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Returning 35 results for 'must strike with only armor fails for long'.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
; removing the armor fails to end the curse. While cursed, you have Vulnerability to two of the three damage types associated with the armor (not the one to which it grants Resistance).
While wearing this armor, you have Resistance to one of the following damage types: Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing. The DM chooses the type or determines it randomly.
Curse. This armor is cursed
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While wearing this armor, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class, and you know Abyssal. In addition, the armor’s clawed gauntlets allow your Unarmed Strike;Unarmed Strikes to deal 1d8 Slashing
damage instead of the usual Bludgeoning damage, and you gain a +1 bonus to the attack and damage rolls of your Unarmed Strikes.
Curse. Once you don this cursed armor, you can’t doff it unless you
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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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This staff has 20 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving
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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You magically sense the most direct physical route to a location you name. You must be familiar with the location, and the spell fails if you name a destination on another plane of existence, a
moving destination (such as a mobile fortress), or an unspecific destination (such as “a green dragon’s lair”).
For the duration, as long as you are on the same plane of existence as the
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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
Equipment
A Pole is 10 feet long. You can use it to touch something up to 10 feet away. If you must make a Strength (Athletics) check as part of a High Jump;High or Long Jump, you can use the Pole to vault, giving yourself Advantage on the check.
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Bound into this armor is a spell of level 8 or lower. The spell is determined when the armor is created and must belong to the Abjuration or Illusion school of magic. The armor has 6 charges and
regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the armor, you can expend 1 charge to cast its spell.
The level of the spell bound into the armor determines the spell’s saving throw DC
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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
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place
, and it must reach its resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. Once in its resting place, it returns to its vampire form and has the Paralyzed condition until it regains any Hit Points, and it
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amphibious. The kraken can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the kraken fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The kraken
deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The kraken makes two Tentacle attacks and uses Fling, Lightning Strike, or Swallow.
Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17
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
that spell again.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the hag fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The hag has Advantage on saving throws against
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Your strike rings with thunder that is audible within 300 feet of you, and the target takes an extra 2d6 Thunder damage from the attack. Additionally, if the target is a creature, it must succeed on
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shadow Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place
sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The vampire makes two attacks, using Grave Strike or Sickening Ray in any combination.
Grave Strike. Melee Attack Roll: +10
Monsters
Monster Manual
Animal Lordship. An animal lord represents a Hunter (DM’s choice), which determines certain traits in this stat block.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the animal lord fails a saving throw, it
of its turns.
Feral Strike. The animal lord moves up to its Speed without provoking opportunity attack;Opportunity Attacks, and it makes one Rend attack.
Radiant Strike. The animal lord makes one
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choice within 30 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. A creature that fails the save repeats it at the end of each of its turns, ending
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear
heavier or lighter. You must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs as you have. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up
Equipment
Injury Poison
A creature subjected to Lolth’s Sting must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or have the Poisoned condition for 1 hour. If the creature fails the save by 5 or more
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hits and an extra 3d8 Thunder damage to objects it hits that aren’t being worn or carried.
The weapon has the following additional properties.
Clap of Thunder. As a Magic action, you can strike
the weapon against a hard surface to create a loud clap of thunder audible out to 300 feet. You also create a 30-foot Cone of thunderous energy. Each creature in the Cone must succeed on a DC 15
Monsters
Monster Manual
Animal Lordship. An animal lord represents a Forager (DM’s choice), which determines certain traits in this stat block.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the animal lord fails a saving throw
.
Feral Strike. The animal lord moves up to its Speed without provoking opportunity attack;Opportunity Attacks, and it makes one Rend attack.
Radiant Strike. The animal lord makes one Radiant Ray
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integral for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.
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bonus to your Armor Class. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack rolls and damage rolls to +1 and gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class. The adjusted bonuses remain in effect until the start of your next turn, although you must hold the weapon to gain a bonus to AC from it.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
creature must succeed on a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC to move at all. If it fails the check, it can’t move. A creature that moves out of the wall falls to the ground.
A wall of water springs into existence at a point you choose within range. You can make the wall up to 300 feet long, 300 feet high, and 50 feet thick. The wall lasts for the duration.
When the wall
Spells
Player’s Handbook
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
this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a successful save, you can ask the entity up to five questions. You must ask your questions before the spell ends. The DM answers each question with
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the Hag Eye sees if the hag and the Hag Eye are on the same plane of existence. This effect lasts as long as the hag maintains Concentration. Multiple hags in the coven can see through the Hag Eye
the Incapacitated condition. If the hags take any other actions during this rite, the rite fails and ends.
Monsters
Monster Manual
block.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the animal lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Lordly Presence. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, any enemy that starts its turn in a 30
regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Feral Strike. The animal lord moves up to its Speed without provoking opportunity attack;Opportunity Attacks, and it makes one Rend attack
Spells
Player’s Handbook
creature other than you enters a space within 30 feet of the ammunition for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, one piece of ammunition flies up to strike it. The creature must succeed on a
Monsters
Monster Manual
Animal Lordship. An animal lord represents the Sage, which determines certain traits in this stat block.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the animal lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to
regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Feral Strike. The animal lord moves up to its Speed without provoking opportunity attack;Opportunity Attacks, and it makes one Rend attack
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the mummy fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The mummy has Advantage on saving throws against spells and
":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it is cursed. While cursed, the target can’t regain Hit Points, it gains no benefit from finishing a Long Rest, and its Hit Point
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You grant the semblance of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was
Undead when it died. The spell also fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the past 10 days.
Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what
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required).
Thunder. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the staff to emit a crack of thunder audible out to 300 feet (no action required). The target you hit must succeed on a
Bonus Action to use the Lightning and Thunder properties (see above) at the same time. Doing so doesn’t expend the daily use of those properties, only the use of this one.
Lightning Strike. You can
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Up to three creatures of your choice that you can see within range must each make a Charisma saving throw. Whenever a target that fails this save makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the
spell ends, the target must subtract 1d4 from the attack roll or save.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 1.
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an attack while holding the weapon, you can take a Reaction to twirl the weapon around you, gaining a +5 bonus to your Armor Class against the triggering attack, potentially causing the attack to miss
you. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.
Ranged Weapon (Quarterstaff Form Only). This weapon has the Thrown property with a normal range of 30 feet and a
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Choose a manufactured metal object, such as a metal weapon or a suit of Heavy or Medium metal armor, that you can see within range. You cause the object to glow red-hot. Any creature in physical
.
If a creature is holding or wearing the object and takes the damage from it, the creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or drop the object if it can. If it doesn’t drop the
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copier must succeed on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, the spell is copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.