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Vecna the Archlich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

reactions per round but only one per turn. Dread Counterspell. Vecna utters a dread word to interrupt a creature he can see that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and

’s level, the caster takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dread Counterspell", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage if the spell fails. Fell Rebuke. In

Malaxxix

Monsters The Book of Many Things

damage, and the target can’t take reactions until the end of Malaxxix’s next turn. Hit or Miss: The hammer then magically returns to Malaxxix’s hand. Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +12

attack.Legends describe the dread being Malaxxix as the child of one of the night hags who created the first yugoloths. Malaxxix is often lumped in with such Fiends, perhaps because it too has a grand

Resting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

recaptured or replaced, and new challenges could be set up to foil incursions. Alter the dungeon’s contents as you see fit to account for the returning party’s previous actions and the reactions of

their foes. A few other events specified in the adventure can raise or lower the alert level. Dread Warriors Szass Tam devised the ritual that enables the creation of dread warriors (described in

Prepare to Be Scared

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

atmosphere of the adventure. Don’t consider fear a tactical disadvantage or something to be avoided. As part of playing a frightening game, you’re a participant in building and reinforcing a sense of dread

, discuss with your group how much fear ties into the game’s rules. Would you prefer to keep frightful reactions narrative, or would you like to use game rules that present additional challenges and

Death Knight Aspirant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

. The aspirant makes three Dread Blade attacks. Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 5 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) Slashing damage plus 10 (3d6) Necrotic damage. Hellfire Orb (Recharge 5–6

(Necrotic), Dispel Magic Reactions Parry. Trigger: The aspirant is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The aspirant adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.

Phaerimm Agent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

makes three attacks, using Dread Stinger or Mindwarp Ray in any combination. Dread Stinger. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Piercing damage plus 13 (2d12) Poison damage. Mindwarp

: Clairvoyance, Major Image, Synaptic Static Bonus Actions Teleport. The phaerimm teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Reactions Protective Magic (3/Day). The phaerimm casts Counterspell or Shield in response to the spell’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.

Travelers in the Mists

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

Travelers in the Mists Adventures in the Domains of Dread often indulge in a single domain’s distinctly frightful themes. But if you plan to run whole campaigns set in the Land of the Mists, creating

horror stories. While it’s true that most residents of the Domains of Dread never leave their home domains and wisely don’t fixate on what lies beyond the Mists, some daring souls do. Many such

Death Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

three Dread Blade attacks. Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +11, reach 5 ft. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) Slashing damage plus 13 (3d8) Necrotic damage. Hellfire Orb (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC

/Day Each: Destructive Wave (Necrotic), Dispel Magic Reactions Parry. Trigger: The death knight is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The death knight adds 6 to its AC

Types of Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): At Will: Detect Thoughts, Minor Illusion Reactions Counterspell (2/Day). The cultist casts Counterspell in response to that spell’s trigger, using the same

. The cultist makes three attacks, using Dread Scythe or Deathly Ray in any combination. Dread Scythe. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 10 ft. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) Slashing damage plus 11 (2d10) Necrotic

Snapping Hydra

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

Eldraine, it’s never long before a hungry or curious creature arrives to investigate, leaping into battle with the hydra’s foes while the hydra makes an opportune exit. Snapping Hydra Huge Monstrosity

and has advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in its shell, the hydra has the prone condition, its speed is 0 and can’t increase, its heads can’t die, it has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, and it can’t take any other actions or reactions.

Riffler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Riffler Rifflers are diminutive Fey reminiscent of gnomes and obsessed with destiny and fate. The oldest stories of rifflers suggest these dangerously curious spirits manifested as physical beings

spellcasting ability. Reactions Shuffle Destiny. When a creature the riffler can see within 30 feet of itself makes an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw, the riffler can magically force

Gray Render

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to

is prone. Reactions Bloody Rampage. When the gray render takes damage, it makes one attack with its claws against a random creature within its reach, other than its master.

Pixie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

or butterflies, bright as the clear dawn and as luminous as the full moonrise. Curious as cats and shy as deer, pixies go where they please. They like to spy on other creatures and can barely contain

them to measure their reactions. For example, pixies might tie a dwarf’s boots together, create illusions of strange creatures or treasures, or use dancing lights to lead interlopers astray. If the

Gray Render

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to

throw or be knocked prone. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage, plus 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage if the target is prone. Reactions

Inquisitor of the Tome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Inquisitor of the Tome The Ulmist Inquisition is an order of inquisitors in the Domain of Dread known as Barovia that seeks to discover the origins of evil within people’s hearts. The order’s founder

(spell save DC 15): At will: Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Levitate, Mage Armor, Mage Hand, Sending 1/day each: Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere, Telekinesis Reactions Telekinetic Deflection. In response

Fractine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

flickering mirror approached me, I grew fearful. Would it imprison me as well? Luckily, it didn’t. As it hovered next to me, I felt a curious tingling sensation. When I tried to touch it, the mirror

fractine (or where it died) as possible. A creature can leave the demiplane on its own by using magic that enables planar travel, such as the plane shift spell. Reactions Mirrored Damage. In response to

Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

infect a whole city or region. If enough mortals dread destruction for long enough, their terror can manifest as one of these massive Nyxborn beings. Once unleashed, a doomwake giant goes on a rampage

is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Reactions Deflect Attack. The giant adds 5 to its AC against one weapon attack that would hit it. To do so, the giant must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.

