target can’t take reactions
resident lore experts are master sage;master sages and sages who dedicate themselves to scholarship above all.
Magic Items
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
can use an action to cast legend lore from the device. The device speaks the revealed lore aloud. Once this property has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Planar Knowledge
This skull-shaped device is filled with knowledge. The device weighs 5 pounds and is covered with subtle etchings of planar sigils.
As a bonus action, you can toss the device into the air, whereupon
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Multiattack. The nagpa makes three Staff or Deathly Ray attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit
helped avert a war between the gods. She transformed them into the scabrous, birdlike creatures known as nagpas and rendered them able to acquire new lore and magical power only from the ruins of
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Multiattack. The hybrid makes two javelin attacks. It can replace one javelin attack with Spit Acid.
Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit
","rollAction":"Spit Acid","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.The Guardian Project is a consequence of increasing tension within the Simic Combine as the threat of interguild conflict looms. Believing
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Grave Magic. When the master of souls cast a spell that deals damage, it can change the spell's damage type to necrotic.
Spellcasting. The master of souls is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting
","rollAction":"Scorching Ray","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage per ray.Those who follow Myrkul are either wizards or those who seek to master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, months, and sometimes years after their fateful encounter.
Insidious Lore
An allip might attempt to share its lore to escape its curse and enter the afterlife. It can transfer knowledge from its
Incorporeal Movement. The allip can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Immutable Form. The warbler is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Telepathic Bond. While the warbler is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey
what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically with each other.Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
":"Grasping Limb", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). The archivist can have no more than two targets grappled at a time.
Spellcasting. The
knowledge of Strixhaven’s extensive lore catalog, cogwork archivists serve as keepers of the university’s various libraries. The archivists’ towering metal frames are equipped with long
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
of existence. The painting can’t telepathically contact you, however. Maintaining telepathic contact with the painting requires your concentration (as if concentrating on a spell).
Guardian
esteemed associates.
Sentience. Constantori’s Portrait is a sentient, lawful evil item with an Intelligence score of 14, a Wisdom score of 12, and a Charisma score of 8. It can hear within a range
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
): beacon of hope, crusader's mantle, dispel magic, revivify, spirit guardians, water walk
4th level (3 slots): banishment, freedom of movement, guardian of faith, stoneskin
5th level (1 slot): flame strike
to her, and she employs thugs and enforcers to collect on her loans. If those resources prove inadequate, Istrid can call on her old adventuring companions for assistance.Poison
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and it can see and hear normally out to a range of 60 feet. Unlike most other sentient items, the orb has no goals of its own and can’t initiate a conflict with the creature in possession of it
.
The orb has extensive knowledge of four narrow academic subjects. When making an Intelligence check to recall lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
creature referred to in Northlander lore as the Hunter of Men is a sure-footed predator that can be found anywhere except the deep forest, preferring to patrol ledges and cliffs in the mountains. Its
Nondetection. The cat can’t be targeted or detected by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors.
Pounce. If the cat moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, wall of forceSeekers of forgotten lore and lost relics, blue abishais are the most cunning and learned of their kind. Their research into occult subjects gleaned from tomes plundered from across the
chooses to use them). Other archdevils can command abishais to work for them, but most archdevils do so rarely, since it is never clear whether an abishai follows Tiamat’s orders or Asmodeus&rsquo
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Immutable Form. The peacekeeper is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Telepathic Bond. While the peacekeeper is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically
convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically with each other.Multiattack. The peacekeeper makes two Slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Petrifying Touch"}. The cairnwight touches one creature it can see within 10 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution
exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies
Magic Items
Tales from the Yawning Portal
DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check, the character recalls lore that says the duergar made several such whistles for various groups in an age past.
If you blow the whistle in darkness or
under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it takes 1 minute to claw its way to