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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
gingerbrutes, these cookie Constructs are notoriously difficult to pin down.
When an unfortunate baker accidentally creates a gingerbrute, the cookie causes mayhem throughout the kitchen before running back to
the wilds where its ingredients originated. Many witches of Dunbarrow craft gingerbrutes intentionally, whipping them into shape (sometimes with actual whipped cream) as soldiers to defend their
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
or paranoia. Because it fears its own destruction, the doll rarely causes direct harm to others. When forced to defend itself, it debilitates opponents with its maniacal cackle and assaults the minds
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
":"damage", "rollAction":"Radiant Blade", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.
Bursting Benediction. Asteria causes a burst of magical energy to envelop one creature she can see within 60 feet of
still draws much of her power from her bond with Euryale. Asteria is foremost a protector and warrior, traveling the multiverse to uproot injustice, defend innocents, and inspire hope. She believes
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Despite this, even the most languorous Returned defend themselves if threatened and might be pressed into the service of their more willful brethren.
Returned have escaped the Underworld and dwell among
), the Returned lose their identities, which manifest as separate beings known as eidolons. The experience of escaping the Underworld also causes them to lose their faces, which become expressionless
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
I eat like a pig and have bad manners.
6
I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
7
I don’t like to bathe.
8
I bluntly say what other people are hinting at
better life.
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Bond
1
My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
2
I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
for the giant to communicate with a mortal, carry out a short task, or defend their home against aggressors.A Quintessent’s Lair
A storm giant quintessent has no need for castles or dungeon
of the following effects:
Downpour. Rain, snow, or blowing dust or sand (whichever is most appropriate) is constant within 1 mile of the lair. Rain causes rivers and streams to fill or overflow
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a pig and have bad manners.
6
I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
7
I don’t like to bathe.
8
I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding
.
d6
Bond
1
My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
2
I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure.
3
I
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
ward off diseases if they are worn.
Don’t stand inside a ring of stones, mushrooms, or any other kind of circle.
Seeing a shooting star before a battle is bad luck. To ward it off, you must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
34. Guardroom Four lizardfolk shamans are stationed here as temple guards. If they hear any sign of trouble along the corridor from area 25, they rush through the concealed doors to help defend the
eidolon and the sacred statue there. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the lizardfolk to head into the temple complex to search for Moghadam’s thieves, believing the thieves have just arrived. You determine where the guards might be encountered as a result.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Next Steps As the characters finish their conversation with Awa, shouting among the princes’ supporters causes Uzoma to intervene: “That’s enough! All this talk is wasting breath. The crews at the
already suspect aurumvoraxes, Kedjou can relate more about their history and how they were once removed from the region. To the Academy Prince Simbon escorts the characters to Anisa Academy, a ten-minute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
ladder is fixed in the chute for climbing up and down, but nothing marks the position of the open, 3-foot-wide hole when it is covered by rugs. The slight depression it causes in the rug can be
Naerytar. Rezmir allowed us to keep some pearls, a ring, and a handful of small stones.” Other papers are of less interest; most of them have bad poetry about dragons. The smaller chamber off the main one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
fixed in the chute for climbing up and down, but nothing marks the position of the open, 3-foot-wide hole when it is covered by rugs. The slight depression it causes in the rug can be noticed with a
. Rezmir allowed us to keep some pearls, a ring, and a handful of small stones.” Other papers are of less interest; most of them have bad poetry about dragons.
The smaller chamber off the main one contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
found themselves unable to leave. The sculptors seek assistance to escape the tomb, and provide whatever information they know in exchange for aid. They can relate how the rest of the sculptors (in
Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the girallon to leave. Roll a d4. On a 1–2, the girallon checks in with Moghadam in area 1. On a 3–4, it goes to see Phenex in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
gingerbrute, the cookie causes mayhem throughout the kitchen before running to the wilds where its ingredients originated. Many witches of Dunbarrow craft gingerbrutes intentionally, whipping them into
shape (sometimes with actual whipped cream) as soldiers to defend their wicked cauldrons. The same magic that animates a gingerbrute also makes it extra scrumptious. Those who have eaten a gingerbrute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
shoots, he then warns his lover, the wizard Snarla, to close and lock the shutter over the arrow slit and move to defend the door that adjoins the corridor. They stand ready to engage anyone that
Snarla finds herself in a bad situation, she changes into werewolf form and attacks with desperate savagery, giving her advantage on all her attack rolls. If she is captured alive and made to talk, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the brewing of potions. A wooden ladder on rollers is attached to a rail mounted above the shelves.
This demilich is all that remains of Branta Myntion, a wizard who fell in with a bad crowd. Her
magic on the cauldron causes it to fall; casting the spell on the fire extinguishes it. Elixir of Timelessness. The cauldron contains twenty doses of a hot, oily black elixir that has grains of sand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dress with a veiled hat stares at you from where it sways in a wooden rocking chair.
The skeleton is all that remains of Theodora Halvhrest. It is not undead, but a blessing laid upon this room causes
the room and keep out the “hungry things.” The hungry things are bad spirits that took over. They “stole” the children’s parents. The children don’t know any named spirits. They would like to leave
Kobold
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against the wall can become a miniature storm of fangs and claws as it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for
this traitor onto their winged kin.
