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Shadow (Variant)

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Amorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the shadow can take the Hide action as a bonus action

. Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the shadow has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.Strength Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit

Scissors of Shadow Snipping

Magic Items The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

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

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

Drow Shadowblade

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

drow to sleep. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes three Shadow

Sword attacks. One of the attacks can be replaced by a Hand Crossbow attack. The drow can also use Spellcasting to cast darkness. Shadow Sword. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

retreat, silent image Unarmored Defense. While the hobgoblin is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The hobgoblin makes four attacks, each of which can

be an unarmed strike or a dart attack. It can also use Shadow Jaunt once, either before or after one of the attacks. Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Unarmored Defense. While the hobgoblin is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The hobgoblin makes four attacks, each of which can be an Unarmed

Strike or a Dart attack. It can also use Shadow Jaunt once, either before or after one of the attacks. Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Ziraj the Hunter

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Ziraj's prey, or Ziraj might come to their aid to eliminate a common enemy. He's the strong, silent type. The City Watch has received reports of a figure who haunts the rooftops of Waterdeep — a

hulking shadow that glares from its perch, rains down death in the form of long black arrows, and slinks off without so much as a whisper. Where he comes from — if he even has a home — remains a mystery, as

Shadowfell Brand Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

tattoo ends, the tattoo vanishes, and the needle reappears in your space. Shadow Essence. You gain darkvision with a range of 60 feet, and you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Shadowy

Defense. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to become insubstantial for a moment, halving the damage you take. Then the reaction can’t be used again until the next sunset. Magic Tattoo

Priest of Osybus

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Powers. To rid themselves of this curse, Osybus’s former devotees turned to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They received a mission: Provide a mighty noble to serve as

Tattoo (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Soul Tattoo"}. The priest magically animates a soul tattoo on its body that becomes a Shadow in an unoccupied space

City Watch / Investigator

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your

easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although you’re more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter. Variant: Investigator Rarer

Hobgoblin Devastator

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spellcasters who call down fireballs and other destructive magic in the defense of the court they serve, whether that court is in the Feywild or the Material Plane. A hobgoblin devastator on the

examples of such Fey folk, as are hobgoblin iron shadow;hobgoblin iron shadows and nilbog;nilbogs.

Kalaraq Quori

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

eyebinders — entities formed of pure shadow that is outlined by a nimbus of energy. A host of disembodied eyes whirl around a kalaraq, each reflecting a consciousness the creature has consumed. Kalaraq quori

Inspired (Kalaraq variant);Inspired.Cold, Necrotic, Poison, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Returned Palamnite

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance. Returned Masks. Adventurers

. 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

Githzerai Anarch Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

, telekinesis 1/day each: globe of invulnerability, plane shift, teleportation circle, wall of force Psychic Defense. While the anarch is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom

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

Githzerai Anarch

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the githzerai fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC

creation 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

Uthgardt Tribe Member

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

’s Handbook can be used for a character whose origin lies with one of the other barbarian tribes in Faerûn. You might be a fair-haired barbarian of the Reghed, dwelling in the shadow of the

fullest. 3 I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me. 4 I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and

Entertainer - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

From the Oasis Theater’s spectacular singers and acrobats to the pantomimes and shadow puppeteers of the Wide, Baldur’s Gate hosts a colorful array of performers. Good acts can always

occupation or social class that frequents the establishment. This contact is delighted to talk with you, and to listen. Variant Entertainer: Gladiator A gladiator is as much an

Monk

classes Basic Rules (2014)

exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes. Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky

shadow on a balcony a stone’s throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep

Creating a Dragonmarked Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks manifest on certain members of a few species, represented in the rules by variant race options: For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race

that replaces traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race that lets you keep some half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark

Creating a Dragonmarked Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks are associated with race, depicted by a combination of variant races and subraces. For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race that replaces

normal traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race. You keep some of the standard half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark

Creating a Shadow Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Creating a Shadow Dragon Use the Shadow Dragon Personality Traits and Shadow Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive shadow dragon characters. If you use the variant rule in the

Monster Manual for making a dragon a spellcaster, shadow dragons typically have the spellcasting ability of their original forms. Over time, some shadow dragons might replace one or more of their

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

with conducting assassinations and spy missions. Hobgoblin Iron Shadow Medium Fey (Goblinoid), Typically Lawful Neutral Armor Class 15 (Unarmored Defense) Hit Points 32 (5d8 + 10) Speed 40 ft

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow Iron shadows are hobgoblin martial artists who serve fey and mortal courts as secret police, scouts, and assassins. They spy to ferret out treachery, rebellion, and betrayal and

Close to Home

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Vrakir unleashes the fell power of the Book of Vile Darkness. Syr Isbeth, the human leader of the defense effort, received a missive from the arcanaloth Nebukath professing the arcanaloth’s sympathies

