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Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, barely maintaining a cohesive form. When a dust hulk dies, it disperses into a cloud of dust.
Dust hulks retain their ancestors’ passion for artistry, but instead of carving stone, they view
their bodies as living works of art. As they fly, coursing along wind currents or blowing through underground tunnels like living sandstorms, they create mesmerizing dances with their ever-shifting forms.Poison
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
with an arsenal of deceptive magic, cuprilachs do whatever they must to complete their missions.
Rilmani
Rilmani protect the balance between the forces and philosophies of the multiverse. They
frequently encountered on their home plane, the Outlands, where they work to ensure that no force overexerts itself on the Concordant Opposition.
Rilmani are bipedal, with bodies of living metal that ranges
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
mission of every barghest, implanted in it by the General of Gehenna, is to consume souls. It eats these souls by devouring the bodies of those it kills, preferring goblinoids.
A barghest hungers for the
day when it can complete its mission, return to Gehenna, and serve the General directly in his yugoloth legions, but it doesn’t kill goblinoids indiscriminately. By devouring the souls of
Centaur
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
In the sprawling city of Ravnica, where “open road” seems like a contradiction and “open plain” is sheer nonsense, centaurs nevertheless retain a love of wide spaces and the
, until the next wall looms in their path and brings them to a stop.
Nature’s Cavalry
Centaurs have the upper bodies, down to the waist, of muscular humans, displaying all the human variety of skin
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-orange and have a cloudy or filmy look. As they age, their scales harden and clarify, becoming translucent and faceted, and ranging from bright yellow to rich amber in color. Their bodies are wider at the
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A pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a single topaz dragon scale on the deck
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the mutated
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
upright, aarakocra might reach 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to sharp talons.
Feathers cover their bodies. Their plumage typically denotes membership in a tribe. Males are
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
a reward; the city must preserve all the wealth it can now that its prized smith is gone. The fate of Brimskarda has a ripple effect on the region. Should the fire giant survive and retain control of
the Star Forge, it’s only a matter of time before she either completes her runic colossus alone or kidnaps another capable smith to help her finish the job. Once her war machine is complete
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Centaur
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In the sprawling city of Ravnica, where “open road” seems like a contradiction and “open plain” is sheer nonsense, centaurs nevertheless retain a love of wide spaces and
the next wall looms in their path and brings them to a stop. Nature’s Cavalry Centaurs have the upper bodies, down to the waist, of muscular humans, displaying all the human variety of skin tones and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
transformed them into Elementals. They are little more than clouds of gravel and dust, barely maintaining a cohesive form. When a dust hulk dies, it disperses into a cloud of dust. Dust hulks retain
their ancestors’ passion for artistry, but instead of carving stone, they view their bodies as living works of art. As they fly, coursing along wind currents or blowing through underground tunnels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, becoming like the gods in body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race
, Many Forms The bodies of all yuan-ti have a mix of humanlike and snakelike parts, but the proportion varies from individual to individual. After the initial metamorphosis of the humans, their society
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in battle. The cruel hag magically fused the bodies of Diana and her horse, giving her the appearance of a centaur. Diana fled Prismeer and befriended Mister Witch and Mister Light, who offered her a
Fortune and Bold, from the proverb “Fortune favors the bold.” Fortune’s name tag is complete, but Bold’s name tag reads B _ _ _. Second Pair. These unicorns’ names are Pride and Fall, from the proverb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
memories, their personalities, and especially their ambition. They also retain the grace and stature of living elves, but their bodies are in a constant state of slow decay. Various forms of fungus grow in
cycle; the two can intersect, and at that nexus the liches find immense power, which commands the awe, envy, and fear of other Golgari. Unlike the shambling zombies they command, liches retain their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
characters. It’s up to the characters to either take action or let the event transpire. When the characters complete an encounter, roll on the table again. If the characters ignore one of these events
wall.
6 Zombie bodies pile up, creating a growing ramp onto a section of wall.
7 Zombies dig through or under the wall, allowing them to flow steadily into the city.
8 Zombies cause a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
wood. Bodies are hurled into Wildspace—and then everything stops. Wreckage hangs motionless. Reavers freeze in the middle of their attacks. Even the stars stop twinkling.
