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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For example, humans confronted by an angry troll experience fear on a basic level. Their limbs shake, their thinking becomes panicked and jumbled, and they react by instinct. The emotion of fear takes
’t scared of a troll; instead, they understand that a troll is a fearsome, dangerous creature and react accordingly.
Lizardfolk never become angry in the way others do, but they act with
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
gold to black. While their hands prove as nimble as those of other humanoids, leonin have retractable feline claws, which they can extend instantly. This, along with their ability to produce bone
exercise their minds and bodies. It follows, too, that leonin aren’t inclined to carry grudges. A warrior might react with sudden violence to an insult, but when the fight is over (and the leonin
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost.First Form
In her first form, Auril appears as a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down
weak and vulnerable. In her self-inflicted weakened state, Auril is inclined to be cautious and avoid contact with other creatures that can harm her.
Auril’s worshipers know better than to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
actively plots against him. Her dreams have revealed a treasure called the Black Opal Crown, hidden deep within the Tomb of the Nine Gods. She’s convinced that the crown is the key to unleashing Dendar the
gong in area 9. The Temple Roster table summarizes the positions of yuan-ti across the lair and indicates how they react when intruders are detected or the gong is struck.
Once an alarm is raised
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the
party, and which was found during a previous adventure. That item turns out to have once belonged to Tazmikella, and was part of a hoard she took from an ancient black dragon she defeated. (Legend lore or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the
party, and which was found during a previous adventure. That item turns out to have once belonged to Tazmikella, and was part of a hoard she took from an ancient black dragon she defeated. (Legend lore or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
around it, revealing itself to be a pair of mighty black wings. With one powerful motion and a blast of chill air, the wings sweep and the vague figure is gone.
The characters have no way of knowing
this for certain, but they’ve just glimpsed a wereraven (see chapter 5). They have no way of stopping the mysterious creature. Again, ask the characters how they react. Those who approach the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Zhentarim Members of the shadowy Black Network consider themselves part of an extended family, and rely on the larger organization for resources and security. The Zhentarim recognizes and
full extent of the threat, as corruption and madness have already infiltrated their secret outpost since those initial reports (see chapter 9). However, even the most cautious member of the Zhentarim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
whatever is hiding under the black drape, with no warning or negotiation. Cautious Obo’laka thinks a beholder is hidden under the black drape and urges her host to flee at once. When he becomes aware
the walls. In the middle of the chamber, a large spherical object hovers under a black silk drape twenty feet above the floor.
The beholder, Belchorzh (pronounced BEL-korj), floats at the top of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
. 61. Bone Room Cracked and decaying bones are piled throughout this chamber. In the northwest corner is a black gate.
Creatures. Three sentient ochre jellies and a wight guard this area. The wight
gray stone is filled with square vats made of the same material. At the center of the chamber, a great fountain spews black liquid that lands in a wide stone pool. Trenches cut into the floor run from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Uthgardt The Uthgardt are a black-haired and blue—eyed people—large, hale, territorial folk who don’t trust outsiders. Few Uthgardt are willing to trade with non-Uthgardt settlements. Many are
godhood. Black Lion Tribe The Black Lion tribe prowls the northern Silver Marches and the Druarwood, protecting its spirit mound at Beorunna’s Well (which it shares with the Red Tiger tribe). The Black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
mask. The rider barely manages to stay in the saddle, his body bristling with cruel black arrows.
Blind with panic, the horse plows on, threatening to trample travelers in its path. Before it can
, though, the beast’s legs give way. Both mount and rider topple, crashing into the dust with a piercing whinny and a sound like snapping branches.
Give the characters a moment to react, encouraging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
irregular intervals. Perched atop a distant bluff, overlooking the rest of the city, is a crumbled fortress.
Traxigor gazes up at the black orb nervously, utters a few arcane syllables, and
disappears in the blink of an eye.
Traxigor casts time stop, giving him time to flee using his fly spell. He’s long gone before the time stop ends and the characters can react. Any character who succeeds on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Ancestry Dragon Damage Type Breath Weapon Black Acid 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) Blue Lightning 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) Brass Fire 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) Bronze Lightning 5 by 30 ft
twice at folk they interact with. But the small towns and villages that dot the countryside are different. The common folk aren’t accustomed to seeing members of these races, and they often react with curiosity, wariness, or wonder.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
outside, possibly on Kalaman’s walls or the city streets. The character with the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score sees a strange violet light in the sky. After they react, read the following
text: A violet star plummets from the sky and crashes nearby, throwing up a cloud of debris. A breathless screech rises from the black-lit dust. An instant later, blackened fangs and violet flame burst
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
intruders are within. How will they react? From whence will they call in guards? Where will Snurre go? Most assuredly, he will not remain seated upon his throne when an attack is in progress! You have not
slag indicated on the characters’ map as the site of the hall. A wide, well-trod path winds its way across the barren land up to two great slabs of black stone—the obsidian portals that give access to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
nonthreatening manner, the guards are cautious but willing to summon their leaders to speak on their behalf. If greeted with hostility, the drow elite warrior sounds the alarm with a single whistle, bringing
waterproof zurkhwood tube, 25 pp in a spider silk pouch, and her spellbook, which has black leather covers traced with webs of gold. The book contains the following spells: alter self, cloudkill, Evard’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to black. While their hands prove as nimble as those of other humanoids, leonin have retractable feline claws, which they can extend instantly. This, along with their ability to produce bone-shaking
their minds and bodies. It follows, too, that leonin aren’t inclined to carry grudges. A warrior might react with sudden violence to an insult, but when the fight is over (and the leonin’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
clumps of reeds, nothing rises above the still, black water.
