monsters state with only added for for longer

Berserker Axe

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

throw or go berserk. This berserk state ends when you start your turn and there are no creatures within 60 feet of you that you can see or hear. While berserk, you regard the creature nearest to you

creature dies or can no longer be seen or heard by you, the next nearest creature that you can see or hear becomes your new target.

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

wish for something not included in any of the other effects. To do so, state your wish to the DM as precisely as possible. The DM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such an instance; the greater

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

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

and become entombed in a state of suspended animation in an extradimensional sphere. Everything you’re wearing and carrying disappears with you except for Artifacts, which stay behind in the space

your choice of History, Insight, Intimidation, or Persuasion. In addition, you gain rightful ownership of a small keep somewhere in the world. However, the keep is currently home to one or more monsters

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

. Tressym feed on small rodents, birds, and insects, stalking and pouncing on prey much as normal cats do, but with the added advantage of flight. Tressym don’t, however, attack nestlings or despoil

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

-forms in an unoccupied space nearest to the gem and in the same state as when it was trapped.The demilich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option

it to retreat into its ancient tomb and forget to feed on souls. The spells it once knew fade from its mind, and it no longer channels the arcane energy it wielded as a lich. However, even as a mere

Mite

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

that wrap around existing passages and chambers. They use these hiding spots to watch the comings and goings of monsters and adventurers, setting traps to vex and annoy whenever possible. A trip wire

frustration and antipathy build. When adventurers enter the dungeon, the mites go to work to exploit the added chaos. They use their magic to drag visitors into their web of anger and frustration, luring explorers deeper into the site and into situations and locations that promise to yield up the most havoc.

Witherbloom Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

and necromancy. Brewing strange concoctions with medicinal properties, exploring the anatomies of monsters, and cataloging swamp flora are the kinds of studies you might pursue at Witherbloom College

addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Witherbloom Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

Inquisitor of the Sword

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, Ulmed was heartbroken at his friend’s transformation and changed the inquisition’s mission. Instead of focusing on hunting monsters, it would also hunt the seeds of evil that can corrupt a

by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking

Inquisitor of the Mind Fire

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

osybus;priests of Osybus. When Strahd fell into darkness, Ulmed was heartbroken at his friend’s transformation and changed the inquisition’s mission. Instead of focusing on hunting monsters

members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the

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

Inquisitor of the Tome

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

hunting monsters, it would also hunt the seeds of evil that can corrupt a person. Ulmed and his friends Cosima, Ansel, and Tristian organized the inquisition into three orders, with each one

order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

-handedly defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you gain experience points enough to gain one level. Otherwise, this card has no effect. Donjon. You disappear and become

entombed in a state of suspended animation in an extradimensional sphere. Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the space you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

advancing civilization, nature needs some help from biomancers and terraformers. If, along the way, you happen to create super-soldiers and mutant monsters that can bolster the combine’s defenses

protection and durability 2 Fin Clade, focused on movement 3 Gyre Clade, focused on cyclical patterns and metamagic 4 Guardian Project, focused on creating guard monsters and super

Rakdos Cultist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

standard circus-style acrobatics with fire, wrought-iron spikes and hooks, and monsters. You can roll a d8 or choose from the options in the Performance Options table to determine your preferred

Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.) Rakdos Guild Spells

Barbarian Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

berserk state where rage takes over, giving them superhuman strength and resilience. A barbarian can draw on this reservoir of fury only a few times without resting, but those few rages are usually

fraught with peril: rival tribes, deadly weather, and terrifying monsters. Barbarians charge headlong into that danger so that their people don’t have to. Their courage in the face of danger makes

Froghemoth Elder

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

lands in a space within 10 feet of the froghemoth and has the prone condition. If the froghemoth dies, any swallowed creatures are no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 10

and warp the ecosystems in which they dwell. To learn more about froghemoths, see Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.A Froghemoth Elder's Lair Froghemoth elders lair in unnatural

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

longer restrained. Structures, as well as nonmagical objects that are neither being worn nor carried, take the same amount of damage if they are in the cylinder (no save). Incinerating Beam

. A colossus might be filled with monsters and secrets, in addition to the corpses of those who died inside it. In chapter 4, map 4.8 illustrates an inactive warforged colossus, and the text that

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

master, which then absorbs the knowledge and experience contained therein. Mind flayers conceive of this oneness with the elder brain as a sacred state akin to an afterlife. Hive Mind Elder brains

, the elder brain can perceive everything the target senses. The target becomes aware that something is linked to its mind once it is no longer incapacitated, and the elder brain can terminate the link

Shifter

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features by entering a state they call shifting. Shifters are similar to humans in height and build but are typically more lithe and flexible. Their

elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race’s description. Height and Weight Player characters, regardless of

