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Dungeon Master’s Guide
;4
−4
WIS
10
+0
+0
CHA
3
−4
−4
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages None
CR 0 (XP 0; PB +2)
Figurine of Wondrous Power (Golden
ignore your orders, including a command to revert to figurine form. If you mount the nightmare while it is ignoring your orders, you and the nightmare are instantly transported to a random location on
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
breaks off a chunk of his body and places it on the ground in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of him. The chunk of rock instantly transforms into a gargoyle and acts on the same initiative count
location. A hidden sinkhole can be spotted from a safe distance by any creature with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher or spotted with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages the languages it knew in life
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Explode. When the vampirate is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes in a
, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d10) necrotic damage. A Humanoid reduced to 0 hit points by this attack dies and instantly transforms into a free-willed shadow under the DM’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
60 ft.; Passive Perception 11
Languages Slaad; telepathy 60 ft.
CR 7 (XP 2,900; PB +3)
Traits
Magic Resistance. The slaad has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
after finishing a Long Rest. If the curse reduces the target’s Hit Point maximum to 0, the curse ends, and instead of dying, the target instantly transforms into a Red Slaad or, if it can cast spells of level 3 or higher, a Green Slaad. Only a Wish spell can reverse this transformation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
; Charmed, Frightened, Poisoned
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 19
Languages Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 19 (XP 22,000; PB +6)
Traits
Death Throes. The balor explodes when it
: If the balor dies outside the Abyss, it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Fire Aura. At the end of each of the balor’s turns, each creature in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
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Saving Throws Wis +5, Cha +5
Damage Vulnerabilities radiant
Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive
to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: 22 (4d10) necrotic damage. A Humanoid reduced to 0 hit points by this attack dies and instantly transforms into a free-willed shadow under the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Slaad, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Magic Resistance. The slaad has
phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6) every 24 hours. If the disease reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
wielded by creatures under the effect of a Bless spell
Immunities Charmed, Frightened
Senses Truesight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 18
Languages Common, Infernal
CR 13 (XP 10,000; PB +5
ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Nine Hells.
Actions
Multiattack. The rakshasa makes three Cursed Touch attacks.
Cursed Touch. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Wis 16 +3 +8
Cha 20 +5 +10
Skills Perception +8
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Poisoned
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 18
Languages
Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 16 (XP 15,000; PB +5)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the marilith dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Thri-kreen, Ziklight
Challenge 2 (450 XP
spelljamming helm it can see within 5 feet of itself and attunes to the helm instantly. If another creature is already attuned to the helm, that creature’s attunement to the helm ends when the horror’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
6 (−2)
Skills Stealth +7
Condition Immunities blinded
Senses tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages —
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Any effect that cures disease or removes the poisoned condition instantly kills the larvae in the creature, ending the effect on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
shell prevents it from instantly igniting everything it comes into contact with. However, like the fires inside them, magmins are capricious and unpredictable. Moreover, as simple elemental creations
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Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities fire
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Ignan
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Frightened
Senses Truesight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 18
Languages Common, Infernal
CR 13 (XP 10,000; PB +5)
Traits
Greater Magic Resistance. The rakshasa automatically succeeds on saving
thoughts, creature type, or alignment.
Fiendish Restoration. If the rakshasa dies outside the Nine Hells, its body turns to ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages the languages it knew in life
Challenge
hit points by this attack dies and instantly transforms into a free-willed shadow or vampirate (captain’s choice) under the DM’s control.
Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 100
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Poison; Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 120 ft. (unimpeded by magical Darkness); Passive Perception 18
Languages Infernal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Barbed Hide. At the start of
disappears in sulfurous smoke, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Nine Hells.
Magic Resistance. The devil has Advantage on saving throws against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the barlgura dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a
new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Actions
Multiattack. The barlgura makes one Tormenting Bite attack and two Thrash attacks.
