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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
restrictions caused by webs, and it knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web.Multiattack. The aranea makes two attacks, using Bite, Slam, or Sling in any combination.
Bite
components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At Will: Friends, Silent Image
1/Day: Hold PersonAraneas are reclusive shape-shifters. An aranea’s natural form resembles
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Beak", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.
Scimitar (Humanoid Form Only). Melee
GrowthSwanmays are members of a reclusive order of wilderness defenders. Each bears a primal blessing that allows them to transform into a swan to watch over the lakes and woods they call home. Swanmays get
Circle of Power
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Spells
Player’s Handbook (2014)
Divine energy radiates from you, distorting and diffusing magical energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly
creature in the area (including you) has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Additionally, when an affected creature succeeds on a saving throw made against a spell or
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
(5d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"5d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving
Bitterwind—have noticed he’s become more reclusive recently, and when he does appear, he’s restless.
Augustus is a natural-born lycanthrope, born to werewolf parents. His parents
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it
":"Maddening Touch", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Howling Babble (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Howling Babble"}. Each creature within 30 feet of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
of its movement. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the khargra.
Earth Phasing. Until the end of its next turn, the khargra can fly through nonmagical earth and stone
);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Earth Phasing","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage and immediately moves to the nearest unoccupied space.Opportunistic Hunger. When a creature the
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
hilt, launching the blade at a creature he can see within 30 feet of himself. The target must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target is impaled by the blade, taking 14 (3d6 + 4
reattaches to its hilt.
Shortsword and Dagger. Xenk lashes out with both weapons. Each creature of his choice within 10 feet of him must make a DC 16 Dexterity throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 7
races
Player’s Handbook
the magic of primeval forests within themselves. They are known by many other names, including wild elves, green elves, and forest elves. Grugach are reclusive wood elves of the Greyhawk setting, while
the Kagonesti and the Tairnadal are wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively.
Elf Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 5–6 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
obeys Isolde’s spoken commands. If the target suffers any harm from Isolde or another creature or receives a suicidal command from Isolde, the target can repeat the saving throw, ending the
effect on itself on a success. If a target’s saving throw is successful, or if the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to Isolde’s Fiendish Charm for the next 24 hours.Isolde was a holy
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
creature of Lhammaruntosz's choice that is within 120 feet of her and aware of her must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the
end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to Lhammaruntosz's Frightful Presence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
diffusing magical energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly creature in the area (including you) has advantage on saving
throws against spells and other magical effects. Additionally, when an affected creature succeeds on a saving throw made against a spell or magical effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw.
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the creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of
in a fight against monstrous foes are worth any extra burden. Coddled city folk might not know how to feed themselves or find fresh water in the wild, but they make up for it in other ways. Creating a
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
(3/Day). If Hythonia fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Petrifying Gaze. When a creature that can see Hythonia’s eyes starts its turn within 30 feet of her, Hythonia can
force it to make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw if she isn’t incapacitated and can see the creature. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is instantly petrified. Otherwise, on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
pushed or pulled by soldiers or beasts of burden. Medium or smaller creatures can use the Siege Tower to reach the top of walls up to 40 feet high. A creature in the tower has Total Cover against attacks and other effects that originate outside it.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 24 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Steam Breath (Recharge 5
–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Steam Breath"}. The dragon turtle exhales steam in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 24 Constitution saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
they were bound by chains or rope. A creature influenced by Carceri also gains one or more of following traits of your choice: Burden of Hopelessness. An invisible, magical aura of hopelessness surrounds
the creature. Any other creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the creature has its speed reduced by 10 feet until it is reduced to 0 hit points, regains hit points, or gains temporary hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Final Breath A deity’s favored servant lies dying and calls down divine wrath. Pronouncement. The dying creature declares to the killer, “May your mind grow dim in battle until the sun sets forever
.” Burden. The character has disadvantage on attack rolls brought on by brief, sporadic bouts of confusion. Resolution. To lift the curse, the character must cause a symbolic setting of the sun or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
door are the words “Relentless death follows those who disturb the sovereign’s rest.” Burden. Each character that gains the curse is hunted by a wraith that appears at sunset and vanishes at dawn
reform for 10 days. You can scale this curse for lower- and higher-level characters by choosing another kind of creature. Resolution. The cursed character sets right what they disturbed; stolen treasure must be returned, and if the ruler’s body was disturbed, it must be reinterred with proper observances.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
gothic villains are most effective when they are slowly revealed as shockingly cruel, immoral, or the antithesis of goodness. Gothic Horror Villains d10 Villain
1 A reclusive noble who
their charm to avoid repercussions
6 Someone who loves a monstrous creature and does anything to keep it fed and safe
7 A wealthy heir who manipulates the ambitious into committing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
clothing. Characters traveling at a fast pace, instead of a normal or slow pace, take a –5 penalty on their saving throws against dehydration. Characters traveling with beasts of burden and other
animals must keep them fed and hydrated as well. See “Food and Water” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for basic requirements based on creature size. Dinosaurs and other creatures native to Chult can forage for food and drink as long as they are in their native habitat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
)
CHA
6 (−2)
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages —
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Beast of Burden. The titanothere is considered to be one size larger for the purpose of
creature.
