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Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
Ritual Sickle. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Ritual Sickle"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1d4 + 2;{"diceNotation":"1d4 + 2", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
":"Ritual Sickle"} Slashing damage plus 1 Necrotic damage.Doomsayer and Fanatic
Cultists use extreme measures to spread radical beliefs. They often follow obscure mystical traditions or obsess over
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
. If the gem is destroyed, Sammaster can create a new one by completing an 8-hour ritual using a gem worth 1,000+ GP, which the ritual consumes, and by expending 5,000 GP.Multiattack. Sammaster makes
bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and megalomaniacal
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Disgorge (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Disgorge"}. The demon vomits in a 15-foot cube. Each creature
the spew.Maw demons share the ceaseless hunger for carnage and mortal flesh of their master, Yeenoghu. After a maw demon rests for 8 hours, anything devoured by it is transported directly into the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
moment they attack—and then they are the last thing their victims see.
A shadowblade gains their powers over shadow via a ritual in which they kill a shadow demon and mystically prevent it from re
other houses. In communities free of Lolth’s sway, they serve as spies tasked with foiling the plots of that demon lord’s cult. In any role they take on, they move undetected until the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack—and then they are the last thing their victims see.
A shadowblade gains their powers over shadow via a ritual in which they kill a shadow demon and mystically prevent it from re-forming in
will: dancing lights, darkness
1/day each: faerie fire, levitate (self only)
Summon Shadow Demon (1/Day). The drow attempts to magically summon a shadow demon (see the Monster Manual) with a 50 percent
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):
At will: dancing lights, darkness
1/day each: confusion, faerie fireA draegloth is a demon created by an elf
priest of Lolth in an unholy, dangerous ritual in which it is infused with the fey essence of the creator and the fiendish essence of a glabrezu. This ritual rarely succeeds, but Lolth’s
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
tanarukks, using these ferocious warriors to bolster their followers’ strength.
The demon lord Baphomet gladly shares the secret of creating tanarukks with those who entreat him for power; the cult
of Gruumsh has also mastered a ritual for this purpose, and bestows it on those deemed worthy. Whatever process is used corrupts the subject, transforming them into a vicious Fiend.
Although
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a successful one.A bodak is the undying remains of someone who revered Orcus. Devoid of life and soul, it exists only to cause death.
A worshiper of Orcus can take ritual vows while carving the demon
this way, then are unleashed to spread death in Orcus’s name.
Bodaks are extensions of Orcus’s will outside the Abyss, serving the demon prince’s aims and other minions. Orcus can
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, or half as much damage on a successful one.The demon lord Aurnozci is a wormlike horror of fiery flesh and toxic seepage. In its present form, Aurnozci can’t leave Xulregg, the Abyssal layer
worshipers to enact its will beyond the Abyss. The exact nature of the curse that binds Aurnozci to Xulregg is its cult’s most closely guarded secret, fully known only to the faith’s enigmatic
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
with deadZargash worships Orcus, the Demon Prince of Undeath, who has promised to transform Zargash into a vampire after a lifetime of faithful service. For a living priest to worship Orcus is utter
folly, but Zargash is twisted beyond any hope of redemption. His hobbies include slaying the living and animating the dead.
Alignment. Chaotic evil.
Personality Trait. “I do not fear death
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
calls throughout Sigil and the planes beyond.
The vagaries of undeath make spirits difficult to predict. Nevertheless, exorcists are well equipped for their work. Molded by experiences with
radiant energy from their staves to repel a host of supernatural entities.
An exorcist’s senses pierce the veil of death to perceive wandering ghosts on the Ethereal Plane as well as shadow demon
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
beyond providing creature comforts to travelers. Every one of the house’s enclaves—which are more numerous than those of any other dragonmarked house—is a sanctuary beyond the legal
reach of any government or dragonmarked house. Baron Yoren and his daughter Chervina have greatly expanded the house’s presence even in remote areas such as the edge of the Demon Wastes, guided by their study of the Draconic Prophecy.
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about.
Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that
would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable
Juiblex
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Out of the Abyss
of the target.Called the Faceless Lord and the Oozing Hunger in ancient grimoires, Juiblex is demon lord of slime and ooze, a noxious creature that doesn’t care about the plots and schemes of
truly insane worship Juiblex and tend to its slimes and oozes. Those who offer themselves up to the demon lord are engulfed by it and become vaguely humanoid, sentient oozes. The bodies of these former
Sage
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Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good)
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Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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No Limits. Nothing should fetter the
information.
2
Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.
3
Unlocking an ancient mystery is worth the price of a civilization.
4
I overlook
Warlock
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stars overhead, a wild-eyed tiefling chants the mystic ritual that will open a doorway to a distant world. Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse. Through
relationship between warlock and patron is like that of a cleric and a deity, though the beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are not gods. A warlock might lead a cult dedicated to a demon
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
world.
A few rare firbolgs are entrusted by their clan with an important mission that takes them beyond their homes. These firbolgs feel like pilgrims in a strange land, and usually they wish only to
Reason for Adventuring
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Outcast for murder
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Outcast for severely damaging home territory
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Clan slain by invading humanoids
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Clan slain by a dragon or demon
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Moonblade
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special ritual in the throne room of an elven regent or in a temple dedicated to the elven gods.
A moonblade won’t serve anyone it regards as craven, erratic, corrupt, or at odds with
first rune always grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Each rune beyond the first grants the moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
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Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good)
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Logic. Emotions must
back.
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Flaw
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I am easily distracted by the promise of information.
