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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Howdah. The ogre carries a compact fort on its back. Up to four Small creatures can ride in the fort without squeezing. To make a melee attack against a target within 5 feet of the ogre, they must
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Fist","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.The most unusual of the specialized ogres, the howdah carries a palisaded wooden fort on its back. The fort serves
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, ending the effect on itself on a success.Ziraj is a half-orc hunter who wields an oversized bow that shoots correspondingly large arrows. He is the Master of Assassination for the Black Network. If Ziraj
does the question of where he might show up next.
Treasure. Ziraj wears leather,+2;+2 leather armor and carries an oversized longbow. This unique weapon can be used only by a Medium or larger
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Special Equipment. Barnibus carries a wand of magic detection.
Spellcasting. Barnibus is a 7th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20
inherited from his grandmother. When not serving the Watchful Order, he spends his days reading and writing books in his library.
Barnibus uses spells that help him investigate crimes, pry secrets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Arcane Focuses Go to the Bazaar in Sharn or any enclave of House Cannith and you’ll find a wide selection of arcane focuses to choose from. For a wandslinger, the choice of an arcane focus carries
the same weight as a duelist deciding between a rapier or a maul. Do you use a wand of Fernian ash to focus your fire bolt, or do you harness defensive energies with a Risian orb? An arcane focus is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
troglodytes begin to bow down and chant loudly, as if worshiping the characters. They try to catch the attention of the drow in area 2c, hoping this display will anger the drow and prompt them to attack the
Door. A seam in the rock wall reveals a secret swivel door covered with oily troglodyte secretions. Anything that touches the oily door carries the mildly revolting stench of troglodytes for 1 hour or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
be a single melee attack. Ammunition A monster carries enough ammunition to make its ranged attacks. You can assume that a monster has 2d4 pieces of ammunition for a thrown weapon attack, and 2d10 pieces of ammunition for a projectile weapon such as a bow or crossbow.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
on its turn has the Multiattack ability. A creature can’t use Multiattack when making an opportunity attack, which must be a single melee attack. Ammunition A monster carries enough ammunition to make
its ranged attacks. You can assume that a monster has 2d4 pieces of ammunition for a thrown weapon attack, and 2d10 pieces of ammunition for a projectile weapon such as a bow or crossbow.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
grandmother. When not serving the Watchful Order, he spends his days reading and writing books in his library. Barnibus uses spells that help him investigate crimes, pry secrets from the minds of suspects, and
Equipment. Barnibus carries a wand of magic detection.
Spellcasting. Barnibus is a 7th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). He has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
launcher, the chain brute, and the howdah—reflect their particular functions. These jobs are tailored to take advantage of an ogre’s strengths. Ogre Battering Ram An ogre battering ram carries an
Launcher A bolt launcher carries a gigantic crossbow—a weapon so large it’s essentially an ogre-held ballista. An ogre bolt launcher can load this immense weapon and loose its deadly missile as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
arcanaloth carries a spellbook containing the wizard spells it has prepared (see its stat block in the Monster Manual). It wears small gold spectacles with pink crystal lenses (worth 250 gp) and a robe
Master’s Guide for more information on each patch. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it’s lying on the floor inside the statue’s head.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a faint image in the cloud of an adult bronze dragon surrounded by figures in black robes wearing the holy symbol of Shar and reading from scrolls. As the great creature writhes in pain, its bronze
that “birthed” it. The shadow assassins guard the room thereafter. Treasure Each cult fanatic carries an obsidian holy symbol of Shar (25 gp each). The leader, Abberoch, also has a silver rod with one end formed in the shape of a key (70 gp). The rod unlocks the double door in area 18.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
pools’ surfaces.
A black-cloaked woman with primordial sigils painted on her face stands on a platform in the room’s middle. She fixes you with a wild stare.
