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Monsters
Monster Manual
can choose to succeed instead.
Lordly Presence. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, any enemy that starts its turn in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the animal lord. Failure: The target suffers the
other magical effects.Multiattack. The animal lord makes two attacks, using Rend or Radiant Ray in any combination, and uses Animal Spirit.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13
Monsters
Monster Manual
, it can choose to succeed instead.
Lordly Presence. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, any enemy that starts its turn in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the animal lord. Failure: The target suffers the
animal lord has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The animal lord makes two attacks, using Rend or Radiant Ray in any combination, and uses Animal Spirit
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spirit Jar. If destroyed, the lich reforms in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spirit Jar"} days if it has a spirit jar, reviving with all its Hit Points. The new body appears in an unoccupied space within the lich’s lair.Multiattack. The lich
Monsters
Monster Manual
block.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the animal lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Lordly Presence. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, any enemy that starts its turn in a 30
other magical effects.Multiattack. The animal lord makes two attacks, using Rend or Radiant Ray in any combination, and uses Animal Spirit.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13
Monsters
Monster Manual
succeed instead.
Lordly Presence. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, any enemy that starts its turn in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the animal lord. Failure: The target suffers one of the following
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The animal lord makes two attacks, using Rend or Radiant Ray in any combination, and uses Animal Spirit.
Rend. Melee Attack
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: Bat, Cat, Frog, Hawk, Lizard, Octopus, Owl, Rat, Raven, Spider, Weasel, or another Beast that has a Challenge Rating
of 0. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a Celestial, Fey, or Fiend (your choice) instead of a Beast. Your familiar acts
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast
question). If a one-word answer would be misleading, the DM might instead offer a short phrase as an answer.
On a failed save, you take 6d6 Psychic damage and have the Incapacitated condition until you finish a Long Rest. A Greater Restoration spell cast on you ends this effect.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
cast a spell, you can’t cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Spirit of Kas. While the sword is on your person, you gain the following benefits:
Battle Hunger. You add 1d10 to your
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
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Legendary Resistance (4/Day or 5/Day in Lair). If Valindra fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Spirit Gem. If destroyed, Valindra re-forms in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spirit Gem"} days if her spirit gem is intact, reviving with all her Hit Points. The new body appears in an unoccupied space within her lair.Multiattack. Valindra makes
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
instead.
Magic Resistance. Zlan has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Next of the Seven (6/Year). If Zlan dies within 100 miles of a piece of chardalyn at least 4
Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
barbarian who follows this path rages, the barbarian contacts the spirit world and calls on these guardian spirits for aid.
Barbarians who draw on their ancestral guardians can better fight to protect
6th
Spirit Shield (2d6)
10th
Consult the Spirits, Spirit Shield (3d6)
14th
Vengeful Ancestors, Spirit Shield (4d6)
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
barbarian who follows this path rages, the barbarian contacts the spirit world and calls on these guardian spirits for aid.
Barbarians who draw on their ancestral guardians can better fight to protect
6th
Spirit Shield (2d6)
10th
Consult the Spirits, Spirit Shield (3d6)
14th
Vengeful Ancestors, Spirit Shield (4d6)
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
enter the afterlife, the spirit sometimes becomes a mirror shade instead. Mirror shades are incorporeal Undead that, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often
’d never see her again—then, to our horror, we did.”
—Hopewell Lightfinger, Sword Coast Adventurer
When the spirit of a malevolent trickster or callous rogue refuses to
monsters
in the unoccupied space nearest his spirit jar. If Azalin’s spirit jar is destroyed, he instead revives in 4d10;{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Darklord Restoration
Darklord Restoration. If Azalin dies and his spirit jar remains intact, he revives with all his Hit Points in 2d10;{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Darklord Restoration"} days
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
You summon a spirit that assumes the form of a loyal, majestic mount. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the spirit takes on a form you choose: a griffon, a pegasus, a peryton, a dire
wolf, a rhinoceros, or a saber-toothed tiger. The creature has the statistics provided in the Monster Manual for the chosen form, though it is a celestial, a fey, or a fiend (your choice) instead of its
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Iggwilv has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. (This trait is bestowed by her robe of the archmagi.)
Special Equipment. Iggwilv wears
fey spirit. While possessed, the target must obey Iggwilv’s commands. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, banishing the fey spirit and ending the effect on
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Vecna fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Vecna carries a magic dagger named Afterthought. In the hands of anyone other than
Vecna, Afterthought is a Dagger, +2;+2 Dagger.
