monsters some with only also fiendish for light

Tiefling

Species Player’s Handbook

they have physical features in common, with a night hag, a yugoloth, or some other Neutral Evil fiendish ancestor. Infernal The infernal legacy connects tieflings not only to Gehenna but also the Nine

Tieflings are either born in the Lower Planes or have fiendish ancestors who originated there. A tiefling (pronounced TEE-fling) is linked by blood to a devil, a demon, or some other Fiend. This

Mirror

Equipment

A handheld steel Mirror is useful for personal cosmetics but also for peeking around corners and reflecting light as a signal.

Faerie Fire

Spells Player’s Handbook

Objects in a 20-foot Cube within range are outlined in blue, green, or violet light (your choice). Each creature in the Cube is also outlined if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. For the duration

, objects and affected creatures shed Dim Light in a 10-foot radius and can’t benefit from the Invisible condition. Attack rolls against an affected creature or object have Advantage if the attacker can see it.

Rod of Alertness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

throws and can sense the location of any Invisible creature that is also in the Bright Light. The rod’s head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes or when a creature takes a Magic

, whereupon the rod’s head sheds Bright Light in a 60-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 60 feet. While in that Bright Light, you and your allies gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class and saving

Conjure Celestial

Spells Player’s Handbook

saving throw, taking 6d12 Radiant damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Until the spell ends, Bright Light fills the Cylinder, and when you move on your turn, you can also

You conjure a spirit from the Upper Planes, which manifests as a pillar of light in a 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-high Cylinder centered on a point within range. For each creature you can see in the

Dwarf

Species Player’s Handbook

stone and metal and for living underground. The god also made them resilient like the mountains, with a life span of about 350 years. Squat and often bearded, the original dwarves carved cities and

strongholds into mountainsides and under the earth. Their oldest legends tell of conflicts with the monsters of mountaintops and the Underdark, whether those monsters were towering giants or

Jallarzi's Storm of Radiance

Spells Player’s Handbook

You unleash a storm of flashing light and raging thunder in a 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-high Cylinder centered on a point you can see within range. While in this area, creatures have the Blinded and

damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature also makes this save when it enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. A

Moonbeam

Spells Player’s Handbook

A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot-radius, 40-foot-high Cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, Dim Light fills the Cylinder, and you can take a Magic

save, a creature takes half as much damage only. A creature also makes this save when the spell’s area moves into its space and when it enters the spell’s area or ends its turn there. A

Apparatus of Kwalish

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

, the compartment is airtight and watertight. The compartment holds enough air for 10 hours of breathing, divided by the number of breathing creatures inside. The apparatus floats on water. It can also

degrees clockwise provided its legs are extended. 8 Eyelike fixtures emit Bright Light in a 30-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 30 feet. The light turns off. 9 The apparatus

Rod of Lordly Might

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. The flames shed Bright Light in a 40-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 40 feet, and the blade functions as a magic Longsword or Shortsword (your choice) that deals an extra 2d6 Fire damage

magnetic north. (Nothing happens if this function of the rod is used in a location that has no magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or your

Imprisonment

Spells Player’s Handbook

;t locate or perceive the imprisoned target, and the target can’t teleport. Until the spell ends, the target is also affected by one of the following effects of your choice: Burial. The target

similar object. Light can pass through the gemstone (allowing the target to see out and other creatures to see in), but nothing else can pass through by any means. Slumber. The target has the

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. Once triggered, the glyph glows, filling a 60-foot-radius Sphere with Dim Light for 10

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

97–00 97–00 Void Each card’s effect is described below. Balance. You can increase one of your ability scores by 2, to a maximum of 22, provided you also decrease another

Guide), it is destroyed by some calamity beyond your control. Any documentation that proves you should own something lost to this card also disappears. Sage. At any time you choose within one year of

Jijibisha Manivarshi

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

hands. Hypnotic Gaze. Jijibisha eyes sparkle with opalescent light as she targets one creature she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can see Jijibisha, the target must succeed on a DC 17

see.Jijibisha Manivarshi, a vicious soul from the land’s past, lurks in the nearby forest. Long ago she made a deal with wicked otherworldly forces that gave her longevity and fiendish powers, a

Sweettooth Horror

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

origin of Sweettooth Village. This eerie, abandoned town constructed of gingerbread and frosting lies deep in the wilds of Eldraine. Some say the fiendish candy monsters that prowl its butterscotch-lined

Tressym

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

, but they rarely lair or hunt together. They peacefully ignore bats, faerie dragons, and the like, but they hate stirges and evil flying monsters such as manticores. They also enjoy teasing dogs

eggs. Tressym mate with others of their kind, but they don’t mate for life. A tressym can also mate with a normal cat, though only one out of every ten of their offspring will be a tressym; the

Lantern Archon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

24 hours. Illumination. The archon sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Incorporeal Movement. The archon can move through creatures and objects as if they

greet newly arrived souls to Mount Celestia and light the path for those who traverse the plane with reverence and respect. They appear as glowing, winged balls of vaporous light wrapped in a gleaming

