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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
start of its turn. If the beast takes Radiant damage or damage from a Critical Hit, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the beast’s next turn. The beast dies only if it starts its
bat, wolverine, or shark, there’s no mistaking the beast of Malar for a mundane animal. The beast shifts easily between its forms to pursue its prey, using whichever shape suits it best to
Finger of Death
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failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
A humanoid killed by this spell rises at the start of your next turn as a zombie that is permanently under your command, following your verbal orders to the best of its ability.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
False Appearance. If the trapper is motionless on a floor, wall, or ceiling at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the trapper
"} bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Smother", "rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns. While grappled in this way
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.
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when her ire is up, Holga wields anything that comes to hand—from weapons to snacks. Her unwavering loyalty makes her a fierce defender of allies, particularly her best friend, Edgin Darvis;Edgin
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
False Appearance. If the chandelier is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the chandelier move or act, that
start of the chandelier’s next turn.Compared to other animated objects, whirling chandeliers seem to have capricious personalities. Victims typically perceive a whirling chandelier’s
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
functionaries in Baldur’s Gate or Neverwinter, or you might have grown up in and around the castle of Daggerford.
Even if you are no longer a full-fledged member of the group that gave you your start in
organization that gave you your start in life. In any event, the abilities that you honed while serving as a courtier will stand you in good stead as an adventurer.
Skill Proficiencies:
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The githyanki regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Command Ally. The githyanki
, gaunt folk have potent psionic powers and dwell, for the most part, on the Astral Plane. Among the best-known githyanki are the bellicose followers of the Lich Queen Vlaakith. They terrorize the Astral
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
advantage on attack rolls until start of its next turn.
Invigorate. The aurumvorax regains 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Bite (Invigorate)"} hit points
aggressive omnivores attack any prey they think they can best, ambushing even creatures double their size. They supplement their diets with metal, whether it’s worked or ore, and they have a
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Calescent Aura. At the start of Ember’s turn, Ember can force any number of creatures of his choice within 10 feet of himself to make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a
creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Calescent Aura", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage and is frightened of Ember until the start of its next turn
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", "rollAction":"Radiant Flame", "rollDamageType":"Radiant"} Radiant damage, and the target has the Blinded condition until the start of Madam Eva’s next turn.
Apocalyptic Visions (Recharge 5–6
":"damage", "rollAction":"Apocalyptic Visions", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the target has the Frightened condition until the start of Madam Eva’s next turn. Success: Half damage
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
fallen civilizations and great calamities.
Nagpas still fear the Raven Queen and do their best to avoid her and her agents. When it’s impossible to do so, they become cringing, fawning things, eager
the nagpa until the start of the nagpa’s next turn. On a successful save, the target becomes immune to the nagpa’s Corruption for the next 24 hours.
Paralysis (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Cunning Opportunist. The stone cursed has advantage on the attack rolls of opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
False Appearance. If the stone cursed is motionless at the start of combat, it has
they obey that being’s orders to the best of their ability.
In combat, stony claws that drip with thick, gray sludge emerge from a stone cursed’s fingers. This alchemical sludge
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Gaze"}):
1–2: Beguiling Gaze. The target is stunned until the start of Demogorgon’s next turn or until Demogorgon is no longer within line of
sight.
3–4: Confusing Gaze. The target suffers the effect of the confusion spell without making a saving throw. The effect lasts until the start of Demogorgon’s next turn. Demogorgon doesn
Demogorgon
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Out of the Abyss
;t see Demogorgon until the start of his next turn. If the target looks at him in the meantime, it must immediately make the save.
If the target fails the save, the target suffers one of the
following effects of Demogorgon’s choice or at random:
1. Beguiling Gaze. The target is stunned until the start of Demogorgon’s next turn or until Demogorgon is no longer within line of sight.
2
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. The soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic.
Borrow Experience.
before the start of your next turn, it is lost.
Eyes of the Dead. You can use an action to name a place the humanoid saw in life, which creates an invisible sensor somewhere in that place if it
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the start of the grue’s next turn.Fanged and lipless, the ever-grinning, eerily staring grue lopes about on spindly legs and long arms. Bristles and spines project from odd patches of its grayish
hopelessness.
