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Spells
Player’s Handbook
the shadowy door to a demiplane you created with a previous casting of this spell. Additionally, if you know the nature and contents of a demiplane created by a casting of this spell by another creature, you can connect the shadowy door to that demiplane instead.
You create a shadowy Medium door on a flat solid surface that you can see within range. This door can be opened and closed, and it leads to a demiplane that is an empty room 30 feet in each dimension
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
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
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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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Terrifying Breath"}. The ghost dragon exhales shadowy mist in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 21 Constitution
saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 40 (9d8);{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Terrifying Breath", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage and is frightened of the
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
darkvision.
Shadowy Demise. If Sion dies, his body melts into shadow, leaving behind only equipment he was wearing or carrying.
Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, Sion has disadvantage on attack rolls
"} necrotic damage.
Affix Shadow. Sion targets a creature within 60 feet of himself that he can see. That target must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the target has the grappled
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Two Heads. The sorrowsworn has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.
Rising Anger. If another creature deals damage to the
other creature has dealt damage to it since the end of its last turn.Multiattack. The sorrowsworn makes two Hook attacks.
Hook. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
ink at one creature within 15 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the end of the inkling’s next turn.Squelching slightly as they
wriggle through the air, inklings serve as the mascots for Silverquill College. These living blobs of shadowy ink are often summoned by professors who require assistance in their writing workshops—the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"4d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Embrace", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Medium or smaller creature. Until the grapple
sorrowsworn can grapple only one creature at a time.Tightening Embrace. If the sorrowsworn takes damage, the creature grappled by Embrace takes 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Actions). The ferocious spirit of Sekolah flashes through the water, tearing through the foes of the maw of Sekolah. Each creature of the maw's choosing within 60 feet of it must make a DC 16 Dexterity
one.Summoned from the shadowy depths of the ocean through ritual and tidal magic, the Maw of Sekolah appears in The Final Enemy as the avatar of the hungry sahuagin god. This huge, two-headed shark is fed a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Psychic Leech. At the start of each of the sorrowsworn’s turns, each creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType
", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 15) if it is a Large or smaller creature. The sorrowsworn has two harpoon arms and can grapple up to two creatures at once
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Necrotic Breath"}. The dragonborn exhales shadowy fire in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature takes 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Breath", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is frightened of the dragonborn for
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Wretched Pack Tactics. The sorrowsworn has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the sorrowsworn’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t
spending 5 feet of its movement on its turn. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the sorrowsworn.Horrid little monsters, wretched sorrowsworn—or the Wretched&mdash
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Life Hunger. If a creature within 60 feet of the sorrowsworn regains hit points, the sorrowsworn gains two benefits until the end of its next turn: it has advantage on attack rolls, and its Bite
creature, the sorrowsworn can’t make a Claw attack.Horrible creatures with grasping claws and distended jaws, hungry sorrowsworn—also known as the Hungry—do whatever is necessary to
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Shadowy Form. While the darkweaver is in dim light or darkness, attack rolls against it are made with disadvantage unless the darkweaver has the incapacitated condition.
Spider Climb. The darkweaver
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
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in the priest’s body, manifesting as a shadowy Soul Tattoo on the
","rollAction":"Soul Tattoo"}. The priest touches one of the Soul Tattoos on its body. The tattoo vanishes as the trapped soul manifests as a shadowy creature that appears in an unoccupied space the priest
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
enters another creature's space (or vice versa) for the first time on a turn, the other creature must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or be pulled into the living spell's extradimensional space
, an unfurnished stone chamber 30 feet in every dimension. A creature too big to fit in this space succeeds on the saving throw automatically. Creatures in the chamber never run out of breathable air
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in the priest’s body, manifesting as a shadowy Soul Tattoo on the priest. The soul is freed if the priest dies.
Necrotic Bolt
soul manifests as a shadowy creature that appears in an unoccupied space the priest can see within 30 feet of it. The creature has the size and silhouette of its original body, but it otherwise uses the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
":"recharge","rollAction":"Soul Tattoo"}. The priest touches one of the Soul Tattoos on its body. The tattoo vanishes as the trapped soul manifests as a shadowy creature that appears in an unoccupied
boon, it revives at the start of its next turn with half its hit points restored, and its creature type is now Undead.
