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Cloaker
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
itself if it isn't in bright light. The duplicates move with it and mimic its actions, shifting position so as to make it impossible to track which cloaker is the real one. If the cloaker is ever in
whether it targets the cloaker or one of the duplicates. A creature is unaffected by this magical effect if it can't see or if it relies on senses other than sight.
A duplicate has the cloaker's AC and
Mirror Image
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Three illusory duplicates of yourself appear in your space. Until the spell ends, the duplicates move with you and mimic your actions, shifting position so it's impossible to track which image is
hits it. It ignores all other damage and effects. The spell ends when all three duplicates are destroyed.
A creature is unaffected by this spell if it can't see, if it relies on senses other than sight, such as blindsight, or if it can perceive illusions as false, as with truesight.
Shifter
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an
can’t fully change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features — a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
+5, Insight +4, Nature +2, Perception +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Shifting (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus
over much of their bodies. When a shifter fully embraces the beast within by “shifting,” these features become even more pronounced. Shifter
Medium humanoid (shifter), any alignment
Armor Class 14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
or heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an
features—a state they call shifting. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. A shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
or heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an
change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features — a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
move with you and mimic your actions, shifting position so it’s impossible to track which image is real. You can use your action to dismiss the illusory duplicates. Each time a creature targets you
destroyed. A creature is unaffected by this spell if it can’t see, if it relies on senses other than sight, such as blindsight, or if it can perceive illusions as false, as with truesight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Doppelganger Shape-Shifting Infiltrator Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Individual Doppelgangers are supernatural beings with the ability to shape-shift into any humanlike form. Their mind
-reading abilities aid them in creating near-perfect disguises and plucking secrets from unguarded minds. Occasionally, doppelgangers use their shape-shifting ability in more overt ways, transforming into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
move with you and mimic your actions, shifting position so it’s impossible to track which image is real. You can use your action to dismiss the illusory duplicates. Each time a creature targets you
destroyed. A creature is unaffected by this spell if it can’t see, if it relies on senses other than sight, such as blindsight, or if it can perceive illusions as false, as with truesight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Compositions 1d6 The Air Elemental’s Body Features... 1 Cumulus or cirrus clouds. 2 A mixture of vibrantly colored gases. 3 A pungent, sour-looking miasma 4 Shifting cloud clusters that resemble
, Slashing
Immunities Poison, Thunder; Exhaustion, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Unconscious
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Primordial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
wereboars suffer their shape-shifting nature as a curse, with some involuntarily transforming any time they perform a greedy act or indulge their selfish nature. Wereboar Medium or Small Monstrosity
+2
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 10 +0 +0
Wis 11 +0 +0
Cha 8 −1 −1
Skills Perception +2
Gear Javelins (6)
Senses Passive Perception 12
Languages Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Oni Wickedness Drawn to the Wicked Habitat: Forest, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Oni are elusive entities that inhabit dark forests and other wildernesses. By shape-shifting into the form of an
+2
Wis 12 +1 +4
Cha 15 +2 +5
Skills Arcana +5, Deception +8, Perception +4
Resistances Cold
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Giant
CR 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
companies of mortal soldiers from above or fly ahead of roc-mounted skyknights. They don’t shy away from the blood, pain, and confusion of combat; rather, they immerse themselves in the shifting tides
of battle. Only by wading into the battle can they fulfill their responsibility to carry out the commands of the warleaders by adapting their tactics to the shifting situation on the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Mimic Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary
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CON
17 (+3)
INT
9 (−1)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Stealth +7
Damage Immunities acid
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
like living sandstorms, they create mesmerizing dances with their ever-shifting forms. It’s tempting to view the various hulks as symbols of the long, slow decline of the giants as a people. But that’s
Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, restrained
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Giant, Terran
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Air Form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, these noxious manipulators appear as ever-shifting masses of dripping tentacles and toxic flesh crowned by a single baleful eye. More often, though, yochlols take the form of spiders or zealous cultists
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 12
Languages Abyssal, Elvish, Undercommon
CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4)
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the yochlol dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Hoard Mimic Kin to the common mimic described in the Monster Manual, hoard mimics are among the oldest and most cunning of their kind. A hoard mimic’s massive, amorphous form and shape-shifting
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CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Con +6, Wis +6
Skills Persuasion +3, Stealth +6
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Draconic, telepathy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
plague their victims, shape-shifting to pose as other creatures and make their targets believe the world has turned against them. By night, these hags reinforce their tortures with terrifying dreams. Once
, Stealth +5
Resistances Cold, Fire
Immunities Charmed
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal, Primordial
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Coven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
how to behave and speak authentically. Hedonistic Swindlers. Doppelgangers work alone or in small groups, with group roles shifting from con to con. While one doppelganger takes the place of a murdered
, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to polymorph
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, while a white dragon’s animated cold breath looks like a walking ice sculpture with frigid air whirling around it. A blue dragon’s animated lightning breath is a constantly shifting form of crackling
, poisoned, restrained, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Draconic but can’t speak
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Chromatic Form. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
crescent moon, seasons, or momentous events. Weretigers often view their abilities as a blessing or a family honor, and they use their shape-shifting abilities to defend something with historic
Con 16 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 10 +0 +0
Wis 13 +1 +1
Cha 11 +0 +0
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4
Gear Longbow
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Senses Passive Perception 15
Languages Understands Common and Elvish but can’t speak
CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Traits
Flyby. The peryton doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out of
attack reduces a Humanoid target to 0 Hit Points, the peryton kills the target by removing its heart.
