became beings diffusing continue ritual

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

. If the gem is destroyed, Sammaster can create a new one by completing an 8-hour ritual using a gem worth 1,000+ GP, which the ritual consumes, and by expending 5,000 GP.Multiattack. Sammaster makes

bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and megalomaniacal

Merfolk Stormcaller

monsters

Amphibious. The merfolk can breathe air and water. Summon Storm. Once per day, one or more merfolk stormcallers can cast Control Weather as a Ritual that takes 10 minutes to perform. For every

additional stormcaller involved in performing the Ritual, the radius of the spell’s effect increases by 1 mile, the duration increases by 2 hours, and they can change the weather by one additional

Fomorian Noble

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, inquisitive, and power-hungry fomorians felt they had already learned all they could from the Material Plane, and they departed to the Inner Planes, where they could continue their journeys of knowledge

until they became the fomorians of today.Beguiling Presence. The fomorian targets a creature it can see within 60 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or have the

Charmayne Daymore

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

vitality and charm, and to funnel these qualities into herself. However, the magic only enhanced her greed and jealousy; the more she took from Jhaeros, the hungrier for power Charmayne became, going so

far as to murder her fellow councilor, Regine, while she slept. As she came to realize the people of Ghalasine didn’t love her as they did the king, Charmayne became filled with rage. She used

Skulk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

became lost in the Shadowfell, wandering its gray wastes until they lost all sense of self. They are so devoid of identity that they have become permanently invisible. Only children can see a skulk

performing a ritual, and it is bound to obey the summoner’s commands for 30 days. During this time, if the skulk is visible, an astute observer might deduce who summoned it, because the skulk assumes

Gremorly's Ghost

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Gremorly, who became a victim of his own ritual. Gremorly is now one of the many ghosts that haunt the keep. Locals have renamed the keep Harrowhall, as they dread the spectral figures moving through the

performed a ritual that turned Sovereign Keep into a ghost trap: anyone who dies within the castle walls rises as an incorporeal spirit, trapped within the castle. Then, he waited. When adventurers

Hag of the Fetid Gaze

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

decade ago, during a time when the boundaries between the planes thinned, the hags became aware of the magic spring controlled by Sylvarie—and decided to control and corrupt it for their own purposes

. The covetous hags each knew part of a ritual for crafting magic paintings that could bind mortal creatures with a terrible curse. After agreeing to share their knowledge and work together, they

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

stars overhead, a wild-eyed tiefling chants the mystic ritual that will open a doorway to a distant world. Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse. Through

pacts made with mysterious beings of supernatural power, warlocks unlock magical effects both subtle and spectacular. Drawing on the ancient knowledge of beings such as fey nobles, demons, devils

Rod of Seven Parts

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

annihilation. Desperate to save themselves and their allies, powerful elemental beings called the Wind Dukes of Aaqa rose against Miska. Committed to the concept of law, the Wind Dukes descended from a

result, the rod shattered into seven parts that were scattered throughout the multiverse. The rod thus became known as the Rod of Seven Parts. Possessing the Broken Rod. The rod can’t be attuned

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured

those of various undead or constructs. The Reborn Origins table provides suggestions for how your character became reborn. Reborn Origins d8 Origins 1 You were magically

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

people who became yuan-ti were one of the original human civilizations. Their society built great temples of stone and forged metal into armor, tools, and weapons. In their ceremonies they paid homage to

cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in

Topaz Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their

hone them on other creatures. 8 I secretly enjoy conversing with lesser beings, although I usually do so only to find their weaknesses. Topaz Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that

would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable

Strahd, Master of Death House

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Little happens there without the Darklord’s knowledge, although Strahd rarely pays attention to what he considers the uninteresting dealings of lesser beings. History In life, Strahd von

. He had become a vampire, and Barovia became a Domain of Dread. Now the Dark Powers keep Strahd trapped in his realm, tormenting him with his inability to escape for all eternity. He spends his days

The Mark of Asmodeus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, regardless of their true heritage, and changed them into creatures that resembled their supposed progenitor. The other folk of Faerûn, unnerved by the appearance of these devil-beings, became

out of infernal politics. Since the ritual that spread the curse of Asmodeus a century ago, tieflings have been born on Faerûn that belong to other infernal bloodlines, but those that bear the mark of

