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Rest Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Rest Variants The rules for short and long rests presented in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook work well for a heroic-style campaign. Characters can go toe-to-toe with deadly foes, take damage to

within an inch of their lives, yet still be ready to fight again the next day. If this approach doesn’t fit your campaign, consider the following variants. Epic Heroism This variant uses a short rest

Resurrection

Spells Player’s Handbook

With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died. The creature returns to life with all its

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. Casting this spell to revive a

Find Steed

Spells Player’s Handbook

after yours and acts independently, focusing on protecting you. Disappearance of the Steed. The steed disappears if it drops to 0 Hit Points or if you die. When it disappears, it leaves behind

), Psychic (Fey), or Necrotic (Fiend) damage. Bonus Actions Fell Glare (Fiend Only; Recharges after a Long Rest). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC equals your spell save DC, one creature within 60 feet the steed

Quaal's Feather Token

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

pounds while flying at its maximum speed (16 miles per hour for a maximum of 144 miles per day, with a 1-hour rest for every 3 hours of flying) or 1,000 pounds at half that speed. The bird disappears

disappears after 1 hour, when you take a Magic action to dismiss it, or when you die or have the Incapacitated condition. Quaal’s Feather Tokens 1d100 Token Rarity 01-20 Quaal's

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you draw the card or at any other time before you die. Flames. A powerful devil becomes your enemy. The devil seeks your ruin and torments you, savoring your suffering before attempting to slay you

which you are proficient appears on your person. The DM chooses the weapon. Knight. You gain the service of a Knight, who magically appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 30 feet of

Moonblade

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

accepted by the weapon and try to attune to it, you become attuned to it instantly, and a new rune appears on it. You remain attuned to the weapon until you die or the weapon is destroyed. A Moonblade

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

a reroll of any die roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a Wish spell could undo an ally’s failed

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

Boon of Exquisite Radiance

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

reduce to 0 Hit Points can't become Undead. Powerful Radiance. When you make a damage roll that deals Radiant damage, you can instead use the highest number possible for each damage die. Once you use this benefit, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30. Eternal Rest. Creatures you

Bloodlust

Feats Astarion's Book of Hungers

with an attack roll, you can expend a Hit Point Die, roll it, and regain a number of Hit Points equal to the number rolled plus your Constitution modifier. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

. When you roll a Hit Point Die to regain Hit Points, you can treat any roll of 1 or 2 as a 3. Sanguine Feast. Once per turn when you hit a Bloodied creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead

Light Bringer

Feats Astarion's Book of Hungers

Rest. Sun’s Healing. As a Bonus Action while within sunlight, you can expend one of your Hit Point Dice, roll the die, and regain a number of Hit Points equal to the roll. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.

Precognitive Mage

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

who first put her gifts to use as a young thief on the streets of Ravnica. While still a teenager, she was apprehended and then pardoned in exchange for agreeing to use her talents in the service of

been given a more prominent position, which she has embraced with enthusiasm. She worries about the impact that her guild has on the rest of Ravnica but believes in her heart that she is helping the

Knight Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or

creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if the knight is incapacitated.Parry. The knight adds 2 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the

Knight of the Mithral Shield

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it can see within 30 feet of it makes an attack roll or a saving throw. The

creature can add a d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Leadership"} to its roll provided it can hear and understand the knight. A creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a

Ashen Knight

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it

Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if the knight is incapacitated.Parry. The knight adds 2 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the knight must see the attacker and be

Create Homunculus

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

dies if you die. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can spend up to half your Hit Dice if the homunculus is on the same plane of existence as you. When you do so, roll each die and add your

lower than 1 hit point, and the change to your and the homunculus’s hit points ends when you finish your next long rest. The reduction to your hit point maximum can’t be removed by any means

Horgar Steelshadow V

Monsters Out of the Abyss

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, Horgar can utter a special command

","rollAction":"Leadership Die"} to its roll provided it can hear and understand Horgar. A creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if Horgar is incapacitated. Enlarge

Drannin Splithelm

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Action Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Drannin takes an additional action on his turn. Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when Drannin hits with it (included in

the attack). Dwarven Resilience. Drannin has advantage on saving throws against poison. Indomitable (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Drannin can reroll a saving throw that he fails. He must use

Zargash

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

with deadZargash worships Orcus, the Demon Prince of Undeath, who has promised to transform Zargash into a vampire after a lifetime of faithful service. For a living priest to worship Orcus is utter