Kobold Names
Kobold names are derived from the Draconic tongue and usually relate to a characteristic of the owner, such as scale color, distinctive body parts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
evening sky during a royal wedding. The light grows bigger and causes lively discussion between the revelers. It turns out to be a comet that crashes into the wedding, killing everyone. 2 Lament of a
the goblin stagehands behave themselves. Despite the poor treatment they receive from her, the darklings defend Endelyn and obey her commands without question. Stage. The stage is hewn from solid rock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Kindori Pod An hour after the events of the previous chapter, the characters encounter a pod of six kindori (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) flying across space along a migration route. The kindori defend
the characters don’t think of it themselves, Commodore Krux encourages someone to flash or wave a light to get the pod’s attention. Flashing or waving a light causes one or two kindori to approach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
toward others. The doll takes pleasure in tormenting the guilt-ridden and despondent, hastening their descent into depression or paranoia. Because it fears its own destruction, the doll rarely causes
direct harm to others. When forced to defend itself, it debilitates opponents with its maniacal cackle and assaults the minds of its enemies by turning their worst fears against them. Living Doll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Lynx Creatlach Presenting herself as a tiefling rogue, Lynx Creatlach talks of how she retired as an adventurer to use her assembled fortune and collected antiquities in the service of nobler causes
. Chief among those causes is the defeat of the servants of the archdevil Bel. An eccentric dilettante, Lynx has had her thick horns intricately carved and inlaid with sigils and figures in silver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the trigger and the activity that causes the trap to activate. Effect. A trap’s effect occurs after it activates. The trap might fire a dart, unleash a cloud of poison gas, cause a hidden enclosure to
sown with too many traps, and if the characters are victimized over and over again as a result, they are likely to take steps to prevent further bad things from happening. Because of their recent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, blood and offal from butchers, lye and fur from tanners, and indescribable chemical mixtures from alchemists. In the eastern portion of the Styes, the pollution is so bad that the river’s flow has been
no exception. Anyone who visits the Styes is exposed to a disease known as redface. This affliction causes itching and painful inflammation all over the face, and especially around the eyes. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
receives the benefit of a greater restoration spell. Seeing the characters invigorated in this way causes all the astral elves in the Temple of Light, including Xeleth and Xedalli, to wonder if the gods
at least Xeleth has his ring of shooting stars. Twelve astral elf honor guards (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie for their stat blocks) stand ready to defend whichever sibling was named emperor in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
phrase (“Elf magic!”) causes a pale light to fill the area between the four pillars, ending the following conditions on a creature in that area: blinded, deafened, petrified, poisoned, and stunned
adopt it, and gave it a name: Halastron. The modron considers Halaster its friend and follows his orders to the best of its ability. Its orders are as follows: Remember its name. Defend itself. Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Iroas’s Champions Iroas’s champions are his generals, through whom he can deliver death blows to his enemies. On a daily basis, Iroas serves the causes of justice and honor. The weak are to be
table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Iroas’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Defeat Returned bandits who are terrorizing the polis.
2 Defend a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
(level 1–4, dangerous threat) The crossbow trap is a favorite of kobolds and other creatures that rely on traps to defend their lairs. It consists of a trip wire strung across a hallway and connected to a
an easy escape. A falling portcullis trap can be especially devious if it causes a portcullis to drop some distance away from the pressure plate that activates the trap. Although the trap is deep in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
whirlwind obliterates all evidence of the reading.
2 Defend the shrine from a worshiper who is angry with an oracle for an incorrect prediction.
3 Convince an oracle to give a worshiper a
Collect the materials necessary to create a revolutionary oracular device.
12 Protect an oracle who must deliver bad news to a worshiper who is both influential and unpredictable.
Oracular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
manifests as grasping limbs or wounded masses within the house’s walls and floors
Spectral Activity d20 Activity
1–3 The spirit causes an object in the room to animate in a whimsical
during a long rest, one of them experiences a waking vision that plays out like an ambient haunt. These nightmares gradually reveal details from the “Story Overview.” Relate these specifics to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Subjects table. It’s possible for a subject to appear more than once. The residence is also crawling with rats. If Kalain is attacked, these vermin form six swarms of rats that defend her. Painting
. Art Imitates Life (3/Day). Kalain touches one of her paintings and causes its subject to spring forth, becoming a creature of that kind provided its CR is 3 or lower. The creature appears in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
injustice, defend innocents, and inspire hope. She believes everyone deserves a chance to write their own story on their own terms, and her deeds have inspired countless heroic tales. Even after so
to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) slashing damage plus 13 (3d8) radiant damage.
Bursting Benediction. Asteria causes a burst of magical energy to envelop one creature she can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
out that my avocados went bad. What a mess.”
–Digny Vots, Market Ward shopper
Market Ward Encounters d8 Encounter 1 A Transcendent Order instinct (see Morte’s Planar Parade) asks to spar with
generally abstain from conflict, but they rally to defend their own when necessary. Transcendent Order. Headquartered in the Great Gymnasium, the Transcendent Order strives for harmony in all things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
after hours and proceeds more than 10 feet down the hall causes the portraits to watch the interloper and whisper. If a character proceeds more than 20 feet down the hall without addressing the
shout an alarm, calling the characters “trespassers” as they move to attack. This alerts the two cogwork archivists in the nearby Records Room (area L4), which remain in that area, and causes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
blade. Presenting the Sword To redeem Zariel, the characters must possess the Sword of Zariel. Bringing the sword within 10 feet of Zariel causes the weapon to glow brighter, then levitate to hover
Grand Duke Ravengard survives and returns with Elturel, the survivors of the city will be greatly in his debt. Ravengard’s efforts to defend the city should dramatically change the political landscape of