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Returning 35 results for 'heralds a lie'.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether a creature succeeds or
fails on this save.
An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.
Equipment
Ingested Poison
A creature subjected to Truth Serum must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or have the Poisoned condition for 1 hour. The Poisoned creature can’t knowingly communicate a lie.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Divine Awareness. The planetar knows if it hears a lie.
Exalted Restoration. If the planetar dies outside Mount Celestia, its body disappears, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all
", "rollDamageType":"Radiant"} Radiant damage.
Holy Burst. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, each enemy in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the planetar can see within 120 feet. Failure: 24 (7d6
Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook
from public house to watering hole, you learned to prey on unfortunates who were in the market for a comforting lie or two—perhaps a sham potion or forged ancestry records.
Ability Scores: Dexterity, Constitution, CharismaFeat: SkilledSkill Proficiencies: Deception and Sleight of HandTool Proficiency: Forgery KitEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Forgery Kit
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
whatever is beyond. Painting a pit creates a real pit, the entire depth of which must lie within the 20-foot Cube.
No object created by a pot of pigment can have a value greater than 25 GP, and the
This fine wooden box contains 1d4 pots of pigment and a brush (weighing 1 pound in total). Using the brush and expending 1 pot of pigment, you can paint any number of three-dimensional objects and
Monsters
Monster Manual
Divine Awareness. The solar knows if it hears a lie.
Exalted Restoration. If the solar dies outside Mount Celestia, its body disappears, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit
Points somewhere in Mount Celestia.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the solar fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The solar has Advantage on saving throws
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Movement", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage if she ends her turn inside an object.
Lie Detector. Saidra knows whether she hears a lie.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Domain). If Saidra
fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, Saidra has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rollsMultiattack. Saidra makes three Necrotic Burst
Drow Inquisitor
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Discern Lie. The drow knows when she hears a creature speak a lie in a language she knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to
spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. The drow is a 12th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 18, +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
Zone of Truth
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether each creature
succeeds or fails on its saving throw.
An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains within the boundaries of the truth.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hopelessness.
Star Spawn
The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment
Aura of Shrieks. Creatures within 20 feet of the grue that aren’t Aberrations have disadvantage on saving throws, as well as on attack rolls against creatures other than a star spawn
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to these realms
attacks.A mangler is a low-slung, creeping horror with multiple gangly arms—it most often has six arms but can have any number from four to eight. Manglers creep along the ground or the walls
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant)
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Discern Lie. The drow knows when she hears a creature speak a lie in a language she knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to
spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. The drow is a 12th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 18, +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created by needle lord;needle lords—hulking
Close Quarters Shooting. The needle spawn does not suffer disadvantage on ranged attacks while within 5 feet of a hostile creature that can see it and isn't incapacitated, if the target of the attack
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType
", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"}. The dragon exhales a wave of psychic dissonance in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 12 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Spellcasting. Flabbergast is a 9th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit
physical labor, Flabbergast is a bit of a bridge builder in his own way, always striving to bring people together and flexing his diplomatic muscles. A pacifist bureaucrat, he abhors violence, and rarely
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Hunger of the Void. When the aspirant is reduced to 0 hit points, its body and everything it is wearing or carrying, except for magic items, are sucked into a void and destroyed. Creatures in a 15
-foot-radius sphere centered on the aspirant must make a DC 11 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Hunger of the
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
primal magic, which swirls around them. When in a fury, a barbarian of this path taps into the forces of nature to create powerful magical effects.
Storm heralds are typically elite champions who
All barbarians harbor a fury within. Their rage grants them superior strength, durability, and speed. Barbarians who follow the Path of the Storm Herald learn to transform that rage into a mantle of
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
primal magic, which swirls around them. When in a fury, a barbarian of this path taps into the forces of nature to create powerful magical effects.
Storm heralds are typically elite champions who
All barbarians harbor a fury within. Their rage grants them superior strength, durability, and speed. Barbarians who follow the Path of the Storm Herald learn to transform that rage into a mantle of
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Aura of Death. Creatures within 30 feet of Skall have disadvantage on death saving throws.
Cosmic Annihilation. A creature killed by Skall can be restored to life only by means of a true
resurrection or wish spell.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Skall fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Skall dies, he turns to dust. If his orrery of souls hasn’t
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Discern Lie. The drow discerns when a creature in earshot speaks a lie in a language the drow knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can&rsquo
", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tapped by the city's elite. A short obituary is engraved around the lip of the well in Draconic: “Herein lie the immortal remains of the Telepathic Pentacle. Sit, meditate, and learn.”
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
Planetar
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Basic Rules (2014)
Weapons","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage (included in the attack).
Divine Awareness. The planetar knows if it hears a lie.
Innate Spellcasting. The planetar's spellcasting ability is Charisma
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Discern Lie. The drow discerns when a creature in earshot speaks a lie in a language the drow knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can&rsquo
", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
Aversion to Cold and Fire. If the elemental takes Cold or Fire damage, its Speed becomes 0, and it can’t use Engulf until the end of its next turn. However, a creature Grappled by the elemental
has Disadvantage on ability checks made to escape the grapple during that time as well.
Mud Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 foot without expending extra movement to do
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to these
", "rollAction":"Multiattack", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the target’s next turn.
Slam. Melee
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to these
Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the mage reforms from it
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
Passage. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone and leaves a 5-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Heat Aura. At the end of each of the elemental’s turns, each creature
in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the elemental takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Heat Aura", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage.Multiattack. The elemental
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
: DC 14, each creature in a 60-foot Cone. Failure: 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shard Spray", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 10 (3d6
icicles at enemies or use them to pierce foes.
Ice elementals sometimes cross into mortal worlds where cold winds blow across even colder waters. These conditions most often occur in a world’s
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
Aversion to Wind. If the elemental starts its turn within a strong wind (such as one created by the Gust of Wind spell), it makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the elemental
has the Incapacitated condition until the end of its turn.
Smoke Form. The elemental can enter a creature’s space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending
Truth Serum (Ingested)
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A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature can't knowingly speak a lie, as if under the effect of a
zone of truth spell.
Ingested. A creature must swallow an entire dose of ingested poison to suffer its effects. The dose can be delivered in food or a liquid. You may decide that a partial dose has a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
which even nastier demons can invade.
The appearance of an alkilith in the world heralds a great wrongness and an imminent catastrophe. An alkilith searches for an aperture such as a window or a
Abyssal Rift. If the alkilith surrounds a door, window, or similar opening continuously for 6d6;{"diceNotation":"6d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days, the opening becomes a permanent
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
heralds of death. Specters are said to utter a keening wail, mournful beyond all other sounds and audible only to those who are about to die.PoisonNecrotic
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the specter fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The specter has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Comet Staff", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw or be
", "rollAction":"Collapse Distance"}. The seer warps space around one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. That creature must make a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target, along with
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
delight in corrupting storm giants to their service, transforming them into storm heralds.
A storm herald grows fins and tentacles, giving it a monstrous appearance. Its mind is wholly under its master
. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 18). It also has the restrained condition and takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks
", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Disorienting Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"}. The dragon exhales a wave of