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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
condition. If the wurm dies, a swallowed creature no longer has the restrained condition and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting with the prone condition.Wurms are
’s skyscraping beanstalks. These beanstalk wurms sport leafy growths, sustaining themselves on a mixture of natural photosynthesis and a carnivorous diet.
Cloud-dwelling giants often use
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
intruders in sight with reckless abandon.
Cultists of Aurnozci
Aurnozci grants its cultists the following trait:
Burning Corpse. When the creature dies, its body is reduced to a pile of smoldering
embers in the space where it fell. The ashes take 1 minute to cool. Until then, a creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Burning Corpse", "rollDamageType":"fire
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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
successful one. A humanoid reduced to 0 hit points by this damage dies, and an undead shadow rises from its corpse and acts immediately after Umbraxakar in the initiative count. The shadow is under
creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
darkweaver encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 11 (7,200 XP).
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a darkweaver can take one of the following lair actions; the
cocoon contains the bones of a non-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule.
2
A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young
3
A corpse holding a jar of universal
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s body, where the corpse is dissolved after 1 minute.
Eject Slime (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Eject Slime"}. Juiblex spews out a corrosive slime
ooze at Juiblex’s command.
Juiblex’s challenge rating is 24 (62,000 XP) when encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Juiblex can take one
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. They all hope to ascend to godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time
Merfolk dwelling near an adult amethyst dragon;adult amethyst dragon's lair are under threat from sahuagin raiders.
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Clusters of shrieker;shriekers serve as a warning system in the tunnels of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, whether in conflict or as an ally or patron. Then, additional tables explore the relationships each kind of dragon has to other creatures of a similar challenge rating in their preferred environment
. Use these tables to inspire adventures that feature dragons dwelling alongside other creatures, either as enemies or as allies.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time and rarely cultivating
magical mobility, using flight and teleportation to navigate obstacles in their lairs.
The challenge rating of a legendary amethyst dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair
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unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The appearance of the homunculus is determined by the DM, and the homunculus treats you as its creator.
Corpse. You immediately drop to 0 hit points, have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
weapons. Drow, dwarves, and gnomes dwelling in the Underdark, as well as surface communities near submerged subterranean passages, are frequent targets for kuo-toa raids and other plots. Kuo-toa
with other evil creatures, but these alliances shift as kuo-toa leaders interpret omens from their unpredictable deities. When the Corpse Moon rises and the Chum-Tide washes in, up rise the Gogglers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Young kruthik
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Abyssal wretch
Derro
Male steeder
Oblex spawn
Star spawn grue
The Wretched
Tortle
Challenge
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Canoloth
Corpse flower
Deathlock mastermind
Howler
Sword wraith commander
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Drow house captain
Frost salamander
Gloom weaver
Hydroloth
Rot
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait
interior chambers of their lairs meticulously dry.
The challenge rating of a legendary topaz dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
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predictable only in my unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for
their homes. They keep the interior chambers of their lairs meticulously dry.
The challenge rating of a legendary topaz dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
they can weave webs of shadow undisturbed. A darkweaver encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 11 (7,200 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a darkweaver can
-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule. 2 A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young 3 A corpse holding a jar of universal solvent with a slightly stuck lid 4 A collection of menus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
”). Slarkrethel is a kraken, with the following changes: Slarkrethel has a challenge rating of 25 (75,000 XP). It gains the Legendary Resistance trait and the Spellcasting action option described below
the puny and insignificant surface-dwelling adventurers to fend for themselves. Hekaton doesn’t survive long in the kraken’s clutches. If the storm giant king dies, all is not lost. Characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
themselves on a mixture of natural photosynthesis and a carnivorous diet. Aldo Domínguez Cloud-dwelling giants often use beanstalk wurms as a first line of defense against those who would ascend massive
. If the wurm dies, a swallowed creature no longer has the restrained condition and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting with the prone condition.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
that grows at the back of the cave. 2c. Fungus Gardens The creature in area 2a comes here to feed, as do other creatures dwelling in the caverns. The cave has the following features: Fungi. Gardens
dwell here. Two cling to the 10-foot-high ceiling, and two feed on the rotting corpse of a fifth carrion crawler lying amid the fungus.
The crawlers are natural enemies of the creature in area 2a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
Constrict attack. This ability increases its challenge rating to 3 (700 XP). If the snake is slain, the four baboons leap through the hole in the ceiling and down upon the party. (They remained outside the
total Strength of 30 or higher. A pouch tied on the waist of one corpse holds 40 ep. One of the humans wore a brooch of bronze and green quartz in the shape of a lizard (worth 25 gp). A silver and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. The first one contains the exsanguinated corpse of a mountain goat. The second one holds a dead shield dwarf prospector wearing a tattered fur cloak and clutching a miner’s pick close to his chest
ice spider queen, a giant spider with the following changes: It has 44 hit points and a challenge rating of 2 (450 XP). It has resistance to cold damage. Any creature that starts its turn within 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
influence can manifest. You can add regional effects to make a particular dragon’s lair feel unique and wondrous. Adding regional effects to a dragon’s lair has no effect on the dragon’s challenge rating
Creatures A dragon’s presence can alter the behavior or physical characteristics of creatures dwelling near the dragon’s lair. The presence of a gem dragon draws specific kinds of creatures to dwell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, they gently nudge the characters toward the tunnel leading to area L4. L2. Flensing Chamber A sour stench of decay fills your nostrils. Lying on the ice-packed ground is the frozen corpse of a whale
resembles a sepulcher. The frozen, hacked-up corpse of a frost giant lies on the floor, entombed in translucent ice, and looming next to it is a woolly mammoth.
