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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Putrid Aura (Acid and Poison Forms Only). A creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the animated breath must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of its
lightning breath is a constantly shifting form of crackling lightning, and it can suddenly vanish from one place to reappear in another, striking like a bolt from the blue.Acid
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Putrid Aura (Acid and Poison Forms Only). A creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the animated breath must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of its
animated lightning breath is a constantly shifting form of crackling lightning, and it can suddenly vanish from one place to reappear in another, striking like a bolt from the blue.Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
this manner.
Magic Resistance. The neothelid has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit
Strength saving throw or be swallowed by the neothelid. A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the neothelid, and it takes 21 (6d6
Adult Copper Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day) If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its
"} bludgeoning damage.
Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of the animated breath must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of its next turn. A creature that touches the animated breath or hits it with a melee attack
shifting form of crackling lightning, and it can suddenly vanish from one place to reappear in another, striking like a bolt from the blue.Damage of the type matching the animated breath's form (acid, cold
Ancient Copper Dragon
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Monsters
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Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its
"} bludgeoning damage.
Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
fumarole opens alongside the road, venting noxious gases 25 feet in all directions. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage. 2 Falling ash
lightly obscures the characters’ surroundings for the next hour. 3 The ground suddenly collapses, creating a 30-foot-deep fissure that’s 120 feet long and 20 feet wide. The gap severs the road ahead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
to shake and rumble. Suddenly, the tunnel floor gives way at your feet.
The tunnel through which the characters travel is directly above area 1 of the nursery. The burrowing of a nearby purple worm
weakens the tunnel floor, causing a 10-foot section of it to break apart and collapse. Any character in the area must make a successful DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall 25 feet into area 1 below.
Map 13.2: The Worm Nursery View Player Version
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
feet of you over the previous hour.
You are distracted by voices and visions, forcing you to succeed on a Wisdom saving throw every 4 hours or gain one level of exhaustion.
15
You understand all
melee attack, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, you transfer the disease or the condition to the target, and the disease or condition ends for you.
Water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Characters who enter the sphere can tell something has happened when Maddgoth’s castle suddenly looms twelve times larger in their vision. A shrunken creature or object reverts to its normal size
once it leaves the sphere, which is generated by the mithral spindle. No saving throw is allowed to resist the shrinking effect, and nothing short of divine intervention can suppress the spindle’s magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
, suddenly turn violent as the party approaches shore. Jagged reefs magically spring up out of the water. The reefs can be avoided in the maneuverable rowboat, but a larger ship would have been torn
apart on the rocks. Flying creatures not sent by Talos must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw at the start of each turn. On a failed save, severe winds drive them into the water. Creatures in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
present, a fiendish madness that comes on suddenly and departs just as quickly, leaving gore in its wake. The carnival, in fact, has a life of its own — and when adventurers face the Cult of Rakdos in
saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Any creature that starts its turn in the flames must also make the saving throw. Whirling blades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Spire at the designated date and time. As modest thanks for saving him, he gives each character an obsidian gemstone worth 10 gp. He then offers them a job, delivering a sack full of raw gemstones (worth
talking business suddenly fly into a rage and start brawling. If the characters don’t intervene to stop the fight, other patrons do. No guards appear unless weapons or spells come out, and the fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
collapse, catching them in an avalanche of debris. Each character must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
grabs the arm of a character and moans, “Those vines are everywhere! There’s nowhere safe! We’re all doomed!” Suddenly, a tremor causes a building to collapse, burying half of the crowd and scattering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
assault, and the elder brain (appears in this book) is killed, the colony’s tadpoles are suddenly freed from their fate. They no longer serve as food—and are no longer fed by their caretakers. Driven by
+ 75)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
27 (+8)
DEX
7 (−2)
CON
21 (+5)
INT
3 (−4)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
12 (+1)
Saving Throws Int +1, Wis +8, Cha +6
Senses
Equipment
gloves or tongs) for the first time on their turn, or ends their turn in bodily contact with delerium, they must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 necrotic damage and gain one
experience a palpable feeling of vertigo followed by a powerful sensation of deja vu and are Dazed for 1 round (no saving throw).
09–10
The nearest creature becomes unstuck in time. It is
Equipment
gloves or tongs) for the first time on their turn, or ends their turn in bodily contact with delerium, they must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 necrotic damage and gain one
a palpable feeling of vertigo followed by a powerful sensation of deja vu and are Dazed for 1 round (no saving throw).
09–10
The nearest creature becomes unstuck in time. It is affected by
Equipment
gloves or tongs) for the first time on their turn, or ends their turn in bodily contact with delerium, they must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 necrotic damage and gain one level
palpable feeling of vertigo followed by a powerful sensation of deja vu and are Dazed for 1 round (no saving throw).
09–10
The nearest creature becomes unstuck in time. It is affected by
Equipment
as gloves or tongs) for the first time on their turn, or ends their turn in bodily contact with delerium, they must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 necrotic damage and gain one
experience a palpable feeling of vertigo followed by a powerful sensation of deja vu and are Dazed for 1 round (no saving throw).