Phase Spider Plane-Shifting Arachnid Ambusher
Habitat: Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
15 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
13 (+1)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
14 (+2)
Skills Stealth +5
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon
its actions, shifting position so as to make it impossible to track which cloaker is the real one. If the cloaker is ever in an area of bright light, the duplicates disappear.
Whenever any creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
through shades of indigo and sea green. Their innate magic provides them with limited shape-shifting abilities and the power to create illusions. Irda Seeker Irda seekers are skilled spies who use their
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Saving Throws Dex +4, Cha +5
Skills Insight +6, Perception +6, Stealth +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., truesight 5 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Giant, Sylvan
Challenge 1 (200 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Mindwitnesses have been known to ally with flumphs (see the Monster Manual) and planar beings such as demons, shifting their worldview and alignment to match those of their new masters. Mindwitness
Large
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INT
15 (+2)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +5
Skills Perception +8
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
18 (+4)
DEX
11 (+0)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Athletics +6, Perception +4, Survival +4
Damage Resistances cold
Senses
ever-shifting ice floes. These polar werebears attack evil in the wilderness, but they steer clear of camps and settlements. Fire is Oyaminartok’s bane, and thus she and her kind are wary around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
shifting to a green color as he greets the cadets. The autognome introduces himself to any characters who didn’t meet him in the previous Spelljammer Academy adventure. Mister Blip’s eyes shift to a
Like the Real Thing. The simulation around the characters affects all their senses. Everything looks, feels, and sounds real, with the illusion able to create the sense that the characters are in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
telepathic creatures to tell it what to do. Mindwitnesses have been known to ally with flumphs and telepathic planar beings such as demons, shifting their worldview and changing their alignment to match that
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CON
14(+2)
INT
15(+2)
WIS
15(+2)
CHA
10(+0)
Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +5
Skills Perception +8
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to drag victims into its bulk. Those consumed by Juiblex are obliterated. Juiblex
Huge Fiend
, and slashing that is nonmagical
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious
Senses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
slashing from nonmagical attacks
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Magic Resistance. The high fae has advantage on
slashing from nonmagical attacks
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Evasion. If the high fae is subjected to an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Skills Deception +9, Perception +5, Stealth +10
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Common, thieves’ cant, plus any one language
(+5)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
18 (+4)
Saving Throws Dex +9, Int +9
Skills Deception +12, Perception +7, Stealth +13
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses blindsight 30 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 19 (22,000 XP)
Death Throes. When the balor dies, it explodes, and each creature within 30 feet
, Stealth +5
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
+ 3)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
13(+1)
DEX
12(+1)
CON
12(+1)
INT
10(+0)
WIS
11(+0)
CHA
11(+0)
Skills Perception +2, Athletics +3
Senses passive Perception 12
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 25
Languages Common, Sphinx
Challenge 21 (33,000 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. Isperia’s innate spellcasting ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
) protect the mound and obey either of the sovereigns. Sovereign Phylo. The sovereign towers above the other myconids, its multiple caps swaying with the sinuous shifting of its thick stalk as it moves
infected with Zuggtmoy’s spores, it senses the alien nature of the demon lord’s corruption. It can’t identify Zuggtmoy’s spores, but knows only that it has not encountered them before. This is unusual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
“Shape-Shifting” section later in this chapter offers more information and inspiration. (See the metallic dragons in the Monster Manual.) Damage Absorption. You might decide that a red or gold dragon is
cavernous hall at the center of the world, just as a lich’s essence is hidden in a phylactery. (See the lich in the Monster Manual.) Special Senses. Most dragons have blindsight and darkvision. You