Inhabitants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Inhabitants Sythian Skalderang is described at the end of the adventure. His muse, the incubus Joster Mareet, clings to him like a shadow and uses telepathy to communicate secretly with him. The

conservatory’s other regular inhabitants are described below. Demons Joster Mareet petitioned and received aid from Graz’zt in the form of one chasme and six quasits: Chasme. This Large demon crawls

Blood in Borca

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus

Conclusion When the enemies are defeated, the shadowy tattoos on Ansilo coalesce into a shadow raven, then explode into a magical shimmer that dissipates. When the characters leave through the south

Potions of Hill Giant Strength, and a +1 Wand of the War Mage. If Avri survived, he also provides an additional 200 GP and Bracers of Defense.

Drow Shadowblade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

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

shadowblades have an action that allows them to summon a demon. Summon Shadow Demon (1/Day). The drow attempts to magically summon a shadow demon with a 50 percent chance of success. If the attempt

Stat Blocks by Creature Type

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Firenewt warlock of Imix Flind Gnoll flesh gnawer Gnoll hunter Grung Grung elite warrior Grung wildling Hobgoblin devastator Hobgoblin Iron Shadow Illusionist Kobold dragonshield

warlock of Raxivort Yuan-ti broodguard Monstrosities Banderhobb Catoblepas Cave fisher Chitine Choldrith Froghemoth Giant strider Girallon Leucrotta Shadow mastiff Tlincalli

Important Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Greenest. The right side of Nighthill’s face and head are bandaged, his right arm hangs in a sling, and his light blue tunic is stained with his own blood. He received these wounds during the early

, Escobert is in charge of its defense and is the best source of information on the tunnel and the sally port (see “The Old Tunnel” and “The Sally Port” below). He carries an enormous ring of iron and brass keys to the many locks in the keep.

Drow Shadowblade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. A shadowblade gains their powers over shadow via a ritual in which they kill a shadow demon and mystically prevent it from re-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves. Variant

: Demon Summoning Some drow shadowblades have an action that allows them to summon a demon. Summon Shadow Demon (1/Day). The drow attempts to magically summon a shadow demon (see the Monster Manual) with a

Shadowfell Brand Tattoo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

becomes the tattoo, which appears on the skin. If your attunement to the tattoo ends, the tattoo vanishes, and the needle reappears in your space. Shadow Essence. You gain darkvision with a range of 60

feet, and you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Shadowy Defense. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to become insubstantial for a moment, halving the damage you take. Then the reaction can’t be used again until the next sunset.

Eldritch Machines

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Eldritch Machines In a Cannith enclave, a team of artificers maintain the creation forge that produces the warforged. In the Shadow Marches, druids guard the seals that hold the Daelkyr at bay. In

a device can reflect the culmination of a villain’s master plan or a last defense against evil that must be protected at all costs.

Important Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

of Nighthill’s face and head are bandaged, his right arm hangs in a sling, and his light blue tunic is stained with his own blood. He received these wounds during the early stages of the attack and

defense and is the best source of information on the tunnel and the sally port (see “The Old Tunnel” and “The Sally Port” below). He carries an enormous ring of iron and brass keys to the many locks in the keep.

Eldritch Machines

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Eldritch Machines In a Cannith enclave, a team of artificers maintain a creation forge that produces warforged. In the Shadow Marches, druids guard the seals that hold the daelkyr at bay. In the

machine might function only in a manifest zone where two or more planes are coterminous. Ultimately, eldritch machines are plot devices that can represent the culmination of a villain’s master plan or a last defense against evil.

The Church of the Silver Flame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Flame but beware the deceiving whispers of the Shadow in the Flame. The Church of the Silver Flame has a disciplined hierarchy with a martial aspect. Friars and ministers seek to guide people to the

you support the theocracy of Thrane or whether you feel that it’s a mistake to draw the Church into politics. A number of variant sects worship the Silver Flame; you can always find your own path

Whymsee

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

in her head and pull her tentacles up into the shell protectively, like a strange hermit crab. Whymsee (Kraken Priest Variant) Medium humanoid (human), neutral evil Armor Class 17 (natural armor

next turn. Shell Defense. Whymsee withdraws into her shell. Until she emerges, she gains a +4 bonus to AC and has advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in her shell, Whymsee is

Day of Wonders Parade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

attractions of the Sea Maidens Faire with the bizarre inventions of the temple — a plan that is well received. The evening before the Day of Wonders, workers begin assembling the wagons and floats of the

. Jarlaxle is supremely confident that his crews can overcome any threat, so he doesn’t rush to their defense at the first sign of trouble. Only if the characters do considerable damage will he treat

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