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Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
from across the planes experience reality. For them, the act of eating is an experience to be drawn out and savored, with every meal considered in all its facets. Whether its fare is a demon, an
":"Darkweaver Webs (Cocoons)"} cocoons. Roll on the Darkweaver Cocoon Contents table to determine what might be inside each of these shadowy masses.
Darkweaver Cocoon Contents
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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice.
Corrosive Pseudopod. The horror’s limb attack deals an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction
end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends on the target. On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5–6
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times
on the target. On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice.
Corrosive
failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Reality
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice.
Corrosive Pseudopod. The horror’s limb attack deals an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8
magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Reality-Stealing Hex"}. The horror expels a wave of perception-distorting energy. Each creature
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice
. On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
the far-flung past and inscrutable future of the multiverse. Many of these rare scholars of the profane seek to manipulate reality on a grand scale, while others unleash horrific experiments on the
a long rest, and it regains only half the usual number of hit points when it spends Hit Dice during a short rest.
If the baernaloth dies, these effects end immediately.Acid, PoisonCold, Fire, Lightning, Necrotic, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of
split open to show their contents and clusters of crystal points more than a foot in diameter that extend six to ten feet from the interior stone surfaces of the lair. These crystals resonate with the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
dragon lairs frequently exhibit or develop large and beautiful clusters of amethyst crystals, including massive cathedral geodes split open to show their contents and clusters of crystal points more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
spider-silk webbing set with hooks for hanging equipment. As at the watch posts, guard duty here is a dull affair, and the guards are usually distracted enough (talking or passing the time with dice games
for the outpost. Characters who gain entrance to the armory can easily loot it (see “Treasure”). Treasure The contents of the armory include the following: 6 chain shirts 6 suits of studded leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
are gleaming, fruitful places, where dream and reality blur together and where the weary can find rest. I don’t dream because I don’t sleep. I’m always awake so no one can ever sneak up on me.
If
those dice equal to half your druid level or less. Roll the spent dice and add them together. The target regains a number of hit points equal to the total. The target also gains 1 temporary hit point per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
unexpected encounters requires a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam results—how many Student Dice they gained and what skills they used during the test—on
fireballs and magical flames at its foes.
Death slaadi are rumored to have a stench so bad it can be deadly. In reality, they can cast the cloudkill spell.
Inexperienced scholars and adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
comes a moldy old chest. The chest splinters when it hits the floor, spilling out its contents: 500 sp, a sharkskin pouch containing five moss agates (10 gp each), a pair of bone dice (1 gp), a 6-inch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
holding. To determine the contents of the small sack, roll a d10: d10 Contents 1–2 Filled with wool 3–4 Five pieces of jewelry 5–6 1d6 potions of greater healing 7 1d6 spell scrolls, each of a
. If a character or characters state they will grab them simultaneously, roll dice to see which sack is touched a fraction of a second sooner. The other disappears—along with Siren—forever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and is 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. The contents of the sarcophagi are as follows: The northern sarcophagus contains the moldy bones of a dwarf with corroded bits of armor clinging to it
feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. A character with a Strength score of 15 or higher can push off the lid of a sarcophagus easily. The contents of each sarcophagus are described below: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
’ control over their domains are purposefully vague. As with any nightmare, the Domains of Dread aren’t shackled to the laws of reality. Domains exist not to simulate a believable world, but to terrify
and fun for the entire group. Revisit these considerations and safety tools often, until they’re just as much a part of your game as character sheets and dice.
