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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"Acid Spray","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.A hive lord rules each kruthik hive. When the hive lord dies, the surviving members of the
carrion, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill enemies by impaling them on their spiked limbs, then grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
chapter 7, "Treasure” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules
stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found.
If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Understanding. True power comes from the ability to discern other creatures’ motivations better than they can discern yours. (Any)
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Kindred. All dragons are kin to one
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they
Young Deep Dragon
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
help by paying for improved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, causing the entire community to celebrate your deed.
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Fueled by alcohol, you faced down a carrion crawler that slunk out of the
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Suggested Characteristics
A folk hero is one of the common people, for better or for worse. Most folk heroes look on their humble origins as a virtue, not a shortcoming, and their home communities
Folk Hero
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Basic Rules (2014)
you.
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A folk hero is one of the common people, for better or for worse. Most folk heroes look on their humble origins as a virtue, not a shortcoming, and their
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
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I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spells that create illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon
generally go out of their way to avoid interacting with other intelligent creatures. However, their interest in history and culture occasionally gets the better of them, prompting them to seek some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Drow congregate to throw stones at the still-dazed creature and drive it into the tunnels beyond the city’s environs. If it’s unlucky, it’s attacked by a roper, a carrion crawler, or another drider. If
Cities without Sunlight The drow might have not chosen to live in the Underdark, but just the same they consider it their home, not a prison. Just as the sea elves adapted to their aquatic realm
Adult Deep Dragon
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Understanding. True power comes from the ability to discern other creatures’ motivations better than they can discern yours. (Any)
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Kindred. All dragons are kin to one another
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve.
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Svirfneblin hire the
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
with me to pursue my destiny.
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The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
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I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and
city, especially hard drink.
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Secretly, I believe that things would be better if I were a tyrant lording over the land.
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I have trouble trusting in my allies.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
better look at the characters as they approach. If the characters veer toward area 12 from here, Akora and Danafay try to get there first to warn Shindreer. Treasure. Each drow wears an obsidian scarab engraved with the insignia of House Auvryndar (25 gp).
female drow elite warriors (named Akora and Danafay) are mounted on giant lizards near the center of the cavern.
The drow attack at the first sign of intruders. Their lizards are fitted with saddles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
+ 2 magma mephits 08 1 goblin boss with 2d4 goblins 09 2d4 darkmantles 10 2d8 + 1 drow 11 2d10 piercers 12 1d4 minotaur skeletons 13–14 3d6 deep gnomes 15 1 druid with 1 polar bear (cave bear) 16–17
4d4 hobgoblins 31–32 1d4 carrion crawlers 33–34 1 black pudding 35 1d4 ochre jellies 36–40 A patch of mold that appears yellow when light is directed toward it 41 1d4 nothics 42–43 2d8 + 1 gas spores
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Drow Chase If the adventurers flee from the drow, use the chase rules in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to play out the pursuit. The drow are on foot. If she gets close enough to do so
, Ilvara tries to cut off the party’s escape by casting web across the tunnel ahead. In addition to giving chase, the drow in the pursuit party pepper the characters with poisoned crossbow bolts, hoping to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
start combat. When a fight breaks out, see the “Combat” section in the D&D Beyond Basic Rules. The following stat blocks are used in this section: Animated Flying Sword Bugbear Warrior Carrion Crawler
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Ingested 150 gp Burnt othur fumes Inhaled 500 gp Carrion crawler mucus Contact 200 gp Drow poison Injury 200 gp Essence of ether Inhaled 300 gp Malice Inhaled 250 gp Midnight tears Ingested 1,500 gp
Poisons Given their insidious and deadly nature, poisons are illegal in most societies but are a favorite tool among assassins, drow, and other evil creatures. Poisons come in the following four
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Mantol-Derith Population: Approximately 140 (drow, duergar, humans, and svirfneblin)
Government: Informal council comprised of four chief negotiators (one per enclave), recently dissolved
Defense
: Private guards
Commerce: Rare and exotic goods; see each enclave for information on the goods traded by the duergar, the drow, the svirfneblin, and the Zhentarim
Organizations: The drow, duergar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
House Freth Three drow mages have infiltrated Arcturiadoom in the hope of securing powerful magic to conquer other levels of Undermountain. These drow belong to House Freth (see level 12). They avoid
creature are absorbed into its new form. The new form is hostile toward all other creatures and must attack any other creatures it can see. Roll a d10 to determine the creature’s new form:
1. Carrion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Society of Blood and Poison The principal organization in drow culture and society is the house, an extended clan that comprises many related families, plus a number of lesser families who have
pledged loyalty to the house. A house’s membership also includes some (potentially very large) number of indentured drow servants and slaves of other species. A house usually specializes in a business, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
