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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Druidcraft, Speak with Animals (swan form only)
1/Day Each: Animal Friendship, Beast Sense, Spike
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1d6
The Swanmay Is Devoted to Protecting …
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A hidden spring.
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A lakeshore recently ravaged by a forest fire.
3
The conjunction of three rivers
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
which can grapple one target.A wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing is a predatory plant that resembles a tree stump. It hides in areas of thick vegetation and has a bark-like hide, eyestalks like vines or
Harmless Lure. The wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing can change the color, texture, and shape of its lure to resemble a Tiny Beast or Tiny object. It can move the lure to reinforce the resemblance (no action
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
spells take the form of shattering mirrors.
COMPANION CREATURES
Various creatures serve the witches of Dunbarrow. It’s not uncommon to see ravens and bats flitting through the canopy, or cats
, while others animate furniture, weapons, or other objects.
Feel free to build encounters with witches that include additional creatures such as animated armor, a flying sword, a rug of smothering, or a Tiny Beast acting as a spy.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
"} hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness.
Change Shape. The Abbot magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less
in reuniting Strahd with his lost love and, in so doing, ending Barovia's curse. The Abbot has recently completed work on a flesh golem bride made from the body parts of dead women. While the Belviews
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Reghed Glacier. The orb was recently stolen by Nass Lantomir, one of Vellynne’s rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood. Vellynne intends to get it back before resuming her quest to find Ythryn
of a beast.
Spellbook. Vellynne’s spellbook has black leather covers around pages of ragged parchment, all wrapped in a crimson sash. The necromancer’s personal sigil is written in goat
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Created by the Cat Lord—a divine being of the Upper Planes—to blend the qualities of humanoids and cats, tabaxi are a varied people in both attitude and appearance. In some lands, tabaxi
live like the cats they resemble, naturally curious and at home in playful environments. In other places, tabaxi live as other folk do, not exhibiting the feline behavior the Cat Lord intended
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Hadozees’ progenitors were mammals no bigger than house cats. Hunted by larger natural predators, they took to the trees and evolved wing-like flaps that enabled them to glide from branch to
order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
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Balance*
03
Beast
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Book
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Bridge
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Campfire
07
Cavern
08
Celestial
09
Comet*
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Construct
11
Corpse
12
Crossroads
13
feet.
Beast. You immediately transform into a random Beast with a CR of 5 or lower. Your game statistics—including your ability scores, hit points, and possible actions—are replaced by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
-orange buds still flowering. The doorway through which you’ve just emerged is a deep, dark furrow in the tree’s bark.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points to another tree on a nearby
hill. That massive tree’s ashen bark and leafless branches suggest it is dying.
The fourth rod piece points its wielder to a dying peylon tree. This peylon tree grew to a titanic height thanks to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
her meal. As long as the characters keep their distance, the White Wyrm ignores them. Awakened Beast The frost druids of Icewind Dale use awaken spells to imbue native beasts with an Intelligence
score of 10 and the ability to speak Common or Druidic. The druids use these awakened beasts as spies and messengers. Roll a d8 and consult the Awakened Beast Encounter table to determine what kind of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
organization recently used the pool to seek out their ritual site. Garalel initiates combat by animating trees, following up with her Glimpse of the Beyond feature. Characters can see that her bark is
covered in dark, foul-smelling moss. A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana or Nature) check identifies the bark as magically tainted. Dealing damage to Garalel harms her but also breaks off large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
was forced to move recently, and the beast got lost trying to find its new home. 4 A wandering giant comes to a city looking for people who are knowledgeable about the world and might possess maps of
Recluse Though most giants are social creatures, some live alone by choice or circumstance. They establish lairs in remote places, or they tend ancient ruins or enclaves that were more recently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
the behavior of animals can be noted. Dogs are nervous and on edge, horses are skittish, cats are more feral than usual, and rats gather in large, bold packs. Sensitive NPCs are also affected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
the behavior of animals can be noted. Dogs are nervous and on edge, horses are skittish, cats are more feral than usual, and rats gather in large, bold packs. Sensitive NPCs are also affected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
30. The Guardian Beast This oddly shaped room is decorated in a cat motif. The center of the southeastern wall is carved to resemble the face of a snarling tiger with hollow eyes. Near the center of
-headed man holding a spear.
In several other spots on the floor are stuffed domestic cats in various poses: sitting, stalking, pouncing, and one is begging, pawing the air. One of these cats in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
or butterflies, bright as the clear dawn and as luminous as the full moonrise. Curious as cats and shy as deer, pixies go where they please. They like to spy on other creatures and can barely contain
that sparkle like moonlight on a pond. Some dress in acorns, leaves, bark, and the pelts of tiny woodland beasts. They take great pride in their regalia and beam with joy when they are complimented on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
boar in a stout iron cage, bound for a noble in Waterdeep. They ate the beast, but then captured a black bear. The bandits broke the cage’s lock, so they have it spiked shut with an iron piton. Starved
creature that hurt it most recently. It runs off when reduced to fewer than half its hit points. Treasure Coins in the cave total 99 cp, 74 sp, and 13 gp, divided among several coin purses. The bandits also accumulated other plunder worth 100 gp, including numerous weapons.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Wolf-in-Sheep’s-Clothing A wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing is a predatory plant that resembles a tree stump. It hides in areas of thick vegetation and has a bark-like hide, eyestalks like vines or withered
, and shape of its lure to resemble a Tiny Beast or Tiny object. It can move the lure to reinforce the resemblance (no action required), but the lure must remain within 15 feet of the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing, connected by nearly invisible filament-like tendrils.
