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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
becoming an eldritch lich.
Like other liches, eldritch liches are spellcasters who have cheated death, but an eldritch lich does so by allowing a Great Old One to implant a Far Realm parasite in the lich
lich against destruction, reviving the lich a few days after death. Canny foes can sabotage an eldritch lich’s revival by slaying the lich in a magic circle, thereby forcing the lich to return in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
-Ortheel, the Elf-Eater; Kezef, the Chaos Hound; Kyuss, the Worm That Walks; the Queen of Chaos; Tharizdun, the Chained God; Tyranthraxus, the Flamed One; and Zargon, the Returner. They are all forces of
corruption and evil. Nothing good can come from their influence. Bargains made with them end in catastrophe or death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
consists of muck-filled caverns and decaying temples dedicated to evil deities of the yuan-ti. The serpent folk lived here until they were defeated by nagas known as the Ssethian Scourges. Afterward, Halaster replaced the yuan-ti with a bullywug tribe governed by a cruel death slaad overlord.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
characters of all levels, though unseasoned adventurers determined to face the Returner in combat are almost certainly doomed to fail. Characters killed by Zargon might be resurrected on the Infinite
even in combat—only death can separate the Zargonites from their goal. The cultist on the pedestal refrains from joining combat until the ritual is complete; if they are killed, another cultist takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. A blot of shadow in the corner of a dusty crypt might be a shadow crossing, as might an open grave. Shadow crossings form in gloomy places where spirits or the stench of death lingers, such as
bulk of the population consists of the shambling dead. Zombies, wights, vampires, and other undead make the city their home, all under the watchful eyes of the ruling caste: intelligent, flesh-eating ghouls.
Rumors abound that this foul place mirrors one city on every world.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X24. West Shrine This bare stone room consists of a foyer to the east and a shrine to the west. Candlesticks draped in cobwebs stand in the four corners of the foyer. In the shrine, a faceless
human wizards who came here separately, failed their saving throws, and starved to death while under the spell’s effect. The lich in area X27 destroyed the wizards’ spellbooks and other possessions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
trading post hangs open, and characters can hear a ruckus within. The trading post consists of a 20-foot-square store and a 10-foot-by-20-foot side room containing storage shelves and a cot. The store’s
is rummaging through the store’s contents and stuffing choice items into a backpack. He fights to the death if cornered here. Treasure. During their initial search, the goblins pulled almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
27. Vlonwelv’s Apartments No one may enter these chambers without the consent of Vlonwelv Auvryndar. The punishment for violating her chambers is death. 27a. Council Room and Parlor This area
consists of two chambers connected by a short, 10-foot-high hallway. Vlonwelv meets with her captains in the council room to the west and entertains guests in the parlor to the east. If Vlonwelv is here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to the death. She carries the key to the manacles in area 13. The steamer consists of two iron chambers stacked on top of each other. Magical fire burns in the bottom chamber, heating water that pours
thrown into the arena (area 15a) without their weapons and forced to fight to the death against the nagas’ thralls. 15a. Arena The Ssethian Scourges sometimes have their thralls fight captives for their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn. Every day the death toll from this mysterious substance rises among “blood addicts.”
And no wonder, as it’s produced in Droaam and sold in drams or “veins” by the monstrous thugs of Daask
order of highly skilled assassins and thieves in Sharn. Less well known is the fact that this guild consists primarily of criminals who bear aberrant dragonmarks—hence its choice of namesake, as Lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, or it could take the form of a different variety of beholder, such as a death kiss or a gazer (see “Beholder-Kin”). It might also be a truly unique creature, such as could be spawned only from the
hive, or a death tyrant. When beholders dream of beholders, that’s when the real trouble starts.
