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Returning 35 results for 'shadow cause'.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
cause the Moonblade to flash brightly. Each other creature that is within 30 feet of you and not behind Total Cover must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have the Blinded condition for 1
serving you. The entity appears in an unoccupied space within 120 feet of you. It uses the Shadow stat block with these changes: it is a Fey, has a Neutral alignment, and doesn’t create new shadows
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
As an action, you make a few snips with these iron shears and cause the shadow of a Humanoid creature you can see within 5 feet of you to detach from its source. If the creature is unwilling to give
next dawn.
The shadow (variant);detached shadow is rooted to the spot where it was snipped until you use a bonus action to cause it to behave in one of the following ways, either of which is possible
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
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Shard of Shadow. Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Shard of Shadow"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d6 + 7);{"diceNotation":"1d6+7
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shard of Shadow","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in dim light or darkness
, the dragon has resistance to damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the dragon can take the Hide action as a bonus action.
Sunlight
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in dim light or darkness
, the dragon has resistance to damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the dragon can take the Hide action as a bonus action.
Sunlight
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
initiative ties), Belashyrra can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
An eye opens on a solid surface within 60 feet of
’s lair is known to touch remote areas of the Shadow Marches and caverns below Xen’drik. A region containing a passage to Belashyrra’s lair is warped by its magic, which creates one or
Drow Shadowblade
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Charisma (spell save DC 13). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: dancing lights
1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)
Shadow Step. While
drow makes two attacks with its shadow sword. If either attack hits and the target is within 10 feet of a 5-foot cube of darkness created by the shadow sword on a previous turn, the drow can dismiss
Drow Shadowblade (Summoner Variant)
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Charisma (spell save DC 13). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: dancing lights
1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)
Shadow Step. While
drow makes two attacks with its shadow sword. If either attack hits and the target is within 10 feet of a 5-foot cube of darkness created by the shadow sword on a previous turn, the drow can dismiss
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
By gathering threads of shadow material from the Shadowfell, you create a Huge shadowy dragon in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The illusion lasts for the spell’s duration
your turn, you can move the illusion up to 60 feet. At any point during its movement, you can cause it to exhale a blast of energy in a 60-foot cone originating from its space. When you create the
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
You weave together threads of shadow to create a sword of solidified gloom in your hand. This magic sword lasts until the spell ends. It counts as a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient
the attack roll with advantage.
If you drop the weapon or throw it, it dissipates at the end of the turn. Thereafter, while the spell persists, you can use a bonus action to cause the sword to
Githzerai Anarch
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
action to cause one of the following effects; the anarch can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
The anarch casts the lightning bolt spell (at 5th level), but the anarch can change the
spell (as a 9th-level spell) using the unformed substance of Limbo instead of shadow material. If used in Limbo, the object remains until the anarch’s concentration is broken, regardless of its
Moonblade
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
action to cause the moonblade to flash brightly. Each creature that can see you and is within 30 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become blinded for 1 minute. A creature
appears in an unoccupied space within 120 feet of you. It uses the statistics for a shadow, except it is neutral, immune to effects that turn undead, and doesn’t create new shadows. You control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Scissors of Shadow Snipping Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Fey or a Spellcaster) As an action, you make a few snips with these iron shears and cause the shadow of a Humanoid creature
not the shadow is snipped, this property of the scissors can’t be used again until the next dawn. The detached shadow is rooted to the spot where it was snipped until you use a bonus action to cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
(necromancy)
1st Level
Cause fear (necromancy)
2nd Level
Earthbind (transmutation)
Mind spike (divination)
Shadow blade (illusion)
3rd Level
Enemies abound (enchantment)
Summon lesser demons
(conjuration)
Thunder step (conjuration)
4th Level
Charm monster (enchantment)
Elemental bane (transmutation)
Shadow of moil (necromancy)
Sickening radiance (evocation)
Summon greater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Shadow Blade 2nd-level illusion Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You weave together threads of shadow to create a sword of solidified
, it dissipates at the end of the turn. Thereafter, while the spell persists, you can use a bonus action to cause the sword to reappear in your hand. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
either attack hits and the target is within 10 feet of a 5-foot cube of darkness created by the shadow sword on a previous turn, the drow can dismiss that darkness and cause the target to take 21
drow kills a lesser demon and mystically prevents it from reforming in the Abyss. This ritual creates a shadow demon and infuses the drow with shadow magic. VARIANT: SHADOW DEMON SUMMONING
Some drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
cult as guardians and companions. Rakdos giants, along with ogres draped in hooked chains and spikes, carry and set up tents and stages — and cause utter mayhem when blood lust seizes them. Rakdos
Hell hound MM 3 Nightmare MM 3 Ogre chain brute MTF 5 Barbed devil MM 5 Cambion MM 6 Bloodfray giant GGR 7 Blood witch GGR 9 Master of cruelties GGR 9 Shadow horror GGR 11 Horned devil MM 12 Sire of insanity GGR 24 Rakdos GGR ZOLTAN BOROS
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Illusory Dragon 8th-level illusion Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute By gathering threads of shadow material from the Shadowfell, you create
, you can cause it to exhale a blast of energy in a 60-foot cone originating from its space. When you create the dragon, choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, or poison. Each
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Two Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility
has taken on a young red shadow dragon as a protégé.
