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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
sporting three bulbous eyes that face in different directions.
Froghemoths are creatures not of this world. A journal purportedly written long ago by the wizard Lum describes strange, cylindrical
chambers of metal buried in the ground from which froghemoths emerged, but no reliable reports of the location of such places exist.
Every few years, a froghemoth can lay a fertile egg without mating
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
into a beast form—fox, mountain goat, owl, or wolf—or back into its humanoid form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the beast form (the druid’s choice
goat, a snowy owl, or a wolf, reverting to human form only when it attacks. Clever ambushers, they use hallucinatory terrain spells to create illusory snowdrifts under which they can hide, or to
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or back into her true form. While in swarm form, she has a walking speed of 5 feet and a flying speed of 30
received several disturbing reports, Queen Ravenovia was forced to banish the midwife from the kingdom. Lysaga never saw Strahd again, but she has succeeded in staying alive to witness the triumphs of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie
scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back
and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using
Gnome
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stare, then appeared to go back to sleep.
— Richard Lee Byers, The Black Bouquet
A constant hum of busy activity pervades the warrens and neighborhoods where gnomes form their close-knit
whenever they can. Their homes are well hidden by both clever construction and simple illusions. Welcome visitors are quickly ushered into the bright, warm burrows. Those who are not welcome are
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
a talent for learning and memorizing details. Thus, ambitious kenku can excel as superb spies and scouts. A kenku who learns of clever schemes and plans devised by other creatures can put them to use
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
Celestial. If it hears words of Celestial spoken, the vampire must try to attack the source of those spoken words on its next turn. If these words come from multiple sources and from opposite directions, the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples
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I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie realm suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone
, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns together form a shape that’s reminiscent of a slender
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
strong social structure that stresses devotion to the tribe, are clever with their hands, and viciously work together in order to overcome their physical limitations.
In the kobolds’ version of
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
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
haul as much food and booty as possible back to the tribe’s den, every tribe has a sturdy war wagon. Since orcs are poor crafters, most of their wagons are stolen from human or dwarven
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Spellcasting.Ancient legends suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic
with opalescent scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie realm
and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
What the Cragmaws Know Cragmaw goblins the characters capture can be persuaded to divulge the following information: Bugbear Leader. Their leader is a bugbear named Klarg. Klarg reports to King Grol
, leader of the Cragmaw band, who dwells in Cragmaw Castle. (The goblins can provide basic directions to Cragmaw Castle. It’s about twenty miles northeast, in Neverwinter Wood.) Capturing Gundren
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
of directions. Map Give the players a copy of puzzle handout 4 (see the end of this chapter). This map depicts an unfamiliar island with various landmarks but no key. Directions The directions are
.
Day 3. After a strange night’s sleep, we awoke on the third day back at Anchor Point with no memory or trace of traveling there. The Swirling Sands must have taken us in the night! We skirted the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail to mirror the
dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic abilities to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
is willing to convey a message to Madryck so that the characters don’t have to rush home with the news. Characters who waste no time getting back to Madryck find him safe at home, still clinging to
life. Madryck upholds his end of the agreement by giving them the key and the directions to his buried hoard (see “Madryck’s Treasure” in the introduction).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters encounter creatures able to give them directions or intent on capturing them. Such creatures can include kuo-toa from Sloobludop, duergar slavers or merchants from Gracklstugh, the goblins from the Silken Paths encounter, or even their drow pursuers intent on dragging them back to Velkynvelve.
