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Monsters
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Water Breathing. The octopus can breathe only underwater. It can hold its breath for 1 hour outside water.Tentacles. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
while underwater. Response: The octopus releases ink that fills a 10-foot Cube centered on itself, and the octopus moves up to its Swim Speed. The Cube is Heavily Obscured for 1 minute or until a strong current or similar effect disperses the ink.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Cone of Cold
5
Fireball (level 5 version)
5
Globe of Invulnerability
6
Hold Monster
5
Levitate
2
Lightning
can take a Magic action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation originating from itself
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This staff has 50 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls
or against a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation originating from itself. You have a 50 percent chance to instantly travel to a
Hutijin
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
DC 22). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, detect magic, hold monster
). Hutijin releases lightning in a 20-foot radius. All other creatures in that area must each make a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw, taking 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
/day each: Globe of Invulnerability, Hold MonsterThe false lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one legendary action at a time and only at the end of
the false lich is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and disintegrates, leaving behind the gems. Crushing a gem releases any souls trapped within, at which point the soul’s body re-forms in an unoccupied space nearest to the gem and in the same state as it was when its soul was trapped.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, detect magic, hold monster
.
Attack. Hutijin makes one Claw, Mace, or Tail attack.
Teleport. Hutijin uses Teleport.
Lightning Storm (Costs 2 Actions). Hutijin releases lightning in a 30-foot radius, blocked only by total cover. All
Staff of Power
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
save DC and spell attack bonus: cone of cold (5 charges), fireball (5th-level version, 5 charges), globe of invulnerability (6 charges), hold monster (5 charges), levitate (2 charges), lightning bolt
against a solid surface, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that expands to fill a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on it.
You have
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollAction":"Elemental Breath (Lightning)", "rollDamageType":"lightning"}. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.
At the same time as the colossus releases this exhalation
":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage at the start of each of the colossus’s turns.
The colossus’s chest cavity can hold up to two creatures at a time. Inside its chest cavity is its
Staff of the Magi
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls.
The staff has 50
.
Retributive Strike. You can use an action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Invulnerability 6 Hold Monster 5 Levitate 2 Lightning Bolt (level 5 version) 5 Magic Missile 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Wall of Force 5 Regaining Charges. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn
. Retributive Strike. You can take a Magic action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the doors open, hold workshop supplies, boxes of junk, and other mundane bric-a-brac. If one or more characters spend at least 15 minutes searching a cupboard, they find 1d4 trinkets inside it (each
, silent and unmoving. She is a Small ghoul with 17 (5d6) hit points. Moths that live in the cupboard have encased Sowpig’s body in silk. Opening the cupboard door releases a swarm of moths, which is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
squares of two leaded glass windows. Several tables stand throughout the room, weighed down by stacks of glass jars and bottles, all of them bearing labels. The labeled glass containers hold various
secret trapdoor in the northeast corner of the floor. Because of the trail through the dust, the trapdoor can be found without an ability check. Tapping or knocking on the trapdoor three times releases a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
charges), fireball (5th-level version, 5 charges), globe of invulnerability (6 charges), hold monster (5 charges), levitate (2 charges), lightning bolt (5th-level version, 5 charges), magic missile (1
strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that expands to fill a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on it. You have a 50 percent chance to instantly travel to a random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
space is filled with creatures strapped down to tables or chained to the floor, all attended to by lizardfolk workers. In this north wing of the lab, two tables hold terrified-looking fish-folk of some
missing components of the Infernal Machine. Removing this component deactivates the controls and releases the restraints on the tables, freeing all the creatures in this area. Anyone attempting to disrupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
invulnerability (6 charges), hold monster (5 charges), levitate (2 charges), lightning bolt (5th-level version, 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5
charges). Retributive Strike. You can use an action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
and damage rolls made with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls. Spell Absorption. While holding the staff, you have Advantage on saving throws against spells. In addition
and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation originating from itself. You have a 50 percent chance to instantly travel to a random plane of existence, avoiding the explosion. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls.
Spell Absorption. While holding the staff, you have Advantage on saving throws against spells. In addition, you can take a Reaction when
break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation originating from itself. You have a 50 percent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls. The staff has 50 charges for the following properties. It regains 4d6 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last
, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that expands to fill a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on it. You have a 50 percent chance to instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
damage on a failed save. Creatures are affected even if they hold their breath or don’t need to breathe. Among the poisons is a stoppered bronze jug used for fermenting jungle roots into soporific
gas. Removing the stopper releases the gas, which fills a 15-foot-radius sphere centered on the jug. See area 3 for the effect of the soporific gas. Treasure Xopal carries a brass key that unlocks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Invulnerability 6 Hold Monster 5 Levitate 2 Lightning Bolt (level 5 version) 5 Magic Missile 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Wall of Force 5 Regaining Charges. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn
. Retributive Strike. You can take a Magic action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls. The staff has 50 charges for the following properties. It regains 4d6 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last
, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that expands to fill a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on it. You have a 50 percent chance to instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
colossus releases this exhalation, creatures inside the colossus’s chest cavity take 40 (9d8) force damage from churning elemental energy.
