Crafting. Creating a Monster Hunter’s Weapon requires a Workshop and the following Components of rarity equal to the item’s rarity:
Wondrous Item, varies (requires attunement by a Warlock) Filled with diagrams showing humans with alien features, this book of strange medical lore is written in monster-blood ink infused with draconic dust and then etched onto parchment pages made from aberration skin. The manuscript is bound in a scale-clad cover. You can use this manual as a Spellcasting Focus for your Warlock spells. When you…
Crafting. Creating a Manual of Occult Anatomy requires a Workshop and Components of equal rarity to the item created. The Components required are:
| 1d6 | The Flumph Helps By... |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking a meal of Underdark delicacies. |
| 2 | Performing a psychic song or “smell poem.” … |
Armor (scale mail), uncommon Mithral is a light, flexible metal. If the armor normally imposes disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks or has a Strength requirement, the mithral version of the armor doesn't. This armor consists of a coat and leggings (and perhaps a separate skirt) of leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, much like the scales of a fish. The suit includes gauntlets.
Raimond’s malice could make him a Balor. Try swapping the 2d6 Spectres for 2d4 Ghosts. The castle crypt could be enveloped by a Circle of Death spell.
The Most Infamous Bandit of the Borderlands Pral’s boyishly handsome, self-assured grin graces wanted posters throughout the Borderlands. A self-proclaimed “gentleman thief,” Pral abides by a strict personal code. He never kills, and he always upholds his end of any bargain he makes. A lover of good food, comfortable lodgings, and stylish clothing, Pral squanders the spoils of each robbery on his…
The pests could be a colony of greedy Awakened Shrubs who live underneath Lily ’s farm.
Ingested Poison A creature subjected to Prespra must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or take 3 (1d6) Poison damage and have the Poisoned condition. The creature also has the Blinded condition while Poisoned in this way. The creature repeats the save at the start of each of its turns, taking 3 (1d6) Poison damage on a failed save. On a successful save, the effect ends for the creature.
The castle doors could be trapped with Glyphs of Warding; the Spectres could be Wights.
Chuuls originated in forgotten ages when aboleths and stranger beings ruled alien empires beneath the waves. The aboleths transformed numerous deep-sea predators into servants that could venture beyond the seas to claim more magic and creatures to exploit. Chuuls are the most enduring of these bizarre servants. Many chuuls serve aboleth overlords, carrying out their whims amid lightless seas and…
Magic Items for Starting Characters If you’re starting a campaign for characters above level 1, “ Creating a Character ” offers suggestions for how many magic items such characters should start with and the rarity of those items. Consider these approaches to determining the items each character receives: DM Choice: Choose items for each character using your own judgment. Player Choice: Let the…
Weapon (repeater crossbow), rare Made from the claws, teeth, and bones of lycanthropes, this Repeater Crossbow is particularly effective against other lycanthropes or vampires. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon. Additionally, on a successful attack against a lycanthrope, the target is forced back into its humanoid form unless it succeeds on a DC 10 Charisma…
Secret Cult Leader Beneath a pretense of charity and goodness, Ivlis is a demon worshiper who leads a wicked cult. She uses deception and skulduggery to advance her power. Though she feigns kindness and compassion in public spaces, Ivlis believes the poor and downtrodden deserve their wretched lot. In battle, her magic is unpredictable.
Glabrezus embody delusion and predatory guile. These cunning demons know the most effective traps are those that individuals devise for themselves. Despite having massive claws and overwhelming physicality, glabrezus excel at using flattery and misdirection to coerce victims into isolating themselves and harming others. In the Abyss, glabrezus act as lone hunters or deceitful advisers to greater…
You could increase the amount of Ankhegs in the nest, and have 1d6 larvae hatch at the start of each round.
Gricks can live for centuries, with the eldest growing to monstrous sizes. Grick ancients actively hunt more than they wait in ambush, and they have no qualms about devouring smaller gricks.
Gricks tend to be solitary hunters, but young gricks might lurk near dozens of their brood mates for years before gradually drifting apart.
Juvenile bulettes are known as pups. They travel in small groups, using their numbers to bring down larger foes. Their arrival frequently presages the appearance of an adult bulette.
Some nefarious magic-users carry out forbidden necromantic rituals that sever their souls from their bodies to turn themselves into liches, masters of magic and undeath. With their souls preserved in hidden relics, liches puppet their own corpses as they pursue ambitions free from mortal bonds. Liches possess exceptional cunning and magical prowess, and they use their unnatural immortality to…
“Clo-bi-oh-don” (Cage tooth) This whole area was filled with lil’ fish-snatching pterosaurs. They kept their distance from us – I guess they’re used to being plucked off of the ground by small predators. Still, beautiful creatures to see flyin’ and fascinatin’ to observe perchin’ on rocks. They fed by flyin’ low over the water and quickly dippin’ their heads in, nabbin’ unaware fish. Nifty stuff.…
During the Hour of Ascension, Castle Avernus—Azalin’s seat of rule and magical laboratory—erupted in a magical conflagration. Now, Castle Avernus stands frozen in time at the instant of its destruction, blasted to magically floating chunks of rubble. Its towers pitch wildly and crumble to pieces amid arcane flames, yet they don’t fall. Although time has halted in the ruins, Azalin’s servants who…
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