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Hallucinatory Terrain

Spells Player’s Handbook

other difficult or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like a wide and smooth road. Manufactured structures

You make natural terrain in a 150-foot Cube in range look, sound, and smell like another sort of natural terrain. Thus, open fields or a road can be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or some

Mirage Arcane

Spells Player’s Handbook

other rough or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like a wide and smooth road. Similarly, you can alter the

You make terrain in an area up to 1 mile square look, sound, smell, and even feel like some other sort of terrain. Open fields or a road could be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or some

Clockwork Sorcery

Classes Player’s Handbook

Channel Cosmic Forces of Order The cosmic force of order has suffused you with magic. That power arises from Mechanus or a realm like it—a plane of existence shaped entirely by clockwork

efficiency. You or someone from your lineage might have become entangled in the machinations of modrons, the orderly beings who inhabit Mechanus. Perhaps your ancestor even took part in the Great Modron

Planar Ally

Spells Player’s Handbook

typically require only half the suggested payment, while especially dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal. After the creature completes the

, though you might get a different creature anyway (DM’s choice). When the creature appears, it is under no compulsion to behave a particular way. You can ask it to perform a service in

Wall of Stone

Spells Player’s Handbook

like. The wall is an object made of stone that can be damaged and thus breached. Each panel has AC 15 and 30 Hit Points per inch of thickness, and it has Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. Reducing

a panel to 0 Hit Points destroys it and might cause connected panels to collapse at the DM’s discretion. If you maintain your Concentration on this spell for its full duration, the wall becomes permanent and can’t be dispelled. Otherwise, the wall disappears when the spell ends.

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

still seek to work Vecna’s will in the world. The Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna are separate Artifacts that might be found together or separately. The eye looks like a bloodshot organ torn

your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control. Eye of Vecna Spells Spell Charge Cost

Halfling

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

). Halfling communities come in all varieties. For every sequestered shire tucked away in an unspoiled part of the world, there’s a crime syndicate like the Boromar Clan in the Eberron setting or a

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

power, while others trace it to strange events in their personal or family history. The blessing of a dragon or a dryad at a baby’s birth or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a

Sorcerer’s gift. So too might the gift of a deity, exposure to the strange magic of another plane of existence, or a glimpse into the inner workings of reality. Whatever the origin, the result is

Boneless

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

, constricting and smothering victims using their elastic bodies. Alternatively, necromancers might create boneless to serve as stealthy assassins. Vile magic-users might order a boneless to hang like a

animate skins of crushed or flensed humanoids. They rise from the corpses of those who suffered brutal ends such as flaying, crushing, or cannibalism. These hateful skins might seek vengeance

Cultist of Demogorgon

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

interpretations of ancient prophecies. They might worship supernatural patrons—deities, otherworldly creatures, manipulative alien minds, or stranger forces. Some cultists devote themselves to

strike fear into those they aim to subjugate. Like the demon lord they worship, cultists of Demogorgon revel in chaos, domination, and destruction.

Bodytaker Podling

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

bodytaker plant. Bodytaker podlings frequently exhibit behaviors that suggest their true nature. Most often, they miss the nuances of social interactions. Some might talk in a stilted, jerky cadence

or refer to themselves in the third person. Close friends and family members of those replaced by a podling might realize that their loved one has changed, but few imagine the cause behind such a

Bodytaker Podling (DMR)

Monsters Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack

bodytaker plant. Bodytaker podlings frequently exhibit behaviors that suggest their true nature. Most often, they miss the nuances of social interactions. Some might talk in a stilted, jerky cadence

or refer to themselves in the third person. Close friends and family members of those replaced by a podling might realize that their loved one has changed, but few imagine the cause behind such a

Incarnation of Vibrance

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

/DeafnessThe incarnations of vibrance each resemble a titanic canine with a body of colorful foliage and horns like the branches of a blossoming cherry tree. When vibrance incarnations are in Lorwyn

that wanders from Lorwyn to Shadowmoor or vice versa retains its core identity but might transform physically. An incarnation of hope in Lorwyn, for example, might resemble a giant dove with a lizard

Carrion Stalker

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

, infesting bodies with their maggot-like young. While stalkers can survive off corpses, they’re attracted to movement and ambush any who disturb them. The foul parasites attach to their prey

crawlers won’t devour bodies infested by carrion stalkers, but they might pick up stalker larvae as they root among filth. The crawlers then spread these young, infecting sewers or graveyards with

Lorwyn-Shadowmoor Elf

Species Lorwyn: First Light

as culturally from their Shadowmoor counterparts. In Lorwyn The horns of Lorwyn elves are stubby like a goat’s or curved like a ram’s, but always ridged. Their pointed ears are long and

slender. In Lorwyn, elves value beauty above all, though what any given elf deems beautiful can seem arbitrary. Some Lorwyn elves assume authority over the land’s other peoples, using their

Lesser Star Spawn Emissary

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

. Star Spawn Emissary Lairs A star spawn emissary’s lair takes on macabre bodily features. A ruined watchtower might become a spire of pulsating flesh, or an abandoned mineshaft might transform

is transformed into a mockery of flesh with unsettling features like thick veins, lolling tongues, and pulsating orifices. Creatures of the emissary’s choice within 1 mile of the lair have

Darkenbeast (DMAU)

Monsters Dungeon Masters: Arcana Unleashed Play-Along Pack

loyal to its creators, who can extract the magic used to transform it in a dramatic display that’s fatal to the darkenbeast. Darkenbeasts might have vestigial characteristics of the animals they

, giving it long ears and a skittish demeanor. 5 Turtle, giving it a blunt snout and shell-like carapace. 6 Wolf, so it emits eerie howls. Shadow Stalker. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the darkenbeast takes the Disengage or Hide action.

