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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
vast stores of treasure, knowledge, and captives on their islands. Some of these prisoners are the descendants of people captured generations before; they might know of no other world outside their
being watched, even when they aren’t.
Lost Possessions. Each time a creature that has been on the island for less than a year finishes a short or long rest, it must make a DC 10 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
19. Captives’ Quarters A campfire casts warm light over this cavern. Heaps of dead grass and palm fronds are scattered about, and the muddy floor is pitted with footprints.
This area serves as
quarters for 2d10 captives (commoners of various races, alignments, and genders). For names for these captives, see the “Chultan Names” sidebar in the introduction. Three yuan-ti broodguards (see appendix
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the hatchery. If a particularly important or respected member of a tribe dies, the hatchery is closely monitored. The next egg laid is immediately separated from the rest and carefully protected. Once
behind from a kill, eating everything that’s edible and using the rest to make tools or adornments.
Kobolds shed teeth as they wear out and grow new ones their entire lives. Many wear their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Firenewt Warlock of Imix Firenewt warlocks of Imix command firenewt warriors to prove their worth by going on raids to bring back treasure and captives. The warlocks take the choicest loot as a tithe
to Imix, and then those who participated in the raid divide the rest according to merit. Prisoners that have no apparent usefulness are sacrificed to Imix and then eaten. Those that are deemed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, hacked, and tunneled. The weakest among them fell dead from exhaustion, the rest pausing only long enough to push the corpses aside so they could continue the digging. Only the hardiest and most iron
made them suitable subjects for a variety of grisly experiments. Generations of psychic surgery and physical alterations mutated the captives into creatures that had special powers of their own. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Steadings d6 Adventure Hook 1 A young giant looks for adventurers’ help turning the rest of the steading, including the young giant’s family, away from the worship of a demon lord. 2 The only possible
peace in the town while they look for heroes who can help free the remaining captives. 6 A metallic dragon asks adventurers to help reclaim the dragon’s lair, which has been occupied by giants. In my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
captives and learn that they were hired by a dwarf named Drannin. “Gargosh” feigns amazement: “My cousin Drannin? That cad! He stole my diary because he wants the axe and all the glory for himself! We need
they all press on to Beliard and get a good night’s rest. The doppelganger then tries to slip away in the night.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
treasure and captives. The warlocks take the choicest loot as a tithe to Imix, and then those who participated in the raid divide the rest according to merit. Prisoners that have no apparent usefulness
. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) slashing damage.
Spit Fire (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The firenewt spits fire at a creature within 10 feet of it. The creature must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
might use its sleep ray as a display of power, quickly disabling the leader and thereby persuading the rest of the group to mount no resistance. This tactic is useful primarily when the beholder
intends to use the group for its own purposes, and keeping the leader alive is advantageous to those plans. This ray is also used to pacify potentially useful captives, perhaps in preparation for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
into peril. These hags often spirit their victims back to surreal lairs where they hold captives prisoner or cook them into monstrous meals.
Green hags frequently know strange magic or forgotten
(spell save DC 11): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify, Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast that spell again.
