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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear
heavier or lighter. You must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs as you have. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up
Spells
Player’s Handbook
life. It retains the capabilities it had in its original form, except it loses the traits of its previous species and gains the traits of its new one.
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
disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
after you roll Initiative, or you can extinguish the light as a Bonus Action.
While holding this weapon, you can take a Bonus Action to alter its form, turning it into a 6-inch rod (for ease of storage
.
Acrobatic Assist (Quarterstaff and 10-Foot Pole Forms Only). While holding this weapon, you have Advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.
Attack Deflection (Quarterstaff Form Only). When you are hit by
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amorphous. The ooze can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Corrosive Form. Nonmagical ammunition is destroyed immediately after hitting the ooze and
":"Acid"} Acid damage. Nonmagical armor worn by the target takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor.Acid, Cold, Fire
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or die.
Might of Giants. The Strength score bestowed by your Belt of Giant Strength or Gauntlets of Ogre Power increases by 4, to a maximum of 30.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose that has a Challenge Rating equal to or less than the target’s Challenge Rating or level. The target’s game
statistics are replaced by the stat block of the new form, but it retains its Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, alignment, and personality.
The target gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the Hit
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Armor Class while holding the wand.
Spells. The wand has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the wand, you can cast one of the spells on the following table
).
Call Undead. While holding the wand, you can take a Magic action to conjure 15 Skeleton;Skeletons and 15 Zombie;Zombies. These Undead magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in
Spells
Player’s Handbook
’s elevation, create or fill in a trench, erect or flatten a wall, or form a pillar. The extent of any such changes can’t exceed half the area’s largest dimension. For example, if you
structures shift to accommodate the new terrain. If the way you shape the terrain would make a structure unstable, it might collapse.
Similarly, this spell doesn’t directly affect plant growth. The moved earth carries any plants along with it.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire might be achieved only in part, or you might suffer an unforeseen consequence as a
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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
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
Species
Player’s Handbook
attribute their unusual gift to one or more of their benevolent gods, including Yondalla, Brandobaris, and Charmalaine. The same gift might contribute to their robust life spans (about 150 years
Cherished and guided by gods who value life, home, and hearth, halflings gravitate toward bucolic havens where family and community help shape their lives. That said, many halflings possess a brave
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
a minimum score of 1). You can draw one additional card beyond your declared draws.
Rogue. An NPC of the DM’s choice becomes Hostile toward you. You don’t know the identity of this NPC
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
instantly assumes the creature’s appearance as it was in life. The new appearance begins to rot away over the next few days, eventually revealing the demon’s original form.
A maurezhi is
Assume Form. The maurezhi can assume the appearance of any Medium Humanoid it eats. It remains in this form for 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Assume Form"} days, during
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
if it isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield, and it has advantage on attack rolls against any creature missing hit points. This form lasts for 1 minute or until the pledgemage is reduced to 0 hit points.
ward, pass without trace, speak with plantsWither Burst. When the pledgemage sees a creature within 30 feet of itself drop to 0 hit points, the pledgemage channels the expended life essence and targets
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
with spell attacks). The Pudding King knows the following sorcerer spells:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, light, mage hand, poison spray, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): false life, mage armor
, ray of sickness, shield
2nd level (3 slots): crown of madness, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): gaseous form, stinking cloud
4th level (3 slots): blight, confusion
5th level (1 slot): cloudkillWar
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The deathlock makes two Life Drain or Grave Bolt attacks.
Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Drain", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target must
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Amphibious (Hybrid Form Only). The deep scion can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The deep scion makes two Battleaxe attacks, or it makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Battleaxe. Melee
with two hands.