Greater Star Spawn Emissary

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

macabre bodily features. A ruined watchtower might become a spire of pulsating flesh, or an abandoned mineshaft might transform into a maze of sticky, muscular innards. The region containing a star

in a 10- foot Emanation originating from the shape-shifter take 10 (3d6) Force damage. Terrifying Topography. Terrain in the lair is transformed into a mockery of flesh with unsettling features like

Lord Soth of Sithicus (DMR)

Monsters Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack

torpor in his fortress in Sithicus. Soth traveled from Krynn to Sithicus and is destined to return. If he leaves Sithicus, the domain might be destroyed, or a villain like Inza Kulchevich might take

perpetually closed. Only those who rouse him to activity or invade Nedragaard Keep might convince him to let them escape. This risks provoking the mighty death knight’s wrath, but Soth still thinks

Bodytaker Plant

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

of the original creature remains, though its noncompostable gear might be recovered after the bodytaker plant is slain. A bodytaker plant’s podlings are extensions of the plant’s will

through their podlings—potentially speaking through several at once. A bodytaker plant grows where its seed fell from space, or it might later have its podlings relocate it to a hidden

Bodytaker Plant (DMR)

Monsters Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack

of the original creature remains, though its noncompostable gear might be recovered after the bodytaker plant is slain. A bodytaker plant’s podlings are extensions of the plant’s will

through their podlings—potentially speaking through several at once. A bodytaker plant grows where its seed fell from space, or it might later have its podlings relocate it to a hidden

Shifter

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

. Their facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also possess prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While

a shifter’s appearance might remind an onlooker of an animal, the shifter remains clearly identifiable as a Humanoid even when at their most feral. Shifter Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize

House Jorasco Heir

Backgrounds Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

, Fine Clothes, Healer's Kit, 25 GP; or (B) 50 GP House Jorasco teaches that illness and injury stalk the living like ghosts, robbing people of health and longevity. You’ve been taught ways to

service, ensuring the health and longevity of House Jorasco. You might be a kindly healer with no stomach for combat or a dispassionate specialist who knows exactly how to incapacitate or kill an enemy with precise strikes.

Vampirate Captain

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

vampirates conducts itself depends entirely on the mood and disposition of the captain. The crew of one ship might behave like a murderous mob, while another might abide by an ancient code of chivalry. One

captain might allow the crew of a plundered ship to live, while another might leave only flotsam and jetsam in the pirates’ wake. The captain is often accompanied by an undying companion, such

Boggart

Species Lorwyn: First Light

appearances vary widely. One boggart may look like a hedgehog, with spiky fur and beady eyes, while another might sport the snout and fleshy ears of a swine. Boggarts tend to love crafting potions and

Boggarts are Small, squat goblinoids found in the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. They possess bestial physical features, including horns and animal- like snouts. Beyond these commonalities, boggart

Changeling

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of

might change clothes. However, many changelings develop identities with more depth, crafting a persona complete with history and beliefs to go with each shape. A changeling adventurer might have

Kender Skirmisher

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

opponent in battle. Kender Taunts d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Taunt"} Taunt 1 “Should I pretend to be scared? You seem like you really need

this.” 2 “I wish I could be like you and just not care how I look … or smell … or dress. So brave.” 3 “Did the Cataclysm have a face? Because I think you

Clockwork Soul Legacy

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

The cosmic force of order has suffused you with magic. That power arises from Mechanus or a realm like it—a plane of existence shaped entirely by clockwork efficiency. You, or someone from your

lineage, might have become entangled in the machinations of the modrons, the orderly beings who inhabit Mechanus. Perhaps your ancestor even took part in the Great Modron March. Whatever its origin

Hallucinatory Terrain Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

some other difficult or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like a wide and smooth road. Manufactured structures

You make natural terrain in a 150-foot cube in range look, sound, and smell like some other sort of natural terrain. Thus, open fields or a road can be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or

Prophetess Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

people have a responsibility to their community. A practical sort who prefers to do things on her own, she doesn't like to fuss with prayer if she doesn't need to, as if bothering Tymora with trifles might seem rude.

Yugi Sap

Equipment

have a transformative effect on it. Leaves might grow in a different shape or color, or a dazzling new fruit might emerge. However, every tree inhabited by a spirit produces yugi sap. This sticky

substance is often used as a sweetener. However, some canny craftspeople know the secret to making strong glass-like vessels from it.

Phase Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

poisoned in this way.A phase spider possesses the magical ability to phase in and out of the Ethereal Plane. It seems to appear out of nowhere and quickly vanishes after attacking. Its movement on the Ethereal Plane before coming back to the Material Plane makes it seem like it can teleport.

Altisaur

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

titanic sauropod often likened to a walking mountain, with craggy spines, patterns of elemental energy that glow in its hide like streams of lava, and eight massive legs the size of ancient trees. It

creates gullies where its tail drags along the ground. Clouds often seem to gather around its head, which can reach as high as 150 feet off the ground. Dinosaurs When Annam’s children first

Girallon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator. Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest

forests and jungles, seem to attract girallons. They see a city’s buildings as a superior sort of forest whose uppermost “branches” can safely support them. The creatures can easily

Mirage Arcane Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

be made to resemble a swamp, hill, crevasse, or some other difficult or impassable terrain. A pond can be made to seem like a grassy meadow, a precipice like a gentle slope, or a rock-strewn gully like

You make terrain in an area up to 1 mile square look, sound, smell, and even feel like some other sort of terrain. The terrain's general shape remains the same, however. Open fields or a road could

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