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Player’s Handbook
A churning storm cloud forms for the duration, centered on a point within range and spreading to a radius of 300 feet. Each creature under the cloud when it appears must succeed on a Constitution
. Acidic rain falls. Each creature and object under the cloud takes 4d6 Acid damage.
Turn 3. You call six bolts of lightning from the cloud to strike six different creatures or objects beneath it. Each
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Keen Smell. The lion has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Pounce. If the lion moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the
(Costs 2 Actions). The lion emits a magical roar. Each creature within 60 feet of the lion that can hear the roar must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of the lion until the end of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Vine Lash","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). Until the grapple ends, the target is restrained
. The plant has four vines, each of which can grapple one target.
Entrapping Pod. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or smaller creature grappled by the plant. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
chooses a living Humanoid with 0 hit points that it can see within 30 feet of it. That creature is teleported inside the devourer’s ribcage and imprisoned there. While imprisoned in this way, the
creature is restrained and has disadvantage on death saving throws. If the creature dies while imprisoned, the devourer regains 25 hit points and immediately recharges Soul Rend. Additionally, at the
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Greatsword","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature
feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8);{"diceNotation":"5d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acid Breath","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Mimicry. The wereraven can mimic simple sounds it has heard, such as a person whispering, a baby crying, or an animal chattering. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a
light weapons. They are reluctant to make bite attacks in raven form for fear of spreading their curse to those who don’t deserve it or who would abuse it.
A Kindness of Wereravens. Wereravens
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas
(Survival) check is required to identify it.
Effects of the Mold
Any creature that comes within 5 feet of russet mold must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw as the mold emits a puff of spores. On
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
with two hands to make a melee attack.
Spores (1/Day). A 15-foot-radius cloud of toxic spores extends out from the vegepygmy. The spores spread around corners. Each creature in that area that isn
ages, it grows tougher and develops spore clusters on its body. Other vegepygmies defer to these so-called chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to any creature grappling it.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d8 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d8
that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas, so they’re most
monsters
Explosive Core. When the spore is subjected to Fire damage, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the spore takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
creature within 5 feet. Failure: The target is pulled into the spore’s space and has the Grappled condition (escape DC 16). Until the grapple ends, the target has the Blinded and Restrained
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
fancies itself a conquering general, wandering in search of a forest to conquer and claim. When it sets its sights on a forest, it first focuses on spreading the seed pods that give rise to its needle
Storm of Vengeance
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
A churning storm cloud forms, centered on a point you can see and spreading to a radius of 360 feet. Lightning flashes in the area, thunder booms, and strong winds roar. Each creature under the cloud
(no more than 5,000 feet beneath the cloud) when it appears must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 thunder damage and becomes deafened for 5 minutes.
Each
Shifter
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Geth’s ancient heritage rose up from deep within him, spreading out from the core of his being. Some shifters manifested terrible claws, others massive fangs, still others astounding speed or
also be a cunning rat who darts through the shadows.
Wildhunt shifters are born from any creature that tracks its prey.
While the beast within certainly has a physical impact on a shifter, it has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, centered on a point within range and spreading to a radius of 300 feet. Each creature under the cloud when it appears must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 2d6 Thunder damage and have the
Deafened condition for the duration. At the start of each of your later turns, the storm produces different effects, as detailed below. Turn 2. Acidic rain falls. Each creature and object under the cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spreading to a radius of 360 feet. Lightning flashes in the area, thunder booms, and strong winds roar. Each creature under the cloud (no more than 5,000 feet beneath the cloud) when it appears must
make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 thunder damage and becomes deafened for 5 minutes. Each round you maintain concentration on this spell, the storm produces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
spreading to a radius of 360 feet. Lightning flashes in the area, thunder booms, and strong winds roar. Each creature under the cloud (no more than 5,000 feet beneath the cloud) when it appears must
make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 thunder damage and becomes deafened for 5 minutes. Each round you maintain concentration on this spell, the storm produces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Saprophytic Plague Xanthoria’s research into lichdom and her creation of a living phylactery led to the emergence of the plague spreading across the Sword Coast. Any beast or humanoid that comes
within 10 feet of a creature infected by the saprophytic plague must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or become infected as well. On a successful save, a creature is immune to the plague
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, centered on a point within range and spreading to a radius of 300 feet. Each creature under the cloud when it appears must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 2d6 Thunder damage and have the
Deafened condition for the duration. At the start of each of your later turns, the storm produces different effects, as detailed below. Turn 2. Acidic rain falls. Each creature and object under the cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Duergar Screamer A duergar screamer is a construct that uses sonic energy to grind rock into dust. Duergar accused of spreading gossip or plotting against their superiors are trapped within one of
. Once per turn, a creature that attacks the screamer can target the duergar trapped in it. The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll. On a hit, the attack deals an extra 11 (2d10) damage to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
sarcophagus is a human skeleton clad in bits of rusty mail. False columns along the walls are carved in the image of spreading oak trees. The double doors in the southeast corner are sheathed in tarnished
copper plate.
