may score with only alive from for like

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

saving throw or a foe’s Critical Hit. You can force the reroll to be made with Advantage or Disadvantage, and you choose whether to use the reroll or the original roll. Reshape Reality. You may

result of how you worded the wish. For example, wishing that a villain were dead might propel you forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

talents of sorcery appear as a fluke. People who have this magical power soon discover that it doesn’t like to stay quiet. A Sorcerer’s magic wants to be wielded. Becoming a Sorcerer... As a

; 4 +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 5 7 4 3 — — — — — — — 5 +3 Sorcerous Restoration 5 5 9 4 3 2 — — &mdash

Bard

Classes Player’s Handbook

, including performing music, working magic, and making jests. A Bard’s life is spent traveling, gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer

; — 4 +2 Ability Score Improvement D6 3 7 4 3 — — — — — — — 5 +3 Font of Inspiration D8 3 9 4 3 2 — — &mdash

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

one of your ability scores by 2. You can’t decrease an ability that has a score of 5 or lower. Alternatively, you can choose not to adjust your ability scores, in which case this card has no

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

Thayan Spell Tattoo

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

, Thayan Spell Tattoos can’t be crafted like other magic items. To learn how to ink Thayan Spell Tattoos, you must have a Renown Score of 50+ with the Red Wizards. To ink a Thayan Spell Tattoo, you

Boon of Siberys (Sorcerer Spell)

Feats Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+, Eberron Campaign) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30. Aberrant

Magic. Choose a level 8 or lower spell from the Sorcerer spell list or a spell from the Siberys Dragonmark Spells table (the table includes dragonmark suggestions if you’d like to associate a spell

Changeling

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of

Boggart

Species Lorwyn: First Light

appearances vary widely. One boggart may look like a hedgehog, with spiky fur and beady eyes, while another might sport the snout and fleshy ears of a swine. Boggarts tend to love crafting potions and

Boggarts are Small, squat goblinoids found in the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. They possess bestial physical features, including horns and animal- like snouts. Beyond these commonalities, boggart

Boon of Siberys (Dragonmark Spell)

Feats Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+, Eberron Campaign) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30. Aberrant

Magic. Choose a spell from the Siberys Dragonmark Spells table (the table includes dragonmark suggestions if you’d like to associate a spell with one of the marks). You always have that spell

Bestow Curse Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

following options: Choose one ability score. While cursed, the target has disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made with that ability score. While cursed, the target has disadvantage on

, your attacks and spells deal an extra 1d8 necrotic damage to the target. A remove curse spell ends this effect. At the DM's option, you may choose an alternative curse effect, but it should

Vampirate

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

vessels and feeding on the life energy of those unlucky enough to cross their path. A vampirate appears as a gaunt figure with milky-white eyes and skin as dry as parchment. A vampirate has fangs like a

siphoning off its energy from a short distance away. As it feeds on the energy of other creatures, its appearance becomes more robust, although it never truly looks alive. Vampirates eat, drink, and

Space Clown

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Dying Burst. When the clown drops to 0 hit points, it pops like a balloon, releasing a splash of putrid, corrosive ichor. Each creature within 5 feet of the clown when it bursts must make a DC 12

. Hit: 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ray Gun","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and if the target is a Humanoid with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher, it

Brain Breaker

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Creature Sense. The brain breaker is aware of creatures within 1 mile of itself that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each

one’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about it. A creature protected by a mind blank spell, a nondetection spell, or similar magic can’t be perceived in this manner

Guardian Portrait

Monsters Curse of Strahd

becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone. A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a

follow creatures that move in front of them. Innate Spells. When a guardian portrait attacks, the figure in the painting animates and moves as though alive (albeit in two dimensions). The guardian

Selenelion Twin

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

points at the start of her turn as long as both twins are alive and within 60 feet of each other. A twin dies only if she starts her turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Twin Bond

. While both Selenelion twins are alive and on the same plane of existence, each is aware of the other’s emotions.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to

Vampirate Captain

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

alive. Vampirates eat, drink, and sleep because they like to, not because they must. They rest in wooden coffins or crates full of grave dirt. In the absence of such containers, they can treat their

vampirates conducts itself depends entirely on the mood and disposition of the captain. The crew of one ship might behave like a murderous mob, while another might abide by an ancient code of chivalry. One

Swarm of Maggots

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Behavior table to see how such swarms might manifest. Swarm Behavior d4 Behavior 1 Crawls on walls in a vaguely bipedal shape 2 Makes skittering noises that sound like

whispered chanting 3 Skeletal visages, giant eyes, or the faces of nearby creatures appear in relief amid its mass 4 Occupies and animates a corpse or other debris as if it were alive Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing

Swarm of Scarabs

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

manifest. Swarm Behavior d4 Behavior 1 Crawls on walls in a vaguely bipedal shape 2 Makes skittering noises that sound like whispered chanting 3 Skeletal visages, giant

eyes, or the faces of nearby creatures appear in relief amid its mass 4 Occupies and animates a corpse or other debris as if it were alive Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing

Master Thief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

behind a calling card to taunt their victims. You may roll on the Master Thief Calling Cards table to determine what a master thief leaves behind. Master Thief Calling Cards d10;{"diceNotation