Mimicry. The hag can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
rest and carefully protected. Once it hatches, the resultant young kobold is groomed to fill a position of importance. Food and Cannibalism Although their sharp teeth would suggest they are
hungry tribe leaves nothing behind from a kill, eating everything that’s edible and using the rest to make tools or adornments. Kobolds shed teeth as they wear out and grow new ones their entire lives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
followers of Yurtrus and Shargaas are relegated to the deep, dark recesses of the site, away from the rest of the tribe. At the center of the camp is the tribe’s war hearth. Once a war hearth is lit
Followers of Shargaas Followers of Shargaas dwell within the most remote area of the stronghold, immersed in darkness and feared by the rest of the tribe. The tribe’s altar to Shargaas is a bloodstained
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Lohezet ordered an outpost established there. A servant of the Dragon Queen and a fervent antiquarian, Lohezet sought to discover the forgotten ruin’s secrets. Dragon Army soldiers and captives worked
characters likely have no way of knowing the larger prints are slaadi tracks. Resting near Camp. If the characters take a long rest in the camp or within a mile of the Sunward Fortress, there is a 50
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
that spends the entirety of a Short or Long Rest in this chamber gains the following benefits at the end of the rest: All Exhaustion levels are removed from the creature. The Poisoned condition ends on
the creature. The creature regains the maximum number of Hit Points for any Hit Point Die spent at the end of this rest. Fountain Pools. The pools radiate magic. A character who interacts with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
traditions, many Vistani travel between domains, learning much of hidden lands, the many faces of evil, and the strange wonders of the Mists. A people unto themselves, Vistani refuse to be captives of a
of Strahd. Mother Luba. The halfling Mother Luba is known for putting unquiet spirits to rest and transporting wayward souls through the Mists to their rightful homes. Those wicked spirits beyond her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
). You regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. Level 6: Improved Warding Flare You regain all expended uses of your Warding Flare when you finish a Short or Long Rest. In addition, whenever
Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. Trickery Domain Make Mischief and Challenge Authority The Trickery Domain offers magic of deception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Thirsting Stone (area M21) are located, but they haven’t been in those rooms. They beg the characters to free the rest of the captives in area M19 and help them all escape. M23. Hidden Tunnel A
rests here from midnight to shortly after dawn. He spends the rest of his time in area M9, the Shrine of Stone. When Qarbo and his guards are here, they lock the door and sleep. Treasure A locked iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
collection and plotting to acquire more possessions. The monster hoards vast stores of treasure and knowledge. Its island holds numerous captives, which it considers part of its collection. Some inhabitants
possessions through the planes. Someone who dares to steal from a morkoth, or breaks a deal with one, will know no rest until the morkoth is slain or all promises are kept. Collectors of everything odd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
captives. The captives are unconscious, although they groan and writhe slowly.
A steady breeze blows toward a passage to the west, while from the east comes the distant sound of running water.
The mist
roll if its target is prone. Prisoners. Three captives are chained to the walls. Two are fire cultists, while the third is a riverboat crewman captured a few days ago by Crushing Wave river bandits. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
: tentacled monstrosities brimming with malice and greed. Morkoths are driven by greed and selfishness mixed with a yearning for conflict. They hoard vast stores of treasure, knowledge, and captives on
the island feel as though they are being watched, even when they aren’t. Lost Possessions. Each time a creature that has been on the island for less than a year finishes a short or long rest, it must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, stealing food and drink mainly. The Order of the Gauntlet captured most of his gang, but Worvil disappeared into the mountains. Interrogation of the captives led Baric to discover the Weevil’s craving for
“no money” for an answer, and he still remembers how to handle a blade. B14. Geldenstag’s Rest One of the oldest inns in town, Geldenstag’s Rest is run by Myrtle (LN female Illuskan human noncombatant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
together to track the band, and to do so quickly, rescuing the captives. I’ve been welcomed in this area ever since, and have gotten to know the goodly folk here well. Hardbuckler At the southern edge of the
familiarity they provide, but the rest of the town is made up of a series of narrow paths between the smaller-proportioned buildings that are the homes of the city’s gnomes. The first time I walked along these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
yuan-ti leave to investigate. Otherwise, they rest here. 19 Issar (type 3 yuan-ti malison), 3 yuan-ti broodguards The yuan-ti remain here. 20 4 yuan-ti broodguards The yuan-ti guard the secret
–15 1d4 yuan-ti purebloods escorting a type 3 yuan-ti malison. 16–30 1d4 + 1 yuan-ti purebloods escorting 2d4 captives (male and female Chultan human commoners of any alignment). 31–45 2d4 yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
defeated, the third tries to flee and warn the rest of the complex. He might reveal the secret door leading into area R7 in his effort to escape. Captives. The three human commoners imprisoned here are
damage and landing with the prone condition. R4: Tresendar Crypts The elders of the long-gone Tresendar family were laid to rest in this mausoleum. Three large stone sarcophagi stand within this desolate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
enchanted grove, this marble-and-quartz palace of elven design rises gracefully toward the sky, encircled by music and glimmering light.
