master stitched with only active foes for long

Orb of Dragonkind

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Long ago, in the Dragonlance setting, elves and humans waged a terrible war against chromatic dragons. When the world seemed doomed, the wizards of the Towers of High Sorcery came together and forged

Magic action to peer into the orb’s depths. You must then make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, you control the orb for as long as you remain attuned to it. On a failed save, the

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

evil have added their own input to the book’s catalog of vile knowledge. Their additions are clear, for the writers of later works stitched whatever they were writing into the tome or, in some

stone cracks and turns to powder if the book rests on it long enough. Whenever a creature that isn’t a Fiend or an Undead attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature makes a DC 17

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

finish a Long Rest, if you and the Demonomicon are on the same plane of existence, one trapped creature within the book can attempt to possess you. You make a DC 20 Charisma saving throw. On a failed

the Dungeon Master’s Guide): 2 minor beneficial properties 1 minor detrimental property 1 major detrimental property Spells. The book has 8 charges and regains 1d8 expended charges daily

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

consequences for a whole community, region, or world, you are likely to attract powerful foes. If your wish would affect a god, the god’s divine servants might instantly intervene to prevent it or to

cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength score becomes 3

Dreaming Dark Infiltrator

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

StaticDreaming Dark Infiltrators are spies sent to gather intelligence. They plant psychic seeds in their minds of their foes that enhance the infiltrators’ combat prowess against those

cursed creature repeats the save whenever it finishes a Short or Long Rest, ending the effect on itself on a success. Success: Half damage only.

Vampire's Plaything

Feats Astarion's Book of Hungers

Proficiency Bonus, and you recover all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. Vampiric Connection. The DM determines the fate of your former vampire master. While you and your former vampire master

Origin Feat You gain the following benefits. Decanting. When you finish a Long Rest, you can create one Potion of Healing or an Antitoxin, as long as you have an empty vial or flask. These liquids

Aranea

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

their foes long enough to skitter to safety. Roll or choose a result from the Aranea Crafts table as inspiration for an aranea’s crafting talent. Aranea Crafts 1d6 The Aranea Is

Shadowmoor Giant

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

takes great slumbers bordering on hibernation. These giants sleep for so long that they fuse with the surrounding earth, imbuing them with the land’s ambient wild magic. The giants can mold and

stocked with a giant’s valuable relics. Such treasure hunters do well to tread carefully, for when angered, these giants can unleash the might of mountains and crush foes with the force of an avalanche.

Manshoon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

;ve outlived their usefulness. Manshoon doesn’t care who suffers so long he’s able to crush his many enemies and force his subjects into paranoid and eager obedience. History The

one another in a devastating conflict called the Manshoon Wars. The original Manshoon and all but three of his clones were killed, and today only a single Manshoon is believed to be active in Faer

Crown of Horns

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

powerful Undead scions. Should a wearer prove unworthy of this honor, the crown teleports away to find a new mortal to corrupt for its master. Cursed. The crown is cursed. Attuning to the crown extends

the curse to you. Only a Wish spell or the will of Myrkul can remove this curse. As long as you remain cursed, the following properties apply to you: Bound. You are unwilling to part with the crown

Champion of Gorm

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

brass masks bearing the face of their god, who is depicted as a long-haired, bearded man with a stern gaze. Each fully initiated guardian has a small blue lightning bolt tattooed on their right

cause, buffeting these foes with their shocking implements.Aura of Resilience (1/Day). The champion exudes an aura of ghostly lightning that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. While this

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

Champion of Usamigaras

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

boast a greater repertoire of spells than their fellows and can radiate an aura of illusions to confuse their foes. Mages of Usamigaras The Mages of Usamigaras are Cynidicean spellcasters who

chastisement.Aura of Deception (1/Day). The champion emits an aura of ghostly illusions that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. While this aura is active, creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

elemental planes, and other dangerous spots far from the eyes of land-bound folk. Long-established guardians of the deep ocean floor, in recent years the noble tritons have become increasingly active in

, driving them into the Darkened Depths where they escaped into the crushing pressure and utter darkness. In time, the tritons noticed that their ancient elemental foes had grown quiet. Expeditions to

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

Molydeus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target transforms into a manes (see the Monster Manual) if this reduces its hit

. Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The molydeus uses Spellcasting.The fearsome molydeus speaks for the demon lord it serves and enforces its master’s will. This demon is 12 feet tall, and its

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

maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target transforms into a manes (see the Monster Manual) if this reduces its hit

Boneclaw

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

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

Thessalheart Construct

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

Telepathic Bond. While the construct is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically.Claws. Melee

unconscious while poisoned in this way.A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the

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

Retriever Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

object the master has seen before. The retriever knows the direction and distance to its quarry as long as the two of them are on the same plane of existence. The retriever can have only one such

Faultless Tracker. The retriever is given a quarry by its master. The quarry can be a specific creature or object the master is personally acquainted with, or it can be a general type of creature or

Deep Scion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, 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

(Hybrid Form Only; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The deep scion emits a terrible scream audible within 300 feet. Creatures within 30 feet of the deep scion must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving

Dragonbait

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

Divine Health. Dragonbait is immune to disease. Magic Resistance Aura. While holding his holy avenger, Dragonbait creates an aura in a 10-foot radius around him. While this aura is active, Dragonbait

"} radiant damage. Sense Alignment. Dragonbait chooses one creature he can see within 60 feet of him and determines its alignment, as long as the creature isn't hidden from divination magic by a spell or other magical effect.

Armanite

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

claws and hooves, as well as their long, whiplike tails, to tear apart foes. In the armies of demon lords, armanites perform the role of heavy cavalry, leading the charge and tearing into their enemies

looses a bolt of lightning in a line that is 60 feet long and 10 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage

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

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

Gazer (Familiar Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, 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 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

Black Crystal Tablet

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Any creature that attunes to the tablet must make a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw at the end of its next long rest. On a failed save, the creature becomes afflicted with a random form of long-term

madness (see “Madness” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). As an action, a creature attuned to the Black Crystal Tablet can use it to cast eyebite or gate (the portal created by

Deep Scion Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

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.

Long Rest). The deep scion emits a terrible scream audible within 300 feet. Creatures within 30 feet of the deep scion must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the end of the

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument in a long-forgotten ruin, a half-elf in rugged leathers finds knowledge springing into her mind, conjured forth by the magic of her song

, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage. Variant Sailor: Pirate

distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval

Hill Giant Avalancher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a hill rune on an object in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest

10 feet away from the giant.Hill giants who master rune magic discover a close connection to the natural forces of earth and stone. Their magic, combined with their size and strength, helps them

Wyrmreaver Gauntlets

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

these gauntlets, your unarmed strike deals an additional 1d6 force damage on a hit. Additionally, whenever you finish a long rest, choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning

, or poison. You have resistance to the chosen damage type until you finish another long rest. Invoking the Runes. As a bonus action, you can invoke the gauntlets’ runes and summon two enormous

Shield Guardian Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Bound. The drone is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the drone and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the drone’s wearer can telepathically call the drone to travel to it

it. The orb otherwise remains intact until the drone spends an action to end the effect or the drone is destroyed. A drone can have only one detention orb active at a time; if the drone creates a

Chardalyn Dragon

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

exceeds its own instinct of self-preservation. Thus, the dragon will destroy itself in pursuit of its master’s desires if necessary. The dragon likes to tear foes apart, as well as knock down

Monster. The dragon deals double damage to objects and structures. Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep, and it gains no benefit from finishing a short or long

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