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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Bottom Treader. The drowned assassin cannot swim, and it sinks to the bottom of any body of water. It takes no penalties to its movement or attacks underwater. It is immune to the effects of being
succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar).
Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
which time the form gradually decays until, when the effect ends, the form sloughs from the demon’s body.
Magic Resistance. The maurezhi has advantage on saving throws against spells and other
instantly assumes the creature’s appearance as it was in life. The new appearance begins to rot away over the next few days, eventually revealing the demon’s original form.
A maurezhi is
Lich
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Basic Rules (2014)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If it has a phylactery, a destroyed lich gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation
":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Days"} days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery.
Spellcasting. The lich is an 18th-level
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Exethanter fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If it has a phylactery, a destroyed lich gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation
":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rejuvenation"} days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery.
Spellcasting. Exethanter is an
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
call home. Iridescent scales crackling with lightning cover a bakunawa’s fearsome serpentine body, and the sharp movements of its mighty wings echo with thunderous winds. Known for their mercilessness in battle, bakunawa swallow whole any who challenge them.Lightning, Thunder
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If it has a phylactery, a destroyed lich gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation
":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rejuvenation"} days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery.
Spellcasting. The lich is an 18th
Valindra Shadowmantle
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Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Valindra fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If she still has a phylactery and is destroyed, Valindra gains a new body in 1d10
;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rejuvenation"} days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery.
Spellcasting
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
addition, Arasta’s children immediately swarm over her body to protect her, granting her 100 temporary hit points.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Arasta fails a saving throw, she can choose to
ground ripples and bursts over the monster, revealing itself as a wave of countless spiders. The tiny arachnids swarm the larger horror, girding it in skittering bodies.
Fighting Arasta as a mythic
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches.
Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s body is burned or disposed of in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
endeavor. Aminta and Rilago found the tomb and Xeluan’s petrified remains, but no treasure. Disappointed, they tried to profit by shattering the giant’s body, only to find it indestructible. One day
, as Rilago climbed on the scaffolding surrounding Xeluan, he punched the giant’s stone chest in frustration. It unexpectedly cracked open, revealing a heart of obsidian. A single shard broke off from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
seethe with wrath, their rage erupting in waves of fire and as a pair of vicious weapons: a sword of crackling lightning and a whip of lashing flames. A balor’s fury persists until the moment of its
dies outside the Abyss, it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Fire Aura. At the end of each of the balor’s turns, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the stalactites.
Lightning Flashes. If the behir is in area 17c, sporadic flashes of blue-white light appear in the tunnel leading to that area, accompanied by a crackling noise.
17b. Crushed
. Behir The behir lies in wait in this 50-foot-high cavern, its muscled, serpentine body woven through the stalagmites. Scars are carved into its hide in the form of arcane runes, placed there by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the next few days, eventually revealing the demon’s original form. A Plague of Ghouls. Maurezhi are contagion incarnate. Their bite attacks can drain a victim’s sense of self. If this affliction is
it has eaten. It remains in this form for 1d6 days, during which time the form gradually decays until, when the effect ends, the form sloughs from the demon’s body.
Magic Resistance. The maurezhi has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
“Running Glitch Characters” section. Let players discover that dead characters return in new incarnations during play rather than revealing this outright. When an incarnation appears, they are attuned to
any magic items the dead character was attuned to when they died. A dead character’s body doesn’t vanish when another incarnation manifests. Glitch characters can be affected by spells such as raise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
features. Chris Cold
Fire Elemental Compositions 1d8 The Fire Elemental’s Body Features...
1 Colorful, superheated gases.
2 A column of diabolical or divine flame.
3
Crackling shapes that look like animals, fiends, skeletons, sprites, or other beings.
4 Flames that are predominantly white, blue, or a more unusual color.
5 The form of a calm or tormented
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned assassin cannot swim, and it sinks to the bottom of any body of water. It takes no
or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar).
Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each creature of the assassin’s choice within 30 feet of it that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
bottom of any body of water. It takes no penalties to its movement or attacks underwater. It is immune to the effects of being underwater at a depth greater than 100 feet.
Bound Together. The
must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar).
Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each creature of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
flame, or a crackling bolt of lightning. On nothing more than a whim, Corellon’s body could become a school of fish, a swarm of bees, or a flock of birds. When consorting with other gods, Corellon often
creator’s disappointment. Then the soul emerges from Arvandor, to be reborn into a lissome, graceful body that lives for an incredibly long time — evidence that their creator holds a love for them that, deep down, is boundless.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
bloody bodies of Kalaman’s council members slump in high-backed chairs and across the room’s large table. At a position of honor opposite the door, Governor Calof Miat’s body is transfixed to his chair
, a gleaming longsword piercing his chest.