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Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
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Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good
great deeds and win it back.
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I am easily distracted by the promise of information.
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Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
their incredible intellects and stores of information that many seek them out, including demon lords. Some sibriexes act as advisors and oracles, manipulating demons into serving their ends, while others
-shaping they provide.
Variant: Flesh Warping
Creatures that encounter a sibriex can be twisted beyond recognition. Whenever a creature fails a saving throw against the sibriex’s Warp Creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Lolth stands to gain from Gromph casting the ritual, the demon replies, “Chaos.” If the yochlol is killed, a character who investigates the grimoire can confirm beyond doubt that Gromph was responsible
section for details). A yochlol demon in drow form — Lolth’s messenger to Gromph — is imprisoned within the magic circle. It pretends to be a drow priestess named Y’lara for as long as the disguise is
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
protectors who don’t understand the dragons’ proclivity for destroying large swaths of countryside. Beyond that, topaz dragons dislike company and grow irritated when disturbed. But anyone who
dragon egg, and they care for it as if it were their own.
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A sea hag is on the hunt for a topaz dragon wyrmling, to be used as a component in a fell ritual.
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A pirate crew keeps a curmudgeonly topaz dragon wyrmling as a beloved mascot.
Cold, Necrotic
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Aurnozci, the Caged Worm The demon lord Aurnozci is a wormlike horror of fiery flesh and toxic seepage. In its present form, Aurnozci can’t leave Xulregg, the Abyssal layer that’s both its fiefdom
and its prison. It lairs within a grotesque hive dangling from a mountain-size tree of tar and flame called Gorewood. Aurnozci relies on demonic proxies and mortal worshipers to enact its will beyond
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
have the ability to devise and cast a ritual, similar to Gromph’s but nowhere near as dangerous or foolish, that will draw the most powerful demon lords together to the site of the original summoning
in. A few drops of blood or ichor from a demon lord, to connect with the demons the ritual will call. Gromph Baenre’s grimoires and notes on his ritual, to assist in better understanding the power
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Enacting the Plan Once the dark heart is in place, the ritual can begin. The adventurers and their allies take up a position not far from the dark heart, close to where the demons will appear. Where
exactly depends on the placement of the talisman and the adventurers’ own tactics and plans. They can use a sending spell to signal Vizeran to begin the ritual once the talisman is in place. (If none
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(or its death throes) triggers a cave-in, allowing defeated characters to barely escape. Juiblex then turns its attention to feeding on Araumycos and is one of the demon lords drawn into battle by Vizeran’s ritual in chapter 17.
Escaping Defeat If the characters lose their battle against Juiblex, their best hope lies in Vizeran DeVir’s ritual. In the worst-case scenario where one or more heroes fall in the fight against the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 17: Against the Demon Lords In the culmination of Out of the Abyss, the heroes implement Vizeran DeVir’s scheme to take on the demon lords. The archmage’s ritual draws the demon lords
Lizardfolk
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plans, or cultivating other methods to progress beyond their simple existence as hunters and gatherers.
Hapless Soft Ones
At their core, lizardfolk view other humanoids with an indifference verging on
(secret), Jhank (hammer), Kepesk (storm), Kethend (gem), Korth (danger), Kosj (small), Kothar (demon), Litrix (armor), Mirik (song), Othokent (smart), Sauriv (eye), Throden (many), Thurkear (night), Usk (iron), Valignat (burn), Vargach (battle), Verthica (mountain), Vutha (black), Vyth (steel)
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Demon Queen of Spiders is behind the summoning ritual that brought the demon lords to the Underdark — and that the reward for their faith in Lolth might well be their destruction. Menzoberranzan was the
drow, the worst may be yet to come if the renegade drow archmage Vizeran DeVir won the adventurers’ support for his plan to use a powerful ritual to draw the demon lords and their fiendish servants out
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
draw the demon lords together, and he believes that the ritual will have its intended effect regardless of where the talisman is placed. It doesn’t need to be placed in Sorcere, or even in
the characters to the city, he pursues and eventually catches up with them to share what he knows.) Grin has studied Vizeran’s work in crafting the dark heart talisman and its associated ritual to
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
1 balor and 1 pit fiend appear. At the DM’s discretion, a portal opens into the presence of an archdevil or demon lord instead, then closes after 5 minutes.
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sought revelations beyond the multiverse long ago. The Crook dissolves if immersed in the god’s tear for a year and a day. If washed in the tear daily for 30 days, the Crook loses its Failing Matrix property.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Against Demogorgon After running any events you wish from “The Battle,” the struggle between the demon lords comes to an end as Demogorgon proves why he is known as the Prince of Demons. The sounds
Demon Prince of Undeath in a crushing grip, slithering across the maggot-riddled flesh of the horned demon, as they tighten inexorably. A strangled gasp issues from the demon lord’s throat as a horrific
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Victory without Vizeran It is up to you whether or not the adventurers can succeed against the demon lords without Vizeran’s aid. They might be able to implement his plan on their own, particularly
once he has supplied them with the necessary components and information. The dark heart talisman to be crafted for the ritual (see chapter 15) can be placed anywhere to draw the demons to it. Likewise
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execution, the characters set the trap that Vizeran springs with his ritual — and hope whichever demon lord survives is weakened enough for them to destroy it. Allied Forces Vizeran is needed to
Confronting the Demon Lords The demon lords are some of the most powerful foes a party of adventurers could face. Indeed, any one of them at full strength could wipe out a group of 15th-level