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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
general chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter how many pages are removed, and
) check related to the Abyss. When you do so, you gain Advantage on the check.
Containment. The first ten pages of the Demonomicon are blank. As a Magic action while holding the book, you can target a
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
functions like a nonmagical weapon of its kind for anyone other than its chosen bearer.
A Moonblade has one rune on it for each bearer it has willingly served (typically 1d6 + 1). The first rune grants a
+1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Each rune beyond the first grants the Moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or determines it randomly by
Species
Player’s Handbook
stone and metal and for living underground. The god also made them resilient like the mountains, with a life span of about 350 years.
Squat and often bearded, the original dwarves carved cities and
subterranean horrors. Inspired by those tales, dwarves of any culture often sing of valorous deeds—especially of the little overcoming the mighty.
On some worlds in the multiverse, the first settlements
Species
Player’s Handbook
multiverse with people created in their image. Another story claims that dragons created the first dragonborn without the gods’ blessings. Whatever their origin, dragonborn have made homes for
themselves on the Material Plane.
Dragonborn look like wingless, bipedal dragons— scaly, bright-eyed, and thick-boned with horns on their heads—and their coloration and other features are
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
of your prison. You draw no more cards.
Euryale. The card’s medusa-like visage curses you. You take a −2 penalty to saving throws while cursed in this way. Only a god or the magic of the
an ally. As Dungeon Master, you should wait for a dramatically appropriate moment to reveal this enmity, leaving the adventurer guessing who is likely to become a betrayer.
Fool. You have
Species
Player’s Handbook
Towering over most folk, goliaths are distant descendants of giants. Each goliath bears the favors of the first giants—favors that manifest in various supernatural boons, including the ability
goliaths look like stone giants, while others resemble fire giants. Whatever giants they count as kin, goliaths have forged their own path in the multiverse—unencumbered by the internecine
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul’s secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
":"damage","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.Those who follow Myrkul are either wizards or those who seek to master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of Myrkul study rituals
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
abilities. The master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul's secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
Grave Magic. When the master of souls cast a spell that deals damage, it can change the spell's damage type to necrotic.
Spellcasting. The master of souls is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
resources of the Black Network at its disposal.
Yalah stays abreast of events in the city, keeps a tight rein on her children, and uses her station and her family's wealth to pry secrets from the lips of
she knows the identities and secrets of enough Masked Lords, Yalah is confident that she can bribe, blackmail, or extort her way into their ranks. From there, she plans to effect changes in the
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
lashers are spellcasters who use magic to augment their combat abilities. The master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul’s secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of Myrkul study rituals that allow them to force the souls of the dead into service, compelling them to answer questions and share forgotten
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
scour Wildspace in search of new entities as well, hoping to be the first to contact them.
Some of the secrets learned are so cryptic that they require years of research to decipher, but time is of
are the eyes of the multiverse. They use their magic to contact ancient stellar entities such as Acamar, Caiphon, and Hadar, hoping to learn their secrets, then record these secrets in journals. They
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
empowers warlocks and whispers secrets into the minds of wizards and artificers, helping them master spells and create relics they could never shape on their own. But few of those inspired by Sul
throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Sul Khatesh has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Master of Magic. Sul Khatesh has advantage on
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the land while carrying or seeking vital information for their masters.The first anvilwroughts were created by the god of the forge, Purphoros. He gave the secret of breathing life into these metal
messengers, and a few were created to emulate beauty found among the animals of the mortal world. Each exhibits abilities suited to its role, with some behaving like companionable creatures or stoic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
follows its creator like a devoted, aggressive puppy, and sometimes small packs of these creatures patrol their master’s lair for vermin to kill and lone creatures to harass.
A gazer can’t
speak any languages but can approximate words and sentences it hears, mimicking them in a high-pitched, mocking manner. Beholders find gazers amusing and tolerate their presence like spoiled pets. Some
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Deep Ethereal. After sunset, it returns to the Border Ethereal at the same spot, whereupon it typically sets out to find its pack or its master. The hound is visible on the Material Plane while it is in
the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, but it can’t affect or be affected by anything on the other plane. Once it is adjacent to its master or a pack mate that is on the Material Plane, a yeth
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack that hits it. The thief must be able to see the attacker.Master thieves are known for perpetrating daring heists. They tend to develop a romanticized reputation. A master thief might &ldquo
;retire” from hands-on work to run a thieves’ guild, spearhead some covert enterprise, or enjoy a quiet life of luxury.
When a master thief completes a challenging heist, they often leave
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
.
The wall of briars lasts until the start of the Forest Master’s next turn. The wall blocks line of sight and counts as difficult terrain for all creatures except the Forest Master. The first time
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the Forest Master fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The Forest Master has advantage on saving throws against spells and other
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
re-forms within hours.