Bite (Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4);{"diceNotation
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
armor, mage hand
1/day each: dispel magic, hunger of Hadar, invisibility, spider climbAn overpowering urge to serve consumes the mind of a newly awakened deathlock. Any goals and ambitions it had in life
, it always reflects the patron’s interests, ranging from small-scale concerns to matters of cosmic scope. A deathlock in the thrall of a Fiend might work to destroy a specific temple dedicated to
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
fire giants shaped them into flexible joints and plated armor. Storm giants inscribed runes into the inert form to give it the semblance of life. The fruit of these labors was an everlasting guardian
Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic Resistance. The colossus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a family’s bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact
Duty-Bound. The foresworn is bound to enacting a singular duty it pledged itself to in life. While this duty is incomplete, whenever the foresworn is destroyed, it re-forms at its previous location
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
them greater powers. Humanoids killed by a jiangshi rise as life-hungry corpses and might turn into jiangshi themselves if they feed upon the living.
the initiative order. If this wight slays a Humanoid with its Life Drain, the wight transforms into a jiangshi 5 days later.
Change Shape. The jiangshi polymorphs into a Beast, a Humanoid, or an Undead
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
turn inside an object.
Spectral Armor and Shield. The phantom warrior's AC accounts for its spectral armor and shield.Multiattack. The phantom warrior makes two attacks with its spectral longsword
master or because it believes it must perform a task to satisfy its honor or sense of duty. For example, a guard who dies defending a wall might return as a phantom warrior and continue guarding the
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
.
Olhydra's Armor (Human Form Only). The fathomer can cast mage armor at will, without expending material components.
Spellcasting (Human Form Only). The fathomer is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its
Shapechanger (2/Day). The fathomer can use its action to polymorph into a Medium serpent composed of water, or back into its true form. Anything the fathomer is wearing or carrying is subsumed into
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
sorrowful dead, haints are spirits that change their shape in tragic imitation of what they once were. A haint can shift from its spectral form to appear as the corporeal Humanoid it was in life, passing as
appearance of the Humanoid it was in life, while retaining its game statistics. The assumed appearance ends if the haint is reduced to 0 hit points or uses an action to end it.Rising from the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
does the question of where he might show up next.
Treasure. Ziraj wears leather,+2;+2 leather armor and carries an oversized longbow. This unique weapon can be used only by a Medium or larger
sets out to kill someone, it's because one of his friends (Davil Starsong;Davil, Istrid Horn;Istrid, Skeemo Weirdbottle;Skeemo, or Tashlyn Yafeera;Tashlyn) asked him to. The characters might become
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Antimagic Susceptibility. The armor is incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, the armor must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster's
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
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
iron golem's shape can be worked into any form, though most are fashioned to look like giant suits of armor. Its fist can destroy creatures with a single blow, and its clanging steps shake the earth
Fire Absorption. Whenever the golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The golem is immune to
Deathlock Wight
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
magic, disguise self, mage armor
1/day each: fear, hold person, misty step
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the wight has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks
., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Grave Bolt","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation
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
reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. They feel no obligation to their young and have no inclination to gather with others of their kind. Instead, each has an overpowering need
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws.
Limitations. You can’t talk, attack, cast spells, or activate magic items. Any objects you were carrying or wearing meld into your new form and are inaccessible, though you continue to be affected by anything you’re wearing, such as armor.
When you drink this potion, you transform into a pool of water. You return to your true form after 10 minutes or if you are incapacitated or die.
You’re under the following effects while in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s lair to draw unwitting intruders away from the real riches—and into the mimic’s maw. If faced with unexpectedly fierce opposition, though, a hoard mimic might offer information about the true hoard in exchange for its life.
False Appearance (Hoard Form Only). If the mimic is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the mimic move or act
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Morningstar attacks or one Double-Barreled Musket attack.A high-ranking giff who takes up the life of an independent mercenary might amass enough power and influence to become a warlord.
A giff warlord
usually commands a small fleet of spelljamming ships and operates out of a heavily defended stronghold. Anyone who shares the warlord’s ideology—whatever it might be—is eligible to
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
one.
Squeakers. The clown wears shoes that squeak when it walks. The squeaking can be heard out to a range of 30 feet. The squeaking is silenced while the clown’s Phantasmal Form is in
. 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