before boggarts diffusing corpse rule

Needle Lord

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

dormant until a humanoid dies near it or a humanoid corpse is dragged close by, whereupon the pod burrows into the corpse's decaying flesh and sprouts ropey vines covered in long, sharp needles. The vines

wrap around the corpse to animate it, causing it to rise and lurch about like a zombie. Invasive Species. When a great battle is fought in a fey woodland, the plants of the wood sometimes take on the

Dracolich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

, driven to rule over all. A dracolich is a fiendishly intelligent tyrant that crafts complex webs of foul schemes, attracting servants motivated by greed and a lust for power. Acting from the shadows

destroyed, its spirit returns to the gem as long as the two are on the same plane. If the gem comes into contact with another dragon’s corpse, the dracolich’s spirit can take possession of that corpse to

Ankhtepot

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

place, one with knowledge of rule and the deities’ blessing. On the day of the ritual that would consecrate the pharaoh’s connection with the gods, Ankhtepot rallied his loyal priests and murdered their

, his ka—the vital essence that inspires all living beings. Ankhtepot reawakened, trapped and paralyzed within his corpse as he was mummified along with his treacherous followers. The murderous priest

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children. Life in the Tribe Orcs survive through savagery and force of

more than a few hundred members, because a larger group would need a prohibitive amount of resources to remain strong. As a rule, a tribe is violently hostile toward any other tribe it meets, seeing the

Ramya Vasavadan

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

. The maharani’s brutality increased distrust in her rule, and the fighting spread. After numerous battles, Reeva begged her sister to meet her brother and negotiate an end to the war. Ramya, who remained

Reeva denied their sister the honors befitting a maharani, dumping Ramya’s corpse into the sea. As they did, a terrible monsoon struck the Harvest Peninsula, bringing with it walls of supernatural mist

Wight

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

Wight Life-Leeching Corpse Warrior Habitat: Desert, Planar (Shadowfell), Swamp, Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Wights are the withered corpses of relentless warriors whose wickedness sustains

Motives 1d8 The Wight Returned from the Dead To... 1 Challenge anyone who passes near its grave on a certain cursed night. 2 Conquer the land it believes it should rule. 3 Continue

Mortuary Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

animated coffin* lurches along, carrying a reverently laid corpse to its crypt. The Construct approaches the characters and silently petitions them to escort it to its destination. 7 1d4 zombies

to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the

Wraith

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

humanoid creature that has recently suffered a violent death. Such a fragment of woe becomes a specter, spiteful of all that lives. Wraiths sometimes rule the legions of the dead, plotting the

died violently. The target’s spirit rises as a specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest unoccupied space. The specter is under the wraith’s control. The wraith can have no more than seven specters under its control at one time.

Treasure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

involves guarding the beholder’s lair. Sometimes it uses gifts as rewards and incentives for exceptional minions; although it prefers to rule by coercion and fear, it understands that better results can

is a treasure that a beholder cherishes as evidence of its power, or serves as a remembrance of victory over its enemies, or evokes another sort of positive reaction from it. The preserved corpse of a

Needle Spawn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

remains dormant until a humanoid dies near it or a humanoid corpse is dragged close by, whereupon the pod burrows into the corpse’s decaying flesh and sprouts ropey vines covered in long, sharp needles. The

vines wrap around the corpse to animate it, causing it to rise and lurch about like a zombie. Invasive Species. When a great battle is fought in a fey woodland, the plants of the wood sometimes take

Hive Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

morally suspect, such as corpse collectors, opportunistic scavengers who scrape out a living by gathering bodies throughout the ward and delivering them to the Mortuary for meager payouts. Rain is more

chase a nimble cranium rat squeaker (see Morte’s Planar Parade). “Get ’em!” they cry as the rat darts toward the characters. 6 A droopy-eyed corpse collector (dwarf commoner) in tattered clothing dumps

King Hekaton and His Daughters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

her trips to the Sword Coast. Hekaton’s younger brother, Imperator Uthor, commander of the king’s garrison, found Neri’s corpse shortly thereafter on a small island where she had been known to meet

sown more than a year before the ordning was shattered, when the king divined that his two eldest daughters, Mirran and Nym, were unfit to rule, and saw signs that pointed to Serissa, his youngest

Mummy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Mummy The Will of Dark Gods. An undead mummy is created when the priest of a death god or other dark deity ritually imbues a prepared corpse with necromantic magic. The mummy’s linen wrappings are

commonly, a transgression against its tomb, treasures, lands, or former loved ones will cause a mummy to rise. “Before opening a sarcophagus, light a torch.” — X the Mystic’s 7th rule of dungeon

