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Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
cause terrible pain and bleeding.
Killers from the Shadows. Bhaal’s followers are cunning murderers who kill to strike fear and thrive on sowing terror in the cities they inhabit. They can call
upon their god’s power to blend into the shadows with ease, or even turn invisible for a crucial moment.
Cult Ranks. Low-ranking cultists of Bhaal are called night blade;night blades, whom Bhaal
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
terrible pain and bleeding.
Killers from the Shadows. Bhaal's followers are cunning murderers who kill to strike fear and thrive on sowing terror in the cities they inhabit. They can call upon their god's
power to blend into the shadows with ease, or even turn invisible for a crucial moment.
Cult Ranks. Low-ranking cultists of Bhaal are called night blade;night blades, whom Bhaal blesses with
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
wounds plunge deep into a victim's body and cause terrible pain and bleeding.
Killers from the Shadows. Bhaal's followers are cunning murderers who kill to strike fear and thrive on sowing terror in
blade;night blades, whom Bhaal blesses with darkvision and superior stealth. Reaper of Bhaal;Reapers are the next rank up. They gain the ability to turn invisible and can use Bhaal's magic to evade
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
weapons with which they can slaughter prey. Sharp iron fences, crushing stalagmites and blades of glass all conveniently appear in order to aid a juggernaut’s brutality. Every juggernaut considers
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The killer appears to be an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged.
Relentless Methods
d8
Method
1
Artist. The killer turns its
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
actions at the start of its turn.
Cunning. The infiltrator escapes nonmagical restraints and ends the grappled condition on itself, then moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attack
illusory duplicate of itself in its space, then teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space within 15 feet of itself. The image flings illusory blades at two
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
steal away most of the clan’s gold, leaving only a pittance.
Prisoner 13 is a cunning schemer, ruthless and patient. She listens and watches, absorbing every detail she can, and shares as
in Dwarvish script on her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.”
Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs.
Shroud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Lord of Blades Campaign Themes The Voice of
THRANE
Do They Know the War Is Over?
Against all logic and reason, people in Breland continue to argue that the warforged — creations of House
called the “Lord of Blades,” these warforged don’t seem to recognize the people of Thrane as living people with souls, so it’s hard to appreciate why we should treat them that way.
The Lord of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
and weapons among the Underdark races. Those who do business here refer to Gracklstugh as “the City of Blades.” As merciless as it can be, Gracklstugh is a major bastion of civilization in the
adventurers will quickly realize that the power of the demon lords is a threat even here, getting an even closer glimpse of the Underdark’s decay as the madness of the Abyss continues to spread. Built
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
and wonderful! (Chaotic)
4
Cunning. Though I may not know their ways, neither do they know mine, which can be to my advantage. (Evil)
5
Inquisitive. Everything is new, but I have a thirst
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
taken the mask, but they’ll realize it’s missing within minutes! Look for me beneath the tower, for it’s the only place I have a chance to hide. This is the key that will let you teleport into the
over his shoulder as another figure suddenly dashes out onto the balcony. A flash of blades and spell-fire erupts. Then the figure who spoke pitches his attacker over the railing before dashing back inside.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
taken the mask, but they’ll realize it’s missing within minutes! Look for me beneath the tower, for it’s the only place I have a chance to hide. This is the key that will let you teleport into the
over his shoulder as another figure suddenly dashes out onto the balcony. A flash of blades and spell-fire erupts. Then the figure who spoke pitches his attacker over the railing before dashing back inside.
Map 15.1: Xonthal’s Tower
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
realize those locations are no longer safe.
Ultiss, cultist of Tiamat
As the characters exit the dungeon and leave the bathhouse, they have one final encounter in the courtyard (area D1). Read or
, they wear strange masks and cloaks that give each of them a vaguely dragon-like appearance. All five brandish curved steel blades reminiscent of dragon claws.
The figures are four human cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, settlements and settlers must contend with these aggressive humanoids, whose thirst for conquest is never satisfied. They break before our shields,
They fall beneath our blades;
Their home is ours to
, caring about nothing except the opportunity to demonstrate skill and cunning in battle. Hobgoblins of high military rank attain their positions by force, then hold those positions by imposing their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
massive nodule. Smoke drifts across the battlefield, and a broken pyramid rises above the smoke. A blackened windmill with slowly turning blades keeps the smoke away. A pervasive wailing emanates from the
to have survived its interminable stasis. If the characters realize what’s going on and share that they killed Nellik, the mezzoloths scatter, visibly relieved. Otherwise, the mezzoloths attack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
the same turn. Level 13: Versatile Trickster You gain the ability to distract targets with your Mage Hand. When you use the Trip option of your Cunning Strike on a creature, you can also use that
isn’t reduced to 0 by using Steady Aim. Level 13: Envenom Weapons When you use the Poison option of your Cunning Strike, the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, Mask, Selûne, Shar, and Tymora. Gods of knowledge, survival, cunning, and warfare are also common attractions for tieflings who value those qualities. Beshaba has tiefling worshipers who consider the
of the Infernal Legacy trait.
Winged. Bat-like wings jut from your shoulder blades. You have a flying speed of 30 feet while you aren’t wearing heavy armor. This trait replaces the Infernal Legacy trait.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Wolves
6 Defenders of the Grove
7 Bronze Blades
8 The Jackals
Akroan Hoplite Akroan hoplites, also called stratians, number among the fiercest soldiers on Theros. They train
DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Meletian Hoplite Meletian hoplites use a combination of cunning, faith, and magic to defend their coastal home. Most of these skilled soldiers serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, she decided to lend her skills in the fight against the Dragon Armies before they can invade her homeland. She is a talented spy and scout who isn’t afraid to bring her blades to bear if the
action.
