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Scion of Surtur

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

cradle is destroyed, the scion of Surtur inside it awakens. Standing 60 feet tall, the scion’s form is shrouded in a continual cloud of billowing ash and smoke. The awakened scion forms a blade of

. Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The scion makes one attack using Lava Blade or Lava Ball, as well as two Slam attacks. Lava Blade. Melee Weapon

Gar Shatterkeel (Noncore)

Monsters Locathah Rising

collapses into a pool of inky water that rapidly disperses. Except for Wave and his claw, anything he was wearing or carrying is left behind.Multiattack. Gar makes two melee attacks, one with his claw and

one with Wave. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3","rollType

Cradle of the Fire Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

’s form is shrouded in a continual cloud of billowing ash and smoke. The awakened scion forms a blade of lava in its mighty hand and schemes to resume its ancient campaigns of conquest

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

1 I am too quick to judge others. 2 I offer forgiveness too readily. 3 I will sacrifice innocent lives for the greater good. 4 Flaw? What flaw? I am flawless. Utter perfection

destroyed if it’s used to shatter the Companion (see “Shattering the Companion”), unless the blade is wielded by an angel of challenge rating 15 or higher, or a good-aligned cleric or

The Grand Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

power of the characters. Vorpal Shards. Even while keeping the idea that the grand master’s claw shards are from a vorpal sword, you might wish to mitigate their threat of an instant kill by having them

deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage instead. You might also have the shards be from a polymorph blade, a blade of the medusa, or some other type of weapon. Another option is to allow decapitated

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

; activities. Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life

animals—the power of tooth and claw, of sun and moon, of fire and storm. Druids also gain the ability to take on animal forms, and some druids make a particular study of this practice, even to the

Androsphinx

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

exterior, however, an androsphinx has a noble heart. It has no wish to lie or deceive, but it doesn’t give away information readily, choosing its words as wisely as it guards its secrets. An

Actions Multiattack. The sphinx makes two claw attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) slashing damage. Roar (3/Day). The sphinx emits a magical

Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating

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

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow Meenlock Orc Claw of Luthic Orc Hand of Yurtrus Quetzalcoatlus Shadow mastiff Vegepygmy chief Yuan-ti broodguard Challenge 3 (700 XP) Archer Cave fisher Choldrith

Barghest Girallon Hobgoblin devastator Neogi master Orc Blade of Ilneval Stegosaurus Warlock of the archfey Yeth hound Yuan-ti mind whisperer Yuan-ti nightmare speaker Challenge 5

Stat Blocks by Creature Type

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

Kobold inventor Kobold scale sorcerer Kraken priest Martial arts adept Master thief Necromancer Nilbog Orc Blade of Ilneval Orc Claw of Luthic Orc Hand of Yurtrus Orc Nurtured

Archons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: command, compelled duel 1/day each: banishment, blade barrier Mount. If the ashen rider isn’t mounted, it can use a bonus action

ashen rider is reduced to 0 hit points while riding its mount, the mount is reduced to 0 hit points as well. Actions Multiattack. The ashen rider makes three attacks with its ashen blade or two

Inquisitive Agencies of Sharn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

keeps a lower profile in Sharn than Tharashk’s Finders Guild. Only one notable agency readily accepts walk-in clients: the Watchful Eye, located in Redstone (in Upper Dura). This agency’s principal is

Brina d’Medani, a Khoravar who settled in Sharn after running afoul of the Emerald Claw on a mission in Karrnath. Other members of the Warning Guild rely primarily on wealthy clients referred to them

M3. Central Abbey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

(Perception) check identifies them as such. When the devil rolls a 20 on an attack roll with a claw, the target is decapitated. (At your option, the attack can instead deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage.) A

devil’s claws. If removed, the shards lose their magical powers. Local teleportation-field bracelets encircle the devil’s arms and tail. These devices allow the Grand Master to make its claw and

