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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 44 (8d10);{"diceNotation":"8d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Nightmare
Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the dragon can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The dragon regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Pounce
Classes
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
You’ve made a pact with a deathless being, a creature that defies the cycle and life and death, forsaking its mortal shell so it might eternally pursue its unfathomable ambitions. For such
firsthand the paths of ambition and the routes past the doors of death. They eagerly share this profane knowledge, along with other secrets, with those who work their will among the living.
Beings of this
Classes
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
You’ve made a pact with a deathless being, a creature that defies the cycle and life and death, forsaking its mortal shell so it might eternally pursue its unfathomable ambitions. For such
firsthand the paths of ambition and the routes past the doors of death. They eagerly share this profane knowledge, along with other secrets, with those who work their will among the living.
Beings of this
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
False Appearance. If the trapper is motionless on a floor, wall, or ceiling at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the trapper
move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the trapper isn’t part of the floor, wall, or ceiling.
Spider Climb. The trapper can climb
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the alkilith move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern
that the alkilith isn’t ordinary slime or fungus.
Foment Confusion. Any creature that isn’t a demon that starts its turn within 30 feet of the alkilith must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType
a creature that prowls the far reaches of Icewind Dale, known as Oyaminartok the Winter Walker. She can take the form of either a polar bear or a hulking, bipedal shape obscured by wind and blowing
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
blindheim's eyes in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or take 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Radiant Blast
have a fascination with tales and objects from the surface world, particularly plants and other natural items. They gather in the depths of the Underdark near routes used by merchants and other brave
races
couriers, ensuring that their knowledge of routes and geography remains current.
Tarandus herds are large and communal, sharing duties such as child-rearing and foraging. They maintain strong ties between
temporary companions.
Tarandus Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 7–8 feet tall)Speed: 35 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
nearest prey, grabbing a fallen creature with its tentacles and dragging it off to eat alone. Roving Ambushers. Gricks remain in an area until the food supply dwindles, often because sentient creatures
become aware of their presence and plot alternate routes around their lairs. When prey is scarce in the Underdark, gricks venture aboveground to hunt in the wilderness, lurking in trees or on cliff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Brass Dragon Lairs Brass dragons usually dwell in secret caves and canyons near well-traveled routes. The area containing an adult or ancient brass dragon’s lair is altered by its presence, creating
creature that drinks such water gains 2d4 Temporary Hit Points, and the dragon is immediately aware of the creature’s presence. If the dragon dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
inn: the venerable, popular, and several-times-expanded Watchful Knight. The inn was originally named for an inoperative helmed horror that stood in the common room, but the creature mysteriously
vanished years ago. The innkeeper went missing shortly thereafter. In recent years, bodyguards and mercenaries formerly active in Waterdeep and along the Heartlands trade routes retired to Beliard, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Piercer Aberrant Counterfeit Stalactite Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Individual Piercers resemble stalactites, but each has a toothy maw and a single eye. They hang from cavern ceilings along routes
frequented by denizens of the Underdark. Piercers might lurk for months at a time, waiting for any creature of their approximate size to pass underneath. When potential meals move below, piercers
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"recharge", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"}. The dragon exhales a wave of psychic dissonance in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save
, the creature takes 42 (12d6);{"diceNotation":"12d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"Disorienting Breath"}. The dragon exhales a wave of psychic dissonance in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 56
(16d6);{"diceNotation":"16d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the creature makes an attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Infiltrating the Fortress Characters can enter Zariel’s flying fortress using any of the following routes. Rooftop Hatch Characters capable of flight can enter the flying fortress through an unlocked
out of the Styx and storing them in the cistern, any creature that enters the pipe or cistern for the first time on its turn or starts its turn in either location takes 16 (3d10) necrotic damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
themselves and harming others. In the Abyss, glabrezus act as lone hunters or deceitful advisers to greater demons. Glabrezus seek routes to the Material Plane and relish being summoned by magic-users. They
target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 15) from one of two pincers.
Pummel. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature Grappled by the glabrezu. Failure: 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Trapper A trapper is a manta-like creature that lurks in subterranean and natural environments. It can change the color and texture of its tough, outward-facing side to help it blend in with its
halfling-sized meal once a week to remain sated. It is content to stay in one place, given a steady supply of food, and thus trappers are a threat along any well-traveled dungeon corridor and on routes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Trapper A trapper is a manta-like creature that usually lurks in subterranean environments. It can change the color and texture of its tough, outward-facing side to help it blend in with its
snow. A trapper that lurks on the floor of its hunting grounds can cover any remains there with its body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might instead attach itself to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
find their way onto the Material Plane. Since most cultists consider them too risky to summon—they can, after all, create portals to the Abyss—alkiliths must find other escape routes out of their native
start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the alkilith move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
typical svirfneblin enclave contains several hundred deep gnomes and is strongly fortified. Secret tunnels lead to and from the settlement, and the deep gnomes use these as evacuation routes when the
Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
Poisoned Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage
Kobold
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, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
erect a railing or a wall that prevents them from falling off the edge — high enough to protect a kobold but low enough to serve as a tripping hazard for a larger creature.
