mechanical some with only above fiends for light

Book of Exalted Deeds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

addition, Fiends and Undead within the halo’s Bright Light make attack rolls against you with Disadvantage. Random Properties. The Book of Exalted Deeds has the following random properties: 2

cast a spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher. Halo. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, you gain a protective halo. This halo sheds Bright Light in

Manshoon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

ability (spell save DC 19): At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Light, Lightning Bolt (level 4 version), Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Scrying, Sending

knowledge of an even older version of himself. One of Manshoon’s enemies, Halaster Blackcloak, removed Manshoon’s left arm at the elbow. Manshoon now uses a mechanical prosthetic arm

Lantern of Tracking

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

This hooded lantern burns for 6 hours on 1 pint of oil, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Each lantern of tracking is designed to track down a

-elementals;Elementals 6 lantern-of-tracking-fey;Fey 7 lantern-of-tracking-fiends;Fiends 8 lantern-of-tracking-giants;Giants 9 lantern-of-tracking-monstrosities;Monstrosities 10 lantern-of-tracking-undead;Undead

Phisarazu Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, during which time they emit dim light for 10 feet and can’t benefit from the invisible condition. Additionally, creatures in that area must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or have the stunned

condition for 1 minute. A stunned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Phisarazu spyder-fiends have a pair of muscular arms

Clockwork Defender

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

, and the defender can’t make Electrified Bite attacks while grappling.A clockwork defender is a mechanical quadruped that vaguely resembles a hound. Its eyes glow and can project intense but

harmless beams of light. It tirelessly protects whatever its creator wants, and it can be programmed by its creator not to attack certain kinds of creatures.PoisonLight Beam. The defender emits bright light from its eyes in a 60-foot cone, or it shuts off this light.

Lantern Archon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

24 hours. Illumination. The archon sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Incorporeal Movement. The archon can move through creatures and objects as if they

greet newly arrived souls to Mount Celestia and light the path for those who traverse the plane with reverence and respect. They appear as glowing, winged balls of vaporous light wrapped in a gleaming

The Celestial Legacy

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

with that being allows you to experience the barest touch of the holy light that illuminates the multiverse. Being connected to such power can cause changes in your behavior and beliefs. You might

find yourself driven to annihilate the undead, to defeat fiends, and to protect the innocent. At times, your heart might also be filled with a longing for the celestial realm of your patron, and a

Hallow Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

hallow spell. The affected area is subject to the following effects. First, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead can't enter the area, nor can such creatures charm, frighten, or possess

leaves the area. Courage. Affected creatures can't be frightened while in the area. Darkness. Darkness fills the area. Normal light, as well as magical light created by spells of a lower level than

Clockwork Horror

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

see. Clockwork horrors communicate with each other by means of clicks, whirs, and similar mechanical sounds that imitate the Thri-kreen language perfectly, leading some to speculate the first

clockwork horror was the brainchild of a thri-kreen artificer. A horror can also emit light from its crystal eye, issuing dot-and-dash messages to other creatures that can see the light. Creatures besides

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

death until the children of Eberron and Siberys rose up against them. Armies of dragons fought against the fiends of Khyber. And though the overlords couldn't be destroyed, the couatl sacrificed

their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a silver flame that bound the overlords in Khyber once more. These bonds have held for countless generations, but the overlords still yearn to break free

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

interact with good creatures and Charisma (Intimidation) checks made to interact with evil creatures. In addition, fiends and undead within the halo’s bright light make attack rolls against you with

is read, it vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring light to a darkened world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Holy Light. The sword sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet. Fiends find the sword’s light disconcerting and painful, even if they can’t see it, and

Zariel by destroying fiends and other evildoers wherever I find them. 6 The Sword of Zariel has chosen me. I shall not fail to wield it justly. Flaws D6 FLAW

Banderhobb

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, the target is pulled to a space within 5 feet of the banderhobb. Shadow Step. The banderhobb teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space of dim light or darkness that it can see. Swallow. Melee

banderhobbs—a hag who knows the ritual might be willing to teach it for the right price. Some other wicked Fey and powerful Fiends also know of the process, as do a few mortal mages. During its

Warden Archon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

portals and paths connected to goodly realms. They have powerfully built, bipedal bodies with the heads of great bears and eyes like pools of silvery light. When warden archons speak, glimmering

safeguard those threatened by wicked forces. Archons are skilled communicators, able to speak all the languages of the multiverse. When pushed into combat, they prefer to subdue foes. However, against Fiends

Aasimar Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

I saw her, wreathed in wings of pure light, her eyes blazing with the fury of the gods. The bone devils stopped in their tracks, shielding their faces. Her blade, now a brand of light, swept

Dragons Aasimar bear within their souls the light of the heavens. They are descended from humans with a touch of the power of Mount Celestia, the divine realm of many lawful good deities. Aasimar are

Temple of the Gods

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

the door. The temple’s interior is an open space with an idol or altar at one end. You decide whether the temple is illuminated and whether that illumination is bright light or dim light. The

, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead. If a creature of the chosen type attempts to enter the temple, that creature must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, it can’t enter the temple for

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

(Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Incinerating Beam"}. The colossus fires a beam of light in a 150-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a

unleashed its mightiest creations: the warforged colossi. These enormous mechanical warriors thundered across Cyre, crushing everything in their paths and leaving ruin behind them. Meant to end the war

Sul Khatesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

rose up against them. Armies of dragons fought against the fiends of Khyber. And though the overlords couldn't be destroyed, the couatl sacrificed their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a

overlords are bound by the Silver Flame, they can't physically manifest in the world. But each overlord embodies a particular aspect of evil, which grows in strength as their servants — the fiends known

Ki-rin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: light, major image (6th-level version), thaumaturgy 3/day each: cure wounds, dispel magic, lesser restoration, sending 1/day each

, diseases, and poisons on creatures are suppressed when those creatures are within 3 miles of the lair, unless the creatures are Aberrations, Fiends, or Undead. Safe Descents. Within 3 miles of the

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

are comfortable in light armor and know how to use simple weapons. Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and

shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons

Clockwork Defender

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Clockwork Defender A clockwork defender is a mechanical quadruped that vaguely resembles a hound. Its eyes glow and can project intense but harmless beams of light. It tirelessly protects whatever

attacks while grappling. Bonus Actions Light Beam. The defender emits bright light from its eyes in a 60-foot cone, or it shuts off this light.