Bonus Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
against attacks and other effects outside the colossus, and takes 10 (3d6) force damage at the start of each of the colossus’s turns.
The colossus’s chest cavity can hold up to two creatures at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
for his master—suggesting, perhaps, that Mephistopheles has some hold over him. Outside the Nine Hells, Hutijin is a relatively obscure figure, known only to the most learned infernal scholars. He has
when changing his appearance), detect magic, hold monster, invisibility (self only), lightning bolt, suggestion, wall of fire
3/day: dispel magic
Teleport. Hutijin teleports, along with any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
he has never wavered in his support for his master — suggesting, perhaps, that Mephistopheles has some hold over him. Outside the Nine Hells, Hutijin is a relatively obscure figure, known only to the
, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, detect magic, hold monster, invisibility (self only), lightning bolt, suggestion, wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Woodland Pool When the characters follow Willowbrush, they emerge into the westernmost point of a clearing with a woodland pool, where Kelek’s minions hold Uni captive. Willowbrush rushes to the
through a strange portal nearby, they are attacking the spellcaster’s minions, who hold Uni captive. Woodland Pool Features Map 1.1 shows the woodland pool’s layout. The area has the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
shown in map 4.3 sits at the center of a graveyard, which consists of underground tombs that hold urns of ashes, individual burial plots, and a mass grave for those who couldn’t afford better. The ground
removes limbs from corpses to build an congregation of flesh golems he can’t control.
4 A gate to the Underworld releases a bloodthirsty Underworld cerberus (see chapter 6) into the graveyard.
5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
inside the skull has three-quarters cover against attacks made from outside the skull. The skull is big enough to hold one Medium creature. It has AC 15, 50 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic
Intelligence (Investigation) check to find. The glyph deals 5d8 thunder damage when triggered. Opening the lid releases four crawling claws that fight until destroyed. Also contained in the chest are various
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, hoping that the goddess might hold enough sway over Strahd to persuade him to free her beloved. Zuleika Toranescu Kiril has ordered Zuleika to guard the prisoners. If the characters rescue Emil and return
him safely to Zuleika, she gladly releases the children. If the characters confirm that Emil is truly dead, either by their hand or Strahd’s, she still might let the prisoners go if the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. She demands that each character surrender the feeling of delight they remember from when they were given the best gift they ever received. Jebbek produces a stoppered gourd that can hold these
the gourd. (Give each player a minute or so to think about what the character’s memory could be and then to note it on their character sheet, as a matter of record.) Removing the stopper releases all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Invulnerability, Hold Monster
Bonus Actions
Soul Siphon. The false lich targets one creature it can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must make a DC 22 Charisma saving throw; if the target has the
, leaving behind the gems. Crushing a gem releases any souls trapped within, at which point the soul’s body re-forms in an unoccupied space nearest to the gem and in the same state as it was when its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
unsettling part of its appearance.
Terror from Above. The deep crow’s most fearsome attack is the bite of its mandibles, which can seize and hold almost any creature. Their preferred attack is a
Inscrutable. The mindset of these intelligent yet alien creatures is a mystery, but some who have encountered them relate that they are quick to hold a grudge. For years. Of even greater importance, they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Menagerie for their stat blocks). Its cargo hold has been turned into a ssurran egg nursery. Dock 6. The Vrusk, a scorpion ship, has a crew of eight thri-kreen hunters, three thri-kreen gladiators, and one
mirror and releases some of them during the “Arena Battles” event later in this chapter: one braxat,* two b’rohgs,* two hook horrors, one megapede,* one brown scavver,* one gray scavver,* three space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
as the lich for the spell to work. A lich’s phylactery can hold only one creature at a time, and a dispel magic cast as a 9th-level spell upon the phylactery releases any creature imprisoned within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
shrine to Cyrrollalee, halfling god of home and friendship. B6. Garrison These rooms contain bunks for the tower’s soldiers. Foot lockers at the end of the bunks hold each soldier’s meager possessions
enchanted and only releases its prize if a long-forgotten command word is spoken. Any creature that touches the ruinstone or strikes the pedestal with a melee weapon must make a DC 18 Constitution saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, moss-covered room. Four statues of Omuan warriors stand in alcoves to either side, overlooking a barred gladiatorial pit in the floor. Each statue looks like it was meant to hold a spear, but its
. The pedestal is a 4-foot-high stone cylinder that is impervious to damage and spells. Close inspection reveals a stone hatch in the top of it. Any physical attempt to force open the hatch releases a