manner some with only about form for letter

Move Earth

Spells Player’s Handbook

Choose an area of terrain no larger than 40 feet on a side within range. You can reshape dirt, sand, or clay in the area in any manner you choose for the duration. You can raise or lower the area

’s elevation, create or fill in a trench, erect or flatten a wall, or form a pillar. The extent of any such changes can’t exceed half the area’s largest dimension. For example, if you

Marut

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Immutable Form. The marut is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the marut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic

the spirit of an agreement, only the letter. A marut enforces what is written, not what was meant by or supposed to be understood from the writing. The Kolyarut rejects contracts that contain vague

Nonaton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Axiomatic Mind. The nonaton can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Combat Ready. The nonaton has advantage on initiative rolls. Disintegration. If

":"6d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Pillar of Truth", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the creature reverts to its original form (if it’s in a different form) and can’t

Quickling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

than a blurry streak of color. Only when it stops running do its small, slender form and cold, cruel eyes become apparent. Quicklings owe their existence—and their plight—to the Queen of

looking. Tricks of that sort are hardly the limit of their artful malice, however. They don’t commit outright murder, but quicklings can ruin lives in plenty of other ways, such as by stealing an important letter, swiping coins collected for the poor, or planting a stolen item in someone’s bag.

Vampiric Mist Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

without an invitation from one of the occupants. Misty Form. The mist can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa. In addition, if air can pass through a space, the mist can pass through it

damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.In a loose manner of speaking, the vampiric mist is the embodiment of

Skulk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Fallible Invisibility. The skulk is invisible. This invisibility can be circumvented by three things: Charnel Candles. The skulk appears as a dim, translucent form in the light of a candle made of

a vague likeness of its master. Cruel and chaotic, skulks carry out their orders in the most violent manner possible. A summoned skulk can’t return to the Shadowfell until it dies, so many

Brain Breaker

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

one’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about it. A creature protected by a mind blank spell, a nondetection spell, or similar magic can’t be perceived in this manner

the brain breaker are more than 1 mile apart. The brain breaker can form psychic links with up to ten creatures at a time.

Infected Elder Brain

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about it. A creature protected by a mind blank spell, a nondetection spell, or similar magic can’t be perceived in this manner

":"psychic"} psychic damage. The link also ends if the target and the elder brain are more than 1 mile apart. The elder brain can form psychic links with up to ten creatures at a time.

Ulitharid

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

in this manner. Magic Resistance. The ulitharid has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Psionic Hub. If an elder brain establishes a psychic link with the ulitharid

, the elder brain can form a psychic link with any other creature the ulitharid can detect using its Creature Sense. Any such link ends if the creature falls outside the telepathy ranges of both the

Zuggtmoy Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of madness (determined by rolling on the Madness

mindless servants and, eventually, into decomposing hosts for the mushrooms, molds, and other fungi that she spawns. Utterly inhuman, Zuggtmoy can mold her fungoid form into an approximation of a

Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

): At will: detect magic, fog cloud, light, minor illusion 1/day each: dream (as an action), gaseous form, major image Thunderous Clap (Requires Cloud Rune). The giant magically summons a thundercloud

treasures—often by gambling. While many cloud giants are content with risking their wealth in games with each other, those who aim for the top of their ordning challenge all manner of beings in

Zuggtmoy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

decomposing hosts for the mushrooms, molds, and other fungi that she spawns. Zuggtmoy is utterly inhuman, but she can mold her fungoid form into an approximation of a bipedal shape, including the skeletal

-thin figure depicted in grimoires and ancient art, draped and veiled in mycelia and lichen. Indeed, much of her appearance and manner, and that of her servants, is a mockery of mortal life and its many

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

normal and magical darkness, see invisible creatures and objects, automatically detect visual illusions and succeed on saving throws against them, perceive the original form of a shapechanger or a

. Ideals D6 IDEAL 1 Charity. I always help those in need. (Good) 2 Faith. I choose to follow the tenets of a particular lawful good deity to the letter. (Lawful

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

this manner. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the elder brain fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The elder brain has advantage on saving throws against spells

apart. The elder brain can form psychic links with up to ten creatures at a time. Sense Thoughts. The elder brain targets a creature with which it has a psychic link. The elder brain gains insight into the target’s emotional state and foremost thoughts (including worries, loves, and hates).

Move Earth Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Choose an area of terrain no larger than 40 feet on a side within range. You can reshape dirt, sand, or clay in the area in any manner you choose for the duration. You can raise or lower the area

’s elevation, create or fill in a trench, erect or flatten a wall, or form a pillar. The extent of any such changes can’t exceed half the area’s largest dimension. So, if you affect a 40

Ulitharid Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

in this manner. Magic Resistance. The ulitharid has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Psionic Hub. If an elder brain establishes a psychic link with the ulitharid

, the elder brain can form a psychic link with any other creature the ulitharid can detect using its Creature Sense. Any such link ends if the creature falls outside the telepathy ranges of both the

Feylost

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

through a fey crossing by chance during a twilight stroll in the woods. Perhaps you were kidnapped by evil Fey but escaped from their clutches. Whatever the manner of your disappearance, you gradually fell

. Feywild Visitor Whenever you’re sound asleep or in a deep trance during a long rest, a spirit of the Feywild might pay you a visit, if the DM wishes it. Determine the spirit’s form by

Summon Lesser Demons

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

casting the spell, you can form a circle on the ground with the blood used as a material component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space. While the spell lasts, the summoned demons can

