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Death Slaad (control gem variant)
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Shapechanger. The slaad can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
three Death Lance attacks.
Death Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Death Lance"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Lance", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Lance
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
runes you know with another one from the Rune Spells table.
Rune Spells
Rune
Spell
Cloud
Fog cloud
Death
Inflict wounds
Dragon
Chromatic orb
Enemy
Disguise self
You’ve studied the magic of Giant runes, granting you the following benefits:
Comprehend Languages. You learn the comprehend languages spell. You can cast this spell without expending a spell
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This set of 1d4 + 2 small paint pots contains pigments mixed from crushed luminescent gemstones. This magical paint bestows temporary magical gifts on creatures with runes drawn on their skin with
this paint.
One paint pot contains enough pigment to paint one rune. A creature can spend 10 minutes to paint one of the following runes onto itself or another creature:
Journey Rune. Difficult
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
dragon’s turn. Absent any other command, the zombie tries to kill any non-Undead creature it encounters.Most death dragons are pale imitations of their former selves. They remember flashes and
destroy the would-be memento.
Death Dragons
Death dragons are the Undead skeletal remains of metallic or chromatic dragons, infused with the lingering fires of the Cataclysm by foul magic. Rarely, death
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ability (spell save DC 18).
At Will: Disguise Self (24-hour duration), Locate Creature1/Day Each: Circle of Death, Plane Shift, Power Word KillAlso called carperi, angels of death are sent to collect
souls incredibly valuable to or desired by divine powers who don’t want to risk the souls getting lost or intercepted.
Angels of death are often dispatched by their masters when those divine
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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of their former selves, albeit twisted by their state of being. These greater death dragons scheme to achieve their ends, all the while amassing and jealously guarding treasure hoards as they did in
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cataclysmic Rush", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. A creature can take this damage only once per turn.Some death dragons manage to retain almost all
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
each: circle of death, enervation,* phantasmal killer,symbol;symbol (discord only)2/day each: finger of death, harm, mental prison,*power word pain*1/day each: power word kill, power word stun, symbol
;symbol (death only), weird* Spell from Xanathar’s Guide to EverythingMultiattack. Ygorl makes three attacks: two with its scythe, and one with its Entropic Touch.
Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +14
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Tail or Necrotic Bolt attack.
Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling necrotic energy 60 feet tall and
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;t take this action again until the start of its next turn.
Spin and Slam. The angel moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Engulfing Slam attack.
Whirlwind of Death. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC
25, each creature in a 10-foot Emanation originating from the angel. Failure: 33 (6d10);{"diceNotation":"6d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Whirlwind of Death", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic
Orcus
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with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
.
A Taste of Undeath. Orcus casts chill touch (17th level).
Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
encounter.
Variant: Servants of Living Stars
Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm.
A living portent can be a fragment of these beings
power to defy death.
RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
(3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.Even death and the loss of their identities can’t erase the rage that inspires
. They think and speak and even feel emotions based on their new experiences, but given their circumstances, those emotions tend to be muted.
VARIANT: RETURNED KAKOMANTIS
Although the dead typically
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now breathe in water as well.
Tales provide myriad reasons for these strange
death.
Sea spawn come in a wide variety of forms. An individual might have a tentacle for an arm, the jaws of a shark, a sea urchin’s spines, a whale’s fin, octopus eyes, seaweed hair, or
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
their faceless selves.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m earnest and uncommonly direct.
2
I strive to have no personality — it’s easier to forget what’s hardly
I am exceptional. I do this because no one else can, and no one can stop me.
6
I do everything for those who were taken from me.
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Flaw
1
I am callous about death. It
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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
terrain, polymorph
5th level (3 slots): Bigby's hand, geas, wall of force
6th level (2 slots): chain lightning, globe of invulnerability, programmed illusion
7th level (2 slots): finger of death
casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as
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realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge.
2
The
always occur in shady venues.
Variant Criminal: Spy
Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
). Each time you gain a level, you can replace one of the runes you know with another one from the Rune Spells table. Rune Spells Rune Spell Cloud Fog cloud Death Inflict wounds Dragon Chromatic orb
Rune Shaper Prerequisite: Spellcasting Feature or Rune Carver Background You’ve studied the magic of Giant runes, granting you the following benefits: Comprehend Languages. You learn the comprehend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
a lifelong cycle of transformation into the more powerful gray and death slaadi. With each transformation, the slaad retains its memories.