Nellik

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage at the start of each of its turns due to a fiendish wound. Each time Nellik hits the wounded target with this attack, the damage dealt

wound also closes if the target receives magical healing. Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Greataxe"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

Wretched Sorrowsworn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spending 5 feet of its movement on its turn. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the sorrowsworn.Horrid little monsters, wretched sorrowsworn—or the Wretched&mdash

landscape and visit horror on those who stumble into their midst. Each sorrowsworn personifies a different aspect of despair or distress.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing while in Dim Light or Darkness

Rogue's Mantle

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

, along with anything you are wearing or carrying, up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You then have advantage on the first melee attack you make

. If you already have darkvision, the mantle increases your darkvision’s range by 60 feet instead. Move in Shadows. While you are in dim light or darkness, you can use a bonus action to teleport

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Strike or a Dart attack. It can also use Shadow Jaunt once, either before or after one of the attacks. Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

. Both the space it leaves and its destination must be in dim light or darkness. Spellcasting. The hobgoblin casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save

Vegepygmy Scavenger

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

evade foes and pelt them with slings from the cover of leafy foliage. Vegepygmies Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant

indefinitely so long as the climate remains hospitable to their fungal bodies. To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, PiercingNimble Escape. The vegepygmy takes the Disengage or Hide action.

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

their master’s orders to hunt prey with deadly ferocity. Vegepygmies Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by

long as the climate remains hospitable to their fungal bodies. To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, Piercing

Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell; don’t count that time. When the cursed target’s

that roam free on the Material Plane are a dire threat to all creatures. Their awful shrieking can paralyze other creatures with fear, which also makes the creatures susceptible to the vargouille

Flail Snail

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Scintillating Shell (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The snail’s shell emits dazzling, colored light until the end of the snail’s next turn

. During this time, the shell sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet, and creatures that can see the snail have disadvantage on attack rolls against it. In addition

Vegepygmy Moldmaker

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

of lichen to denote their status. Vegepygmies Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by russet mold, a poisonous

hospitable to their fungal bodies. To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, Piercing

Reduced-threat Darkmantle

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

target. If the target is Medium or smaller and the darkmantle has advantage on the attack roll, it attaches by engulfing the target's head, and the target is also blinded and unable to breathe while

the darkmantle is attached in this way. While attached to the target, the darkmantle can attack no other creature except the target but has advantage on its attack rolls. The darkmantle's speed also

Psi Crystal

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

This crystal grants you telepathy for as long as you remain attuned to it. See the introduction of the Monster Manual for rules on how this telepathy works. The crystal also glows with a purplish

inner light while you are attuned to it. The higher your intelligence, the greater the light’s intensity and the greater the range of the telepathy (see the Psi Crystal Properties table). Psi

Boneclaw

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

target, the claw can attack only that target. Shadow Jump (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Shadow Jump"}. If the boneclaw is in dim light or darkness, each

creature to an unoccupied space it can see within 5 feet of its destination. The destination spaces of this teleportation must be in dim light or darkness.Deadly Reach. In response to a creature entering

Murgaxor's Orb

Magic Items Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

or slap it awake. Visions of Terror. The cursed creature sees terrifying visions, causing it to view all creatures that aren’t also cursed as dangerous monsters for 10 minutes. The cursed

cursed creature is incapacitated. After either of these effects ends, the affected creature is no longer cursed. The curse can also be removed from a creature with a remove curse spell or similar

Kapak Draconian

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

target is also paralyzed. Dagger. 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: 5 (1d4

die, kapaks dissolve into acid that can splash onto nearby creatures. Draconians Draconians are bipedal monsters born from metallic dragon eggs that have been corrupted by a combination of warped

Timepiece of Travel

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

-Turn Directions. You can name any location within 10 miles of your current location that is known to at least one creature also within 10 miles of that location (including you). Once you name the

wilderness or into a lake. But it has no knowledge of or ability to help you avoid monsters, enemies, traps, locked doors, and the like. The timepiece is of no use for reaching locations that are

Spitting Mimic

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Adhesive (Object Form Only). The mimic adheres to anything that touches it. A Huge or smaller creature adhered to the mimic is also grappled by it

damage on a successful one.Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary mimics—that spits acid.Acid

Draconian Infiltrator

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

way, the target is also paralyzed. Dagger. 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

dissolve into pools of acid. On the world of Krynn, draconian infiltrators formed from copper dragon eggs are called kapak draconians. Draconians Draconians are bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs

Ruin Spider

Monsters The Book of Many Things

the restrained condition. As an action, a restrained target can make a DC 13 Strength check, bursting the webbing on a successful check. The webbing can also be destroyed (AC 10; 5 hit points

remains in one place for a long time. Ruin spiders arise when the magic of the deck transforms giant spiders into even more dangerous monsters whose acidic venom disintegrates everything it touches

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