— Volo
Solitary Beholders Most of the beholders in the world live apart from others of their kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
tombs containing interment niches or urns, or a combination of all such sites honoring the dead. These places often include a shrine to the god of death, which is home to the graveyard’s priests
gold or other valuables, and the priests could act as financial advisors and executors of estates, since wealth and death go hand in hand in Theros. At night, the restless dead might walk through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
” lurking among the crowd. Astarion suspects trouble and asks the characters to help protect him. Encounters The adventure consists of these encounters. Surrounded. While sitting at the bar (area R2a
, Astarion is subdued and brought back to Cazador’s palace. A particularly reckless breed of sailors frequents Rat’s Run.To them, death lurks around every corner, whether it’s on the stormy sea or here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
and confronting the killer before finding a way home. Encounters MIKE SCHLEY Map: Conch AlleywaysView Player Version The adventure consists of the following encounters and uses Map: Conch Alleyways
Invisible Stalker Yorg taunts the gnomes for their foolishness before it moves to kill them. If the characters interrupt, Yorg drops the gnomes and fights the characters to the death. Conclusion. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
, they might set foot on the twisting path toward becoming an eldritch lich. Like other liches, eldritch liches are spellcasters who have cheated death, but an eldritch lich does so by allowing a Great
lich’s torso, and the parasite guards the lich against destruction, reviving the lich a few days after death. Canny foes can sabotage an eldritch lich’s revival by slaying the lich in a magic circle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Elf-Eater, Dendar the Night Serpent, Borem of the Lake of Boiling Mud, Kezef the Chaos Hound, Zargon the Returner, Camnod the Unseen, Holashner the Hunger Below, Piscaethces the Blood Queen
their relative strength. But they are all forces of corruption and evil. Nothing good can come from their influence. No bargain made with them ends in anything other than madness, plague, death, or worse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
then leaves the characters alone. Drow Foot Patrol This patrol consists of 2d4 drow. If one or more party members appear to be anything other than drow or slaves in the company of its drow master, the
. Each wave of reinforcements consists of 2d4 drow plus 1d4 giant spiders that crawl down from rooftops. Drow Priestess of Lolth A drow priestess of Lolth accompanied by a drow elite warrior and 2d4 drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The feeling of freedom that comes from this change is liberating, but the specter of death forever after colors the mind flayer’s actions. An undead mind flayer is hated and hunted by other
the illithid’s death and updated as the years pass, with the jar serving as a diary of sorts for the one whose brain will eventually fill it. After it is filled with brine, a funerary brain jar can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
222, a fetid realm of ooze and fungi, obeys the whims of Juiblex and Zuggtmoy. The Death Dells Yeenoghu and his gnoll servants prowl layer 422—a cruel, desolate realm. The Endless Maze Layer 600’s
horror known as the Gaping Maw, where even powerful demons are overcome by fear. Reflecting Demogorgon’s dual nature, the Gaping Maw consists of a massive primeval continent covered in dense jungle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
represents but poorly suited to commanding a post like Camp Vengeance. Aside from Commander Breakbone, the standard garrison at the base consists of fifty-eight people, though the actual number of
camp’s top three officers. The gatehouse consists of the ground-level entryway, an upper floor that serves as an armory (all of the garrison’s spare weapons and armor are stored here because it’s one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
survived, but they think you’re dead. Now is your chance for vengeance! Your hit list consists of three names: a human cultist named Frulam Mondath, a half-orc named Bog Luck, and a half-dragon named Rezmir
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
village is under attack and cry out in alarm. Five rounds after the alarm sounds, every able-bodied adult in the village arrives at the gatehouse, ready for battle. Krezk’s militia consists of four more
does everything he can to expedite the characters’ departure. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check can discern that Dmitri is trying to hide the fact that he is distraught. He is grieving over the natural death of his youngest son, Ilya—the last of his children (see area S3).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
they think you’re dead. Now is your chance for vengeance! Your hit list consists of three names: a human cultist named Frulam Mondath, a half-orc named Bog Luck, and a half-dragon named Rezmir. You
