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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy coastal communities. Those cultists often consider it
a blessing to drown themselves in the elemental’s waters.Acid, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
fire, levitate (self only), suggestion
Lolth's Fickle Favor. As a bonus action, the matron can bestow the Spider Queen's blessing on one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. The ally takes 7 (2d6
slots): blade barrier, harm
7th level (2 slots): divine word, plane shift
8th level (1 slot): holy aura
9th level (1 slot): gate
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: command, dancing lights, detect magic, thaumaturgy
2/day each: banishment, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane
Queen’s blessing on one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. The ally takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lolth's Fickle Favor","rollDamageType":"psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the Tome feature You can now inscribe magical rituals in your Book of Shadows. Choose two 1st-level spells that have the ritual tag from any class’s spell list (the two needn’t be from the same list
). The spells appear in the book and don’t count against the number of spells you know. With your Book of Shadows in hand, you can cast the chosen spells as rituals. You can’t cast the spells except as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blade Bazaar This marketplace is named after the most abundant goods the duergar offer, but the shops here sell almost everything available in the city, along with stalls set up by visiting merchants
unload some of the treasures they might be carrying. Nonmagical weapons, armor, and shields can be purchased in the Blade Bazaar. Merchant Madness Characters who look around the bazaar notice a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
among the other trees nearby — one of which has intentionally and harmlessly fallen across the druid, allowing her to feign injury and draw the characters to her. She guesses correctly that the group
injury.
“Heroes at last!” she says. “How many might fall back in fear at the sight of a stranger in the woods, or think first of their own safety before helping another? I grant you my blessing. May your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Black dragons versed in magic often record notes and rituals on bones, shells, and metal plates instead of paper or parchment. These unusual works are art in their own right, each featuring rows of
embossed silver hilt and a blade of amber
6 A lavishly illustrated genealogy kept in a magically sealed container that disputes a current monarch’s right to the throne
7 Heretical religious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
among the other trees nearby—one of which has harmlessly fallen across the druid, allowing her to feign injury and draw the characters to her. She guesses correctly that the group are seeking the dragon
!” she says. “How many might fall back in fear at the sight of a stranger in the woods, or think first of their own safety before helping another? I grant you my blessing. May your hearts prove true
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
spell slot. Devil’s Sight Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You can see normally in Dim Light and Darkness—both magical and nonmagical—within 120 feet of yourself. Devouring Blade Prerequisite: Level 12
+ Warlock, Thirsting Blade Invocation The Extra Attack of your Thirsting Blade invocation confers two extra attacks rather than one. Eldritch Mind You have Advantage on Constitution saving throws that you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
spell slot. Devil’s Sight Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You can see normally in Dim Light and Darkness—both magical and nonmagical—within 120 feet of yourself. Devouring Blade Prerequisite: Level 12
+ Warlock, Thirsting Blade Invocation The Extra Attack of your Thirsting Blade invocation confers two extra attacks rather than one. Eldritch Mind You have Advantage on Constitution saving throws that you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, sea elves, and other aquatic folk attempt to contain it. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy
coastal communities. Those cultists often consider it a blessing to drown themselves in the elemental’s waters. Leviathan
Gargantuan Elemental, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 17
Hit Points 328
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
communities offer abundant sacrifices to the god, but also guard their ancient rituals from outsiders, as Karametra’s organized clergy harshly forbids discussion of abandoned religious practices. However
other.
Partners in Possibility. The fall holiday known as the Blessing of the Beasts (or, in Meletis, the Therimakarion) celebrates humans’ partnership with domestic animals. The horses and oxen that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the remains of their foes using bizarre rituals. A hyena that feeds on such a corpse spawns a gnoll, while other humanoids who join in the feast become cultists of Yeenoghu. Fangs use their claws in
bone. While they lack any particular blessing of Yeenoghu, their ferocity makes them formidable enemies. Gnoll Hunters When a war band is on the move, the hunters travel in a wide arc around the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
crescent moon, seasons, or momentous events. Weretigers often view their abilities as a blessing or a family honor, and they use their shape-shifting abilities to defend something with historic
yield to blade alone. It takes strength, honor, and sometimes a little more.
—Delmair Rallyhorn, weretiger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
blade. Presenting the Sword To redeem Zariel, the characters must possess the Sword of Zariel. Bringing the sword within 10 feet of Zariel causes the weapon to glow brighter, then levitate to hover
this blade once more in its service.”
