mechanus secrets with only are form for lack

Rod of Lordly Might

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

apart, forming a ladder. The pole can bear up to 4,000 pounds. More weight or lack of solid anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form. Button 5. The rod transforms into a handheld battering

push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form: Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and use its Adjusted Ability Scores, Tireless Form, Spells, Vile Lore, and Vile Speech properties. The Book of Vile Darkness

a minimum of 3. The book can’t adjust your ability scores again. Tireless Form. While the book is on your person, you have Immunity to the Exhaustion condition. Random Properties. The Book of

Adult Spirit Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At Will: Detect Magic, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form

magic. 5 Netheril, an empire of arcane secrets. 6 Ostoria, the first kingdom of the giants. Spirit Dragon Lairs Spirit dragons haunt the ruined cities and buried monuments of ancient

Ancient Spirit Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

(Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell), Thunderwave (level 2 version) 1/Day Each

empire of arcane secrets. 6 Ostoria, the first kingdom of the giants. Spirit Dragon Lairs Spirit dragons haunt the ruined cities and buried monuments of ancient empires. The region

Nonaton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

":"6d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Pillar of Truth", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the creature reverts to its original form (if it’s in a different form) and can’t

assume a different form until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only. Spellcasting. The nonaton casts one of the following spells, requiring no

Pyramid Melon

Equipment

Combat Utility Whimsy 2 2 2 Some druids claim that the pyramid melon gets its shape from the forces that form the cosmos, and to contemplate the melon will reveal secrets

Dragon Army Dragonnel

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

trusted dragon army officer;officers. While they lack a red dragon’s destructive breath, these dragonnels are inured to fire, and their vicious teeth and claws flare with embers. Dragonnels

Dragonnels are distantly related to chromatic and metallic dragons and resemble them in basic form. Intelligent enough to understand speech but incapable of speaking themselves, they are willful creatures largely motivated by the desire for food.Fire

Oblex Spawn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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

plunders the creature’s mind, leaving its prey befuddled and confused—or dead. When oblexes feed on thoughts, they can form weird copies of their prey to use as lures, which helps them harvest even more victims for their mind flayer masters.

Sul Khatesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or

carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (Sul Khatesh's choice). In a new form, Sul Khatesh retains her alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, and

Girallon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ravines or shallow caves, or hide in ruined sites while waiting for prey to come near. A girallon is surprisingly stealthy, considering its size and its lack of camouflage. Girallons form loose bands

the creatures. Girallons that are well treated might be willing to serve as guards, though they lack the intelligence to take on tasks more complicated than attacking strangers who enter their domain

Medusa (Theran variant)

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

target.Medusas (often called gorgons on Theros) are closely associated with Pharika, the god of poison and medicine. Pharika has charged her favored servants with guarding secrets of life, health, and

immortality that are too powerful to be known by those who lack the wisdom to use them properly. Those who approach a medusa with humility and worthy offerings might receive the creature's favor. The

Thought Spy

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rapier","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Thought spies form the backbone of House Dimir's covert operations. They are trained in stealth and

infiltration, tactics that they supplement with rigorously developed mental abilities. To ensure that no secrets slip through Dimir's fingers, they infiltrate rival guilds. In addition to traditional means of gathering intelligence, thought spies use their magic to spy on the thoughts of their targets.

K'thriss Drow'b

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

largely indifferent elder entity from beyond reality. Tapped into this dark power, the “C” Team's hoardsperson sees all existence as a puzzle to unlock, and he is obsessed by the essential lack of meaning

. Tentacles play a big part in K'thriss's spellcasting, whether wrenching him through the sky when he uses magic to fly, or manifesting in dark, suckered form when he casts spells such as thorn whip. And

Rod of Lordly Might Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

, forming a ladder. The pole can bear up to 4,000 pounds. More weight or lack of solid anchoring causes the rod to revert to its normal form. If you press button 5, the rod transforms into a handheld

different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form. If you press button 1, the rod becomes a flame tongue, as a fiery blade sprouts from the end

Elise

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Immutable Form. Elise is immune to any spell or effect that would alter her form. Lightning Absorption. Whenever Elise is subjected to lightning damage, she takes no damage and instead

Heart’s secrets. She roams without destination but keeps a hidden sanctuary at Hope’s Heart on the Isles of Agony. Although she has tried to leave Lamordia, the Mists prevent her from doing so

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social

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

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.

