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Multiattack. The cultist makes three attacks, using Dread Scythe or Deathly Ray in any combination.
Dread Scythe. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. The cultist casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Speak with Dead
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dark Devotion. The cultist has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Icy Doom. When the cultist dies, its corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be
have perished in the wilderness had Levistus not intervened on their behalf. The cultists’ stories are all the same: the archdevil reached out to them in their minds as they were freezing to death
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, inflict wounds, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, spiritual weapon
Icy Doom. When the cultist dies, its corpse freezes for 9 days
’ stories are all the same: the archdevil reached out to them in their minds as they were freezing to death, offering a second chance at life in exchange for their absolute devotion. After they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 8 Aberrant Cultist
Assassin
Berserker Commander
Chain Devil
Cloaker
Cockatrice Regent
Death Cultist
Elemental Cultist
Fiend Cultist
Fomorian
Frost Giant
Githyanki Knight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Cultist Hierophant
Death Cultist
Druid
Elemental Cultist
Fiend Cultist
Gladiator
Guard
Guard Captain
Knight
Mage
Mage Apprentice
Noble
Noble Prodigy
Performer
Performer
Humanoid Aberrant Cultist
Archmage
Archpriest
Assassin
Bandit
Bandit Captain
Bandit Crime Lord
Bandit Deceiver
Berserker
Berserker Commander
Commoner
Cultist
Cultist Fanatic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Death Cultist Death cultists revel in nihilistic forces, embracing them as paths to undeath, multiversal purity, or entropic inevitability. These cultists serve
powerful undead beings, apocalyptic prophecies, or immortals with power over death, such as Acererak, Kyuss, Orcus, Vecna, or Wee Jas. Death Cultist Medium or Small Humanoid, Neutral Evil
AC 17 Initiative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Cultists Doomsayers and Fanatics Habitat: Any; Treasure: Individual, Relics Aurore Folny A death cultist and his followers summon Orcus, Demon Lord of Undeath Cultists use magic and extreme measures
Cultist Agendas table to inspire what a cultist seeks to achieve. Cultist Agendas 1d6 The Cultist Strives To... 1 Bring about the end of a dominant order, an age, or the world. 2 Burn away the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 10 Aboleth
Cultist Hierophant
Cyclops Oracle
Death Slaad
Deva
Dire Worg
Guardian Naga
Haunting Revenant
Noble Prodigy
Performer Legend
Spy Master
Stone Golem
Warrior Commander
Yochlol
Young Gold Dragon
Young Red Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cult of Fierna Goals: Control over the emotions of others, turning them into puppets and playthings Typical Cultist: Acolyte, archmage, bandit captain, cult fanatic, cultist, knight, noble, priest
become beloved leaders at the head of a band of fanatics are drawn to striking bargains with her. Her cultists can gain the Infernal Loyalty trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Loyalty beyond Death
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
its nature. The tome was the target of an attempted break-in, which resulted in the death of an assumed cultist of the Elemental Eye.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Recognized! If the characters spent much time wandering through the raiders’ camp on the Greenfields and talking to cultists, they might have struck up a conversation there with a cultist who is now
the lowest result on the Charisma check is recognized by a cultist. The cultists assume that, at best, the character must be a deserter from the cult. At worst, he or she is a spy and a saboteur. At a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Recognized! If the characters spent much time wandering through the raiders’ camp on the Greenfields and talking to cultists, they might have struck up a conversation there with a cultist who is now
the lowest result on the Charisma check is recognized by a cultist. The cultists assume that, at best, the character must be a deserter from the cult. At worst, he or she is a spy and a saboteur. At a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. 4 I have stopped using language and instead rely on growls and shrieks. 5 I have no fear of death and welcome it in battle. 6 My berserk fury makes a rabid dog look gentle. Gnoll/Cultist Ideals d6
