most spectral with openly alive from for long

Arch-hag

Monsters Monster Manual

Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify,Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast

hag knows its location anywhere in the multiverse.Multiattack. The hag makes two Spectral Claw attacks and uses Crackling Wave. Spectral Claw. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20

Moonblade

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

of 3d6. Reroll if the Moonblade already deals an extra 3d6 Force damage on a hit. 76-80 The Moonblade gains the Thrown property with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. Each

minute. A creature repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. 96-99

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

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

cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength score becomes 3

Lorehold Professor of Chaos

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Voice from the Past (1/Day). The professor can cast the contact other plane spell to contact a long-dead spirit, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two

Spectral Scroll attacks. It can also use Weight of History, if available. Spectral Scroll. Melee Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spectral Scroll"} to hit

Spectral Cloud

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Blurred Form. Attack rolls against the spectral cloud are made with disadvantage unless the attacker is within 15 feet of the spectral cloud or the spectral cloud is incapacitated. Incorporeal

Movement. The spectral cloud can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Incorporeal

Foresworn

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

save DC 15): 2/day each: command, detect evil and good 1/day: wall of forceForesworn are the spirits of fallen Solamnic knights who attend to their duty long after death. Armed with spectral armor and

an object. Unusual Nature. The foresworn doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The foresworn makes three Spectral Polearm attacks. Spectral Polearm. Melee Weapon Attack: +8

Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

after a Short or Long Rest). The drow conjures a floating, spectral dagger within 60 feet of itself. The drow can make a melee spell attack (+10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction

", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest

Ice Toad

Monsters Tyranny of Dragons

Amphibious. The toad can breathe air and water. Cold Aura. While the toad is alive, any creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the toad takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Cold Aura","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage. Standing Leap. The toad’s long jump is up to 20 feet and its high jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start.Bite

Yuan-ti Pit Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

effects.Multiattack. The yuan-ti makes three Bite attacks or two Spectral Fangs attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. Spectral Fangs. Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spectral Fangs"} to hit, range 120 ft

Drow Inquisitor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’t summon other demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action. Spectral Dagger (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The drow

", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest

Valetta

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

long rest); each creature in the line must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dragonborn","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning

positions of influence in their communities. Evil priests might work openly under a tyrant, or they might be the leaders of religious sects hidden in the shadows of good society, overseeing depraved

Berbalang Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Spectral Duplicate (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the berbalang creates one spectral duplicate of itself in an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it. While the

these creatures, thus preserving the information they gain. Spectral Spy. The pursuit of knowledge drives everything berbalangs do. Although they mostly learn their secrets from the dead, they aren&rsquo

Yuan-ti Nightmare Speaker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

effects.Multiattack. The yuan-ti makes one Constrict attack and one Scimitar attack, or it makes two Spectral Fangs attacks. Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit

":"damage", "rollAction":"Scimitar", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Spectral Fangs. Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spectral Fangs"} to

Selenelion Twin

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

points at the start of her turn as long as both twins are alive and within 60 feet of each other. A twin dies only if she starts her turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Twin Bond

. While both Selenelion twins are alive and on the same plane of existence, each is aware of the other’s emotions.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to

Asteria

Monsters The Book of Many Things

the first Deck of Many Things. She doesn’t know why this is but surmises her life is tied to that deck; so long as it continues to exist, so will she. She has no way to prove this hypothesis

","rollAction":"Empowering Aegis"}. Asteria summons a spectral version of her shield, which orbits and bolsters one creature of Asteria’s choice that she can see within 60 feet of herself. The

Wyrmreaver Gauntlets

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

these gauntlets, your unarmed strike deals an additional 1d6 force damage on a hit. Additionally, whenever you finish a long rest, choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning

, or poison. You have resistance to the chosen damage type until you finish another long rest. Invoking the Runes. As a bonus action, you can invoke the gauntlets’ runes and summon two enormous

Swarm of Maggots

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Each time the diseased creature finishes a long rest, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Infestation"} to determine the disease’s effect: 1–2. The creature is

blinded until it finishes a long rest. 3–4. The creature’s hit point maximum decreases by 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Infestation"}, and the reduction

Tlincalli

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and the lower body of an enormous scorpion, complete with a stinger at the end of a long tail. These desert creatures range across arid lands, hunting at dawn and dusk. In the hours between, they wait

place for only as long as the hunting is good in the immediate area, though they might visit the same way stations over and over during their wanderings. They also settle down temporarily whenever it

Mormesk the Wraith Legacy

Monsters Lost Mine of Phandelver

maximum lasts until the target finishes a long rest.A wraith is the incorporeal remnant of a particularly hateful being. Most wraiths can transform those they have slain into spectral undead servitors

