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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Death
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Power Word Kill
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Speak with Dead
1
While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0
from it (save DC 18). The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Animate Dead
1
Blight
2
Circle of Death
3
Finger of
Drow Inquisitor
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Discern Lie. The drow knows when she hears a creature speak a lie in a language she knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to
rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes three death lance attacks.
Death Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
tentacles, each ending in a mouth full of teeth. It can speak through any of its tentacle-maws in a high-pitched, nasal voice.
Death kisses fear true beholders, which can easily kill or subdue them
Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Blood", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the confines of an ice prison from which he cannot escape.
Most of the cultists are Icewind Dale natives who would
have perished in the wilderness had Levistus not intervened on their behalf. The cultists’ stories are all the same: the archdevil reached out to them in their minds as they were freezing to death
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Tail or Necrotic Bolt attack.
Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling necrotic energy 60 feet tall and
Gallows Speaker
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
speakers arise from places of mass death or sites where creatures regularly meet their doom. Over time, pain-wracked phantoms and lingering souls combine into an entity that knows death in myriad forms
suffering, foreseeing dooms leveled against them and overwhelming their foes with visions of innumerable violent deaths.
Gallows speakers rarely speak coherently or communicate with the living, instead
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant)
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Discern Lie. The drow knows when she hears a creature speak a lie in a language she knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to
rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes three death lance attacks.
Death Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area
);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.Ancient legends speak of a seelie fey who betrayed the Summer Queen. In the Summer Queens
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
dead (as an action), dispel magic, speak with dead
1/day each: finger of death, plane shift (self only), project imageSkall can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Baleful
Aura of Death. Creatures within 30 feet of Skall have disadvantage on death saving throws.
Cosmic Annihilation. A creature killed by Skall can be restored to life only by means of a true
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
):
At will: druidcraft, spare the dying
1/day each: antilife shell, bane, feign death, speak with deadProfessors of decay wield magic that drains and twists the essence of the professors&rsquo
natural cycle instruct their students to exploit the essence of life for their own needs. Professors of decay unravel the mysteries of death and the transition of decay, and they teach that any life
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Knights of the Black Sword are a secret society of cultists devoted to Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the
’ stories are all the same: the archdevil reached out to them in their minds as they were freezing to death, offering a second chance at life in exchange for their absolute devotion. After they
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Death Gaze. When a creature that can see the bodak’s eyes starts its turn within 30 feet of the bodak, the bodak can force it to make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw if the bodak isn’t
(3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Gaze", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage on a failed save.
Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid
Darkling Elder
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area
must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burn","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
: dancing lights, mage hand, message, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardiansThe Uthgardt are suspicious and
on an Uthgardt shaman’s tribe, the shaman’s Innate Spellcasting feature gains additional spells the shaman can cast once per day.
Black Lion: chill touch, feign death, revivify
Black
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Death Rune. The giant has a death rune inscribed on a giant’s skull in its possession. While holding or wearing the skull bearing the rune, the giant can use its Reaping Scythe action and
Shroud of Souls bonus action.
The skull bearing the death rune has AC 18; 35 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The skull regains all its hit points at the end of every turn
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, Strahd takes 20 radiant damage at the start of his turn, has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and can’t use his Change Shape bonus action.Multiattack. Strahd makes two Death Strike
attacks. He can replace one of these attacks with Blighted Fire if available.
Death Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Death Strike"} to hit
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takes 20 Radiant damage if he starts his turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, he has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. Strahd makes two Death Strike attacks. He can replace
one of these attacks with a use of (A) Bite or (B) Spellcasting to cast Fireball if available.
Death Strike. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Death
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Material Plane to forge their own destinies.
Once shadar-kai were Fey like the rest of their elven kin; now they exist in a state between life and death, thanks to being transformed by the Shadowfell
race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you.
While
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
, speak with dead
1/day each: banishment, dispel evil and goodDauntless in the face of death, exorcists in the Heralds of Dust cleanse hapless creatures and resting places haunted by ghost;ghosts, specter
(exorcist’s choice).
Admit Entity (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Admit Entity"}. The exorcist thins the veil of death for a creature it can see within 60
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
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", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Success: Half damage.
Face of Death (1/Day). Charisma Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 60-foot Emanation originating from Lord Soth. Failure: 22 (4d10
);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Face of Death", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the creature has the Frightened condition. Success: Half damage only
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
, guidance
2/day each: goodberry, greater restoration, pass without trace, speak with plantsMisty Escape. If the Forest Master takes damage from a melee attack, he, along with any equipment he is wearing or
carrying, teleports to an unoccupied space within 30 feet that he can see.Said to be older than the trees themselves, the Forest Master is a wise and powerful unicorn who rules over the creatures of
Shapechange
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Basic Rules (2014)
so. You can't use any special senses you have (for example, darkvision) unless your new form also has that sense. You can only speak if the creature can normally speak.
When you transform, you
rules for the original form, with one exception: if your new form has more hit points than your current one, your hit points remain at their current value.
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
sickness
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, gentle repose, hold person, ray of enfeeblement, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, magic circle, speak with dead, spirit guardians
, vampiric touch
4th level (3 slots): banishment, blight, death ward, divination, locate creature
5th level (2 slots): antilife shell, cloudkill, contagion, greater restoration
6th level (1 slot): create
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
.
Spellcasting. The apprentice casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability:
At will: druidcraft, spare the dying
1/day each: death
ward, pass without trace, speak with plantsWither Burst. When the pledgemage sees a creature within 30 feet of itself drop to 0 hit points, the pledgemage channels the expended life essence and targets
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8
;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
1
I speak slowly and deliberately, pausing to reflect after (or sometimes in the middle of) each utterance.
2
I am more
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
.
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
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
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
Darkling
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area
speak of a seelie fey who betrayed the Summer Queen. His true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spellcasting ability:
1/day each: greater restoration, mass cure wounds, plant growth, revivify, speak with deadBeledros can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
intertwined magic of life and death. Her power taps into the life force flowing through living things and the natural world. She manipulates that energy to give healing and life or to bring death and
Wave
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak
with aquatic animals as if using a speak with animals spell, using telepathy to involve its wielder in the conversation.
Personality
When it grows restless, Wave has a habit of humming tunes that vary
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or
raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
command, illusory script
2nd
enthrall, ray of enfeeblement, zone of truth
3rd
bestow curse, speak with dead, spirit guardians
4th
blight, death ward
secretly a Dimir agent and tries to make sure that I keep that secret hidden.
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I’m fascinated by the culture of the Golgari kraul, and I have formed a friendship with one of their death