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Monster Manual
telepathy.Multiattack. The sahuagin makes two Spectral Jaws attacks.
Spectral Jaws. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spectral Jaws"}, reach 5 ft. or range 120
ft. Hit: 11 (2d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spectral Jaws", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage.
Spellcasting. The sahuagin casts one of the following spells
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
weaponry, a foresworn maintains the martial prowess it had in life and can call on magic and its fallen brethren for aid.
Like revenant;revenants, foresworn fixate on a singular purpose, and they
Duty-Bound. The foresworn is bound to enacting a singular duty it pledged itself to in life. While this duty is incomplete, whenever the foresworn is destroyed, it re-forms at its previous location
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
. The avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. The avatar disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or you
ally with its attacks. You and your allies can each summon only one avatar as a consequence of this draw. A creature slain by an avatar can’t be restored to life.
Avatar of Death
Medium Undead
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
turn inside an object.
Spectral Armor and Shield. The phantom warrior's AC accounts for its spectral armor and shield.Multiattack. The phantom warrior makes two attacks with its spectral longsword
.
Spectral Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spectral Longsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Detect Life. The banshee can magically sense the presence of creatures up to 5 miles away that aren't undead or constructs. She knows the general direction they're in but not their exact locations
Movement","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage if she ends her turn inside an object.Spectral Longbow. Ranged Spell Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spectral
Vampiric Mist
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Tales from the Yawning Portal
Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is construct or undead.
Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence
":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, the mist regains 10 hit points, and the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
the first Deck of Many Things. She doesn’t know why this is but surmises her life is tied to that deck; so long as it continues to exist, so will she. She has no way to prove this hypothesis
","rollAction":"Empowering Aegis"}. Asteria summons a spectral version of her shield, which orbits and bolsters one creature of Asteria’s choice that she can see within 60 feet of herself. The
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
":"cold"} cold damage.Some humanoids who died from extreme cold but whose spirits languish in the mortal world become coldlight walkers, burning with frigid fury at the meaninglessness of life. Their
frostbitten corpses emit a spectral light so intense that mortal eyes can barely stand to look at them. They typically wear the clothing in which they died.
God-Spawned Horrors. Gods that personify
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
sorrowful dead, haints are spirits that change their shape in tragic imitation of what they once were. A haint can shift from its spectral form to appear as the corporeal Humanoid it was in life, passing as
appearance of the Humanoid it was in life, while retaining its game statistics. The assumed appearance ends if the haint is reduced to 0 hit points or uses an action to end it.Rising from the
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
destroys both the staff and the life force trapped within it. The staff doesn’t explode if destroyed in this manner, but its destruction causes the sphere to be destroyed as well.
, remove curse, or similar spell ends the curse on the target.
The Forgotten One. The bodiless life force of a dead archmage empowers the staff and is imprisoned within it. The rune carved into the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, offering a second chance at life in exchange for their absolute devotion. After they agreed to follow Levistus, a pale glow caught their eye in the snow nearby, leading to the discovery of a sword
-shaped amulet of chardalyn. Each of these amulets has an inner radiance that provides warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
chitines, she watched as her followers used arcane magic and demonic powers and invoked her aid for the divine spark needed to ensure the subjects’ survival, expecting to see these new abominations
violent, action.Spectral Dagger (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The choldrith conjures a floating, spectral dagger within 60 feet of itself. The choldrith can make a melee spell attack (+4
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the head of a creature it can see within 60 feet of itself with a crown of jagged, spectral crystals. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or have the charmed condition for 1 minute
ashenwight was in life.
Some psionic ashenwights dedicate their existence to piecing together their previous life, while others strive to enlighten other ashenwights to this new psionic power.
Ashenwights
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard or even the follower’s own life—might convince the god to send aid to the world in the form of a divine aspect. This aspect is a physical manifestation of the Platinum Dragon
than 1 hour is restored to life with all its hit points.
Platinum Breath. The aspect exhales radiant platinum flames in a 300-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 26 Dexterity saving
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the creation of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a demon lord’s true name to the hidden truths of the cosmic order. The creature acquires the secret, but the curse
annihilates its body and leaves behind a spectral being composed of fragments from the victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony.
Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
life.
Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged
spying on the living to take knowledge from them as well. A berbalang can create a spectral duplicate of itself and send the duplicate out to gather information on other planes by watching places where
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
’ stories are all the same: the archdevil reached out to them in their minds as they were freezing to death, offering a second chance at life in exchange for their absolute devotion. After they
warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its wearer reaches Ten-Towns, the talisman loses its inner radiance, yet the cultists keep their
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
undo what she thought was a terrible curse: wherever Jingle Jangle went, she felt a tormenting fear of being caught on the wrong side of a locked door. When she appealed to Bavlorna for aid, the hag
her collection. She also gives keys as gifts to those who need them.
