before brute diffusing cults replaces

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

time, the serpent gods heard those prayers, their sibilant voices responding from the darkness as they told the yuan-ti what they must do. The yuan-ti religion grew more fanatical in its devotion. Cults

’t be bound for long by brute force, and that many creatures will refuse to serve. As a result, yuan-ti first influence other creatures with the promise of wealth and power. Time and again

Diabolical Cults

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Diabolical Cults Cults dedicated to infernal beings are the foes of adventurers throughout the D&D multiverse. This section gives the DM ways to customize the members of cults dedicated to the powers

of those spells with spells from that list, as long as the new spell is of the same level as the spell it replaces. The customization options here will typically have no appreciable effect on the challenge rating of a creature that gains them.

Ominous Arrival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu

them to be quiet, then closes the trapdoor and replaces the crate on top of it. Anyone looking outside sees three fire giants heading for the house. Two enormous hell hounds (change their size to

arrival of such enormous adversaries; even in the basement, the giants’ heavy footfalls can be felt. ALTERNATIVE ENEMIES Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants describes giants who have joined cults of

Demonic Boons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Demonic Boons Wicked folk who seek power from demons are scattered across the multiverse. Some of them gather in cults, but many of them act on their own or in small groups. Whatever their

is of the same level as the spell it replaces. A typical demon can impart boons to a number of creatures equal to the demon’s number of Hit Dice. In contrast, demon lords have no limit on the number

Interloper Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Elemental Eye directly rather than serving one of the subordinate cults. As described earlier in this chapter (see “Rejecting the Ordning”), membership in the cults of Elemental Evil replaces the ordning with

. More than most members of individual Elemental Evil cults, giants see the big picture of the four cults working toward the common goal of elemental cataclysm. Some giants even worship the Elder

Rejecting the Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

new religion replaces the giants’ ordning with a different structure that offers the same sense of order, purpose, and meaning. Such cults place giants at a higher position than the giants would

worship of Annam’s children to other powers (as described under “Gods and Religion” later in this chapter) also reject the ordning. In some cases, as in the hierarchical cults of Elemental Evil, the

Yuan-ti

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

serpent gods heard those prayers, their sibilant voices responding from the darkness as they told the yuan-ti what they must do. The yuan-ti religion grew more fanatical in its devotion. Cults bound

it seeks to control other creatures through terror, pleasure, and awe. Yuan-ti know that the world they hope to rule can’t be bound for long by brute force, and that many creatures will refuse to serve

Other Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Other Villains Not every troublemaker in the Dessarin Valley is a cultist. Some prefer to keep their affiliation with the elemental cults secret, while many more have nothing to do the cults. This

). Drannin takes an additional action on his turn. Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when Drannin hits with it (included in the attack). Dwarven Resilience. Drannin has advantage on

Children of the All-Father

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

through brute force. Beginning of the End All told, the empire of Ostoria dominated the world for four millennia before its decline began in a genocidal struggle against the dragons that came to be

and arrogant trickster, have substantial followings. Like humans, some giants even fall prey to demon cults, in which they pay homage to a demon lord such as Baphomet or Kostchtchie. Worshiping such

Annam and the Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Annam retreated from the Material Plane. The saga of her effort to claim her full divine inheritance is a popular tale among giants who value guile and trickery over brute strength or magical might

sometimes refer to him as “the banished son,” “the forgotten one,” or “the king that crawls.” A few cults revere him, beseeching him for sinister magical secrets or to consume their enemies. Memnor When

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