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Catoblepas

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

necrotic damage. The target dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this ray.The catoblepas is as loathsome as the vile swamplands in which it lives, a conglomeration of bloated buffalo, dinosaur, warthog

the creature has such a feared reputation that stories about it are ingrained in the popular culture. Any rumor of a catoblepas taking up residence nearby is taken to be a bad omen, even if the rumor is

Olhydra

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

hit points for each elemental she summons. Summoned elementals have maximum hit points, appear within 100 feet of Olhydra, and disappear if Olhydra is reduced to 0 hit points.Olhydra can take 3

— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Conclusion With this first episode completed, the characters attain 2nd level! But even as they get to bask in the warm glow of that achievement, they must return to Acquisitions Incorporated to

makes the whole company look bad). Either way, read: “I’ve been told about the misunderstanding regarding your identities. I can’t say much for your relative inexperience and lack of skill. But it looks

The Darkening

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

the players to introduce their characters and describe them to the group. Once they have completed their introductions, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: After swimming for half the day, you

he opened (Umberlee’s Maw) have created an area in the ocean that acts like a beacon for strong, irregular currents and bad weather. Underwater, the effect manifests as a general darkness in an oddly

Blingdenstone Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

leaders note that fighting all the oozes might not be necessary. If the adventurers can get to the Pudding King and destroy him, the oozes might be reduced to their typically mindless and disorganized

business. Svirfneblin Spirits If the characters have not already completed Burrow Warden Jadger’s tasks, doing so convinces Jadger’s ghost to rally the other benevolent ghosts of Blingdenstone and join the battle.

6. Meat Locker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

the dragon eggs hatch and the ravenous hatchlings emerge. The carcasses range from very fresh to several months old. The meat is only cold, not frozen, so the older items are slowly going bad. The smell

through the curtain must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or take 5 (1d10) poison damage, and the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by 5 This reduction lasts until the target finishes a

6. Meat Locker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

the dragon eggs hatch and the ravenous hatchlings emerge. The carcasses range from very fresh to several months old. The meat is only cold, not frozen, so the older items are slowly going bad. The

brushes through the curtain must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or take 5 (1d10) poison damage, and the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by 5. This reduction lasts until the target finishes

Y3. Druids' Circle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

statue takes fire damage after being splashed with oil, it catches fire, taking 2d6 fire damage each round. If the statue is reduced to 0 hit points, it collapses, and the magic gem tumbles onto the field

appear. The ritual can’t be completed if the statue is destroyed or the magic gem is removed. If the characters discern or divine the gem’s location with the aid of magic, they can try to dig the gem

Winter Encounter Chain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

(Perception) checks that rely on hearing or sight. The wind also extinguishes open fires smaller than a torch flame. Visibility is reduced to 60 feet. Snow on the ground creates difficult terrain in

during the battle. If you find an encounter too deadly, reduce the antagonists’ hit points, have NPCs arrive to help the characters, or have the bad guys cut their losses and flee.

23. Experiments

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

umber hulk under the effect of a polymorph spell made permanent with a wish spell. The umber hulk reverts to its true form and attacks when its scorpion form is reduced to 0 hit points. 23b. Bad

Catoblepas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

. Any rumor of a catoblepas taking up residence nearby is taken to be a bad omen, even if the rumor is proven false. In some lands, the silhouette of a catoblepas, with its tail extended over its body

36 (8d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target instead takes 64 necrotic damage. The target dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this ray.