Not far from the mammoth, carved from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
: Ingeloakastimizilian, Imvaernarhro, K’rshinthintl, Claugiyliamatar. Commonly known as “Old Gnawbone,”
Claugiyliamatar is often seen with a
mangled corpse hanging from her mouth Many dragons are better
challenge rating. Languages. Most dragons prefer to speak Draconic but learn Common for dealing with allies and minions. But given their high Intelligence and long life span, dragons can easily learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
in the Monster Manual) has a challenge rating of 8 (3,900 XP). IRON TOKEN
An annis hag can pull out one of her iron teeth or nails and spend 1 minute shaping and polishing it into the form of a coin
the throes of combat and has recently slain one of her foes, she often forgoes a direct attack on her remaining enemies and instead takes a moment to feed on the corpse, dismembering it and tearing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
chair. Anatomical drawings sketched in charcoal hang on the wall behind the desk. Seated in the chair is the shriveled corpse of a humanoid wearing moldy robes and a bronze mask sculpted to look like a
appendix C) and doesn’t carry a longbow. He has the Spellcasting feature described below. He has a challenge rating of 4 (1,100 XP). Spellcasting. Withers is a 9th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creatures that rarely have a fixed shape. They are mostly subterranean, dwelling in caves and dungeons and feeding on refuse, carrion, or creatures unlucky enough to get in their way. Black puddings and
a monster, including when you apply a template to it, might change its challenge rating.
For advice on how to customize creatures and calculate their challenge ratings, see the Dungeon Master’s
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
petrified corpse of a dead god or other chunks of rock drifting forever in the silvery void. Much more commonplace are color pools—magical pools of colored light that flicker like radiant, spinning coins
comes into view—often millions of miles away—along with colorful gas clouds, planets, moons, and other cosmic bodies. A Wildspace system teems with space-dwelling life-forms, including spores
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rating of 10 (5,900 XP). It is blinded and deafened, giving it disadvantage on all its attack rolls, and it can’t use its Poison Breath. The golem was decapitated when Ythryn crashed into the Reghed
ineffectively trying to excavate the tower’s ruins, brick by brick. Anyone who disrupts this effort is attacked by 2d6 claws. Deep under the rubble, the corpse of High Necromancer Cadavix lies crushed, yet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Attack: +14 to hit, reach 10 ft. or range 60/120 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (4d6 + 7) acid damage. Any creature killed by this attack is drawn into Juiblex’s body, where the corpse is dissolved after 1
slimes, and strange organic forms rise from the oceans of ooze at Juiblex’s command. Juiblex’s challenge rating is 24 (62,000 XP) when encountered in its lair. Lair Actions On initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
: Burning Corpse. When the creature dies, its body is reduced to a pile of smoldering embers in the space where it fell. The ashes take 1 minute to cool. Until then, a creature takes 3 (1d6) fire damage when
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Aurnozci’s Lair Aurnozci’s lair is a layer of the Abyss called Xulregg. See below for details about this realm. The challenge rating of Aurnozci is 23
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
challenge rating of a creature that the characters need to face to acquire the materials for an item. Note that facing a creature does not necessarily mean that the characters must collect items from its
corpse. Rather, the creature might guard a location or a resource that the characters need access to. Magic Item Ingredients Item Rarity CR Range Common 1–3 Uncommon 4–8 Rare 9–12 Very rare 13–18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Specific Spells Can I cast animate dead on the humanoid-shaped corpse of an undead creature such as a zombie or a ghast? When animate dead targets a corpse, the body must have belonged to a creature
minor elementals offers four options. Here are the first two: One elemental of challenge rating 2 or lower Two elementals of challenge rating 1 or lower The design intent for options like these is that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
* 10 Construct 11 Corpse 12 Crossroads 13 Donjon* 14 Door 15 Dragon 16 Elemental 17 Euryale* 18 Expert 19 Fates* 20 Fey 21 Fiend 22 Flames* 23 Fool* 24 Gem* 25 Giant 26 Humanoid 27 Jester* 28 Key* 29
feet. Construct. A homunculus appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The appearance of the homunculus is determined by the DM, and the homunculus treats you as its creator. Corpse. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, the creature’s heart and viscera are removed from the corpse and placed in canopic jars. These jars are usually carved from limestone or made of pottery, etched or painted with religious hieroglyphs
lesser undead and rigged with traps. Hidden in this temple is the sarcophagus where a mummy lord keeps its greatest treasures. A mummy lord encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 16 (15,000
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
skulls and pelts of various mountain-dwelling creatures. Seated by the fire is a wizened goliath with long white hair. A yeti fur cloak is draped over her stooped shoulders, and a tiger-sized feline
. Its challenge rating is 0 (10 XP).
After 1 year, the griffon is Small and has 13 (2d6 + 6) hit points and a Strength score of 8. It has a +1 bonus to hit on its attacks and deals 2 (1d4) piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Spawned by a God. Long ago, a deity of greed and strife perished in the battles among the immortals. Its body drifted through the Astral Plane, eventually becoming a petrified husk. This corpse
morkoth encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 12 (8,400 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a morkoth can invoke the ambient magic of the island to take lair actions. On






