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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the start of the catoblepas’s next turn.
Death Ray (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction
":"Death Ray"}. The catoblepas targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
, speak with dead
1/day each: banishment, dispel evil and goodDauntless in the face of death, exorcists in the Heralds of Dust cleanse hapless creatures and resting places haunted by ghost;ghosts, specter
(exorcist’s choice).
Admit Entity (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Admit Entity"}. The exorcist thins the veil of death for a creature it can see within 60
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. When she drops to 0 hit points outside her resting place, Keresta transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling
her resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. Once in her resting place, she reverts to her vampire form. She is then paralyzed until she regains at least 1 hit point. After spending 1 hour in
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
.
A Taste of Undeath. Orcus casts chill touch (17th level).
Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
death until the children of Eberron and Siberys rose up against them. Armies of dragons fought against the fiends of Khyber. And though the overlords couldn't be destroyed, the couatl sacrificed
can't die permanently. Upon its death, it reforms elsewhere in the multiverse and becomes active again at a time set by the DM.
Rak Tulkhesh
Called the Rage of War, Rak Tulkhesh is the incarnation of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wearing perfume or carrying an open container of it.
Stake to the Heart. If a piercing weapon made of wood is driven into the vampire's heart while the vampire is incapacitated in its resting place, the
hours.When a gnoll’s ravenous hunger is so great that it craves flesh and blood even after death, it can rise as a vampire to continue its feeding frenzy.
A gnoll vampire is a savage predator
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
feasting. Carrion Eaters. A carrion crawler follows the scent of death to its food, but it prefers not to compete with other scavengers. These foul creatures thus hunker down in territories where death
Carrion Crawler Carrion crawlers scour putrid flesh from carcasses and gobble the slimy bones that remain. They aggressively attack any creature that trespasses on their territory or disturbs their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of Undermountain. He seeded them into those parts of Slitherswamp once controlled by the yuan-ti. The bullywugs were quick to capture and domesticate four carrion crawlers and a hydra. Halaster also
summoned a death slaad named Kuketh to Slitherswamp. The Mad Mage keeps the slaad’s control gem in his sanctuary on level 9 and forces Kuketh to serve as the bullywugs’ king. The Blacktongues live in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
continues to make bite attacks against that character on subsequent rounds as it feeds. The carrion crawlers are too stupid and hungry to flee in the face of certain death. Goblin Skull-Hunters Pibble
Wandering Monsters Monsters wander this level in search of food or treasure. These creatures include carrion crawlers, ghouls, giant spiders, goblins, grells, gricks, oozes of all kinds, stirges, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Monstrosity Abominable Yeti
Ankheg
Axe Beak
Basilisk
Behir
Bulette
Bulette Pup
Carrion Crawler
Chimera
Cockatrice
Cockatrice Regent
Death Dog
Displacer Beast
Doppelganger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Barracks Ten beds with pale white crystal frames are set along the walls. At any given time, ten githyanki warriors are resting in this area. If they have not been alerted, the githyanki are asleep when the characters arrive. They are hostile toward intruders and fight to the death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Ghoul Ghouls roam the night in packs, driven by an insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh. Like maggots or carrion beetles, they thrive in places rank with decay and death. Ghoul
Medium undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
13. Vampire Dens The stench of death pervades these filthy dens. 13a. Mad Spawn Brek, a vampire spawn who succumbed to despair and madness after falling out of Keresta’s favor, is crouching on the
ceiling in the northeast corner of this otherwise empty room, muttering to himself. He believes intruders to be figments of his imagination until they attack. 13b. Resting Spawn The floor of this room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Strahd Dies When Strahd is reduced to 0 hit points, he turns to mist and retreats to his coffin (see the Misty Escape feature in the vampire stat block). The vampire must be in his resting place to
be utterly destroyed. If the characters finish off Strahd in his coffin, read: Strahd can’t hide his surprise as death takes him into the black abyss. Surprise turns to rage, and the Pillarstone of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ancient Seal This curse protects the resting place of a long-dead ruler and punishes any who disturb the ruler’s remains or plunder the treasures. Pronouncement. Carved into the stone of the crypt
door are the words “Relentless death follows those who disturb the sovereign’s rest.” Burden. Each character that gains the curse is hunted by a wraith that appears at sunset and vanishes at dawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Slub embeds his axe in the tabletop and picks up his greatclub from the floor. Slub has a pet otyugh that follows him around like a faithful dog, eating bones and carrion. The otyugh fights to the
death to protect the hill giant. A tunnel in the north wall leads to area 15. Treasure Slub wears a gavel of the venn rune (see appendix B) on a cord around his neck, like a pendant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
anything that gets in the way. Consisting of Undead creatures of varying strength—from shadows and carrion birds to powerful champions of violence and despair—the Grim Harrow is an antagonist for
Things, an avatar of death appears, hell-bent on slaying its summoner. In this way, the infamous deck has claimed many mortal souls.
