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Monsters
Monster Manual
conjures an animal spirit that strikes at a creature and then disappears. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, one creature the animal lord can see within 120 feet. Failure: 28 (4d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"4d10+6
Radiant Ray attack.Cold, Fire, Necrotic, Psychic, RadiantShape-Shift. The animal lord shape-shifts into a Huge or smaller version of the animal it represents or a Medium or Small Humanoid, or it
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Radiant"} Radiant damage.
Animal Spirit. The animal lord conjures an animal spirit that strikes at a creature and then disappears. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, one creature the animal lord can see
attack.Cold, Fire, Necrotic, Psychic, RadiantShape-Shift. The animal lord shape-shifts into a Huge or smaller version of the animal it represents or a Medium or Small Humanoid, or it returns to its true
Monsters
Monster Manual
conjures an animal spirit that strikes at a creature and then disappears. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, one creature the animal lord can see within 120 feet. Failure: 28 (4d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"4d10+6
.
Radiant Strike. The animal lord makes one Radiant Ray attack.Cold, Fire, Necrotic, Psychic, RadiantShape-Shift. The animal lord shape-shifts into a Huge or smaller version of the animal it represents
Monsters
Monster Manual
damage.
Animal Spirit. The animal lord conjures an animal spirit that strikes at a creature and then disappears. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, one creature the animal lord can see within 120 feet
.
Radiant Strike. The animal lord makes one Radiant Ray attack.Cold, Fire, Necrotic, Psychic, RadiantShape-Shift. The animal lord shape-shifts into a Huge or smaller version of the animal it represents or
Alter Self
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same; if you're bipedal, you can't use this spell to become quadrupedal, for instance. At any time for the duration of the spell
, you can use your action to change your appearance in this way again.
Natural Weapons. You grow claws, fangs, spines, horns, or a different natural weapon of your choice. Your unarmed strikes deal
Githzerai Anarch
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
modifier.Multiattack. The anarch makes three unarmed strikes.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft
unformed substance to take whatever inanimate form the anarch chooses. During that process, the anarch determines the shape and composition of the forms created.
The anarch stabilizes any object created in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
crystal jutting from the earth. The vegetation in this area bears reddish branching scars that form similar shapes. Suddenly, you hear a screeching roar and notice a winged, glittering blue shape
swooping overhead.
The blue shape is Sparkrender flying by. This glimpse of the dragon is an opportunity to make your players nervous about the foe they’re about to face. Feel free to elaborate on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your statistics change. You also can’t appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same
Weapons. You grow claws, fangs, spines, horns, or a different natural weapon of your choice. Your unarmed strikes deal 1d6 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, as appropriate to the natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your statistics change. You also can’t appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same
Weapons. You grow claws, fangs, spines, horns, or a different natural weapon of your choice. Your unarmed strikes deal 1d6 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, as appropriate to the natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Demogorgon A demogorgon is a monstrosity the size and shape of an adult human, but its mouth fills its face and opens like a blooming flower. One currently lives in the Upside Down, and no one knows
solve the problem). If the demogorgon is killed, they can get the blood easily. But let them try other ways if they don’t want to fight to the death. For example, they can get blood off a sword blade immediately after it strikes and damages the creature (they must do this four times to get enough blood).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Sage Animal Lord Appearances 1d10 Bestial Shape
1 Coyote
2 Crow
3 Elephant
4 Lizard
5 Mouse
1d10 Bestial Shape
6 Owl
7 Salmon
8
conjures an animal spirit that strikes at a creature and then disappears. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, one creature the animal lord can see within 120 feet. Failure: 28 (4d10 + 6) Radiant damage. Success
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Yuan-ti Malisons Brian Valenzuela Yuan-ti Malison Type 1 (Left) and Type 2 (Right) Malisons possesses deadly venom, which some manipulate into magical strikes. They can also shape-shift into snakes
components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Animal Friendship (snakes only)
2/Day: Suggestion
Bonus Actions
Shape-Shift. The yuan-ti shape-shifts into a Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Claws. Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your
underwater for some time before needing to come up for air. Natural Armor. Due to your shell and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your shell provides ample protection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
shape, either by the moon or by other external factors. He prefers his human form, but explores different physical details as the mood strikes him. He’s rarely seen without his signature wide-brimmed
Harkon’s Powers and Dominion A born liar and shape-shifter, Harkon Lukas orchestrates elaborate manipulations. He has statistics similar to a loup garou (see chapter 5) but is never forced to change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
wishes to share. While repeat lightning strikes would normally cause considerable damage, strikes that convey the god’s will often leave a scorch in the shape of Keranos’s symbol or no mark at all.