Those of other humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
tumbled stone. These openings allow the dragon to enter and depart the lair via multiple routes. Additionally, the sunken areas shown on the surface map correspond to areas where the dragon can burst
passage junction reshaping itself at the dragon’s command to open a passage or close it again (similar to the effect of a stone shape spell). Whenever a creature with an Intelligence of 3 or higher comes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
other escape routes out of their native plane. Alkilith
Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 157 (15d8 + 90)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
12(+1)
DEX
19(+4
indistinguishable from an ordinary slime or fungus.
Foment Madness. Any creature that isn’t a demon that starts its turn within 30 feet of the alkilith must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Where the carts trundle steadily throughout the city, Gauntlgrym’s residents use them for travel, hopping on and off along the system’s wide range of routes. While in Gauntlgrym, the characters can
remnants are seen passing through ruined sections of the city as if those sections were still intact, following habitual routes, engaging in silent conversation with one another, and generally keeping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creature it hits with a weapon attack if that creature is within 5 feet of an ally of the hobgoblin that isn’t incapacitated.
Actions
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
surround it first to cut off escape routes and supply lines, then slowly starve their enemies out. Hobgoblins fortify their own holdings, bolstering existing defenses with innovations of their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
these locations on the map. Iymrith has weakened the ceilings in these places so that she can collapse them, either to cut off escape routes or to trap intruders. A creature can trigger a collapse by
. (Multiple creatures working together can reduce the amount of time accordingly.) Any creature in the marked section of tunnel when it collapses must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
view its domain. A lamia uses this power to watch over trade routes and nearby settlements, or to seek out objects and creatures it fancies.
Lamias are particularly fond of seeking out adventurers
. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Intoxicating Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: The target is magically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
8. Crevasse The characters arrive here by one of three routes: the tunnel from area 1, the storeroom at area 7, or the rough-hewn passage to the south, which continues off the map for about one
columns that support the twenty-foot-high ceiling. Two arched wooden bridges span the chasm.
The guardian of this cave is a nothic—an insane subterranean monster that hungers for flesh. The creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
who sit at this council make sure that trade and commerce flow smoothly. They employ slave labor to maintain trade routes in the dangerous Underdark, and are always open to hiring explorers to check out
leads on potential new routes. Expendable outsiders hired as caravan guards always take point and receive little aid or support from the caravan masters. Despite these unfair assignments, the duergar
Orc
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area is at risk. If orcs come upon a target that is too large to assault directly, they will lurk along supply routes, taking out their frustration on caravans and travelers. Left unchecked, a tribe can
; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
(Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (2d8) necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the lampad’s next turn. If the target is
, either. Naiads are known to befriend aquatic creatures, or even to keep modest menageries. The occasional star-crossed castaway has even been known to become part of such collections. Secret Routes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
any creature that isn’t a drow.
Drow. Four male drow elite warriors hide in the dead-end tunnels to the south. Any character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 20 or higher spots these
stones form one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Any creature that touches one of the standing stones is targeted by a maze spell (save DC 22). To open the gate, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
into darkness. He doesn’t appear again in this adventure, and it will take exceptional coercion for Soth to ally with the Dragon Armies in the future. Escape Routes Allow the characters to decide how
Dragon Destruction. A lesser death dragon (see appendix B) lands near the characters. The violet flames animating it fade, and the creature collapses into a pile of inanimate bones. Elsewhere, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
bow shot becomes easy prey for any gnolls near it. Some particularly clever gnolls have been known to use burning arrows to spark fires, cutting off their prey’s escape routes and driving victims into
are dismembered and devoured. The loot that other marauders would scoop up is left where it falls, of no use to a creature that requires only flesh to feed its urges.
If you suspect that gnolls are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, charmed or trained beasts, and even undead or conjured minions. Regardless of their nature, all are treated as slaves: no creature that is not a yuan-ti is fit for anything other than menial labor and
subservience. Slaves that fail to follow orders or lag in their duties are dispatched or turned into broodguards. From Calimshan and the Lake of Steam out along the trade routes to cross the world