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String is 10 feet long. You can tie a knot in it as a Utilize action.
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with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Hold Monster, Ice Knife, Shapechange (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) 1/Day Each: Ice Storm (level 5 version), Zone of TruthLegendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the dragon can expend a
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uses Spellcasting to cast Hold Monster. The dragon can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.
Cold Gale. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 10
":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Hold Monster, Ice Knife (level 2 version), Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and
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Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you cast the spell. On a failed check, the spell fails, and the action used to cast the spell is wasted. In either case, you can’t use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.
spells.
Unknown Spell. As a Magic action, you can try to cast a cantrip that you don’t know. The cantrip must be on the Wizard spell list and have a casting time of an action, and you make a DC 10
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a casting time of an action, and you make a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you cast the spell. On a failed check, the spell fails, and the action used to cast it is wasted. In either case, you can’t use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.
amulet as a Spellcasting Focus for your Warlock spells.
Unknown Spell. As a Magic action, you can try to cast a cantrip that you don’t know. The cantrip must be on the Warlock spell list and have
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is destroyed if its penalty reaches −5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor or weapon.
Destroy Metal. The rust monster touches a nonmagical metal object within
Iron Scent. The rust monster can pinpoint the location of ferrous metal within 30 feet of itself.Multiattack. The rust monster makes one Bite attack and uses Antennae twice.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll
Equipment
As an action, you can either throw a grenade at a point up to 60 feet away or use a Grenade Launcher to propel the grenade to a point up to 1,000 feet away. The grenade explodes at that point
, creating a particular effect in a 20-foot-radius Sphere. The area of the Sphere is Heavily Obscured by smoke for 1 minute. A strong wind (such as the Gust of Wind spell) disperses the smoke.
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question). If a one-word answer would be misleading, the DM might instead offer a short phrase as an answer.
On a failed save, you take 6d6 Psychic damage and have the Incapacitated condition until you finish a Long Rest. A Greater Restoration spell cast on you ends this effect.
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast
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must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Cone of Cold
5
Fireball (level 5 version)
5
Globe of Invulnerability
6
Hold Monster
5
Levitate
2
Lightning
throws, and spell attack rolls.
Spells. While holding the staff , you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you
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You launch a sunbeam in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-long Line. Each creature in the Line makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8 Radiant damage and has the Blinded
condition until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only.
Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to create a new Line of radiance.
For the duration
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As an action, you can light a Bomb and throw it at a point up to 60 feet away, where it explodes. Each creature in a 5-foot-radius Sphere centered on that point makes a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
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Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Siege Monster. The colossus deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The colossus makes three attacks, using Slam or
"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 26, each creature in a 300-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 65 (10d12);{"diceNotation":"10d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Divine Beam", "rollDamageType
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You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small Humanoids within range. Each one becomes a Ghoul under your control (see the Monster Manual for its stat block
).
As a Bonus Action on each of your turns, you can mentally command any creature you animated with this spell if the creature is within 120 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can
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spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Hold Monster
5
Hold Person
2
Regaining Charges. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand’s last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.
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DC 14):
At Will: Animal Friendship, Charm Monster (lasts 24 hours; ends early if the dryad casts the spell again), Druidcraft1/Day Each: Entangle, Pass without TraceTree Stride. If within 5 feet of a
a language.Multiattack. The dryad makes one Vine Lash or Thorn Burst attack, and it can use Spellcasting to cast Charm Monster.
Vine Lash. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType
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3d6 Psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is dominated by the sword, as if by the Dominate Monster spell, and the sword demands blood. The spell effect ends when the sword’s demand is met
Kas, provided the sword is within 30 feet of the spell’s caster. Upon casting Wish, the creature makes a DC 18 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, nothing happens, and the Wish spell is wasted. On a successful save, the Sword of Kas is destroyed.
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spell slot as a Magic action while holding the rod. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.
While holding this rod, you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to the saving throw DCs of your Warlock spells. The bonus is determined by the rod’s rarity.