Iriad beyond 1st Level Level Hit Points New Features 2nd 16 (3d8 + 3) Cunning Action. On Iriad’s turn in combat, she can take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action as a bonus action. 3rd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5) bludgeoning damage.
Hill giants don’t realize they follow an ordning. They know only that other giants are larger and stronger than they are, which means they are to be
obeyed. A hill giant tribe’s chief is usually the biggest giant that can still move about. Only on rare occasion does a hill giant with more brains than bulk use its cunning to gain the favor of giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, crushing stalagmites and blades of glass all conveniently appear in order to aid a juggernaut’s brutality. Every juggernaut considers a certain area its territory and visits destruction upon all
an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged.
Relentless Methods d8 Method
1 Artist. The killer turns its victims into works of art, perhaps creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
demon lords rule through cunning or brute force, hoping to one day claim the prize of absolute control over all the Abyss. Reward for Outsiders. Although most demon lords rise up from the vast and
great ape’s. Suckered tentacles take the place of his arms. His saurian lower torso ends in webbed and clawed feet, and a forked tail whose whip-like tips are armed with cruel blades. The Prince of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
turn.
Cunning. The assassin escapes nonmagical restraints and ends the grappled condition on itself, then moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
Stab (Costs 2 Actions). The
creature’s turn. The infiltrator regains all spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Cunning. The infiltrator escapes nonmagical restraints and ends the grappled condition on itself, then moves up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is Gruumsh One-Eye, who created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the
chosen by Ilneval and are groomed to serve as blades of Ilneval. These individuals are battle captains that follow the orders of the tribe’s chief, leading a portion of the tribe’s warriors into the thick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Cunning Action. On each of its turns, the orc can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Hand of Shargaas. The orc deals an 2 extra dice of damage when it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
that stretch from her collarbone to her ankles. She surveys you with unimpressed eyes.
Prisoner 13 is a cunning schemer, ruthless and patient. She listens and watches, absorbing every detail she
her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
adornment’s sake is something duergar society frowns upon, the guards’ violent response was unnatural — a hint of the growing madness festering inside the City of Blades. Deep Gnome Merchant A female
sake, and disloyalty to their clans. Of late, the folk of Gracklstugh have become increasingly more violent, abandoning their characteristic cunning and stoic pragmatism for wanton malice and petty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
that stretch from her collarbone to her ankles. She surveys you with unimpressed eyes.
Prisoner 13 is a cunning schemer, ruthless and patient. She listens and watches, absorbing every detail she
her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
that was more spider than elf, resembling Lolth in her spider form, and more cunning than a chitine, that the drow dubbed a choldrith. At first, the drow were unaware that the new creatures were signs
the dark elves came to realize their mistake — choldriths belonged to Lolth, body and soul. They whispered to the chitines of their adoration of the Spider Queen and their enmity of the drow, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
only accomplishments are as a gang leader. Drule once called his gang the Glinting Blades. The Blades were based in the Free City of Greyhawk until a wronged nobleman attempted to drown the gang’s
from the well and slaughtered the nobleman; as promised, the Glinting Blades became the Children of Suffocating Ooze. The gang traveled to the Temple of Elemental Evil to serve the Princess of Ooze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
moving to a higher plane of existence that mortals can never realize: joining with the Sovereigns, merging with the Silver Flame, or simply rejoining the cycle of life in a new form. That claim
reality. New arrivals are subject to forced conscription when encountered (whether by angel, demon, or devil), if they aren’t summarily dispatched. Amid the constant strife, windstorms of blades scour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Bane, foot soldiers who obey all orders without hesitation. They are led by iron consuls, cunning field officers who excel at coordinating the fists in combat. The black gauntlets are the priests
bleeding. Killers from the Shadows. Bhaal’s followers are cunning murderers who kill to strike fear and thrive on sowing terror in the cities they inhabit. They can call upon their god’s power to blend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
from the Garynmor Menagerie 8 1d6 stirges 9 1d4 jackalweres that live in Little Calimshan 10 Dead Three squad (4 fists of Bane, 3 night blades, and 2 necromites of Myrkul) trying to capture one or more
bazaars, local merchants have a near-monopoly on many southern imports, from silks and fine blades of Calishite steel to tomes of rare magical lore, thanks to exclusive trade agreements with various
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
turns to take the Hide action.
Duergar Soulblade Soulblades are duergar combatants whose mastery of psionics allows them to manifest blades of psychic energy to slice apart their foes. Duergar
, it attains the maximum size possible in the space available.
Duergar Warlord A warlord is cunning, inspiring, and merciless in equal parts. A skilled leader in battle, the warlord can use spikes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, powerful claws, and four eye sockets — but two of its eyes have been put out, and its claws are bronze blades. The creature bellows and thrashes in rage, constantly testing the bars and clawing at the
or the ability to burrow. However, the artificial blades increase its claw damage to 14 (2d8 + 5) slashing damage. The angry, trapped umber hulk eagerly attacks anything it can reach. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, from silks and fine blades of Calishite steel to tomes of rare magical lore, thanks to exclusive trade agreements with various caravans. As soon as mid-afternoon arrives, however, shoppers are
passive Perception 12
Languages Common, thieves’ cant
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Cunning Action. On each of her turns in combat, Rilsa can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide