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Spells
Player’s Handbook
transports it to the nearest unoccupied space on your side of the portal. You gain no special power over the creature, and it is free to act as the DM deems appropriate. It might leave, attack you, or help you.
speak the name of a specific creature (a pseudonym, title, or nickname doesn’t work). If that creature is on a plane other than the one you are on, the portal opens next to the named creature and
Spells
Player’s Handbook
another creature. Then speak the message, which must be 25 words or fewer, though it can be delivered over as long as 10 minutes. Finally, determine the circumstance that will trigger the spell to deliver
that looks like a mouth (for example, the mouth of a statue), the magical mouth appears there, so the words appear to come from the object’s mouth. When you cast this spell, you can have the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
each phrase. You can also replace old phrases with new ones. Whatever the condition, it must occur within 5 feet of the doll to make it speak. For example, whenever someone picks up the doll, it
might say, “I want a piece of candy.” The doll’s phrases are lost when your Attunement to the doll ends.
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
Concentration required), demanding that you commit an evil act. The hand might have a specific act in mind or leave it up to you.
Hand of Vecna Spells
Spell
Charge Cost
Finger of Death
5
Spells
Player’s Handbook
to it to aid you, making the creature appear in an unoccupied space within range. If you know a specific creature’s name, you can speak that name when you cast this spell to request that creature
, 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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
magical nature or translate the benefits it offers to those pure of heart and firm of purpose.
A heavy clasp, wrought to look like angel wings, keeps the book’s contents secure. Only a creature
last only as long as you strive to do good. If you fail to perform at least one act of kindness or generosity within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform an evil act, you lose all the
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.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
looks and sounds like you, but it is intangible. If the illusion takes any damage, it disappears, and the spell ends.
You can see through the illusion’s eyes and hear through its ears as if you
were in its space. As a Magic action, you can move it up to 60 feet and make it gesture, speak, and behave in whatever way you choose. It mimics your mannerisms perfectly.
Physical interaction with the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book
lore about demons. When you do so, you have Advantage on that check.
At the DM’s discretion, the book might reveal secrets no mortal should know, such as the true names of powerful Fiends
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Points of the new form. These Temporary Hit Points vanish if any remain when the spell ends.
The target is limited in the actions it can perform by the anatomy of its new form, and it can’t speak
. In combat, it takes its turns immediately after yours, and it obeys your commands.
If the spell lasts more than an hour, you no longer control the creature. It might remain Friendly to you, depending
Spells
Player’s Handbook
memory of the event’s details, or create a memory of some other event.
You must speak to the target to describe how its memories are affected, and it must be able to understand your language for the
might deem a modified memory too nonsensical to affect a creature.
A Remove Curse or Greater Restoration spell cast on the target restores the creature’s true memory.
Using a Higher-Level
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
evil act if the victim-to-be is a willing sacrifice.
In the ritual, a living person’s chest is pierced and the heart removed. A seed is pushed into the heart, which is then placed in a tree
only to protect woodlands and the people who tend them. A wood woad’s face is void and expressionless, except for the motes of light that swim about in its eye sockets. Wood woads speak little
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
table presents some contents an animated coffin might contain when encountered.
Animated Coffin Contents
d6
Contents
1
1d4 swarm of bats
2
1d4 Skeleton;skeletons packed like
False Appearance. If the animated coffin is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the coffin move or act, that
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
parchment. A vampirate has fangs like a vampire’s but doesn’t use them to draw vital fluids from prey, which vampirates consider an unsavory act. Rather, a vampirate drains life energy from
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
connected to one another.
False Appearance. If the yggdrasti is motionless and rooted in the ground at the start of combat, it looks just like a dead tree and has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover
, if a creature hasn’t observed the rooted yggdrasti move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the yggdrasti is animate.
Lightning
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
observed the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing move or act (except for the lure), that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing is
which can grapple one target.A wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing is a predatory plant that resembles a tree stump. It hides in areas of thick vegetation and has a bark-like hide, eyestalks like vines or
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for insights.
Divine Influence. Just as oracles seek insights from interpreting the divine, so too do gods occasionally seek to manipulate the world through oracles. Sometimes a god might speak
—mortals communicate with a single god, interpreting their intentions for the wider world. Others aren’t aligned with a god and observe the night sky, reading Nyx like a vast, cryptic scroll
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
action required). Her equipment melds into her new form. While in this form, her Armor Class is 16, she has the incapacitated condition, and she can’t move or speak.