Undying. If Vecna is slain, his soul refuses to accept its fate and lives on as a disembodied spirit that fashions a new body for itself after 1d100
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
forces that threaten their charges or to seek knowledge and power that will help them safeguard their charges better. Wherever these druids go, the spirits of the wilderness are with them.
Circle of the
Shepherd Features
Druid Level
Feature
3rd
Speech of the Woods, Spirit Totem
6th
Mighty Summoner
10th
Guardian Spirit
14th
Faithful Summons
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand
: 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
Contact Other Plane
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long- dead sage, or some other mysterious entity from another plane. Contacting this extraplanar intelligence can strain or even break your mind. When
the question). If a one-word answer would be misleading, the GM might instead offer a short phrase as an answer.
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
forces that threaten their charges or to seek knowledge and power that will help them safeguard their charges better. Wherever these druids go, the spirits of the wilderness are with them.
Circle of the
Shepherd Features
Druid Level
Feature
2nd
Speech of the Woods, Spirit Totem
6th
Mighty Summoner
10th
Guardian Spirit
14th
Faithful Summons
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Spellcasting.Aleron was once a tiefling adventurer, but unlike so many victims of the Deck of Many Things, he never drew the Skull card. Instead, when one of his allies drew the card and faced the avatar of death
Undead in the Grim Harrow, considering himself better than all of them and unjustly condemned to the Gardens of Decay for an act of altruism.
Though the weakest of the Harrow’s three leaders
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the maw of Sekolah fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Water Breathing. The maw of Sekolah can breathe only underwater.Multiattack. The maw of
Actions). The ferocious spirit of Sekolah flashes through the water, tearing through the foes of the maw of Sekolah. Each creature of the maw's choosing within 60 feet of it must make a DC 16 Dexterity
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
saving throw to take only half damage, the eidolon instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails. It can’t use this trait if it’s incapacitated
, 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
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Fire Absorption. Whenever the golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The golem is immune to
golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
hit. On a success, Fautomni drops to 1 hit point instead.
Karlov: Unnatural Vigor. When Karlov regains hit points, he has advantage on attack rolls he makes on his next turn.
Vuliev: Teleportation
regains hit points equal to half the amount of damage the target takes)
1/day each: sanctuary, spirit guardians (at 4th level)
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the ghost fails a saving throw, it
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
instead.
Unusual Nature. The ghost dragon doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The ghost dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11
immune to this ghost dragon’s Terrifying Breath for the next 24 hours.A dragon’s attachment to a hoard can be strong enough to bind the dragon’s spirit to existence after death. Such
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Voice from the Past (1/Day). The professor can cast the contact other plane spell to contact a long-dead spirit, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two
saving throw or be restrained for 1 minute, but the restrained target’s speed is halved instead of being reduced to 0. At the start of each of its turns, the restrained target takes 4 (1d8
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
create illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals
go out of their way to avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some engagement
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
with its body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might instead attach itself to a nearby wall or a ceiling, using the remnants as bait; any creature that stops to
hibernation that can last for months, though it is still aware when prey comes near. A trapper on the verge of starvation might defy its instincts and abandon its old territory in search of better hunting.
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
limbs, with the effect of such loss determined by the GM. If the creature has no limb to sever, you lop off a portion of its body instead.
In addition, you can speak the sword’s command word to
, fine art, and poetry. Vain, the weapon strives to improve its appearance. It craves gemstones and seeks out better ones with which to adorn itself. Most of all, it longs to return to the forests around
Find Familiar
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse
, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast.
Your
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
like doing their own killing, since leucrottas are meticulous in their cruelty and able to draw out kills for better and longer sport. And when there are no victims to be had, a leucrotta can mimic the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. When it drops to 0 hit points, the shard disappears and leaves a Tiny cracked gemstone in its space. The gemstone matches the kind
them to fulfill the dragon’s designs.
A draconic shard is difficult to destroy. Destroying the shard’s spectral form or an object the shard inhabits forces the spirit into the form of a
Charlatan
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
Ideal
1
Independence. I am a free spirit—no one tells me what to do. (Chaotic)
2
Fairness. I never target people who can’t afford to lose a few coins. (Lawful)
3
there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her.
4
I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who