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Adult Kruthik

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

span of an adult kruthik is roughly seven years. Adult kruthiks grow spiky protrusions on their legs and can fling these dagger-sized spikes at enemies beyond the reach of their claws. Kruthiks

kruthiks have died. Slaying a sufficient number of kruthiks in one area might cause the remaining hive members to move elsewhere. Although they can feed on carrion, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

against Auril, who retreated to the coldest corner of Toril to escape their fury. After a world-shaking event known as the Sundering, most of the gods withdrew from Toril, leaving mortals to govern

, Auril is reborn at full strength during the next winter solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the stat blocks presented here. After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, motionless sheets of ice. Umberlee brought Talos and Malar into an alliance against Auril, who retreated to the coldest corner of Toril to escape their fury. After a world-shaking event known as the

form, Auril dies. As long as she has mortal followers who worship her, however, Auril is reborn at full strength during the next winter solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

frigid cold transformed her chaotic, unpredictable tides into rigid, motionless sheets of ice. Umberlee brought Talos and Malar into an alliance against Auril, who retreated to the coldest corner of

solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the stat blocks presented here. After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of her forms that were destroyed, provided at least one

Demon Wastes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

, any creature that wishes to leave must do so through the Labyrinth. These passes are guarded by the Ghaash’kala, tribes of orcs sworn to contain the evils of the Wastes. Beyond the Labyrinth, the

mortal inhabitants of the Demon Wastes include a brutal people known as the Carrion Tribes. Each tribe is devoted to an archfiend, and they engage in endless battles against the Ghaash’kala and the other

The Demon Wastes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

represented. The Carrion Tribes are savage and cruel, and know almost nothing about the world beyond the Labyrinth.

consider the people of the Five Nations to be soft and naive. The Carrion Tribes are savage barbarians who dwell in the Wastes. Each tribe is devoted to one of the archfiends and they engage in endless

Combat

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

D2. Shrine Entrance

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

arch are two statues of dwarves offering a greeting. Beyond the archway is an open courtyard with a statue on a raised platform in the center. All these features have been chiseled out of the side of

make no attempt to approach quietly, the dwarf guards detect them and aren’t here. They have retreated to the courtyard (area D3). If the characters don’t trigger the trap in area D1 and make an effort

17. Stone Temple Pileup

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

statues once depicted other gods, but now they lie smashed beyond recognition. The assembly of petrified creatures includes five unfortunate adventurers (a male human, a male half-orc, a female elf

, and two male halflings) and six unlucky monsters (two kobolds, three goblins, and a carrion crawler). Treasure. A copper crown with six arrowhead-shaped malachite spires (75 gp) hangs from one of the carrion crawler’s stony tentacles.

Bestiary

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

Bestiary Many terrors lurk in the shadows—some in the corner of perception, and others beyond the Material Plane. This chapter presents stat blocks for a host of threats that can play a role in

jar 3 Carrion stalker 3 Swarm of scarabs 4 Strigoi 4 Zombie plague spreader 5 Vampiric mind flayer 6 Gallows speaker 6 Priest of Osybus 6 Zombie clot

Tieflings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Tieflings Tieflings are rarely seen in Eberron, but there are a few paths for a tiefling characters. Many tieflings are born to the Carrion Tribes, the barbarians who live in the Demon Wastes. Such

character could be an envoy, an exile, or simply an adventurer driven by a desire to see what lies beyond your magical kingdom.

Tieflings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

at the fringes of civilization. Many tieflings are born to the Carrion Tribes, the barbarians who live in the Demon Wastes. Such tieflings are touched by the fiendish forces bound beneath the Wastes

Demesne has had no significant contact with the Five Nations and few know it exists. Your character could be an envoy or exile from it, or simply an adventurer driven by a desire to see what lies beyond your homeland.