’t cross the circle or harm it, and they can’t target anyone within it. Using the material component in this manner consumes it when the spell ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this

Xill

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

paralytic poison. When their the poison overwhelms their target, the xill snatches the victim and returns to the Ethereal. The ultimate fate of unfortunates carried off in this manner is not known, but

by strange traps and logic-defying puzzles, along with a legion of brainwashed servitors and countless xills. As to the fate of the individuals seized by the xills, they perhaps form the bulk of

Dhampir

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

’s deathless prowess in the form of increased speed, darkvision, and a life-draining bite. With unique insights into the nature of the undead, many dhampirs become adventurers and monster hunters

or raw meat 3 Cerebral spinal fluid 4 Psychic energy 5 Dreams 6 Life energy Dhampir Origins Dhampirs often arise from encounters with vampires, but all manner of

Summon Greater Demon

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

rounds if it still has hit points. As part of casting the spell, you can form a circle on the ground with the blood used as a material component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space

. While the spell lasts, the summoned demon can’t cross the circle or harm it, and it can’t target anyone within it. Using the material component in this manner consumes it when the spell

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

5th dominate person Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you

unable to distinguish between the letter and the spirit of the law. 2 I seem like a harsh judge to others, but I judge myself most harshly of all. 3 I have a secret, illegal vice. 4 I

Elder Brain Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

this manner. Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The elder brain’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components

"} psychic damage. The psychic link also ends if the target and the elder brain are more than 5 miles apart, with no consequences to the target. The elder brain can form psychic links with up to ten

Plea for Help

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

the room. Framed by the lamp-lit fog, a form strides through the doorway. His heavy, booted footfalls and the jingle of his coins shatter the silence. His brightly colored clothes are draped in loose

from his tunic a sealed letter, addressed to all of you in beautiful flowing script. He drops the letter on the table. “Take the west road from here some five hours march down through the Svalich Woods

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. The kenku lack the talent to improvise or alter a plan, but a wise Master sets multiple plans in motion at once, confident that underlings can follow orders to the letter. For this reason, many

. Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for

The Mark of Passage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

The Mark of Passage “We get things where they need to go. It doesn’t matter if it’s a letter, a person, or a hundred tons of steel. Whether we have to cross mountains, rivers, or the Mournland

Passage enhances every form of movement. The bearer of the mark can even slip through space, leaping from point to point in the blink of an eye.

Puzzle Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

characters solve the puzzle, the statue’s hands open, allowing the diamond to be taken. Upon breaching the threshold of the room with the diamond, a trapped soul in the form of a friendly, thankful spirit

choice, such as a ghost, specter, or skeleton. When this creature is reduced to 0 hit points, its form dissipates, leaving no trace of itself behind. Named Spirits Characters hear each spirit whisper its

Puzzle Books

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Puzzle Books Opening the portal from inside the mansion requires another command word, which Fistandia hid in the form of a puzzle. She created seven books, each with a single gilded letter on its

Invitation to a Funeral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, his friend Becklin Uth Viharin, a Solamnic knight stationed in Vogler, sought to fulfill Ispin’s wish and sent each of the characters a copy of the letter presented as handout 2.1. Each character has

friends are holding a memorial for him in the manner he always wanted. It will take place here in Vogler on the eve of the Kingfisher Festival. I write to ask you to do Ispin one last honor and attend

Oghma

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Oghma The Binder, the Lord of Knowledge Oghma is the god of inspiration, invention, and knowledge. Above all else, Oghma represents knowledge in its most supreme, raw form — the idea. An aphorism

, clerks, inventors, sages, scribes, and all manner of others who uncover, preserve, and create knowledge and learning. The worship of Oghma was, at one point, one of the few organized faiths in Faerûn that

Warlock's Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

services, previously rendered, of a heroic nature.” This letter can be presented to the settlement’s leader or leaders, who would then grant the letter’s bearer a favor. This favor can take the form of free

thoroughly on their own. He doesn’t presume to know what form the fey crossing currently takes or how well hidden and protected it is. He does provide the following reliable information: Zybilna is a

Dhampir Origins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Dhampir Origins Dhampirs often arise from encounters with vampires, but all manner of macabre bargains, necromantic influences, and encounters with mysterious immortals might have transformed your

lives inside you. You indulge its hunger. 5 Tragedy interrupted your transformation into an immortal. 6 You are a diminished form of an otherworldly being. Slaking your hunger hastens your

A Night to Remember

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

plainspoken manner and lack of pretense. Alone and outside the political maelstrom, she acts more like an adventurer than a city official. If the characters inquire about the letter, she shows it to

Eyecatcher. If a battle erupts and escape appears impossible, the drow fight to the death. A City Watch patrol consisting of six veterans arrives 1d4 minutes later to make arrests. Jarlaxle’s Letter One

Entertainment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

form in its own right. A gymnastic performance might incorporate jump or feather fall. The effects of the thaumaturgy cantrip—booming voice, influence flames, spontaneous sounds—are a boon for any

of the Mournland, while House Thuranni is based in Karrnath and the Lhazaar Principalities. Each house has its own theatres, companies, and star performers, but you don’t need a dragonmark to get into show business; the houses train and license all manner of artists and entertainers.

Devil Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

by the same rules and obey the same social conventions as mortals. Devils have no problem appearing and acting in whatever manner they need to achieve their end goal — usually a contract for services

or a soul. They’ve learned that more can be gained from behaving in a civilized manner than reacting angrily or violently. Deviousness. Devils don’t age, so there’s rarely a sense of urgency with a

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