The illusion of Wildspace
encounter discover that they were merely unconscious, and each gains one level of exhaustion from lingering psychic shock. With the training exercise complete, the new recruits are ready for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, the creature is complete and obeys her will. She uses this ability to create flesh golems and homunculi, as well as zombies, death’s heads, and brains in jars (see chapter 5). Reborn Maker. A side
effect of Dr. Mordenheim’s experiments is the creation of reborn (see chapter 1). It takes her 1d4 days and the dead bodies of two Medium or Small Humanoids to create one reborn. Brain Swap. Dr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
high unless otherwise noted. Darkness. All areas are cast in complete darkness unless otherwise noted. Echoes. Sound travels quickly here. All Wisdom (Perception) checks to hear sounds in these caves
have advantage. Ice Slides. As remorhazes burrow through ice, the heat radiating from their bodies smooths out the sides of the tunnels behind them to a glass-like finish. Many of these passages are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
mission of every barghest, implanted in it by the General of Gehenna, is to consume souls. It eats these souls by devouring the bodies of those it kills, preferring goblinoids. A barghest hungers for
the day when it can complete its mission, return to Gehenna, and serve the General directly in his yugoloth legions, but it doesn’t kill goblinoids indiscriminately. By devouring the souls of goblinoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
allowed). If this spell ends prematurely, the character immediately drops to 0 hit points and is dying. The task that the character must complete is usually simple and straightforward, and always for
, or destroying something the archdevil abhors (such as a holy symbol). Exhaustion Avernus’s combination of oppressive heat and supernatural malevolence weighs on the bodies and souls of those who are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
with precious stones and metals. In truth, Lynx is an active agent of Zariel but is no longer among the living. Rather, she’s a lawful evil undead tiefling, with her skeleton specially crafted to retain
. Lynx’s Goal Lynx states that she seeks the missing components in order to complete her version of the Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad. Her plan is to use the powerful artifact to counteract the forces of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
speed. They usually have coats of a single color, often with a shine that can look metallic in bright light. Pheres band centaurs typically have long, nimble legs and lean bodies, and are often marked
with natural color patterns on their hide. Pheres centaurs sometimes paint or tattoo their upper bodies to match the patterns on their lower half. Occasionally, a Pheres centaur is born with vertical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Mongrelfolk Mongrelfolk are humanoids that have undergone, or whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being
. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For example, one mongrelfolk might have the basic body shape of a dwarf with a head that combines the features of a cat and a lizard, one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
background might risk making a pilgrimage into the mountains to hear a flamespeaker’s prophecies. Servants and Serfs Lektoi who complete their military service with honor often retire to the Kolophon
. These servants lack citizenship’s full privileges but retain a position of some honor thanks to their class. Below these servants, at the bottom of Akros’s social hierarchy, are the serfs. Comprising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
creature sees the mosaics in their complete, original forms—resplendent in gold and shades of royal purple. If that creature touches any of the images, it hears the name “Orestes” whispered in its mind
and offer final prayers. The bodies this room once held have rotted away in their burial niches, and the urns hold only gray muck. Any character who sifts through the goo must succeed on a DC 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
dragon statues in this area is a clockwork dragon (see appendix B), and is indistinguishable from a metal statue until it moves. If the characters are possessing the bodies of the dwarf wedding
master of clockwork, and has lots of style.” If the characters earn the clockwork dragons’ complete trust, they are allowed to reach for the orrery component where it floats within the light. But the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
). Bolted into the floor are eight examination tables, and rusty furnishings—step stools, garbage cans, and metal gurneys—are scattered between them. Humanoid bodies, draped in dingy sheets flecked with
chute is set into the wall of this foul chamber. Grisly puddles spatter the floor, and corpses topple from an overturned cart. The stench is gag worthy.
Corpse collectors deliver bodies to the Mortuary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a single topaz dragon scale on the deck.
2 A topaz dragon has claimed
times.
6 A clan of winged kobolds consider a young topaz dragon their monarch, despite the dragon’s complete lack of interest and growing annoyance toward them.
Adult Topaz Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
stuffed animals, as well as dummies made of hides and furs, complete the encampment.
A group of vicious-looking warriors are gathered around the fire. They clink together their bone mugs and rip into
bodies, kicking them to and fro. Two worgs chained to nearby posts snarl and growl anytime a dead carcass gets close enough. This noisy revelry provides each character with advantage on any Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Mortals and Minions Devils and demons are far from the only combatants in the Blood War. Both sides exploit the Material Plane’s most abundant resource — mortal creatures, whose bodies and souls are
creature of all its memories. Fiends don’t fear being momentarily exposed to the Styx, but — with the notable exception of hydroloths, merrenoloths, and amnizus — even they can’t retain their memories if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
bodies of those it kills. Souls consumed in this way are prevented from joining Maglubiyet’s forces in Acheron. Why seventeen? Because the oaths Maglubiyet broke in his compact with the General
totaled seventeen. A barghest hungers for the day when it can complete its mission, return to Gehenna, and serve the General directly in his yugoloth legions, but it doesn’t kill goblinoids indiscriminately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Spellplague, the faithful toiled on through terrible times to complete a grand central temple for the good of the community and the glory of their god. The kindly clergy of this temple, dubbed the
as a newer addition that houses the mad and deformed who have been brought up from the catacombs. The settlement enjoys prosperity today, but such benefit was hard-won and requires vigilance to retain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
certainly be used in casting evil magic. Nanny Pu’pu is the only creature in Chult who can perform the Rite of Stolen Life. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires three things: a mostly intact
humanoid’s spirit. When the ritual is complete, the dead humanoid awakens as if from a deep slumber, though it is not alive. A character transformed by this ritual into the walking dead regains all its hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
their brains in order to return them to a semblance of life. Kwalish promised to research a means of finding new bodies for his fallen companions, but was driven away by the Grand Master before he
could complete this task. The brains suspect that Kwalish traveled onward to Daoine Gloine, and though they don’t know the route, they do know that Kwalish’s journal from their original expedition can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
between themselves, the hag, and Lulu. Their eyes still closed, the characters sense a brilliant flash of light, then darkness. A tingling sensation sweeps over the characters’ bodies as vibrant rainbows
characters’ choice, to assist in battles with devils and lycanthropes Two weeks of rations per character (the rations taste awful but retain their nutritional value) Warnings about other warlords (see






