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Returning 35 results for 'take head laughter'.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
As a Bonus Action, you can turn the head of this staff into that of an animate, venomous snake for 1 minute or revert the staff to its inanimate form.
When you take the Attack action, you can make
one of the attack rolls using the animated snake head, which has a reach of 5 feet. Apply your Proficiency Bonus and Wisdom modifier to the attack roll. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 Piercing damage
Magic Items
D&D Free Rules (2024)
This cloak has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the cloak, you can take a Magic action to pull its hood over your head and expend 1 charge to give yourself the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
While wearing this cap underwater, you can take a Magic action to create a bubble of air around your head. This bubble allows you to breathe normally underwater. This bubble stays with you until the cap is removed or you are no longer underwater.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
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When you take a Magic action to toss an Ioun Stone into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet, conferring its benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun
;Absorption (Very Rare). While this pale lavender ellipsoid orbits your head, you can take a Reaction to cancel a spell of level 4 or lower cast by a creature you can see. A canceled spell has no effect
Spells
Player’s Handbook
spectral crown appears on the Charmed target's head, and it must use its action before moving on each of its turns to make a melee attack against a creature other than itself that you mentally choose
success.
On your later turns, you must take the Magic action to maintain control of the target, or the spell ends.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This ring has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 to 3 charges to make a ranged spell attack against one creature
you can see within 60 feet of yourself. The ring produces a spectral ram’s head and makes its attack roll with a +7 bonus. On a hit, for each charge you spend, the target takes 2d10 Force
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. The rod has properties associated with six different buttons that
push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form:
Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
at dawn. While holding the book, you can take a Magic action to cast one of the spells (save DC 20) on the following table. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell
.
Spell
Charge Cost
Magic Circle
1
Magic Jar
3
Planar Ally
3
Planar Binding
2
Plane Shift (to the Abyss only)
3
Summon Fiend
3
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
0
Spells
Player’s Handbook
for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails.
The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you
cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength score becomes 3
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
to your head and remains there until you die. If the eye is ever removed, you die.
Properties of the Eye. While you are attuned to the eye, your alignment is Neutral Evil, and you gain the following
Clairvoyance
2
Crown of Madness
1
Disintegrate
4
Dominate Monster
5
Eyebite
4
X-ray Vision. You can take a Magic action to gain X-ray vision with a range of 30 feet for 1
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creature within 5 feet of it during its movement. Each target must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or take 22 (3d12 + 3);{"diceNotation":"3d12+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Flailing
, dhergoloths rush into battle like whirlwinds of destruction, lashing out with the five sets of claws that extend from their squat, barrel-shaped bodies. They take contracts to put down uprisings, clear out
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
spell attacks). The cackler can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: fire bolt
1/day: Tasha's hideous laughter
Last Laugh. When the cackler dies, it releases
a dying laugh that scars the minds of other nearby creatures. Each creature within 10 feet of the cackler must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw or take 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
Discorporation. When Tiamat drops to 0 hit points or dies, her body is destroyed but her essence travels back to her domain in the Nine Hells, and she is unable to take physical form for a time
effects.
Magic Weapons. Tiamat’s weapon attacks are magical.
Multiple Heads. Tiamat can take one reaction per turn, rather than only one per round. She also has advantage on saving throws
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Aura of Murder. As long as the death's head is not incapacitated, hostile creatures within 5 feet of it gain vulnerability to piercing damage unless they have resistance or immunity to such damage
.
Magic Resistance. The death's head has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The death's head uses Stunning Gaze and makes two dagger attacks.
Dagger. Melee
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
summons three death's head;death's heads, one of each type, in unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of it. The death's head;death's heads are under the dullahan’s control and act immediately after the
":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the dullahan scores a critical hit against a creature, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or the dullahan cuts off the target’s head. The
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Beheaded Form. When created, a death’s head takes one of three forms: Aberrant Head, Gnashing Head, or Petrifying Head. This form determines the creature’s attack.
Unusual Nature. The
death’s head doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Gnashing Bite (Gnashing Head Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Gnashing Bite
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. If the target has at least one head and the molydeus rolled a 20 on the attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect
molydeus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from 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 molydeus regains
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
"} bludgeoning damage.Rock Catching. If a rock or similar object is hurled at the giant, the giant can, with a successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, catch the missile and take no bludgeoning damage from it
.
