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Relentless Nightmare

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Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the nightmare fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Nightmarish Restoration. If the nightmare dies, its body disappears into mist, and it gains a

creature cursed by its Haunter’s Spear. This trait doesn’t function if there are no remaining targets cursed in this way.Multiattack. The nightmare makes two Haunter’s Spear attacks. It can

Derro Raider

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

", "rollAction":"Hooked Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the derro can choose to deal no damage, and instead the target has the prone

Magic Resistance. The derro has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the derro has disadvantage on attack rolls.Hooked Spear

College of Glamour

classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college instead use this

The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs, eladrin, and other fey

Colossus of Akros

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt. Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Magic

Weapons. The colossus's weapon attacks are magical. Siege Monster. The colossus deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The colossus of Akros makes two melee attacks. Spear. Melee

Returned Sentry

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

","rollAction":"Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing

damage, or 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack, plus 7 (2d6

Chakuna

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Scratch or Barbed Spear in any combination. She can replace one attack with a Bite attack. Bite (Panther or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit

subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15. Failure: The target is Curses;cursed. If the cursed target drops to 0 Hit Points, it instead becomes a werepanther under the DM’s

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, or 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing

College of Choreography

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Inspire Your Allies and Confound Enemies with Deft Movement Bards of the College of Choreography tell stories and perform music without making a sound, choosing to instead move with Fey-like grace

and magic to evade harm and inspire others. These dances originate from the Festerwood, whose radiant spores and light made for miraculous performances and deadly hazards. These Bards can be found

Red Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath

instead. Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18

White Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath

instead. Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18

Green Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath

instead. Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18

Blue Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath

instead. Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18

Viari

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Evasion. If Viari is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he instead takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only half

adventurer was nearly cut short during a battle of which the bards still sing. Unleashing a devastating attack with the aptly named Apocalypse Dagger, the rogue destroyed a giant single-handedly — and lost

Materializer

classes

Easily Create and Destroy Matter as a Master Artisan and Arcanist Some Wizards abandon the limitations set by magic schools and instead focus on the binding force that holds everything together

possibility presented by raw materials and are found as readily studying ancient lore as they are in the center of a bustling forge. Many followers of this tradition take great care and pride in their Component Pouches and find great kinship among Bards, artists, and other craftsmen.

Black Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath

instead. Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18

Bel

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

, mirror image, mislead, raise dead, teleport, wall of fire 1/day each: imprisonment, meteor swarm Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bel fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic

the die is subtracted from the next attack roll made against Bel or an ally of his choice within the next minute. Summon Ice Devil (Costs 3 Actions). Bel magically summons an Ice Devil (Spear Variant

Vladeska Drakov

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

instead. Actions Multiattack. Vladeska makes two Pike attacks. She can replace one attack with an Impaling Spear attack. Impaling Spear. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft

. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Piercing damage, and the target is impaled on Vladeska’s spear. While impaled, the creature has the Restrained condition and takes 3 (1d6) Piercing damage at the start of each of

Bard Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve

Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow

College of Glamour

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

College of Glamour The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs

, eladrin, and other fey, these bards learn to use their magic to delight and captivate others. The bards of this college are regarded with a mixture of awe and fear. Their performances are the stuff of

Relentless Killers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Actions Multiattack. The slasher makes two Slasher’s Knife attacks. Slasher’s Knife. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll

; PB +4) Traits Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the nightmare fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Nightmarish Restoration. If the nightmare dies, its body disappears into

Colossus of Akros

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt. Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Magic Weapons. The colossus’s

weapon attacks are magical. Siege Monster. The colossus deals double damage to objects and structures. Actions Multiattack. The colossus of Akros makes two melee attacks. Spear. Melee or

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death. Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who

Ruhk Neega Bone Crusher 7 Mobad Baggi Flesh Ripper 8 Shamog Shautha Doom Hammer 9 Mugrub Ovak Elf Butcher 10 Bajok Vola Spine Snapper 11 Rhorog Engong Death Spear 12 Jahrukk Volen The Brutal

Derro Raider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

effects. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the derro has disadvantage on attack rolls. Actions Hooked Spear. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing

damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the derro can choose to deal no damage, and instead the target has the prone condition. Throwing Hammer. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage.

Chakuna

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Actions Multiattack. Chakuna makes three attacks, using Scratch or Barbed Spear in any combination. She can replace one attack with a Bite attack. Bite

15. Failure: The target is cursed. If the cursed target drops to 0 Hit Points, it instead becomes a werepanther under the DM’s control and has 10 Hit Points (use the Weretiger stat block). Success: The

16. Secret Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

warrior armed with a spear and shield. The shield, which rests on the floor, resembles a sundial, complete with a marker standing out from the wall. Etched on the shield’s surface are runes in Olman

script. The message on the shield reads, “Turn back!” Instead of being part of a solid carving, the shield has a seam that a character can discover with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check

Khoravar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of Thelanis. These

avoid or end the Unconscious condition, you can succeed instead. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish 1d4 Long Rests. Skill Versatility. You gain proficiency in one skill or

Talentan Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

, and bards and rogues certainly have a place on the plains. Outlander is a logical background, but you could easily be a bold folk hero, a dashing entertainer, or a clever charlatan. You could even be an

. Hermit and Outlander are sound backgrounds, but you could be an acolyte or a sage who consults with spirits instead of reading books. Warriors and shamans alike often wear masks in order to present a

Modifying a Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, paladins might not swear their oaths to ideals, but instead swear fealty to powerful sorcerers. To capture this story concept, you could build a new paladin spell list with spells meant to protect

firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four

Xabazhut's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

) Ancient lyre whose arms are capped with dragon heads made of gold (worth 250 GP) Jade orb (worth 100 GP) engraved in Infernal with the name of Nessus Cube of Summoning Instrument of the Bards (Doss lute) Silvered Weapon (Spear)

Mielikki

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

attract. She is the patron of rangers in the same way that Milil is the patron of bards, but even rangers rarely pray to her directly. They instead pray to Gwaeron Windstrom, who they believe will

Elf Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Trance. Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such

is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the

The Old Dartwild Cabin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

imparts the following information: Grave Theft. Two halflings dug up his grave in the dead of night and stole his Canaith mandolin (an instrument of the bards). Frody wants it back. (“It was a gift

characters slay Frody instead, he reappears 24 hours later as a neutral good ghost and haunts Toadhop until his spirit finds rest—which happens only when Golden Axe is returned to Frody’s grave.

Elf Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Trance. Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such

is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. Subrace. Ancient divides among the

Orcs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

been settled by the elves. Each place that Gruumsh wanted had already been claimed. The other gods laughed at Gruumsh, but he responded with a furious bellow. Grasping his mighty spear, he laid waste to

, instead converting ruins, cavern complexes, and defeated foes’ villages into fortified camps and strongholds. Orcs build only for defense, making no innovation or improvement to their lairs beyond

Relentless Impaler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

instead. Actions Multiattack. The impaler makes one Spike attack and two Wicked Spear attacks. Spike. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) piercing damage, and

a ceremonial stake, which is plunged into the heart of a living sacrifice. The hulking form of the relentless impaler then emerges from the sacrifice’s pool of blood, spear in hand. A relentless

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