The Walking Castle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

recently seen more visitors than usual. The first was the modron R04M, which stopped at the castle and learned much about the Outlands. More recently, though, a host of Fiends discovered and occupied the

castle. They’ve captured Zaythir and are now working to discover how to operate the castle. The Fiends’ goals are up to you; they could be seeking to claim the castle and sell it as a war machine, or

Tale of the Hellriders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

angel entered the city the next day. Her name was Zariel, which means Companion of Light. The prayers of Elturel had been heard, and help had come. “Zariel located the gate through which the fiends

century past that the great troubles began. Fiends roamed the lands to the north and west of Elturel. Fields were despoiled, livestock slaughtered, homes razed, and people dragged off to a terrible and

Chapter 1: Fool

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

of powerful fiends. But they’ve also gained vast wealth or a stronghold of their own, rewound time to reverse disaster, or suddenly advanced in level far beyond the other characters in the group. The

to your campaign, shaping it to fit your needs and the tastes of your players. You can stack the deck with low-level effects that prompt roleplaying instead of mechanical changes or create a deck that

Enhanced Medusa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

with mechanical frames into which it slots different lenses. This is the same magical technology that was used to create another artifact, Daoud’s Wondrous Lanthorn. The medusa is nicknamed “Daoud’s

Living Lanthorn” as a result. The enhanced medusa uses the medusa stat block with the following changes: It has truesight out to a range of 60 feet. It can cast the light cantrip at will. Its

History of Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

archfiends known as the Overlords and their armies of rakshasa and lesser fiends dominated Eberron. Forces of light—some versions of the story say the nine gods of the Sovereign Host, others say an

dragonshards wrapped around the planet, said to be the source of magic. Eberron is the world, the source of all natural life. And Khyber is the Underdark and the source of aberrations and fiends, forever

Magic Item Special Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

. The item is half the normal weight and inscribed with feathered wings, suns, and stars. Fiends find it repulsive. 3 Devotees of Lolth. The item is half the normal weight. It is inscribed with spiders

exquisitely crafted from the finest materials and glows with a pale radiance in moonlight, shedding Dim Light in a 5-foot radius. Any metal in the item is silver or mithral rather than iron or steel

Demon Zapper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Demon Zapper The purest of souls lures fiends into a hellish trap. Zap! Zap! — The Cartographer When the characters approach this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players

: Radiant light cascades from a rusted metal monument shaped like the upraised mandibles of a giant beetle. The light cascades from a unicorn named Mooncolor, who is trapped inside a 10-foot-diameter

Xardorok's Fortress

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

area of smoky haze for 1 hour thereafter. Heat. Duergar have darkvision and don’t need light to see; even so, most rooms are heated by stone braziers filled with glowing-hot coals, and such areas are

. The three levels of the fortress are connected by two mechanical elevators that are continually moving up and down their shafts, except for a 1-minute stop each time it arrives at a floor. One

Age of Demons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

intact by the powerful magic of the Fiends who built them or preserved by an archfiend overlord imprisoned beneath them. Adventurers who dare to explore such a site must beware releasing bound Fiends. The

at random 8 A weapon made from dark metal that dims the light immediately surrounding it 9 A die made of petrified bone with mysterious glyphs on the faces 10 Glass bangles of shifting colors that make

Knowledge of Avernus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

their goals, the characters might need to work with Fiends. Environment. Avernus is a hellscape in the most literal sense: a ravaged battlefield littered with decaying carcasses and wrecked war machines

. A foul haze perpetually shrouds the skies. Ambient light swells above the horizon in a grim mockery of a sunset, but the sky is bereft of celestial bodies. Searing gusts of wind blast across the

Hallow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

affected area is subject to the following effects. First, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead can’t enter the area, nor can such creatures charm, frighten, or possess creatures within it

. Courage. Affected creatures can’t be frightened while in the area. Darkness. Darkness fills the area. Normal light, as well as magical light created by spells of a lower level than the slot you used

Hallow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

affected area is subject to the following effects. First, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead can’t enter the area, nor can such creatures charm, frighten, or possess creatures within it

. Courage. Affected creatures can’t be frightened while in the area. Darkness. Darkness fills the area. Normal light, as well as magical light created by spells of a lower level than the slot you used

Characters from the Wastes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

life battling fiends. Why have you left your post? Have you had a vision from Kalok Shash? Are you pursuing a rogue demon? Have you been given a quest by the leader of your tribe? Most of the

Ghaash’kala are orcs or half-orcs. They’re deeply devoted to their faith and might be paladins (Vengeance or Devotion), clerics (Life, Light, or War) or Zealot barbarians. Hermit and outlander are logical

The Dreaming Dark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Sarlona. Now they have turned their many eyes toward Khorvaire. The ultimate goal of the Dreaming Dark is to control all the nations of the world. The plane of Dal Quor goes through cycles of light and

dreams they devise — they can maintain this current age of darkness indefinitely. So the fiends of the Dreaming Dark aren’t merely hungry for power; they are fighting for survival. The quori can’t

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