The Mark of Asmodeus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, regardless of their true heritage, and changed them into creatures that resembled their supposed progenitor. The other folk of Faerûn, unnerved by the appearance of these devil-beings, became

out of infernal politics. Since the ritual that spread the curse of Asmodeus a century ago, tieflings have been born on Faerûn that belong to other infernal bloodlines, but those that bear the mark of

The Mark of Asmodeus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, regardless of their true heritage, and changed them into creatures that resembled their supposed progenitor. The other folk of Faerûn, unnerved by the appearance of these devil-beings, became

out of infernal politics. Since the ritual that spread the curse of Asmodeus a century ago, tieflings have been born on Faerûn that belong to other infernal bloodlines, but those that bear the mark of

The Ritual

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

transforming beings into mind flayers from afar requires a powerful source of magic. After much communing and research, the mind flayer fanatics determined that the Netherese obelisk can power their ritual

The Ritual The mind flayers seek to enact a dreadful ritual that will transform the entire population of Phandalin into mind flayers. As if that brutal process weren’t terrifying enough, the ritual

The Ritual

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

transforming beings into mind flayers from afar requires a powerful source of magic. After much communing and research, the mind flayer fanatics determined that the Netherese obelisk can power their ritual

The Ritual The mind flayers seek to enact a dreadful ritual that will transform the entire population of Phandalin into mind flayers. As if that brutal process weren’t terrifying enough, the ritual

The Ritual

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

transforming beings into mind flayers from afar requires a powerful source of magic. After much communing and research, the mind flayer fanatics determined that the Netherese obelisk can power their ritual

The Ritual The mind flayers seek to enact a dreadful ritual that will transform the entire population of Phandalin into mind flayers. As if that brutal process weren’t terrifying enough, the ritual

Cave of Shattered Reflection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Cave of Shattered Reflection Once the characters have dismantled all three demiplanes connected to Vecna’s Grasp, the large crystals in area E1 shatter to dust, opening the way to Vecna’s ritual

chamber: a mythic cavern called the Cave of Shattered Reflection. In existence since the earliest days of the multiverse, the cavern has the ability to harness beings’ life force and reveal fundamental

Into the Ethereal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

party to the Ethereal Plane. Before beginning his ritual, Gallio shows the characters the monsters held in his dimensional cells. He reveals that the planar beacon freezes any extraplanar beings caught

Into the Ethereal Assuming the characters agree to the quest, Gallio leads them upstairs to the planar beacon on the fourth floor (area B13), where he performs a ten-minute ritual to transport the

Cave of Shattered Reflection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Cave of Shattered Reflection Once the characters have dismantled all three demiplanes connected to Vecna’s Grasp, the large crystals in area E1 shatter to dust, opening the way to Vecna’s ritual

chamber: a mythic cavern called the Cave of Shattered Reflection. In existence since the earliest days of the multiverse, the cavern has the ability to harness beings’ life force and reveal fundamental

Into the Ethereal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

party to the Ethereal Plane. Before beginning his ritual, Gallio shows the characters the monsters held in his dimensional cells. He reveals that the planar beacon freezes any extraplanar beings caught

Into the Ethereal Assuming the characters agree to the quest, Gallio leads them upstairs to the planar beacon on the fourth floor (area B13), where he performs a ten-minute ritual to transport the

Into the Ethereal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

party to the Ethereal Plane. Before beginning his ritual, Gallio shows the characters the monsters held in his dimensional cells. He reveals that the planar beacon freezes any extraplanar beings caught

Into the Ethereal Assuming the characters agree to the quest, Gallio leads them upstairs to the planar beacon on the fourth floor (area B13), where he performs a ten-minute ritual to transport the

Cave of Shattered Reflection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Cave of Shattered Reflection Once the characters have dismantled all three demiplanes connected to Vecna’s Grasp, the large crystals in area E1 shatter to dust, opening the way to Vecna’s ritual

chamber: a mythic cavern called the Cave of Shattered Reflection. In existence since the earliest days of the multiverse, the cavern has the ability to harness beings’ life force and reveal fundamental

Performing the Ritual

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat