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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a warning and avoid areas where many other kruthiks have died. Slaying a sufficient number of
kruthiks in one area might cause the remaining hive members to move elsewhere.
Although they can feed on carrion, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill enemies by impaling them on their spiked limbs, then
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a
carrion, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill enemies by impaling them on their spiked limbs, then grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
. But during the next full moon, they transformed into the first werevultures: hideous, birdlike creatures who hungered for the flesh of the dead. In the years since, the curse has spread far and wide
from their backs, and the hair falls from their heads, leaving their beaked faces bare and wrinkled. Werevultures feed on carrion, as ordinary vulture;vultures do, and they have a covetous nature
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
from evil and good
2nd level (3 slots): lesser restoration, protection from poison, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): create food and water, speak with dead, spirit guardians
4th level (3 slots
): divination, freedom of movement, guardian of faith
5th level (2 slots): greater restoration, raise dead
6th level (1 slot): find the path, harm, true seeing
7th level (1 slot): fire storm
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a warning and avoid areas where many other
kruthiks have died. Slaying a sufficient number of kruthiks in one area might cause the remaining hive members to move elsewhere.
Although they can feed on carrion, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
(Perception) checks. However, they draw carrion to their roots, so characters might smell a dead body nearby. Because assassin vines can move, an encounter in the evening or at night might involve the vines creeping into the characters’ camp and strangling them as they sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
moss that grows on weird rock formations along the walls. A dozen giant fire beetles that primarily feast on carrion dwell here, adding to the illumination.
Fungi Forest. Half the cavern is a
wildlife, including bats, fish, and non-biting insects. For characters who reach it safely, the cavern provides a secure, idyllic refuge from the perils of Undermountain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
charnel environs, they feast on the dead with no qualms about their meals’ origins or freshness. Carrion crawlers have segmented bodies like gigantic cutworms. From beneath their multipart maws
Carrion Crawler Catacomb-Scouring Necrophage Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None Brian Valeza Ravenous corpse eaters, carrion crawlers gravitate toward places of slaughter and decay. In such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
temperate forests. Carrion crawlers, ettercaps, giant spiders, and owlbears make occasional forays into the woods as well. If your game session needs a jolt, try using one of the following encounters or an
archdruid, the other werebats drove Vool out of their village. He found a secluded cave nearby (see area 17) and took refuge there. He ventures out once a day to feed but avoids contact with his kin. If Vool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fog, which the locals call “the breath of the dead.” Mordentshire’s businesses largely cater to local laborers, with a few remarkable exceptions. Saulbridge Sanitarium provides a refuge for the ill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Cave of the Berserkers A group of human berserkers that has splintered off from the Tribe of the Bear uses this cliffside cave as a refuge. Exposure to chardalyn tainted by demonic magic has deprived
taken off a dead berserker (see “Chardalyn Berserkers”) teleports the characters to area Q1. A goliath werebear encountered in the wild (see “Goliath Werebear”) or King Gunvald Halraggson of the Bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Between the towering fungi lie a few toppled zurkhwoods, as well as several stumps.
Monsters. Near the edge of the forest, feeding on a duergar carcass, is a lone carrion crawler. The deeper forest is
fighting back. He was killed by the awakened zurkhwoods and left behind. The duergar’s scale mail is not salvageable. The carrion crawler plans to spend the next several hours quietly devouring its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Carrion Crawler There’s a 50 percent chance that the carrion crawler is feasting on the putrid flesh of a dead grimlock and ignores the party unless disturbed. Otherwise, it is scouring tunnels for food
encounter 11–12 1 carrion crawler 13 Demon pack 14 1 flumph 15 1 gray ooze 16 1d4 moldy quaggoth spore servants 17 1d4 two-headed grimlocks 18 1 swarm of insects (centipedes) 19 1 xorn 20 Yellow mold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
asks them for help. If the characters slay the carrion crawler, the nothic offers the party the treasure in the cell (area C6). If asked about the dead dwarf there, the nothic takes credit for
describes the Chaos Bell, a wicked bell said to attract monsters from near and far. The book claims the bell’s toll can even wake the dead. According to the book, the bell can be destroyed only by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
entire adventure. A character can instead attempt to harvest poison from a poisonous creature, such as a snake, wyvern, or carrion crawler. The creature must be incapacitated or dead, and the harvesting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Approaching Loomlurch Describe Loomlurch to the players as their characters come within view of the site: The forest is at its darkest here. Up ahead, a colossal dead oak lies on its side. Three
chapter 2, the hag takes refuge with her sister, Skabatha Nightshade, and spends all her time in the study (area L14), poring through Skabatha’s ritual books for a clever spell to overcome the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the area yields no treasure. Corpses d10 Corpse Present 1 1 dead behir 2–3 1d4 dead drow and 1d4 − 1 dead giant lizards 4–5 3d8 dead giant fire beetles (their glands are no longer glowing) 6–7 2d4
dead gricks 8–9 2d4 dead kuo-toa 10 1 dead purple worm Roll a d6 and consult the Scavengers table to determine what scavengers, if any, are feasting on the remains. Scavengers d6 Scavengers 1–2 1d3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
streets to the harbor, often sweeping along unattended baskets, dead animals, and even clumsy or unlucky Chultans in its tow. Foot bridges of rope and bamboo hang above the ravine. Some of them are 200
’ belts. 24. Temple of Tymora Tymora’s temple is built like a sturdy blockhouse of heavy stone. It’s not an elegant structure, but residents rely on it to be a safe refuge when floodwater pours down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Deeper Mines Driven out of the Underdark by rampaging demons, two fomorians have taken refuge in this depleted mithral mine. The duergar are spying on the fomorians to determine whether they
. 4c. Dead-End Loop This mine tunnel loops back on itself. The floor is littered with slime-covered rocks, which the fomorians have been licking for nourishment. 4d. Dead-End Fork This tunnel terminates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Ghoul Devourers of Flesh. Like maggots or carrion beetles, ghouls thrive in places rank with decay and death. A ghoul haunts a place where it can gorge on dead flesh and decomposing organs. When it
can’t feed on the dead, it pursues living creatures and attempts to make corpses of them. Though they gain no nourishment from the corpses they devour, ghouls are driven by an unending hunger that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
have collected more carcasses than the archpriest needs. The rotting collection includes a dead darkmantle wrapped in a net, a bugbear’s severed head and torso, a dead hook horror, and a headless
carrion crawler swarming with maggots. 21b. Kuo-toa Carnage Stench. The air in this cave is fantastically foul.
