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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t fully change shape, but
facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also have prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While a shifter
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
skin, and its long fingers end in broken and dirty nails. Grues are the weakest of the star spawn. A host of writhing, scrambling grues typically accompanies more powerful star spawn. Their constant
of a comet—or perhaps this phenomenon merely signals that star spawn are in the vicinity and available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read aloud their
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon can speak, read, and understand Common, and can communicate with its wielder telepathically. Its voice is a rough, ruined echo. While you are attuned
blank slate. It thus encourages its wielder to engage in constant destruction, claiming that this will allow the creation of a more superior vision from the ruin of what came before.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
encounter, as Arasta summons her arachnid children to protect her. While she has temporary hit points from this trait, she can choose one of her mythic actions when she uses a legendary action.
Read or
and ears. Birds and other flying creatures are absent from the skies and occasionally found trapped in webs.
Within 1 mile of Arasta’s lair, webs fill all 10-foot cubes of open space, so long as
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
;s victims have dwindled, tales of the medusa queen and the divine secrets she hoards have not. Hythonia eagerly trades the mysteries she knows but demands a constant price: a beautiful individual to
mythic trait by describing her skin cracking and turning pale as she suffers wounds. Read or paraphrase the following text when Hythonia finally uses her Shed Skin trait:
The medusa’s skin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started To begin, read the following boxed text aloud: Mosquitoes buzz about the stands of cattails and gnarled trees in these squashy, stagnant fens. Croaking frogs, chirping cicadas, and squawking birds create an incessant din.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Vermeillon When the characters enter Vermeillon, read the following boxed text to the players: The village is eerily quiet. Plants and wildlife have overtaken the crumbling houses. Leafless vines
climb rotting walls, birds and other small creatures nest in the exposed rafters, and gnarled trees protrude from the fallen roofs of a few buildings. The overcast sky adds an air of oppression to the scene, seeming to envelop the village.
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
kenku, constant attempts to mimic noises can come across as confusing or irritating rather than entertaining. You can just as easily describe the sounds your character makes and what they mean. Be clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
great span of the world. You seek to act with the long-term interests of nature in mind. 4 The sea is a constant, churning cauldron of power and chaos. It reminds you that accepting change is necessary
to sustain yourself in the world. 5 The birds in the sky are evidence that even the smallest creatures can survive if they remain above the fray. 6 As demonstrated by the actions of the wolf, an individual’s strength is nothing compared to the power of the pack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Falling Star After the characters have a moment to process the memories they’ve received, they witness the foretold falling star. Read or paraphrase the following text: Your surroundings momentarily
brighten as a brilliant light streaks across the heavens and plummets to the earth. As the falling star lands in the mountains ahead, a distant rumble accompanies the impact, causing flocks of birds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Entering the City When the characters see Omu for the first time, read: The jungle parts to reveal a dead city enclosed by sheer cliffs. Ruined buildings and stone boulevards rise like ghosts from
the floor of the misty basin. Colorful birds glide overhead.
A waterfall pours into the basin, creating a swollen river that floods much of the city before draining into a deep rift filled with molten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
(area Q18). Shadow of Argynvost The first time the characters pass through this foyer, read: A great shadow with wings moves across the walls and disappears. You hear the soft bestial hiss in the darkness. The draconic shadow is ominous yet harmless.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
she learns that intruders are present, she moves to intercept them. Read the following boxed text aloud if the characters encounter her: A towering female half-orc steps into view. Her muscles are like
iron bands and her face is fixed in a bestial scowl. Under her boar-skin hood, you see eyes crackling with lightning.
“This is my ship now,” she snarls. “And I mean to keep it!”
Fheralai is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Beginning the Adventure The adventurers are traveling through a canyon when they receive a telepathic distress signal. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: You’re traveling through a
silent canyon with no sign of birds or animals. Even the mineral-rich river, with its turquoise water, is still. Striations of coppery red and slate blue decorate the canyon’s walls. Sometimes, a patch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, steers a flight of birds in the gate-town’s dense, heliotropic canopy. Faunel attracts its share of non-Beast visitors who seek the fruits of nature. Travelers gather in Camp Greenbriar, a tented outpost
advantage. Noteworthy Sites The unbound wilds of Faunel have no districts or roads, save for the worn footpaths that snake between its dilapidated ruins and tropical overgrowth. The town’s bestial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Shifting. As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This transformation
. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common. Subrace. The beast within shapes each shifter physically and mentally. The four major subraces of shifter include: beasthide, longtooth, swiftstride, and wildhunt. Choose a subrace for your shifter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Started To begin, read the following boxed text aloud:
A tunnel made of hard-packed earth leads into darkness. The cave echoes with high-pitched bickering overtopped by a loud, bestial squeal
.
