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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You receive an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a course of action that you plan to take within the next 30 minutes. The DM chooses the omen from the Omens table.
Omens
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast
question). If a one-word answer would be misleading, the DM might instead offer a short phrase as an answer.
On a failed save, you take 6d6 Psychic damage and have the Incapacitated condition until you finish a Long Rest. A Greater Restoration spell cast on you ends this effect.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
within it have the Blinded condition.
Any creature that starts its turn in the area takes 2d6 Cold damage. Any creature that ends its turn there must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 Acid
damage from otherworldly tentacles.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Cold or Acid damage (your choice) increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You beseech an otherworldly entity for aid. The being must be known to you: a god, a demon prince, or some other being of cosmic power. That entity sends a Celestial, an Elemental, or a Fiend loyal
our foray into the dungeon). You must be able to communicate with the creature to bargain for its services.
Payment can take a variety of forms. A Celestial might require a sizable donation of gold
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Each target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or take 33 (6d10);{"diceNotation":"6d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Otherworldly Melody","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and
creature. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d10+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Psychic Swipe","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Otherworldly Melody (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Cunning Action. On each of her turns, the Black Viper can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Evasion. If the Black Viper is subjected to an effect that allows her to make
a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, she instead takes no damage if she succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if she fails. She can't use this trait if she's incapacitated
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
noxious gas from her palm. The creature must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 13 (2d12);{"diceNotation":"2d12","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Poison Spray","rollDamageType":"poison
in Gracklstugh, a duergar city in the Underdark. They mass-produce and distribute a filthy duergar ale made from mushrooms. Xardorok has been eager to take a fourth wife and has had his eye on
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Cunning Action. On each of her turns in combat, Nine-Fingers can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Dagger Thrower. Nine-Fingers adds double her proficiency bonus to the
business, the rise of organized crews and vigilantes is interfering with Guild operations. After a carefully coordinated attack on a patriar’s estate fell to pieces when a vigilante clumsily alerted the estate guards, Keene declared open season on do-gooders of all stripes.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
damage against it.The corrupter 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
spaces at least 1 inch wide without squeezing.A challenge for tier 3 play (levels 11 to 16), the otherworldly corrupter is a horrific Aberration that infects or impersonates a host.The Rogue’s
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
threat from undead but, other than hiring guards to defend Port Nyanzaru, they won't pay to take effective action against it. His mother believes she's “recruited” him to keep an eye on the Flaming
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. While charmed in this way, the target’s thoughts are sluggish; it can’t take reactions, its speed is halved, and it takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
When a Humanoid consumed by cruelty and rage dies in an area corrupted by the Far Realm, the creature sometimes rises as an ashenwight. The skin of these Undead horrors is desiccated, and their eyes often glow with otherworldly power.Necrotic, Poison, Psychic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, and when not called on to take action, they root themselves in the earth and silently take sustenance from it.
Like trees, wood woads need only sunlight, air, and nutrients from the earth to go on
living. Because they are undying, some wood woads outlive their original purpose. The site a wood woad guards might lose its power or significance over time, or those whom it was assigned to guard
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
throw or take 17 (3d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mind Fire","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and be stunned until the start of the inquisitor’s next
target can take only the Attack (inquisitor chooses the target) or Dash action.“Evil lurks everywhere. With our minds, we will unearth it, we will plumb its depths, and we will annihilate it
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
25 feet of it. The target must make a DC 20 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the target is pulled into an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the froghemoth.The froghemoth can take up to three
’s mind with its otherworldly gaze. That creature must make a DC 18 Intelligence saving throw, taking 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Alien Gaze
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Avoidance. If the mutate is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage
often gain psionic abilities, grow wings, become covered in otherworldly slime, or exhibit other unsettling traits. Specific mutated creatures are further described in appendix A.Necrotic, Poison
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
15 Constitution saving throw or take 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Virulent Breath", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.Multiattack. The mutate makes two Bite
creature it is grappling, slamming the creature against its chitinous plating. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in
the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a warning and avoid areas where many other kruthiks have died. Slaying a sufficient number of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
series of hisses and chittering noises. These sounds can often be heard in advance of a kruthik attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone
floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
of 1st level or higher.Var 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. Var
. Interlopers who discover his quarters are set upon by the lich and his dread warrior guards, but if Var is brought to the brink of death, he might bargain for a chance to escape the dungeon.
