melee some with only adopt from for lives

Guard (Stranger Things)

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

Spear. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spear"}, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1", "rollType

their duties vigilantly or distractedly. Some raise alarms at the first sign of danger and defend their charges with their lives. Others flee outright if their compensation doesn’t match the

Zlan

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

in any combination. It can replace two attacks with a use of Spellcasting. Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 12 (3d4

Devoured the souls of children to occupy their bodies Vaeristhelph Rex Seized power as a wizard-king, traded his throne for lichdom Vlad Xil Haerven Wallowed in greed and traded lives

Strahd's Animated Armor

Monsters Curse of Strahd

spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute. False Appearance. While the armor remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal suit of armor.Multiattack. The armor makes two melee attacks

or uses Shocking Bolt twice. Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3

Half-Orc Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

-orcs hear the whispers of Gruumsh in their dreams, calling them to unleash the rage that simmers within them. Others feel Gruumsh’s exultation when they join in melee combat — and either

name for a human name. Some half-orcs with human names decide to adopt a guttural orc name because they think it makes them more intimidating. Male Orc Names: Dench, Feng, Gell, Henk, Holg, Imsh, Keth

Hill Giant Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Multiattack. The giant makes two greatclub attacks. Greatclub. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatclub"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit

damage.Hill giants are selfish brutes that hunt and raid in constant search of food. Their skins are tan from lives spent beneath the sun, and their weapons are uprooted trees and rocks pulled from the earth.

Guardian Portrait

Monsters Curse of Strahd

best of their ability, and can act independently to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple automatons. Constructed Nature

portrait has no effective melee attacks, but it has a repertoire of innate spells that it can cast. When it casts a spell, the figure painted on the canvas makes all the appropriate somatic gestures and verbal incantations for the spell. Poison

Changeling

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.Multiattack. The changeling makes two attacks with its dagger. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4

changelings can adopt any guise, most rely on a few established personas, each with a developed history and a network of friends and acquaintances.

Giant Strider

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Fire Absorption. Whenever the giant strider is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and regains a number of hit points equal to half the fire damage dealt.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6

adopt them whenever possible. They provide for stables of these creatures in their lairs, and in return, the giant striders voluntarily serve as mounts for firenewt warrior;firenewt warriors.Fire

Mage Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

, shield 2nd level (3 slots): misty step, suggestion 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fireball, fly 4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, ice storm 5th level (1 slot): cone of coldDagger. Melee or

":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable experiments without interference.

Crystal Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2", "rollType":"damage

the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or hatchlings of other dragons; many a white wyrmling

Broom of Animated Attack

Monsters Curse of Strahd

spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute. False Appearance. While the broom remains motionless and isn't flying, it is indistinguishable from a normal broom.Multiattack. The broom makes two melee

attacks. Broomstick. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Broomstick"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3

Young Cloud Giant

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Multiattack. The giant makes two greatclub attacks. Greatclub. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatclub"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit

damage.Cloud giants live extravagant lives high above the world, showing little concern for the plights of other races except as amusement. They are muscular with light skin and have hair of silver or blue.

Dragon Blessed

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Multiattack. The blessed makes two Mace or Radiant Bolt attacks. Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Mace"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

who have earned their dragon masters’ favor—and scourge those who incur the dragons’ wrath. Dragon blessed view their lives and magical abilities as gifts bestowed by their dragon, and

Returned Kakomantis

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Returned’s intentions or sincerity are made with disadvantage.Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

Bolt","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.Although the dead typically recall little of their lives, some have an obsession with magic that survives both death and rebirth as a Returned. These

Worker Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

makes two Cargo Tentacle attacks. Cargo Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Cargo Tentacle"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8

. Robots that endure long stretches of isolation, mistreatment, or neglect are prone to malfunctions. Some robots become despondent or cruel, while others obsessively repeat their last directive or adopt new, peculiar purposes of their own.Cold, PoisonAcid, Fire

Hybrid Spy

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

an ability check.Multiattack. The hybrid makes two shortsword attacks. Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft

tension within the Simic Combine as the threat of interguild conflict looms. Believing that the Simic must be prepared to fight for their lives when that conflict comes to a head, biomancers have created