Spellcasting. Derwyth is a 4th
druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, produce flame, shillelagh
1st level (4 slots): entangle, longstrider, speak with animals, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): animal messenger
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
draconian army. A single corrupted egg yields several draconians of the same kind. A draconian might be taken for a dragonborn at first glance, though most kinds of draconians have wings.
When draconians die, they do not go quietly. Instead, their lifeless bodies unleash a last act of magical violence.
magically transform itself to look and feel like that creature while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation lasts until the draconian dies or uses an action to end it.The
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the 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. An animated object doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep
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
becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone.
A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
with its body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might instead attach itself to a nearby wall or a ceiling, using the remnants as bait; any creature that stops to
move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the trapper isn’t part of the floor, wall, or ceiling.
Spider Climb. The trapper can climb
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
heads. They wear simple garb and like to hurl heavy rocks. A b’rohg can wield a weapon with each of its four arms, but it prefers to pound enemies with its fists and rip smaller creatures apart with
accustomed to eking out a meager existence in their natural habitat, and they rarely bond with other kinds of creatures. A b’rohg that benefits from a stranger’s act of kindness is at
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
False Object. If the carrionette is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the carrionette move or act, that
, for a time, a creator might feel blessed by their new companion. But carrionettes aren’t content to live as toys and seek to escape the confines of their diminutive bodies.
Every carrionette
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
speak any languages but can approximate words and sentences it hears, mimicking them in a high-pitched, mocking manner. Beholders find gazers amusing and tolerate their presence like spoiled pets. Some
follows its creator like a devoted, aggressive puppy, and sometimes small packs of these creatures patrol their master’s lair for vermin to kill and lone creatures to harass.
A gazer can’t
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the creatures pulling them work like controlled mounts, as described in the mounted combat rules in the Player’s Handbook, but with the following differences:
Mounting or dismounting a chariot
creature pulling it.
If multiple creatures are pulling the chariot, they all act on the same initiative, and they must take the same action on their turn.
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
. If the golem is left without instructions or is incapacitated, it continues to follow its last orders to the best of its ability. When it can't fulfill its orders, a golem might react violently — or
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, guiding bolt, sanctuary
2nd level (3 slots): lesser restoration, spiritual weapon
3rd level (2 slots): dispel magic, speak with deadPriests
bring the teachings of their gods to the common folk. They are the spiritual leaders of temples and shrines and often hold positions of influence in their communities. Evil priests might work openly
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
commanders or as advisors to those who created them. They emerge from gold, red, or amethyst dragon eggs, wingless but possessed of an arsenal of eldritch power. Like their dragon progenitors
.
Draconians
Draconians are bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
, animated dolls with mask-like faces, spindly limbs, and wild hair. They don’t have names and can’t speak.
Chwingas normally avoid other creatures, but they find the trappings of civilization
attract a chwinga to a particular creature vary. A chwinga might like the way a certain creature walks or the way it combs its hair, or be smitten by its ability to play music or to eat copious amounts of food.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
False Appearance. If the treant is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the treant move or act, that creature must
trees have the same statistics as an awakened tree (see the Monster Manual), except they can’t speak. An animated tree acts as an ally of the treant. The tree remains animate for 1 day or until it
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of carrion, and wallowing in mire. A catoblepas might be found with the one mate it chooses for life and, on occasion, with a calf. A catoblepas attacks anyone that moves too close, especially if
guarding its young.
A catoblepas’s stink, like the stench of death mixed with swamp gas and skunk musk, gives it away as being much more ghastly than its appearance suggests. When it is on the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant seeking to transform stolen eggs
into a draconian army. A single corrupted egg yields several draconians of the same kind. A draconian might be taken for a dragonborn at first glance, though most kinds of draconians have wings
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the d20 rolled for the attack roll, saving throw, or ability check.Diviners peer into the future and know that knowledge is power. They might act aloof and mysterious, hinting at omens and secrets, or
they might be know-it-alls, spilling insights to advance their own status.
Wizards
Wizards pursue magical power through the study of arcane texts. Some travel the world searching for esoteric tomes, while others train lesser wizards or collaborate with colleagues to create new spells.