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against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The solar makes two Flying Sword attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Slaying Bow.
Flying Sword. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +15
magically returns to the solar’s hand or hovers within 5 feet of the solar immediately after a ranged attack.
Slaying Bow. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 21, one creature the solar can see within 600 feet
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
":"damage","rollAction":"Warhammer","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage when used with two hands.
Deathly Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"spell","rollAction
.
Spellcasting. Zargash casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: light, thaumaturgy
1/day each: command, gaseous form, hold person, silence, speak
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Innate Spellcasting. Mordakhesh's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18, +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks
"} slashing damage plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Greatsword","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Chromatic Orb. Ranged Spell Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, Strongheart casts revivify.
Spellcasting. Strongheart casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
3/day each: command, detect evil and good
good.”
Combat Notes
Strongheart prefers to fight with Steel, his trusty sword. His favorite use of the command spell is to compel a foe to “Yield!” (which has the same effect as
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Ezmerelda has the
. The curse lasts until ended with a greater restoration spell, a remove curse spell, or similar magic. When the curse ends, Ezmerelda takes 3d6;{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 26). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing her
other. To keep Bel busy and out of her sight, Zariel tasks him with forging weapons, armor, and gruesome demon-slaying machines.
To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals to create
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
lich’s next turn as incomprehensible whispers fill the target’s mind.
Spellcasting. The lich casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save
lich against destruction, reviving the lich a few days after death. Canny foes can sabotage an eldritch lich’s revival by slaying the lich in a magic circle, thereby forcing the lich to return in
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 26):
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect
gruesome demon-slaying machines.
To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals to create lemure;lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. She is keenly interested in
Solar
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage (included in the attack).
Divine Awareness. The solar knows if it hears a lie.
Innate Spellcasting. The solar's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save
.
Slaying Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Slaying Longbow"} to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6);{"diceNotation":"2d8
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
parent, and when they were around, it was all about them and tales of slaying this demon or vanquishing that dragon. All too often, you’d be woken out of a sound sleep by someone standing outside
consumables, from potions of healing and spell scrolls to copious amounts of dwarven ale. And everyone expects you to swing a sword or sling spells like your famous forebear, making it doubly hard for you to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Minor Items, Very Rare Item Type Attune? Ammunition, +3 Weapon No Arrow of slaying Weapon No Bag of devouring Wondrous item No Horseshoes of a zephyr Wondrous item No Nolzur’s marvelous pigments
Potion of healing, supreme Potion No Potion of vitality Potion No Spell scroll (6th level) Scroll No Spell scroll (7th level) Scroll No Spell scroll (8th level) Scroll No
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
slaying Iskra, the Frostmaiden’s roc (without which Auril can’t cast her nightly spell that keeps the sun at bay), or by facing Auril in battle and defeating all three of the Frostmaiden’s forms sequentially.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Other Rewards If the characters helped solve the murder mystery aboard the Concordant Express, the mind flayer detective Ignatius Inkblot uses its plane shift spell to deliver a wrapped parcel to the
Weapon. A master smith might be able to work the true name of a creature into an arrow of slaying or other target-specific magic item.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Casualties Slaying a ship’s crew reduces the number of actions most ships can take, making the crew a tempting target in combat. Resolve individual attacks as normal, using the guidelines for
spell and crew to determine how many sailors it affects. Alternatively, you can roll 1d6 per level of the spell. The total of the dice is the number of crew members caught in the spell’s area.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Summer Is Coming Slaying Auril or her roc prevents the Frostmaiden from casting her nightly spell, ending her everlasting winter. The characters can also counteract the Frostmaiden’s everlasting
winter by using the Ythryn mythallar to effect a change in the weather, though any such attempt inevitably leads to a confrontation with Auril and her faithful. Only by slaying Auril can the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
: Defiling a sealed tomb Desecrating a temple Slaying a villain who is backed by a powerful entity such as a demon lord or a deity Murdering or grievously harming an innocent Stealing a treasure that is
lay the curse directly, the curse should be obvious in some way, such as a warning of dire consequences carved into the wall of an ancient crypt or relayed by a spell such as magic mouth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Questing Knight Questing knights travel in pursuit of a cause, such as slaying a villain, defeating a monster, recovering an Artifact, or restoring their lost honor. Questing Knight Medium or Small
.
Spellcasting. The knight casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
1/Day Each: Daylight, Dispel Evil and Good, Greater Restoration, Phantom Steed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Holed Up Two winter wolves are extorting the people of Dougan’s Hole for food and treasure on behalf of a woolly mammoth named Norsu. Years ago, a frost druid cast an awaken spell on the mammoth
. Slaying the mammoth is a tall order, so characters would be wise to flee from Norsu or try to reason with it. Norsu and the winter wolves reside in an ice lodge built by Garagai. The wolves try to entice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
folly, but Zargash is twisted beyond any hope of redemption. His hobbies include slaying the living and animating the dead. Alignment. Chaotic evil. Personality Trait. “I do not fear death, for when I
wears a rusty chain shirt under his robe and likes to thwart enemy spellcasters by enveloping them in the area of a silence spell. If defeat seems inevitable, he casts gaseous form on himself and flees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
can transform victims into red or green slaadi. Blue slaadi accompany red slaadi and behave similarly. They innately know the signs of chaos phage and avoid slaying creatures that carry it or other
after finishing a Long Rest. If the curse reduces the target’s Hit Point maximum to 0, the curse ends, and instead of dying, the target instantly transforms into a Red Slaad or, if it can cast spells of level 3 or higher, a Green Slaad. Only a Wish spell can reverse this transformation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
a use of Slaying Bow.