Hybrid Brute

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Amphibious. The hybrid can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The hybrid makes two claw attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit

increasing tension within the Simic Combine as the threat of interguild conflict looms. Believing that the Simic must be prepared to fight for their lives when that conflict comes to a head, biomancers have

Hadozee Warrior

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

hadozee makes two Shortsword attacks. Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3

warriors often adopt colorful names, such as the Soaring Hadozees, the Jammin’ Wingbats, and the Night Howlers. Hadozees Hadozees are slender, highly adaptive Humanoids with simian features

Eliphas Adulare

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d10+4","rollType

(Bear or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType

Hill Giant Sergeant

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Multiattack. The giant makes two greatclub attacks. Greatclub. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatclub"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit

damage.Hill giants are selfish brutes that hunt and raid in constant search of food. Their skins are tan from lives spent beneath the sun, and their weapons are uprooted trees and rocks pulled from the earth.

Darribeth Meltimer

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, shield 2nd level (3 slots): misty step, darkvision 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fireball, fly 4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, ice storm 5th level (1 slot): cone of coldDagger. Melee

":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable experiments without interference.

Turbulence

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, shield 2nd level (3 slots): misty step, suggestion 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fireball, fly 4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, ice storm 5th level (1 slot): cone of coldDagger. Melee

":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable experiments without interference.Fire

Kingsport

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Hold Breath. Kingsport can hold its breath for 20 minutes.Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Beak"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4

anxious penguin servant, Kingsport, was promised a life of enlightenment. The truth is that Kingsport was turned into Scrivenscry's lackey, who lives in fear of his cruel, unpredictable master. The blind giant penguin hopes to be free of the arcanaloth one day.

Combat Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

makes two Tentacle attacks or three Laser Beam attacks. Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit

stretches of isolation, mistreatment, or neglect are prone to malfunctions. Some robots become despondent or cruel, while others obsessively repeat their last directive or adopt new, peculiar purposes

Neogi Hatchling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft

of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.A neogi lives about a century. When an individual is rendered weak by advanced age, the other neogi in the group overpower it and inject

Returned Palamnite

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Returned’s intentions or sincerity are made with disadvantage.Multiattack. The Returned makes two shortsword attacks. Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit

Returned palamnites. These Returned led violent lives, existences filled with such pain and hatred that violence now suffuses their deathless bodies. Such makes them exceptionally dangerous to the

Young Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target

", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit

Marta Moonshadow

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, ice storm 5th level (1 slot): cone of coldDagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to

hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Mages spend their lives

Kaevja Cynavern

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

. Kaevja carries a elemental gem (yellow diamond);yellow elemental gem. In battle, Kaevja breaks the elemental gem, summoning an earth elemental and commanding it to attack her enemies.Dagger. Melee or

":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while

Hybrid Shocker

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Electrified Body. Any creature that touches the hybrid or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Electrified

: one with its shocking touch and one with its tentacles. Shocking Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shocking Touch"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

Hybrid Poisoner

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

critical hit. Poisonous Skin. Any creature that touches the hybrid or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Poisonous

Skin","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.Toxic Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Toxic Touch"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6

Pow Ming

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

trade. At any given time, the bag holds 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Equipment"} × 100 gp.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType

"} piercing damage.Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable experiments without interference.

Hill Giant (variant)

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Multiattack. The giant makes two greatclub attacks. Greatclub. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatclub"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit

damage. Squash. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Squash"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or smaller creature. Hit: 26 (6d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"6d6+5

Faerie Pathlighter

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

Faerie Illumination. The faerie sheds dim light in a 15-foot radius.Multiattack. The faerie makes two Shining Strike attacks. Shining Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6

human lives, sometimes to help (like a classic fairy godparent) and sometimes to harm. In the wilds of Eldraine, faerie pathlighters often serve as protectors for the lost, the glow of their guiding

Fighter Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

these suggestions. First, make Strength or Dexterity your highest ability score, depending on whether you want to focus on melee weapons or on archery (or finesse weapons). Your next-highest score should

be Constitution, or Intelligence if you plan to adopt the Eldritch Knight martial archetype. Second, choose the soldier background. The Fighter Table Level ProficiencyBonus

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