One of the city’s rare places meant solely for rest and
such as sabotaging powerful mages or freeing prisoners and captives. Frozen Goods. Secret chambers in the center of the warehouse contain precious eggs of icy monsters, forbidden substances, and even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
area 2 without alerting the archers. If the characters defeat these orcs but withdraw from the dungeon before overcoming the rest of them, the archers are replaced by orcs from area 14 and reinforced
the forests north of Blasingdell. They keep their captives in a small pen until they put them to death or ransom them. A row of rough-hewn sapling trunks forms a crude but serviceable barrier across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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N’ghathrod straps captives to this chair before devouring their brains. A creature shackled to the chair can use an action to try to escape, doing so with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) or
features of the bridge are as follows: Windows. Two circular, 9-foot-diameter windows of bulging, transparent crystal rest in bronze fixtures.
Celestial Chart. Painted on the sloped ceiling are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
The noise of moving the boulder that closes the place off from the rest of the complex awakens a mated pair of young white dragons that are kept here, along with a great pile of treasure. If they
, and utensils are scattered about in all the nooks that lead away from the firepit. Amid heaps of foodstuffs to the north are four human captives (commoners) in a cage, being saved for a feast. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
separates the landing and a nearby tower from the rest of the castle grounds. To the north, a wide stream flows out of a cave mouth into the boat basin. An iron grate blocks access to the stream
, Shoalar Quanderil (see chapter 7) and a halfling servant named Pike (a thug) occupy the boat’s cabin. Two bandits serve as the rest of the crew. They remain in a cramped bunkroom below the deck on the bow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
worship this ravenous spirit and offer up captives and treasure to it as sacrifices. Seven specters created by the spirit lie dormant in their former bodies, awaiting its command. When the characters
greater caverns. He’s accompanied by two giant beetles (use the rhinoceros stat block). When at rest, the beetles resemble boulders, requiring a successful DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rededicated it as a place to ceremonially drown captives. Each of the pools is 10 feet deep. The stones average about 50 pounds, and the ropes are used to bind a victim’s feet together before pushing him or
fall, these rooms provide safe places for the party to rest. C9. North Guard Post The doors leading into this room are secured by hasps and pins from inside. Read the following text when the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
try to escape. Otherwise, they remain motionless. Fumes. Due to the height of the room relative to the rest of the node, toxic fumes collect here. Whenever a creature starts its turn inside the room
help her complete the delivery. Development If the characters leave any prisoners here, Vanifer sacrifices the remaining captives to the magma roper (area W4) within a day. If the prison is empty, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
mound are finally laid to rest. Suggested Encounter The presence of a living creature within 30 feet of the oak tree causes the ghost of an Uthgardt chieftain to appear next to the tree. It enters the
reappear thereafter. If the frost giant skull is removed from its resting place under the tree, the Uthgardt spirits are laid to rest and the ghosts don’t reappear. The oak tree has AC 15, 100 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
contains a gaping hole and stands empty. A small wooden bench draped with green cloth is next to the cage, and several small objects rest on it. A bedroll lies near the wooden bench, and the sound of
enemies. Investigating. The symbols on the walls are crudely formed in Draconic and read, “Here There Be Dragons.” The metallic cage is all but destroyed and can’t be used to restrain captives. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
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Kobolds infest the lairs of many black dragons like vermin. They become as cruel as their dark masters, often torturing and weakening captives with centipede bites and scorpion stings before
creatures see themselves as kings and emperors, and view the rest of dragonkind as inferior. Believing that they are chosen by Tiamat to rule in her name, red dragons consider the world and every