band burning diffusing core remains

Gnoll Witherling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

against each other, perhaps to determine who rules a war band or because of extreme starvation. Even under ordinary circumstances, gnolls that are deprived of victims for too long struggle to control

the remains back to a semblance of life in the form of a gnoll witherling. Witherlings travel with their comrades and try to kill anything in their path. They don’t eat and aren’t motivated

Flesh Colossus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Berserk. If the core inside the colossus is destroyed, the colossus goes berserk. On each of its turns while berserk, the colossus attacks the nearest creature it can see. If no creature is near

enough to move to and attack, the colossus attacks an object. Once the colossus goes berserk, it remains berserk until it is destroyed. Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that

Maw Demon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

;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

of oddities in addition to the remains of their recent prey. You may choose one or more items appropriate for your campaign for a maw demon to contain, or roll on the Maw Demon’s Stomach

Hellfire Engine Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

prone and takes 28 (8d6);{"diceNotation":"8d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Flesh","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the hellfire engine remains in the prone creature's space

the saving throw are drenched in burning acid and take 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage

Prophetess Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

can call on her spells and abilities in times of need, and remains in constant practice with Confessor, her maul. At her core, she believes that the gods help those who help themselves, and that

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature who can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength check

. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Burning Slime

Hellfire Engine

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the hellfire engine remains in the prone creature’s space, the creature is also restrained until it’s no longer in the same space as the hellfire engine

half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures that fail the saving throw are drenched in burning acid and take 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slippery Slime","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. Sticky

as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature that can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength

Aurnozci

Monsters The Book of Many Things

intruders in sight with reckless abandon. Cultists of Aurnozci Aurnozci grants its cultists the following trait: Burning Corpse. When the creature dies, its body is reduced to a pile of smoldering

embers in the space where it fell. The ashes take 1 minute to cool. Until then, a creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Burning Corpse", "rollDamageType":"fire

Zariel Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

to the stronghold’s wall, the dying remains of those who failed to impress the archdevil. The stronghold, covering five square miles, is surrounded by walls reinforced with high turrets. Devils

following effects: The area within 9 miles of the lair is filled with screaming voices and the stench of burning meat. Once every 60 feet within 1 mile of the lair, 10-foot-high gouts of flame rise

Urchin - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Bands of orphans and runaways band together in the Outer City, running after passersby in ragged throngs to plead for scraps. In the Lower City, urchins are often recruited into the lowest echelons

of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better life &mdash

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

attunement ends, the curse remains. With each passing day, the creature’s physical appearance and stature become more dwarflike. After seven days, the creature looks like a typical dwarf, but

Earthheart Forge, where it was created. It must remain in the burning forge for fifty years before it finally succumbs to the fire and is consumed.

Temple of the Gods

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

You cause a temple to shimmer into existence on ground you can see within range. The temple must fit within an unoccupied cube of space, up to 120 feet on each side. The temple remains until the

smell of burning incense fills the air within, and the temperature is mild. The temple opposes types of creatures you choose when you cast this spell. Choose one or more of the following: celestials

Assassin Bug

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

of druids (possibly in service to Malar or Talos) who cultivated the first of these creatures. However, it remains unknown whether their intent was to create a benign means of breaking down monstrous

infested areas, guards patrol with burning brands and flaming swords, ready to set suspect dwellings ablaze. Fire is an effective destroyer of assassin bug maggots, and wild creatures observed running

Morkoth Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

core of the warren, where the pearly matter of the island is also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most

failure, the creature has misplaced one possession (chosen by the player, if the creature is that player's character). The possession remains nearby but concealed for a short time, so it can be recovered

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

indolence offers no clue to how vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core

. Cunning Grankhul is the younger one, and in the stories bugbears tell, he gifted them with stealth but in return he sapped their vigor, so that bugbears sleep in his stead while he remains eternally alert

Imix

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

damage and catches fire. A target on fire takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage when it starts its turn, and remains on fire until it or

be knocked prone, in addition to the normal damage for contact with molten rock. A thick cloud of black smoke and burning embers fills a 40-foot-radius sphere within 120 feet of Imix, lasting until

Zariel

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’s wall—the dying remains of those who failed to impress the archdevil. The stronghold, covering five square miles, is surrounded by walls reinforced with high turrets. Devils of all kinds

: Hellscape. The area within 9 miles of the lair is filled with screaming voices and the stench of burning meat. Pyres. Once every 60 feet within 1 mile of the lair, 10-foot-high gouts of flame rise from the

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most of the lair

saving throw. On a failure, the creature has misplaced one possession (chosen by the player, if the creature is that player’s character). The possession remains nearby but concealed for a short

Wyrmskull Throne

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

energy when the throne’s powers are activated. After the fall of Shanatar, the Wyrmskull Throne fell into the clutches of less honorable creatures. A band of adventurers wrested the throne from

creature can’t be touched or moved from the throne. Touching a Ruling Scepter to the force field dispels the field, though the creature remains paralyzed until it is separated from the throne. Any