To prevent this revival, the Tattoo of Osybus on the priest’s body must be
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in the priest’s body, manifesting as a shadowy Soul Tattoo on the priest. The soul is freed if the priest dies.
Necrotic Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +7
tattoo vanishes as the trapped soul manifests as a shadowy creature that appears in an unoccupied space the priest can see within 30 feet of it. The creature has the size and silhouette of its original
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in the priest’s body, manifesting as a shadowy Soul Tattoo on the priest. The soul is freed if the priest dies.
Necrotic
on its body. The tattoo vanishes as the trapped soul manifests as a shadowy creature that appears in an unoccupied space the priest can see within 30 feet of it. The creature has the size and
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Soul Tattoo"}. The priest touches one of the Soul Tattoos on its body. The tattoo vanishes as the trapped soul manifests as a shadowy creature that appears in an
Vampiric Boon. When the priest deals necrotic damage to any creature, the priest gains a number of temporary hit points equal to half that necrotic damage. The priest’s speed also increases by
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, the boneclaw can pull the target up to 10 feet toward itself, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). The boneclaw has two claws. While a claw grapples a
creature of the boneclaw’s choice within 15 feet of it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 34 (5d12 + 2);{"diceNotation":"5d12+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shadow
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spectral Touch", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature
spectral cloud emits intensely cold wind in a 60-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that area must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 38 (7d10
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
smaller creature grappled by the cave fisher’s Adhesive Filament must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the target is pulled into an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the
Filament.A cave fisher is a subterranean arachnid with a long snout that houses spinnerets, enabling the creature to produce sticky filaments, much like the strands of a spider;spider's webbing
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Phantom Deathwolf"}. The deathwolf creates a terrifying phantom of itself in the mind of a creature the deathwolf can see within 60 feet of itself. The target must
each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.The deathwolf can take up to two reactions per round but only one per turn.
Imposing Slash. When a creature within 5 feet of the deathwolf
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
.
Cold Aura. At the start of each of the drowned master's turns, each creature within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Cold Aura","rollDamageType
":"cold"} cold damage. A creature that touches the drowned master or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Cold Aura
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
., one creature. Hit: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Paralyzing Touch","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw
her Paralyzing Touch.
Frightening Gaze (Costs 2 Actions). Valindra fixes her gaze on one creature she can see within 10 feet of her. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw against
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Death Rune). Melee Spell Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Reaping Scythe"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 38 (7d10);{"diceNotation":"7d10", "rollType
the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Paralyzing Touch"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Paralyzing Touch","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold
). The lich fixes its gaze on one creature it can see within 10 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw against this magic or become frightened for 1 minute. The frightened
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
and occupies its space, as if it were a creature.
When the illusion appears, any of your enemies that can see it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of it for 1 minute. If a
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
undead.Paralyzing Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Paralyzing Touch"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6
be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Exethanter regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Cantrip. Exethanter casts a cantrip.
Paralyzing Touch
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
summons shadowy, necrotic fire that fills a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point he can see within 90 feet of himself. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 14
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Strike", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, Strahd can forgo dealing slashing damage; the target then has the grappled
Spells
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
You call forth a shadowy spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Shadow Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an emotion
: Fury, Despair, or Fear. The creature resembles a misshapen biped marked by the chosen emotion, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
in this stat block.
Relentless Stride (Loathsome Limbs Only). The horror can move through the space of another creature. The first time on a turn that the horror enters a creature’s space
during this move, the creature must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.Multiattack. The horror makes two Limbs attacks.
Limbs. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
in this stat block.
Bile Body (Oozing Organs Only). Any creature that touches the horror or hits it with a melee attack takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bile
damage.
Grasping Tentacle. The horror’s limb is a grasping tentacle. When the horror hits a creature with this limb, the creature is also grappled (escape DC 16). The limb can have only one creature
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The horror’s limb is a grasping tentacle. When the horror hits a creature with this limb, the creature is also grappled (escape DC 16). The limb can have only one creature grappled at a time
.
Poisonous Limb. The horror’s limb deals piercing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, when the horror hits a creature with this limb, the creature must succeed on a DC 15