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Raezil

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

on the politics of Prismeer. Once she is no longer petrified, Raezil is bound by the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2) to help the characters complete any

Demos Magen

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

are constructs. When one is wounded, its blood is seen to have the color and consistency of mercury. They exist purely through magical means. When one is killed, its body disappears in a burst of

its creator’s instructions without hesitation. When its task is complete, a magen stands immobile and silent until its creator gives it new orders.Poison

Galvan Magen

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

wounded, its blood is seen to have the color and consistency of mercury. They exist purely through magical means. When one is killed, its body disappears in a burst of harmless fire and a cloud of

instructions without hesitation. When its task is complete, a magen stands immobile and silent until its creator gives it new orders.Lightning, Poison

Ironscale Hydra

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Acidic Blood. When the hydra takes piercing or slashing damage, each creature within 5 feet of the hydra takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acidic Blood

, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the multiverse to massive ironscale hydras that lurk in deep wildernesses. Beyond even these exist serpentine horrors born of the whims of foul gods, like the

Hypnos Magen

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

like humanoids with green skin, they are constructs. When one is wounded, its blood is seen to have the color and consistency of mercury. They exist purely through magical means. When one is killed, its

itself and its creator, and it follows its creator’s instructions without hesitation. When its task is complete, a magen stands immobile and silent until its creator gives it new orders.Poison

Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

complete can end the curse. Doing so undoes the changes made to the target by the curse. Stunning Shriek (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Stunning Shriek

away from the body in a fountain of blood, becoming another vargouille, which often then eagerly laps up the blood spilling from its former body. Sunlight or the brilliant illumination of a daylight

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Prince of Undeath, known as the Blood Lord. He takes some pleasure in the sufferings of the living, but far prefers the company and service of the undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the

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

Wood Woad

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

everlasting guardian. The ritual to create a wood woad is a primeval secret passed down through generations of forest-dwelling societies and druid circles. Performing the ritual isn’t necessarily an

. Any hollow or crook will do, but often a special cavity is carved out of the trunk. The tree is bathed and watered with the blood of the sacrificed victim, and the body is buried among the tree’s

Polukranos

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Acidic Blood. When Polukranos takes piercing or slashing damage, each creature within 5 feet of Polukranos takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acidic Blood

, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the multiverse to massive ironscale hydra;ironscale hydras that lurk in deep wildernesses. Beyond even these exist serpentine horrors born of the whims of foul

Devastation Orb

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

example, an air node creates a devastation orb of air. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires 2,000 gp worth of special components, which are consumed. A devastation orb measures 12 inches in

batter it. The wind is strong enough to uproot weak trees and destroy light structures after at least 10 minutes of exposure. Otherwise, the rules for strong wind apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

changelings develop identities that have more depth, crafting whole personas complete with histories and beliefs. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation

level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability

Young Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water. 7 I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I hone them on other

topaz dragon their monarch, despite the dragon’s complete lack of interest and growing annoyance toward them. Cold, Necrotic

Orcus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

known as the Blood Lord. While he takes pleasure in the sufferings of the living, he far prefers the company and service of Undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed

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. Surrounded by a moat fed by the

Autognome

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

treated by your creator, so you ran away from home. 5 You were built to complete a special mission. 6 You felt trapped in the role for which you were built and abandoned your creator

fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your character’s

Quest Goals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Quest Goals To complete the Woodland Manse Quest, the adventurers must eradicate the evil dwelling in and around the manse. Their reward awaits them at Falcon’s Hunting Lodge.

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

alterations in yourself or others, the result often displays the characteristics of fish, amphibians, or other water-dwelling creatures. Blue-green eddies of magical energy sometimes accompany your

my research and any other tasks I have to complete. Contacts The fluid nature of clades, whose rosters span different laboratories and change as researchers discover new interests, creates

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them. Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow

owner, they are often willing to take the chance of revealing themselves because the potential reward is worth the risk. Dragon Servitors Kobolds believe that they were created by Tiamat from the blood

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with

the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaos’s monstrous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider. When plunged into Miska’s body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its

Leveling Up

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Leveling Up Characters advance in level by completing quests, using the guidelines for leveling up in the Basic Rules. Regardless of the number of characters in the party, the rate of advancement is

as follows: Characters gain a level each time they complete a starting quest, until they reach 3rd level. Once they are 3rd level or higher, completing a starting quest has no effect on their level

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Introduction This content is written for the Dungeon Master. It contains a complete Dungeons & Dragons adventure, as well as descriptions for every creature and magic item that appears in the

adventure. It also introduces the world of the Forgotten Realms, one of the game’s most enduring settings, and it teaches you how to run a D&D game. The Basic Rules contain the rules you need to adjudicate situations that arise during the adventure.

Forlorn

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

blood, they cast him out, but Tristen grew enraged and slaughtered the druids, draining them all. The sacred waters of the druids’ rituals had infused their blood, though, making it poison to the half

, Tristen lives by day, a perpetually young, charming, invention-obsessed dhampir dwelling in Castle Tristenoira, the smoking fortress his goblin servants built over the druid circle of his one-time family

The Sleeping Beast

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

miners. The mountains’ name stems from the legends originating with the bog-dwelling precursors of Lamordia’s people who believed that the range was actually a single unfathomably large creature, and the

veins of strange minerals were the beast’s bones and blood. They punished anyone who harvested minerals from the Sleeping Beast, since doing so risked waking the beast and precipitating an apocalyptic disaster.

