mdash some with only about full for lack

Shifter

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Shifters—sometimes called “weretouched”—descend from people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t change shape

Harvester Devil

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

other souls to Mephistopheles. 2 Stands under the light of a full moon and a half-moon simultaneously. 3 Renounces the contract while in the Abyss. 4 Is under the protection of

another fiend. 5 Has an identical twin or clone. 6 Tricks the devil into signing any other contract. Unfortunately, finding these dandyish devils’ contractual loopholes is not nearly as much fun as I had hoped. —Astarion on Harvester Devils Fire, PoisonCold

Oblex Spawn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

the memories of a victim, it gains the creature’s personality—now twisted by the oblex’s foul nature. The more memories an oblex steals, the larger it becomes, until it must shed a

personality it has absorbed or else become uncontrolled and erratic. This act spawns a new oblex. Newly formed oblexes lack the capabilities of their older kin. They seek only to feed on memories and

Gray Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

—brown and gray—rarely rise above the level of nuisances. The larger varieties are more formidable, in part because they often don’t wait for their meals to come to them. A scavver

has a single large eye in the leading edge of its head. This eye glows while the creature is awake. Its wide mouth is full of sharp teeth. A scavver flies in lazy circles when it sleeps but otherwise moves through space much as a shark swims through water.

Aspect of Bahamut

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, carrying his memories and will—and a significant portion of his formidable strength. Bahamut’s aspect displays the full glory of the Platinum Dragon, towering over even ancient dragons. Covered

pray to Bahamut to uphold honor and justice, or when they need courage to face a great threat. In the most dire situations, a powerful follower of Bahamut who makes a tremendous sacrifice—a vast

Anhkolox

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

with their claws—they delight in knocking foes into pits full of jagged bones—and their barbed rib cage cracks open like a hunting trap to snap closed around a victim.Poison

Werevulture

Monsters The Book of Many Things

. Werevultures appear perfectly ordinary when in humanoid shape. But by the light of the full moon—or at other times when they give in to the curse—they change. Foul wings burst painfully

. But during the next full moon, they transformed into the first werevultures: hideous, birdlike creatures who hungered for the flesh of the dead. In the years since, the curse has spread far and wide

Night Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

refuse. They can enter the air envelopes of these bodies, so that as their “host” moves (often at high speed), the scavvers keep pace. The lesser varieties—brown and gray&mdash

leading edge of its head. This eye glows while the creature is awake. Its wide mouth is full of sharp teeth. A scavver flies in lazy circles when it sleeps but otherwise moves through space much as a shark swims through water.

Beanstalk Wurm

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

enormous creatures that resemble limbless, wingless dragons, though they lack a dragon’s breath weapons and keen intelligence. On the world of Eldraine, many wurms have adapted to life among the world

beanstalk wurms as a first line of defense against those who would ascend massive beanstalks—also known as Everstalks—to intrude on their lofty palaces. Beanstalk wurms lie coiled along the

Brown Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

their “host” moves (often at high speed), the scavvers keep pace. The lesser varieties—brown and gray—rarely rise above the level of nuisances. The larger varieties are more

wide mouth is full of sharp teeth. A scavver flies in lazy circles when it sleeps but otherwise moves through space much as a shark swims through water.

Infernal Calling

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

command — such as “attack my enemies,” “explore the room ahead,” or “bear this message to the queen” — until it completes the activity, at which point it

returns to you to report having done so. If your concentration ends before the spell reaches its full duration, the devil doesn’t disappear if it has become immune to your verbal commands

Oculorb

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

. They are dreaded even by the beholders that birth them. An oculorb is a tangle of negative emotions—the fury, melancholy, and obsession of its creator, all given gruesome, corporeal form. Like

a beholder, an oculorb can fire beams of energy from its eyes, but an oculorb’s eyes lack the more sophisticated magical nature of a beholder’s eyestalks. Instead, an oculorb unleashes powerful waves of energy charged with negative emotions, cowing its foes with despair and ire.

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

unleash its full potential. Whatever their goals, sorcerers are every bit as useful to an adventuring party as wizards, making up for a comparative lack of breadth in their magical knowledge with

those who lack such power. Perhaps your power links you to a powerful individual in the world—the fey creature that blessed you at birth, the dragon who put a drop of its blood into your veins

Vampirate

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

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 ship’s hold as one big

has one or more Shadow;shadows aboard—the Undead remains of some of the vampirates’ victims.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonRadiant

Boss Augustus

Monsters The Book of Many Things

target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s a full moon in the sky, the target becomes an NPC under the DM’s control and remains so until the night ends. A Remove Curse spell

few words. He shares leadership of the guild with Boss Delour and has a knack for planning heists. Guild members consider him a brutal but fair leader. Some perceptive guild members—like Kathra

Tlexolotl

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

lair or the eruption of its molten home—the lava-drenched brute emerges in a rage, rampaging forth until its belly is full and its volcano is quiet once more. Despite a tlexolotl’s

, rising only rarely to gorge itself on massive amounts of animal and plant life before returning to its slumber. Should a tlexolotl’s sleep be disturbed—whether by intruders in its volcanic

Gray Render

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

protect that creature. Great strength and a ferocious nature make gray renders fierce guardians, but they lack a shred of cunning. Gray renders reproduce by forming nodules on their bodies that, on

to bond with an intelligent creature. When one encounters a suitable master, it sings to that creature—a weird, warbling cry accompanied by scratching at the earth and a show of deference. Once