Death Tyrant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

cube within 120 feet of the tyrant is filled with spectral eyes and tentacles. To creatures other than the death tyrant, that area is lightly obscured and difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on

the next round. Walls sprout spectral appendages until initiative count 20 on the round after next. Any creature, including one on the Ethereal Plane, that is hostile to the tyrant and starts its

Berbalang

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creatures, using berbalangs to spy on their enemies and to watch over their creches on the Material Plane.Spectral Duplicate (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The berbalang creates one spectral

spying on the living to take knowledge from them as well. A berbalang can create a spectral duplicate of itself and send the duplicate out to gather information on other planes by watching places where

Black Viper

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

who died a century ago, after a long and nefarious career. Esvele Rosznar, a brash young noble, has recently adopted the Black Viper's persona to lead a secret life of crime. Like many other nobles

of her station. In her younger days, Esvele openly rebelled, but that behavior led to locked doors at night and house guards watching her every move during the day. So she taught herself how to pick

Korred Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Command Hair. The korred has at least one 50-foot-long rope woven out of its hair. As a bonus action, the korred commands one such rope within 30 feet of it to move up to 20 feet and entangle a Large

at the start of each of the korred’s turns while it has at least 1 hit point and the korred is alive. If the rope drops to 0 hit points, it is destroyed. Innate Spellcasting. The korred’s

Will-o'-Wisp (Variant)

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Consume Life. As a bonus action, the will-o’-wisp can target one creature it can see within 5 feet of it that has 0 hit points and is still alive. The target must succeed on a DC 10

(as if concentrating on a spell). Magic Boon (Recharges after a Long Rest). The will-o’-wisp grants a boon to one creature it can see within 5 feet of it that isn’t an Undead. The boon

Choldrith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

violent, action.Spectral Dagger (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The choldrith conjures a floating, spectral dagger within 60 feet of itself. The choldrith can make a melee spell attack (+4

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spectral Dagger"} to hit against one creature within 5 feet of the dagger. On a hit, the target takes 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2

Vampire Spawn Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.A Vampire’s Lair A vampire chooses a

of the lair seem abnormally gaunt and sometimes move as though alive. A creeping fog clings to the ground within 500 feet of the vampire’s lair. The fog occasionally takes eerie forms, such as

Lunar Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

, indistinctly spectral form.ColdPhase (2/Day). The dragon becomes partially incorporeal for as long as it maintains concentration on the effect (as if concentrating on a spell). While partially incorporeal, the dragon has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

Soul Shaker

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Reconstruction"}) days, if at least two of those crawling claw;crawling claws are alive, they teleport to the location of the soul shaker’s death and merge

damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken, and the soul shaker regains hit points equal to that amount. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.

Young Lunar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

through other creatures or solid objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.ColdPhase (2/Day). The dragon becomes partially

incorporeal for as long as it maintains concentration on the effect (as if concentrating on a spell). While partially incorporeal, the dragon has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

Relentless Impaler

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Spike Burst"}. Twisted, spectral spikes shoot out from the impaler’s body. Each creature within 30 feet of the impaler must make a DC 19

impaler is bound to the creature that wielded the ceremonial stake in the ritual that birthed it. As long as the original stake remains lodged in the heart of the ritual victim, the impaler can return

Deep Scion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

(Hybrid Form Only; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The deep scion emits a terrible scream audible within 300 feet. Creatures within 30 feet of the deep scion must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving

, regardless of distance, so long as it and its master are in the same body of water.Deep scions began life as people who were stolen from shore or saved from sinking ships and offered a terrible bargain

Neogi Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t take reactions until the end of the neogi’s next turn, as a spectral tentacle clings to the target. Spellcasting. The neogi casts one of the following

long ago to conquer and devour creatures in other realms. During this era, they dominated umber hulk;umber hulks and used them to build sleek, spidery ships capable of traversing the

Miirym

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

unable to break the enchantment that bound her. Time passed and so did Miirym, whose corpse has long since crumbled into dust. Unfortunately for Miirym, the enchantment remains in effect on her spirit

. The spectral dragon—what’s left of her— dwells in the catacombs and caves under the library. Those who have visited the depths describe Miirym as a set of immense spectral jaws whose

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion

, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food. In good times, a bugbear gang

Reghed Great Warrior

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

kept them alive through countless harsh winters. The Reghed wear heavy furs as well as gloves, boots, and masks made of animal hide, to protect themselves from the bitter cold. Although they originally

wooden shafts. Reghed tribe camps are scattered throughout Icewind Dale. None of them appear on maps because they don't stay in one place for long. Each Reghed tribe is made up of smaller clans, each

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