marches service with only against flayers for long

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

, he appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of his soul gem (so long as the gem still exists), using the Sammaster (Lich Form) stat block. The gem is a Tiny object that has AC 20; HP 50; and

dracoliches, magically bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and

Vampire Warden

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

don’t live for long and are inattentive while sleeping or simpering. Monstrous servants are often too unpredictable or simply unreliable. To keep their lairs safe, some vampires create more

. When most vampires would be destroyed, a warden turns to stone, heals itself, and is ready for service once again. Ah, these stony-skinned prats: the insufferable watchdogs of vampirekind. I once

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and megalomaniacal

. Personality Sammaster presents a charming and handsome facade, but he can’t conceal his morbid fascination with undead dragonkind for long. His only true allies are the inner circle of the Cult of

Derro

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

lone derro may seem pitiable, but a cackling, spitting, growling, howling horde of them is horrifying to behold. Fractious in groups and individually weak, derro would have died out long ago but for

some duergar, derro are descended from a dwarven community that was left behind when the others escaped the rule of mind flayers. These remnants were so distorted by the mind flayers’ psionic

Mind Flayer Prophet

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Awareness. The mind flayer has advantage on initiative rolls and can’t be surprise;surprised as long as it doesn’t have the incapacitated condition. Magic Resistance. The mind flayer has

monster, plane shift (self only), true seeingSome mind flayers dedicate their lives to channeling abstruse truths from beyond reality. This insight gives them preternatural senses and allows them to

Knight Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or

knight must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Knights are warriors who pledge service to rulers, religious orders, and noble causes. A knight's alignment determines the extent to which

Veteran Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.

Gray Dwarf (Duergar) Legacy

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

thus made them into the superior race. Duergar have no appreciation for beauty, that ability having been erased from their minds by the mind flayers long ago and any thought of recapturing it

The gray dwarves, or duergar, live deep in the Underdark. After delving deeper than any other dwarves, they were enslaved by mind flayers for eons. Although they eventually won their freedom, these

Alhoon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lichlike state. Elder brains forbid mind flayers from pursuing magic power aside from psionics

alhoon targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it that is casting a spell. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, the spell fails, but any spell slots or charges are not wasted.Mind flayers that

Cranium Rat

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.Mind flayers create cranium rats by bombarding rat;rats with psionic energy. If enough cranium

their heightened intelligence for as long as the swarm persists. The swarm also awakens latent psionic abilities implanted within each cranium rat by its mind flayer creators, bestowing upon the swarm

Derro Savant

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

energy in a 5-foot-wide line that is 60 feet long. Each creature in the line must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

powerful. A lone derro may seem pitiable, but a cackling, spitting, growling, howling horde of them is horrifying to behold. Fractious in groups and individually weak, derro would have died out long

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

gives no hint of her supernaturally extended life span. She typically wears long robes and wields a unicorn-headed staff, her Staff of Silverymoon. Personality Alustriel’s primary concerns

Alustriel and her deeds better known than in the Silver Marches and its capital, Silverymoon. Alustriel ruled Silverymoon for centuries, once disguised as a wizard named Elué Dualen and then later

Imp (Familiar Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its willing master. While the two are bonded, the master can sense what the imp senses as long as they are within 1 mile of each other

. While the imp is within 10 feet of its master, the master shares the imp's Magic Resistance trait. If its master violates the terms of the contract, the imp can end its service as a familiar, ending

Pseudodragon (familiar variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

pseudodragon senses as long as they are within 1 mile of each other. While the pseudodragon is within 10 feet of its companion, the companion shares the pseudodragon’s Magic Resistance trait. At

any time and for any reason, the pseudodragon can end its service as a familiar, ending the telepathic bond.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Amarith Coppervein

Monsters Out of the Abyss

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.Poison

Shield Dwarf

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

":"damage","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.

Axe of Mirabar Veteran

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

"} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never

Jasper Dimmerchasm

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

"} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.

Raggnar Redtooth

Monsters Tyranny of Dragons

something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.

