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Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
on a successful one. If at least one of the creatures that failed this save isn’t a Construct or an Undead, the blight regains 9 hit points.Travelers of Sigil and the Lower Planes take care to
by the seemingly inanimate plant, the blight strikes, revealing its twisted, humanlike form and lashing out with razor-sharp vines to feed its bloodlust.
While razorvine blights are usually
monsters
13):
At Will: Detect Magic, Ice Knife, Minor Illusion
1/Day Each: Dispel Magic, Fear, SuggestionCamouflaged against the ice, a solitary snow sphinx is on the prowl. A shock of dark humanoid hair
whips around a feline face, revealing piercing blue eyes that can freeze foes with a single glance. Compared to its desert-dwelling cousins, this sphinx is far less likely to be defeated with reason or
Human
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of elf, orc, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.
Variety in All Things
Humans are the most
the Inner Sea, the Mulan are generally tall, slim, and amber-skinned, with eyes of hazel or brown. Their hair ranges from black to dark brown, but in the lands where the Mulan are most prominent, nobles
Aasimar
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Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dark eyes
3
Starkly colored hair
4
An unusual hue tinting your shadow
5
A ghostly halo crowning your head
6
Rainbows gleaming on your skin
Creating Your Character
At
character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;Disguise kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this
Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m good at hiding my true thoughts and feelings.
2
When I’m in doubt about revealing something, I assume it’s a secret, and I
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
additional 20 feet, or make the gem go dark.
Turn the dagger into a compass that, while resting on Artus’s palm, points north.
Cast dimension door from the dagger. Once this property is used
must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
medusa rising up anew, the last of her shed skin dropping away, revealing glistening, unscarred scales.
Fighting Hythonia as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 17
worshipers dedicated to Pharika previously hoarded secrets and engaged in dark rituals.
Island of Potent Magic. Although Skathos’s location remains a mystery, stories tell of the island’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
construct made of dark wood and riveted iron. Its helmed head stares blindly in your direction. Cobwebs stretch from this terrible artifice to the wrecked furniture that surrounds it. This room was
once a wizard’s bedchamber. The construct is an incapacitated shield guardian. Its control amulet can be found in area X9.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Town When the characters first approach Vallaki, read: The Old Svalich Road meanders into a valley watched over by dark, brooding mountains to the north and south. The woods recede
, revealing a sullen mountain burg surrounded by a wooden palisade. Thick fog presses up against this wall, as though looking for a way inside, hoping to catch the town aslumber.
The dirt road ends at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
10. Dark Pool Treasure is concealed in this water-filled cave. A still pool fills much of this cavern. The water is dark, revealing little of what might lie within. The shore of the pool consists of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Adventure Sites Evil is entrenched and effective in dark fantasy domains, truths reflected by grandiose adventure locations. Their size and grandeur seem out of proportion with the
common structures of the domain and the magic that helped create them is clearly beyond the reach of mere mortals to create or destroy. Dark Fantasy Adventure Sites d8 Adventure Site
1 An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
from the double doors stands a tall wardrobe, its doors hanging open, revealing a dark and empty cavity. The only other piece of furniture is an overstuffed leather chair that faces the hearth. The portrait depicts the silver dragon Argynvost in its guise as the human noble Lord Argynvost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
moldering wood boards, propped up just enough to block a dark tunnel leading below the surface.
The boards blocking the entrance to the catacombs can be moved easily, revealing a sloping tunnel (area N1).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
-wide passageway flanked by forty-foot-high bulwarks of smooth, seamless stone. An iron portcullis covered with rust blocks the entrance. Arrow slits carved into the bulwarks are dark, revealing no hint
Arrival When the adventurers arrive at Axeholm, read the following boxed text aloud: Thrust out from the base of a dark gray mountain is the entrance to the dwarven fortress — a dark, fifteen-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
through the woods, descending gradually until the trees part, revealing a mist-shrouded meadow. The trail splits. One branch heads west into the valley, and the other leads south into dark woods. A wooden
there, you see rope-handled half-barrels used for hauling grapes. North of the trail is a large stand of trees. A man wearing a dark cloak and cowl stands at the edge of the trees, beckoning you. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
knucklehead trout, while most of the others spend their days in the forest felling and hewing the trees that are used to construct boats and buildings. Lonelywood’s timber is taken by cart to be sold in other
thick forest looming behind it conceals the dark and sordid dealings that sometimes transpire there. Despite its attraction to criminals and miscreants, Lonelywood is not a place where folk murder each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
golem fueled by radiant energy and other creatures from the Giant Construct Encounters table in chapter 3. Guiding Whispers A voice whispers into a character’s dreams, leading the character toward the
destroy the sand’s guardians from the Giant Construct Encounters table (see chapter 3), and fill a vial with the magical sand, the giant helps them create a sentient magic item. Ravenous Star An azer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
brain’s reality-bending research had an unexpected result, revealing to it a malignant truth for which existence was unprepared. Guided by this burgeoning revelation, the elder brain turned and preyed
existence. Or so they thought. From a place without time or reality, the Dark Powers plucked the dying elder brain and planted it upon a tormented world. Ever since, the God-Brain of Bluetspur has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, revealing the angular muscles of his face and hands. He has a look of power—and of madness. His once handsome face is contorted by a tragedy darker than the night itself. Rumbling thunder pounds the castle
smile as his dark plan unfolds. He knew they were coming, and he knows why they have come—all according to his plan. He, the master of Ravenloft, will attend to them. Another lightning flash rips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Sir Ursas The warrior Sir Ursas strikes an imposing figure—a massive, muscular warrior with one arm replaced with a grizzly bear’s paw grafted at the elbow. He grows his dark hair long and shaggy
temple. Ursas is aware that Lynx has knowledge of other missing components that might relate to the Tomb of Horrors. Mechanical Guide Sir Ursas offers the characters the services of a magical construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
non-drow, since the dark elves don’t want to take the chance that the construct will be turned against them. Retriever
Large construct, lawful evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 210
Retriever The retriever is a potent, spider-like construct conceived and built by the drow for one original purpose — to prowl the Abyss and capture demons for the drow to enslave or use in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dark.)
