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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
creature instead takes an extra 30 Slashing damage from the hit. If the creature has Legendary Resistance, it can expend one daily use of that trait to avoid losing its head, taking the extra damage instead.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores Resistance to Slashing damage.
When you use this weapon to attack a creature that
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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
.
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
Stones orbiting your head at the same time.
Each Ioun Stone orbiting your head is considered to be an object you are wearing. The orbiting stone avoids contact with other creatures and objects, adjusting
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter reality itself.
The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of level 8 or lower. If you use it
saving throw or a foe’s Critical Hit. You can force the reroll to be made with Advantage or Disadvantage, and you choose whether to use the reroll or the original roll.
Reshape Reality. You may
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
trait is active, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Coordinated Assault. The dullahan makes a Battleaxe attack, and then one death's head the dullahan can see within 30 feet of it can
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
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, Clapperclaw runs out of stuffing and must spend 8 hours foraging for more before it can use this action again.Clapperclaw the scarecrow is 3 feet tall. Created by Granny Nightshade using a tormented
harengon brigands, who stole its head, which the scarecrow describes as a most glorious stag skull. It desperately wants its head back, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
breath weapon is available, it can use the breath in place of its head or its claws.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5
attacks when it takes the Multiattack action. Use the Head Attacks table to determine the nature of the new head.
3
Shark Tail. The chimera’s tail is a large fin. When the chimera hits a
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
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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
Tyranny of Dragons
the start of her turn.Multiattack. Tiamat can use her Frightful Presence. She then makes three attacks: two with her claws and one with her tail.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +19;{"diceNotation":"1d20
one associated with that head until the start of her next turn.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +19;{"diceNotation":"1d20+19","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Hand) check can remove a disk, causing one head to power down and preventing it from making attacks. If the dragon head is disabled, the creature loses its Fire Breath. If the goat head is disabled
, it loses its horns attack. If the lion head is disabled, it loses its bite attack.Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its horns, and one with its claws. When its
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Seven star-like motes of light appear and orbit your head until the spell ends. You can use a bonus action to send one of the motes streaking toward one creature or object within 120 feet of you
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic vorpal sword. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. When you use this weapon to attack a creature that has
at least one head and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut off one of the creature’s heads. The creature dies if it can’t survive without the lost head. A creature is immune to this
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Shapechanger. The yuan-ti can use its action to polymorph into a Medium snake, or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't
and other magical effects.
Malison Type. The yuan-ti has one of the following types:
Type 1: Human body with snake head
Type 2: Human head and body with snakes for arms
Type 3: Human head and upper
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
retractable pseudopods that are used to manipulate small objects.
The head of an aartuk surmounts a 6-foot-tall stalk that can be extruded from the center of the star. The head contains the aartuk’s
sensory organs, including a long tongue that the creature uses as a weapon.
An aartuk’s preferred method of attack is to shoot forth its gooey tongue and use it to drag enemies toward the
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
start of each of the gaj’s turns. While it is grappling a creature, the gaj can’t use its mandibles to attack other creatures.
Mind-Probing Antennae. The gaj targets one creature
speech of other creatures.
A gaj’s head is a spongy globe about 2 feet in diameter, with three feathery antennae protruding from the top. Spaced around the head are six compound eyes, and six
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
. Each suction cup houses three retractable pseudopods that are used to manipulate small objects.
The head of an aartuk surmounts a 6-foot-tall stalk that can be extruded from the center of the star
. The head contains the aartuk’s sensory organs, including a long tongue that the creature uses as a weapon.
An aartuk’s preferred method of attack is to shoot forth its gooey tongue and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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
, counting on their friends to bail them out whenever they get in over their head. They always have a friendly jibe or acerbic remark on the tip of their tongue, and their cavalier attitude doesn’t
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
course of its turn. It can choose to leave part of its body visible, such as its tail, its head, or its grinning mouth. Any equipment the cat wears or carries is invisible with it.Grinning cats are
—wanders by. While trading riddles or witticisms, a cat often decides to reveal its grin, its tail, or sometimes its whole head to confuse or intimidate the creature it’s talking to.
A
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
houses three retractable pseudopods that are used to manipulate small objects.
The head of an aartuk surmounts a 6-foot-tall stalk that can be extruded from the center of the star. The head contains
the aartuk’s sensory organs, including a long tongue that the creature uses as a weapon.
