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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
violence to sustain their existence, angry sorrowsworn—sometimes called the Angry—grow more powerful when their foes fight back. If a creature opts not to attack, though, this sorrowsworn
becomes confused, and its attacks weaken. It also has two heads, which bicker with each other incessantly.
Sorrowsworn
The Shadowfell’s pervasive melancholy sometimes gives rise to strange
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
this transformation to become malevolent prophets and harbingers. Others find magical ways to return to their previous forms.
Mutates
A creature exposed to the strange energy of the Far Realm
transform to exhibit physical characteristics associated with the Far Realm. Some creatures become mutates after prolonged exposure to Far Realm energy or magic drawn from that strange plane. Others
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
corpse melded to its underside to absorb damage and to strike at prey.
Mutates
A creature exposed to the strange energy of the Far Realm risks developing mutations. Such a creature undergoes a
with the Far Realm. Some creatures become mutates after prolonged exposure to Far Realm energy or magic drawn from that strange plane. Others deliberately change themselves, seeking to embrace the fell
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
a grotesque window into the virulent refuse the otyugh recently consumed.
Mutates
A creature exposed to the strange energy of the Far Realm risks developing mutations. Such a creature undergoes a
with the Far Realm. Some creatures become mutates after prolonged exposure to Far Realm energy or magic drawn from that strange plane. Others deliberately change themselves, seeking to embrace the
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
back. Steeped in strange energy, aberrant zealots borrow their vicious might from the monstrous entities that inhabit that fell plane.PsychicVoid Warp (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
: arcane gate, hunger of HadarAberrant zealots are cultists who have reached out to the powers of the Far Realm—only for something to reach back. Steeped in strange energy, aberrant zealots
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They see within mold and other fungi the ability to transform lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat strange, life.
These druids
believe that life and death are parts of a grand cycle, with one leading to the other and then back again. Death isn’t the end of life, but instead a change of state that sees life shift into a new
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
back into the air. Those that make it to a world in the Material Plane find it a strange place. They sometimes forget or ignore vertical distances, and they have nothing but pity for those earthbound
beyond — from the boundless vistas of the Elemental Plane of Air.
They are immigrants, refugees, scouts, and explorers, their outposts functioning as footholds in a world both strange and alien
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They see within mold and other fungi the ability to transform lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat strange, life.
These druids
believe that life and death are parts of a grand cycle, with one leading to the other and then back again. Death isn’t the end of life, but instead a change of state that sees life shift into a new
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It
’s lair take on dazzlingly brilliant hues.
Within its lair, the dragon can set illusory sounds, such as soft music and strange echoes, so that they can be heard in various parts of the lair
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the Abbot's choice).
In a new form, the
present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor Belviews of their lingering imperfections. The Belview family, however, had strange ideas of what it
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (Lhammaruntosz's choice
dragon’s lair take on dazzlingly brilliant hues.
Within its lair, the dragon can set illusory sounds, such as soft music and strange echoes, so that they can be heard in various parts of the lair
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
damage and be knocked prone. Klauth can then fly up to half his flying speed.The odor of sulfur and pumice surrounds a red dragon, whose swept-back horns and spinal frill define its silhouette. Its
’s as supple as a cat. His body is covered in old, wicked-looking scars where scales have been torn away and never grown back. He brutally attacks other dragons, seeking to slay any wyrm that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack roll is rerolled against the chosen creature.Ancient and devious, morkoths are voracious collectors. Each one floats through the planes on a strange, mobile island, amassing the valuables
;s petrified flesh came back to life as morkoths: tentacled monstrosities brimming with malice and greed.
Morkoths are driven by greed and selfishness mixed with a yearning for conflict. They hoard
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the victims unable to fight back.
Luminous Blue
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky to the rich, crystalline
of psychic forces has begun to affect the local fauna in strange ways.
Sapphire Dragon Lairs
Sapphire dragons make their lairs in enormous caverns and complex tunnel systems. As they grow
wanders incomprehensible vistas searching for a way back via strange and absurd exits. The target remains there for the duration or until it escapes.
The target can use its action to attempt to
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has chosen to displace. The creature’s mind falls back in time, entering the Yithian’s strange form.
The Yithians interrogate the creature that now inhabits the body of the time traveler
through expansion and contraction.
—H.P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time
The great race of Yith are creatures of the distant past, existing in a strange era before the gods forged the
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mythos and were perhaps their servitors. This strange tome was written before time began its proper flow and grants insights into its workings. By reading it, you learn to move between time’s beats
bonus to AC.
Once per turn while moving, you can teleport back to any spot you occupied during your current move.
Drawbacks: You age at an accelerated rate. After one week, you age an additional
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rituals, produce eerie music, and infuse oddly perfect rubies with their evil magic. Ysondkhelir is one of the emissaries dispatched from Leng to harvest psychically attuned souls and send them back to
the strange monasteries and towers of his homeland.