Creating a Gnoll War Band

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Creating a Gnoll War Band To include a gnoll war band in your campaign, or if you need to generate one quickly for use in an encounter, use the tables in this section. Roll on each one in turn to

determine the war band’s name, components, and unique traits. The War Band Name table is set up to create two-word names. Some war bands become infamous enough to earn an epithet from their enemies, but

Bandit Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Bandit Attack Bandits watch for an opportunity to waylay caravans. When the characters stop for their first night, a large gang of outlaws closes in to try its luck. The band is made up of sixteen

. Haeler and his guards are preoccupied by the burning wagon, because they need to focus on removing the coin coffers. If no one from the encampment rushes to find who fired on them, the bandits return

The Shape of the District

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

driven here by war, even a small band of warforged. Westbridge is as safe as Callestan gets, while anything goes in Eastbridge. Westbridge has a significant halfling population. In Eastbridge, a group of

here. Callestan is an inner district, which means that it’s largely enclosed in one of the massive core towers of Dura Quarter. However, it’s large enough that it extends out to the walls of the tower. Many people live in or on the walls, in tenements or shops carved into the thick stone.

Hell Hound

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

hounds are most commonly seen in service to devils, fire giants, and other evil creatures that use them as guard animals and companions. Burning Hunger. Hell hounds hunt in packs, feeding on any creature

prey to the bitter end. When hell hounds feed, the flesh they consume stokes the infernal fires that burn within them. When a hell hound dies, that fire consumes the creature’s remains in a billowing

Tammeraut's Secret

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Tammeraut’s Secret The sinking of Tammeraut did not spell the end for Syrgaul and his band of pirates. As his ship plunged into the sea, he called out to his fiendish patron. Orcus heeded his call

seabed to Firewatch Island. They overran the garrison and carried the remains back to their wrecked ship. There, with Orcus’s instruction, they began the laborious process of opening the Pit of Hatred, a rift to the Abyss that can transform corpses into drowned ones.

Gnoll Allies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

and shoosuvas, see chapter 3 of this book. Ghouls Ghoul packs emerge from graveyards and dungeons to trail in the wake of a war band, feasting on the remains of its victims and sometimes eventually

the souls of his followers and kindred creatures in such a way that they and his gnolls recognize one another on sight and don’t immediately leap into battle. Thus, a war band might include or be

Setup

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Setup While traveling through the area, the characters discover the burning homestead of the Anderil Farm. Orcs attacked, taking a few farmers prisoner and setting the place ablaze. From there, the

messenger spell, the delegation sent a message, saying, “We’re trapped at Dellmon Ranch and besieged by an orc war band. Safe for now, but we dare not leave. Send aid. Make sure they’re tough.”

Super-Evil Supercomputer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

old world and concluded no place would be safe from the inevitable destruction caused by their kind. Midway through its journey, Aphelion adopted a new core directive: eliminate every member of the

rise to the vegepygmies that now haunt the ship. One crew member remains. A lone scientist lies in a cryogenic sleep below the ship’s garden, but the froghemoth elder that dwells within has destroyed

3. East Caves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

down into a hollow central cavity. Lying near the base of the stalagmite are the badly corroded remains of two goblin scimitars. A black pudding has taken residence inside the stalagmite’s hollow core

is inserted into one of the stalagmite’s holes. The pudding has total cover while inside the stalagmite’s core. If left undisturbed, the pudding remains inside the stalagmite until the characters

Anatomy of a War Band

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Anatomy of a War Band A gnoll war band is likely to contain a variety of gnolls and other creatures, and no two of these groups have the same composition. The gnolls that make up the rank and file

, and the flesh gnawers, which rely on natural savagery rather than weapons to tear apart their foes. A pack of hyenas is always part of the band, and sometimes these beasts are as numerous as the

Flesh Colossus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

adamantine skeleton, creating a grisly colossal construct. Inside the flesh colossus’s chest is a stone sphere infused with spirits from each elemental plane acting as its core. To this day, some of

ft., passive Perception 10 Languages understands Giant but can't speak Challenge 20 (25,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6 Berserk. If the core inside the colossus is destroyed, the colossus goes

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

band of infantry has its leader, even if that person isn’t a officer. The Commander earns that position through some combination of high Charisma and Intelligence—the ability to inspire and the capacity

with the skills of a ranger or rogue. High Dexterity and Wisdom scores, combined with proficiency in the Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival skills, support this character’s core capabilities

The Land of the Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

following sections are written for you, the DM, to consider and incorporate into your adventures as you see fit. If you wish to reveal the core mysteries of Ravenloft to your players and explore the Land

immerse the Domains of Dread. Whether you cast light on them or leave them an inky mystery, their potential for terror remains endless. This section provides an overview of the dreadful forces at work

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

or less intact, the orcs leave themselves the option of returning to raid the community over and over. When orcs fight elves, all of that changes. The enmity between the two races cuts to the core

rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims. On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering

Worshiping Purphoros

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

god’s honor, burning wooden crafts or drawings of their inventions to gain his favor. (ERIC DESCHAMPS) MYTHS OF PURPHOROS The myths about Purphoros revolve around one of two themes: his wonderful

kept the earth warm and fertile. So, Purphoros quenched the world’s core. For a year, a lifeless winter gripped the world, with neither the sun nor the seasons warming the corpse-chill earth

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