Each canoe has three paddles and is large enough to hold five humans without much gear, or two or three with packs and other gear. Inside
and one never knows for sure, so their approach is more cautious if they smell smoke. In that case, characters with passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of 10 or higher notice the approaching lizardfolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
are bald, either by heredity or by choice, but a few boast shocks of red or black hair. Their arms and legs are elongated in proportion to their small bodies, and their fingers and toes are also long
adulthood around age 8. They age noticeably faster than humans, and though few goblins live to old age, the most cautious rarely live longer than 60 years. Alignment. Most of the goblins of Ravnica are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
locations of the canyon’s inhabitants when the characters approach and indicates how those creatures react when intruders are detected. Deadstone Cleft Roster Area Creature(s) Notes area 2 1 roc The roc
remain here, dropping onto creatures only when the giant commands them to do so. area 11 2 black puddings The puddings remain here. area 12 1 roper The roper remains here. area 13 2 stone giants The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
various caves is slick with ice, cautious characters can move on it without falling. Every loud noise in the chasm can be heard in the surrounding caves, and vice versa. Characters who make enough
male human in hide armor paces back and forth. His murderous eyes lock onto any sort of movement he notices, and he clutches a javelin made of a black, crystalline substance. The skin on his hands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
meet Qarbo. Development If the characters attack the monastery and then leave, when they return the guards here are replaced by two minotaurs sent here from the Temple of Black Earth, supervised by one
Black Earth priest Qarbo uses this space as his personal quarters. Qarbo keeps two Black Earth guards at his beck and call to serve as bodyguards. See chapter 7 for the cultists’ statistics. Qarbo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, nothing rises above the still, black water.
Each canoe has three paddles and is large enough to hold five humans without much gear, or two or three with packs and other gear. Inside the lean-tos are a
knows for sure, so their approach is more cautious if they smell smoke. In that case, characters with passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of 10 or higher notice the approaching lizardfolk canoes before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
glasses.
3 Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
4 A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
5 Careful measurements. The distance between
somehow.
5 You’ve always owned a stuffed cat. You’re not sure where it came from, but it’s given you great career advice so far.
6 You’ve always worn a lot of black.
7 You really
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
) A morose, rail-thin figure, Rennick is cautious and wise beyond their years. They respect their fellow wereravens but are deeply mistrustful of others. Rennick frightens away unwanted visitors by
contact with the characters for as long as possible. When they are no longer able to conceal their presence, the wereravens greet the characters in humanoid form, clad in sandals and dusty black robes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
threatened, the ceremorphs react with deadly intent; otherwise, they shun combat. Roleplaying the Gnome Squidlings The gnome squidlings have a blind hunger for brains that often overrides their common sense
remains sticky even in the extreme cold. The ship’s interior is a mess. The walls are crusted with patches of flaky plaque, and the floor is splattered with sticky blots of an inky-black substance that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
feet and rising 30 feet above the river’s surface. Constructed of heavy basalt blocks, the bridge’s piers are plated with iron. B2: Gatehouse Two mighty towers of black stone flank the fortress’s iron
black against the sky’s ruddy glow.
The erinyes stationed here carries a rope of entanglement, which it uses to ensnare any prisoner who tries to escape. Gruk-Gruk. Tossed carelessly on the floor of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
) and braids its tentacles together into a handlebar mustache. If Szorrulax kills anyone, it immediately drops a black business card set with unintelligible symbols onto the body as a calling card
the boat and the docks react badly to the party’s appearance, and the characters must sneak, talk, or fight their way to safety. Once away from the docks, the characters can lie low for as long as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
. While confined to her antimagic cell, she is cautious since she can’t rely on her magic tattoos to defend herself. Outside her cell, she grows overly confident and even banters if she’s able to do so
her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. While confined to her antimagic cell, she is cautious since she can’t rely on her magic tattoos to defend herself. Outside her cell, she grows overly confident and even banters if she’s able to do so
her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and twisted are they that a palpable sense of foreboding haunts those who intrude upon a meenlock lair. Inside the warren, black moss covers every surface, muffling sound. A large central chamber
authority. Through the writings of the wizard who penned it, the illithid perceives the workings of a highly intelligent mind. Most mind flayers who find a spellbook react with abhorrence or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
obsidian columns with fiery cracks in them. The air is oppressively warm.
Two razerblasts (see chapter 7) keep to the sides of the chamber. How these guards react depends on how the characters arrive
. East Tunnel. This tunnel leads to area B24 in the Temple of Black Earth. Treasure The ogres and half-ogres have collected a small trove, which they keep in a silver-and-mother-of-pearl box that they’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
moon Ghaunadaur CE Oozes, slimes, outcasts War Purple eye with black sclera Keptolo CE Beauty, hedonism, fertility Nature, Trickery Mushroom Kiaransalee CE Necromancy Arcana,* Death Drow hand wearing
, slaughter War Spider over crossed sword and mace Vhaeraun CE Arrogance, thieves Trickery, War Black mask with blue glass lenses inset over eyes Zinzerena CN Assassination, illusion, lies Trickery Shortsword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
the Coliseum of Karsus This circular structure of black stone is open to the sky. By day, it resounds with throaty cheers, agonized wails, and the sounds of a bloodthirsty throng stamping and roaring in
resources or governing tribunals. Adventurers looking to sway the city’s legal authority might approach Derathar, but they would do well to be cautious of her famously short temper and long memory