In addition, you can regain one
Equipment
As an action, you can either throw a grenade at a point up to 60 feet away or use a Grenade Launcher to propel the grenade to a point up to 1,000 feet away. The grenade explodes at that point
, creating a particular effect in a 20-foot-radius Sphere. Each creature in the Sphere makes a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 17 (5d6) Piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
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a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.
A stroke of lightning forming a 100-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the Line makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d6 Lightning damage on
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Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell)1/Day Each: Greater Restoration, Major Image, Project ImageLegendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s
90-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 63 (14d8);{"diceNotation":"14d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"acid breath", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage. Success: Half damage.
Slowing Breath
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The double-bladed scimitar is the signature weapon of Valenar elves. A haft of fine wood supports a long, curving blade on either end. Forged with techniques honed over centuries, these blades are
to prove they’re worthy to wield it.
Special. If you attack with a double-bladed scimitar as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action immediately after to make a melee attack with it. This attack deals 1d4 slashing damage on a hit, instead of 2d4.
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Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is magically transformed into a Larva under the DM’s control. Only a Wish spell can reverse this vile transformation.
A creature attuned to the
attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it:
Animate Dead
Circle of Death
Dominate Monster
Finger of Death
Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t
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, makes a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 Force damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
If you remove a bean from the bag, plant it in dirt or sand, and then water
forth. Whenever a toad is touched, it transforms into a Large or smaller monster of the DM’s choice that acts in accordance with its alignment and nature. The monster remains for 1 minute, then
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This hollow metal tube measures about 1 foot long and weighs 1 pound. As a Magic action, you can strike the chime to cast Knock. The spell’s customary knocking sound is replaced by the clear
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take a Magic action to cause a bolt of lightning to leap from the staff’s tip in a Line that is 5 feet wide and 120 feet long. Each creature in that Line makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw
, taking 9d6 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Thunderclap. You can take a Magic action to cause the staff to produce a thunderclap audible out to 600 feet
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Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell)1/Day Each: Greater Restoration, Major ImageLegendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the dragon
60-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line. Failure: 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation":"12d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Acid Breath", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage. Success: Half damage.
Slowing Breath
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Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Magic, Thaumaturgy 1/Day Each: Destructive Wave, Divination, Hold Monster (level 6 version), Scrying
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Magic action to peer into the orb’s depths. You must then make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, you control the orb for as long as you remain attuned to it. On a failed save, the
Long ago, in the Dragonlance setting, elves and humans waged a terrible war against chromatic dragons. When the world seemed doomed, the wizards of the Towers of High Sorcery came together and forged
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an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of yourself. The spheres last as long as you maintain Concentration, up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds Dim Light in a 30-foot radius.
As a Bonus Action
can expend 1 charge to cast Faerie Fire from the ring.
Lightning Spheres. You can expend 2 charges as a Magic action to create up to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning.
Each sphere appears in
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", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage.
Fire Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Fire Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 5
has the Unconscious condition for 10 minutes. This effect ends for the target if it takes damage or a creature within 5 feet of it takes an action to wake it.
Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of
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":"Reflective Carapace"}. On a 1–5, the tarrasque is unaffected. On a 6, the tarrasque is unaffected and reflects the spell, turning the caster into the target.
Siege Monster. The tarrasque deals
effects.
Reflective Carapace. If the tarrasque is targeted by a Magic Missile spell or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
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You commune with nature spirits and gain knowledge of the surrounding area. In the outdoors, the spell gives you knowledge of the area within 3 miles of you. In caves and other natural underground
settings, the radius is limited to 300 feet. The spell doesn’t function where nature has been replaced by construction, such as in castles and settlements.
Choose three of the following facts
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damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 90-foot-long, 5-foot-wide
casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):
At Will: Detect Magic, Invisibility, Mage Hand, Shatter 1/Day
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-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 88 (16d10);{"diceNotation":"16d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"lightning breath", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage. Success: Half damage
.
Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At Will: Detect Magic, Invisibility, Mage
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90-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line. Failure: 58 (13d8);{"diceNotation":"13d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fire Breath", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage. Success: Half damage.
Sleep Breath
Failure: The target has the Unconscious condition for 10 minutes. This effect ends for the target if it takes damage or a creature within 5 feet of it takes an action to wake it.
Spellcasting. The