Jingle Jangle seeks a quiet life far away from locked doors and the intrigues of the fey courts. She moved to Telemy Hill to enjoy
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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
throw themselves into creating bloodshed and mayhem with no regard for their own lives.
After killing a person on the Material Plane, some skulks take up a silent imitation of that person’s life
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of gem dragon it was in life and has AC 20, 15 hit points, and immunity to all damage except force. Unless the gemstone is destroyed, after 1d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
unoccupied space.
While inhabited, the object becomes a magic item if it wasn’t already, and a Tiny cracked gemstone matching the kind of gem dragon the shard was in life appears somewhere on the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The swap is also undone if the controlled body takes damage from the carrionette’s Silver Needle.Carrionettes arise from innocent intentions. Heartfelt wishes breathe life into a beloved toy and
porcelain dolls are the most common, all manner of deadly stuffed animals, crawling jack-in-the-boxes, bloodthirsty poppets, murderous jewelry box ballerinas, and so forth might be carrionettes. These
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
is trapped in the barghest, any magic that tries to restore the soul to life has a 50 percent chance of failing and being wasted.Multiattack. The barghest makes one Bite attack and one Claw attack
ago, the god Maglubiyet—conqueror and then lord of early goblinoids—bargained with the General of Gehenna for aid. The General provided yugoloths, which then died in service to Maglubiyet
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"Storm of Crows"}. The abhorrent overlord conjures a swarm of spectral crows and harpies in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the overlord can see within 120 feet of it. The sphere remains for 1
continue to flock around the demon, offering fealty and squabbling for scraps.
Some foul souls can't let go of the miserable lives they had. Having been despicable in life, these spirits fester in death
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
natural leader and a protective caregiver. She has a direct manner that reassures and inspires those around her.
Mercion does not worship a deity, but rather an ideal: that truth gives life to artistry
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Disembodied Voice. Up to three times in its life, the zodar can cause a message of up to twenty-five words to issue from the air around it. It speaks only when it has something profoundly important
exist or where they came from, but the most popular hypothesis is that they are the creations of some long-forgotten god. Zodars interact with other sapient creatures in a manner that goes beyond mere
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Spectral Boon. It can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wraithlike","rollDamageType
his own immortality. He forged pacts with any entity that would give him more power and delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
ghost. While a ghost is doomed to haunt the place where it died until some promise or goal it couldn’t achieve in life is fulfilled, the goal of a starlight apparition is to help someone else
spectral copy of itself across a vast distance with the help of a deity or another powerful celestial entity. The apparition lasts only as long as its services are needed to complete the task at hand
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
weapons with which they can slaughter prey. Sharp iron fences, crushing stalagmites and blades of glass all conveniently appear in order to aid a juggernaut’s brutality. Every juggernaut considers
. Their bargains transform them into vicious butchers that exist only to indulge their endless bloodlust. While some who become relentless killers began life as innocents, any semblance of who they were
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
feet of Baba Lysaga and acts as her ally. It remains until it dies or until Baba Lysaga dismisses it as an action.Two women gave life to Strahd von Zarovich. The first was Queen Ravenovia van Roeyen
her life that matters to her.
Mother Nearest. During her exile, Baba Lysaga made countless sacrifices to Mother Night, pleading with the goddess to afflict Queen Ravenovia with ill health and visit
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.A Lunar Dragon’s Lair
The cave complex where a lunar dragon makes its lair
and heat vents, wild gardens, crystal formations, magical phenomena, or an ecosystem of lesser life forms that have adapted to living with the dragon.
Regional Effects
The region containing an
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
creatures or solid objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.A Lunar Dragon’s Lair
The cave complex where a lunar
contain natural springs and heat vents, wild gardens, crystal formations, magical phenomena, or an ecosystem of lesser life forms that have adapted to living with the dragon.
Regional Effects
The region
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He
appears carved into the skull’s forehead.
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Priest of Osybus (Spectral);Spectral. The priest now appears wraithlike, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted
disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly power. Acknowledging the
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
the ground and is a massive thing made of polished obsidian with oversized feet — the impaled skulls of four ancient blue dragons. Runes glisten in the carved obsidian, winking to life with blue
the throne. The globe encloses both the creature and the throne.
As an action, the creature can expend 3 charges to create a spectral image of an ancient blue dragon that surrounds both it and the
Zuggtmoy
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
humanoid shape, including the skeletal-thin figure depicted in grimoires and ancient art, draped and veiled in mycelium and lichen. Indeed, much of her appearance and manner, and that of her servants
’, is a soulless mockery of mortal life and its many facets.
Zuggtmoy’s cultists often follow her unwittingly. Most are fungi-infected to some degree, whether through inhaling her mind