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Two ancient dragon lovers—one ancient deep dragon;deep and one ancient white dragon;white—see each other only
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
preventing it from restoring itself if it is attacked. Alternatively, other combinations of controls might cause the Infernal Machine to teleport its most critical components to some hiding place deep in space
foods, hobbies, music, and so forth become unbearable to you.
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Your shadow becomes an undead shadow that shares your alignment and is under your control.
Your shadow behaves disapprovingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
mysterious and terrifying figure known far and wide as “the Dark Lady.” Locals warn everyone to stay well away from the ruins. The truth of the tale is that the “Dark Lady” is a female adult black shadow
. Reason to Visit. A side trek in chapter 6 takes place at Rundreth Manor, and the characters have a chance to confront the Dark Lady and perhaps find common cause against the cults.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
restrictions (see “Alterations to Magic”). The shadow dragon’s despair can cause other areas of Vanrakdoom to slide in and out of the Shadowfell at irregular intervals — sometimes for a few seconds or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
mischievous antics cause disorder and destruction out of proportion to the demons’ small size. Diabolic Demons. Many of the demons of Ravnica are monstrous, winged creatures of human-like form. They are
best represented by the statistics of the nalfeshnee, the shadow demon, or the vrock in the Monster Manual. Demons associated with the Cult of Rakdos often have fiery attacks that make them similar to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
(transmutation)
Shape water (transmutation)
Thunderclap (evocation)
Toll the dead (necromancy)
1st Level
Absorb elements (abjuration)
Catapult (transmutation)
Cause fear (necromancy)
Earth tremor
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Maximilian’s earthen grasp (transmutation)
Mind spike (divination)
Pyrotechnics (transmutation)
Shadow blade (illusion)
Skywrite (transmutation, ritual)
Snilloc’s snowball swarm (evocation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
city, with individuals serving as tyrants over city districts. The city’s rulers rarely meet in council, and when they do, the quarrelsome tyrants rarely find common cause or any basis for agreement
they are far enough inland that they have little cause to honor Thassa, and many of them view Iroas as an enemy of their people. They worship a more ancient aspect of Karametra, who demands blood to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Chromatic Dragons Severin and his supporters intend to use the ancient draconic artifact known as the Draakhorn to rally the chromatic dragons to Tiamat’s cause. However, chromatic dragons are
forget that the evil dragons are on the move. Whenever the adventurers are outside, they might see a dragon winging overhead in the distance. The shadow of a dragon could fall across the adventurers in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Chromatic Dragons Severin and his supporters intend to use the ancient draconic artifact known as the Draakhorn to rally the chromatic dragons to Tiamat’s cause. However, chromatic dragons are
forget that the evil dragons are on the move. Whenever the adventurers are outside, they might see a dragon winging overhead in the distance. The shadow of a dragon could fall across the adventurers in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Chromatic Dragons Severin and his supporters intend to use the ancient draconic artifact known as the Draakhorn to rally the chromatic dragons to Tiamat’s cause. However, chromatic dragons are
forget that the evil dragons are on the move. Whenever the adventurers are outside, they might see a dragon winging overhead in the distance. The shadow of a dragon could fall across the adventurers in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zhentarim The Black Network has an open recruitment policy. Anyone can join. Tenacity and loyalty are highly valued (but not essential) traits in new members. The Zhentarim is a shadow organization
oppose Manshoon want to expose and destroy him before they are themselves apprehended or driven out of the city by the local authorities. Adventurers can’t join Manshoon’s cause, but they can join and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. He is a specialist in diplomacy and intimidation whom Cavallah trusts to monitor the members of Daask and maintain morale. Ash is a female human priest of the Shadow. As the most powerful and beloved
of Daask’s priests, she runs the Temple of the Six. Some worry that Ash plans to challenge Cavallah for leadership, which could cause a rift in the organization’s membership. The gnoll Keshta commands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the Treaty of Thronehold ended the Last War. But all of those questions remain unanswered. No one knows the cause of the Mourning or whether it could suddenly expand anew. Breland opened its borders to
Khorvaire; some are treated with pity, others with suspicion or anger. And fear of the Mourning hangs like a shadow across Khorvaire. Could it happen again? Is this how the world ends?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
important magic item or of destroying a baleful artifact.
3 A red dragon is the cause of raging wildfires, making the hunt for the dragon even more dangerous.
4 A red dragon is unusually
, which escape into the surrounding countryside and cause mischief.
3 A young red dragon serves as the guardian of a githyanki creche, hoping to eventually earn the allegiance of the young githyanki
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Bahamut decided to teach you a lesson. You have been trapped in a weak, humanoid body, with your memories of your former life but a dim shadow. You remember only one thing with perfect clarity: Bahamut’s
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Bahamut decided to teach you a lesson. You have been trapped in a weak, humanoid body, with your memories of your former life but a dim shadow. You remember only one thing with perfect clarity: Bahamut’s
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
decided to teach you a lesson. You have been trapped in a weak, humanoid body, with your memories of your former life but a dim shadow. You remember only one thing with perfect clarity: Bahamut’s
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.