matter smaller with only all from for lower

Animal Shapes

Spells Player’s Handbook

Choose any number of willing creatures that you can see within range. Each target shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a Large or smaller Beast of your choice that has a Challenge Rating of 4 or lower

Jarl Storvald

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

dragons by holding their eggs hostage. Within a matter of months thereafter, he also freed several gigantic longships from the ice and sent his giant raiders out to attack smaller ships and plunder their

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

restrictions (see “Alterations to Magic”). Arcane Recovery (1/Day). When he finishes a short rest, Halaster recovers all his spell slots of 5th level and lower. Legendary Resistance (3

legendary actions at the start of his turn. Cast Spell. Halaster casts a spell of 3rd level or lower. Spell Ward (Costs 2 Actions). Halaster expends a spell slot of 4th level or lower and gains 5

Eater of Knowledge

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

attacks hit the same creature and the target is Large or smaller, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 14) and must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or have the stunned condition until the

that god’s followers, eaters of knowledge are lumbering, bipedal masses of squelching muscles and exposed brain matter. These rugose hulks collect information from others by devouring brains

Reduced-threat Darkmantle

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

target. If the target is Medium or smaller and the darkmantle has advantage on the attack roll, it attaches by engulfing the target's head, and the target is also blinded and unable to breathe while

illuminate it. If any of the darkness overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell creating the light is dispelled.

Hexton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tentacle", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 14). Until this

spell. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell is 4th level or higher, the hexton makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a success, the

Avoral Guardinal

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Dive Attack. If the avoral is flying, dives at least 30 feet in a straight line toward a Medium or smaller creature, and ends within 5 feet of it, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Strength

and slow to anger, their supernatural virtue puts them at odds with the evil beings of the Lower Planes. Guardinals abhor wickedness and strike out against injustice and villainy without hesitation, determined to eradicate forces that threaten beauty and peace.Radiant

Maelephant

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the target has the restrained condition. While it is grappling a creature

forget their combat training, spellcasting abilities, and other skills. Maelephants strike bargains with wicked spellcasters and entities of the Lower Planes, pledging to guard a site or object for

Nonaton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the nonaton can’t use this

modrons are the lower-ranked base modrons—monodrone;monodrones, duodrone;duodrones, tridrone;tridrones, quadrone;quadrones, and pentadrone;pentadrones—the upper-tier hierarch modrons hold

Crown of Lies

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

use an action to transform yourself to look and feel like any creature you’ve seen at least once and whose size is no more than one size smaller or larger than yours. The new form mimics the

matter what magical or mundane methods are used to try to detect your falsehoods. You are the recipient of Sending spells addressed to you and the creature you are disguised as, and Scrying and similar

Bodytaker Plant

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. The plant has four vines, each of which can grapple one target. Entrapping Pod. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or smaller creature grappled by the plant. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4

-invisible filaments through the soil. Should any of these fibers survive the plant’s destruction, the bodytaker plant regrows after a matter of months. Salting or poisoning the soil where it grew destroys these filaments and prevents the plant from reappearing.Poison

Giff (Gunpowder Keg Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

moves at least 20 feet in a straight line that ends within 5 feet of a Large or smaller creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or take 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6

. Every other keg of gunpowder within 20 feet of an exploding keg has a 50 percent chance of also exploding. Check each keg only once per turn, no matter how many other kegs explode around it.

Stalker of Baphomet

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

(3d10+ 7);{"diceNotation":"3d10+ 7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rock", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 19

Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. After the stalker throws the rock, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Rock"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the stalker has

Septon Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

", "rollAction":"Tentacle", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the septon can

from the rank directly above it and in turn acts as the superior to the rank directly below it, passing down commands from paragons of law to the lowliest monodrone. While most modrons are the lower

Kakkuu Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Snare up to 30 feet straight toward itself. Web Snare. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Web Snare"} to hit, reach 30/60 ft., one Large or smaller

-ranked spyder-fiends dominating lower ranks. Spyder-fiends of equivalent rank scheme against each other for advancement and eagerly turn against one another if treachery can improve their position

Giff Shock Trooper

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

within 5 feet of a Large or smaller creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or take 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Headfirst Charge

bomb, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Thunder Bomb"}; on a roll of 4 or lower, the giff has no more bombs to throw.A giff shock trooper is trained to mount assaults on

Decaton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the decaton can’t use this tentacle against

. While most modrons are the lower-ranked base modrons—monodrone;monodrones, duodrone;duodrones, tridrone;tridrones, quadrone;quadrones, and pentadrone;pentadrones—the upper-tier hierarch

