skin creature

Barkskin

Spells Player’s Handbook

You touch a willing creature. Until the spell ends, the target’s skin assumes a bark-like appearance, and the target has an Armor Class of 17 if its AC is lower than that.

Aboleth

Monsters Monster Manual

":"Acid"} Acid damage at the end of every 10 minutes unless moisture is applied to its skin before those minutes have passed. Probing Telepathy. If a creature the aboleth can see communicates

to succeed instead. Mucus Cloud. While underwater, the aboleth is surrounded by mucus. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the aboleth at the end of

Aasimar

Species Player’s Handbook

celestial heritage, such as metallic freckles, luminous eyes, a halo, or the skin color of an angel (silver, opalescent green, or coppery red). These features start subtle and become obvious when the

aasimar learns to reveal their full celestial nature. Aasimar Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 4–7 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 30 feet

Orc

Species Player’s Handbook

darkness. Orcs are, on average, tall and broad. They have gray skin, ears that are sharply pointed, and prominent lower canines that resemble small tusks. Orc youths on some worlds are told about their

. Other orcs are happy to leave old tales in the past and find their own way. Orc Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 6–7 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet

Rusted Behemoth

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

, Piercing, or Slashing damage. Response—Constitution Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature of the Rusted’s choice in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the Rusted. Failure: the target has the

Poisoned condition until the end of the target’s next turn.A giant overtaken by the Rusting is a fearsome juggernaut, rending trees and hills in a mindless rage. Their tough, rusted skin turns away

Dardew

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

":"damage", "rollAction":"Fiery Claw", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage. Power Chord. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14, one creature Dardew can see within 120 ft. Failure: 13 (3d6 + 3);{"diceNotation

otherworldly power. His red skin and leathery wings betray his fiendish nature, and his boisterous but smooth voice commands attention. When that fails him, he accentuates his words with audacious riffs on his

Lorwyn Changeling

Species Lorwyn: First Light

truly disguise themselves; rather, their transformations are purely surface level. No matter their form, Lorwyn changelings keep their key traits: blue-green skin, tufts of tentacle-like fur, and bulbous

to contemplate their past deeds. Lorwyn Changeling Traits Creature Type: FeySize: Medium (about 4–7 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 30 feet

Adult Deep Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: 38 (7d10);{"diceNotation":"7d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath

). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the dragon can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The dragon regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns. Pounce. The

Barkskin Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a willing creature. Until the spell ends, the target's skin has a rough, bark-like appearance, and the target's AC can't be less than 16, regardless of what kind of armor it is wearing.

Oil of Taggit (Contact) Legacy

Equipment

. Contact. Contact poison can be smeared on an object and remains potent until it is touched or washed off. A creature that touches contact poison with exposed skin suffers its effects.

A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 24 hours. The poisoned creature is unconscious. The creature wakes up if it takes damage

Crawler Mucus (Contact) Legacy

Equipment

potent until it is touched or washed off. A creature that touches contact poison with exposed skin suffers its effects.

This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated crawler. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The poisoned

Keoghtom's Ointment Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

swallowed or applied to the skin. The creature that receives it regains 2d8 + 2 hit points, ceases to be poisoned, and is cured of any disease.

Coiling Grasp Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo has long intertwining designs. Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo to appear

, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete, the needle turns into the ink that becomes the tattoo, which appears on the skin. If your attunement to the

Restorative Ointment Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

swallowed or applied to the skin. The creature that receives it regains 2d8 + 2 hit points, ceases to be poisoned, and is cured of any disease.

Illuminator's Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

skin where you want the tattoo to appear, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete, the needle turns into the ink that 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. Magical Scribing. While this tattoo is on your skin, you can write with your

Blood Fury Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

your skin, you gain the following benefits: When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend a charge to deal an extra 4d6 necrotic damage to the target, and you regain a number of hit

Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo evokes fury in its form and colors. Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo to appear

Sloughing Toxin

Equipment

This complex toxin makes the muscles beneath a creature’s skin loose and malleable, which seugathi fleshwarpers find useful in their gruesome work. The victim’s rough or jerky movements

concentrate the toxin in subdermal muscles and eventually cause skin and muscle to slough away. A creature subjected to this poison feels no effect until the end of its next turn. If the poison isn

Grung Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Amphibious. The grung can breathe air and water. Poisonous Skin. Any creature that grapples the grung or otherwise comes into direct contact with the grung’s skin must succeed on a DC 12

Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature no longer in direct contact with the grung can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on

Stitching Needle

Equipment

This black iron needle easily pierces the skin. If a creature’s mouth is sewn shut with a Stitching Needle, it loses the ability to speak and cast spells with verbal components. The creature

gains the ability to communicate with telepathy out to a range of 60 feet. Stitching the mouth of a willing, unconscious, or incapacitated creature takes 10 minutes. Removing the stitches takes 1 minute.

