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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of which require charges; the wand has 7 charges to fuel these spells, and it regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4 + 3", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Charges regained"} charges daily at dawn:
At
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
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
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This wand is shaped like a drop spindle wrapped in red thread. The wand has 6 charges that can be used for the following properties:
Battle Foreknowledge. When you roll initiative, you can expend 1
charge to add or subtract your proficiency bonus from the total roll.
Doom Foretold. As an action, you can expend 2 charges to target a creature within 30 feet of yourself and invoke that creature
Magic Items
Curse of Strahd
feet of it. The staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 of its expended charges daily at dusk.
If the staff is broken or burned to ashes, its wood releases a terrible, inhuman scream that can be
normal quarterstaff, and you can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt by the weapon. Each time a charge is spent, red blood oozes from the staff’s pores, and you
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
Throne, as well as the properties of the scepter itself. The scepter has 10 charges, and it regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges at dawn. Its properties are as follows:
If you are underground or
underwater, you can use an action to expend 1 charge to determine the distance to the surface.
As an action, you can expend 2 charges to cast the sending spell from the scepter.
As an action, you can
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
minotaur with six iron horns. A fiendish light burns in his red eyes. Although he is filled with bestial blood lust, there lies within him a cruel and cunning intellect devoted to subverting all
civilization.
Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He also charges his enemies and gores them with his horns, trampling his foes into the earth and rending them with his teeth like a
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Cats of Uldun-dar (ivory cat molar)
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The tooth has 8 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to cast the revivify spell from the tooth. If you are dead at the start of your turn, the
(rainbow-colored donkey molar)
1 unicorn
The tooth has 3 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to touch a creature. The target regains 2d8 + 2 hit points, and all diseases and poisons affecting
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
required). As a quarterstaff, the pestle is a magic weapon that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it.
The pestle has 12 charges. When you hit with a melee attack using the
pestle, you can expend up to 3 of its charges to deal an extra 1d8 force damage for each charge expended. The pestle regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Perfect Tools. While holding the mortar and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
T5. Charnel Chamber Characters catch the scent of death as they approach this room. The tunnel opens into a square room that reeks of decaying flesh. Three human corpses, reduced to little more than
. They attack if harmed or provoked. The bodies are those of travelers who disappeared near Red Larch. Each has the symbol of the earth cult cut deeply enough in the forehead to mark the skull. To pass a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
makes beasts visibly uncomfortable while within 30 feet of it. The staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 of its expended charges daily at dusk. If the staff is broken or burned to ashes, its wood
quarterstaff. On a hit, it deals damage as a normal quarterstaff, and you can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt by the weapon. Each time a charge is spent, red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
club. You can use the properties of the Wyrmskull Throne, as well as the properties of the scepter itself. The scepter has 10 charges, and it regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges at dawn. Its properties
are as follows: If you are underground or underwater, you can use an action to expend 1 charge to determine the distance to the surface. As an action, you can expend 2 charges to cast the sending spell
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
rangers might be familiar with many of these symbols, enabling them to keep their charges from inadvertently stumbling into a tribe’s territory.
Colors of Conquest
Three colors have special meaning
to all orcs, and they adorn their bodies, possessions, and lairs with pigments that produce those hues. Red ochre is used to represent blood, grayish-white ash to represent death, and charcoal to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Casino Currency The Red Belvedere uses a special type of in-house currency known as a talon. An exchange desk in the casino’s lobby allows patrons to trade in coins for talons and vice versa. One
talon is worth 10 gp. A talon looks like an iridescent metal coin stamped with the silhouette of a dragon’s claw on both sides. Since the Red Belvedere is dedicated to Tiamat, each talon is imbued with a
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
metal bosses adorn the armor in seemingly random fashion. On the back of the armor’s left gauntlet is a rectangular metal box, from which projects a short rod tipped with a cone-shaped red
. It is found with one energy cell attached, containing 2d10 charges.
POWERED ARMOR OPTIONS
Depending on where and how it appears in the adventure, you might wish to modify the features of Kwalish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, a young blue dragon named Vistalancer, a young green dragon named Vermilius, and a red dragon wyrmling nicknamed Flash. These dragons attack characters who invade the tower and fight to the death to
whenever they hit with a melee weapon attack (already factored into Arkhan’s attacks). This extra damage is of the same type as the weapon’s damage type.
Hand of Vecna. The Hand of Vecna has 8 charges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
murder the living and then manipulate the dead, emulating their dread master. Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower torso of a goat and a
the following spells (spell save DC 18), some of which require charges; the wand has 7 charges to fuel these spells, and it regains 1d4 + 3 charges daily at dawn:
At will: animate dead (as an action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
attacking tiger.
Jade Tigress charges into battle with the monks. All of them are willing to die for Bak Mei and are determined to stop the characters from reaching the Jagged Sanctum. Red Key. Jade
Tigress carries a red wooden key that unlocks the door to area L3. Jade Tigress Medium humanoid (human)
Armor Class 15 (Unarmored Defense)
Hit Points 71 (11d8 + 21)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
12 charges. When you hit with a melee attack using the pestle, you can expend up to 3 of its charges to deal an extra 1d8 force damage for each charge expended. The pestle regains all expended charges
action to verbally command the mortar to travel to a specific place or creature. You don’t need to know where your destination is, but it must be a specific destination—not just the nearest river or a red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Parts has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the rod, you can use an action to expend 1 charge and cast any of the spells in the Rod Pieces table. You can also use
an action to cast Detect Evil and Good from the rod without using any charges.