Star Spawn
The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, regaining all his hit points.
Regeneration. Strahd regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn if he has at least 1 hit point. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the
start of his next turn.
Spider Climb. Strahd can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Vampire Weaknesses. Strahd has the following
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aren’t a savage who follows quarry into or through the wilderness. You’re involved in a lucrative trade, in the place where you live, that routinely tests your skills and survival instincts
in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7
The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it.
8
I blow up at the slightest insult.
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Ideal
1
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
(5d8);{"diceNotation":"5d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Plague of Worms", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage at the start of each of the mage’s turns. The creature can repeat the
creature’s turn. The mage regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Slam. The mage makes one Slam attack.
Eldritch Bolt (Costs 2 Actions). The mage makes one Eldritch Bolt attack
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Resistance. Zariel has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Regeneration. Zariel regains 20 hit points at the start of her turn. If she takes radiant damage, this trait doesn
’t function at the start of her next turn. Zariel dies only if she starts her turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.Multiattack. Zariel makes three Flail or Longsword attacks. She
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
summon these creatures to serve as guards and assassins, two roles at which they excel.
Star Spawn
The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best-known planes
", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage at the start of each of its turns. The effect lasts for 1 minute, until the cultist is incapacitated or dies, or until the target is immersed in water.
Cult
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
treasure or start a new hoard—by any means possible.
Beleaguered Moguls. Though they live as ruthless raiders, fog giants remain tasteful and refined in their desires. They remember their former
work with ambitious humans, renegade elves, and greedy dwarves—all folk they see as properly civilized. They treat orcs, goblinoids, and other “barbarian” types as pesky vermin, best
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
invisible and teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It remains invisible until the start of its next turn or until it attacks or
only with vague omens they interpret as best they can.
Fortress of Memories
The shadar-kai who are most devoted to the Raven Queen serve her at the Fortress of Memories, her twisted castle in the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
speed reduced by 20 feet until the start of that creature’s next turn.Multiattack. The shadar-kai makes two Shadow Dagger attacks.
Shadow Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7
cryptic even to her most devoted followers, however; their efforts are rewarded only with vague omens they interpret as best they can.
Fortress of Memories
The shadar-kai who are most devoted to the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
hatch also opens it until the start of the caster’s next turn.
A creature can enter or exit through the hatch by spending 10 feet of movement. Those inside the servant have total cover from
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
actions at the start of its turn.
Claw. The dragon makes one Claw attack.
Psionics (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon uses Psychic Step or Spellcasting.
Essential Reduction (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon
Creatures
Topaz dragons rarely tolerate any company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own kind. Moreover, their unpredictability means that even if a creature
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Belashyrra has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Regeneration. Belashyrra regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn
. If it takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of its next turn. Belashyrra dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Teleport. As a
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
seer nearby. A hulk appears to have little will of its own and is driven to protect its master.
Star Spawn
The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best
Embrace", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage at the start of each of its turns. The effect lasts for 1 minute, until the cultist is incapacitated or dies, or until the target is immersed in water
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sort looking for a fresh start and a new family among the bold Bloodaxes.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, PersuasionTool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land
a crude sense of humor.
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I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success.
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1
Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Claw. The dragon makes one Claw attack.
Psionics (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon uses
dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Ice
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Claw. The dragon makes one Claw attack.
Psionics (Costs 2 Actions). The
must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
bestial might, enhanced instincts, and a dread-inducing howl. Lupin Traits Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 4–7 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this species
Proficiency Bonus) or have Disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws until the start of your next turn. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Claw. The dragon makes one Claw attack.
Psionics (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon uses Psychic Step or Spellcasting.
Essential Reduction (Costs 3
.
Connected Creatures
Topaz dragons rarely tolerate any company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own kind. Moreover, their unpredictability means that
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with subtle, animal-like features. No matter their appearance, animal lords exhibit the instincts and predilections of the animals they represent, tempered by their intellect and experience.
Most
faces environmental disaster or droves of animals are otherwise in jeopardy.
Valera Lutfullina
Among the best-known animal lords are those that represent cats, hawks, lizards, and wolves, but