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Saidra’s wrath upon those who dare to set foot where they don’t belong is truly horrible—and inevitably fatal. The domain of Dementlieu consists of the city of Port-a-Lucine, which embraces the murky
Death. This mysterious spirit haunts the poorest parts of town and drains every glimmer of life from its victims—and is embodied by Duchess Saidra. DEMENTLIEUSE CHARACTERS
Characters from Dementlieu
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
survived, but they think you’re dead. Now is your chance for vengeance! Your hit list consists of three names: a human cultist named Frulam Mondath, a half-orc named Bog Luck, and a half-dragon named Rezmir
command to go into the world and prove your devotion to the cause of good. If you prove worthy, on your death you will return to his side in your true form.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
ensure Astarion dies at Rat’s Run, which she knows he frequents. Violet awaits the results of her plan at Cazador’s palace; she fears Cazador’s wrath should Astarion’s death be tied to her, so she won’t
GP apiece plus the promise of a future favor. Encounters The adventure consists of these encounters. At your discretion, Astarion fights alongside the characters. First Blood. Five human members of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cages until they freeze to death, whereupon the goblins cook and eat them. Deep tracks left by goblin wagons lead to and from Karkolohk, making it easy to find despite the heavy snowfall. Once the
-Gnock’s dining hall (area K11) for a private feast with the chief. This feast consists of a cooked mountain goat. What happens next depends on Yarb-Gnock’s goal, which can be one of the following: If Yarb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
wilderness of brutality and horror known as the Gaping Maw, where even powerful demons are overcome by fear. Reflecting Demogorgon’s dual nature, the Gaping Maw consists of a massive primeval continent
without a trace in its mazelike cities and in forests whose trees have serpents for branches. Death Dells. Yeenoghu rules a layer of ravines known as Death Dells. Here, creatures must hunt to survive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
gate consists of a pair of iron-reinforced wooden doors that can be barred from the inside. These heavy doors are backed by a massive portcullis of iron bars. A very small child might be able to
. Crimes more severe than those described above—including murder, bribery or impersonation of a city official, and magical coercion—are major crimes. The criminal faces 2d10 years of imprisonment, the death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
immediate danger and must escape before they can find a way home. Encounters MIKE SCHLEY Map: Tyvern’s WorkshopView Player Version This adventure consists of the following encounters and takes place on
telepathically tells each character, “I can taste the magic here! You shall die!” The scouts fight the characters to the death. Once the scouts are defeated, the characters find three Potions of Healing in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
encounter 11–14 Drow patrol A 15–17 Drow patrol B 18–19 Drow patrol C 20 Drow patrol D Drow Patrol A The standard patrol consists of two drow scouts mounted on giant riding lizards (use the statistics at
, 2d4 drow, and a group of slaves. Roll a d8 and consult the Drow Slaves table to determine what slaves are present. Trolls fight to the death; other slaves attempt to flee if all the drow are killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, roll one at random, or use your own ideas. Dungeon Purpose d20 Purpose 1 Death trap 2–5 Lair 6 Maze 7–9 Mine 10 Planar gate 11–14 Stronghold 15–17 Temple or shrine 18–19 Tomb 20 Treasure vault
Death Trap. This dungeon is built to eliminate any creature that dares to enter it. A death trap might guard the treasure of a villainous wizard, or it might be designed to lure adventurers to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
death brings, others refuse to rest, joining a shadowy cabal of Undead warriors. Reborn as ghosts, liches, and mummy lords, they guide the Crown Generals from beyond the grave. The most feared and
respected among them is the death knight Nagaro, a former paladin from the world of Krynn who severed her oath in her pursuit of conquest. While the strategies of other Undead generals in her company have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Courthouse: Summer After obtaining the Stone of Golorr, the characters are arrested by the City Watch soon after they emerge from the sewers. Under Arrest The arresting force consists of twelve
uses their keys to open the characters’ cells. “Hyustus” warns them that the magister is corrupt and suggests they flee the city before they’re sentenced to death. “Hyustus” offers to deliver messages or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spawn in area H17. H15. Drakareth’s Doom This location consists of multiple areas: An empty cave to the northeast has a 20-foot-high domed ceiling, naturally formed stairs leading up to area H11, and a
chest in this cavern. H17. Den of the Vampire Spawn The yips and barks abate as you descend the stairs leading to this cave in which hangs the faint whiff of death.
Five kobold vampire spawn (see