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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Death
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While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0
skull surmounts it. For this to happen, the long-lost hero must first be restored to life—no easy task, given the fact that Orcus has imprisoned the hero’s soul and keeps it hidden and well
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Disembodied Voice. Up to three times in its life, the zodar can cause a message of up to twenty-five words to issue from the air around it. It speaks only when it has something profoundly important
sleep.Multiattack. The zodar makes two Crushing Fist attacks. Before or after these attacks, the zodar uses Forced Teleport.
Crushing Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
broodguards as “histachii,” which means “egg-watchers.”
Most broodguards are made from human captives forced to consume a magical brew that renders them helpless and unable to
tongue, and they smell faintly of rotting meat. Broodguards can speak but rarely do so, preferring to communicate via snakelike hisses and guttural noises.
Making a Broodguard
Yuan-ti create broodguards
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Halaster Blackcloak. Halaster defeated Underbrew but offered to spare the dwarf's life if he vowed to serve the Mad Mage as an enforcer, ridding the dungeon of other invaders. Unwilling to face his
own mortal end, Underbrew made this vow and convinced himself over time that the executions he performed were acts of mercy, because those he killed would never be forced to turn against their beliefs
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
until the start of the professor’s next turn.
Essence Pulse (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Essence Pulse"}. The professor creates a life-draining
):
At will: druidcraft, spare the dying
1/day each: antilife shell, bane, feign death, speak with deadProfessors of decay wield magic that drains and twists the essence of the professors&rsquo
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
I saved the life of an orc, who gave me a stone with the symbol of the Many-Arrows tribe (a humanoid skull pierced by three arrows) carved into it. The stone is an uncommon magic item that requires
the Monster Manual and disappears after 10 minutes or when reduced to 0 hit points. The spirit understands any language I speak and obeys my commands.
After the stone is used three times, it turns to dust.
(See Appendix B of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden)
Magic Items
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
This scarf is made of sturdy cloth and covered in platinum-colored scales.
As an action, you can pull a scale from the scarf and speak a command word. When you do so, choose one of the following
effects:
Breath of Life. The scale disappears, and you or a creature you touch regains 10d4 hit points.
Platinum Shield. For 1 hour or until you dismiss it (no action required), the scale becomes a
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
ward, pass without trace, speak with plantsWither Burst. When the pledgemage sees a creature within 30 feet of itself drop to 0 hit points, the pledgemage channels the expended life essence and targets
—study the cycle of life and death. Their magic is fueled by what they call life essence: the ubiquitous energy that runs through living things.
Witherbloom students learn how to concoct
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
can choose to succeed instead.Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation
":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the ghost regains hit points equal to half the amount of damage the target takes. The target must
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
armor, mage hand
1/day each: dispel magic, hunger of Hadar, invisibility, spider climbAn overpowering urge to serve consumes the mind of a newly awakened deathlock. Any goals and ambitions it had in life
a good god, while one that serves a Great Old One might hunt for the materials needed to call forth a horrifying entity into the world. To accomplish a difficult goal, the deathlock might be forced
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
recall anything a bodak sees or hears. If he so chooses, he can speak through a bodak to address his enemies and followers directly.
A bodak retains vague impressions of its past life. It seeks out its
a successful one.A bodak is the undying remains of someone who revered Orcus. Devoid of life and soul, it exists only to cause death.
A worshiper of Orcus can take ritual vows while carving the demon
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
by the nature of its wolf form, and it can’t speak, cast spells, or take any other action that requires hands or speech. The target’s gear melds into the new form, and it can’t
twisting and dancing at the tip of her black horn, this corrupted avatar of Lurue is instead a nightmare come to life.
While tainted by the influence of Malar, the avatar of Lurue carries out the Beast Lord’s will: to slaughter anything that dares to cross its path.Poison
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
prepared:
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, mending, resistance, sacred flame, spare the dying, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, detect evil and good, false life, inflict wounds, ray of
sickness
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, gentle repose, hold person, ray of enfeeblement, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, magic circle, speak with dead, spirit guardians
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
this way, and the shelter doesn’t inhibit the chwinga’s blindsight. The chwinga can use its action to emerge from a shelter. If its shelter is destroyed, the chwinga is forced out and
, 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
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
attacks are magical.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. Trostani can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.
Tree Stride. Once on her turn, Trostani can use 10 feet of her movement to
. Trostani makes one melee attack, with advantage on the attack roll.
Voice of Life. Trostani bestows 20 temporary hit points on another creature she can see within 120 feet of her.
Voice of Order
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spellcasting ability:
1/day each: greater restoration, mass cure wounds, plant growth, revivify, speak with deadBeledros can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
.
Miasmal Flow (Costs 2 Actions). Beledros uses Miasmal Flow.
