before band darkened creatures reflections

Reflections

Monsters Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

"} hours later.The reflections are two-dimensional, shimmering versions of the creatures that cast them.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksBludgeoning

Amorphous. The reflections can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the reflections can take the Hide action as a bonus

Harrow Hawk

Monsters The Book of Many Things

corpses to eat and living creatures to hunt. A harrow hawk can even travel the multiverse, flying magically from one world to another. The Grim Harrow—a band of Undead beings created by the Deck

Maw Demon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

;t command the demons, which simply accompany the war band and attack whatever creatures the gnolls fall upon. Because maw demons are indiscriminate in their hunger, their stomachs contain all manner

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

an insatiable hunger. These fensir devourers use their great size and strength to overwhelm foes. They can also issue a baleful curse in their final moments. Fensirs Long ago, a band of frost

Ysgard: creatures slain on that plane return to life the next dawn. Thus, the giants’ incursion became a part of the eternal battle that rages across the plane. The trolls, whose fundamental

Madcap

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

creature even more psychotic, causing it to brood over irrational hatreds. A group of madcaps will sometimes band together over a shared hatred of something, such as music, creatures with curly hair

Fensir Skirmisher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

splashes all creatures in a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the fensir can see within 60 feet of itself. Each non-fensir creature in that area must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or

can transform even a pinch of mud or gravel into a boulder suitable for hurling, and the thrown stone grows in flight to knock its target flat on impact. Fensirs Long ago, a band of frost giants

Aartuk Elder

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

, sendingAartuks are baleful plant creatures that live to wage war. Beholder;Beholders destroyed their original home world and scattered the survivors across the Material Plane. Aartuk cells can be found throughout

Wildspace, including aboard spelljamming ships whose former crews were either murdered or forcibly ejected by a band of aartuks. An aartuk’s body is shaped like a five-pointed star and is

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

is read, it vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring light to a darkened world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to

digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read

Aartuk Weedling

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.Aartuks are baleful plant creatures that live to wage war. Beholder;Beholders destroyed their original home world and scattered the survivors across the Material Plane

. Aartuk cells can be found throughout Wildspace, including aboard spelljamming ships whose former crews were either murdered or forcibly ejected by a band of aartuks. An aartuk’s body is shaped

Aartuk Starhorror

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

with plantsAartuks are baleful plant creatures that live to wage war. Beholder;Beholders destroyed their original home world and scattered the survivors across the Material Plane. Aartuk cells can be

found throughout Wildspace, including aboard spelljamming ships whose former crews were either murdered or forcibly ejected by a band of aartuks. An aartuk’s body is shaped like a five-pointed

Moonstone Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

realm suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone dragons. Their descendants are now found throughout the Feywild. Moonstone dragons are graceful and elegant creatures with opalescent

from faraway places. Moonstone dragons can project themselves into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire artists and poets

Leucrotta

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

kills transformed into gnolls, others underwent more bizarre changes; leucrottas were the most numerous of these. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Creatures who

venerate Yeenoghu—particularly his gnoll followers—view leucrottas with great respect. Although a leucrotta is unlikely to lead a gnoll war band, it can influence the leader and might

Sea Spawn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

recounted in dockside taverns tell of people lost to the sea—but not merely drowned and gone. Some unfortunates taken by the ocean live on as sea spawn, haunting the waves like tortured reflections

transformation in order to keep the secret of the Purple Rocks. Kraken priest;Kraken priests tend to the kraken’s flock. Most of the priests are island natives, but some are other sorts of creatures that

Demogorgon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

underwater, in chill and darkened caverns. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take one of the following lair actions; he can’t take the same lair action two

disadvantage, and all Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks have advantage. Frenzied Animals. Beasts within 1 mile of the lair become frenzied and violent—even creatures that are

Young Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragons. Their descendants are now found throughout the Feywild. Moonstone dragons are graceful and elegant creatures with opalescent scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins

into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire artists and poets, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds

Sapphire Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most advantageous approach to dealing with them. Sapphire dragons watch for signs of Aberrations and other creatures corrupted by the Far Realm

intruder I haven’t dealt with yet. (Neutral) 2 Preservation. Most creatures cannot be trusted to properly safeguard historically significant artifacts. I can. (Lawful) 3 Knowledge

Adult Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone dragons. Their descendants are now found throughout the Feywild. Moonstone dragons are graceful and elegant creatures with opalescent scales

faraway places. Moonstone dragons can project themselves into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire artists and poets, encourage

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, driving them into the Darkened Depths where they escaped into the crushing pressure and utter darkness. In time, the tritons noticed that their ancient elemental foes had grown quiet. Expeditions to

arrogant. They see themselves as caretakers of the sea, and they expect other creatures to pay them deep respect, if not complete deference. This attitude might grate on others, but it arises from a seed

Ancient Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

of that faerie realm suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone dragons. Their descendants are now found throughout the Feywild. Moonstone dragons are graceful and elegant creatures

;especially travelers from faraway places. Moonstone dragons can project themselves into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

bulk of this palace extends deep underwater, in chill and darkened caverns. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take a lair action to cause one of the

violent and crazed — even creatures that are normally docile. If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or