Tormenting Bite. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 6 (XP 2,300; PB +3)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the chasme dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves
into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Magic Resistance. The chasme has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 17
Languages Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 9 (XP 5,000; PB +4)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the glabrezu dies outside the Abyss, its body
dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Magic Resistance. The glabrezu has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
maurezhi consumes the corpse of a humanoid it has slain — a process that takes about 10 minutes — it instantly assumes the creature’s appearance as it was in life. The new appearance begins to rot away over
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Abyssal, Elvish, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Assume Form. The maurezhi can assume the appearance of any Medium humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
item you infuse serves as the creature’s heart, around which the creature’s body instantly forms. You determine the homunculus’s appearance. Some artificers prefer mechanical-looking birds, whereas
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WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
7 (−2)
Saving Throws Dex +4
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +4
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Frightened, Poisoned
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 19
Languages Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 19 (XP 22,000; PB +6)
Traits
Death Throes. The balor explodes when it dies. Dexterity
dies outside the Abyss, it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Fire Aura. At the end of each of the balor’s turns, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
+4 +4
Wis 22 +6 +11
Cha 25 +7 +12
Skills Perception +11
Resistances Radiant
Immunities Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 21
body disappears, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in Mount Celestia.
Magic Resistance. The planetar has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
form. A gray slaad learns how to master the use of a greatsword and imbue it with its own innate magic. A gray slaad that eats the entire corpse of a dead death slaad instantly transforms into a
., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Slaad, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Shapechanger. The slaad can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
poisoned
Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal, Common, Goblin, Infernal, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Shapechanger. The barghest can
Charisma saving throw or be instantly banished to Gehenna. Instantaneous bursts of flame (such as a red dragon’s breath or a fireball spell) don’t have this effect on the barghest.
Keen Smell. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Teleportation Statues Each of these areas is hidden behind a secret door. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher and approach within 20 feet of either secret door
touches the statue in area 6a is instantly teleported to an unoccupied space near the statue in area 6b, and vice versa, along with everything it is wearing or carrying. (Vlonwelv Auvryndar used a ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
heart, around which the creature’s body instantly forms. You determine the homunculus’s appearance. Some artificers prefer mechanical-looking birds, whereas some like winged vials or miniature, animate
Throws Dex +2 plus PB
Skills Perception +0 plus PB × 2, Stealth +2 plus PB
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + (PB
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. (unimpeded by magical Darkness); Passive Perception 13
Languages Infernal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 11 (XP 7,200; PB +4)
Traits
Diabolical Restoration. If the devil dies outside the Nine Hells, its body
disappears in sulfurous smoke, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Nine Hells.
Magic Resistance. The devil has Advantage on saving throws against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Piercing, Slashing, Thunder
Immunities Necrotic, Poison; Exhaustion, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 11
Languages
Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 4 (XP 1,100; PB +2)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the demon dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
usually adopts its host’s form. At some unpredictable point in its existence, a green slaad unlocks the means to magically, instantly, and permanently transform itself into a gray slaad. Unlocking
Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages Slaad, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Shapechanger. The slaad can use its action to polymorph into a Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
)
DEX
15(+2)
CON
16(+3)
INT
12(+1)
WIS
13(+1)
CHA
15(+2)
Skills Deception +5, Insight +4, Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive
DC 14 Constitution saving throw if the medusa isn’t incapacitated and can see the creature. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is instantly petrified. Otherwise, a creature that fails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
heart, around which the creature’s body instantly forms. You determine the homunculus’s appearance. Some artificers prefer mechanical-looking birds, whereas some like winged vials or miniature, animate
Throws Dex +2 plus PB
Skills Perception +0 plus PB × 2, Stealth +2 plus PB
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + (PB
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
realize star lancers are reincarnations of the dead god’s most ardent worshipers. When a star lancer dies, its soul instantly returns to the Great Cavern that forms the hollow heart of the dead god
radiant
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Celestial, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Flyby. The star lancer doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks when it flies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Int 19 +4 +9
Wis 12 +1 +6
Cha 15 +2 +7
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Frightened, Poisoned
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 11
Languages
Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 13 (XP 10,000; PB +5)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the nalfeshnee dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
magical Darkness); Passive Perception 18
Languages Infernal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 12 (XP 8,400; PB +4)
Traits
Diabolical Restoration. If the devil dies outside the Nine Hells, its body
disappears in sulfurous smoke, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Nine Hells.
Magic Resistance. The devil has Advantage on saving throws against spells and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
)
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages understands
success. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points while poisoned in this way, it dies and instantly transforms into a living abyssal wretch. The transformation of the body can be undone only by a wish