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

manipulation and crafty dealmaking to exerting themselves in combat. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack

hands of weaker creatures—especially while I can turn them against one another and have them fight in my stead. 2 It is difficult for anyone not of dragonkind to penetrate the twisting

Courtier

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

functionaries in Baldur’s Gate or Neverwinter, or you might have grown up in and around the castle of Daggerford. Even if you are no longer a full-fledged member of the group that gave you your start in

Artisan d8 Personality Trait 1 I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist. 2 I’m a snob who looks down on

Void Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

of these bodies, so that as their “host” moves (often at high speed), the scavvers keep pace. The lesser varieties—brown and gray—rarely rise above the level of nuisances. The

while the creature is awake. Its wide mouth is full of sharp teeth. A scavver flies in lazy circles when it sleeps but otherwise moves through space much as a shark swims through water.Ray of Fear

Amnizu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a success. If the target is stunned for the full minute, it forgets everything it sensed, experienced, and learned during the last 5 hours. Spellcasting. The amnizu casts one of the following spells

, and ruthless, but they’re also highly intelligent tacticians and unfailingly loyal—qualities the hellish archdukes value. Some amnizus perform the critical task of watching over the

Retriever

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature is Medium or smaller, the retriever can pick it up as part of the retriever’s move and walk or climb with it at full speed. Spellcasting. The retriever casts one of the following spells

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

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

combat. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack. Creating a Deep Dragon Use the Deep Dragon Personality

Dragon Personality Traits d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"} Trait 1 I will not risk injury at the hands of weaker creatures—especially while I can

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

animals—the power of tooth and claw, of sun and moon, of fire and storm. Druids also gain the ability to take on animal forms, and some druids make a particular study of this practice, even to the

point where they prefer animal form to their natural form. Preserve the Balance For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The four elements that make up a world—air, earth, fire, and

Asteroid Spider

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

full-grown specimen has a body 30 feet in diameter and legs that are at least 30 feet long. When it wraps its legs tightly around its body and closes its eyes, the asteroid spider resembles nothing so

much as a giant, lifeless rock in space—hence its name. An asteroid spider has its own gravity plane and air envelope, as well as multiple spinnerets with which it can create web strands. Its

Death Kiss

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Blood Drain—one replacement per tentacle grappling a creature. Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 20 ft., one

tentacles, each ending in a mouth full of teeth. It can speak through any of its tentacle-maws in a high-pitched, nasal voice. Death kisses fear true beholders, which can easily kill or subdue them

Draegloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

mouth full of sharp teeth. Among the drow noble houses of Menzoberranzan in the Forgotten Realms, a high priestess’s successful creation of a draegloth is seen as a sign of Lolth’s favor

toward her house—and a sign of the demon lord’s disregard for the family’s rivals, who were not thus gifted. The creation prompts the leaders of the house to begin crafting new plans

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

crewed by vampirates usually has one or more Shadow;shadows aboard—the Undead remains of some of the vampirates’ victims.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonRadiant

Clan Crafter

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

, enduring long hours and dismissive, sour-tempered treatment in order to gain the fine skills you possess today. You are most likely a dwarf, but not necessarily—particularly in the North, the

d8 Personality Trait 1 I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist. 2 I’m a snob who looks down on those who

Half-Orc Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

fierceness, and his wits. Human ancestry was no blemish against a warrior—provided he was every bit as strong, enduring, and bloodthirsty as his full-blooded kin. Half-orcs who were weaker than their

, ambition, and self-discipline to go far indeed, as Mhurren had. He was master of a tribe that could muster two thousand spears, and the strongest chief in Thar. — Richard Baker, Swordmage Whether

Amnizu (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a success. If the target is stunned for the full minute, it forgets everything it sensed, experienced, and learned during the last 5 hours. Summon Devil (1/Day). The amnizu summons 2d4;{"diceNotation

tacticians and unfailingly loyal—qualities the hellish archdukes value. Some amnizus perform the critical task of watching over the River Styx from fortresses along the river’s blighted banks

Meenlock

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

covers every surface, muffling sound. A meenlock can supernaturally sense areas of darkness and shadow in its vicinity and can teleport from one darkened space to another—enabling it to sneak up on

aren’t incapacitated during it. The process can be repeated. A Humanoid that drops to 0 hit points as a result of this damage instantly transforms into a meenlock at full health and under the DM

Vampirate Mage

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

because they must. They rest in wooden coffins or crates full of grave dirt. In the absence of such containers, they can treat their ship’s hold as one big coffin and sleep amid their cargo. When

they’re not sleeping or marauding, a crew of vampirates whiles away the hours by drinking rum and singing grim chanteys. A ship crewed by vampirates usually has one or more Shadow;shadows aboard—the Undead remains of some of the vampirates’ victims.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonRadiant

Sea Spawn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

recounted in dockside taverns tell of people lost to the sea—but not merely drowned and gone. Some unfortunates taken by the ocean live on as sea spawn, haunting the waves like tortured reflections

turtle;dragon turtles (morkoths appear in this book; the others appear in the Monster Manual)—all of these and more can mark mortals as their own and claim them as minions. Unlucky folk might

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

ye in trouble if I came out an’ looked for ye!” — R. A. Salvatore, The Crystal Shard Kingdoms rich in ancient grandeur, halls carved into the roots of mountains, the echoing of

picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs—these common threads unite all dwarves. Short and Stout Bold

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