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Proficiency with a War Pick allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you
must have a feature that lets you use it.
Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll before the start of your next turn.
Feats
Player’s Handbook
Blindsight with a range of 10 feet.
Fog of War. You exploit the distractions of battle, gaining Advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) check you make as part of the Hide action during combat.
Sniper. If you
make an attack roll while hidden and the roll misses, making the attack roll doesn't reveal your location.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Multiattack. The giant makes two attacks, using Frost Axe or Great Bow in any combination.
Frost Axe. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Frost Axe
":"damage", "rollAction":"Frost Axe", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage.
Great Bow. Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Great Bow"}, range 150/600 ft
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
, to his heir. The rightful inheritors passed the axe on for many generations.
Later, in an era marked by treachery and wickedness, the axe was lost in a bloody civil war fomented by greed for its power
. The Axe of the Dwarvish Lords is a magic weapon that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it.
When you attack a creature with the axe and roll a 20 on the d20 for the attack
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Multiattack. The inquisitive makes three Crooked Staff attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Inquisitive Eye.
Crooked Staff. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to
":"recharge", "rollAction":"Spontaneous Barrier"}. Trigger: The inquisitive or an ally it can see is hit with an attack roll. Response: The inquisitive adds 2 to its or the ally’s AC against that
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
has Disadvantage on attack rolls.Rapier. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rapier"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType
":"damage", "rollAction":"Rapier", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.
Drow Hand Crossbow. Ranged Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Drow Hand Crossbow
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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
;Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Radiant Burst"}, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft. Hit: 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType
of House Jorasco served alongside every nation’s armies in the Last War, providing medical care and magical healing to the injured. Though the warring nations treated Jorasco medics as
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Darklord Restoration. If Vladeska dies, she revives with all her Hit Points in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Darklord Restoration"} weeks somewhere in Falkovnia
Impaling Spear attack.
Impaling Spear. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Impaling Spear"}, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4
Equipment
point, such as the ground or a wall, and on an attack roll against AC 10, cause the War Oil to spill out of the ammunition, creating a circular patch of the viscous substance with a 10-foot radius.
War
A target hit by a piece of Alchemical Ammunition packed with War Oil takes damage as normal for the ammunition, then becomes coated in War Oil for up to 1 minute. Alternatively, you can target a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
an army or serve as the right hand of a warlord on the battlefield.
War priests typically adorn themselves with a symbol of their faith. You can roll on the War Priest Holy Symbols table below, or
choose one that fits your campaign.
War Priest Holy Symbols
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Holy Symbol"}
Holy Symbol
1
Vial of iridescent liquid
2
Orc War Chief
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Aggressive. As a bonus action, the orc can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.
Gruumsh’s Fury. The orc deals an extra 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.
Battle Cry (1/Day). Each creature of the war chief’s choice
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"damage", "rollAction":"Hammer", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Engine of Pain. Immediately after a creature within 5 feet of the hammerer hits it with an attack roll, the hammerer
engineers have built numerous war machines, including some that can be fused with a duergar. Such a duergar-machine hybrid is fueled by the duergar’s psionic energy, and the duergar inside the
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":"thunder"} thunder damage and be knocked prone.Engine of Pain. Immediately after a creature within 5 feet of the screamer hits it with an attack roll, the screamer makes a Drill attack against that
creature.A duergar screamer uses sonic energy to grind rock into dust and to hurl invaders to the ground.
Duergar Constructs
Creative duergar engineers have built numerous war machines, including some
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Lord of Savagery’s gullet.
Maw demons appear among gnoll war bands that worship Yeenoghu, usually summoned as part of ritual offerings of freshly slain Humanoids made to him. The gnolls don&rsquo
;t command the demons, which simply accompany the war band and attack whatever creatures the gnolls fall upon.
Because maw demons are indiscriminate in their hunger, their stomachs contain all manner
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Deadly Critical. Rak Tulkhesh scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh's spellcasting ability is Charisma
roll.Overlords
In the first days of the world, the children of Khyber rose from the darkness to reign over Eberron. The greatest among them were the overlords, who held dominion over a world of fear, war, and
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
. The needle lord makes 2 raking vine attacks.