combination, he entreated Purphoros to create a mighty weapon, a javelin that strikes with the force of the storm. Keranos channeled his anger into a furious storm, which Purphoros then captured and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Outline The events of Hoard of the Dragon Queen lead directly into The Rise of Tiamat. The shape of this adventure is defined by the meetings of the Council of Waterdeep, which divide the adventure
carrying off valuable dragon lore, they deal a blow to the cult and might gain the Arcane Brotherhood as allies in the process. The Cult Strikes Back (Part 1). The cult’s leaders aren’t oblivious to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Sharlasta Stormsword (LE female Illuskan human bandit captain). After cooling her heels in prison, Stormsword is visited by Lord Dagult Neverember, who strikes a deal with her. When she is released from
custody and returned to her ship, Stormsword gathers a crew of twenty half-trained scalawags (commoners of various races and alignments) and whips them into shape for the voyage, the completion of which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
chooses. During that process, the anarch determines the shape and composition of the forms created. The anarch stabilizes any object created in Limbo and brought to the Material Plane for as long as
AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The anarch makes three unarmed strikes.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the malisons are a chime of opening and a lantern of revealing (which they use as a precaution against invisible enemies). After the malison strikes the chime for the first time, the item has 5 uses
. Its hilt changes shape to adjust to the grasp of any creature that picks it up. The weapon deals an extra 1d10 poison damage to any target it hits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
wind, flame, and lightning to accompany them. Their magic is fast and beautiful, which becomes swift death in battle, mesmerizing in its energetic flow. Devastating lightning strikes and searing
stone, and shape great structures of ice. Binding and channeling these natural elements allow the professors to mold their environment to their needs, both for breathtaking performances and to control the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
floor of the lower level. This is a naturally occurring spring. A pockmarked stone carving in the shape of a stylized, anthropomorphic wave surrounds and collects the water. Javenesh Stoutclaw (neutral
and failing to explain to Lothannep why he needs the water when the characters arrive. A character who strikes up a friendship with the water weird can persuade Lothannep to leave the fountain long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
magnify your presence and imbue your unarmed strikes with the essence of a dragon’s breath. You gain the following benefits: Draconic Presence. If you fail a Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma
peak. You gain the following benefits: Augment Breath. When you use your Breath of the Dragon, you can spend 1 ki point to augment its shape and power. The exhalation of draconic energy becomes either a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Wild animals act domesticated.
6 40 Food multiplies or heals when bitten.
Omens of Keranos d6 d100 Omen of Keranos
1 41 Lightning strikes, thunder rumbles, or rain falls in a
starts bleeding, their blood pooling in a bull shape.
2 60 Normally harmless animals turn aggressive—the smaller, the angrier.
3 61 Water (a stream, pool, rain, or a liquid in a container
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
triangle with a Y shape enclosed in it and touching the triangle’s sides. Hanging beneath this symbol, suspended on chains from the ceiling, is a black metal triangle and cylinder. The floor of the
begins to fade in color, and in 3 rounds becomes a translucent amethyst color with a black, amorphous center. A creature that touches or strikes the altar when it is in this form must succeed on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
a character to recognize a flaywind 1 minute before it strikes, allowing time to seek shelter. A flaywind typically lasts 1d4 × 10 hours. Flame Storm. Sooty thunderclouds shot through with red and
5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage plus 2 (1d4) acid damage.
Shape-Shift. The mimic polymorphs into an object or back into its true, amorphous form. Its statistics are the same in each form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
wall of the middle passage, near where the razerblast stands watch. It has an indentation in the shape of a human hand. When pressed, the plate causes basalt pillars to rise from the lava, creating
Flame!” The fire portal flares, and a gout of flame strikes Incinerath. With a howl of glee, the elemental transforms into Imix (see chapter 7). The Prince of Evil Elemental Fire then focuses on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
weapon—a freshly captured giant subterranean lizard (see appendix B). Although the lizard is chained, it can attack anyone who comes within its reach. It strikes with its tail first, hoping to knock a
the shape of a dragon holding its tail in its mouth, worth 120 gp. Gharin was buried with a finely crafted warhammer inset with a garnet, worth 110 gp. 24. The Glitterhame This great cavern glimmers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
monolith that is constantly changing its shape, filling the great cavern with a thunderous grinding noise.
If Marlos Urnrayle has been defeated elsewhere, this cavern is guarded by two earth elemental
complete. Characters can close the portal only by striking the monolith with Ironfang. When the elemental weapon strikes the monolith, it chips the otherwise indestructible stone, causing the portal to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the other side of the stream.
Characters using a light source or darkvision can spot the rope bridge at area H5: In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, you can just make out the dim shape of a
between the two escarpments. It strikes at any creature that disturbs it, which includes characters scrambling up the slope. A climbing character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the pentacle beneath them and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check notices smudges along the metal, suggesting someone traced the shape in the past. If the character traces the shape
sway as many of the characters as possible before she strikes. Drelnza fights to the death. Arcane Security. The inner sphere is cloaked by a permanent Mordenkainen’s Private Sanctum spell. The spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
!
Dungeons & Dragons offers a wide range of play styles, and works with many different types of campaign story. The Dungeon Master’s Guide talks about some of the most common types of fantasy that can shape
, and players can also design unique offensive features, subject to approval by the DM. For example, a walking statue that strikes with a fist could be treated as a ram — or the DM and the players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
cult drove its usual prey away, and now the umber hulk feasts on cultists that wander into its territory. The umber hulk strikes from behind rock walls to seize its prey before burrowing away again. The
dwarves. The far wall is pocked and pitted with holes in the masonry where gemstones once surrounded an altar in the shape of an anvil. Now only the chipped remnants of garnets and agates remain. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
before it strikes. Disabling the needle requires thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. If the check fails by 5 or more, the trap goes off, stabbing the character unless the character
collapsed, filling the southern section with rubble. The western wall is in much better shape than the other walls, and it holds a stone door with a rearing dragon carved in relief on it. The door has