Boxed Text. Text that appears in a box like the one in this section is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Approaching the Dock As Krux and the characters make their way to the dock, read: Scores of pelicans, mollymawks, and smaller birds nesting on the asteroid squawk as you approach the rickety dock. At the
plane intersects it horizontally at the level of the docks and the base of the tower. Topalah’s Tower View Player Version As the tower comes into view, read: A crooked tower perches atop a small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. If this glyph is defaced using the point of a dagger or some other tool, the magic is negated, and the door can be opened safely. When the characters can see into the room, read the following boxed
entrance are two alcoves, one containing a bare table, the other holding a wooden chest with tiny, clawed feet. Deeper in the room, you see a wicker basket surrounded by miniature toy birds.
Scores of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Arrival in Hither When the characters first arrive in Hither, read the following boxed text aloud: You stand at the edge of a raised and broken causeway under a hazy, twilit sky. The causeway, which
—a discordant symphony of croaking frogs and singing birds.
The characters are on an isolated section of the Queen’s Way (shown on the accompanying map of Hither), which once was an elevated highway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Starting the Adventure Once the players are ready to begin, read or paraphrase the following introductory text: Life in the Tenth District is never dull. A hub of constant activity, it always offers
have had a chance to get to know one another, read: Light rain begins to patter on the cobblestones as the sun sets behind the spires and towers of the city. You see a male vedalken in well-tailored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
constant attacks by the oozes and are close to fleeing the settlement and leaving the other deep gnomes to fend for themselves. However, Chipgrin has learned of the mysterious figure controlling the
their cousins living outside Blingdenstone (see “Blingdenstone Outskirts”). However, they are unaffected by it themselves, given their bestial natures. Chipgrin doesn’t know about demon lords, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Each of these sheds is fitted with an iron padlock. Clovin Belview (area S17) carries the keys to these locks. If the characters open a shed, read: This shed holds the shattered remains of several
chicken coops. Shackled to the back wall is a wretched humanoid with bestial deformities. There are nine of these sheds, each one containing a howling or mewling mongrelfolk (see appendix D). S12d
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
neighbors, particularly the drow, the settlements and kingdoms of svirfneblin are in constant danger of being relocated, conquered, or destroyed. Such was the fate of Blingdenstone, one of the
. Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet. Stone Camouflage. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in rocky terrain. Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write Undercommon. DEEP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Shifting. As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This transformation
. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common. Subrace. The beast within shapes each shifter physically and mentally. The four major subraces of shifter include: beasthide, longtooth, swiftstride, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
3.2: Derwyth's Homestead View Player Version H1: Yard Whether led by the eagles or by forging a path through the thicket, the characters likely enter the homestead via the yard. When they arrive, read
or paraphrase the following text: This serene homestead is perfectly quiet, save for a babbling brook and the gentle chirping of birds. A rustic wooden fence encloses three simple buildings with walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
stopped to rest, giving the party the chance to catch them. As the characters come upon the lizardfolk, use the following read-aloud text to set the scene: Ahead of you, the sound of murmuring and hissing
addresses the fifty or so of his fellows, and they scatter, performing the tasks of setting up camp. A larger, bestial-looking lizardfolk moves closer to the leader, as if waiting for directions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Assault on Hawker’s Grove Hawker’s Grove is depicted on map 7.1. As the characters near Hawker’s Grove, read the following text: Kalaman’s scouts weren’t the only ones to notice Clystran and his
dragonnels. The grove ahead is in flames. From amid the smoke comes the sound of bestial screeching.
The scout Clystran has taken refuge in the grove and has set up a small camp where he waits for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
characters either to Moghadam or onward to Phenex in response to any other questions. Murals If the murals are examined, read the following (from the original Tomb of Horrors): The scenes painted show
. Certain of the frescoes show the rooms of some building: a library filled with many books and scrolls, a torture chamber, a wizard’s workroom. Chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
help others. If the characters help the druid without reservation, read the following. It takes all your effort to lift the tree, knowing that you put yourselves at risk if it shifts against you. But
among them. A character with a torch can use an action to clear the webs within reach. As the characters advance, the webbing becomes thicker and shows birds and animals trapped within it. Any movement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
characters help the druid without reservation, read the following. It takes all your effort to lift the tree, knowing that you put yourselves at risk if it shifts against you. But then even as you
with a torch can use an action to clear the webs within reach. As the characters advance, the webbing becomes thicker and shows birds and animals trapped within it. Any movement through the webbing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
the center of the cliff face, read: Bright, brilliant colors are to be seen everywhere, the stones and pigments undimmed by the passage of decades. The floor of the corridor is a colorful mosaic of
of a torture chamber, and a wizard’s work room. There are chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats, spiders, and all manner of things shown on the walls.
This corridor contains