Needle Volley. The needle lord makes up to 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Needle Volley"} needle attacks, but it cannot attack
damage.A wise ranger knows that the sight of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
":"piercing"} piercing damage.Protection. When an attacker the warforged can see makes an attack roll against a creature within 5 feet of the warforged, the warforged can impose disadvantage on the
attack roll.Warforged warriors are formed from wood and steel, then magically imbued with life and sentience. They were created to fight in the Last War on the continent of Khorvaire in Eberron. In the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world.Poison
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
soul rises as a lemure (see the Monster Manual) on Avernus, one of the Nine Hells, in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Hours"} hours. If the creature isn’t revived
", "rollAction":"Infernal Orb", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Fire giants study war in its many forms across the multiverse, which
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
warforged can see makes an attack roll against a creature within 5 feet of the warforged, the warforged can impose disadvantage on the attack roll.Warforged soldiers are humanoids formed from wood and
steel, then magically imbued with life and sentience. The warforged were created to fight in the Last War, and in the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world.
Most
Soldier
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Basic Rules (2014)
War has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the
battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Chromatic Orb"} to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Chromatic Orb"} damage of a type chosen
fiends and dragons waged war across Eberron, rakshasas served the fiendish lords as strategists and generals. A rakshasa named Mordakhesh rose up through the ranks to become one of the greatest
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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
standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine which
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Pack Tactics. The clawfoot has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the clawfoot's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Pounce. If
when hunting in packs. Their instinct for pack structure has made these dinosaurs a traditional war mount for the halflings of the Talenta Plains, with clawfoots quickly and eagerly responding to training and control.
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is also within 5 feet of the needle spawn.Needle Volley. The needle spawn makes up to 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Needle Volley"} needle attacks, but it cannot attack
of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created by needle lord;needle lords—hulking
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Pack Tactics. The lieutenant has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the lieutenant’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the
.
Blades of Eberron
In the aftermath of Eberron’s Last War, a warforged called the Lord of Blades rose to fill the power vacuum left in the devastated Mournland. The Lord of Blades&rsquo
Cadaver Collector
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
collector calls up the enslaved spirits of those it has slain; 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Summon Specters"} specter;specters (without Sunlight Sensitivity) arise in
the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a success.The ancient war machines known as cadaver collectors lumber aimlessly across the blasted plains of Acheron
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
dance to any tune.
— Volo
To feel the thunder of orcish war drums outside the gate and to hear a chorus of voices growling, “Gruumsh!” is the nightmare of every civilized place in
three gods are a tribe’s raiders and ravagers—often the only part of an orc tribe that its victims ever see.
Deep within the den of a tribe, far away from the war-hearth where warriors
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)Parry. The drow adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack roll that would hit it. To do so, the drow must see the attacker and be wielding a melee
is typically the first or second son of a drow matron mother. Elsewhere drow house captains fight in the war against Lolth, often allying with duergar and others who also wish to rid their
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Pack Tactics. The scout has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the scout’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the
Blades’ legions.
Blades of Eberron
In the aftermath of Eberron’s Last War, a warforged called the Lord of Blades rose to fill the power vacuum left in the devastated Mournland. The Lord
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
while the dragons live. These levitating horns and spines shift slightly with the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise
history and tactics, and magic items that protect against psychic damage or mental intrusion. The centerpiece of a sapphire dragon’s hoard is usually a cataloged, orderly collection of war gear
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the effect on itself with a success.The ancient war machines known as collectors lumber aimlessly across the blasted plains of Acheron until they are called upon by a necromancer to bolster the ranks
enslaved spirits of those it has slain; 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Specters"} specter;specters (without Sunlight Sensitivity; see the Monster Manual) arise in unoccupied
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
at the start of his turn.
Fireball. Bel casts fireball.
Tactical Edge (Costs 2 Actions). Roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Tactical Edge"} for Bel. The number rolled on
the die is subtracted from the next attack roll made against Bel or an ally of his choice within the next minute.
Summon Ice Devil (Costs 3 Actions). Bel magically summons an Ice Devil (Spear Variant
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
Crafted from a thick, red fabric, this banner measures 5 feet high and 3 feet wide. The krig (war) rune is displayed on the fabric with round, metal plates sewn into it. It can be attached to a 10
line of sight.
Standard’s Shield. As a bonus action, you can touch the unfurled banner and invoke this power. Any ranged attack roll that targets you or an ally of yours has disadvantage if the
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Mouth of Madness. The giant is immune to confusion spell.
On each of its turns, the giant uses all its movement to move toward the nearest creature or whatever else it might perceive as food. Roll a
d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Mouth of Madness"} at the start of each of the giant’s turns to determine its action for that turn:
1–3: The giant makes three
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way roll initiative, act in the next available turn, and obey the skull lord. The skull lord can have no more than five Undead summoned by this ability at a time.Skull lords have claimed vast regions
of the Shadowfell as their dominion. From these blighted lands, they wage war against their rivals, commanding hordes of the undying in a bid to establish dominance. Yet skull lords always prove to be