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Dungeon Master’s Guide
attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you hit an Undead with this weapon, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage, and the target regains 1d10 Hit Points. If this Necrotic damage reduces you
to 0 Hit Points, Blackrazor devours your soul (see “Devour Soul” below).
While you hold this weapon, you have Immunity to the Charmed and Frightened conditions, and you have Blindsight
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Initiative rolls.
Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in
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Magic Weapon. You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with the sword, which scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20 and deals an extra 2d10 Slashing damage to Undead
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
. On a failed save, the creature dies and, if it is a Humanoid, turns into a Zombie.
Magic Weapon. You can wield the wand as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made
skull surmounts it. For this to happen, the long-lost hero must first be restored to life—no easy task, given the fact that Orcus has imprisoned the hero’s soul and keeps it hidden and well
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
from the eye (save DC 18). The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Each time you cast a spell from the eye, there is a 5 percent chance that Vecna tears your soul from
on Initiative rolls.
Necrotic Reduction. As a Magic action, you can target one creature you can see within 5 feet of yourself. The target makes a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 7d6 Necrotic
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
Diabolic Ward. Attack rolls against the devil have Disadvantage. If the devil makes an attack roll, this trait is suppressed until the start of its next turn.
Diabolical Restoration. If the devil
promise wealth or influence to corruptible mortals, often securing a deal with a contract they produce in a flash of brimstone. This contract binds the mortal signatory’s soul to the Nine Hells
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack (Vampire Form Only). The vampire makes two Hellfire Claw attacks and uses Bite.
Hellfire Claw (Vampire
emerging at night to commit unsavory deeds.
What?! A vampire who’s sold their soul to Mephistopheles for even more power? Wound not my unbeating heart. Tell me it’s not true! Oh, wait. Of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;t put the drow to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes
.
Variant: Demon Summoning
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows them to summon a yochlol.
Summon Demon (1/Day). The drow
Soul Monger
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
advantage on attack rolls.
Weight of Ages. Any beast or humanoid, other than a shadar-kai, that starts its turn within 5 feet of the soul monger has its speed reduced by 20 feet until the start of that
Fey Ancestry. The soul monger has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to sleep.
Innate Spellcasting. The soul monger's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
-evil creature carrying a number of soul coins greater than its Constitution modifier has disadvantage on its attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.
Using a Soul Coin. A soul coin has 3 charges
Soul coins are about 5 inches across and about an inch thick, minted from infernal iron. Each coin weighs one-third of a pound, and is inscribed with Infernal writing and a spell that magically binds
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
magical effects.Multiattack. The quori makes two Soul Binding attacks. Alternatively, it can make four attacks with Arcane Blast.
Arcane Blast. Ranged Spell Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13
"} force damage.
Soul Binding. Melee Spell Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Soul Binding"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (4d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"4d10+7
Blackrazor
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. It has the following additional properties.
Devour Soul
Whenever you use it to reduce a creature to 0 hit points, the sword slays the creature and
devours its soul, unless it is a construct or an undead. A creature whose soul has been devoured by Blackrazor can be restored to life only by a wish spell.
When it devours a soul, Blackrazor grants
Reincarnate
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails.
The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The GM rolls
You touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
drow to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes three Shadow
-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves.
drow shadowblade (summoner variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow shadowblades have an action that allows them to summon a demon
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the saving throw at the start of its turn. If the creature does so, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against the bodak until the start of its next turn. If the creature looks at the bodak in the
attack rolls and ability checks.
Unusual Nature. The bodak doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Its blade is cruelly serrated, and its hilt resembles a demonic head and wings. Whenever you slay a creature with an attack
using the dagger, the creature’s soul is imprisoned inside the dagger, and that creature can be restored to life only by a wish spell. The dagger can hold a maximum of five souls.
For each
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Instinctive Reflexes. The conduit has advantage on initiative rolls, and it can’t have disadvantage on attack rolls.
Unarmored Defense. While the conduit is wearing no armor and wielding no
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Halfling Nimbleness. Oren can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than his.
Lucky. When Oren rolls a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, he can reroll
soul.”
Bond: “You had me at ‘Can I buy you a drink?’”
