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Spells
Player’s Handbook
One creature that you can see within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration. The creature succeeds automatically if it isn’t Humanoid.
A
spectral crown appears on the Charmed target's head, and it must use its action before moving on each of its turns to make a melee attack against a creature other than itself that you mentally choose
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
, whereupon the rod’s head sheds Bright Light in a 60-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 60 feet. While in that Bright Light, you and your allies gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class and saving
throws and can sense the location of any Invisible creature that is also in the Bright Light.
The rod’s head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes or when a creature takes a Magic
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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
saving throw or a foe’s Critical Hit. You can force the reroll to be made with Advantage or Disadvantage, and you choose whether to use the reroll or the original roll.
Reshape Reality. You may
for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails.
The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you
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
on Initiative rolls.
Necrotic Reduction. As a Magic action, you can target one creature you can see within 5 feet of yourself. The target makes a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 7d6 Necrotic
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Two Heads. The amphisbaena has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.Multiattack. The
"} poison damage.Found in Danger at Dunwater, these strange reptiles have a head at either end of their serpentine bodies, each one equipped with venomous fangs. To move, an amphisbaena uses one head to grip the neck of its other head, forming a hoop that rolls over the ground.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
":"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
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
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
takes an extra 7 (2d6) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
2
Shark Bite. The chimera has advantage on a head attack
. A creature hit by the chimera’s head attack must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be restrained as it begins to turn to stone. The restrained creature must repeat the saving
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Beheaded Form. When created, a death’s head takes one of three forms: Aberrant Head, Gnashing Head, or Petrifying Head. This form determines the creature’s attack.
Unusual Nature. The
death’s head doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Gnashing Bite (Gnashing Head Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Gnashing Bite
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
harengon brigands, who stole its head, which the scarecrow describes as a most glorious stag skull. It desperately wants its head back, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a
hollow gourd that now sits askew on its shoulders. Eight copper coins are sealed inside the gourd, causing the head to rattle whenever Clapperclaw nods, turns, or shakes its head.
Roleplaying Notes
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
).
Black Dragon Head: Acid Breath (Costs 2 Actions). Tiamat exhales acid in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw, taking 67 (15d8
Dragon Head: Poison Breath (Costs 2 Actions). Tiamat exhales poisonous gas in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 27 Constitution saving throw, taking 77 (22d6);{"diceNotation
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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Magic Resistance. The death's head has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The death's head uses Stunning Gaze and makes two dagger attacks.
Dagger. Melee
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Stunning Gaze. The death's head targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the end
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the molydeus fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The molydeus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
. If the target has at least one head and the molydeus rolled a 20 on the attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. The vargouille targets one incapacitated Humanoid within 5 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or become cursed. The cursed target loses 1 point of Charisma after each
hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell; don’t count that time. When the cursed target’s
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Hold Breath. The Telepathic Pentacle can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The Telepathic Pentacle has five heads. While it has more than one head, the Telepathic Pentacle has advantage on
saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the Telepathic Pentacle takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies
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
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.
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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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the molydeus fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The molydeus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
. If the target has at least one head and the molydeus rolled a 20 on the attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect
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
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws
each head regrown in this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.
Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least
Magic Items
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
This heavy mace has a dark oaken handle and a head of blackened steel trimmed with gold. In combat, the mace’s head is wreathed in inky black energy.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage
weapon has 6 charges. When you hit a creature with an attack using this weapon, you can expend one charge to force the creature to make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is blinded until the start of your next turn. The weapon regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
;{"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
":"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
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
condition. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or become cursed. The cursed target’s Charisma decreases by 1 after each hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects, and its Charisma
Magic Resistance. The vargouille has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
grappled by it. The target must make a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mind-Probing Antennae","rollDamageType
target must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
+3","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage per beam), minor illusion, and poison spray
3/day: suggestion
Magic Resistance. The yuan-ti has advantage on saving throws against spells
and other magical effects.
Malison Type. The yuan-ti has one of the following types:
Type 1: Human body with snake head
Type 2: Human head and body with snakes for arms
Type 3: Human head and upper
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
its mission.
A gem stalker has a four-legged body resembling that of a wingless dragon, but with a vaguely humanlike torso, head, and arms in place of the dragon’s head. Its eyes are milk white
roll it makes before the start of the gem stalker’s next turn.
Sapphire. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be pushed horizontally up to 10 feet away from the gem
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
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Disfigured Second Head. The giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.
"} bludgeoning damage.Rock Catching. If a rock or similar object is hurled at the giant, the giant can, with a successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, catch the missile and take no bludgeoning damage from it
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
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. Until this poison ends, the target is paralyzed. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the poison on
":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.A creature that has the body of an ogre and the head of a carrion crawler.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
retractable pseudopods that are used to manipulate small objects.
The head of an aartuk surmounts a 6-foot-tall stalk that can be extruded from the center of the star. The head contains the aartuk’s
within 30 feet of itself. The target must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target is grappled by the tongue (escape DC 14) and pulled up to 25 feet toward the aartuk. The tongue can grapple one creature at a time.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Magic Resistance. The grinning cat has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the grinning cat was invisible before it attacked, the target must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. If the target has the
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
. The hydra withdraws its limbs and heads into its shell. Until it emerges as a bonus action, it gains a +4 bonus to AC and has advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in its shell
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Dwarven Resilience. Augrek has advantage on saving throws against poison.Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Warhammer"} to hit, reach 5 ft
: “You’ll get farther in life with a kind word than an axe.”
Bond: “Bryn Shander is my home. It’s my job to protect her.”
Flaw: “I’m head over heels in love with Sheriff Southwell. One day I hope to marry him.”Poison
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Goose Mother fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Multiple Heads. The Goose Mother has five heads. Whenever the Goose Mother takes 25 or more
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
another head, causing it to have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, or stunned.
PoisonCold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
that starts its turn in the aura must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or take 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Contamination", "rollDamageType":"poison