The three skeletons are animated and attack any creature that comes within 10 feet of the door leading to area 5 or the door leading to area 6, unless that creature is wearing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
fallen, spanning the river and spreading flames on both sides.
The fire has spread through much of the valley. Characters must choose if they want to go around or through the fire. Going Around
the fire instead. For every hour a creature spends in the air above the wildfire, it makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature gains 1 Exhaustion level from exposure to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
contagion ends on it, and the creature is immune to Cackle Fever for 1 year. Spreading the Contagion. Any Humanoid (other than a gnome) that starts its turn within a 10-foot Emanation originating from
creature for 24 hours. If the contagion is suppressed in this way for a total of 72 hours (requiring three doses and applications of the ointment), the contagion ends on the creature. Spreading the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
contagion ends on it, and the creature is immune to Cackle Fever for 1 year. Spreading the Contagion. Any Humanoid (other than a gnome) that starts its turn within a 10-foot Emanation originating from
creature for 24 hours. If the contagion is suppressed in this way for a total of 72 hours (requiring three doses and applications of the ointment), the contagion ends on the creature. Spreading the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, whereupon each bursts into a cloud of sweet-smelling spores as its body dissolves back into the larger mass of fungi filling the cavern. Read the following to the players when the final creature is
defeated. The creature bursts like an overfull wineskin, releasing a clear ichor and a cloud of dusty spores. The deflating bulk of its body sinks back beneath the shimmering fungal field where you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
a catalyst, spreading the demon lords’ madness throughout the Underdark. Once the party escapes Velkynvelve and strikes out into the Underdark, begin taking into account the effects of demonic madness
(lasts 1d10 × 10 hours) 3 Bout of indefinite madness (lasts until cured) A creature’s madness level starts at 0. When the creature fails a madness saving throw, its madness level increases by 1, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters are guided to the far side of the suspended fungus cluster inside the skull, where a dark mass is spreading. The first time any character comes within 20 feet of the dark mass, it erupts with
infected area. Any creature within 20 feet of the infected area must make a successful DC 19 Constitution saving throw or take 3d6 poison damage and become poisoned. While poisoned in this way, the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
spreading chaos and destruction. A mob of magmins summoned inside a castle can reduce it to a burning shell within minutes. Fiery Destruction. Although its flame is potent, the magmin’s hard magma
)
Death Burst. When the magmin dies, it explodes in a burst of fire and magma. Each creature within 10 feet of it must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 7 (2d6) fire damage on a failed save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
these massive lions’ connection to Nyx is unclear, many myths tell of the deadly predators stalking mortals and spreading fear until they’re ultimately defeated by a brave hunter. As a result, overcoming
least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Devourer Of all the abominations Orcus has unleashed, devourers are among the most feared. These tall, mummy-like fiends wander the planes, consuming souls and, by example, spreading Orcus’s creed of
such a demon into an 8-foot-tall, desiccated humanoid with a hollowed-out ribcage, then fills the new creature with a hunger for souls. Orcus grants each new devourer the essence of a less fortunate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
protect that creature. Great strength and a savage nature enable gray renders to be fierce guardians, but they lack even a shred of cunning. A Spreading Plague. Gray renders reproduce by forming nodules
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Devourer Of all the abominations unleashed by Orcus (appears in this book), devourers are among the most feared. These tall, mummy-like Undead wander the planes, consuming souls and spreading Orcus’s
into an 8-foot-tall, desiccated biped with a hollowed-out ribcage, then fills the new creature with a hunger for souls. Orcus grants each new devourer the essence of a less fortunate demon to power the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Oozes Oozes thrive in the dark, shunning areas of bright light and extreme temperatures. They flow through the damp underground, feeding on any creature or object that can be dissolved, slinking
along the ground, dripping from walls and ceilings, spreading across the edges of underground pools, and squeezing through cracks. The first warning an adventurer receives of an ooze’s presence is often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throats the next. Pharika encourages her followers to seek balance in administering their “cures,” spreading afflictions to counteract excessive prosperity at least as often as they provide life
. Pharika’s Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/4 Nyxborn giant poisonous snake* MM
1/2 Amphisbaena MOoT
1/2 Cockatrice MM
2 Swarm of poisonous snakes MM
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
(2d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it can’t regain hit points for 1 minute. The target can make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending this effect
feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Legendary Actions
If she is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(2d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it can’t regain hit points for 1 minute. The target can make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending this effect
is 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Legendary Actions
If