Flaw: “I have a knack for putting myself in harm’s way. Good thing I’m lucky!”Poison
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Blurred Form. Attack rolls against the eidolon are made with disadvantage unless the eidolon is incapacitated.
Incorporeal Movement. The eidolon can move through other creatures and objects as if
":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ghostblade","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.When a mortal soul traumatically sacrifices its
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
First Strike. The reckoner has advantage on initiative rolls.
Spellcasting. The reckoner is a 5th-level Boros spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12, +4
dealt by the attack.Boros reckoners combine physical power and magical prowess, serving as the shock troops of the legion. They are adept at breaking up mobs and organized lines of defense. Sometimes
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
Reckless. At the start of her turn, Holga can gain advantage on melee weapon attack rolls during that turn, but attack rolls against her have advantage until the start of her next turn.
Special
Equipment. Holga carries a darksteel greataxe, a magic weapon that grants her resistance to lightning damage while she carries it (included above).
Unarmored Defense. While Holga isn’t wearing
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
has disadvantage on attack rolls.
2: Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of the gazer’s next turn.
3: Frost Ray. The
kill.
Gazer (Familiar Variant);Variant: Gazer Familiar
Spellcasters who are interested in unusual familiars find that gazers are eager to serve someone who has magical power. Unless its master is
Resurrection
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You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its
. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
Casting this
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the demilich regains hit points equal to the total damage dealt to all targets.
Trap Soul. The demilich targets one creature that it can see within 30 feet of it. The
target must make a DC 20 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the target’s soul is magically trapped inside one of the demilich’s gems. While the soul is trapped, the target&rsquo
Monsters
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Unarmored Defense. While the adept is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
West Wind is armed with a longsword that is a blade of the medusa.Multiattack. The
+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Blade of the Medusa","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If West Wind rolls a 20 on the attack roll, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution
Monsters
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Unarmored Defense. While the adept is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
East Wind is armed with a longsword that is a polymorph blade.Multiattack. The
":"damage","rollAction":"Polymorph Blade","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If East Wind rolls a 20 on the attack roll, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or suffer the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
spells and other magical effects.
Soul Thirst. When it reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the shadar-kai can gain temporary hit points equal to half the creature’s hit point maximum. While the
shadar-kai has temporary hit points from this trait, it has advantage on attack rolls.
Weight of Ages. Any Beast or Humanoid (except an elf) that starts its turn within 5 feet of the shadar-kai has its
Sailor
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
more than one deserving soul to a briny grave. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad
Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage.
Variant Sailor: Pirate
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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Grappler. The mimic has advantage on attack rolls against any creature grappled by it.
Magic Resistance. The mimic has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
damage on a successful one.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 mimics—that spits acid.Acid
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although you’re more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter.
Variant: Investigator
Rarer
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. Choose one of the following effects:
Weal. The creature has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws for the next hour.
Woe. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls
property, there is a chance that one of the souls trapped in the deck escapes. Roll d100 and consult the Souls of the Tarokka table. If you roll one of the high cards, the soul associated with it escapes
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Needle Defense. Each time a creature makes a melee attack against a needle lord, it takes 2 piercing damage. A creature can choose to make an attack with disadvantage to avoid this damage.Multiattack
damage.A wise ranger knows that the sight of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created
Raise Dead
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You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to
.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the Gray Wavers—the Flaming Fist harbor guards—and have a sense of how to operate the city’s mechanized cranes.
Variant Sailor: Pirate
You spent your youth under the sway of a
dread pirate, a ruthless cutthroat who taught you how to survive in a world of sharks and savages. You’ve indulged in larceny on the high seas and sent more than one deserving soul to a briny grave
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Fist attacks against one random creature within reach. If no creatures are within reach, the giant flies into a rage and gains advantage on all attack rolls until the end of its next turn.
4–5
two Fist attacks against one random creature within reach. If no creatures are within reach, the giant flies into a rage and gains advantage on all attack rolls until the end of its next turn.Bite
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Blurred Form. Attack rolls against the eidolon are made with disadvantage unless the eidolon is incapacitated.
Evasion. If the eidolon is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity
, it has advantage on the attack roll.When a mortal soul traumatically sacrifices its identity in order to escape the Underworld as a Returned, its identity manifests as a spirit-like eidolon. While