Aberrant Mind

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Aberrant Mind Tentacles, psychic powers, beings from beyond the stars—one person’s bad dream is another person’s good time. Tasha An alien influence has wrapped its tendrils around your mind

. 4 You were implanted with a mind flayer tadpole, but the ceremorphosis never completed. And now its psionic power is yours. When you use it, your flesh shines with a strange mucus. 5 As a child, you

Specter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

condemned to walk the world forever. Some are spawned when dark magic or the touch of a wraith rips a soul from a living body. Beyond Redemption. When a ghost’s unfinished business is completed, it can rest

creature. Hit: 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts

Greenfast Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

floor that can be rented out by the day or tenday. Old Fargo’s Suspicions. Old Fargo has long distrusted Lord Viallis, instinctively seeing him as a bad sort, but he keeps his thoughts to himself unless

for opening up and rebuilding a series of subterranean chambers, which now constitute the cult’s temple. With the temple completed, Lord Viallis has ordered the cult’s activities to be stepped up. The

Battle Prawn Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

, poison, and psychic damage. A pile is rendered unusable if it takes any amount of acid, fire, lightning, necrotic, or radiant damage. Once a pile of beans is reduced to 0 hit points, the sous-chefs add

cakes. If the participants completed both tasks in 6 rounds or fewer, the shrimp cakes are made in record time. Characters who participated in the challenge gain 1 renown with the Dyn Singh Night

Catoblepas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

reduced to 0 hit points by this ray. Animalistic Nature. Despite their ungainly physiology, catoblepases resemble natural beasts. A catoblepas behaves much like an animal, too, ambling through its

rumor of a catoblepas taking up residence nearby is taken to be a bad omen, even if the rumor is proven false. The silhouette of a catoblepas, with its tail extended over its body and its head held low

Overkill Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

three be immediately reduced to 0 hit points, since the overkill damage exceeded the target’s hit point maximum more than twice over. Overkill attacks can’t be made as part of an opportunity attack

damage other minions with this attack. Outnumbered? Switch to area-of-effect powers. Otherwise you’re gonna have a bad day, which will probably last the rest of your life. The Sun, Senior

Woods Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Stat Block: Commoner One of the Borderlands’ oldest and wisest residents was banished from the keep for crimes she didn’t commit. Bad Reputation. Xanthe was wrongfully exiled for using occult magic

restraint. A player character reduced to 0 Hit Points by a sprite has the Unconscious condition and is Stable. The sprites expect similar treatment by the characters. If all the sprites are defeated

Oath of Redemption

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

decision, follow through with it knowing your path is just. Redemption. So you feel bad about having done something, and then you have to do something to feel better? Why don’t you just kill and eat

taking it. This feature doesn’t transfer any other effects that might accompany the damage, and this damage can’t be reduced in any way. At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet

The Dark Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

ledges or cling to the high ceiling, attacking with their bows while staying out of the range of melee weapons. A drider retreats if reduced to 60 hit points or fewer. Drow Patrol The characters encounter

before the triggering spell is completed. The reverse gravity lasts for 1 minute, and is accompanied by a peal of thunder that alerts everyone nearby. The caster of the triggering spell must make a

Haven Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

attack the characters unless attacked first. He disappears if reduced to 0 hit points, but the magic that binds him to this place causes him to re-form at full health after 1 minute with no knowledge

, the first stone golem and one more mummy per character emerge from stasis. When the first stone golem is reduced to 0 hit points, its key rune pops out of its crumbling form and the second stone golem

Redeeming Zariel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

accept its angelic spark back into her soul. The DC of this check is reduced by 5 for each of the following NPCs that are present when the characters try to redeem Zariel: Lulu. If Lulu is with the

tale of the two cities has been successfully completed to the characters’ satisfaction, the events of the adventure continue to play out in Baldur’s Gate and Elturel after the fact. In particular, if

Idyllglen Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

disappear when they reach the edge of the map. Garoknul stops its chase to battle the characters. If reduced to 50 hit points or fewer, Garoknul uses its next action to teleport away. Next Event. When

enters your mind. “Nice work. Take a break. You’ve got an hour before the really bad stuff happens.” The characters can spend the next hour interacting with Lulu’s memory of Idyllglen. They can

Olhydra

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

disappear if Olhydra is reduced to 0 hit points. Legendary Actions Olhydra can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and

Olhydra’s presence in an elemental node creates a number of widespread effects — bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10