Lorehold Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Lorehold apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time. Though

an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.Chronal Break (1/Day). The pledgemage chooses a point within 30 feet of itself

Lorehold Apprentice

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time. Though many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their

course of history. Scholars of this broad mystical study divide between those who see history as an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting 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. Creating a Deep Dragon Use the Deep Dragon Personality

Circle of Stars Legacy

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

The Circle of Stars allows druids to draw on the power of starlight. These druids have tracked heavenly patterns since time immemorial, discovering secrets hidden amid the constellations. By

revealing and understanding these secrets, the Circle of the Stars seeks to harness the powers of the cosmos. Many druids of this circle keep records of the constellations and the stars’ effects on the

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of creativity was torn from their souls. Finally, to ensure that the kenku could never divulge any secrets, their

capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves. Despite their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

You’re a spy. Secrets and misinformation are your stock in trade. You skulk in the shadows, infiltrate other guilds, and steal the most precious secrets, whether they’re written in locked

. You infiltrate your secondary guild to learn its secrets, keep tabs on its activities, or perhaps undermine it from within. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth Tool Proficiencies:

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

with opportunities for arcane study, although its masters are dispersed across individual wizards’ abodes and lack concentrated communities. You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse

be found. Unearthing the deepest secrets of the multiverse can require an adventure or even a whole campaign. BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE: RUMOR MONGER Via your personal rumor mill and articles

Gray Render

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

its master.A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to

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

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Brilliance (True Form Only). The living portent sheds bright light for 30 feet and dim light for an additional 30 feet.Multiattack. The living portent makes two Radiant Strike attacks. Radiant

much damage on a successful one.Living portents are embodiments of prophecy sent by deities or other cosmic forces. These Celestials descend to Material Plane worlds in the form of falling stars. When

Guild Keyrune

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

specific to each keyrune. At the end of the duration, the creature reverts to its keyrune form. It reverts early if it drops to 0 hit points or if you use an action to speak the command word again

while touching it. When the creature reverts to its keyrune form, it can’t transform again until 36 hours have passed. Azorius Keyrune (Rare). This keyrune is carved from white marble and lapis

Mind Drinker Vampire

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

: message 3/day each: charm person, hold person, mirror image, sleep 1/day each: gaseous form, major image Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the vampire can take the Hide action as a bonus

the so-called mind drinkers. His secrets are passed on only to other members of his guild, and mind drinkers who leave House Dimir become enemies of the guild — the only exceptions to a rule

Vedalken

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, standing almost a head taller than humans on average but weighing about the same. Their hairless skin comes in a range of shades of blue. Their eyes are darker shades of blue or violet. They lack

with ideas than with people. They form close friendships based on mutual interests or compelling disagreements, and their interactions dwell on their thoughts about those issues rather than their

Crab Folk

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively

guise of a regal hobgoblin queen. If the crab folk ever encounter someone who bears a strong resemblance to that form, their magical compulsion might force them to worship that creature, obeying their every command.

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

calling in life. Proud Dragon Kin Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the

best attributes of dragons and humanoids. Some dragonborn are faithful servants to true dragons, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the colossus fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic

. A colossus might be filled with monsters and secrets, in addition to the corpses of those who died inside it. In chapter 4, map 4.8 illustrates an inactive warforged colossus, and the text that

Wizard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

meteors down from the sky, or open portals to other worlds. Scholars of the Arcane Wild and enigmatic, varied in form and function, the power of magic draws students who seek to master its mysteries

library or university, teaching others the secrets of the multiverse. Other wizards sell their services as diviners, serve in military forces, or pursue lives of crime or domination. But the lure of

Endelyn Moongrave

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

’t change it, but I will do everything in my power to forestall it.” Endelyn’s Appearance Endelyn’s emaciated form is hidden under the layers of her elaborate costume. Part dress

reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. These hags are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be used to manipulate their prey. Skabatha

Roleplaying Mordenheim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

else useful to offer, your body’s secrets will reveal themselves on my slab.” Ideal. “The perfect form and mind do not exist because I’ve not created them yet.” Bond. “My genius is a blessing. Those who

Roleplaying Mordenheim Dr. Mordenheim’s most chilling feature is her absolute disregard for others’ well-being and autonomy. Her lack of empathy is immediately apparent to any who meet her. She views

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