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Mummy Lord

Monsters Monster Manual

. Dread Command. The mummy casts Command (level 2 version), using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting. The mummy can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn. Glare. The

mummy uses Dreadful Glare. The mummy can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn. Necrotic Strike. The mummy makes one Rotting Fist or Channel Negative Energy attack.Necrotic, PoisonFire

Wyrmreaver Gauntlets

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

opportunity attack made with your unarmed strike, the creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier) or have the prone condition. Once the runes have been invoked, they can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.

these gauntlets, your unarmed strike deals an additional 1d6 force damage on a hit. Additionally, whenever you finish a long rest, choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning

Prisoner 13

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

, she loses her immunity to psychic damage and the charmed condition, and her Tattooed Strike becomes a melee attack that deals 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

;t be contacted telepathically unless she allows such contact.Multiattack. Prisoner 13 makes two Tattooed Strike attacks. Tattooed Strike. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6

Cape of Enlargement

Magic Items Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Ancient runes are stitched in silver thread along the hem of this grayish-purple cape. The cape has 3 charges. As a bonus action while wearing the cape, you can expend 1 of its charges to enlarge

unarmed strike, you can add your proficiency bonus to the attack’s damage. These benefits last for 10 minutes or until you use another bonus action to dismiss them. The cape regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn.

Strahd, Master of Death House

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

his speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks. Strike (Costs 2 Actions). Strahd makes one Death Strike attack.Strahd von Zarovich is the Darklord of Barovia, a Domain of Dread

, 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

Gremorly's Ghost

Monsters The Book of Many Things

object. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Gremorly fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Gremorly makes three Withering Strike attacks. Withering Strike. Melee Spell Attack

: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Withering Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d12);{"diceNotation":"3d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Withering

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Brilliance (True Form Only). The living portent sheds bright light for 30 feet and dim light for an additional 30 feet.Multiattack. The living portent makes two Radiant Strike attacks. Radiant

Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Radiant Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3);{"diceNotation

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage. Variant Sailor: Pirate

You spent your youth under the sway of a dread pirate, a ruthless cutthroat who taught you how to survive in a world of sharks and savages. You’ve indulged in larceny on the high seas and sent

Hag of the Fetid Gaze

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

with her.Three Green Hag (Coven Variant);green hags named Dread Morgan, Vile Sazha, and Auntie Greenbones were once rivals who dwelled in an area of the Feywild coterminous with the High Forest. A

Strahd von Zarovich

monsters

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

Sailor - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

the Gray Wavers—the Flaming Fist harbor guards—and have a sense of how to operate the city’s mechanized cranes. Variant Sailor: Pirate You spent your youth under the sway of a

dread pirate, a ruthless cutthroat who taught you how to survive in a world of sharks and savages. You’ve indulged in larceny on the high seas and sent more than one deserving soul to a briny grave

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

friends, message 1st command, ensnaring strike 2nd arcane lock, calm emotions, hold person 3rd clairvoyance, counterspell 4th compulsion, divination

5th dominate person Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you

Dragon Turtle Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

shield the dragon turtle and strike at foes. Creating a Dragon Turtle Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle

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

Young Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon turtle’s defenses, magical storms manifest to shield the dragon turtle and strike at foes. Creating a Dragon Turtle Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables

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

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

work, do what needs to be done, and get paid. Anyone who pursues crime for thrill-seeking, to strike back at unjust authorities, or anything else are amateurs, and they’re liable to get you

always occur in shady venues. Variant Criminal: Spy Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

remained ensconced in their hidden strongholds, biding their time until they were ready to strike again. Today, with their numbers greatly depleted and their enemies much stronger than in ages past, the

can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to

Innsmouth

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

Talismans: Effigy of Great Cthulhu, starmetal rod or amulet with eldritch runes, sahuagin-tooth fishing lure Aligned Tarokka Card: Bishop Opposed Tarokka Card: Donjon Pam Wishbow Hidden amid

the Domains of Dread lies a hideous realm defiant of reason and smothered by the Mists. From a violent, murky sea rises a crescent of shattered peaks, mangled spires broken like the jaws of some slain

17. Behir Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. Behir The behir lies in wait in this 50-foot-high cavern, its muscled, serpentine body woven through the stalagmites. Scars are carved into its hide in the form of arcane runes, placed there by

Halaster. The runes grant the behir the ability to use the following legendary actions. Legendary Actions The behir can take three legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

;green hags in a Green Hag (Coven Variant);coven When you damage a target that hasn’t taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades. 5

vampire fang) 1 vampire You can make a bite attack as an unarmed strike. On a hit, it deals 1d6 piercing damage plus 3d6 necrotic damage. You regain a number of hit points equal to the necrotic damage

Flaming Fist

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Fist patrols strike out into the jungle to “pacify” territory and claim lost treasures. The Flaming Fist has already plundered the ruins of Mezro. Now the mercenaries and their wealthy backers in

the Peaks of Flame, at the western end of the Valley of Dread. Because of the distance from Fort Beluarian, they’re looking for adventurers to conduct an initial exploration of that area and locate

Cape of Enlargement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Cape of Enlargement Wondrous Item, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) Ancient runes are stitched in silver thread along the hem of this grayish-purple cape. The cape has 3 charges. As a bonus action

hit with an attack roll using a weapon or an unarmed strike, you can add your proficiency bonus to the attack’s damage. These benefits last for 10 minutes or until you use another bonus action to dismiss them. The cape regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn.

