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Monsters
Lorwyn: First Light
spectral existence in material reality. Each incarnation resembles a saurian behemoth with an axolotl face, a many-frilled tail, and a hulking back covered in bright-orange pustules. In Lorwyn
—untamable, primal, and awe inspiring.
In the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, these beings take the forms of chimeric behemoths that combine the features of three or more creatures. In Lorwyn
Half-Elf
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Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
, Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
can use its action to polymorph into a Large hyena or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form.
While in hyena form, the vampire can’t speak, and its walking speed is 50 feet. Its
gnolls. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to.
Unlike
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Dimir agent.
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I know a disgruntled Golgari assassin who is ripe for recruitment.
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I’m friendly with a Gruul centaur who almost joined us a few years back.
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I once had a heated
public argument with an Izzet chemister, and neither of us is allowed back into that restaurant.
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I paid off my debt to the Orzhov Syndicate, but my good friend was not so lucky and remains
Cleric
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Classes
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her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions.
Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the
spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes.
Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. They can
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
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Properties of the Pestle. The pestle is a 6-inch-long, worn wooden tool. Once during your turn while you are holding the pestle, you can extend it into a quarterstaff or shrink it back into a pestle (no action
1,000 miles of you, the mortar lifts into the air and vanishes. You and any creatures in the mortar travel through a dreamlike sky, with hazy reflections of the world passing by below. Creatures might see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
nothing of value so far. Behind the settlement, carved into the back wall of the canyon, is an old temple of Abbathor, the evil dwarven god of greed. During solar eclipses, Abbathor is appeased with
the settlement. The priests in the temple who were not killed outright were transformed into ochre jellies — debased reflections of Abbathor’s hunger and greed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
mind flayers work desperately to reconcile their god’s demented whims even as they struggle to delay its demise. To those ends, their tentacles slip through the Mists to drag unwitting souls back to
Bluetspur for all manner of experiments. Many abductees are returned with only psychic scars, while others are never seen again. An unlucky few find themselves set upon strange routes leading back to the alien realm, arriving only to realize they’ve visited Bluetspur before.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
City of Guilds In all their fantastic diversity, the cosmopolitan citizens of Ravnica go about their daily business in bustling markets and shadowy back alleys. Shambling pack animals (mammals
dryads who are fused together with one another and with Mat’Selesnya, a manifestation of the soul of the world. The guild seeks to bring nature and the city into balance. Simic Combine. Under the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
on any guise, are considered harbingers of good luck. Meanwhile, unfathomable beings called incarnations of nature combine the forms of many creatures to embody abstract concepts. (See chapter 3 for
residents often sport bright-tinted hair or deep-hued eyes, and most prefer colorful clothing. Lorwyn’s people furthermore tend toward optimism and look back on memories through a positive lens. Their personalities are capricious, playful, and devoid of malice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clubs, two daggers, and six wooden shields. Hark’s Larder At the north end of the cave is a smaller cave where Boss Hark keeps prisoners before feeding them to his giant rats. Cowering in the back of this
make it back to Nandar Keep, Daphne fled to the Dripping Caves with the other villagers—a decision she has come to regret. If she learns that Lady Nandar is dead, Daphne becomes inconsolable. Dealing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Strahd’s demise, the characters feel drawn to Castle Ravenloft’s overlook (area K6), and there they witness the following scene. Thick clouds fill the sky. Through the chilly morning mists, the land
forth his hand.
Ireena Kolyana’s questioning eyes suddenly open with recognition and knowledge. Forgotten memories rush back to her. “Sergei!” she cries, springing to him with the grace of a doe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
followed chills my blood.”
10 “Sudden noises or appearances fray my nerves.”
11 “I can’t be comfortable around creatures larger than I am.”
12 “Reflections always seem like they’re
stumbling back from a horrid event, consider giving the character inspiration for their fear-focused reaction (see “Inspiration” in the Player’s Handbook). Once a character gains inspiration in this way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Half-Elf Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Half-Elf Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Merrow Ogreish Undersea Abductor Habitat: Coastal, Underwater; Treasure: Any Vicious aquatic hunters, merrow combine the features of ogres with those of primeval, predatory fish. They lurk in coastal
waters, hoping to snare unsuspecting prey by bursting from the water and grabbing their quarry or by skewering victims with deadly harpoons. These hunters then drag land dwellers back to dismal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
are eager to leave, but cannot do so yet; each either has an unfulfilled bargain with the hag or has displeased her somehow and is working to win back her favor. All five performers are unarmed
.” “The hag’s greatest contraption is the Orrery of Tragedies, which allows her to glimpse many possible futures. Time and again, she has foreseen her own demise and taken measures to delay it for as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in his chair and gazes into a mirror. Reflected back at him is a sickly, haggard version of himself (see “Magic Mirrors” below). He is dressed to portray the green dragon in the tragedy titled A
him to Motherhorn, where the hag promised to make Hurly more likable before sending him back to the carnival—but only after he agreed to relinquish his shadow and work in Endelyn’s theater for three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
prevented a death. You chose not to.
3 Instigator. You’re the architect of someone’s demise, your words spreading death.
4 Liar. You know what happened, but didn’t tell.
Murder Consequences
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2 Someone associated with your victim wants revenge — the sort the law won’t provide.