Cities without Sunlight

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

Corpse Flower

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

into its body and feeds on carrion to repair itself. The plant has a malevolent bent and despises the living. Horrible Odor. With or without humanoid corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes

blinded, deafened Senses blindsight 120 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 12 Languages — Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Corpses. When first encountered, a corpse flower contains the

1b. Buppido's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

1b. Buppido’s Lair The derro Buppido discovered the Whorlstone Tunnels months ago but never dared to explore beyond the first couple of chambers. He settled in this area and erected a grisly altar to

, replace him with a carrion crawler feeding on the dead remains. Development When the monsters are defeated, the ghost of a deep gnome named Pelek pokes its head up out of the ground, blinks, and then

3. Main Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

stalactites onto leather tarps covering clusters of merchant stalls west and east of the trench. Beyond these marketplaces are well-tended gardens of mold and fungi, crystal walkways, and stone bridges. The

retreated to their respective enclaves with their goods and livestock. A stream runs nearby, crossed by two stone bridges leading to the drow and Zhentarim enclaves. The stream is 5 feet deep and fed by the

Knights of Solamnia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Isle in the west or retreated to the protection of their strongholds and keeps, while others disguised themselves to continue their work. Their power waning, the knights today are locked in a bitter

honor the god Habbakuk as their patron. The order emphasizes ideals of loyalty and obedience that serve as a bedrock whether a knight chooses to remain within the order or move beyond it. Knights of the

Dungeon Inhabitants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

enslave whatever creatures are left. It’s easy to think of a dungeon as a collection of encounters, with the adventurers kicking down door after door and killing whatever lies beyond. But the ebb and

— or even doors that require hands to open — can restrict the movement of some creatures. If all the doors in a dungeon are closed, the players might wonder how the carrion crawlers or stirges they

Upper Level Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

below (area S6) to move up to defend it. For more information about the console, see “Using the Console” below. Using a Glyph Card (see “Starglass Waypoint Features”), the duodrone retreated to this

Retreat This two-room suite looks identical to area S21 and has identical treasure. In addition, the west room contains three Modron Tridrones, which retreated here to escape the dragon’s wrath. The

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

two became separated during a carrion crawler attack in the cavern just beyond this one. Caerhan must have escaped deeper into the tunnels, but Gorkoh wasn’t willing to risk facing the monster to

Strength (Athletics) check, or broken down with attacks (AC 10, 30 hit points, immunity to poison and psychic damage). Mummy Chamber. When the characters can see the chamber beyond the double doors

M. Mad Mage of Mount Baratok

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

wizard hurling over Tser Falls (area H). The wizard, his staff and spellbook lost, survived the fall and retreated into the mountains, hoping to regain his power, only to be driven mad by the

they aren’t disturbed. Mordenkainen is familiar with worlds beyond his own. For example, if the characters come from the Forgotten Realms and mention this fact to Mordenkainen, he asks them if they

Nautiloid Down

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Beyond such base hunger, the gnome squidlings don’t know what they want. They have the reasoning and emotional control of toddlers blended with the guile of bored housecats. Rin, Rix, and Zglarrd make

to bury its immense bulk in the snow. Two carrion crawlers, Vorryn’s trained pets, scuttle through the snow near the ship. Characters who have passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of 11 or higher are

Nautiloid Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

manacles once held a pair of carrion crawlers and a bulette, all of which the gnome ceremorphs released after the crash. The characters met the carrion crawlers on the way to the ship; they meet the

nonfunctional unless the power core is fixed, which is beyond the ceremorphs’ capability. N4. Battle Deck This middle deck has an open cowl. Mounted to the deck is a forward-facing ballista. The walls are lined

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4

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

carrion crawler clings to the ceiling in this room, waiting to ambush entrants. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher notice the carrion crawler before it attacks. A

party can spend 10 minutes clearing the rubble to gain access to the east side of the hall. Twisting Tunnel. Beyond the rubble is a narrow tunnel just large enough for a Medium creature to squeeze