Hythonia

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

legendary actions for 1 hour after using Shed Skin. Numbing Claws. Hythonia makes two attacks with her claws. If both attacks hit the same creature, it takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6

(3/Day). If Hythonia fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Petrifying Gaze. When a creature that can see Hythonia’s eyes starts its turn within 30 feet of her, Hythonia can

Hybrid Poisoner

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

critical hit. Poisonous Skin. Any creature that touches the hybrid or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Poisonous

Assassinate. During its first turn, the hybrid poisoner has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't taken a turn. Any hit the hybrid scores against a surprised creature is a

Category 1 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

"} Major Adaptation 1 Acidic Skin. Any creature that touches the krasis or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage

":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

Grung Elite Warrior Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Amphibious. The grung can breathe air and water. Poisonous Skin. Any creature that grapples the grung or otherwise comes into direct contact with the grung’s skin must succeed on a DC 12

Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature no longer in direct contact with the grung can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on

Spawn of Kyuss Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

its claws and uses Burrowing Worm. Burrowing Worm. A worm launches from the spawn of Kyuss at one humanoid that the spawn can see within 10 feet of it. The worm latches onto the target's skin unless the

target succeeds on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw. The worm is a Tiny undead with AC 6, 1 hit point, a 2 (−4) in every ability score, and a speed of 1 foot. While on the target's skin, the worm can

Enucleator Modifications

Equipment

creature in the tank: Bone Spikes. Bony protrusions sprout from the creature’s skin. The creature gains a +1 bonus to the attack and damage rolls of unarmed strikes and natural weapon attacks

. Chromatophores. The creature’s skin gains the camouflaging qualities of a squid. As an action, the creature can make themself invisible for 10 minutes or until they attack, cast a spell, or

Hobgoblin Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Martial Advantage. Once per turn, the hobgoblin can deal an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Martial Advantage"} damage to a creature it hits with a weapon attack

if that creature is within 5 feet of an ally of the hobgoblin that isn’t incapacitated.Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Longsword"} to

Feral Ashenwight

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

creature sometimes rises as an ashenwight. The skin of these Undead horrors is desiccated, and their eyes often glow with otherworldly power.Necrotic, Poison

creature, it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.Feral ashenwights retain a fragment of the spark they had in life. However, they are devoid of memories

Grung Wildling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Amphibious. The grung can breathe air and water. Poisonous Skin. Any creature that grapples the grung or otherwise comes into direct contact with the grung’s skin must succeed on a DC 12

Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature no longer in direct contact with the grung can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on

Aboleth Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can’t regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher

Amphibious. The aboleth can breathe air and water. Mucous Cloud. While underwater, the aboleth is surrounded by transformative mucus. A creature that touches the aboleth or that hits it with a melee

Glowrune Pigment

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This set of 1d4 + 2 small paint pots contains pigments mixed from crushed luminescent gemstones. This magical paint bestows temporary magical gifts on creatures with runes drawn on their skin with

this paint. One paint pot contains enough pigment to paint one rune. A creature can spend 10 minutes to paint one of the following runes onto itself or another creature: Journey Rune. Difficult

Feylost

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

nectar or honey. 3 You have long whiskers like those of a cat. 4 Your ears are covered with soft tufts of fur. 5 Your skin sparkles in moonlight. 6 Flowers either bloom or wilt

understand, even if the Feywild visitor can’t speak that language normally. Feywild Visitor d8 Visitor 1 Awakened creature (a Beast or an ordinary plant that has had the awaken

Category 3 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

"} Major Adaptation 1 Acidic Skin. Any creature that touches the krasis or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 27 (6d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"6d6+6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing

Haungharassk

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Salt Vulnerability. A pound of salt thrown onto the snail's skin deals 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage to the creature. It can climb difficult

Category 2 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Acidic Skin. Any creature that touches the krasis or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acidic Skin

":"to hit"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 17 (2d12 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d12+4","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7

Unsigned Infernal Contract

Equipment

The archdevil who created Shadowkeep for Count Rhodar von Glauer wrote up another contract on human skin that Rhodar hasn’t signed. The contract is written in Infernal. When you sign this

classes. Additionally, you can reassign your six ability scores. You are bound by the contract until the archdevil dies or the contract is broken by a wish spell. The contract can only be signed by one creature.

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