“Soon, everyone shall bow to me! My
Pools table. A creature still in a pool at the end of their next turn is sucked into the hostile plane and destroyed. Treasure. Vox carries a key that can be used to access the portal in the brazier at the northern end of the map and in the high altar in area T9 of map 1.1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to spawn more gnolls. In this manner, gnolls replenish their ranks before wandering off in ragged bands to continue their rampage. Kill from a Distance Almost every gnoll carries a bow scavenged from
bow shot becomes easy prey for any gnolls near it. Some particularly clever gnolls have been known to use burning arrows to spark fires, cutting off their prey’s escape routes and driving victims into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
sail between the stars? Next ye will spin tales of a talking hippopotamus that walks on two legs and carries a bow. I asked ye to research facts about other worlds, not spend a week in an opium den
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Lolth while her consort, the drow mage Thirza, sits at a zurkhwood desk reading her spellbook.
Furnishings. The cave contains two sleeping pallets and a zurkhwood chest. A skewered darkmantle cooks
adventurers’ arrival. Treasure. The drow priestess wears two silver bracelets set with onyx (25 gp each). She carries a flask of wine and the key to the room’s zurkhwood chest, which contains 500 gp. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and turn invisible to avoid capture or death. L2. Forecastle This deck is littered with the corpses of 1d4 dead seagulls (see area L1 for more information). Hanging off the end of the ship’s bow is
the green-paned lantern that indicates the tavern is open for business. A staff member crawls to the end of the bow to douse the lantern, refill it with oil, and relight it at highsun every day. On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of powerful entity or group of entities, posing as gods to accomplish their malign ends. Key. Ruxithid carries a key to his personal quarters (area Z10 in Zorzula’s Rest). Devon Cady-Lee Hostage
crudely drawn map of the region on the central table, with messy arrows and scrawled labels reading “Gibbet Crossing,” “Crypt of the Talhund,” and “Talhundereth.” (See the Goblins’ Map handout in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. A character who examines the altar can find this compartment with a successful DC 17 Wisdom (Perception) check. It contains a potion of mind reading and a Quaal’s feather token (bird). Bak Mei
/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak Mei is wearing no armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
sides of the wagon are spattered with dry blood. You also see an inscription on the wagon’s door frame that reads, “I bring you from Shadow into Light!” Rictavio carries the key to the wagon door
Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is hidden with the other items under the front seat of the wagon, in a lead-lined box.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
lectern, reading a book (see “Treasure”). If Azbara is absent, Rath Modar might mistake the characters for cultists. If the characters play along and attempt to gather information from the Red Wizard
, feather fall and fireball) and he carries a staff of fire. A thorough search of the room yields several letters to Rath Modar from Severin, the supreme leader of the Cult of the Dragon. Severin’s letters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
present, they are in the midst of a scholarly argument when the characters arrive, but they clam up as soon as others appear. If Rath Modar is alone, he is standing at a lectern, reading a book (see
of Tiamat. Defeating or killing them is a serious blow to the cult’s ability to summon Tiamat. Treasure Rath Modar has three spell scrolls (dimension door, feather fall, and fireball), and he carries a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, Valtagar Steelshadow (see below) is reading his spellbook — a bound stack of mithral plates. The book rests atop a stout, stone lectern in the middle of the room.