Dorianna’s Hand. Ysondkhelir has most recently set his sights upon Dorianna Menhemes, and he preys upon the girl in her dreams in the guise
Ancient Bronze Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back
6 miles of the dragon’s lair take on dazzlingly brilliant hues.
Within its lair, the dragon can set illusory sounds, such as soft music and strange echoes, so that they can be heard in various
Adult Bronze Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into
miles of the dragon’s lair take on dazzlingly brilliant hues.
Within its lair, the dragon can set illusory sounds, such as soft music and strange echoes, so that they can be heard in various
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disconnected scenes and strange vistas it describes are real.
Language: Common.
Attunement Check: Charisma (Performance) DC 15. Unlike other tomes, you are compelled to make this check when inspecting The
signs of Carcosa in the strangest places. The depths of ancient dungeons. The entrails of a slain enemy. Every sign points you back to Carcosa, again and again.
Lore: The King in Yellow allows you to automatically succeed all checks made to learn about Hastur and elements associated with it.
Sorcerer
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Golden eyes flashing, a human stretches out her hand and unleashes the dragonfire that burns in her veins. As an inferno rages around her foes, leathery wings spread from her back and she takes to
the air. Long hair whipped by a conjured wind, a half-elf spreads his arms wide and throws his head back. Lifting him momentarily off the ground, a wave of magic surges up in him, through him, and out
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them all and is by far the most potent.
A Fitful Slumber. Cthulhu’s cultists are often drawn to his worship by strange dreams triggered by his stirring within R’lyeh. As ages pass and the
resorting to ramming Cthulhu with their ship, has wounded the foul deity and forced it back into sleep. The world has been fortunate so far, but the cult always seems to recover from its setbacks and no method has yet been found to permanently defeat this foul creature.Poison
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
We had a tabaxi come through once, a few winters back. She kept the taproom packed each night with her stories and spent most days napping in a chair in front of the fireplace. We thought she was
lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye.
— Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper
Hailing from a strange and distant land
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Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
heavily muscled warrior, and its great helm is unusual in that it has no openings — only a broad glass plate in the front with a second piece of glass above it. Strange plates, tubing, and large
metal bosses adorn the armor in seemingly random fashion. On the back of the armor’s left gauntlet is a rectangular metal box, from which projects a short rod tipped with a cone-shaped red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Examining the Pests Pests don’t normally amalgamate and turn hostile, then transform back into harmless pests. If the characters examine the pests after the amalgamation is defeated, a successful DC
16 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals little pools of regurgitated bait on the floor near the pests. Mixed in the pools are small, sharp pieces of same chitin found in area W5 near Wiltroot Hall. The pests ingested this chitin, leading to their strange transformation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Examining the Pests Pests don’t normally amalgamate and turn hostile, then transform back into harmless pests. If the characters examine the pests after the amalgamation is defeated, a successful DC
16 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals little pools of regurgitated bait on the floor near the pests. Mixed in the pools are small, sharp pieces of same chitin found in area W5 near Wiltroot Hall. The pests ingested this chitin, leading to their strange transformation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
least to give them a good scare. This encounter can occur any time the characters are away from a settlement. A strange, croaking cry from somewhere above catches your attention. You spot a trio of huge
, winged shapes gliding toward you — giant vultures! Each bird carries on its back a warrior in dull blue armor with a dirty white cloak.
The attackers include one Feathergale knight and two Howling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Travel to the Inn One morning, the adventurers awake to a beautiful, sunny day. To the north, however, in the direction of the Wayside Inn, storm clouds are gathering: very strange storm clouds in
the shape of three swirling lightning bolts. The town council sees this strange phenomenon and becomes concerned. Earlier that morning a group of settlers left to pick up supplies at the inn. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
After the Attack The following sections tie up a few loose ends. Strange Sigils Characters who defeat the githyanki and examine them closely notice a strange sigil tattooed on the back of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
After the Attack The following sections tie up a few loose ends. Strange Sigils Characters who defeat the githyanki and examine them closely notice a strange sigil tattooed on the back of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
least to give them a good scare. This encounter can occur any time the characters are away from a settlement. A strange, croaking cry from somewhere above catches your attention. You spot a trio of huge
, winged shapes gliding toward you — giant vultures! Each bird carries on its back a warrior in dull blue armor with a dirty white cloak.
The attackers include one Feathergale knight and two Howling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Mutates Sam Burley A creature exposed to the strange energy of the Far Realm risks developing mutations. Such a creature undergoes a metamorphosis as the powers of the Far Realm rewrite the
exposure to Far Realm energy or magic drawn from that strange plane. Others deliberately change themselves, seeking to embrace the fell powers they worship. Creatures that become mutates often inexplicably
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Mutates Sam Burley A creature exposed to the strange energy of the Far Realm risks developing mutations. Such a creature undergoes a metamorphosis as the powers of the Far Realm rewrite the
exposure to Far Realm energy or magic drawn from that strange plane. Others deliberately change themselves, seeking to embrace the fell powers they worship. Creatures that become mutates often inexplicably