What the Prisoners Know Allow the characters to freely mingle and interact with their fellow prisoners or even the drow guards, although the guards rarely talk to the “surface-dweller scum.” Of all
establish telepathic communication to allow everyone to speak freely. The guards aren’t observant enough to notice. You might wish to consult the social interaction rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
if the characters are resting 3 Carrion crawler 4–5 Escaped slaves 6–7 Fungi 8–9 Giant fire beetles 10–11 Giant “rocktopus” 12 Mad creature 13 Ochre jelly 14–15 Raiders 16 Scouts 17 Society of
gp gems and one or more random magic items (roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table C in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) Carrion Crawler The characters encounter a carrion crawler scouring
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Understanding. True power comes from the ability to discern other creatures’ motivations better than they can discern yours. (Any)
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Kindred. All dragons are kin to one another, and
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Adventure Hook
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
but for the summoner’s entire house. A demon is the highest form of slave a drow house can own. There’s no better display of a house’s power than a demon kept shackled as it serves its master, and few
The Demonweb Connection Lolth’s personal realm is a layer of the Abyss known colloquially as the Demonweb Pits. Far from being intimidated by their deity’s connection to the Abyss, the drow revel in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
patterns of the Underdark. Still, better to trust a kuo-toa guide than attempt to traverse the Darklake alone and become lost within it forever. The adventurers can use the Darklake to reach many
destinations in the Underdark. More importantly, water travel makes it difficult for their drow pursuers to track them. The kuo-toa town of Sloobludop is located on the eastern edge of the Darklake, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
, making sure the rules serve the group’s fun. Tutorials in each adventure teach you some of those rules, but you’ll want to reference the D&D Beyond Basic Rules to better understand them. Keep It Secret
explore. Then you use a combination of imagination and the game’s rules to determine the results of the adventurers’ decisions. Adjudicate the Rules. You oversee how the group uses the game’s rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
4. Drow Enclave The drow use Mantol-Derith to trade exquisite and exotic goods according to their rarefied tastes. Rare perfumes, potions, distilled beverages, and other alchemical products are some
is the current drow representative. A sophisticated merchant, she deals in luxury items from drow artisans: gems of high value, incense, art objects, various magical treasures, and exotic spices and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
15. Way to Wyllowwood The drow cornered and killed several troglodytes in these caves after the reptilian creatures refused to be enslaved. 15a. Battle Scene The floor here is stained with blood and
strewn with a dozen spent bolts from hand crossbows. A character who inspects the bolts and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check finds evidence of drow poison on the bolts, but the poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Rules House rules include optional rules, such as those presented in chapter 9 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, and rules you create. If you plan to use any house rules, session zero is a good time to
discuss those rules with the players and solicit their input. House rules are best presented as experiments, and time will tell if they’re good for your game. If you introduce a house rule in session
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(leaving the mage and eight drow to staff the outpost). Use the drow pursuit rules in chapter 2, and assume a pursuit level of 4. Drow Patrol B The characters encounter a drow elite warrior and 1d8
can approach the City of Spiders from literally any direction. However, all of these routes are known to the drow. The characters might have encountered a drow force on a previous attempt to reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
spell can have special rules or restrictions. For example, a drow mage can innately cast the levitate spell, but the spell has a “self only” restriction, which means that the spell affects only the
drow mage. A monster’s innate spells can’t be swapped out with other spells. If a monster’s innate spells don’t require attack rolls, no attack bonus is given for them. Spellcasting A monster with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
spell can have special rules or restrictions. For example, a drow mage can innately cast the levitate spell, but the spell has a "self only" restriction, which means that the spell affects only the
drow mage. A monster's innate spells can't be swapped out with other spells. If a monster's innate spells don't require attack rolls, no attack bonus is given for them. Spellcasting A monster with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Power of Secrets The characters can learn two secrets in this chapter applicable to the Power of Secrets rules found in this book’s introduction: Naxa’s Secret. The drow mage Naxa and her sister came
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Drow Outpost The drow of House Auvryndar established this outpost after discovering the arch gate in area 11c. All told, this area contains a drow priestess of Lolth named Melith Auvryndar, a
female drow mage named Thirza Helviiryn (Melith’s consort), two female drow elite warriors named Balryn and Talafaere, and four male drow named Altonrel, Kalanszar, Rezz, and Tsabalin. 11a. Main Cavern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
social ladder are drow of low birth and the occasional non-drow captive. Matriarchal Rule. Lolth, through her faithful priestesses, dictates the rules of drow society, ensuring that her orders and plots
Drow Children of Lolth. The drow worship Lolth, a deity who resides in the Abyss. Known as the Spider Queen or the Demon Queen of Spiders, she is the figure around which the drow have built their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Shrine of the Horned King Maku, a minotaur shaman, has been busily collecting the remains of slaughtered drow, fallen troglodytes and quaggoths, and unfortunate adventurers in this area. He plans
to use these remains in a ritual to summon the demon lord Baphomet. If the characters fought any minotaurs in area 7b, Maku and his followers cannot be surprised here. 8a. Keep Calm and Carrion The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Underdark Encounters (Levels 11–16) d100 Encounter 01–02 3d6 carrion crawlers 03–04 1d6 + 1 gelatinous cubes 05–06 1d8 + 2 gibbering mouthers 07–08 2d8 minotaur skeletons 09–10 2d6 ochre jellies
item. 81 2d4 earth elementals 82 1d3 spirit nagas 83 1d8 + 1 cyclopes 84 1d6 + 2 trolls 85 2d4 stone giants 86 2d4 wraiths 87 1d4 fomorians 88 1d3 drow mages with 1d4 drow elite warriors 89 1d10 vampire