Where to Go? The players’ first question upon escaping from Velkynvelve is likely, “Where do we go next?” The adventurers must find a way out of the Underdark and back to the surface world. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
leader of the guards is a wryly cynical svirfneblin named Sark Axebarrel, who warns the characters of reports of a medusa lurking in the caverns beyond the doors, in a section of the old city that the
character for useful information, plus a diamond worth 1,000 gp if they bring back proof that the medusa is dead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
(see chapter 2, area L), the Vistani return Lady Wachter’s gold to Ernst and do nothing. Otherwise, a Vistana bandit watches the road east of Vallaki and reports back to camp if the characters are
claims that he keeps a watchful eye on all strangers, though he doesn’t mention the name of his employer. If the characters threaten him, he backs off and reports to Lady Wachter after he believes he’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
smith’s mark, and tells them that it was discovered near a rocky hill called the Stone Tooth. Baron Althon provides directions and promises to reward the characters richly for each of Durgeddin’s blades
they recover. He will pay the characters 20 gp each just for bringing back information about the dwarven complex, and an additional 100 gp if they provide detailed maps.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
undetected, the ettins assume them to be more stupid human cultists doing stupid human things. They ignore the characters as they go back to pushing each other around. With a bit of clever roleplaying, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
undetected, the ettins assume them to be more stupid human cultists doing stupid human things. They ignore the characters as they go back to pushing each other around. With a bit of clever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Starting the Adventure The characters start this adventure at the Brine Widow, a local pub near the water, having received directions from the Golden Vault (see above) or a mysterious invitation to
discuss an “advantageous opportunity” with someone named Verity Kye, who waits for them in the Brine Widow’s back room. ROLEPLAYING VERITY KYE
Verity Kye is bold, confident, and genuinely kind—though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
hunt for treasure on the bottom of Deepwater Harbor. The characters have no trouble getting directions to her Mistshore residence (area D2). When the characters arrive at her home, Grinda is holed up
1 gp each to watch Noska’s back. The characters can turn them against Noska by offering a larger bribe (at least 5 gp each). If the characters turn the hooligans against Noska or reduce the dwarf to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Background In recent times, there have been reports of fearsome hauntings, horrible shrieks, and eerie lights emanating from the dismal place. Now, not even the bravest of the area’s denizens dare to
(money, ale, or both), confesses to having wandered in the back door of the house a couple of years before, hoping to acquire some food. Encouraged by the prospect of free wine in the cellar, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fish and can use its reaction to make an opportunity attack against it or try to grapple the fish as it dives back into the water.
16–20 The awakened plesiosaurus makes its presence known. Run the “Clever Beast” encounter.
Adventurers encounter the monster of Maer Dualdon
nonthreatening. They fish in the vicinity for the better part of an hour, then head back toward Lonelywood with their catch.
13 The characters encounter a keelboat flying the Targos flag. It has 1d6 fishers
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail
to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
servants avoid combat, but they spy on every visitor. Arlaenga is trying to ingratiate herself, and she reports back to Talis if she sees anything suspicious. The servants are willing to tell the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
reports that when the group got within a mile of the inn, the weather became so violent they couldn’t continue. The driving rain, fierce winds, and hailstones the size of apples impeded progress to a
crawl, and then one of the horses was struck by lightning and killed. When they retreated just a few hundred yards back down the High Road toward Leilon, the weather was perfectly calm again. The group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
7 A tired senior professor whose only joy in academia is seeing what you bring back from your adventures 8 An eager researcher who wants to come with you on every adventure because second-hand reports are always incomplete and unsatisfying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
instructive. Like bronze dragons, gold dragons often guard particularly dangerous artifacts as a form of public service, and thus prize clever magical or mundane defenses to keep their lairs safe and
hidden. Gold Dragon Art Objects d10 Object
1 A fine tapestry depicting the intermingled family trees of several royal bloodlines going back multiple generations—and containing surprising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
the western ruins of the city. Unless you decide otherwise, the characters encounter no difficulties following the eyeball’s directions to a dilapidated entrance into the city’s western catacombs
. Read or paraphrase the following: The withered eyeball aims its empty gaze down an alley strewn with rubble. Rats scurry between chunks of old stone and dusty crates. At the back of the alley is a set of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
servants avoid combat, but they spy on every visitor. Arlaenga is trying to ingratiate herself, and she reports back to Talis if she sees anything suspicious. The servants are willing to tell the