Monsters (E)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Blade or Hurl Flame in any combination. Heated Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +10, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) Slashing damage plus 13 (2d12) Fire damage. Hurl Flame. Ranged Attack Roll: +8, range 120 ft

knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Actions Multiattack. The ettercap makes one Bite attack and one Claw attack. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5

Mages

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

throws against spells and other magical effects. Reactive. The marilith can take one Reaction on every turn of combat. Actions Multiattack. The marilith makes six Pact Blade attacks and uses

Constrict. Pact Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +10, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) Necrotic damage. Constrict. Strength Saving Throw: DC 17, one Medium or smaller creature the

Orcs

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

Gruumsh in between. — Elminster Orc Blade of Ilneval Ilneval is Gruumsh’s battle captain, a devious strategist who directs Gruumsh’s soldiers with boldness. Among orcs, warriors that venerate Ilneval

blades, tactical experts who advise their chief in matters of war. Blades lead from the front, wading into combat fearlessly while barking orders at lesser soldiers. A blade knows how to use orcish

Demons

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

, levitate Actions Multiattack. The babau makes two melee attacks. It can also use Weakening Gaze before or after making these attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one

war band achieves a great victory, emerging from a billowing, fetid cloud of smoke as it arrives from the Abyss. In battle, the demon wraps its slavering jaws around one victim while lashing out with

Mogis's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

his blade. To Mogis, the ideal follower is one who sheds all moral compunctions in the course of bringing suffering to the world. He also cultivates grievances and bitterness in those not ordinarily

disposed to acts of wanton violence. Over the eons, he has found that the betrayed, the disgusted, and the disfavored are readily turned to a life of murderous service, to be discarded just as easily

E5. Church

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. If the characters approach the church doors, add: The heavy wooden doors of the church are covered with claw marks and scarred by fire. The village priest, Donavich, lives here. Other Barovians shun

books: Hymns to the Dawn, a volume of chants to the Morninglord, and The Blade of Truth: The Uses of Logic in the War Against Diabolist Heresies, as Fought by the Ulmist Inquisition, a strange book that

Trinkets

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

31 A curved claw from an unknown beast that small children are always frightened of 32 A longsword that can be folded down in 1 minute and hidden in your pocket 33 A living graft of

Radiant Mists 99 An ice cube that never melts 00 An expertly carved sword hilt with the blade snapped cleanly off

7. Troglodyte Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

leader is a troglodyte with 20 hit points named Kol’daan. He carries a wooden sparring sword and can replace each of his claw attacks with a sword attack, dealing 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage on a

the formation, including a half dozen balls of bat guano, a garland of drow intestines, and a muddy dagger with a curved blade. Treasure. The muddy dagger is a dagger of venom. The troglodytes are

Monsters F - M

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

, Infernal, thieves’ cant Challenge 2 (450 XP) Special Equipment. Garret wears a ring of warmth (included in his statistics) and wields a gambler’s blade longsword (see appendix D). Bardic Inspiration

spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). He has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): blade ward, vicious mockery 1st level (4 slots

Above the Ashen Spires

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

Brynshal’duun, a young blue dragon whose lair lies in the upper reaches of the Blade Desert. The dragon, having learned what Kreffik has been trafficking to Karnath, has chosen to waylay the airship above the

Ashen Spire, and to put an end to Kreffik’s blasphemous trade. Read or paraphrase: Without warning, the clouds surrounding the airship swirl and boil. A terrible claw with talons half the size of a

Areas of the Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

” sections. View Player Version A1. Hall of the Damned The features of this hall are readily apparent: In the middle of the hall, a spiral staircase descends 20 feet to the lower level (area A3). The

depicts a smiling, bearded man of diabolical bent, with small horns protruding from his brow and cloven hooves instead of feet. At the base of the statue, clutched in a stone claw erupting from the

7. The Sepulcher of Tloques-Popolocas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

remains prone. He can use Multiattack to make two claw attacks in either of these rounds, but being prone, he does so with disadvantage. Within this period, if both the mask and the pendant are forced

locate any treasure stolen from this place. In the intervening time, he might regain some of his former power. Battleaxe. The battleaxe has a blade of bronze, and the haft is wound with snakeskin