Dragon Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

: Ingeloakastimizilian, Imvaernarhro, K’rshinthintl, Claugiyliamatar. Commonly known as “Old Gnawbone,” Claugiyliamatar is often seen with a mangled corpse hanging from her mouth Many dragons are better

proficiencies, particularly if the dragon spends time in Humanoid form. Spells. The Monster Manual’s variant rule about making dragons innate spellcasters is an easy way to add variety to dragons

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

different things. The Zhentarim have no illusions about what the Dragon Queen’s return would mean for their plans. Wanting to secretly rule the world from the shadows for themselves, the leaders of the

figures and questioning the chance of success for attempts to turn or interrogate them. She favors discreet execution, interrogation of the corpse with appropriate rituals, and destruction of the body

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

different things. The Zhentarim have no illusions about what the Dragon Queen’s return would mean for their plans. Wanting to secretly rule the world from the shadows for themselves, the leaders of the

figures and questioning the chance of success for attempts to turn or interrogate them. She favors discreet execution, interrogation of the corpse with appropriate rituals, and destruction of the body

The Zhentarim

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

different things. The Zhentarim have no illusions about what the Dragon Queen’s return would mean for their plans. Wanting to secretly rule the world from the shadows for themselves, the leaders of the

figures and questioning the chance of success for attempts to turn or interrogate them. She favors discreet execution, interrogation of the corpse with appropriate rituals, and destruction of the body

Mummy Lord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

ancient empires. The regalia of their terrible rule still adorns their linen-wrapped bodies, their moldering robes stitched with evil symbols and bronze armor etched with devices of dynasties that fell a

, the creature’s heart and viscera are removed from the corpse and placed in canopic jars. These jars are usually carved from limestone or made of pottery, etched or painted with religious hieroglyphs

Beholders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

possible. After it drains its prey, it abandons the corpse to scavengers. A death kiss prefers to hunt alone. If it meets another death kiss, it might fight, flee, or team up, depending on its health

before the death kiss gets into melee range. Thus, out of self-preservation, a death kiss usually submits to the rule of a beholder that it encounters, though it might attempt to escape as soon as its

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

at them (and they at her). The dragon is quite insane, and she wears a saddle to which is strapped the dead, withered corpse of a wizard she once regarded as a great friend. Arveiaturace occasionally

calls out to the corpse in Draconic, as though the wizard were still alive. The dragon isn’t hungry or spoiling for a fight. But if one or more characters refuse to cower before her, Arveiaturace

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Axioms but know few of them. A being who masters all Axioms can rule the multiverse. Factol Hashkar (lawful neutral, dwarf Fraternity of Order law bender; see Morte’s Planar Parade) is the highest

Havoc and others who defy authority. Heralds of Dust Who Believe Everyone Is Already Dead Factol: Skall Headquarters: Mortuary Aligned Plane: Hades Members: Corpse collectors, the grief stricken, Undead

Locations V - Z

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

over forcibly for a season or a few months at a time by bandits or Uthgardt, and a few overgrown remnants of the ancient elven kingdom of Rilithar. Whalebones Petty, warmongering kings rule over the

them. If Worvil is dead and the bugbears see his corpse, they immediately try to flee the keep and report back to Kaltivar. Characters who are unaware of the Weevil’s presence or his true identity can

Haskasori Locations

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

a memorial to Haskasori’s final ruler, Yaarnak. The ruler’s body isn’t interred here, though; his corpse rests in a separate tomb (area H13). The statue depicts Yaarnak’s bizarre emblem of rule: a

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

For as long as anyone can remember, the moon elves of the Candulhallow family have managed the city’s small fleet of corpse carts. Though family members rarely push carts themselves anymore, their

never violate the house’s rule against violence. This establishment’s commitment to discretion also makes the bathhouse the prime venue for paid companionship in the Lower City. Many of the most

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Arrangements For as long as anyone can remember, the moon elves of the Candulhallow family have managed the city’s small fleet of corpse carts. Though family members rarely push carts themselves

that even rival crews or businesses engaged in the tensest of negotiations never violate the house’s rule against violence. This establishment’s commitment to discretion also makes the bathhouse the

Demon Types

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

demons. It remains for 1 minute, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action. Balor Figures of ancient and terrible evil, balors rule as generals over demonic armies

from a would-be bargainer’s corpse. Vrock Large fiend (demon), chaotic evil Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 104 (11d10 + 44) Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. STR 17 (+3) DEX

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