Teeming with Life (Costs 3 Actions). Beledros magically summons 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Teeming with
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
easily manipulated into serving their more forceful brethren. Having purpose forced upon them, these Returned perform simple, artless tasks with middling efficiency. Their one virtue is their
and air but not food or sleep. They think and speak and even feel emotions based on their new experiences, but given their circumstances, those emotions tend to be muted.PoisonNecrotic
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
until the body drops to 0 hit points, the apparition ends it as a bonus action, the body leaves the Astral Plane, or the apparition is forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When
ghost. While a ghost is doomed to haunt the place where it died until some promise or goal it couldn’t achieve in life is fulfilled, the goal of a starlight apparition is to help someone else
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
drops to 0 hit points, Caradoc ends it as a bonus action, or he is turned or forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, Caradoc reappears in an unoccupied
;The safest place to be is behind the toughest warrior in the room.”
Bond. “In life and in death, I’m the only one who matters.”
Flaw. “Who can resist a little drama
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you.
While
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
bedroom in the burgomaster’s mansion. Izek often has dreams of a beautiful young woman, and for years he has forced a local toymaker named Gadof Blinsky to craft dolls in her likeness. The woman is
into his home. I owe him my life, but he isn’t family.”
Flaw. “I would do anything, kill anything, to find my sister.”
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
life.
Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged
material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability:
At will: speak with dead
1/day: plane shift (self only)Berbalangs creep across the petrified remains of dead gods adrift on the
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
features, or proficiencies.
The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points, Leedara ends it as a bonus action, or Leedara is turned or forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell
after the possession ends.
Change Shape. Leedara magically assumes the appearance she had in life, and her creature type changes to Humanoid, while retaining her other game statistics. This
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
"} to hit with spell attacks). K’Tulah has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, produce flame, shillelagh
1st level (4 slots): entangle, longstrider, speak with
;I talk fast and can carry on a conversation about almost anything.”
Ideal. “Decorum is overrated. Life’s too short for formalities.”
Bond. “The research I’ve
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
resemblance to a giant dog-headed cockroach. No two skitterwidgets look exactly alike, but all are surprisingly cute.
Language of Squeals. Skitterwidgets speak their own simple language, which is composed of
or not. If it receives a command from its master that would endanger the life of one or more kiddywidgets in its care, a skitterwidget can make a DC 5 Charisma saving throw, ignoring the command and all other commands from its master for 1 minute on a success.Lightning, Poison
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.In Khorvaire, magic is part of everyday life. A chef might use prestidigitation to heat and season food
: speak with dead.
Deception (+3), Religion (+4)
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Oracle
Guidance. Ritual only: augury, divination (1 hour).
History (+4), Religion (+4)
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
feet of Baba Lysaga and acts as her ally. It remains until it dies or until Baba Lysaga dismisses it as an action.Two women gave life to Strahd von Zarovich. The first was Queen Ravenovia van Roeyen
received several disturbing reports, Queen Ravenovia was forced to banish the midwife from the kingdom. Lysaga never saw Strahd again, but she has succeeded in staying alive to witness the triumphs of
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below).
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried. If the lich chooses, plant life in the area is unaffected by the spell.
Spellcasting. The lich casts one of the
following spells using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (save DC 19):
At will: druidcraft
3/day each: detect magic, fog cloud, pass without trace
1/day each: antilife shell, dispel magic, speak with
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
conquer them. The elf kingdom's royal line was obliterated, the dusk elves hunted like rabbits. The few that survived were either subjugated or forced to live among the Vistani. So pleased was Barov with
haunted by them if he could. The only thing he cares about is Strahd von Zarovich, for whom he would gladly give his life.
Rahadin's Traits
Ideal. “Loyalty is everything.”
Bond. “I am a son of King Barov
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
places where they’ll be left in peace, such as lonely tombs or the necropoleis of Asphodel and Odunos. There they go through half-hearted parodies of life, impeded by distraction and ennui
Returned are undead. They need water and air but not food or sleep. They think and speak and even feel emotions based on their new experiences, but given their circumstances, those emotions tend to be muted.PoisonNecrotic
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
while becoming able to speak Deep Speech and Undercommon. It retains fragmented memories of its previous life and previous alignment, not to mention a propensity for invention.
Laser Pistol. A gnome
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Aura of Death. Creatures within 30 feet of Skall have disadvantage on death saving throws.
Cosmic Annihilation. A creature killed by Skall can be restored to life only by means of a true
dead (as an action), dispel magic, speak with dead
1/day each: finger of death, plane shift (self only), project imageSkall can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Baleful
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Cling to Life (Recharges after a Long Rest). The first time Zargash would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, he instead drops to 1 hit point.
Special Equipment. Zargash wears a bat
.
Spellcasting. Zargash casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: light, thaumaturgy
1/day each: command, gaseous form, hold person, silence, speak
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"4d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Club", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.A wood woad is a powerful bipedal Plant invested with the soul of someone who gave up life to become an
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






