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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. The rod has properties associated with six different buttons that
push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form:
Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
to your head and remains there until you die. If the eye is ever removed, you die.
Properties of the Eye. While you are attuned to the eye, your alignment is Neutral Evil, and you gain the following
damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature reduced to 0 Hit Points by this damage is transformed into green slime (see chapter 3) that covers the ground in its
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
);{"diceNotation":"15d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Black Dragon Head: Acid Breath","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Blue Dragon Head
);{"diceNotation":"16d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Blue Dragon Head: Lightning Breath","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Green
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
half as much damage on a successful one.
2
Tidal Wave Breath (Recharge 5–6). The chimera has an aquatic creature’s head that exhales a torrent of acidic water in a 60-foot line that
level or lower, the spell has no effect on the chimera and instead targets the caster.Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: one with its claws, one with its head, and one with its tail. When its
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
summons three death's head;death's heads, one of each type, in unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of it. The death's head;death's heads are under the dullahan’s control and act immediately after the
":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the dullahan scores a critical hit against a creature, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or the dullahan cuts off the target’s head. The
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Hand) check can remove a disk, causing one head to power down and preventing it from making attacks. If the dragon head is disabled, the creature loses its Fire Breath. If the goat head is disabled
, it loses its horns attack. If the lion head is disabled, it loses its bite attack.Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its horns, and one with its claws. When its
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Multiple Heads. The dracohydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the dracohydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and
heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken radiant damage since its last turn. The dracohydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown this way.
Reactive Heads
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
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Each target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 14d6 psychic damage and is stunned. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage and isn’t
stunned. If a target is killed by this damage, its head explodes, assuming it has one.
A stunned target can make an Intelligence saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a successful save, the stunning effect ends.
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
This gleaming mask is white with highlights of pale blue and is topped by a spined crest. The mask reshapes to fit the face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and
cold damage. If you already have immunity to cold damage from another source, whenever you are subjected to cold damage, you take none of that damage and regain a number of hit points equal to half
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, or 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Head Butts","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half its hit points or
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+0","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Head Butts"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (4d4);{"diceNotation":"4d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Head Butts","rollDamageType
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
":"psychic"} psychic damage, and the gaj magically pulls one piece of information from the target’s mind that the gaj wants to know. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage
speech of other creatures.
A gaj’s head is a spongy globe about 2 feet in diameter, with three feathery antennae protruding from the top. Spaced around the head are six compound eyes, and six
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
uses an action to reattach the arm.
15–16: “Who Turned Out the Lights?” The autognome’s head falls off and deactivates, causing the autognome to be blinded and deafened until
a creature uses an action to reattach the head, which reactivates it.
17–20: “Have a Magical Day!” The autognome explodes and is destroyed. Each creature within 20 feet of the
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
. Each mask shrinks to become the modeled head of a chromatic dragon, appearing to roar its devotion to Tiamat where all the masks brought together are arranged crown-like on the wearer’s head
face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and attuned to it, you gain the following benefits.
Damage Absorption. You have resistance against acid, cold, fire, lightning
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
This mask of glossy azure has spikes around its edges and a ridged horn in its center. The mask reshapes to fit the face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and attuned
points equal to half the lightning damage dealt.
Draconic Majesty. While you are wearing no armor, you can add your Charisma bonus to your Armor Class.
Dragon Breath. If you have a breath weapon
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
This mottled green mask is surmounted by a frilled crest and has leathery spiked plates along its jaw. The mask reshapes to fit the face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the
points equal to half the poison damage dealt.
Draconic Majesty. While you are wearing no armor, you can add your Charisma bonus to your Armor Class.
Dragon Breath. If you have a breath weapon that
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Evasion. When subjected to an effect that allows a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Molliver takes no damage on a successful save or half damage on a failed one, provided Molliver is
, counting on their friends to bail them out whenever they get in over their head. They always have a friendly jibe or acerbic remark on the tip of their tongue, and their cavalier attitude doesn’t
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
This horned mask of glossy ebony has horns and a skull-like mien. The mask reshapes to fit the face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and attuned to it, you gain the
already have immunity to acid damage from another source, whenever you are subjected to acid damage, you take none of that damage and regain a number of hit points equal to half the acid damage dealt
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
points for each head regrown this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
Wakeful. While
shorelines where the wilds meet the ocean. These monstrous creatures are aptly named; their bites are known to snap giants’ arms cleanly in half.