Animated Ballistae. Parked in front of the door to area 22a are two animated ballistae.
Each animated ballista is a Large wood-and-iron construct with AC 15, 50 hit points, a walking speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the characters reveal about the cults, the Dark Lady reveals one, too. Skipping anything the players already know, the Dark Lady might begin by revealing some of the following points: Four elemental
without exposing herself to danger. The Dark Lady’s image opens conversation by saying, “Welcome to Rundreth Manor.” The image ignores any attacks the characters make against it, although such interaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
still to appear as ordinary razorvine. When unassuming travelers pass by the seemingly inanimate plant, the blight strikes, revealing its twisted, humanlike form and lashing out with razor-sharp
feet of it must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) slashing damage on failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If at least one of the creatures that failed this save isn’t a Construct or an Undead, the blight regains 9 hit points.
Christopher Burdett
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
tarnished silver platter with a lid (worth 25 gp). If a character comes within 5 feet of the servant, it lifts the lid, revealing a bunch of moldy scones. The first character to eat a scone gains
(Perception) score of 16 or higher, the party isn’t surprised. In that case, read: Creatures with pale flesh scuttle across the ceiling like spiders, their red eyes glowing in the dark. As they draw near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Construct. In the center of the room is a Huge scorpion constructed from metal. (This is an incomplete scaladar that is not active.)
11b. Scaladar Guards. Two scaladar (see appendix A) guard this room and
. Trobriand’s Body The body of a frail man in dark robes lies atop a stone slab near the south wall. The man has long, wavy hair and a thick beard the color of iron, and he wears a metal ring on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
elemental power of the Endless Rockslide hold the key to a mage’s research. The mage offers a manual of golems (clay) in exchange for help in overcoming guardians from the Giant Construct Encounters table
(see chapter 3). Dangerous Beauty Stone giant artisans find inspiration in the Endless Rockslide and create beautiful works from its material, but a fomorian warlock of the dark (see chapter 6) curses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
became locked in a perpetual, dark winter without reprieve. Auril the Frostmaiden, the divine embodiment of winter’s fury, has withdrawn to this cold corner of the world to live among mortals
, turning midday into twilight and trapping Icewind Dale in winter’s dark embrace, with no sunlight or warmth to melt the snow and ice. Each casting of the spell leaves the Frostmaiden weakened, with just
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack
Snow Sphinx Camouflaged against the ice, a solitary snow sphinx is on the prowl. A shock of dark humanoid hair whips around a feline face, revealing piercing blue eyes that can freeze foes with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
trespass on their territories. With no biological needs and supernatural patience, these monsters might wait unmoving for months, revealing themselves only when conditions are perfect to attack. They tend
passes in the Elemental Plane of Earth, it stains the rock and spoils the soil. Malice vanishes amid other elements, but in the dismal dark, the wicked shape it into nightmares.
—Tiv, scholar of the Elemental Planes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
features. Light. The basement is dark. Torch sconces and hooks for lanterns can be found in each room, but no lanterns or torches are present. Ceiling. The ceilings in areas 1 through 3 are 10 feet high and
, the door automatically opens into this area, revealing area 3 and activating the mechanical creatures in that area. 3. Recharging Station A buzzing sound and a deep hum rises suddenly as the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
running perpendicular to this one. Where the two halls meet, words have been scrawled on the ceiling in dried blood.
A secret door in the west wall slides open to reveal a dark tunnel leading to areas 26
keyhole is real. The jade key found in area 53 can be used to unlock the relief and swing it open, revealing the crawlway. The lock can also be picked with a successful DC 21 Dexterity check made by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
with the vestige inside. The vestige tries to coax the creature into its service by offering it a Dark Gift (see chapter 1). The amber monolith has AC 16, 80 hit points, and immunity to poison and
psychic damage. If the monolith is damaged or if a character openly bears Theodora’s Mark of the Raven, inky tendrils rise from the dark water and attack. These limbs use the statistics for five shadows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
several sculptors from Thessalar’s temple to help construct his tomb, with false promises of vast salaries. To add insult to injury, Moghadam then sent back a party of mercenary thieves and a master
Thessalar’s experiments, but were captured. The gemsmith Seodra is now forced to labor for Thessalar, while the thieves are the subjects of dark experiments. All are desperate to escape.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, overlooking the magma lake far below. Its huge sliding doors stand open, revealing dark furnaces and silent machinery. A raised loading dock allows access to the dangling buckets of the Slagline, which
This windowless, two-story structure has a single door tucked near a corner on the ground floor. Standing in front of the door is an eight-foot-tall, bipedal construct made of chipped stone, rusty metal