Undead Nature. A
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the creatures.
Girallons that are well treated might be willing to serve as guards, though they lack the intelligence to take on tasks more complicated than attacking strangers who enter their domain
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
invulnerability, plane shift, wall of forceThe githzerai 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
unformed substance of their adopted plane with a thought.
Githzerai
Githzerai are otherworldly folk with psionic powers who share an ancestral link to githyanki. The githzerai followers of the great
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
":"radiant"} radiant damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 22 Charisma saving throw, or on its next turn, it can either move or take an action, but not both.
Revelation. The veiled
presence reveals a glimpse of its otherworldly nature to a creature it can see within 30 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or have the paralyzed condition until
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the inquisitor can see within 120 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 31 (6d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"6d8+4","rollType
;t being worn or carried in the sphere automatically take the damage and are similarly moved.Telekinetic Deflection. In response to being hit by an attack roll, the inquisitor increases its AC by 4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
sounds can often be heard in advance of a kruthik attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to
having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a warning and avoid areas where many other
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the target, or takes a bonus action to end the effect.Drelnza can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Move. Immediately after a creature Drelnza can see ends its turn
be wielding a melee weapon.Drelnza is the vampire daughter of Iggwilv the Witch Queen;Iggwilv. She is the Witch Queen’s greatest treasure, an immortal warrior who guards some of her mother&rsquo
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Plague of Worms"}. Each creature other than a star spawn within 10 feet of the mage must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 22 (5d8);{"diceNotation
, the mage gains 10 temporary hit points.The mage 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
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or take 25 (6d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"6d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Psychic Whisper","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and be stunned until the end of the
. That parasite bestows undeath upon the spellcaster and causes strange tentacles to sprout from the body. The parasite’s mouth is visible on the lich’s torso, and the parasite guards the
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
within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gaze of Corruption", "rollDamageType
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
succeed on a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw or take 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and be unable to cast spells or activate magic items
must succeed on a DC 22 Constitution saving throw or take 19 (3d12);{"diceNotation":"3d12","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and be blinded for 1 minute. Until this blindness
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mercenaries, private guards, Watch soldiers, and members of the Flaming Fist number among just a few of the many soldiers on the streets of Baldur’s Gate.
War has been your life for as long as
your responsibilities for a month.
Flaming Fist. If you serve in the Flaming Fist, once every ten days, you must report to the Seatower of Balduran for training, and you’re required to take a
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
creature to take his place.
If the creature accepts, it is transformed into a noble djinni. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by those of Nafas (including this trait), though it
), Tongues, Wind Walk (as an action)
1/day each: Gaseous Form, Major Image, Teleport, WishNafas can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Blowback. Immediately after a creature
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Kalashtar are often seen as wise, spiritual people with great compassion for others. But there is an unmistakable alien quality to the kalashtar, as they are haunted by the conflicts of their otherworldly
name of their spirit and take names from another source.
Quori Names: Ashana, Ashtai, Ishara, Hareth, Khad, Kosh, Melk, Nari, Tana, Tari, Tash, Ulad, Vakri, Vash
Kalashtar Names: Coratash, Dalavash
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
action, you can command the servant to take one of the actions in its stat block or some other action.
When a creature provokes an opportunity attack from the servant, you can use your reaction to command
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Aurinax inhabits the vault and guards its treasures.
Failed Memory. When your attunement to the Stone of Golorr ends, you must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, you lose all memory of
stone desires a new owner, it demands to be given to another intelligent creature as quickly as possible. If its demands are ignored, it tries to take control of its owner (see “Sentient Magic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
energy in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 16 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"4d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Mind Blast
, but it isn’t an interdiction they must often enforce. Illithids brook no masters but members of their own kind, so it isn’t in their nature to bow to any god or otherworldly patron