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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
can excel at and gain rank through a specialized role: the dreadnought.
Dreadnoughts are massively powerful fire giants who wield two huge shields like plow blades. These shields bear spikes on
. When the dreadnought has finished, often all that is left of a foe is a smoking smear on the floor.
When not called on to fight, dreadnoughts maintain their strength by using their shields to shove huge
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits
. If the golem is left without instructions or is incapacitated, it continues to follow its last orders to the best of its ability. When it can't fulfill its orders, a golem might react violently — or
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
medusas of Ravnica, often called gorgons, are a monstrous race of creatures that appear superficially similar to human women. In place of hair, a gorgon has a writhing mass of black, serpentine
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
fallen civilizations and great calamities.
Nagpas still fear the Raven Queen and do their best to avoid her and her agents. When it’s impossible to do so, they become cringing, fawning things, eager
bear an array of spells to turn other creatures into their agents, influencing their decisions in subtle ways and making them unwitting accomplices in their own destruction. Nagpas are extraordinarily
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
can't die permanently. Upon its death, it reforms elsewhere in the multiverse and becomes active again at a time set by the DM.
Rak Tulkhesh
Called the Rage of War, Rak Tulkhesh is the incarnation of
in combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him.
Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh's soul is
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.If a Beast such as a dog or a bear dies from russet mold, the result is a bestial moldy called a thorny
that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas, so they’re most
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
free to catch the weapon.The Netherese arcanists who created these creatures called them “thaluud,” which means “faceless.” Wrought from the fusion of magic and elemental earth, each of these sexless
tombs, temples, and caves in search of magic items, which they bear off. They usually try to seize magic from beings that they encounter.
Magic is sacred to tomb tappers. They don't use any magic items
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
thought it was an accident. In the days that followed, Pidlwick II tried its best to fill its namesake's shoes, but the effigy's mere presence was upsetting to Tatyana, and it was never called on to perform
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days
witches, Lysaga recently uncovered a potential threat to Strahd: a secret society of wereravens called the Keepers of the Feather, a group that uses ordinary ravens as their spies.
Strahd doesn’t
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid, and together they had a son, Erasmus. When he was fourteen, Erasmus was
, the greatest vampire of them all. Van Richten has studied Strahd for years and knows he can’t hope to best the vampire in a straight-up confrontation: he must wait for the right moment to strike
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
long to delirium. As a result, all followers of the Prince of Demons break with reality sooner or later.Demogorgon’s Lair
Demogorgon makes his lair in a palace called Abysm, found on a layer
by a skull-shaped minaret. There, Demogorgon’s heads contemplate the mysteries of the arcane while arguing about how best to obliterate their rivals. The bulk of this palace extends deep
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
embodiment of one of the five virtues the knights of the realm hold as standards of excellence.
The recent invasion of nightmarish creatures called Phyrexians devastated the courts, with much of the
surviving populace fleeing into the wilds. A young prince, Will Kenrith, does his best to reunite the shattered realm, but a return to its former glory seems far off.
Even in the shattered remnants of
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Out of the Abyss
in a palace called Abysm, found on a layer of the Abyss known as the Gaping Maw. Demogorgon’s lair is a place of madness and duality; the portion of the palace that lies above water takes the
form of two serpentine towers, each crowned by a skull-shaped minaret. There, Demogorgon’s heads contemplate the mysteries of the arcane while arguing about how best to obliterate their rivals. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creatures
Topaz dragons rarely tolerate any company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own kind. Moreover, their unpredictability means that even if a creature
the exception of bronze dragons, for whom they bear an inexplicably intense hatred.
Adult Topaz Dragon Connections
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Connected Creatures
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
in an enormous, gnarled olive tree called Enorasi, which was planted millennia ago by Klothys. It is said that those who eat of its fruit can see glimpses of the future. Eating the fruit brings with
touching her webs. Each creature restrained by a web or Arasta’s Web of Hair must make a DC 21 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, Arasta gains knowledge of a creature’s name, race
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. (Chaotic)
2
Empathy. It’s a gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
3
Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it would be a
dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isn’t directly harmful to the creature.