Next to the governor’s body, a man in Solamnic armor rocks back in a chair. He props his booted feet on the table as he balances a scroll on one finger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
druids have tracked heavenly patterns since time immemorial, discovering secrets hidden amid the constellations. By revealing and understanding these secrets, the Circle of the Stars seeks to harness
starry form, rather than transforming into a beast. While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous; your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
survival
The Punished. Once deceased, an individual has no say in whether or not its body is made into a mummy. Some mummies were powerful individuals who displeased a high priest or pharaoh, or
transgressors. The overwhelming terror that foreshadows a mummy’s attack can leave the intended victim paralyzed with fright. In the days following a mummy’s touch, a victim’s body rots from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
wyvern lies on the skybridge, its body scorched by lightning. 4 A curious and friendly cloud giant is surprised to see travelers on the skybridge and asks them at length about recent happenings in the
destination: The mist on the horizon parts, revealing a gigantic tree thousands of feet tall, its highest branches hidden by clouds. The great tree’s boughs are bent, barren, and lifeless.
A character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
great harm to the Vistani and begs the characters to warn his people. He doesn’t know where his body is. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it’s in a narrow
compartment hidden in the wall behind the suit of armor. If the armor is activated and commanded to retrieve the treasure, it pulls the stones out of the wall, revealing the treasure beyond. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
begins to rot away over the next few days, eventually revealing the demon’s original form. A maurezhi is contagion incarnate. Its bite can drain a victim’s sense of self. If this affliction is allowed
appearance of any Medium Humanoid it eats. It remains in this form for 1d6 days, during which time the form gradually decays until, when the effect ends, the form sloughs from the demon’s body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Aberration, revealing a 5-foot-diameter gap in the wall, but it attacks any other creature. Destroying the gibbering mouther leaves the gap in the wall unguarded. D3: Void Striders The structure
falls away, opening into a void filled with floating chunks of insectile parts. Hundreds of feet away, a similar opening gapes in the other half of the massive body. That segment ends at a wide, cave-like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
and attack. When a mezzoloth dies, its body transforms into wisps of oily smoke, though its trident remains. Mechanus Wardrobe This door is carved to depict the face of an ornate clock. When the door
: Waves of heat assail you as the door opens, revealing an iron road leading to a basalt citadel surrounded by the charred remains of defeated armies. Prisoners scream from iron gibbets that festoon the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Barrow Mound Long ago, Uthgardt barbarians built the barrow mound to hold the body of a chieftain, now forgotten. When Wiggan Nettlebee joined the Cult of the Black Earth, he looted the barrow
. The Chieftain’s Return After the characters have a minute to look around, read the following: The temperature drops further, and with a crackling sound, frost coats the entire chamber. Flames on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
metal-coated skull of a half-elf (Trenzia) floats around the room, giving off crackling sounds as it electrifies the floor with rays of lightning (see “Trenzia” below).
Golem. A flesh golem stands in
. Notably absent is the half-elf’s skull. (The bones and clothing belonged to Trenzia. Halaster fed her body to the ghasts.) 7e. Copper Vein Copper Vein. An exposed bit of stonework has a thick vein of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Spiritor Danai, a spirit of revelry who is inhabiting the body of a willing host, a satyr named Kallista. Danai is chaotic good, friendly, and unflappably optimistic. As she approaches, each character
following scene: An eighteen-foot-tall, humanlike woman with marble skin and eyes crackling with lightning crouches to agitatedly argue with a calm, silver-haired elf. Beyond the elf is a rollicking
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
body of the user and trailing behind them. When so attached, the wire becomes invisible, astral, and extends to virtually infinite length.
As long as the wire remains intact, the attuned user can make
properties. Roll for each of these properties on the Infernal Machine Properties table. To keep things interesting, the DM might roll secretly for detrimental properties, revealing those properties only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
discovers a segment of the stone wall behind the altar easily shifts aside, revealing a passage leading to area C4. Characters who have the Stonecunning trait have advantage on this check. This door is
. A character who searches the southwest ledge and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers a segment of the stone wall moves, revealing a passage leading to area C2. Characters who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in place and its remaining seven hieroglyphs are hidden from view behind the medallion. If any character steps on a vulture floor tile in area 35B, the dial turns, revealing a new hieroglyph: a
hieroglyph on the dial causes the dial to turn, revealing the next symbol in the sequence. The gold medallion is attached to the stone block with sovereign glue, and removing it requires universal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. But when the devil Strahd fell upon him, the wizard’s magic couldn’t save him. I saw him thrown a thousand feet to his death. I climbed down to the river to search for the wizard’s body, to see if
tent, revealing a low table covered in a black velvet cloth. Glints of light seem to flash from a crystal ball on the table as a hunched figure peers into its depths. As the crone speaks, her voice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Girallon A girallon looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with gray skin and white fur. Its fangs and claws set it apart from a normal ape, revealing it to be a monstrous predator.
Girallon
dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body language to communicate with one another over distance. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Grim. Loyal and tempestuous, she leaps into the fray with a thunderous cry. The one-armed warrior’s face and body bear the scars of countless duels, and the gnarled haft of her trusty battleaxe is
heroes. A crackling firepit dominates a smoky chamber in another area of the lodge filled with the succulent scent of roasting meats. Magnificent feasts, given by gods of war to their followers, appear on