Curst

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

gate-towns come knocking on their doors, residents feign ignorance or offer up false clues to throw off the nose of justice. Residents remain smugly aloof, fending off bounty hunters like bad suitors

speed reduced by 5 feet. Extradimensional Prison. Creatures can’t leave Curst using teleportation or by extradimensional or interplanar means other than the town’s gate to Carceri. Any attempt to do so

Crystal Ball Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

his size is Small. Bullywugs captured Nosey outside the demiplane and were planning to offer the puppy to their king as a gift, but Nosey escaped from them. Nosey suffers from a bad cold and sneezes

. He loses any remaining Temporary Hit Points if he loses possession of the horn. Venger Appears. When Kelek is reduced to fewer than 25 Hit Points or on Initiative count 0 of the fourth round (losing

14. Psipod Nexus I

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. Damage, Death, and Healing. Creatures can be hurt, healed, and killed in the simulation just as they can be in the real world, and a character reduced to 0 hit points makes death saving throws as normal

city limits, Extremiton creates situations to dissuade them: bad weather, a city-wide lockdown, a festival — whatever it takes. The ulitharid hasn’t researched areas outlying the city. Consequently

The Sinkhole

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

salted meat gone bad, sacks of flour or grain covered in russet-colored mold, tuns of cider turned to vinegar. Two open archways in the east wall lead to a similar room, and two more openings are dimly

failed save, the creature suffers another level of exhaustion. On a successful save, its exhaustion level is reduced by one. If its exhaustion level reaches 5, the infected creature becomes paralyzed until

Sample Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

above the trip wire is in bad repair, and anyone who can see it can tell that it's in danger of collapse. When the trap is triggered, the unstable ceiling collapses. Any creature in the area beneath the

allow the sphere to keep moving. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the sphere can attempt to slow it down with a DC 20 Strength check. On a successful check, the sphere's speed is reduced by

Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

attacks of ghouls and ghasts don’t appear to have proficiency bonus added in. Intentional or mistake? Intentional; it’s a ghoul/ghast thing. They’re exceptionally bad at biting, compared to their claw

itself, as signaled by the fact that you die if your Strength is reduced to 0 by it. (shadow) Is a vampire affected by hold person or calm emotions? Many spells affect not just any creatures, but only

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

, damage their components, or discern how to avoid them. The blades are disabled if their attack bonus is reduced to −8. Ways to reduce it are described below. Intelligence (Investigation), DC 15. As

throw or be knocked prone. 5 Smoke fills the room. Visibility is reduced to 1 foot until the next time the Tempest element activates. 6 Poison floods the room, forcing creatures to make saving throws as

Elven Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

weather. It follows the commands of its liberators until it is reduced to 0 hit points, whereupon it crumbles to dust. If the mummy receives conflicting orders, it follows whichever command it deems the

most sensible, although its Intelligence score of 6 means that it can make bad choices. Sahnar speaks Common and Elvish. The mummy knows how the moon dial functions (see area E5) but knows nothing about

Spaceship Locations, Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

toward entrants unless disturbed, at which point they activate and attack. Aphelion’s Aid. If the characters have completed at least one task for Aphelion and face combat in a cargo hold on this level

ship, the giants are riddled with hideous boils that throb with a pale-green glow. The ravenous fomorians attack the characters on sight. If either fomorian is reduced to 0 hit points, its boils

Island Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

is more than 200 feet from where Nass died, the ghost instantly returns to that spot, regardless of whether the wizard’s corpse is still there. If the ghost is reduced to 0 hit points, it fades away

characters damage any of them, two bad things happen. First, the Frostmaiden makes her presence known, manifesting nearby as a 7-foot-tall woman made of snow. She cries out, “Defilers!” and points a

Adventuring Gear

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Speed reduced to 0 until the start of its next turn. It takes 10 minutes to recover the Caltrops. Candle (1 CP) For 1 hour, a lit Candle sheds Bright Light in a 5-foot radius and Dim Light for an

plate must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 1d4 Piercing damage and have its Speed reduced to 0 until the start of its next turn. Thereafter, until the creature breaks free of the

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