In service to its master, a boneclaw delights in causing horrific pain. It lurks like a spider in shadowy recesses, waiting for victims to approach within reach of its long
Rejuvenation. While its master lives, a destroyed boneclaw gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Hours"} hours, with all its hit points. The new body
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
age, then turned over to artificers working for the dragonmarked houses during the Last War. House Cannith studied these designs, and in the course of uncovering the secrets of the golems and the giant artificers who made them, House Cannith created the first warforged titans.Poison, Psychic
of Giants, giant artificers built mindless war golems to aid them in their war against the quori. Millennia later, some of these golems were unearthed by adventurers searching for the secrets of that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
requires them not to fawn over their master at all times. They also understand that their frequent proximity to their dragon master means they would probably be the first to die if their master became
angry or displeased, so they frantically maintain a balance between adoration and terror in their behavior toward their master.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
eyestalks. It follows its creator like a devoted, aggressive puppy, and sometimes small packs of these creatures patrol their master’s lair for vermin to kill and lone creatures to harass.
A gazer can
Familiar. The gazer can serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its willing master, provided that the master is at least a 3rd-level spellcaster. While the two are bonded
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Gray Wastes of Hades. Their gray, desiccated skin stretches over their bones, and their heads resemble horned equine skulls with ember-like eyes. Sages endlessly debate the nature of baernaloths, and
the Books of Keeping—ancient tomes detailing the true names of the first yugoloths—report no mention of baernaloths within. Some posit that these enigmatic yugoloths were created by a
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
sentinels is a mystery, and of all Purphoros’s original anvilwroughts, this construct is the most difficult to control. A sentinel often operates without a master, stalking the high places of
the mortal world or waiting, still as a statue, for what could be decades before reanimating to carry out their mysterious purpose.
The first anvilwroughts were created by the god of the forge
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it isn’t incapacitated.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the skull lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Master of the
":"Master of the Grave"} hit points whenever it starts its turn there.
Unusual Nature. The skull lord doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skull lord makes three Bone Staff or
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
help her forget her terrible losses. Isolde became the master of a traveling fey carnival that served as a gateway to Zybilna’s domain. The carnival did what Zybilna hoped it would do: it brought
. Eladrin crave change, yet Isolde felt like she was frozen in time. She wished to leave the fey carnival and pursue other dreams, but Zybilna wouldn’t hear of it and secretly used wish spells to make
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
light or darkness. She then has advantage on the first melee attack she makes before the end of the turn.
Innate Spellcasting. Rosie's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12). She can
, silenceMultiattack. Rosie makes three attacks, then makes two unarmed strike attacks.
Staff of the Master (+1 Quarterstaff). Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
sable's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Surprise Attack. If the sable surprises a creature and hits it with an attack during the first round of combat, the
":"piercing"} piercing damage.The first bronze sables were presented to Karametra as a gift by Purphoros to serve primarily as guardians in Karametra's temples. But as others have been created, some have
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Shift (2/Day). The hawk casts Plane Shift on itself, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.When a beloved animal companion dies traumatically alongside its master
darkness, it teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see that is also in dim light or darkness. The hawk then has advantage on the first melee attack it makes before the end of the turn.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
glittering spores, a statuette resembling its former self, a chunk of ice, or a sponge shaped like a dodecahedron (DM’s choice).Magical Gift (1/Day). The chwinga targets a Humanoid it can see
within 5 feet of itself. The target gains a supernatural charm of the DM’s choice. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information on supernatural charms.
Natural Shelter. The chwinga
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Boon of Immortality. Skabatha is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Forgetfulness. The first creature that Skabatha sees after she finishes a long rest is
.”
Bond. “I hate my sisters, but together we are strong."
Flaw. “I forget the first creature I see each day when I awaken.”
Skabatha’s Appearance
Skabatha appears as a
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, a Vistana, is the protégé of Rudolph van Richten—despite the fact that her first encounter with the vampire hunter was anything but pleasant.
Witness to Tragedy. When Ezmerelda
for two years, helping him track down and slay many creatures of the night. But because van Richten could never bring himself to fully trust a Vistana, he kept secrets from her. The two vampire
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
new roll.Deep in crumbling ruins and piles of dusty scrolls, Lorehold students—first as apprentices and then as Lorehold pledgemage;pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for
arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Brains Devoured. When the eater of knowledge is first encountered, roll 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Brains Devoured"} to determine the number of brains it has
before returning to their masters with delicious secrets. Unlike illithids, which overwhelm their foes with psionic power, eaters of knowledge use their physical strength to hold prey while burly feeding
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
attack roll, the pledgemage magically enables the attacker to reroll the attack roll. It must use the new roll.Deep in crumbling ruins and piles of dusty scrolls, Lorehold students—first as
Lorehold apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
his time playing in his room. He collected costumes and liked nothing more than to parade around Umbrage Mansion in strange garments and outlandish makeup.
Urmius first met Naeryx Krumple at a family
dinner and didn’t think much of the clock tower keeper at first. But Urmius found himself taken aback by Naeryx’s ability to find even a small amount of joy in his work. He was eager to