Brian Valeza
I have fond memories of riding across an ice sheet on the back of a trusty, thick-furred titanothere I called Woolly. But that was thousands of years ago and many worlds away...
—Diancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
location of any creature that is familiar to you, provided the creature is within 50 miles of your Bastion and not hidden by magic or confined to a location that the DM deems is beyond the spy
network’s ability to locate. If the spies learn the target’s location, they also learn where that creature has been for the previous 7 days. Pub Special. The Pub has one magical beverage on tap, chosen from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
stays forever youthful and alluring. If the tree is harmed, she suffers. If the tree is ever destroyed, the dryad descends into madness. Reclusive Fey. Dryads act as guardians of their woodland demesnes
. Shy and reclusive, they watch interlopers from the trees. A dryad struck by the beauty of a stranger might investigate more closely, perhaps even try to lure the individual away to be charmed. Dryads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Steeders Duergar breed and train these giant Underdark-dwelling tarantulas. Male steeders are as big as ponies and used by the duergar as beasts of burden. The larger females are trained and used as
feet.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) acid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the character is held by the dark gaze within the stony cowl for 1 round. During this time, the statue whispers impossible secrets to the character, which carry both benefit and burden. A character who
understands the world more accurately, gaining advantage on Intelligence checks for the next 24 hours. However, the character is also driven temporarily insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can’t take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the character is held by the dark gaze within the stony cowl for 1 round. During this time, the statue whispers impossible secrets to the character, which carry both benefit and burden. The character
accurately, gaining advantage on Intelligence checks for the next 24 hours. However, the character is also driven temporarily insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can’t take actions or reactions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
social norms to avoid bringing shame to their clan. If a family member dies and becomes a gwishin, the burden is on the clan to appease the spirit. Asking for help would require the family to publicly
fog lasts for 5 minutes, though the gwishin can disperse it sooner. The gwishin can summon this fog up to three times per day. Faded Memories. When the summoned fog fades, each creature of the gwishin’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
alliances with their human and dwarf neighbors as needs warrant. Reclusive and secretive, the gnomes craft minor magic items and useful, nonmagical inventions to pass the time. In these endeavors, their
through the complex. Korboz was attacked and almost killed by the creature, with that event inspiring his madness. He has sequestered himself and his beloved Gnerkli in their quarters because he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. They also keep appropriately sized animals as pets and beasts of burden, and they often share their living space with smaller people. As you create an encounter, adventure, or campaign involving
toddlers can be dangerous, they’re no match for adventurers who can handle giant parents. Young giants are no more inherently evil than any other free-willed creature, so fighting and killing them can raise
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"recharge", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"}. The dragon exhales a wave of psychic dissonance in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save
, the creature takes 42 (12d6);{"diceNotation":"12d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Thieves’ Gallery
words “Neither virtue nor blade shall break” are etched in Celestial on the blade of his daggersword. Xenk ages more slowly than a normal human, and with this gift comes the burden of perspective. His
daggersword’s current form (see Daggersword Shift below):
Longsword. Xenk magically detaches the longsword’s blade from its hilt, launching the blade at a creature he can see within 30 feet of himself. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Khargra The bizarre khargra is a flying creature from the Elemental Plane of Earth that devours any metals it encounters. Though normally content to eat raw veins of ore, this creature considers
Plane by accident, usually by following an earth elemental or other creature that has been summoned into the world. Khargras can eat and digest most metals, though they prefer iron, copper, and tin above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Strength saving throw or be knocked prone if it is a creature.
Deep Rothé Deep rothé are Underdark cattle that communicate with one another using the dancing lights spell. Some scholars speculate
)
INT
2 (–4)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
4 (–3)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Beast of Burden. The rothé
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary mental anguish and violent
Allip When a creature uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often the creation of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary madness. The
demon lord’s true name to the hidden truths of the cosmic order. The allip acquires the secret, but the curse annihilates its body and leaves behind a spectral creature composed of fragments from the