Flying Sword. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +15, reach 10 ft. or range 120 ft. Hit: 22 (4d6 + 8) Slashing damage plus 36 (8d8) Radiant damage. Hit or Miss: The sword magically
returns to the solar’s hand or hovers within 5 feet of the solar immediately after a ranged attack.
Slaying Bow. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 21, one creature the solar can see within 600 feet. Failure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Archery 19–23 Enspelled Armor (cantrip or level 1 spell) 24–28 Enspelled Weapon (cantrip or level 1 spell) 29–33 Gauntlets of Ogre Power 34–38 Javelin of Lightning 39–43 Mariner’s Armor 44–48 Mithral
Enspelled Armor (level 2 or 3 spell) 35–37 Enspelled Weapon (level 2 or 3 spell) 38–40 Flame Tongue 41–43 Giant Slayer 44–46 Horn of Blasting 47–48 Horn of Valhalla (brass or silver) 49–51 Ioun Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
while the two of them are on the same plane of existence. Slaying the bearer of the death mark frees Zorak from Halaster’s geas spell, whereupon the vampire seeks to return to his true lair in the
when the vampire is destroyed. Only a wish spell or a deity can remove a death mark otherwise. The sarcophagus at the bottom of the pit is a 2,000-pound chunk of hollowed-out alabaster. Zorak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
become one of the greatest commanders of his age, and a dragon-slaying specialist. For this, he earned the nickname Shadowsword, along with a legendary reputation for leaving death in his wake. Mordakhesh
Mordakhesh’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18, +10 to hit with spell attacks). Mordakhesh can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chromatic orb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
both clear and present dangers to Avernus. Although Zariel would relish slaying either of them personally, she gladly draws up a contract agreeing to trade Elturel and the souls within the city for
are empty promises, though Gargauth’s fear is real. If the characters give her the shield, Zariel casts dispel evil and good on it. Her spell causes Gargauth to manifest as a miserable, malformed pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
.
Innate Spellcasting. The solar’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 25). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect evil and good
plus 27 (6d8) radiant damage.
Slaying Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) piercing damage plus 27 (6d8) radiant damage. If the target is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, driving out and slaying its original drow denizens. Muiral now spends his days hunting adventurers and other interlopers for fun. Long years alone — and Halaster’s influence — have rendered him utterly
, Dwarvish, Elvish, Goblin, Undercommon
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)
Spellcasting. Muiral is a 13th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Detect Magic spell) can permanently remove them with the Dispel Magic spell (DC 16). Alternatively, anyone can attempt to remove the wards by performing a 1-hour ritual outside the watchtower and
direct it against Mekkalath might regret their decision. For example, the death tyrant might agree to attack the dragon, then start by slaying the peaceful minotaurs and turning them into its zombie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The solar makes two Flying Sword attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Slaying Bow.
Flying Sword. Melee or
feet of the solar immediately after a ranged attack.
Slaying Bow. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 21, one creature the solar can see within 600 feet. Failure: If the creature has 100 Hit Points or fewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
after accepting the dark gift. The beneficiary slays another humanoid that loves or reveres him or her, then drinks the dead humanoid’s blood within 1 hour of slaying it. The beneficiary dies a violent
resurrection spell, except that it works regardless of how long the creature has been dead. After it has been used once, the dark gift vanishes. The beneficiary of this dark gift takes on a corpselike appearance and is easily mistaken for an undead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Entry Hall These rooms form the entrance to what was once a lavish underground mansion. 1a. Left Hand of Manshoon Alarm. An alarm spell has been cast on the 20-foot-square area marked on map 9. It
spell duels.
Undead Guardian. Floating in the middle of the room, 15 feet above the floor, is a man’s withered left hand and forearm, severed at the elbow.
Responding to the alarm spell, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
knowledge of someone who has died are preserved Slaying a Returned and its associated eidolon Your piety score to Athreos decreases if you diminish the River Guide’s influence in the world, impede his work
times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. Athreos’s Votary Piety 10+ Athreos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
general curses can lifted by a remove curse spell, more specific or dramatic curses can’t be permanently lifted through spells. Magic can offer temporary respite, though. A remove curse spell cast on
the victim of such a curse suppresses the burden for 1 hour. A greater restoration spell suppresses the burden until the victim finishes a long rest. Death usually ends a curse, but the curse returns in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
-adventurer parent, and when they were around, it was all about them and tales of slaying this demon or vanquishing that dragon. All too often, you’d be woken out of a sound sleep by someone standing
, from potions of healing and spell scrolls to copious amounts of dwarven ale. And everyone expects you to swing a sword or sling spells like your famous forebear, making it doubly hard for you to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
) whenever they rest or cast a spell within the next 7 days. The croaking vanishes after this time, the giant having forgotten the characters. Slaying the Giant. The giant defends himself if attacked, and
stat block, with the following adjustments: If slain, Kirgaz is restored to life somewhere in the Outlands 24 hours later. Kirgaz can cast teleport without spell components once per day. The demigod is