The Foundry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

fell. Unlike the Mountain Door or the Glitterhame, which offer exits to the surface world, the Foundry isn’t readily accessible. The area isn’t abandoned, though. Undead horrors wait in its darkest

rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into

A Long History (in Brief)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

drove hordes of trolls south to claw at the fledgling city, and amid this danger, Nimoar died of old age. Many bloody struggles unfolded between local folk and trolls, until the magic of a youth named

all who sought to lay hands on him, Raurlor struck at the mage with his own sword. Ahghairon then rose into the air, just out of reach, and used his magic to transmute Raurlor’s blade into a hissing

NPCs by Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

and good, scrying 6th level (1 slot): word of recall 7th level (1 slot): divine word 8th level (1 slot): antimagic field Actions Multiattack. Isperia makes two claw attacks. She can cast a

spell with a casting time of 1 action in place of one claw attack. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it

Scions of Giants' Gods

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

inside it awakens. Standing 60 feet tall, the scion’s form is shrouded in a continual cloud of billowing ash and smoke. The awakened scion forms a blade of lava in its mighty hand and schemes to resume

deals double damage to objects and structures. Actions Multiattack. The scion makes one attack using Lava Blade or Lava Ball, as well as two Slam attacks. Lava Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +18

Howling Caves Locations

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

” below). Treasure Godwyd’s shortsword is a dragon slayer. Removing the blade causes a low moan to rise from the casket, but nothing else happens. N12. Glowing Mere Surrounded by tall stalagmites and

are four thin figures in billowing cult robes. The wind doesn’t seem to impede them at all. Four emaciated Howling Hatred priests (see chapter 7) — Aerisi’s most devout cultists — guard this area

Demon Types

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

claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing

upper torso of a humanoid female with six arms. Wielding a wicked blade in each of its six hands, a marilith is a devastating foe that few can match in battle. These demons possess keen minds and a

Dungeon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

atop each one, casting flickering light across a claw-footed altar carved from a single block of obsidian, and which has a small angel-shaped flame erupting from its top. A gray-haired woman kneels

ceremonial dagger stolen from Tiamat’s hoard: a curved ivory blade bearing Draconic runes that spell out “Fang,” along with a bone hilt wrapped in leather strips and studded with gemstones. A mending

Ironslag: Lower Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

is deactivated and incapacitated, although that fact isn’t readily apparent. Activating the iron golem requires one to speak the proper command word. Not even Duke Zalto knows it. Casting an identify

requires a crowbar, a sword blade, or a similar tool and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Adamantine Doors Set into the southeast wall is a pair of 50-foot-tall adamantine doors sealed by

Brimstone Hold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

doors at each end are readily visible from inside the hallway and don’t require an ability check to find. B13: Prison Cells The door to this chamber bolts from the outside. Inside, bundles of rags have

dagger with a malachite blade (250 gp). The other chest also contains a potion of resistance (fire) in a vial made from a hollowed-out dragon’s fang. B19: Storeroom Boxes, barrels, crates, and sacks are

K84. Catacombs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Baron Drüf lying atop a marble slab. Treasure. Hidden under the brown mold next to the baron’s bones is a luck blade with one wish remaining. If a creature uses the wish to try to escape from Barovia

signet ring that bears a stylized “J” (worth 25 gp). Crypt 36 Claw marks obliterate the name on this crypt’s door. A skeleton draped in rags lies atop a marble slab in the center of the crypt. This

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

humanoid feet with claw-like nails. They begin in the center of the alcove, move west toward the pit, and then disappear into the pit. A character who enters the pit to follow the tracks must make another

ghostly blue and swings open silently. Scythe Trap. If someone tries to open the door without first deactivating the lock, a scythe blade springs forth, targeting the area immediately in front of the door

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