Caves of Hunger Locations (H11-H21)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, vulnerability to fire damage, and immunity to cold, poison, and psychic damage. Treasure. Beyond three walls of ice, in the northernmost cyst, is the frost-covered skeleton of Drakareth, clad in a

appendix C). They are hostile toward all trespassers but don’t pursue intruders beyond the confines of the three caves that comprise area H18. H19. Den of Death This thirty-foot-high cavern reeks of death

Locations on the Dungeon Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

secures it. Beyond the door, the corridor that leads to the southwest is disused, dusty, and reeks disgustingly. 17A. Weird Abandoned Temple This room is lined with faintly glowing purplish-green stone

three miles below the stronghold in a small pond. 23. Cavern of the Carrion Crawlers In the northern end of the cavern complex, two sinkholes lead down to an even larger area where a number of carrion

The Glitterhame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

characters’ exploration of this level. Most light sources don’t illuminate beyond 60 feet, and many of the chambers and passages in the Glitterhame are much larger than that. The darkness hides many

. The cave beyond is long and low, with an uneven ceiling about ten feet high. In the southern end of the room, an enormous white-scaled lizard lunges and snaps, but you can see that a sturdy chain

Illithinoch Locations

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

wall, showing a large cavern beyond. Two lab tables stand before the rift. A tall goblin stands in the middle of this room, shouting in Goblin at three shorter companions. A goblin psi commander

expendable minions present in case the grells beyond the rift get too curious. The goblins erroneously believe the mind flayers have left something of value here, so they’ve been ransacking this room

Lower Level Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

are close now. Beyond the rubble lies the dragon’s hoard. That is where you will find me.” Ylagan the Young Brass Dragon watches the group from inside the wall of rubble (area S10). S9: Maintenance

has retreated to this chamber, the dragon’s trove is unguarded. It consists of the following: 600 GP, 9,000 SP, and 45,000 CP in loose coins Bronze urn containing eight flawed rubies (worth 50 GP

Colossus Locations

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

chest contains 750 gp, a potion of speed, and a tin tube containing a scroll of immolation (see appendix B). W10. Vanifer’s Chamber Beyond the privacy screen is a comfortable bedchamber. Several

this long, sloping chamber to an immense magma pool beyond, tumbling over a series of rock shelves. One enormous point of rock juts up and forward from the flow. A young red dragon, Halinaxus, sits

Auril the Frostmaiden

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Auril’s frigid cold transformed her chaotic, unpredictable tides into rigid, motionless sheets of ice. Umberlee brought Talos and Malar into an alliance against Auril, who retreated to the coldest corner

next winter solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the stat blocks presented here. After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of her forms that were destroyed, provided at

Hrakhamar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

, the only obvious way across is via a narrow stone trestle built for rail carts. The sound of rhythmic hammering comes from somewhere beyond the magma rift. The magma is 10 feet below the level of the

second fragment of gold, so thoroughly hammered that it’s barely recognizable. These keys once unlocked the door to the treasury (area 6) and are beyond repair; so little of them remains that not

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

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

(Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check finds this secret door. Neither the cultists nor the wights are aware of it. The passageway beyond ends at another secret door that is easily spotted and

(Investigation) check to find this loose cog. When turned, the cog causes part of the wall to slide away as a secret door. The cultists aren’t aware of this door. The small passageway beyond ends at another

Areas of the Earth Temple

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

walls are two openings: a wider opening to the southwest and a narrow tunnel leading southeast. If the characters are standing on the ledge at area B6 or B21, use the following text instead: Beyond the

ledge leading to area B6 and ends at an arrow slit, beyond which lies area B22. The arrow slit is 4 feet tall but only 6 inches wide. B3. Ruined Gates A massive pair of stone doors lies broken just south

Blood Pens

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

attuned to this zone. White Gate. In the corridor beyond the western exit is a white gate that separates area 21 from the Swine Run. 22. Hatchling Pens Anyone near the doors hears the shrieking and

reduced-threat creatures (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above): Cage A. One remorhaz Cage B. Two basilisks Cage C. Five darkmantles Cage D. Five ettercaps Cage E. Two carrion crawlers Cage F. One behir (no

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