master some with only also family for least

Noble

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

a first-class education, some of which you appreciated and some of which you resented. Your time in the castle, especially the many hours you spent observing your family at court, also taught you a great deal about leadership.

) Gaming Set (same as above), Fine Clothes, Perfume, 29 GP; or (B) 50 GP You were raised in a castle, surrounded by wealth, power, and privilege. Your family of minor aristocrats ensured that you received

Manual of Golems

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This tome contains information and incantations necessary to make a particular type of golem. To decipher and use the manual, you must be a spellcaster with at least two 5th-level spell slots. A

table, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay the specified cost to purchase supplies. Once you finish creating the golem

Rope of Climbing

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

destination or until you tell it to stop. You can also tell the rope to fasten itself securely to an object or to unfasten itself, to knot or unknot itself, or to coil itself for carrying. If you tell the

rope has AC 20, HP 20, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. It regains 1 Hit Point every 5 minutes as long as it has at least 1 Hit Point. If the rope drops to 0 Hit Points, it is destroyed.

Orb of Dragonkind

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Their magic has been warped over the centuries. Their primary purpose of calling dragons still functions, but they also allow some measure of control over dragons. Each orb contains the essence of

(see the Dungeon Master’s Guide): 2 minor beneficial properties 1 minor detrimental property 1 major detrimental property Spells. The orb has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

magic items, are lost to you. Portable property vanishes. Businesses, buildings, and land you own are lost in a way that alters reality the least. If you have a Bastion (see the Dungeon Master’s

97–00 97–00 Void Each card’s effect is described below. Balance. You can increase one of your ability scores by 2, to a maximum of 22, provided you also decrease another

Moonblade

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

of these weapons have faded from the world, their magic lost as family lines have become extinct. Others have vanished with their bearers during great quests. Thus, only a few of these weapons remain

rejects you but also places a curse on you, causing you to make D20 Test;D20 Tests with Disadvantage for 24 hours or until the curse is ended by a Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If you’re

Arch-hag

Monsters Monster Manual

Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using

, it also casts Confusion centered on itself. The spell uses the creature’s spellcasting ability and doesn’t require Concentration. If the arch-hag is destroyed or moves its lair elsewhere

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. Once triggered, the glyph glows, filling a 60-foot-radius Sphere with Dim Light for 10

Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. Fear. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. While Frightened, the target must move at least 30

Rosie Beestinger

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

can't use this trait if she's incapacitated. Shadow Step. When Rosie is in dim light or darkness, she can use a bonus action to teleport 60 feet to an unoccupied space she can see that is also in dim

, 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

Izek Strazni

Monsters Curse of Strahd

parents succumbed to their grief, leaving him an orphan. He became a sociopath. Other children ruthlessly mocked him because of his dead family and his missing arm, but he was a large boy and had no

took him into his home. Izek has been loyal to the burgomaster ever since, enjoying the power of his position and the comforts of his master’s mansion. When he isn’t enforcing the

Kobold Scale Sorcerer

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

Pack Tactics. The kobold has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the kobold’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated

Ox

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollAction":"Gore"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the ox moved at least

, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.

Gazer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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, the master can sense what the gazer senses as long as

isn’t being worn or carried, the gazer moves it up to 30 feet in any direction. The gazer can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a

Aurochs

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the aurochs moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 9 (2d8

. Cattle Many kinds of cattle roam the multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.

Gazer (Familiar Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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

telepathic bond with 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

Tashlyn Yafeera

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

is Master of Arms and Mercenaries for the Waterdeep Zhentarim. In this role, she provides armor, weapons, and training to sellswords on the Black Network's payroll. Tashlyn has established a useful

City Guard. In that position, she watches over traffic that passes through the gate — and ensures that her associates in the Black Network can come and go freely. Born to a well-off family in Calimshan

Mister Light

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Gloomwrought and asked Naeryx to help him run it. For Urmius, the carnival was a chance to emerge from under his family’s shadow and become the master of his own fate, but it also meant forsaking his

again until the next dawn), ray of frostLight, formerly known as Urmius Umbrage, belonged to a filthy rich shadar-kai family that haunted a crumbling mansion in Gloomwrought. Although he wanted for

Stench Kow

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing

multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.Cold, Fire, Poison

Dragonborn of Tiamat

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

itself on a success.Champions of the dragon queen are often called Talons of Tiamat. They work tirelessly to free their master from her imprisonment in Avernus, and Tiamat grants these pawns immense

their draconic heritage—chromatic, metallic, or gem—something like a large extended family. But for dragonborn champions, this bond is spiritual as much as biological, and they devote

