Weapon (any melee weapon), rare (requires attunement) This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, choose one of the following creature types: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Dragon, Fiend, Giant, or Undead. The weapon has 4 charges. If you hit a creature of the chosen type with the weapon, you can expend 1 charge and inflict an…

Weapon (morningstar), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar 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…

Weapon (morningstar), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar 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…

Gargantuan Dragon, chaotic evil AC 20 (natural armor) Initiative +0 (10) HP 351 (18d20 + 162) Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., climb 40 ft

Adventure for Level 6 Characters Situation. A discovery beneath the Blood of the Vine tavern in the village of Barovia has unleashed sinister magic, transforming the owners. Hook. Disguised as a human, Urwin Martikov (Medium Wereraven; see chapter 5) of the Blue Water Inn in Vallaki hires the characters to investigate why the Blood of the Vine tavern in the village of Barovia has closed,…

Tepest is altered by Lorinda’s presence, creating the following effects: Closing the Borders. While in her domain, Mother Lorinda can close or open the borders to Tepest at will. While the borders are closed, a violent storm fills the Mists surrounding Tepest. A creature that enters the Mists for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or…

Street-level agents deliver overt official messages. Thugs and brutes with some manners and basic business sense can beat both into a target when the need arises. In addition to common weapons, Syndicate enforcers favor fighting chains or “chain-knuckles” that give them the choice to strangle or bind their opponents. These have the benefit of being less conspicuous than a blade.

Relicborn are a skeleton-like species native to Kalero, generally emerging from the numerous tombs and crypts that line the canyon walls of the province. They thrive in a culture of celebration and remembrance, which infuses the very essence of every member of the species. Dancing between the energy of a vivacious party and the serenity of peaceful reflection, this folk holds a deep appreciation…

Upyr believe they are the first and most ancient bloodline, having long abandoned their humanity along with any pretense of appearing mortal. Their crooked frames are the very image of a living corpse. Their limbs are stretched and emaciated. Their eyes are pale and bloodless. Upyr rest in coffins filled with the dirt of their homeland, feeling a deep connection to the shadowy earth of Ostoya. In…

Borca is altered by Ivana’s and Ivan’s presences, creating the following effects: Closing the Borders. While in their domain, Ivana or Ivan can close or open the borders to Borca at will. While the borders are closed, the Mists surrounding Borca are filled with briar vines (Ivana) or barbed wire (Ivan). The Mists become Difficult Terrain, and whenever a creature moves into or within the Mists,…

Abvekus are demons that embody assassins’ sadistic professionalism. Patient killers, they prefer to stalk targets from afar before striking. These targets might be the abvekus’ enemies or the enemies of demon lords or powerful villains the abvekus serve. Abvekus are bipedal, insectile demons whose arms end in scythe-like claws. They take pride in their kills and sometimes wear or otherwise…

Gilnid was renowned in Booty Bay for his unusually large size and for making mechanical bodyguards. He was exiled after his machines went haywire and slaughtered their charges. The Defias found him and paid him well to arm the Juggernaut; Gilnid is using the money to fund his pet project, a harvest golem called the Foe Reaper 4000. Early prototypes of the Foe Reaper guard the foundry. Gilnid is a…

A death’s head that arises from an aberrant monster, such as a nothic or mind flayer, might retain a measure of the mind-warping power it had in life.

Medium or Small Humanoid, Neutral AC 15 Initiative +3 (13) HP 52 (8d8 + 16) Speed 30 ft.

Weapon (morningstar), rare You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar 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…

The Augustine Trading Company has employees from middle managers and trade factors, to specialists like preceptors and containment agents who specialize in working with magical beasts. The most talented agents are usually headquartered in Morencia and dispatched as needed. Local branch directors cultivate their own specialists, deploying them only for the most important missions where their…

Lumbering, carapace-armored bipeds, umber hulks burrow through the Underdark, feeding on anything they can crush in their mighty mandibles. These tenacious hunters sense movement through the surrounding earth, then burst through cavern walls to surprise their prey. Those ambushed by umber hulks risk meeting the gaze of the monsters’ eerie, multifaceted eyes, which can cause others to act…

This adventure uses map 2.2: Blood of the Vine Tavern and consists of these encounters. Corrupted Owners. The three human sisters who owned the Blood of the Vine tavern—Alenka, Mirabel, and Sorvina—have been transformed into the following ravenous embodiments of primal hunger: Alenka (Relentless Slasher; see chapter 5) wields kitchenware and prowls the first floor. Mirabel (Medium Ghast…

Mother Lorinda desires a family over all else, not realizing she’s destroyed every family she’s ever had. A creator of monstrosities, this ancient green hag obsesses over unnatural maternalistic pursuits. Over generations, Tepest’s villagers have come to view Lorinda not as a powerful witch, but as a god of the land and fertility called Mother. Lorinda doesn’t dissuade her fragile mortal…

Weapon (morningstar), uncommon (requires attunement) When you attune to this item, it appears as a weapon in which you have proficiency and remains in that form until another creature attunes to it. As a free action once per Long Rest, you can Awaken the weapon with a command word, at which point the weapon becomes sentient for 1 hour with the following traits: Sentience. The weapon is a…

The sisters Lorinda, Laveeda, and Leticia Mindefisk lived desperate lives at the wooded edge of a terrible land. Their brutish family claimed the girls were unnatural fey in disguise and forced them to toil constantly. After years of harsh treatment from their cruel father and brothers, the hopeless sisters snapped and killed an abusive traveler during a chance encounter. They butchered the body…

Ranging across the domain is Mother Lorinda’s home, the Gurgyl. This towerlike structure of thorns, wicker, and giants’ bones walks on three skeletal dragon legs.

Weapon (dagger), uncommon This weapon was masterfully crafted by artificers of the ancient Dhakaani empire to combat the minions of the daelkyr Orlassk. It is forged from byeshk, and does not corrode or weather with time. Although stonebane weapons are not inherently magical, this weapon ignores Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage when used against creatures made of stone,…

List of Stat Block from the The Field Guide to Floral Dragons.

When the world was young, an ancient hill dragon laid two eggs at the top of a mountain. One rolled down into a fertile valley and became the apple tree dragon. The other egg rolled toward a patch of neglected earth, into a deep crater where nobody could find it. Buried under the earth, the egg went undisturbed until it hatched. A floral dragon wyrmling unlike any other fought its way out of its…

Zuul is a member of the Ankylosauria. This group of armoured dinosaurs is divided into several subgroups, and included the relatively small animal Struthiosaurus (see Hațeg Island) and the larger well-known Ankylosaurus. Like Ankylosaurus, Zuul was an ankylosaurid and the two were closely related. Ankylosaurids seem to be restricted to Laurasia (North America, Europe, and Asia), but were very…

(THALASSODROMEUS SETHI)

For many years it was assumed that ankylosaurs used their clubs exclusively to fight off predators. However, recent studies of Zuul ’s holotype have revealed that several healed injuries were likely the result of tail-club attacks from other Zuul. This indicates that it engaged in intraspecific combat, although its club was undoubtedly also used as a defensive weapon. Additionally, an…