Alex Diaz
These souls don’t pass peacefully into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The City of the Dead Look to the cliffs to the north of Sharn, and you’ll see a collection of crypts embedded into the cliff face. This is the City of the Dead, the final resting place of the
wealthiest citizens of Sharn. Common folk are cremated after death, but members of the Sixty Families and others with sufficient wealth have their remains interred in the tombs and tunnels of this necropolis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
fingers together Beshaba, goddess of misfortune CE Trickery Black antlers Bhaal, god of murder NE Death Skull surrounded by a ring of blood droplets Chauntea, goddess of agriculture NG Life Sheaf of grain
endurance LG Life Hands bound at the wrist with red cord Kelemvor, god of the dead LN Death Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales Lathander, god of birth and renewal NG Life, Light Road
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
against the south wall, on which several bodies lie wrapped in funeral shrouds.
The wooden platform is used as a dais for religious rites. The faithful are brought here after death, blessed, and then
carried to their final resting place in the subterranean lake (where they are consumed by the thessalkraken). The bodies currently upon the platform are four lizardfolk slain during the capture of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Pyramid of Amun Sa The pyramid of Amun Sa was to be the pharaoh’s final resting place. The last remnant of Bakar, it has stood for over a thousand years. When the characters arrive at the pyramid
source of the River Athis. In Bakar’s heyday, cool water sprang from the fountain, teleported to it from magical silos within the pyramid. The Fountain of Athis dried up the night of Amun Sa’s death. Only by breaking the pharaoh’s curse can the basin resume its flow and the land thrive once more.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Fall of Onyari When the metallic dragons remaining on Krynn learned the kingpriest had desecrated the resting place of their dead, they were furious. Though some dragons urged a more moderate path
Karavarix. The resulting battle between the dragons and Onyari’s people ended in Sarlamir’s death and the city’s ruin. The flying city fell apart across the Northern Wastes, its bulk ultimately crashing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
catoblepas resembles a natural animal in its behavior, ambling through its marshy home, munching choice vegetation, eating the occasional bit of carrion, and wallowing in mire. A catoblepas might be
death mixed with swamp gas and skunk musk, gives it away as being much more ghastly than its appearance suggests. When it is on the attack, a catoblepas reveals the extent of its horrific nature. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
18-foot-tall abominable yeti that serves as her protector.