Mev Flintknapper

Monsters Out of the Abyss

professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.

Swarm of Cranium Rats

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

points or fewer, plus 22 (5d8);{"diceNotation":"5d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bites", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage. Spellcasting (Psionics). As long as it has more than half

, comprehend languages, detect thoughts 1/day each: confusion, dominate monsterMind flayers create cranium rat;cranium rats by bombarding rat;rats with psionic energy. Cranium rats are somewhat smarter than

Gith Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

The story of the gith is rooted in a cruel twist of cosmic fate. Inspired by the great leader for whom the race is named, the gith rose up to overthrow the mind flayers that held them in

to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever possible, as recompense for

Quasit (familiar variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

willing master. While the two are bonded, the master can sense what the quasit senses as long as they are within 1 mile of each other. While the quasit is within 10 feet of its master, the master

shares the quasit’s Magic Resistance trait. At any time and for any reason, the quasit can end its service as a familiar, ending the telepathic bond.Claws (Bite in Beast Form). Melee Weapon Attack

Ashen Veteran

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Veterans are professional fighters that take up arms for pay or to protect something they believe in or value. Their ranks include soldiers retired from long service and warriors who never served anyone but themselves.Fire

Gnoll Witherling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

against each other, perhaps to determine who rules a war band or because of extreme starvation. Even under ordinary circumstances, gnolls that are deprived of victims for too long struggle to control

service to Yeenoghu or dedicated to the survival of their kin, gnoll war bands seek to soften up foes with surprise attacks and to leave no survivors alive.PoisonRampage. After the witherling reduces a

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

These were the stories of a restless people who long ago took to the seas and rivers in longboats, first to pillage and terrorize, then to settle. Yet there was an energy, a love of adventure, that

sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle. She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed

Ashen Knight

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it

wielding a melee weapon.Knights are warriors who pledge service to rulers, religious orders, and noble causes. A knight’s alignment determines the extent to which a pledge is honored. Whether

Prophetess Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

feature of the village of Red Larch since before there was a Red Larch. Prophetess spent long years haunted by the fate of her daughter, Auspicia. She never fully believed Omin's stories about the

strange creature that had seized his sister, then created a false Auspicia in her stead. Having long attempted to simply make her peace with the loss, she was overwhelmed by the real Auspicia's dramatic

Worker Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and built-in tractor beams allow worker robots to effortlessly lift cargo and other heavy objects with their mechanical tentacles

specialized for its role. Robots are programmed with intelligence, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas

Psurlon Leader

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

end of its body, and a superior intellect. Other psurlons look to the two-headed ones for leadership. Psurlons Psurlons are malevolent, wormlike creatures that were ejected from the Far Realm long

ago. They now live on the Astral Plane. They have legs that end in hooves and arms that end in hands with three long fingers. A psurlon’s eyeless head resembles that of an earthworm, capped by a

Knight of the Mithral Shield

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it can see within 30 feet of it makes an attack roll or a saving throw. The

weapon.Knights are warriors who pledge service to rulers, religious orders, and noble causes. A knight's alignment determines the extent to which a pledge is honored. Whether undertaking a quest or

Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of Enlarge. Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its

been deeply impacted by their ancestors’ captivity and torment by mind flayers; they were infused with powerful psionic abilities but also a profound gloom. In some, this strain of sorrow

Gazer Familiar Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

its willing master, provided that the master is at least a 3rd-level spellcaster. While the two are bonded, the master can sense what the gazer senses as long as they are within 1 mile of each other

. If its master causes it physical harm, the gazer will end its service as a familiar, breaking the telepathic bond.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Acolyte Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and

. Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your religious service. The Gods of the Multiverse section contains a sample pantheon

Glaive

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Self-Preservation"}.Since the Mournland’s earliest days, Glaive has wielded her namesake weapon in service to the Lord of Blades’ bloody conquest of the

Short or Long Rest). Glaive enters a state of overdrive that lasts for 1 minute or until she has the incapacitated condition. While in overdrive, Glaive gains the following benefits: Glaive has

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