Kuo-toa. Four poisoned kuo-toa guard this area. Two of them are using spears to cut the head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
3 (1d6) poison damage. After three successful saves, the poison ends. Carrion Crawler Mucus (Contact). This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated carrion crawler. A creature subjected
can’t be healed by any means. After seven successful saving throws, the effect ends and the creature can heal normally. Purple Worm Poison (Injury). This poison must be harvested from a dead or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a warning and avoid areas
where many other kruthiks have died. Slaying a sufficient number of kruthiks in one area might cause the remaining hive members to move elsewhere. Sharper Weapons. Although they can feed on carrion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
into its body and feeds on carrion to repair itself. The plant has a malevolent bent and despises the living. Horrible Odor. With or without humanoid corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes
corpses of 1d6 + 3 humanoids. A corpse flower can hold the remains of up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Centaur of Attention After being driven from his home in Neverwinter Wood by marauding orcs, Xanth the centaur has taken refuge in the hills around the barrow. When he spots the characters, Xanth
approaches peacefully and shares the following warnings: “Strange witchlights hover over Dragon Barrow at night. The hill is haunted by the restless spirits of the dead.” “Neverwinter Wood has become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
impromptu forums as desperate factols hope to rekindle interest in outdated ideologies and poach each other’s members. One Pixel Brush Dead factions cling to life in Nowhere, a depressing refuge
Planar Parade). The Lady of Pain pays little attention to what goes down in Undersigil, though nothing in or under the City of Doors is beyond her reach. Dead factions, banished from the city above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
lair is warped by the Orcus’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects: Dead beasts periodically animate as undead mockeries of their former selves. Skeletal and zombie versions of local
wildlife are commonly seen in the area. The air becomes filled with the stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found. If a humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
warped by Orcus’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects: Dead beasts periodically animate as undead mockeries of their former selves. Skeletal and zombie versions of local wildlife are
commonly seen in the area. The air becomes filled with the stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found. If a humanoid spends at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
are some of the ways in which the characters might convince Thunderwing to sacrifice herself for the greater good: Promising to raise her friend, Bunny Blossom the faerie dragon, from the dead
brought back to life by any means. If the adventurers fail to convince Thunderwing to give up her life, she turns invisible and leaves the cave complex, taking refuge in the surrounding forest. Xanthoria re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Elysium Elysium is home to creatures of unfettered kindness and a refuge for planar travelers seeking a safe haven. The plane’s bucolic landscapes glimmer with life and beauty. The River Oceanus
. Some tales say it’s a powerful titan, perhaps the tarrasque, while others claim it’s a deposed duke of the Nine Hells, a banished elemental prince, or even a near-dead deity. Evil creatures sometimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dominates the southeast corner of the forge. The ettins’ latest trophies — two dead and rotting carrion crawlers — lie atop it.
The ettins lived in the Underdark until Xanathar’s minions found them
gold rather than stone. Treasure. The gold circlet is a circlet of blasting. 39b. Bugbear Den Three bugbears sit in the middle of the floor, eating from a sack of dead rats and stirges. One of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, replace him with a carrion crawler feeding on the dead remains. Development When the monsters are defeated, the ghost of a deep gnome named Pelek pokes its head up out of the ground, blinks, and then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
they have the following additional trait: Icy Doom. When the cultist dies, its corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead
to reach it, while the cult fanatics encamp around the base of the tower. Avarice’s goal is simple: conquer Ythryn and claim its treasures for herself. From her refuge, Avarice divides her expedition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the accuser, or surrogates representing them. Once they are shackled, the combatants fight until one is dead, and justice is thereby served. Development. One hour after the characters are imprisoned in
fight their way out of the situation or make a break for it. If they succeed, bullywugs who oppose the king advise the characters to take refuge with Illig, Baron of Muckstump, who lives across the