The haughty Keresta welcomes the characters to their doom and promises them a swift death. If asked about Lord Vanrak Moonstar or Umbraxakar
, Keresta laughs and says that Shar’s darkness consumes all things in the end. If reduced to 0 hit points, Keresta turns to mist and retreats to her resting place in area 31 (via area 30). In mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Ghoul Devourers of Flesh. Like maggots or carrion beetles, ghouls thrive in places rank with decay and death. A ghoul haunts a place where it can gorge on dead flesh and decomposing organs. When it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
tents 41–43 1d6 + 2 thri-kreen 44–46 2d4 yuan-ti purebloods 47–50 1d6 + 3 death dogs 51–52 1d4 giant scorpions 53 1 fire elemental 54–55 1 hobgoblin captain with 3d4 hobgoblins 56 1d6 + 2 ogres 57–58
1d4 lamias 59–60 1 air elemental 61–65 A meteorite resting at the bottom of a glassy crater 66 1d4 + 1 wights 67–68 1 young brass dragon 69–70 1 bandit captain with 1d3 berserkers and 3d6 bandits 71
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Heralds of Dust Exorcist Dauntless in the face of death, exorcists in the Heralds of Dust cleanse hapless creatures and resting places haunted by ghosts, specters, and other malign entities that
of death to preserve the living, commune with the dead, and drive evil spirits back to their graves. They can also fire versatile bolts of necrotic or radiant energy from their staves to repel a host
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
resting, treat this encounter as “no encounter.” Otherwise, the characters stumble upon a large fungi patch growing in a damp cave or tunnel. The fungi patch is difficult terrain and consists of many
bluecaps 3 1d3 carrion crawlers 4 1d4 drow spore servants* (see appendix C) and 1d4 quaggoth spore servants* 5 Fire lichen growing near a thermal vent 6 3d6 giant fire beetles 7 1d4 myconid adults* 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Underdark Encounters (Levels 11–16) d100 Encounter 01–02 3d6 carrion crawlers 03–04 1d6 + 1 gelatinous cubes 05–06 1d8 + 2 gibbering mouthers 07–08 2d8 minotaur skeletons 09–10 2d6 ochre jellies
spawn 90 1d3 cloakers 91 1d4 fire giants 92 1 mind flayer arcanist with 1d6 + 1 mind flayers 93 1d4 dao 94 1d8 + 1 driders 95 1d3 behirs 96 1d4 aboleths 97 1 beholder 98 1 young red shadow dragon 99 1 death tyrant 00 1 purple worm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
tyranny LE War Upright black right hand, thumb and fingers together Beshaba, goddess of misfortune CE Trickery Black antlers Bhaal, god of murder NE Death Skull surrounded by a ring of blood droplets
Staring eye on upright left gauntlet Ilmater, god of endurance LG Life Hands bound at the wrist with red cord Kelemvor, god of the dead LN Death Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales Lathander
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
into its body and feeds on carrion to repair itself. The plant has a malevolent bent and despises the living. Horrible Odor. With or without humanoid corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes
the initiative order. The zombie acts as an ally of the corpse flower but isn’t under its control, and the flower’s stench clings to it (see the Stench of Death trait). Spider Climb. The corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Kobolds tend to be more active at night than during daylight hours, but unlike in a human settlement, there is no time when most of the inhabitants are resting. Warrens are built so that sleeping
thing to do, but they are smart enough to realize that the strategic death of an individual can buy valuable time for the rest of the tribe, and each individual reluctantly accepts this need for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
until the start of the catoblepas’s next turn.
Death Ray (Recharge 5–6). The catoblepas targets a creature that it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw
marshy home, munching choice vegetation, eating the occasional bit of carrion, and wallowing in mire. A catoblepas might be found with the one mate it chooses for life and, on occasion, a calf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
farther,” he warns, “lest this cursed monument overtake you. Only death awaits you in these halls.”
The figure is the spirit of Alendria (lawful good ghost), the last king of Cynidicea. Cursed to wander
burial chamber. Four skeletal guards with rusty swords surround the distinguished skeleton.
This burial chamber belongs to King Alendria’s honor guard, who defend his kingdom even in death. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, all covered in dust and cobwebs.
Easel. A wooden easel stands in the northeast corner, draped in a black cloth. (Under the cloth, resting on the easel, is a half-finished portrait of Dezmyr as she
was in life, lying nude on a bed of tentacles.)
Zalthar. Seated in a chair, facing the northern and western doors, is Zalthar Shadowdusk — a death knight in black armor. In his withered hands, he