Ice
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
something new. (Chaotic)
2
Empathy. It’s a gift to share in another’s joy, even if sometimes you must bear their pain, too. (Good)
3
Hospitality. We all live beautiful lives—it
must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own kind. Moreover, their unpredictability means that even if a creature proves itself useful to a topaz dragon, it
they bear an inexplicably intense hatred.
Young Topaz Dragon Connections
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Connected Creatures"}
Connected Creatures
1
A
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
couldn’t best.
Chimeras typically roam the deep wilds of the world, constantly seeking a lair that would perfectly suit one of its heads, but then finding it unsatisfying to two-thirds of its
Composition
d4
Attack
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Plains Creature. The chimera’s body is that of a large lowland creature, such as a bull or a bear, and it lacks wings and a flying speed. The chimera is
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons rarely tolerate any company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own kind. Moreover, their unpredictability means that even if a creature proves itself
bronze dragons, for whom they bear an inexplicably intense hatred.
Topaz Dragon Wyrmling Connections
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Connected Creatures"}
Connected
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Connections
d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Connected Creatures"}
Connected Creatures
1
An ancient sapphire dragon has called a conclave of ancient gem dragons to
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
Connected Creatures
Topaz dragons rarely tolerate any company but their own, and they are usually indifferent at best even toward their own kind. Moreover, their unpredictability means that
creatures, however, with the exception of bronze dragons, for whom they bear an inexplicably intense hatred.
Ancient Topaz Dragon Connections
d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
centipede;giant centipedes. The called creatures arrive in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Children of the Night"} rounds, acting as allies of Keresta and obeying her spoken
. It vanishes when light is brought to bear on it but reappears when the light passes. A permanent fog hangs in some areas regardless of light, as noted in the descriptions of those areas.
Rats and
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Asmodeus’ might. No matter what blistering wrath Asmodeus brought to bear on Zargon, the aberration continually re-formed from its horn. Finally, Asmodeus cast Zargon’s horn from the Nine
, sacrificing their own to appease their so-called god. Appeased by these living offerings, Zargon returned to the tunnels beneath Cynidicea, where its cult grew.Zargon’s Lair
Zargon’s lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
together form a shape that’s reminiscent of a slender crescent moon. Moonstone dragons are playful and impetuous forces of mischief in their early years, but the best of them mature into wise
moonstone dragon is called upon to discipline a group of moonstone dragon wyrmling;moonstone dragon wyrmlings that rampaged through a Fey noble’s territory.
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An adult moonstone dragon has amassed
Dragonborn
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Basic Rules (2014)
wrestle down a dire bear himself. His familiar well-worn armor was gone, replaced by violet-tinted scale armor with bright silvery tracings. There was a blazon on his arm as well, the mark of some
proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and from out of the corner of your eye, they came to the Material Plane, urged to spread throughout the multiverse by the conquering god Maglubiyet. Centuries later, they still bear a fey gift for
character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining
Shifter
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
animal’s tough hide. A sense of invincibility spread through him. For the moment at least, he felt unstoppable!
— Don Bassingthwaite, The Binding Stone
Shifters are sometimes called the
weretouched, as many believe they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
psionic powers and built a great city called Tu’narath. They have since spread throughout the multiverse, starting in outposts outside the Astral Plane, called creches, where time passes and their
astral clouds.
Githyanki who reside in the Astral Plane can live indefinitely.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t fully change shape, but
race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
make your fortune through the house. Your main task is to serve as the eyes of your house, but you could be called on at any time to act as its hand. Such missions can be perilous but lucrative
and for my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
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BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
make your fortune through the house. Your main task is to serve as the eyes of your house, but you could be called on at any time to act as its hand. Such missions can be perilous but lucrative
my own curiosity. (Any)
6
Comfort. I want to ensure that me and mine enjoy the best things in life. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
My house is my family, and I would do anything
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history—is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then might never be used again. However, many
level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
range from deep charcoal to shades of red and orange. Some bear skin tones common to humanity but with fiery marks, such as slowly swirling lights under their skin that resemble embers or glowing red
whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When