Golem. Standing in the south corner is an
carries is invisible with him. Archmages are exceedingly rare in duergar society, and Valtagar’s gift for wizardry never sat well with the clans of Gracklstugh. He doesn’t put himself in harm’s way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
carries an oversized longbow. This unique weapon can be used only by a Medium or larger creature that has a Strength of 18 or higher. The bow shoots oversized arrows that deal piercing damage equal to 2d6
Hunter Ziraj is a half-orc hunter who wields an oversized bow that shoots correspondingly large arrows. He is the Master of Assassination for the Black Network. If Ziraj sets out to kill someone, it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
otherwise help them. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is hidden at the inn, the Keepers of the Feather don’t reveal where the treasure is until they know the characters
in not so many words. Szoldar has a notch in his bow for every wolf he’s killed, while Yevgeni adds a new swatch to his wolfskin cloak every time he makes a kill. Both men have families but spend most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
springs into action, its blades and teeth turn it into a whirling dealer of death, able to dash from one target to the next as though it had been shot from a bow. Gnoll Witherlings A war band might go for
gnoll. No war band contains more than one flind, and such a creature is always the leader of its band. A flind wields a weapon that carries Yeenoghu’s blessing: a magical flail that saps the body and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of brandy are worth 10 gp apiece at market, though the merchants of Saltmarsh recognize the goods as stolen if the characters try to sell them there. Sanbalet carries a pipe of remembrance (see
. Pulled up onto the sloping cave floor is a small boat, perhaps large enough for eight people, with oars, a step-down mast, and a neatly furled sail. A rope tied to the bow is being held down by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, comprehend languages, hold person, identify, locate object, nondetection, polymorph, protection from evil and good, and wall of stone. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is
characters have already met Arrigal. Luvash is the older of the two and the brother whom the other Vistani fear most. Each brother carries a key that unlocks one of the padlocks of the treasure wagon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
those conventions. Players and Inspiration. Remember that a player with inspiration can award it to another player. Some groups even like to treat inspiration as a group resource, deciding collectively
is free. Whenever that player awards it later in the same session, you gain inspiration that you can spend to give advantage to any foe of the player characters. There’s no limit to the number of inspirations you can gain in this way, and unspent inspiration carries over from one session to the next.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
). In addition to his weapons, Izek carries an iron ring of keys that unlock the stocks in the town square (area N8). If the characters get on his bad side, the baron accuses them of being “spies of the
gallery to the north. N3j. Izek’s Bedroom The door to this room is locked. Izek Strazni carries the only key. The following description assumes the characters have met Ireena Kolyana (see chapter 3, area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Reash carries a key to the grate in area K13. His leather saddlebag holds 70 gp, 12 pp, and six agates (worth 10 gp each). K10. Landing The keep’s eastern wall juts out into the river, forming a good
from the top of the wall to the deck of the boat, about six feet below. Hatchways lead into the boat’s cabin from the bow and the stern.
This is the Rivermaid. The ship’s water genasi captain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
characters while he is searching for Pollenella, his lost queen bee. Mudlump wears a hooded veil to protect his eye from bee stings and carries a large beehive on a stick, which doubles as a greatclub
. These casks are used to ferment a mixture of water and honey, which Mudlump combines with other ingredients to make honey mead. A great beehive—considerably larger than the one Mudlump carries around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
room. There are small reading desks with cozy scarlet chairs in the corners.
The shelves contain books on Fistandia’s favorite subjects: arcana, natural science, religion, astrology, and planar
successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Treasure. Sitting on the reading desk is a jeweled letter opener worth 20 gp. Puzzle Book. The puzzle book with the letter R on its spine is on one of the shelves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
reverse the transformation. Treasure. Virruza carries a pouch containing 900 gp worth of nonmagical orange gemstones—they aren’t related to the Spawning Shard, though they look similar. He also carries a
minutes reading them learns the following details: Virruza was following orders from a Dragon Army commander named Belephaion. His mission was to investigate the monster-creating stone unearthed here. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
of their individual deities. All types rightly fear Maglubiyet’s wrath, but each carries out the Mighty One’s divine will differently. Goblins typically flee from obvious threats, and hobgoblins often
weapons to create openings in enemy formations.
Bulwarks. The wild attack of a group of thugs is often followed by the charge of one or more bulwarks. A bugbear bulwark carries a spiked shield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry.
Alignment. Neutral good.
Personality Trait. “I treat my
and keeps the carnival running on schedule. A smile on his visage is a rare event, and it fades quickly.
Mister Witch dresses with panache, though in muted tones, and always carries his magic