Amble

Monsters Locathah Rising

target also gains 1 temporary hit point per die spent. Amble regains all expended dice when they finish a long rest. Hidden Paths (4/Day). (As a Bonus Action) Amble may teleport up to 60 feet to an

Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover

Shadar-kai Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Sworn to the Raven Queen’s service, the mysterious shadar-kai venture into the Material Plane from the Shadowfell to advance her will. Once they were fey like the rest of their elven kin, and

Dodecahedron of Doom

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

click whenever the die is cast. The dodecahedron can be hurled up to 60 feet as an action. A random magical effect occurs when the die comes to rest after rolling across the ground for at least

This twelve-sided metal die is 12 inches across and bears the numbers 1 through 12 engraved on its pentagonal sides. The dodecahedron contains arcane clockwork mechanisms that whir and

Martial Adept Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

. A superiority die is expended when you use it. You regain your expended superiority dice when you finish a short or long rest.

Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice). You gain one superiority die, which is a d6 (this die is added to any superiority dice you have from another source). This die is used to fuel your maneuvers

Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its

. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this

Gnoll Witherling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

by hunger, leaving more flesh for the rest of the war band. Gnolls The first gnolls were hyenas transformed by magic. Many of them were then corrupted by the demon lord Yeenoghu. Whether in

service to Yeenoghu or dedicated to the survival of their kin, gnoll war bands seek to soften up foes with surprise attacks and to leave no survivors alive.PoisonRampage. After the witherling reduces a

Gnoll Hunter

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

vanguard, they creep around, picking off isolated opposition while clearing the way for the rest of the force to advance. Hunters are particularly skilled with the longbow, and they fire arrows with

The first gnolls were hyenas transformed by magic. Many of them were then corrupted by the demon lord Yeenoghu. Whether in service to Yeenoghu or dedicated to the survival of their kin, gnoll war

Flumph Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Deficiency. If the flumph is knocked prone, roll a die. On an odd result, the flumph lands upside-down and is incapacitated. At the end of each of its turns, the flumph can make a DC 10 Dexterity saving

creature can remove the stench on itself by using a short rest to bathe in water, alcohol, or vinegar.Psychic

Alagarthas

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

bludgeoning damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, Alagarthas can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it can see within 30 feet

creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if Alagarthas is incapacitated.This prince made a bargain with Endelyn Moongrave and is paying the price. He longs to return to

Hobgoblin Warlord Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Javelin","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Leadership"} to its roll provided it can hear and understand the hobgoblin. A creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if the

Hobgoblin Captain Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

(1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Javelin","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the hobgoblin

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Leadership"} to its roll provided it can hear and understand the hobgoblin. A creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. This effect ends if the hobgoblin is incapacitated.

Will-o'-Wisp (Variant)

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Constitution saving throw against this magic or die. If the target dies, the will-o’-wisp regains 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Consume Life"} hit points. Ephemeral. The

(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

Dracohydra

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

knocked unconscious. Whenever the dracohydra takes 30 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the dracohydra dies. At the end of its turn, the dracohydra grows two

of its own. If left alone, they hunt the local fauna almost to extinction, then move on to threatening the folk of nearby settlements. A dracohydra can sometimes be found in the service of the spellcaster who created it, kept obedient by the rituals of their creation.

Donaar Blit'zen

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Champion Challenge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, Donaar causes each creature of his choice that he can see within 30 feet of him to make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a

or 2 on a damage die, he can reroll the die and must use the new roll. Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Whip"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target

Glaive

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Self-Preservation"}.Since the Mournland’s earliest days, Glaive has wielded her namesake weapon in service to the Lord of Blades’ bloody conquest of the

Short or Long Rest). Glaive enters a state of overdrive that lasts for 1 minute or until she has the incapacitated condition. While in overdrive, Glaive gains the following benefits: Glaive has

Elder Oblex Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and become memory drained until it finishes a short or long rest or until it benefits from the greater restoration or heal spell. Constructs, oozes, plants, and

drained beyond the first, the die size increases by one: the d4 becomes a d6, the d6 becomes a d8, and so on until the die becomes a d20, at which point the target becomes unconscious for 1 hour. The

Adult Oblex Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Eat Memories","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and become memory drained until it finishes a short or long rest or until it benefits from the

ability check or attack roll it makes. Each time the target is memory drained beyond the first, the die size increases by one: the d4 becomes a d6, the d6 becomes a d8, and so on until the die becomes a

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