Mummies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Dispel Magic, Thaumaturgy 1/Day Each: Animate Dead, Harm, Insect Plague (level 7 version) Reactions

of its turns. Dread Command. The mummy casts Command (level 2 version), using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting. The mummy can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn

Personality

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, and he drinks blood to sow terror rather than for sustenance. If destroyed, Kas revives in 1d100 nights in an unoccupied space in Tovag, his Domain of Dread. He can be permanently destroyed only by

or have the frightened condition until the start of Kas’s next turn. Reactions Parrying Riposte. Kas adds 3 to his AC against one melee attack roll that would hit him. He then makes one Vengeful

Nymphs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

aquatic home through sightings and stories, becoming a guardian of the place and, in effect, a manifestation of its personality. Aquatic Collectors. Curious by nature, naiads often seek out what the

bolt (see “Actions” below) 3/day: burning hands 1/day each: hellish rebuke (see “Reactions” below), scorching ray Invisible in Fire. The oread is invisible while fully immersed in fire. Magic

Faeries

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

. OUPHES Ouphes are curious creatures found throughout the wilds of Eldraine. While often seen as foolish, ouphes are magically connected to the natural world and know more about the secret lives of

(spell save DC 13): At will: prestidigitation 1/day: silent image Reactions Tricksy Parry. Immediately after taking damage, the faerie reduces the damage taken by 2 (1d4). Faerie Pathlighter

Mummy Lord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Each: Animate Dead, Harm, Insect Plague (level 7 version) Reactions Whirlwind of Sand. Trigger: The mummy is hit by an attack roll. Response: The mummy adds 2 to its AC against the attack

following actions. The mummy regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns. Dread Command. The mummy casts Command (level 2 version), using the same spellcasting ability as

The Lords' Alliance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

forces to win the day. Lady Laeral Silverhand Chaotic good female human wizard Ideals: Creativity, respect (“We cannot stop what we do not understand.”) Interaction Traits: Quiet, curious Pledged

heroism. However, he is personally and deeply insulted by any slight against dwarves or intrusions by the characters into dwarven affairs. His reactions to the adventurers’ exploits determine how he

The Lords' Alliance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

forces to win the day. Lady Laeral Silverhand Chaotic good female human wizard Ideals: Creativity, respect (“We cannot stop what we do not understand.”) Interaction Traits: Quiet, curious Pledged

heroism. However, he is personally and deeply insulted by any slight against dwarves or intrusions by the characters into dwarven affairs. His reactions to the adventurers’ exploits determine how he

The Lords' Alliance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

forces to win the day. Lady Laeral Silverhand Chaotic good female human wizard Ideals: Creativity, respect (“We cannot stop what we do not understand.”) Interaction Traits: Quiet, curious Pledged

heroism. However, he is personally and deeply insulted by any slight against dwarves or intrusions by the characters into dwarven affairs. His reactions to the adventurers’ exploits determine how he

Predator Pools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

dreams that, after weeks or months of exposure, improve combat skill and imbue most creatures with strong devotion to the Red Wizards. Reactions. Creatures in this sector usually hesitate to attack those

stone. Creatures. A dread warrior (see appendix B), two wights, and four zombies guard this area. They attack anyone who isn’t escorted by kuo-toa or the sea hag, pursuing such interlopers to any

Temples of Extraction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

chamber, as if someone is whipping the air and it is bleeding. Mennek, Red Wizard Enchanter Creatures. A Red Wizard enchanter and a Thayan apprentice work here, guarded by two dread warriors (see

) has command over two dread warriors (see appendix B) here. A shadow lurks at each pillar on the shrine of binding, for a total of four. Curse of Bloodlust. If combat occurs in this area, a creature

Appendix 1. Creature Statistics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it. Reactions Scouring Instruction. When an ally that the duergar can see makes a d20 roll, the duergar can roll a d6 and the ally can add

eidolon has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead. Actions Divine Dread. Each creature within 60 feet of the eidolon that can see it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving

Cultists of the Dead Three

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

. Bhaal and His Followers Bhaal is a god of murder who lends power to those whose killings invoke fear and dread. The act of murder is only half the equation. The second half is the suspicion, paranoia

. Reactions Unstoppable (3/Day). The death’s head reduces the damage it takes from an attack to 0. Left to right: Necromite of Myrkul, Black Gauntlet of Bane, and Reaper of Bhaal Necromite of Myrkul

Crushing Wave Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage. Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3) piercing damage. Reactions

fog. One-eyed shivers inspire dread and fear in all who meet them, including their fellow cultists. Only the leaders of the Crushing Wave cult dare to give commands to these masters of icy magic. One

Eternal Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

his crag to observe their reactions. Each character must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw to keep their composure. Characters immune to the frightened condition automatically succeed on this

trespassers to back away from their den. The cub is indifferent—curious but skittish. What the Bears Know. The bears’ attitudes improve by one step if the characters offer them food or if a character

Gibbet Crossing Locations

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

captured many curious travelers over the years and tries to capture the characters, too. Treasure. Both cages are like the ones in area G3, except they are sized for Large creatures. Once emptied of bones

momentary flash of dread, as though being awoken by a warning of an ambush occurring nearby. This is a psychic remnant from the mind flayer attack. G14: Toppled Tower The east side of this room bears a

Demon Types

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

turn, not both, and can’t take reactions Glabrezu A glabrezu takes great pleasure in destroying mortals through temptation, and these creatures are among the few demons to offer their service to

other targets. Teleport. The marilith magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Reactions Parry. The marilith adds

Metallic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

one. Slowing Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 22 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature can’t use reactions, its

Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature can’t use reactions, its speed is halved, and it can’t make more than one attack on its turn. In addition, the creature can use either an action

Briny Maze Locations

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

deeply on your own thoughts. You can take an action to focus your inner mind. This focus lasts for 1 hour. While your inner mind is focused, you can’t take reactions. For the duration, when you make

Realm from the Briny Maze. If you choose, curious characters might find locations from the previous chapter nearby. Bubbles. The flumphs installed the organic devices that generate the bubbles. The

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