Content Warning. With this in mind, be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Whenever the party searches a ruined building, roll percentile dice and consult the Ruin Interior table to see what, if anything, the building contains. Ruin Interior d100 Ruin Contents 01–40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
magic (DC 15) on the door before it opens disables this trap, but the elemental can’t be dispelled once it appears. If anyone tampers with the desk or the shelves’ contents, or attempts to remove
a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to find it. Any creature with 12 Hit Dice or fewer that approaches within 5 feet of the secret door without speaking the word khaless (“trust”) triggers an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
laws of reason or reality. Such unspeakable horrors might continue to haunt the misty netherworld between the Domains of Dread, or they might slink forth into other realms to slake unnameable hungers
. On a success, the effect ends on the target. On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
4 Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5–6). The horror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Krintaas, are here. Omit the second paragraph from the following boxed text if these NPCs are not present: Some effort has been taken to arrange the contents of this upside-down room, creating a
creator found a chamber that can turn illusions into reality. The life-spark of a living creature is needed to activate its power. As a creation of snow and shadow, I have no life-spark of my own, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
mouth spell), and the weapon will obviously stagger it (roll dice and shake your head ruefully) every time the mace is used. The third time it is struck by the glowing mace, the false lich will
instantly wither and disappear in a puff of dust, and the mace will shatter. If the characters investigate the room’s contents, they can see a jade coffer, the dead monster’s fallen crown, and a fine leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in the maze can spend time exploring it. At the end of each turn spent exploring the maze, roll percentile dice and use the Maze Discoveries table to determine what, if anything, the character finds
the contents of the sarcophagus are revealed (see “Treasure” below). At the same time, the character who retrieved the key from the maze receives a supernatural gift from a mysterious benefactor (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
troublemakers. Axel Defois Dare to test your luck with
a spin of fortune’s wheel Dead Hand’s Dice. A vampire croupier coalesces from a cloud of mist to conduct dead hand’s dice, a dice game popular among
, and roll for the dealer and participating NPCs. Everyone rolls and reveals their dice at once. The participant with the highest total wins, but anyone who rolls a 1 automatically loses. Olidammara’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Using the Treasure Hoard Tables A Treasure Hoard table helps you randomly determine the contents of a large cache of treasure, the accumulated wealth of a large group of creatures (such as an orc
. You can also split up a treasure hoard so that the adventurers don’t find or receive it all at once. When determining the contents of a hoard belonging to one monster, use the table that corresponds to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spends an hour chipping away at the walls, roll percentile dice and consult the Mining Discoveries table to determine what, if anything, the character unearths. The tourmalines found in the mine are
down the central shaft. Treasure. If a character using a miner’s pick spends an hour chipping away at the walls above the ridge, roll percentile dice and consult the Mining Discoveries table (see area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Nsi. To determine whether they can be trusted, she assigns them to work under Overseer Issar (area 19). Issar assigns each character a labor, determined by rolling percentile dice and consulting the
dinosaur pen in area 2. The character learns that Nahth (area 1) is susceptible to bribery. 16–40 Help Azi Mas rearrange the contents of the storeroom (area 13). Azi Mas shares his suspicions that Fenthaza
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
strewn about, and all are in poor condition. When the characters explore an unnumbered room, roll on the Unnumbered Rooms table to determine the room’s contents. Unnumbered Rooms d12 Description 1–2
to pry open the robot’s chest plate and access the contents of its torso. Treasure. Inside the robot’s chest compartment are five gems worth 50 gp each. Safely retrieving the gems without getting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
drawers, four small coffers of copper on the table, and two bronze caskets. Each bronze casket has a poisonous snake inside, which must be dealt with before the contents can be accessed (see “Treasure
iron trunks, six smaller chests, and five even smaller coffers. As the characters investigate and attempt to open them, they discover features and contents as follows. Opening a locked one requires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
something of its contents, your imagination might be stretched! Reading the book conveys no special advantage to the characters, and most of the contents are too obscure for full comprehension. A
Sahuagin by Professor Gaxm (15 gp). This slim volume contains a detailed account of the nature of sahuagin. If players want their characters to read it and ask to know something of its contents, summarize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
far from their grasps.
Confronting this awful reality, a group of nine mind flayer deviants used their arcane magic and psionics to weave a new truth. These nine called themselves the alhoon, and
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Psychic Infiltrators. When an elder brain infiltrates a mind, it alters the creature’s perception and deceives its senses, causing it to see, hear, touch, taste, or feel reality according to the elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
terms of “left” or “right” rather than cardinal directions. The contents of the areas between the mists are detailed below. P14a. A leather sack containing 102 gp lies against one wall of this
(losing initiative ties), and the damage on subsequent rounds is reduced by 1d10. When the number of damage dice reaches 0, the blade stops. Secret Door. A secret door atop this room’s 30-foot-high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. The spellcaster must also expend a 3rd-level spell slot. On a successful check, the soul-bound creature returns to normal with all of its Hit Dice expended. On a
) sleeps here. Cell C. One Thayan apprentice (see appendix B) sleeps here. Cell D. Each of these two rooms is a library. An hour spent examining a library’s contents turns up two pieces of lore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, and 5 feet away from the pedestal. If a character steps through the doorway, the fabric of reality warps and bends around them as they arrive in the demiplane: a cluttered den 40 feet long and 20
rises from the goblet’s contents and dissipates in the cold air.
Each window in the auditorium depicts a wizard casting a spell from one of the eight schools of magic. The spells depicted are blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of the hammocks.
Three lizardfolk warriors occupy the hammocks. The chest and its contents are their property. The lizardfolk were provided by the chieftain of their clan to help ensure that the
pack of well-used, greasy playing cards (examination reveals the deck has two aces of spades) Two sets of dice, one of them loaded A book titled Grog Hovels, which describes taverns and inns along the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
blocked or barred from the inside. The contents of the barrels and tuns have long evaporated. W8: Fungi Cavern Dense carpets of weird fungi cover large sections of the floor in this cavern. The growth
stored here. The spectator was slated to serve for 101 years. When the mine was sacked, the bandits disturbed the delicate magic in the area, eroding the spectator’s grip on reality. It believes the mine