Deep Rothé

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

é moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType

sages attribute the ability to the centuries rothé have spent in the Underdark, where ambient magic slowly transforms everything. Cattle Many kinds of cattle roam the multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

their master’s orders to hunt prey with deadly ferocity. Vegepygmies Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by

Pack Tactics. The vegepygmy has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the vegepygmy’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the

Titanothere

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

the titanothere moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Stomp

", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition if it is a creature.Titanotheres are a family of enormous

Drowned Master

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

maximum to 0. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. On a failed save, the target also contracts bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar). Necrotic Ink (Recharge 5–6). The drowned master

Bound Together. The drowned master shares its mind with every other drowned one within 1 mile of it, and can communicate its thoughts and observations to them instantaneously and without limitation

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

capabilities (except class features, legendary actions, and lair actions) that the new form has but that it lacks.No creature in Barovia is older than the master of the Abbey of Saint Markovia in Krezk. This

some much-needed light to Barovia. His efforts worked for a while, but then the Dark Powers began to corrupt him. Imperfections. The Abbot's fall from grace started when the Belviews—a family of sickly

Black Viper

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

nobles she targets are made of sterner stuff, so Esvele has learned how to fight as well. She knows she's playing a dangerous game, but is satisfied that at least one member of the Rosznar family is earning the respect of Waterdeep's nobility.

, Esvele gossips about the Black Viper's exploits to lend credence to the villain's mystique. The Rosznar family was convicted of slave trading — highly illegal in Waterdeep — and banished over a hundred

Steel Crane

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

’s role in the theft. Personality Trait. “The technique of the Immortal Lotus is beautiful and powerful. I will succeed Master Bak Mei.” Ideal. “The ancient traditions and secret

martial arts must be preserved and learned. Hiding them away in libraries dishonors our teachers.” Bond. “The Immortal Lotus is my new family. Bak Mei will lead me to a brighter future

Yalah Gralhund

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

weapon.The lady of House Gralhund is no fool. She has a keen mind and the wisdom to discern friend from foe. She also has a husband who worships her (see “Orond Gralhund”) and a house that has the

government that will ensure House Gralhund's prosperity for generations to come. Yalah shares the services of a half-orc bodyguard with her husband, although Hrabbaz is more loyal to her than to him. She also

Animated Coffin

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

. Natural ambushers and tireless sentries, animated coffins guard ancient necropolises, family crypts, and the lairs of powerful Undead. A cautious vampire might sleep in an animated coffin to evade hunters

sardines 3 A groaning mummy 4 A patch of yellow mold (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) 5 A slumbering vampire spawn 6 A portal to the Path of Graves (detailed in Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary) Poison, Psychic

Molydeus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

bipedal body has a slavering wolf’s head and a fanged serpent’s head. Its demon lord can speak and see through the serpent head; this master also uses the molydeus to guard treasures, slay

. If the target has at least one head and the molydeus rolled a 20 on the attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect

Molydeus (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’s head. Its demon lord can speak and see through the serpent head; this master also uses the molydeus to guard treasures, slay foes, and terrify troops into obedience. A molydeus’s demon

. If the target has at least one head and the molydeus rolled a 20 on the attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect

Deep Scion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

throw or be stunned until the end of the deep scion’s next turn. In water, the psychic screech also telepathically transmits the deep scion’s memories of the last 24 hours to its master

, regardless of distance, so long as it and its master are in the same body of water.Deep scions began life as people who were stolen from shore or saved from sinking ships and offered a terrible bargain

Deathlock

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

that don’t please its patron fall away as its master’s desires become the purpose that drives it. The deathlock immediately resumes work on its patron’s behalf. Whatever the goal

to serve another powerful creature or might need to gather servants of its own. Deathlocks The forging of a pact between a warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the

Priest of Osybus (Vampiric)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Vampiric Boon. When the priest deals necrotic damage to any creature, the priest gains a number of temporary hit points equal to half that necrotic damage. The priest’s speed also increases by

body must be destroyed. The tattoo is invulnerable while the priest has at least 1 hit point. The tattoo is otherwise an object with AC 15, and it is immune to poison and psychic damage. It has 15 hit

Ezmerelda d'Avenir

Monsters Curse of Strahd

was a little girl, her family kidnapped van Richten’s teenage son, Erasmus, and delivered him into the clutches of a vampire. Even today, years later, she can still hear Erasmus’s pleas

for mercy. That event haunted her childhood. Van Richten tracked down Ezmerelda’s family soon after the kidnapping, but not before the Vistani had sold the boy. Though van Richten could have done

Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

of Osybus on the priest’s body must be destroyed. The tattoo is invulnerable while the priest has at least 1 hit point. The tattoo is otherwise an object with AC 15, and it is immune to poison

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

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