Ancient Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the surrounding water—and any creatures in it. And even if an enemy wears down the dragon turtle’s defenses, magical storms manifest to shield the dragon turtle and strike at foes

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

Mabaran Resonator

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Mabaran Resonator Storm Spire This dread device draws on the power of Mabar, infusing the dead with the malign energy of the Endless Night. While it is active, any humanoid that dies within 2

consumes the magical energy around it. Conversely, a spell sink created by a mad artificer might be a massive vessel composed of dragonshards and exotic metals. A variant device called the spell siphon

Monk

classes Basic Rules (2014)

important mission beyond the cloister? Perhaps you were cast out because of some violation of the community’s rules. Did you dread leaving, or were you happy to go? Is there something you hope to

4th +2 1d4 4 +10 ft. Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall 5th +3 1d6 5 +10 ft. Extra Attack, Stunning Strike 6th +3 1d6

Rune Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Rune Knight You’re researching ancient arts and drawing runes. It’s okay to just say you want to be a witch! Tasha Rune Knights enhance their martial prowess using the supernatural power of runes

you found the giant’s work carved into a hill or cave, learned of the runes from a sage, or met the giant in person, you studied the giant’s craft and learned how to apply magic runes to empower your

Supernatural Gifts

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

rules from chapter 6 of the Player’s Handbook, your Dungeon Master might allow you to take a feat as a variant supernatural gift. You gain one feat of your choice. This list suggests twelve feats from

language and trace the patterns of Nyx in the written word. (Linguist) The gods smile on me, but I dread the day when they withdraw their favor and my luck runs out. (Lucky) As a child, I used to run

Miscellaneous Upgrades

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

bones of ancient, mysterious creatures festoon the ship. Potent runes crawl across these remains, emitting a sickly green radiance. When a humanoid dies aboard the ship, that creature must make a DC

days. Taskmaster’s Drums This 4-foot-tall bronze drum comes with a pair of iron mallets. A creature can activate the drums as an action, causing the hammers to float above the drum and strike it to

Lupin

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

damage. In addition, when you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can use both the Damage and the Shove options. You can use this benefit only once per

Gray Ooze

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

Gray Ooze A gray ooze is stone turned to liquid by chaos. When it moves, it slithers like a liquid snake, rising to strike. Gray Ooze Medium ooze, unaligned Armor Class 8 Hit Points 22 (3d8 + 9

is partly corroded and takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. VARIANT: PSYCHIC GRAY OOZE A gray ooze that

Living Portent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

world. Living portents seek out beings who will play a part in the prophecies they serve, and as the living portents search, they relate fragments of the prophecies to those they encounter. Variant

and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Actions Multiattack. The living portent makes two Radiant Strike attacks. Radiant Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range

Gloom Stalker

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

Stalker Features Ranger Level Feature 3rd Gloom Stalker Magic, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight 7th Iron Mind 11th Stalker’s Flurry 15th Shadowy Dodge Gloom Stalker Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn

ranger spells you know. Gloom Stalker Spells Ranger Level Spell 3rd disguise self 5th rope trick 9th fear 13th greater invisibility 17th seeming Dread Ambusher At 3rd level, you master the art of the

Strahd von Zarovich

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

Strahd von Zarovich Martin Mottet Strahd von Zarovich is the Darklord of Barovia, a Domain of Dread. Little happens there without the Darklord’s knowledge, although Strahd rarely pays

, and Barovia became a Domain of Dread. Now the Dark Powers keep Strahd trapped in his realm, tormenting him with his inability to escape for all eternity. He spends his days amusing himself as best

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

, and she suffers the following modifications to her statistics: her AC becomes 13, she loses her immunity to psychic damage and the charmed condition, and her Tattooed Strike becomes a melee attack that

contact. Actions Multiattack. Prisoner 13 makes two Tattooed Strike attacks. Tattooed Strike. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3

Creating a Monk

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

some violation of the community’s rules. Did you dread leaving, or were you happy to go? Is there something you hope to accomplish outside the monastery? Are you eager to return to your home? As a

Missiles 4th +2 1d4 4 +10 ft. Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall 5th +3 1d6 5 +10 ft. Extra Attack, Stunning Strike 6th +3 1d6 6 +15 ft. Ki-Empowered Strikes

Seeds of Fear

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Seeds of Fear Aside from supernatural sources of dread and monsters who strike terror in their victims, fear is subjective and often quite personal. A battle-hardened warrior and a reclusive scholar

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