Disfigured Second Head. The giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. If the target has at least one head and the molydeus rolled a 20 on the attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect
;t summon other demons. It remains for 1 minute, until it or the molydeus dies, or until the molydeus dismisses it as an action.The molydeus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of it is about to take damage, the gem stalker reduces that damage by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Protective Link"}. The gem stalker then takes damage equal to
its mission.
A gem stalker has a four-legged body resembling that of a wingless dragon, but with a vaguely humanlike torso, head, and arms in place of the dragon’s head. Its eyes are milk white
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
condition. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or become cursed. The cursed target’s Charisma decreases by 1 after each hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects, and its Charisma
can’t increase. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell. When the cursed target’s Charisma becomes 2, the target dies, and its head
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
much damage on a successful one. In addition, there is a 50 percent chance that 3 hezrou;hezrous then appear in unoccupied spaces in the sphere. They act as Iggwilv’s allies, take their turns
):
At will: detect magic, disguise self, invisibility, light, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, Tasha's hideous laughter
3/day each: dispel magic, fly, polymorph
1/day each: maze, telekinesis
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Talons","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The aerial forces of the Boros Legion — skyknights who fly alongside the angels — take to the air mounted on Skyjek
enemies on the ground, and engage flying foes.
The shape of a Skyjek roc's body makes it relatively easy to saddle and ride, and it is typically equipped with armor plating on its head and chest
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Evasion. When subjected to an effect that allows a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Molliver takes no damage on a successful save or half damage on a failed one, provided Molliver is
they take from an attack made against them, provided they can see the attacker.Molliver is a thief who gives most of what they steal to the destitute, keeping a few choice items for their own use. They
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, entertain them, and even inspire them. Your poetics can stir the hearts of those who hear you, awakening grief or joy, laughter or anger. Your music raises their spirits or captures their sorrow. Your
performance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a liking to you.
BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE: BACKSTAGE PASS
You
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
/day each: animal messenger, charm person, Tasha's hideous laughter
1/day each: bestow curse, dispel magic
“Taste the sweetness, breath for breath. Keep the balance, death for death.&rdquo
spells take the form of shattering mirrors.
COMPANION CREATURES
Various creatures serve the witches of Dunbarrow. It’s not uncommon to see ravens and bats flitting through the canopy, or cats
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it isn’t incapacitated.Multiattack. The
lacks meaning.
To other creatures, a quickling seems blindingly fast, vanishing into an indistinct blur when it moves. Its cruel laughter is a burst of rapid staccato sounds, its speech a shrill
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
points for each head regrown this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
Wakeful. While
, the hydra has the prone condition, its speed is 0 and can’t increase, its heads can’t die, it has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, and it can’t take any other actions or
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Arc Lightning", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. If the target is a creature, it can’t take reactions until the start of its
Dexterity saving throw or take 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Arc Lightning", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.Lightning hulks are the descendants of storm
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that starts its turn in the aura must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or take 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Contamination", "rollDamageType":"poison
or take 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Squirt Bile", "rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
Spellcasting. The sibriex casts one of the following spells, requiring no
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
This mask of glossy azure has spikes around its edges and a ridged horn in its center. The mask reshapes to fit the face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and attuned
immunity to lightning damage. If you already have immunity to lightning damage from another source, whenever you are subjected to lightning damage, you take none of that damage and regain a number of hit
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack, a catoblepas reveals the extent of its horrific nature. The creature’s serpentine neck has trouble lifting its head, but one glare from its bloodshot eyes can rot flesh. At the end of its
environment, such as healing herbs and clean water, become degraded, and swamp gases take on a hint of the catoblepas’s foulness. Animals in the area are more aggressive and liable to be diseased
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
. Each mask shrinks to become the modeled head of a chromatic dragon, appearing to roar its devotion to Tiamat where all the masks brought together are arranged crown-like on the wearer’s head
face and head of a wearer attuned to it. While you are wearing the mask and attuned to it, you gain the following benefits.
Damage Absorption. You have resistance against acid, cold, fire, lightning
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
.
Fire Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Fire Breath"}. The dragon head exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15
one.Narrow Dodge. When targeted by a melee attack, the tile chimera can take a reaction to turn its narrowest aspect toward the attacker. The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll.A chimera is a
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Heads. Polukranos has five heads. While it has more than one head, Polukranos has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious
since its last turn, unless it has taken 40 or more fire damage since its last turn. Polukranos regains 20 hit points for each head regrown in this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head Polukranos has