Coupleofkooks When whole, the legendary
Rod of Seven Parts
looks formidable
Ultimate Law. If you are not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
through the same area later on. Mountain guides, druids, and rangers might be familiar with many of these symbols, enabling them to keep their charges from inadvertently stumbling into a tribe’s
territory. Colors of Conquest Three colors have special meaning to all orcs, and they adorn their bodies, possessions, and lairs with pigments that produce those hues. Red ochre is used to represent blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
the Red Dragon Army—the largest and most powerful of the Dragon Queen’s forces—with fanatic zeal and ruthless might. Though prophesied to banish evil forces from the lands of Krynn, Verminaard was
in the fire of Ember, his red dragon companion and adviser. DRACONIC DEVOTION
Verminaard’s stat block references the Draconic Devotion monster trait. Though this trait does not appear in any of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Ooze Grottos The Red Wizards use the magic of this sector to breed and control oozes. Locations in the Ooze Grottos are identified on map 5.8. Map 5.8: Ooze Grotto Ooze Prod. An ooze prod is a
Oozes. One of the many experiments in the Doomvault is an effort to infuse oozes with intelligence. The Red Wizards have met with some success, though the process requires the sacrifice of many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
his decaying head and glowing red eyes are as a creature already dead. Great black bat wings sprout from his back, stirring reeking air as he moves. Orcus wields a malevolent artifact known as the Wand
races would embrace their base animal savagery. The Prince of Beasts appears as a huge, black-furred minotaur with iron horns, red eyes, and a blood-soaked mouth. His iron crown is topped with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
crew of scavengers. Read or paraphrase the following: Out of the red dust clouds barrels an angular metal vehicle, ten feet tall, with spiked tires and hellfire roaring in its engine. Tortured screams
focus on the goristro while they take out the soldiers on its back. Nykaia knows about the Red Belvedere but refuses to provide any more information until the characters help with the goristro. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
companions Dzaan, a human illusionist and Red Wizard of Thay who perished recently, but whose simulacrum lives on Nass Lantomir, a human diviner who died and now exists as a spellcasting ghost Vellynne
, animated, or raised from the dead.
Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff of frost with 10 charges (see “Actions” below).
Spellcasting. Avarice is a 10th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
L5. Jagged Sanctum This stone structure rises ominously above the rest of the temple complex. It resembles a giant stone flower growing in the heart of the forest. Stone steps draped with a long red
/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak Mei is wearing no armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
introduction). 2 Wooden wand with 8 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 of the wand’s charges to cast the prestidigitation cantrip. This wand can’t be recharged. 3 Packet of pixie dust (see appendix A
! Prizes! Catch the faerie dragon by the tail and win a piece of its hoard!”
While blindfolded and standing in a booth, a participant must grab the tail of an elusive, giggling red faerie dragon that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
). Rancid red sludge bathes the land, and the cloying, metallic taste of blood suffuses the air. In addition to the demiplane’s standard features, Scarlet Mire has the following feature: Blood-Soaked
. Scarlet Mire is sodden with gore, rendering it difficult terrain. Additionally, creatures in Scarlet Mire that aren’t Undead have disadvantage on initiative rolls. The red mud and boggy terrain of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
gold candelabras are neatly arranged on the table, standing behind which is a young woman with alabaster skin dressed in a torn and soiled red gown. Her auburn hair is neatly bundled so as not to touch
Events” section at the end of this chapter). He wears a holy symbol of the Morninglord around his neck. The woman in the tattered red gown is Vasilka, a flesh golem that has been exquisitely put
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
floor is covered with decaying vegetation. Three small mushroom-folk are working amid the filth. In the southwest corner of the cave, a bulbous object the size of a cart clings to the wall and
red fungus that vaguely resembles a human brain and puff the spores around the leader’s head. The treatment is keeping the leader alive for now, but it is a losing battle. Sinensa’s only hope is for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
monasteries are full of decaying, dying, and dead animal and plant specimens, which they study with detached interest. They frequently purchase rare specimens from adventurers and merchants that they
dwell, and they travel the countryside gathering information for isolated groves and fastnesses. They don’t ever seek to provoke violence, but are quite deadly when defending themselves, their charges, and their holy sites.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Blood Pens The Red Wizards are breeding and raising monsters in their own foul nurseries. Locations in the Blood Pens are identified on map 5.4. Map 5.4: Blood Pens Vermin Halls The vermin-summoning
magic of these halls now serves the Thayans. 16. Gallery of Swarms The Red Wizards no longer use this chamber. Sounds. A character who listens at the door and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
from a thri-kreen named Sor’kur. Each pack includes the following gear: A red-level cadet uniform (plus spare), and a toiletry bag A 50 gp requisition voucher to spend at the academy stores A blue
, and a magical communication chamber known as an oracularium. Characters visit the Bridge Quarters in part 3 of this adventure. Cadet Quarters Security Level: Red (Cadet Rank) or Above This area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
path. Partially buried under the rocks lie several derro corpses—alongside a few long-dead hunters with decaying flesh.
These derro, along with their zombie thralls, were caught in a cave-in while
intruders on sight. Fallen Star. Inside the chest rests the fallen star, laid reverently on a rich, red cloak. The 10-pound star is roughly spherical and about the size of a grapefruit. It’s made of a black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
environment that is harsh and inhospitable to mortals. Each layer also reflects the entropic nature of the Abyss. Much of the plane seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state, and its corruption
endless labyrinth turns visitors into Baphomet’s prey. Layer 1: The Plain of Infinite Portals This layer is the miserable gateway to the infinite layers of the Abyss. Under a glaring red sun, the rocky