Noncombat Challenges

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

Noncombat Challenges You decide whether to award experience to characters for overcoming challenges outside combat. If the adventurers complete a tense negotiation with a baron, forge a trade

agreement with a clan of surly dwarves, or successfully navigate the Chasm of Doom, you might decide that they deserve an XP reward. As a starting point, use the rules for building combat encounters in

The Balance

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

The Balance The demons and the devils both foresee their own versions of the future of the multiverse — a cosmos in which one side or the other triumphs in the Blood War and rules for the rest of

magical power to keep the extremists of the Blood War in check. To an outside observer, a disciple of the Balance might act cruelly or heartlessly one day, and benevolent and caring the next. A

Running This Chapter

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

Running This Chapter The characters start this chapter knowing that a trio of mind flayers are preparing a ritual to transform surface-dwelling Humanoids into mind flayers. The ritual will certainly

this adventure’s challenges, you could decide that the fanatics’ ritual is nearly complete, urging the characters to press ahead without resting and resupplying. If this adventure’s threats have

Dwarves

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

Dwarves Dwarf with a Tentacle Whip Gold is the gift of the mountains, but iron comes from blood and bone. — Mror Proverb The origin of the dwarves is shrouded in mystery. Some of their legends

question of origin, dwell on the mighty artifacts and priceless treasures crafted by ancient deep-dwelling dwarves, and of the bloody wars they waged against the goblin Empire of Dhakaan. Dwarves today

Appendix A: Animals

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

blocks in this appendix represent fantastical versions of real-world animals: Blood Hawk: Excessively aggressive hawklike avians known for stealing gems Flying Snake: Winged, venomous snakes often

trained to serve as messengers Giant Eagle: Mighty eagles that aid heroes Giant Elk: Mystical guardians of the forest Giant Fire Beetle: Glowing, cave-dwelling beetles Giant Owl: Avian sages and soothsayers Giant Vulture: Vicious vultures that serve villains

Chapter 8: Arena of Blood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

Chapter 8: Arena of Blood Eager to join a coalition against the Xaryxian Empire, the characters arrived in Doomspace to find the system on the verge of collapse. Commodore Krux led his crew to Aruun

Vocath to call in his debts. The leaders of various space-dwelling factions are beholden to Vocath and therefore willing to listen to him, and they command enough spelljamming ships to form an armada. To

Chapter 9: Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

wizard’s spell. The sharp tang of blood in the air, cutting through the stench of vile monsters. Roars of fury, shouts of triumph, cries of pain. Combat in D&D can be chaotic, deadly, and thrilling

. This section provides the rules you need for your characters and monsters to engage in combat, whether it is a brief skirmish or an extended conflict in a dungeon or on a field of battle. Throughout this

Chapter 9: Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

wizard’s spell. The sharp tang of blood in the air, cutting through the stench of vile monsters. Roars of fury, shouts of triumph, cries of pain. Combat in D&D can be chaotic, deadly, and thrilling. This

chapter provides the rules you need for your characters and monsters to engage in combat, whether it is a brief skirmish or an extended conflict in a dungeon or on a field of battle. Throughout this

Awarding XP

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

adventurers complete a tense negotiation with a baron, forge a trade agreement with a guild of surly smiths, or safely navigate the Chasm of Doom, you might decide the characters deserve XP. As a starting

point, use the rules for building combat encounters in chapter 4 to gauge the difficulty of the challenge. Then award the characters XP as if it had been a combat encounter of the same difficulty

Chapter 2: Downtime Revisited

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

pace works fine for many campaigns, some DMs prefer a campaign story with pauses built into it — times when adventurers are not going on adventures. The downtime rules given in this section can be

downtime activities that take weeks or even months to complete, you can give your campaign a longer time line — one in which events in the world play out over years. Wars begin and end, tyrants come

If You're the Dungeon Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

If You’re the Dungeon Master Follow these steps if you’re the DM: Review the D&D Beyond Basic Rules. Familiarize yourself with the D&D Beyond Basic Rules and its organization. You don’t need to

. Access it at DnDBeyond.com/games and you’ll find this quickplay adventure already set up—complete with maps, monsters, and tokens ready for your party to play. Want to make it your own? Use those same components (and any others in your collection) to forge entirely new adventures all in Maps VTT.

Dueling Begins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

the center of the structure. Once both parties meet and banter, one-on-one duels commence following the rules outlined in the “Duels in the Repository” section. The Rivals use the pledgemage stat blocks

. During these duels, remember to account for the wild magic effect detailed in “Furygale Repository Features.” The challenge is complete when every character who wants to has dueled. The team with the

Gorgons

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

method requiring the skeleton of a bull, the blood of a medusa, and the brain of a basilisk fused into a frame of ensorcelled iron. If the process fails, petrifying gas emerges from the materials

a swamp-dwelling bovine monster and an ominous note: “Do better.” —Lum the Maestro, A Mind of Metal Gorgon Command Keys 1d6 Gorgon Won’t Attack Those That... 1 Cast a particular spell in the

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