Slaad Tadpole
Tiny aberration, chaotic neutral
. Some slaadi can transform into the humanoid creatures from which they were originally spawned. These slaadi return to the Material Plane to sow discord in the guise of their former selves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
: Broken jewelry, death mask, faded love letter, family portrait
Aligned Tarokka Card: Miser
Opposed Tarokka Card: Horseman
Pam Wishbow In Mordent, the dead don’t rest. Here, farmers and
mere impressions of their past selves, others greedily cling to their former possessions and ambitions. Some pernicious spirits become infamous hauntings, while others—such as the domain’s Darklord, the ghostly Lord Wilfred Godefroy—seek to dominate the living and dead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the death dragon’s will, typically going on rampages to destroy all living creatures in sight. Greater Death Dragon Some death dragons manage to retain almost all of their former selves, albeit twisted
damage only once per turn.
Lesser Death Dragon Most death dragons are pale imitations of their former selves. They remember flashes and echoes, and sometimes things or creatures they encounter
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
next game (assuming the participant wants to keep playing). Life and Death Life and death is a dice game played between the house (represented by a dealer) and a player. While up to five players can
life and death, they can opt to push their luck on their next bet. In this case, they bet everything they won on the last roll (their ante plus the winnings from the house). If they win, the house
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
ORZHOV SPIRITS
For the members of the Orzhov Syndicate, life as a spirit after death can be a gift, or it can mean everlasting servitude. The process of separating the soul from the body is often
decadence. These spirits begin their undead existence as ghosts and use the ghost stat block in the Monster Manual. Over time, however, they tend to shed the nuances of their personalities and become caricatures of their living selves, often turning into specters, as described in the Monster Manual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Variant Abilities When a beholder’s dream-imagination runs wild, the result can be an offspring that has an unusual or unique set of abilities. Rather than the standard powers of a beholder’s central
eye and eyestalks, the creature has one or more variant abilities — guaranteed to surprise any enemies who thought they knew what they were getting themselves into. This section provides several
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes.
This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of
Esclarotta, who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes. This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of Esclarotta
, who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Variant Human: Mark of Sentinel If your human character has the Mark of Sentinel, the following traits replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook. Ability Score
of Sentinel Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. Mark of Sentinel Spells Spell Level Spells 1st compelled duel, shield of faith 2nd warding bond, zone of truth 3rd counterspell, protection from energy 4th death ward, guardian of faith 5th Bigby’s hand
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
’t be removed while you are attuned to the teeth, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to them. If removed after your death, the tooth vanishes. You can have a maximum number of the
;green hags in a Green Hag (Coven Variant);coven
When you damage a target that hasn’t taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades.
5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Stat Blocks by Creature Type Aberrations Death kiss
Elder brain
Gauth
Gazer
Mindwitness
Morkoth
Neogi
Neogi hatchling
Neogi master
Neothelid
Ulitharid
Beasts Aurochs
Trapper
Yuan-ti anathema
Yuan-ti mind whisperer
Yuan-ti nightmare speaker
Yuan-ti pit master
Oozes Slithering tracker
Plants Thorny
Vegepygmy
Vegepygmy chief
Wood woad
Undead Alhoon
Bodak
Gnoll witherling
Mind flayer lich (Illithilich) (variant)
Spawn of Kyuss
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
one of the corpses. (The gnome is really a troll named Xlorp, transformed by the runes in area 11b.)
In its current form, the troll has the statistics of an unarmored (AC 12), chaotic evil deep gnome
character who examines the bodies and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check reveals that four drow are covered in burn marks consistent with lightning strikes, three were torn to pieces by large claws, and one was crushed to death (a victim of the behir’s coils).
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
campaign, consider the following changes and additions. Draconic Influence In this variant, the Dragon Highlords are also interested in the power that the elemental nodes represent. They dispatch
own by adding the half-dragon template (see the Monster Manual) to hobgoblins or lizardfolk. Add a Death Throes trait to complete the transition: for example, baaz draconians turn to stone when killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Eldeen Characters Druidic traditions are important to the people of the Eldeen Reaches. Even if you’re not a druid, you may follow one of these five paths. As a variant human, you could take the
to release bound elementals. Barbarians are often found among the Ashbound, and Berserker and Storm Herald are logical paths. The Children of Winter believe that death is a natural part of life. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of the noble houses. Anyone they decide is at odds with the hierarchy faces torture and usually an excruciating death. VARIANT: YOCHLOL SUMMONING
Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows
makes three death lance attacks.
Death Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) piercing damage plus 18 (4d8) necrotic damage. The target’s hit point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
it is littered with yuan-ti bones. 17b. Death of a Naga The phantasmal scene of a spirit naga battling four yuan-ti purebloods plays out for characters who set foot on this island. As characters view
statistics of a yuan-ti pureblood with 2d20 hit points remaining. Hexacali, a spirit naga with 35 hit points, is trapped on the island and fights yuan-ti characters to the death. Yuan-ti characters who drop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
and collect magic items and occult lore. Have you gazed on the Runes of Chaos, held the Death Moon Orb in your trembling hands, entered the Devouring Portal and walked the Paths of the Doomed, or sat