Elf

races Player’s Handbook

Corellon’s dominion. When Lolth was cast into the Abyss, most elves renounced her and earned Corellon’s forgiveness, but that which Corellon had taken from them was lost forever. No longer able

to rest. In that state, they remain aware of their surroundings while immersing themselves in memories and meditations. An environment subtly transforms elves after they inhabit it for a millennium or

Elder Brain Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

mind once it is no longer incapacitated, and the elder brain can terminate the link at any time (no action required). The target can use an action on its turn to attempt to break the psychic link

creatures at a time. Sense Thoughts. The elder brain targets a creature with which it has a psychic link. The elder brain gains insight into the target’s reasoning, its emotional state, and thoughts

Yuan-ti

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became a new

character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact

Wish Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

. State your wish to the GM as precisely as possible. The GM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such an instance; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This

were dead might propel you forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the game. Similarly, wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might

Powered Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

(as above). The trapped creature can also attempt a DC 20 Charisma saving throw each day at dawn. On a successful save, the armor no longer controls the creature and can be safely donned by that

creature at any time. Stasis. Whenever a creature wearing the armor drops to 0 hit points, the armor places that creature into a state of stasis. While in this state, the creature is stable and does

Alhoon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lichlike state. Elder brains forbid mind flayers from pursuing magic power aside from psionics

lasts only so long as the life of the living victim selected. Thus an alhoon who sacrificed a 200-year-old elf looks forward to a much longer existence than one that sacrificed a 35-year-old person

Shadar-kai

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Material Plane to forge their own destinies. Once shadar-kai were Fey like the rest of their elven kin; now they exist in a state between life and death, thanks to being transformed by the Shadowfell

can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race’s description. Height and Weight Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

class feature For you, the spells on the Selesnya Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells

are added to all of them.) Selesnya Guild Spells Spell Level Spells Cantrip druidcraft, friends 1st aid, animal friendship, charm person 2nd animal

Lizardfolk

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

survive with just their wits in situations that would be deadly for other folk. Because of that fact, many lizardfolk myths state that their people were placed by the gods in the Material Plane to guard

on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race’s

Dungeon State

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

Dungeon State This adventure describes each area as it exists when the characters first arrive in the Doomvault. As they explore, they change the dungeon’s state. Record the state each area is in

when the characters leave. You need to track which rooms have been explored, which monsters have been defeated, which secrets remain undiscovered, what treasure has been taken, and so on. If the characters return to an area, your notes can remind you what is different from the original text.

Wandering Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

or re-enter areas 3 to 10. On a roll of 1, monsters are present. Roll on the table to determine what they meet. These randomly encountered monsters are added to any creatures mentioned in the area

Wandering Monsters Kobolds move freely through the caverns, going about their business. Characters have a chance to randomly encounter these wandering kobolds. Roll a d6 every time characters enter

If I'm hidden and a creature with Blindsight or Truesight sees me, am I still hidden?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

If I’m hidden and a creature with Blindsight or Truesight sees me, am I still hidden? No. Being hidden is a game state that gives you the Invisible condition. If a creature finds you, you’re no

longer hidden and lose that condition, as explained in the Hide action (see appendix C of the Player’s Handbook).

Wandering Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

or re-enter areas 3 to area 10. On a roll of 1, monsters are present. Roll on the Chapter 3 Encounters table to determine what they meet. These randomly encountered monsters are added to any creatures

Wandering Monsters Kobolds move freely through the caverns, going about their business. Characters have a chance to randomly encounter these wandering kobolds. Roll a d6 every time characters enter

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

factoids. We’ve also added a few new twists. Naturally, you can do with these monsters what you will. Nothing we say here is intended to curtail your creativity. If the minotaurs in your world are shipbuilders and pirates, who are we to argue with you? It’s your world, after all.

rooted in real-world mythology and fantasy literature. Other creatures are D&D originals. The monsters in this book have been culled from all previous editions of the game. Herein you’ll discover classic

The Great Stillness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

The Great Stillness A stone giant of Deadstone Cleft can enter a meditative state that leaves it petrified for a time. When the petrification ends, the giant awakens with tremorsense (see the Monster

Manual) and the ability to cast a handful of spells for a limited time. Stone giants refer to the petrified state as Olach Morrah, which translates as “the Great Stillness.” The giants of Deadstone

F: Hobgoblin Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

voracious ooze to guard it. You can add monsters, such as allied Goblin Warriors, to the cave to make this scenario longer and more difficult, or you can remove some monsters to make it easier and shorter. One or two Hobgoblin Warriors might be out on a patrol elsewhere.

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