Small note with the words “It’s been fun!” written on it in an ornate script 6 Glass bead that looks like an eye 7 Pistachio shells 8 Two playing cards balanced against

Variant Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

replaces the Ability Score Increase trait. Appearance. Your tiefling might not look like other tieflings. Rather than having the physical characteristics described in the Player’s Handbook

Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your

Pepperbox (Exandria)

Equipment

to its Reload score before you must spend 1 attack or 1 action to reload. You must have one free hand to reload a firearm. Misfire. Whenever you make an attack roll with a firearm, and the dice

roll is equal to or lower than the weapon’s Misfire score, the weapon misfires. The attack misses, and the weapon cannot be used again until you spend an action to try and repair it. To repair

Esthetic

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

its acid-secreting tentacles. Each esthetic is unique in appearance. One might be bilaterally symmetrical (two matching halves, like a humanoid body along its vertical axis), radially symmetrical

(like a starfish), or have no definable shape. From a distance, an esthetic is easily mistaken for a giant, space-dwelling jellyfish or cephalopod. Its outer shell is made of bioluminescent resin. An

Ice Troll

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Cold Aura. While it's alive, the troll generates an aura of bitter cold that fills the area within 10 feet of it. At the start of the troll's turn, all nonmagical flames in the aura are extinguished

points and doesn’t regenerate. If buried in the ground under a foot or more of earth, the heart melts away and summons a blizzard like that created by the control weather spell. It takes 10

Vampirate Mage

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

short distance away. As it feeds on the energy of other creatures, its appearance becomes more robust, although it never truly looks alive. Vampirates eat, drink, and sleep because they like to, not

energy of those unlucky enough to cross their path. A vampirate appears as a gaunt figure with milky-white eyes and skin as dry as parchment. A vampirate has fangs like a vampire’s but doesn’t

Constantori's Portrait

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

esteemed associates. Sentience. Constantori’s Portrait is a sentient, lawful evil item with an Intelligence score of 14, a Wisdom score of 12, and a Charisma score of 8. It can hear within a range

events, or any political conversations. Personality. Constantori’s Portrait is demanding, condescending, and vain. It doesn’t like being covered or placed out of sight, and it loudly

Barbarian Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

by walls and crowds. They thrive in the wilds of their homelands: the tundra, jungle, or grasslands where their tribes live and hunt. Barbarians come alive in the chaos of combat. They can enter a

violated, or a coup that removed you from a position of authority. QUICK BUILD You can make a barbarian quickly by following these suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in Strength

Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

inspires works of grand but melancholic beauty, while in others, it manifests as rage. Like many who dwell in the Underdark, duergar must constantly be on guard against the raids and plots of their

blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may decry their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to the point of austerity, duergar see them as

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

were infused with powerful psionic abilities but also a profound gloom. In some, this strain of sorrow inspires works of grand but melancholic beauty, while in others, it manifests as rage. Like

may decry their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to the point of austerity, duergar see them as honoring the materials used and honest about their purpose.Poison

Bheur Hag

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

staff that can be ridden like a flying broom and that augments the hag’s magic. Bheur hags are attracted to selfish actions inspired by deadly cold, such as murdering a traveler for a winter coat

inspire horror. When near a recently slain foe, the hag may forgo an attack to feed on the corpse. The sight of this butchery is enough to terrify most witnesses.Cold

Duergar Kavalrachni

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

; they were infused with powerful psionic abilities but also a profound gloom. In some, this strain of sorrow inspires works of grand but melancholic beauty, while in others, it manifests as rage. Like

may decry their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to the point of austerity, duergar see them as honoring the materials used and honest about their purpose.Poison

Flail Snail

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

earth that is prized for its multihued shell. It may seem harmless, but if a creature big enough to be a threat approaches too close, the snail flashes a scintillating light and attacks with its mace

-like tentacles. Left undisturbed, a flail snail moves slowly along the ground. It consumes everything on the surface, including rocks, sand, and soil, and it stops periodically to relish crystal growths

Splugoth the Returned

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

you get taken prisoner by a group of sociopathic adventurers who end up letting you die after you save their sorry lives. One minute, you’re a dead goblin named Splug. And then you’re alive

again, and it seems like a really good idea to play up the drama of resurrection with a cool new name — and a master plan for cold, cold revenge against those who betrayed you. Every once in a

Retriever

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

for the spell), webThe retriever is a potent, spider-like Construct conceived and built by Underdark followers of Lolth for one original purpose—to prowl the Abyss and capture demons for these

, they are sometimes dispatched when a powerful devotee of Lolth needs some creature or object captured and brought back alive and intact. Only under the rarest of circumstances is a retriever handed

Urchin Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

are like in the gutters. (Evil) 5 People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral) 6 Aspiration. I’m going to prove that I’m worthy of a

of questions. 3 I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me. 4 I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms. 5

Pistol (Exandria)

Equipment

its Reload score before you must spend 1 attack or 1 action to reload. You must have one free hand to reload a firearm. Misfire. Whenever you make an attack roll with a firearm, and the dice roll is

equal to or lower than the weapon’s Misfire score, the weapon misfires. The attack misses, and the weapon cannot be used again until you spend an action to try and repair it. To repair your

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