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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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This fearsome steel helm makes your eyes glow red and hides the rest of your face in shadow while you wear it.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Hit Points. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead
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
Monsters
Monster Manual
finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast that spell again.
Vile Appearance. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, any Beast or Humanoid that starts its turn within 30 feet of the hag and can see the hag
":"Slashing"} Slashing damage.
Death Glare (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Death Glare"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, one Frightened creature the hag can see within
Spells
Player’s Handbook
neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death.
This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn’t restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs
integral for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead 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.
Monsters
Monster Manual
lair feel as if they’re being watched. Any creature (excluding the death tyrant and its allies) that finishes a Short Rest while within 1 mile of the lair must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving
throw or gain no benefit from that rest.
If the death tyrant dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.PoisonNegative Energy Cone. The death tyrant’s central eye emits an
Monsters
Monster Manual
Multiattack. The death dog makes two Bite attacks.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4
. First Failure: The target has the Poisoned condition. While Poisoned, the target’s Hit Point maximum doesn’t return to normal when finishing a Long Rest, and it repeats the save every 24 hours
Feats
Player’s Handbook
by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Shadow Magic. Choose one level 1 spell from the Illusion or Necromancy school of magic. You always have that spell and the Invisibility spell prepared. You can cast each of
these spells without expending a spell slot. Once you cast either spell in this way, you can’t cast that spell in this way again until you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast these spells
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shadow Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place
within 1 mile of the lair.
Looming Shadows. Shadows within 1 mile of the lair seem to move as if alive. Any creature (excluding the vampire and its allies) that finishes a Short Rest while within 1
Monsters
Monster Manual
or Success: If the target is a creature and this damage reduces it to 0 Hit Points, it disintegrates into dust. 10: Death Ray. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16. Failure: 55 (10d10);{"diceNotation":"10d10
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Ray", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Success: Half damage. Failure or Success: The target dies if the ray reduces it to 0 Hit
Monsters
Monster Manual
. The area within 1 mile of the lair is Lightly Obscured by pale fog. Whenever a creature other than the dracolich or one of its allies finishes a Long Rest in that area, it must succeed on a DC 15
Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level.
Soul Drain. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Disadvantage on Death Saving Throws.
If the dracolich is destroyed or moves its lair elsewhere
Monsters
Monster Manual
. Whenever a creature other than the dracolich or one of its allies finishes a Long Rest in that area, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level.
Soul Drain
. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Disadvantage on Death Saving Throws.
If the dracolich is destroyed or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately. The effects resume if the dracolich gains a new body (see its Soul Gem trait).Necrotic, Poison
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
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.
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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
Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
While you’re wearing this fearsome steel helm, your eyes glow red and the rest of your face is hidden in shadow.
Special Use: You have Advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks you make to intimidate a Humanoid who sees you wearing this helm.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
can’t take this action again until the start of her next turn.
Stealth Attack. Karas makes one Dread Dagger attack and uses Withdraw.Assassin Heir to a Sinister Legacy
After the death of
free themselves from that god’s malignant shadow. However, none have embraced the Chembryls’ tyrannical legacy more than Karas Chembryl, a ruthless assassin whose devotion to the gods Bane
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
consciousness and all its Strength after finishing a short or long rest.
A creature whose shadow has detached from it is cursed. If a shadowless creature is subjected to any spell that ends a curse, or if
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
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
A creature that touches this ornate wooden vessel for 1 minute gains the benefits of a short rest. That creature also gains the effects of the bless spell until the creature finishes a short or long
rest. The creature can’t gain these benefits again until it finishes a long rest.
If the vessel is opened, roll on the Pyxis of Pandemonium table to determine what happens. Any spells cast by
Shadow
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest.
If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll"} hours
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
Gloom Weaver
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the following warlock spells
and casts one spell that takes 1 action to cast.
Shadow Spear. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shadow Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your
, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goat-like legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Amorphous. The assassin can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the assassin can take the Hide action as a bonus action
.
Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the assassin has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.Multiattack. The assassin makes two Shadow Blade attacks.
Shadow Blade. Melee
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
gleaming, fruitful places, where dream and reality blur together and where the weary can find rest.
Circle of Dreams Features
Druid Level
Feature
2nd
Balm of the Summer Court
6th
Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow
10th
Hidden Paths
14th
Walker in Dreams
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
them take on a ghastly appearance and disappear, as well as twist shadow into terrifying bolts of energy that drain the vigor of their victims.
Death Giants
Long ago, a large band of cloud giants
gains temporary hit points equal to the damage dealt.Death giant reapers wield massive scythes and wear armor that resembles the carapaces of giant insects. They wield the magic of shadow, which lets
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
radiant energy from their staves to repel a host of supernatural entities.
An exorcist’s senses pierce the veil of death to perceive wandering ghosts on the Ethereal Plane as well as shadow demon
(exorcist’s choice).
Admit Entity (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Admit Entity"}. The exorcist thins the veil of death for a creature it can see within 60
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the heart, causing those nearby to feel the approach of death. If detected, gloom weavers use their shadow magic to reduce enemies to ghastly corpses.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live
being charmed, and magic can’t put it to sleep.Multiattack. The shadar-kai makes three Shadow Spear attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Shadow Spear. Melee or Ranged
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling
; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
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
":"damage","rollAction":"Oversized Longbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Dreadful Aspect (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Ziraj exudes magical menace. Each enemy within 30 feet of
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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
people. Chaos can only destroy, and her visions are a tool to ensure that society can live in safety in all variants of the future.
Shadar-kai
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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
now they exist in a strange state between life and death. Eladrin and shadar-kai are like reflections of each other: one bursting with emotion, the other nearly devoid of it.
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
feats
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
The shadow you cast is animate and ever-present—sometimes it even acts according to its own will. You gain the following features.
Grasping
Shadow. You learn the Mage Hand spell and can cast it without spell components. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell (choose when you select this feat
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The darkweaver makes two Shadow Web attacks and one Bite attack. It can use Reel after any of these
if the target is a creature, the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
speed reduced by 20 feet until the start of that creature’s next turn.Multiattack. The shadar-kai makes two Shadow Dagger attacks.
Shadow Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Shadow Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (4d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d4+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shadow
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
return to the Gardens of Decay with the hunt incomplete. Powerful Undead, such as vampire;vampires and death knight;death knights, might be accompanied by packs of harrow hounds.PoisonNecrotic, Psychic
; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksShadow Step (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Shadow Step"}. The hound magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 40 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Gods of the grave watch over the line between life and death. To these deities, death and the afterlife are a foundational part of the multiverse. To desecrate the peace of the dead is an abomination
. Deities of the grave include Kelemvor, Wee Jas, the ancestral spirits of the Undying Court, Hades, Anubis, and Osiris. Followers of these deities seek to put wandering spirits to rest, destroy the