3 Your victim won’t stay dead, having fought their way back from death to take vengeance.
4 Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Reflections of Lolth From the time they’re old enough to understand, drow are taught that they’re superior to all other creatures, for they remain steadfast in their devotion to Lolth despite the
Lolth’s offer of mortality in return for destiny, but then they turned against her in a pathetic effort to win back Corellon’s favor. Drow view the elves of the surface world as cowardly children who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Efreet view all other creatures as enemies or potential serfs. They raid the Material Plane and the elemental planes, bringing captives back to their homes on the Elemental Plane of Fire. Efreet are
Demise. If the efreeti dies, its body disintegrates in a flash of fire and puff of smoke, leaving behind only equipment the efreeti was wearing or carrying.
Innate Spellcasting. The efreeti’s innate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
. You’re the architect of someone’s demise, your words spreading death. 4 Liar. You know what happened, but didn’t tell. Murder Consequences People are talking. Members of the Watch, the Flaming Fist
law won’t provide. 3 Your victim won’t stay dead, having fought their way back from death to take vengeance. 4 Your victim was a member of a larger organization, such as the Guild. This organization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
to the village’s demise. The following locations are keyed to the map of Vermeillon. Map 5.1: vermeillon View Player Version V1. The Wand and Hammer Tormun and Blenyss’s shop displays a sign
furniture are visible through the open doorway. Blank headstones stand in front of the house, and one beside the doorway is engraved with the words “Tiris Frosthair, Stonemason. Inquire at Back.” At the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
respond by putting things back to the way they were before. For example, if a character takes the Disengage action to move away from a group of monsters, don’t respond by having those same monsters
chase the character. Move the monsters somewhere else. Hasten a Monster’s Demise If a combat has gone on long enough and the characters’ victory is almost certain, you can simply have the monster drop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ground.
In less than a minute, the battle is won. The demon lord Yeenoghu pulls back the goristro’s head by the horns and rips out its throat with his teeth. He throws back his head and his howl of
like Yeenoghu to play more of a role in this chapter of the adventure, it’s easy to do so. When the gnolls killed by the characters do not rejoin the hunt, the demon lord circles back to the site of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
Fhenimore and Whymsee While they’ve been voted “most likely to die before the characters even show up,” the manner of their demise may depend on whether the characters managed to befriend them. Below
combat using his claw and Wave.
Round 4. Gar swims back.
Round 5. Upon returning to the young kraken, Gar casts charm monster on the creature. It fails its saving throw and believes Gar to be a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
warriors as the demons savagely tear into each other. The drow move to engage the demons and defend the outpost, leaving the characters with an opportunity to escape. You can combine this event with
wing and launches itself back into the fight overhead. If the adventurers take on the fallen vrock and defeat or escape from it, award them a quarter of its usual XP value, or 575 XP, given its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on the table reflect the characteristics of a dungeon’s creator, its intended purpose, its location, or some (often catastrophic) event in its history. You can use a single quirk or combine quirks as
crystal formations 85–87 On an island in an underground sea 88–90 On the back of a Gargantuan creature 91–93 Originally constructed as a mine but abandoned when tunnels connected to dangerous Underdark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
within 20 feet of the forest’s edge, three satyrs come into view. When this happens, read: Three bipedal creatures that combine the features of men and goats laugh drunkenly as they stumble from the
woods. They sway back and forth while greeting you enthusiastically in Sylvan.
If none of the characters speaks Sylvan, one satyr laughs and greets the party in Elvish. A character can confirm the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
destructive spells were the cause of their demise. The old man sleeping in the chair is an arcanaloth under the effect of its alter self spell. The fiend has one of the library’s spellbooks lying open
end of the purple trail is still active (see area 79), the back wall of the alcove has the consistency of thick mud. Any creature that passes through the wall, or any object pushed through the wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
into a quarterstaff or shrink it back into a pestle (no action required). As a quarterstaff, the pestle is a magic weapon that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The pestle has
reflections of the world passing by below. Creatures might see images of you streaking through the sky between your point of origin and the destination. You arrive at the location 1 hour later or, if it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the aboleth or the kuo-toa archpriest and return to her with proof of its demise, Melith promises to furnish them with a raft that they can use to navigate the underground river and continue their
drow (Kalanszar and Tsabalin) and a female drow elite warrior (Talafaere) rest here.
Arch Gate. An archway is set in the back wall and carved with images of falling coins. A thin slot is carved into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, underneath the crystalline deposits on the skeleton, can see that one of the dragon’s eyes has been destroyed (hearkening back to the murals in the Hall of Rainbows). Playing the Dragon Seeing the golem
escape. If she can’t escape, she begs and offers extravagant lies about fabled Netherese power—eternal life, wealth beyond imagining, mastery of magic—to postpone her demise or give her time to escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of devils. Without a powerful leader to keep them in line, yugoloths fight simply to indulge their violent predilections, and only as long as it benefits them to do so. Back to Gehenna. When a
acts accordingly. When summoned to other planes, a yugoloth fights without concern for its own well-being. On Gehenna, it is more apt to retreat or plead for mercy if its demise seems imminent. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
its demise. If a couatl has already accomplished what it set out to do, it accepts its fate. However, if its imminent death endangers the completion of its goals, it actively seeks out another couatl
, and the couatl can’t constrict another target.
Change Shape. The couatl magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than its own, or back into its