Roleplaying Gnolls and Cultists of Yeenoghu When you’re roleplaying a cultist or gnoll of Yeenoghu, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that the NPC might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Embrace (1/Day). The cultist touches one creature within 5 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be coated in sticky, steaming mud. While it is coated in this way
, the target’s speed is halved, it can’t use reactions, and it takes 10 (3d6) fire damage at the start of each of its turns. The effect lasts for 1 minute, until the cultist is incapacitated or dies, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Cult Forces The second attack force comprises a team led by a dragonsoul cultist (see appendix D). If this is an isolated fight with the characters at or near full strength, choose adversaries that
. The destruction of the heroes is the goal of this attack, and if the risk of death doesn’t feel real, the players won’t take the threat of the cult seriously. Second Attack Cult Forces Creature XP Value Dragonwing 450 Dragonsoul 1,800 Mezzoloth 1,800 Nycaloth 5,000 Adult black dragon 11,500
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Cultist Fanatic)—a fanatical dragonborn devotee of Orcus—supervises the inept labor of three Zombies. Xia ordered the group to topple the statues in this room and sweep up the rubble for removal. Akira and
the ghouls are Hostile and fight anyone not wearing the crimson robes of Xia’s Cult. The zombies attack at Akira’s command. Cultist. Akira Norixius believes unquestioningly in the cause of Orcus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
of Xia’s cult. Cultist Eleith Brittlebones has been duped into following the cult of Orcus. Xia convinced the dwarf that the world is nearing its end, the gods are dead, and the demonic forces of death
spectral human woman beseeches the ogres to halt their destructive rampage.
Following the statue of Orcus’s instructions, Xia commanded the cultist—a dwarf named Eleith Brittlebones (Medium, Chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Location Overview Fheralai Stormsworn, champion of the cult of Talos, commandeered this galleon from the dread cultist Ularan Mortus. The ship is imbued with the undead spirit of the death knight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
occupied by two mages and five cult fanatics who attack at the first sign of intruders. As an action, one of the mages screams the command word to activate the skeletal dragon limbs. If the cultist
who activated the limbs is killed, the limbs stop attacking, but both mages know the command word. The cultists all fight to the death. This room contains many notes and scrolls about dracoliches but nothing of value.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
T5. Charnel Chamber Characters catch the scent of death as they approach this room. The tunnel opens into a square room that reeks of decaying flesh. Three human corpses, reduced to little more than
test commanded by the earth cultist Larrakh (see area T9), Believers waylaid and killed the travelers in separate incidents over the last month. The Believers are rarely murderers, but Larrakh is maneuvering them into darker and darker deeds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Location Overview The dread cultist Ularan Mortus carried his acolytes over the sea in a cursed galleon imbued with the soul of a death knight. South of Neverwinter, the vessel was spotted by a local
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Reddick Professor Sendor Reddick (Medium Death Cultist) is a taxidermist as well as a noted scholar of animal biology. As curator of the Valdain Museum of Natural History, Reddick pays handsomely for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the demon lord. The cage by the tunnel holds a death dog, watched over by a nervous derro cultist. Atop the platform, Narrak and four more derro cultists are performing a ritual around the statue at
positions along the edge of the platform as Grula-Munga rises to her feet and picks up her weapons. At the same time, the cultist standing next to the cage releases the death dog. Narrak continues his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. The faint smell of death hangs in the air, and several vultures circle overhead.
If Larmon is with the party, he explains that he grazes his sheep in a nearby vale, and he passed by this spot less
Mirabar), one female human warrior dressed in a black surcoat with a red axe (the symbol of Mirabar’s army), one male human warrior dressed in a black cloak with strange stony armor (an earth cultist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
occupied by two mages and five cult fanatic who attack at the first sign of intruders. As an action, one of the mages screams the command word to activate the skeletal dragon limbs. If the cultist who
activated the limbs is killed, the limbs stop attacking, but both mages know the command word. The cultists all fight to the death. This room contains many notes and scrolls about dracoliches but nothing of value.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Blight 8 Death Cultist, Fiend Cultist 9 Jiangshi* 10 Cultist Hierophant, Dullahan* 13 Loup Garou* 16 Gulthias Blight 21 Arch-hag *Detailed in chapter 5
Plots to inspire your folk horror adventures. Folk Horror Plots 1d10 Adventure Hook 1 Anyone entering the city on horseback is imprisoned and sentenced to death. 2 A cult requests help summoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
confined to the cells (see below) until they were sacrificed. After death, they would be brought back to this room, where the high priest would animate them as zombies. Cells. All three cell doors
stone and the treasure hidden behind it (see “Treasure” below). Cell C contains the bones of a treacherous tiefling cultist who tried and failed to overthrow the temple’s high priest. Disturbing this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Boss 5 Cambion, Flesh Golem, Gladiator, Half-Dragon 6 Mage, Performer Maestro, Pirate Captain 7 Bandit Deceiver 8 Aberrant Cultist, Assassin, Berserker Commander, Death Cultist, Elemental Cultist
, Fiend Cultist 10 Cultist Hierophant, Noble Prodigy, Performer Legend, Spy Master, Stone Golem, Warrior Commander 11 Bandit Crime Lord, Death Knight Aspirant 12 Archmage, Archpriest, Pirate Admiral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
gain renown with a cult by performing deeds such as those in the Innsmouth Cults Renown table. Innsmouth Cults Renown Deed Renown Gained Slaying an enemy cultist* +1 Despoiling an enemy ritual site
Gifts table. Innsmouth Cults Dark Gifts Cult Dark Gift Cult of Chthonic Night Gathered Whispers Cult of the Drowning Wave Symbiotic Being Cult of the Heavenly Doom Touch of Death Cult of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
attack by a draconian squad can replace one of the cultist responses when one of the dungeons is cleared. There isn’t space in this book to provide stat blocks for draconians, but you can make your
own by adding the half-dragon template (see the Monster Manual) to hobgoblins or lizardfolk. Add a Death Throes trait to complete the transition: for example, baaz draconians turn to stone when killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus
quelled, the effects of his actions linger, and that which has remained dormant has awoken. I need you to tidy things up here and ensure the shadows once again return to rest.”
Inza (Medium Death
Cultist) is worried about the aftereffects of the violent upheaval in Sithicus, and she speaks truthfully about the dangers plaguing the realm. The Event Coordinator or DM can use the following points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
increasingly aggressive dragon activity. The characters are asked to investigate a devastating series of raids in the Misty Forest, leading to Neronvain in “Chapters 11 and 12: Death to the Wyrmspeakers
assess the gains made by the allied factions against the Cult of the Dragon. The party is called on to pursue two leads that might grant even more advantage over the cult—a renegade cultist offering to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
offensively as needed, and rank-and-file cultists fight to the death as long as they know Severin is alive. See appendix D for Severin’s statistics. Rath Modar. Rath Modar leads the ritual of guidance, but
Leaders. Wearers of Purple are venerated leaders among the cultists, and most of them are powerful combatants in their own right. Cultist Troops. The Cult of the Dragon has thousands of combatants at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Lantern Ghost Murders To feed the growing kraken’s ravenous hunger, Sgothgah has coerced its cultist allies into supplying the beast with beggars, drunks, urchins, and other sweepings from the
yesterday, Jarme Loveage dangled from the executioner’s noose. With Jarme’s death, the Styes breathed a collective sigh of relief — but that relief is destined to be short-lived. The kraken is nearing maturity, and the Whisperer is preparing the final stage of its dreadful plan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
increasingly aggressive dragon activity. The characters are asked to investigate a devastating series of raids in the Misty Forest, leading to Neronvain in “Chapters 11 and 12: Death to the Wyrmspeakers
assess the gains made by the allied factions against the Cult of the Dragon. The party is called on to pursue two leads that might grant even more advantage over the cult—a renegade cultist offering to