Luca Bancone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
them to be creative, and award inspiration when appropriate. Random Wilderness Encounters d20 Encounter Difficulty
1 Yeti Varies
2 Goliath werebear Easy
3 Crag cats Easy
Chwinga Easy
16 Awakened beast Easy
17 Icewind kobolds Easy
18 Humans Easy
19 Herd of beasts Easy
20 Perytons Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
boats. The half-elf is a local researcher who has collected accounts from witnesses of these attacks and concluded that it’s some kind of unusual beast. Characters who search for the lake monster
discover that it’s an awakened plesiosaurus. A frost druid (see appendix C) recently cast an awaken spell on the creature, granting it an Intelligence of 10 and the ability to communicate in the Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
. Maaka (use the saber-toothed tiger stat block from the Monster Manual) are territorial cats, about 15 feet long, with six eyes. They typically keep to the rubblebelts, though from time to time they are
spotted amid tended groves and gardens. Any beast described in this source or in the Monster Manual can roam the rubblebelts. The Gruul can bring out the fury in these beasts, turning them into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
terrifying new forms. Such a plot comes with both opportunities and pitfalls. On the one hand, waking up in Mordenheim’s laboratory, either recently changed into reborn (see chapter 1) or about to
. Self-Sacrifice. A massive sea beast attacks the characters’ ship. The characters save the other passengers but fall into the icy water. They awake to discover that Dr. Mordenheim has “saved” them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
tones as they march through the forest. They haven’t noticed you yet.
Three Hobgoblin Warriors were recently separated from their squadron after a bitter defeat. The Hostile hobgoblins are ornery
Map: Tamarack Stand (Hobgoblin Patrol)
Pine Seeds Two types of trees grow in this area: one with russet bark and ruby-red pinecones, and another with gray bark and green pinecones. Squirrels and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Drink Cost
Stiff
Ale 1 GP
Honey Mead 1 GP
Wine 1 GP
Dry
Bark Tea 1 GP
Cider 1 GP
Food Food Cost
Bottomless Soup 1 GP
Cheese and Fruit
Rumor
1 “Bree-yark” is a goblin phrase that means “we surrender!” (False)
2 The keep’s banker, Quink, has been having trouble with break-ins recently. (True)
3 For the right price
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
clusters more than three feet high. A warm glow emanates from tiny lanterns that hang from each mushroom. Jutting up from the caps of the mushrooms, chimneys made of petrified bark let out wisps of
through the forest of late, and Wheeldoli fears they are disciples of Malar the Beast Lord (see the “Cult of Malar” section later in the adventure). The disturbances to the north, he says, seem to be
Kobold
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so
, and can eat just about anything, including meat, fruit, tree bark, bone, leather, and eggshells (a newly hatched kobold’s first meal is usually its own shell). A hungry tribe leaves nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Dunbarrow. It’s not uncommon to see ravens and bats flitting through the canopy, or cats or otters scurrying through the undergrowth, to deliver messages to allies or rivals across the marsh. Some witches
additional creatures such as animated armor, a flying sword, a rug of smothering, or a Tiny Beast acting as a spy.
Dunbarrow Witch Medium Humanoid (Human), Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 12 (15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
grass and barely discernible. Recently, a young displacer beast (or displacer beast kitten from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) exploring the bell accidentally tipped it over and got caught inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
recently, Arcturia had a mind flayer assistant. She tore off its head to study the psychic energy stored in its brain. Next to the head is a long pair of steel tweezers and a ladle. The 1-foot black cube
is an ebony-framed box fitted with panes of black glass. The box has a hinged lid and radiates an aura of transmutation magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. When a Tiny beast small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Delour and has a knack for planning heists. Guild members consider him a brutal but fair leader. Some perceptive guild members—like Kathra Bitterwind—have noticed he’s become more reclusive recently
companions. They spend almost all their time in the form of house cats, not out of secrecy, but because Wanewort prefers them that way. Guild members never see her without one of these cats in her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
.
2 Shuaran warriors seek help in slaying a massive saber-toothed tiger killing their people. They don’t mention that they recently lost the Cat of Felkovic, a sentient magic item similar to a
.
5 The lizardfolk of the lakes surrounding the Anquara Plateau discover a submerged ruin and unleash an aboleth that now holds them in thrall.
6 Beast-shaped treants animate and lay siege
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
recently came to Candlekeep to inquire into the nature of portals to other dimensions. In fact, this representative of the Six was studying the very tomes the characters are now investigating! To dial up
appeared recently in Neverwinter and were rumored to have been researching the magic of the Chasm. Tracking down any agents who remain might allow the characters to gain hints regarding the ritual’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
cults, one of which has an ancient dragon in its employ. The gnomes of Gnomengarde have offered to supply a magical weapon to drive off this beast should it trouble the town. Meet the gnomes at
quest, see “Icingdeath and Twinkle.” Thalivar’s Beacon Quest “Leilon’s wizard, Gallio Elibro, has recently rebuilt the planar beacon atop his tower and is using it to trap and study creatures from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, steers a flight of birds in the gate-town’s dense, heliotropic canopy. Faunel attracts its share of non-Beast visitors who seek the fruits of nature. Travelers gather in Camp Greenbriar, a tented outpost
, creating one or more of the following effects in and around the gate-town: Awakened Beasts. Beasts in Faunel are more intelligent than their worldly counterparts. At the DM’s discretion, any given Beast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Mount Hotenow. Lava from the volcano flowed toward the coast, laying waste to Neverwinter. The city is still rebuilding in the wake of that catastrophe. The fire giant duke Zalto recently sent a team of
the fire giant’s plans. Maegera looks like a 50-foot-tall, multi-limbed beast made of flame, with smoldering black pits for eyes. Maegera the Dawn Titan
Gargantuan Elemental, Chaotic Neutral
Armor