Arasta

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

features made monstrous by cruel magic and ages of hatred. Webs fill her lair deep in the Nessian Wood, sticky strands made not of silk but of her own endless hair. In her darkened realm, Arasta broods on

encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 21 creatures in one encounter. Award a party 66,000 XP for defeating Arasta after she uses Armor of Spiders.Arasta’s Lair Arasta lives

Baba Yaga's Mortar and Pestle

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

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

Wyrmskull Throne

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

energy when the throne’s powers are activated. After the fall of Shanatar, the Wyrmskull Throne fell into the clutches of less honorable creatures. A band of adventurers wrested the throne from

The Underdark

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

all manner of strange and deadly creatures. Duergar and drow — dark reflections of dwarves and elves — live in these sunless lands, as do the svirfneblin, or deep gnomes. Most surface-dwelling folk

aren’t threatened or even disturbed by denizens of the deep places, but the creatures occasionally emerge to raid or to seek some kind of goal in the surface world. Among the lands of the Underdark

Creating a Gnoll War Band

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

, halve them. Roll once on the Special Creatures table to see which special creature is part of the war band and in what numbers. The Shared Physical Trait and Notable Behavior or Tactics tables add some

Gnoll flesh gnawers 2d4 Warriors (common gnolls) 6d6 Hyenas 4d6 War Band Leadership d6 Leader Number Appearing Modifier 1 Flind Double 2–4 Gnoll pack lord None 5–6 None Halve Special Creatures

Lower City

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

business from a thousand shops, the district turns eerily quiet at night. Though lit by street lamps and traversed by hired lantern bearers, the darkened streets are far from safe, and those citizens not

to shout for the Fist when beset by obvious criminals, they also band together into local crews to better watch each other’s backs and settle more subtle scores. In such an environment, laws are often

Lower City

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

business from a thousand shops, the district turns eerily quiet at night. Though lit by street lamps and traversed by hired lantern bearers, the darkened streets are far from safe, and those citizens not

to shout for the Fist when beset by obvious criminals, they also band together into local crews to better watch each other’s backs and settle more subtle scores. In such an environment, laws are often

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

races have little good to say about kobolds, but they do admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures

Kobolds are a lot less cute when they learn how to cast fireballs. — Volo Kobolds are often dismissed as cowardly, foolish, and weak, but these little reptilian creatures actually have a

Gnoll Allies

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

the souls of his followers and kindred creatures in such a way that they and his gnolls recognize one another on sight and don’t immediately leap into battle. Thus, a war band might include or be

information on leucrottas, see chapter 3 of this book. Trolls Of all the creatures encountered by gnolls, trolls are the most likely to join them simply because the gnolls’ way of life appeals to them. As ravenous creatures with incredible toughness, trolls fit well into the loose scheme of a gnoll war band.

Band

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

world before they get tied down with the responsibilities of adult life. A giant band might be accompanied by pets or by other creatures that share the giants’ purpose or do the giants’ bidding. The

Band Irina Nordsol A small band of hill giants hunts across a ruin-studded landscape The giants most commonly encountered in the world are bands of two to four who are united by a common

Monstrous Transformation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

they wronged, and their true appearance is revealed at particular hours, in reflections, or under certain lights. 9 The Darklord splits into multiple creatures, each representing them at a

, in the mouths of serpents, or on metallic cables. 4 The Darklord’s most painful memories visually repeat in reflections around them or amid illusory projections. 5 The Darklord gains an

Wyvern Tor

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

years ago. Though the wyverns never returned, other creatures lair here from time to time—including a band of orc raiders that set up camp a couple of months ago. Led by an orc named Brughor Axe-Biter

vicinity of Conyberry catch glimpses of Wyvern Tor to the south as they go. The tor was formerly the home of a large and dangerous nest of wyverns, but a band of bold adventurers dealt with the monsters

Anatomy of a War Band

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

Anatomy of a War Band A gnoll war band is likely to contain a variety of gnolls and other creatures, and no two of these groups have the same composition. The gnolls that make up the rank and file

, and the flesh gnawers, which rely on natural savagery rather than weapons to tear apart their foes. A pack of hyenas is always part of the band, and sometimes these beasts are as numerous as the

Homeland

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

your experiences there shaped who your favored enemies are? Homelands d6 Homeland 1 You patrolled an ancient forest, darkened and corrupted by several crossings to the Shadowfell. 2 As part of a

, in an area imperiled by land creatures as well as aquatic ones. 5 Because you grew up among the peaks, finding the best path through the mountains is second nature to you. 6 You wandered the far north, learning how to protect yourself and prosper in a realm overrun by ice.

Wyvern Tor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

years ago. Though the wyverns never returned, other creatures lair here from time to time. Wyvern Tor’s current squatters include a band of orcs and their ogre ally. The orcs are scouts of the Many

vicinity of Conyberry catch glimpses of Wyvern Tor to the south as they go. The tor was formerly the home of a large and dangerous nest of wyverns, but a band of bold adventurers dealt with the monsters

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