09–10
The nearest creature becomes unstuck in time. It is
Equipment
gloves or tongs) for the first time on their turn, or ends their turn in bodily contact with delerium, they must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 necrotic damage and gain one
experience a palpable feeling of vertigo followed by a powerful sensation of deja vu and are Dazed for 1 round (no saving throw).
09–10
The nearest creature becomes unstuck in time. It is affected
Equipment
gear (such as gloves or tongs) for the first time on their turn, or ends their turn in bodily contact with delerium, they must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 necrotic damage and
feet experience a palpable feeling of vertigo followed by a powerful sensation of deja vu and are Dazed for 1 round (no saving throw).
09–10
The nearest creature becomes unstuck in time. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D14. Toadstool Patch Your heart suddenly feels cold, filling you with a sense of loneliness that borders on despair. A haunting, melancholy tune played on a flute reaches out to you from somewhere
range of 60 feet. He has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put him to sleep. Treasure. If the characters return his original heart to him, Octavian reciprocates by giving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
looks toward you. As suddenly as she appeared, she vanishes, and the room lies in ruin once more.
This illusory vision provides a glimpse of Theodora Halvhrest. Characters might recognize her if
target that is hit takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage and must make a DC 14 Strength saving throw. Those who fail are restrained and begin suffocating as black vines erupt from their clothes and mouths then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
points, it collapses. Creatures on the collapsing bridge must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall, taking 2d6 bludgeoning damage and landing prone (see “Being Prone” in the Basic Rules
water surge pours from area 7 down to area 1. The passage is suddenly filled with a mighty roar, as a huge surge of rushing water pours down from above!
The flood threatens all creatures in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
shelf.
4 Any pets or animals with the group hiss, bark, or back away from an empty corner of the room.
5 Any rations that the group carries with them suddenly spoil and rot.
6 A voice
weighing more than 200 pounds enters these areas, the floor collapses underneath them. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall 20 feet to the floor below.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the wreck’s location, but Balakros the imp knows where the wreck is and can lead the characters there if told about it. Lulu might also suddenly remember the wreck’s location, at your discretion
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INT
25 (+7)
WIS
24 (+7)
CHA
25 (+7)
Saving Throws Int +13, Cha +13
Skills Arcana +13, History +13, Perception +13
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tables. A mug is lifted as if to an unseen mouth. A chair shifts like someone’s leaning back in it. But there’s no one there.
Suddenly, the ceiling begins to rise away from you. Then you notice that
Ascendant The cat stepping out from behind the bar looks gigantic from your current height. Onyx walks in nonchalantly, yawns, and drops down on the floor to lick herself. Suddenly, a shimmering portal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
faerzress rises around them, whispering to them in unintelligible sounds. The derro cackle and dance, their hands glowing with a power that isn’t theirs. The vision shifts, and suddenly gray dwarves
stare down at the red-hot metal on their anvils. The constant rhythm of their hammering falters. Suddenly, brother turns against brother as minds turn inward upon themselves. Sparks fly and a city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
passage lowers suddenly to 3 feet above the water’s surface. Each Medium character must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or take 1d4 bludgeoning damage from hitting the ceiling before the passage
damage from the collision, and everyone aboard must succeed on a DC 10 Strength or Dexterity saving throw to avoid falling overboard. Falls or Locks Any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
an external assault, and the elder brain is killed. When that happens, the colony’s tadpoles are suddenly freed from their fate. They no longer serve as food, and in turn are no longer fed by their
)
Saving Throws Int +1, Wis +8, Cha +6
Senses blindsight 120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages —
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)
Creature Sense. The neothelid is aware of the presence of creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ready to start: An ordinary afternoon in Red Larch is broken by a tremor. A second later, four small children and the old cart they are playing on slide down into a sinkhole that suddenly opens. They
securing themselves with a rope, must make a successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall into the hole as the ground crumbles further. The bottom of the sinkhole is 30 feet down, but a cushioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
suddenly do something you didn’t intend. Certain spells are more subtle, yet you become aware of the spell at a time specified in the spell’s description. Charm person and detect thoughts are examples of
casting the spell, you might simply remember the caster saying, “The treasure you’re looking for isn’t here. Go look for it in the room at the top of the next tower.” You failed your saving throw, and off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
around each of your necks, then suddenly transforms into an owl. Her awakened tree servants stomp after her into the forest.
As long as the characters wear these garlands, they are invisible to
Chuth, he or she feels a stirring warmth from the garland and automatically succeeds on the saving throw against the dragon’s Frightful Presence. If the characters ignore the druid, she calls out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
, airless underground channel and is likely to drown (see “Suffocating” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). In addition, the creature must make a successful DC 12 Strength saving throw each round or
enters the middle chamber, attacking with surprise. What appeared to be a wet patch on the floor suddenly twists like a snake and lunges toward you!
31. Empty Storeroom The southern door in area 28 is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
. She lays a garland around each of your necks, then suddenly transforms into an owl. Her awakened tree servants stomp after her into the forest.
As long as the characters wear these garlands, they
is confronted by Chuth, he or she feels a stirring warmth from the garland and automatically succeeds on the saving throw against the dragon’s Frightful Presence. If the characters ignore the druid






