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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cause the guardian to store one spell of level 4 or lower. To do so, the wearer must cast the spell on the guardian while within 5 feet of it. The spell has no effect but is stored within the guardian
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Lightning. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the target to take an extra 2d6 Lightning damage (no action
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     take a Magic action to cause a bolt of lightning to leap from the staff’s tip in a Line that is 5 feet wide and 120 feet long. Each creature in that Line makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Brave. The guardian has advantage on saving throws against the frightened condition.Lightning Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lightning Mace
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Members of the order wear brass masks bearing the face of their god, who is depicted as a long-haired, bearded man with a stern gaze. Each fully initiated guardian has a small blue lightning bolt
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     brass masks bearing the face of their god, who is depicted as a long-haired, bearded man with a stern gaze. Each fully initiated guardian has a small blue lightning bolt tattooed on their right
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     cause, buffeting these foes with their shocking implements.Aura of Resilience (1/Day). The champion exudes an aura of ghostly lightning that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. While this
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Body","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Illumination. The hybrid sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet.Multiattack. The hybrid makes two attacks
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     target. Hit: 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shocking Touch","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     dragons. Plated in brass, bronze, copper, or faux gold and silver, they are often taken for fine draconic statues at first glance. A clockwork dragon makes a formidable guardian or defender, with its
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     that deals fire damage, some might be constructed to deal acid, cold, or lightning damage, depending on their makers' whims.Poison, Psychic
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . When you hit with an attack roll using it, the target takes an extra 5d4 damage of your choice of one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison.
While holding the flail
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , you can use an action and speak a command word to cause the heads to breathe multicolored flames in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     as a guardian. Its name derives from the preserved black rose the bearer carries inside a delicate bell jar. The slightest jostle can cause the bearer to lose its grasp on the bell jar, destroying
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Regeneration. The drone regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point.
Spell Storing. A spellcaster can cause the drone to store one spell of 4th level or lower. To
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     mechanical animal or plant.
This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardian;shield guardians.Poison
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Divine Eminence. As a bonus action, the priest can expend a spell slot to cause its melee weapon attacks to magically deal an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"Mace","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Dragonborn. She can use her action to exhale a 5-foot-wide, 30-foot line of lightning (but can't do this again until she finishes a short or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Lightning Storm. The kraken magically creates three bolts of lightning, each of which can strike a target the kraken can see within 120 feet of it. A target must make a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.
Lightning Strike. The kraken magically create a bolt of lightning, which can strike a target the kraken can see within 90 feet of it
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     (Costs 2 Actions). The tempest can cause a bolt of lightning to strike a point on the ground anywhere under its storm. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (4d6 + 9);{"diceNotation":"4d6+9","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Thunderous Slam","rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage.
Lightning Storm (Recharge 6
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     structures.Multiattack. The scion makes one attack using Lightning Sword or Hailstone, as well as two Slam attacks.
Lightning Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18", "rollType":"to hit
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ", "rollAction":"Lightning Sword"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 36 (4d12 + 10);{"diceNotation":"4d12+10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Sword", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Lightning Strike (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Lightning Strike"}. Hekaton
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hurls a magical lightning bolt at a point he can see within 500 feet of him. Each creature within 10 feet of that point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ":"damage","rollAction":"Shock","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.An autognome is a mechanical gnome that resembles the rock gnome who created it, though it could never be mistaken for a gnome
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     autognome obeys its creator’s commands when it is functioning properly, but a design flaw can cause an autognome to go rogue, forget its orders, and wander Wildspace doing anything except what it
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     from harm it might cause.
If the scion is threatened, it unleashes elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 19 (3d12);{"diceNotation":"3d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     colossus is lost to modern giants, but many tales suggest the instructions might be buried deep in ruins from ancient giants’ empires.Poison, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     can be used in another steel predator. Battle damage can cause this instinct to fail, however, in which case the steel predator lingers in the area, hunting and killing other creatures that resemble
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the Zikzokrishka’s Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} piercing damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
3rd level (3 slots): call lightning, dispel magic, plant growth
4th level (1 slot): blight, freedom of movementMultiattack. Walnut makes two attacks with Foremother or her longbow.
Foremother (+1
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and destroy those responsible.
As a guardian of the wild, Walnut has long held an antipathy toward civilization and anything urban. However, understanding that civilization was the source of the evil
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , requiring no material components:
At will: gust of wind, invisibility, lightning bolt
2/day each: chain lightning, cloudkill, haste
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Yan-C-Bin fails a saving throw, he
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Thundercrack (Recharges after a Short or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;s Mind Poison for 24 hours.Respected as guardians by villains across the multiverse, maelephants are Fiends with pachyderm-like heads. They can exhale toxic fumes that cause foes to temporarily
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     decades. The Fiends fulfill their end of the bargain with unwavering loyalty, steadfastly tending to their posts per the terms of their agreement.PoisonAcid, Fire, Lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     charges), globe of invulnerability (6 charges), hold monster (5 charges), levitate (2 charges), lightning bolt (10d6;{"diceNotation":"10d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Bolt
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage; 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges).Ringlerun became an adventurer to better satisfy his craving for
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     for the next 24 hours.
Breath Weapons (Recharge 5–6). Lhammaruntosz uses one of the following breath weapons.
Lightning Breath. Lhammaruntosz exhales lightning in a 90- foot line that is 5
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw, taking 66 (12d10);{"diceNotation":"12d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Breath","rollDamageType":"lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     attunement). It can be used as an arcane focus. Whoever is attuned to the blast scepter gains resistance to fire and lightning damage and can, as an action, use it to cast thunderwave as a 4th-level spell
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with spell attacks). He can cast disguise self and invisibility at will. He can cast fly and lightning bolt once each without expending a spell slot, but can’t do so again until he finishes a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     maggots, and contorting their limbs in impossible ways as they scuttle across the ground.PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksControl
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Corpse. While Possess Corpse is active, the dybbuk makes the corpse do something unnatural, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or cause a quadruped to move as a biped. Any Beast
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     following properties while attuned to the dagger, provided he has the weapon drawn:
Cause a blue gem set into the dagger’s pommel to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ancient guardian naga, can help him. As such, his search has been focused on locating the ruins of Orolunga, where the naga is said to dwell. Fate has handed Artus a saurial traveling companion named
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , dispel magic
4th level (3 slots): stone shape, guardian of faith
5th level (2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harmMultiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the mummy lord can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Each undead creature in the lair can pinpoint the location of each
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At will: Animate Dead (as an action), Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Fly, Lightning Bolt
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in his archlich form and not his divine form.Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Lightning, NecroticVile Teleport. Vecna teleports, along with any equipment he is
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Shield Guardian
                                                    
    
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                                                    Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cause the guardian to store one spell of 4th level or lower. To do so, the wearer must cast the spell on the guardian. The spell has no effect but is stored within the guardian. When commanded to do
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Bound. The shield guardian is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet's wearer can telepathically call the guardian to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Yeenoghu
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Fraz-Urb'luu
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of their holy cause, only to eventually reveal his true nature and claim their souls as his own.Fraz-Urb’luu’s Lair
Fraz-Urb’luu’s lair lies within the Abyssal lair known as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (62,000 XP) when he’s encountered in his lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Fraz-Urb’luu can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     soul of the mighty warlord Leuk-o was drawn into the artifact and has become its animating force. The servant has been known to attack or move of its own accord, particularly if doing so will cause
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , the servant’s two crew members can cause it to explode. The self-destruct code is not revealed to crew members when they attune to the artifact. If the code is discovered (the DM determines how
                                                
                                            
                                        