An aartuk’s preferred method of attack is to shoot forth its gooey tongue and use it to drag enemies
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
hybrid shocker can't use its tentacles on another creature.The Guardian Project is a consequence of increasing tension within the Simic Combine as the threat of interguild conflict looms. Believing that
the Simic must be prepared to fight for their lives when that conflict comes to a head, biomancers have created soldiers to help defend the guild. These hybrids (also called guardians, after the name
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
, or unconscious condition on itself. While one of the psurlon’s heads is asleep, its other head is awake.Multiattack. The psurlon makes two Bite attacks and two Claw attacks. It can also use
ago. They now live on the Astral Plane. They have legs that end in hooves and arms that end in hands with three long fingers. A psurlon’s eyeless head resembles that of an earthworm, capped by a
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
spellbooks and other tomes from wizards outside of the cult.
Cult Ranks. A follower of Myrkul wields a flail that has a skull replacing the normal flail’s striking head. Necromite of Myrkul;Necromites
are initiates who have not yet mastered arcane magic and rely on their flails in battle. Skull Lasher of Myrkul;Skull lashers are spellcasters who use magic to augment their combat abilities. The
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
creature’s tiles.Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its horns, and one with its claws. When its fire breath is available, it can use the breath in place of its
.
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
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
At rank 2, your documancy satchel becomes a common magic item, allowing you to magically send and receive documents to and from Head Office through a special pouch. Your documancy satchel magically
quotes from Head Office.
Satchel of Holding
At rank 3, your documancy satchel gains additional features and becomes an uncommon magic item. One of the satchel’s pouches now functions as a bag
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hatch from eggs laid by female adults. Each egg is about the size of an adult human’s head and hatches within a month. Tiny kruthik hatchlings are harmless and rarely stray far from the nest. They
. As they burrow through the earth, they leave behind tunnels—evidence that is often the first clue to the nearby presence of a kruthik hive. Kruthiks also make use of preexisting underground
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Creature.Thought to be as old as the Abyss itself, sibriexes haunt remote parts of that plane, where they use their vile abilities to create new horrors and they seek ancient lore. Rivulets of blood and
The color of the target’s hair, eyes, and skin becomes blue, red, yellow, or patterned.
06–10
The target’s eyes push out of its head at the end of stalks.
11–15
The
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
Also at rank 3, Head Office provides you with a travel alchemical kit—an uncommon magic item containing miniaturized versions of both Alchemist's Supplies;alchemist's supplies and a Poisoner's
Kit;poisoner's kit (glass vials, a mortar and pestle, chemicals, and a glass stirring rod). You gain proficiency with a Poisoner's Kit;poisoner's kit as part of this upgrade.
You can use this magical
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Glowing cinders orbit the flanged head of this black iron rod.
This rod can be used as an arcane focus. While holding this rod, you gain the following benefits:
Hellish Resistance. You have
resistance to fire and necrotic damage.
Searing Rebuke. You can cast the Hellish Rebuke spell as a 4th-level spell (save DC 16) from the rod. Once you use the rod to cast the spell, the rod can’t cast
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
collectors, neh-thalggu consume the brains of Humanoids and use them as receptacles to enhance their magical abilities.
Neh-thalggu are born in the nightmarish Far Realm, but they spread across the
.
After a neh-thalggu kills a victim, it uses its pincers to cut open the victim’s head and remove the brain. It then swallows the brain whole. The collected brain is stored inside one of several
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
turn, unless it has taken poison damage since its last turn. The Goose Mother regains 10 hit points for each head when it regrows.
Reactive Heads. For each head the Goose Mother has beyond one, it gets
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Echolocation. The darkmantle can't use its blindsight while deafened.
False Appearance. While the darkmantle remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a cave formation such as a stalactite or
target. If the target is Medium or smaller and the darkmantle has advantage on the attack roll, it attaches by engulfing the target's head, and the target is also blinded and unable to breathe while
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
the use of dyes, transformational magic, and other markings intended to signify rank, achievements, and the identity of the individual’s leader. By these signs, neogi can identify each other
’s place in the hierarchy—and they must defer to those of higher station or risk harsh punishment.
Neogi
A neogi looks like an outsize spider with an eel’s neck and head. It can
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Magic Resistance. The echo has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Wakeful. When one of the echo’s heads is asleep, its other head is awake.Multiattack. The
throw or suffer one of the following effects of the echo’s choice:
Confused Reaction. The target must use its reaction to make a melee attack against another creature of the echo’s
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
replacing the normal flail’s striking head. Necromite of Myrkul;Necromites are initiates who have not yet mastered arcane magic and rely on their flails in battle. Skull Lasher of Myrkul;Skull
lashers are spellcasters who use magic to augment their combat abilities. The master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul’s secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
lightning strikes and searing lashes of flame meet the professors’ foes head on.
Professors who embrace the Prismari philosophy of expression focus on magic becoming art in the moment. Whether to
Prismari College believe that art is the truest form of spellcraft. They use magic to make splendid art, and they employ artistry to make their magic spectacular.Fire, LightningFlaming Leap. The