Stone Giant Dreamwalker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

knocked prone. Petrifying Touch. The giant touches one Medium or smaller creature within 10 feet of it that is charmed by it. The target must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save

there is permanent, so nothing there is real. What happens on the surface doesn’t matter. Promises and bargains made there needn’t be honored. Life and even art hold less value there

Astral Dreadnought

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature and this damage reduces it to 0 hit points or it is incapacitated, the dreadnought swallows it. The

spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Claw. The dreadnought makes one Claw attack. Donjon Visit (Costs 2 Actions). One Huge or smaller creature that the dreadnought can see within 60

Juvenile Kraken

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature grappled by the kraken, that creature is swallowed and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and

of each of the kraken’s turns. One Medium or two smaller creatures can be swallowed at the same time. If the kraken takes 35 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the kraken

Kolyarut

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

–6: Push. If the target is Large or smaller, the target is pushed up to 15 feet away from the kolyarut. Edict of Blades (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction

hits a creature with an Unerring Blade attack during this movement, each spell of 5th level or lower on the creature ends, and the creature has the incapacitated condition until the end of the kolyarut

Runic Colossus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Stomp", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw or have the

ft., one creature casting a spell of 5th level or lower. Hit: 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the

Endelyn Moongrave

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

(4d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Puppeteer's Lash","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and if the target is Large or smaller, Endelyn telekinetically moves it

wrest the domain from her clutches. They waited until Iggwilv was lured away on an important matter to imbue Iggwilv's Cauldron with the ability to freeze time. When their sister returned, the hags used

Tlincalli

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

"} piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 11) if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the tlincalli can’t use the spiked chain

and the lower body of an enormous scorpion, complete with a stinger at the end of a long tail. These desert creatures range across arid lands, hunting at dawn and dusk. In the hours between, they wait

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

., one target. Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d12+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Boulder", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it

of 4 or lower, the fensir has no more boulders to throw.Some fensirs undergo a transformation after living in Ysgard for at least a thousand years. They grow rapidly to a height of 25 feet, fueled by

Gargantua

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

. Immediately after the gargantua takes damage from a Large or smaller creature it can see within 20 feet of itself, it attempts to flick the creature away. The target must succeed on a DC 23 Strength

away from the gargantua, and has the prone condition. Spell Mimicry (1/Day). Immediately after a creature the gargantua can see casts a spell of 5th level or lower, the gargantua tries to copy the

Slarkrethel

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

"} piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature grappled by the kraken, that creature is swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it

target is restrained. The kraken has ten tentacles, each of which can grapple one target. Fling. One Large or smaller object held or creature grappled by the kraken is thrown up to 60 feet in a random

Zargon the Returner

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6);{"diceNotation":"2d8+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Barbed Tentacle", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature

Asmodeus’ might. No matter what blistering wrath Asmodeus brought to bear on Zargon, the aberration continually re-formed from its horn. Finally, Asmodeus cast Zargon’s horn from the Nine

Bavlorna Blightstraw

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16) if it is a Medium or smaller creature. Until the grapple ends, the target is restrained, and

, biding their time until they could wrest the domain from her clutches. They waited until Iggwilv was lured away on an important matter to imbue Iggwilv's Cauldron with the ability to freeze time

Fire Giant Forgecaller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 19 (3d12);{"diceNotation":"3d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Heated Rock", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. If the target is a Large or smaller

"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the giant has no more rocks to throw. Magma Wave (Requires Fire Rune). The giant emits a wave of magma from its fire rune in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must

Factol Skall

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Medium or smaller Humanoid killed by this damage becomes a zombie under Skall’s control

Counterspell. Skall chatters his teeth to interrupt a creature he can see within 60 feet of himself that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell

Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

feet of itself casting a spell, the giant tries to interrupt it. If the creature is casting a spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or lower, the spell fails and has no effect. If the creature is

games of chance and wit. A destiny gambler is a cloud giant who has won increasingly high-stakes wagers against other giants, smaller folk, and even beings from the Outer Planes. Destiny gamblers wear

The Gardener

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Vine", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and if the target is a Large or smaller creature, the vine wraps around the target, and the target has the grappled

: Boundary. At the border of the domain is a lightly obscuring mist, tinged with a sweet blossom scent and the colors of sunset. No matter how far a creature travels into the mist, the creature finds

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tentacles","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until this grapple ends, the

remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god&rsquo

Hierophant Medusa

Monsters The Book of Many Things

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Constrict", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 20). Until

powerful snakelike tails for their lower body, snakes for hair, and a petrifying gaze. The first hierophant medusa was transformed by the power of the Euryale card when that individual was inspired by

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