Snapping hydras have naturally long life spans and
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Constitution saving throw, taking 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acid Breath","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
spells from damaging it.A braxat is a towering, warm-blooded carnivore with a thick, articulated shell covering its back, a squarish head topped with horny protrusions, and thick arms ending in large hands
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
Rejuvenation. If destroyed, the tile chimera regains all its hit points and becomes active again in 24 hours unless at least half its tiles are collected and kept separate from the rest of the
.
Fire Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Fire Breath"}. The dragon head exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and is incapacitated until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn’t incapacitated.
Spellcasting (Psionics
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After a neh-thalggu kills a victim, it uses its pincers to cut open the victim’s head and remove the brain. It then swallows the brain whole. The collected brain is stored inside one of several
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
turn, unless it has taken poison damage since its last turn. The Goose Mother regains 10 hit points for each head when it regrows.
Reactive Heads. For each head the Goose Mother has beyond one, it gets
falls into a magical slumber. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only. The honks can be heard up to 300 feet away.
A creature under magical slumber has the unconscious
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
;s your position in the family? Are you the heir to the head of the family? Have you already inherited the title? How do you feel about that responsibility? Or are you so far down the line of
inheritance that no one cares what you do, as long as you don’t embarrass the family? How does the head of your family feel about your adventuring career? Are you in your family’s good graces, or
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Second Head. Because of its two heads, the Spider King has
half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Bites","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage, or 11 (3d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"3d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Swarm of Bites (Half HP)","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage if the swarm
has half of its hit points or fewer, and the target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
or the Astral Sea.
Giff are split into two camps concerning how their name is pronounced. Half of them say it with a hard g, half with a soft g. Disagreements over the correct pronunciation often
blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
, or unconscious condition on itself. While one of the psurlon’s heads is asleep, its other head is awake.Multiattack. The psurlon makes two Bite attacks and two Claw attacks. It can also use
a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The psurlon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
This mask of glossy crimson has swept-back horns and spiked cheek ridges. The mask reshapes to fit the face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and attuned to it, you
you already have immunity to fire damage from another source, whenever you are subjected to fire damage, you take none of that damage and regain a number of hit points equal to half the fire damage
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Death Ray", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target instead takes 64
attack, a catoblepas reveals the extent of its horrific nature. The creature’s serpentine neck has trouble lifting its head, but one glare from its bloodshot eyes can rot flesh. At the end of its
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
nine pieces: two arms, two legs, two wings, a tail, a torso, and a head. Each piece is a Large object with AC 19, 27 hit points, and immunity to psychic and poison damage. After 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days, if all pieces are still within 6 miles of each other, they all teleport to the location of the head piece and merge with it, whereupon the hollow dragon
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Tunneler. The kruthik can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 2½-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Stab. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType
hatch from eggs laid by female adults. Each egg is about the size of an adult human’s head and hatches within a month. Tiny kruthik hatchlings are harmless and rarely stray far from the nest. They
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6);{"diceNotation":"10d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Flourish", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage on a failed save, or half as
lightning strikes and searing lashes of flame meet the professors’ foes head on.
Professors who embrace the Prismari philosophy of expression focus on magic becoming art in the moment. Whether to
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
);{"diceNotation":"8d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Explode","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Flyby. The comet doesn’t provoke
murder comet looks like a screaming stone head wreathed in flame. It trails fire behind it as it flies through Wildspace, either singly or in a posse with other murder comets, looking for ships, crews
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
it was a person at first, but then I saw its head. Next, its arm. I knew I had to run.”
—Werthil,Kender Adventurer
Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Evasion. If Viari is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he instead takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only half
quickly rising in the ranks of Acquisitions Incorporated since joining that august team, Viari has come to head what's known as the organization's Stabbing Department. A potent threat in both dueling