The archdevil’s words hang in the air for a silent moment, and she glances upward in agonized uncertainty. Then Zariel is bathed in a brilliant wash of radiant
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
following four areas of expertise:
The history of Netheril (see the “Fate of Netheril” sidebar) Vampirism and the traits of vampires Rituals surrounding the making, bottling, and drinking of
rituals and ceremonies in chilling detail. Nestled among these descriptions is a spell that wizards can learn (frost fingers, described later in this appendix) and a poem called “Rime of the Frostmaiden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
axe juts from his chest. The axe is a Berserker Axe. The weapon’s name (“Enduval”) is inscribed into the blade. The axe stops shimmering once it’s removed from the corpse. P14i. Characters who have a
characters don’t answer correctly, she will eat them. The characters need to accept or decline the offer before knowing the riddle. Sphinx’s Riddle. Senenura’s riddle is as follows: “Too much, and you wither
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
, let’s say you’re a warlock with the Dark One’s Blessing feature, which gives you temporary hit points when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points. You currently have 2 temporary hit points remaining from
armor of Agathys, you just slew a monster, and your Dark One’s Blessing can now give you 4 temporary hit points. If you take those temporary hit points, they replace the ones from armor of Agathys and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
damage is a bad wound for the enemy, say: “You swing wildly, and the knight brings his shield up just a second too late. Your blade catches him along the jaw, drawing a deep gash. He recoils, bleeding
against a Fire Elemental (a creature that has Immunity to Fire damage), let the players know the spell doesn’t seem to bother the creature at all. Players might correctly guess that a creature made of fire
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
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
Mogis, you have shown yourself to be a brutal combatant. You can call on Mogis’s favor and cast wrathful smite with this trait. Mogis’s blessing manifest as a blood-red glow around your weapon, causing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
polished coral ring in area 5 (a symbol of friendship) Vanrak’s sun blade in area 8 (a symbol of light) Vanrak’s mithral armor in area 15 (a symbol of preservation and resilience) The gold horn in area
sense, with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Insight) check, that it’s of divine origin. (The moonlight is a blessing from Selûne, though there’s no way for the characters to confirm this.) Three successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Halaster Blackcloak compounded Vanrak’s woes by urging other Undermountain dwellers to invade Vanrakdoom from time to time. In a desperate move, the few remaining priests of Shar performed rituals
form using a sun blade. A vampire cleric of Shar named Keresta Delvingstone has ruled Vanrakdoom ever since. With the shadow of Vanrak faded from memory, House Moonstar has prospered. The Waterdavian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
bonus action, the matron can bestow the Spider Queen’s blessing on one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. The ally takes 7 (2d6) psychic damage but has advantage on the next attack roll it makes
, spirit guardians
4th level (3 slots): banishment, death ward, freedom of movement, guardian of faith
5th level (3 slots): contagion, flame strike, geas, mass cure wounds
6th level (2 slots): blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
correctly surmise that the snowflake inscribed on the door is the Frostmaiden’s holy symbol. The word carved above the door depends on which area lies on the other side: Door to Area G16. Carved into
of it, they don’t need the rest of the book. Mounted on her roc, the Frostmaiden takes to the sky to cast her nightly spell G23. Auril’s Blessing Beyond the door is a small room filled with mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane shift, silence
1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, gate, levitate (self only), suggestion
Bonus Actions
Lolth’s Fickle Favor. The drow bestows the Spider Queen’s blessing on one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. The ally takes 7 (2d6) psychic damage but has advantage on the next attack roll it makes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in the muck. When a bubble touches something edged, such as a twig or a blade of grass, it pops, releasing its gas with a sound of stifled laughter. The gas smells like old cheese. As the characters
to drag them down into it unless they can guess the mephits’ favorite food. The answer, of course, is mud pie. Each character gets one guess. If a character guesses correctly, the mephits cackle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
season that lasts a tenday. Among the rituals in homage to the goddess of wealth and trade are these: Caravance (Tarsahk 1). This gift-giving holiday commemorates the traditional arrival of the first
merchandise — and it doesn’t matter if you can’t afford what you see, because you can’t buy it that day anyway. Kythorn 20: Dragondown This day in Kythorn is celebrated with bonfires and rituals to “tame” or
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. To correctly gauge an encounter’s difficulty, multiply the total XP of all the monsters in the encounter by the value given in the Encounter Multipliers table.
For example, if an encounter
their enemies to move around, such as chandeliers, kegs of gunpowder or oil, and whirling blade traps
Enemies in hard-to-reach locations or defensive positions, so that characters who normally attack at range are forced to move around the battlefield
Different types of monsters working together
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
duplicate. These are the xvarts, creatures that not only look identical to Raxivort in appearance but also foil any magic used to track him down. Spells, rituals, and other effects that could reveal
xvart can take the Disengage action as a bonus action on each of its turns.
Raxivort’s Blessing. When the xvart reduces an enemy to 0 hit points, the xvart gains 4 temporary hit points.
Raxivort’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the dais is a sun blade placed there by Valin. It came into her possession years before, after she had received two visions about it—one in which she used the weapon to slay a great enemy, and one in
dao wears a golden, gem-encrusted necklace worth 2,500 gp. T5. Scrying Pool This chamber was once used to conduct scrying training and rituals, but it has been desecrated by Valin’s corruption, as can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, is hairless, and is covered with bleeding wounds caused by a slashing blade. His face is a skull flayed of its flesh and surrounded by a halo of blood. Bhaal is a vicious bully who enjoys killing
deity to terrify their prey. In combat, they intimidate foes by shrugging off the deadliest attacks with ease, showing that resisting Bhaal’s schemes is futile. Night Blade
Medium humanoid (human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Strength check. A living blade of disaster is a powerful, annihilating spell given a will of its own. Y19k. Dome The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive by moving up the shaft from
-radius dome of translucent ice encloses the area around the shaft from which you emerge. At the far end of the hall, two blade-shaped patches of pitch darkness hover in the air to either side of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(Perception) check discovers a hidden compartment under the stone base of the shark jaws. The compartment contains twelve portions of rapture weed that the priestesses use in rituals (see the “Rapture Weed
trapped with a thrusting blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 15 Dexterity check is required to disarm the trap. Opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
rituals often involve the use of freshly harvested organs. If the adventurers’ corpses are targeted by speak with dead or similar magic, they answer the caster’s questions truthfully. They know
opened by a character who makes a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. It is also trapped with a thrusting blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 14 Intelligence