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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Death Burst. When the spirit statue is reduced to 0 hit points, the statue crumbles, and the spirit returns to the afterlife in a burst of ghostly white flame. Each creature within 5 feet of it must
tacticians. Regardless, their appearance is so common around the Lorehold campus that they have become the college’s mascots.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
hit points. An affected creature’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The creature dies if
its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.
Spellcasting. The professor casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Deep in the fog and muck of the swamp, the students of Witherbloom College—first as witherbloom apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages
Witherbloom College studies the magic inherent in the natural cycle of life and death. Witherbloom professors approach the philosophy from different directions, with one methodology focusing on
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
15-foot cube. The troll takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Venom Spray", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage, which can’t be reduced in any way. Each
case for dire troll;dire trolls.
Vaprak the Destroyer
Although trolls are rarely devout and seldom ponder spiritual questions, some fear and venerate the entity known as Vaprak the Destroyer
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
saving throw or be restrained for 1 minute, but the restrained target’s speed is halved instead of being reduced to 0. At the start of each of its turns, the restrained target takes 4 (1d8
College draw their magical might from the flow of time and fate and the way those forces shape the course of history. Scholars of this broad mystical study divide between those who see history as an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
":"roll", "rollAction":"Bite"} on a failure. On a successful save, the target is no longer poisoned. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. This reduction to the target’s hit
the Underdark. However, their efforts always proved fruitless, and eventually the mind flayers gave up their schemes.
Several common types of mutates exist. The individuals with stat blocks presented
Feats
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
associated with the college you chose for the Strixhaven Initiate feat: a spirit statue mascot (Lorehold), an art elemental mascot (Prismari), a fractal mascot (Quandrix), an inkling mascot (Silverquill
), or a pest mascot (Witherbloom). Stat blocks for these creatures appear in chapter 7.
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one attack to allow your mascot familiar to make one
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, the target has the incapacitated condition until the start of Alustriel’s next turn. On a successful save, the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of Alustriel’s
in her true form. She helped create Silverymoon’s famous Moonbridge and cofounded the Lady’s College, the first school in Faerûn for mages as students rather than as apprentices in
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
condition (escape DC 17). The vine vanishes when the target is no longer grappled, or when the Gardener wills it to (no action required). A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the vine has the
carrying, to an unoccupied space they can see within 15 feet. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the psychic damage has the unconscious condition and is stable instead of dying.
Spell Refuge. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
chapter 7, and in the table, “[College]” refers to the name of the NPC’s college: Lorehold, Prismari, Quandrix, Silverquill, or Witherbloom. Student NPC Stat Blocks Year Stat Block First First-Year Student Second [College] Apprentice Third or Later [College] Pledgemage
Stat Blocks The student NPCs are meant to interact with the characters primarily in roleplaying situations and to help create the flavor of attending a university. They aren’t intended to wade into
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
"} necrotic damage and is incapacitated until the end of its next turn. On a success, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t incapacitated. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this
the following to give them context about this evil spellcaster:
Murgaxor is a bullywug who attended Strixhaven 200 years ago. He was a member of Witherbloom College, though there are no records of
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
with advantage.Sometimes deeply devout people, usually either Humanoids or medusas, dedicate themselves to a cause and are transformed by a deity or magic into hierophant medusas—beings with
DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a target’s speed is reduced to 0 and can’t increase. On a successful save, its speed is halved. The target’s speed returns to normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. The dragons’ stat blocks are presented in chapter 7. Founder Dragons College Founder Lorehold Velomachus Lorehold Prismari Galazeth Prismari Quandrix Tanazir Quandrix Silverquill Shadrix Silverquill Witherbloom Beledros Witherbloom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
student character. It introduces the owlin race and five backgrounds—one for each college—as well as a collection of feats, spells, and magic items. Chapters 3–6 provide a campaign meant to advance
for aspects of campus life: exams, relationships, extracurriculars, and jobs. Chapter 7 is a collection of stat blocks for students, faculty, and various creatures on and around the Strixhaven campus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
one of Strixhaven’s colleges: Lorehold, Prismari, Quandrix, Silverquill, or Witherbloom. You learn two cantrips and one 1st-level spell based on the college you choose, as specified in the Strixhaven
you have. Your spellcasting ability for this feat’s spells is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (choose when you select this feat). Strixhaven Spells College Cantrips 1st-Level Spell Lorehold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
following stat blocks in the Monster Manual or on D&D Beyond: Black Pudding Commoner Crawling Claws, Swarm of Cultist Fanatic Flameskull Ghast Gravecaller Ghost Ghoul Mummy Silver Dragon Wyrmling
Skeleton Skeleton, Flaming Specter Wraith Zombie Zombie, Ogre Key NPCs Name
Role
Stat Block
Location
Akira Norixius Fanatically devout dragonborn cultist Cultist Fanatic (Medium, Chaotic Evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Students of all years and colleges can be found in and around the Rose Stage, as can professors from all parts of Strixhaven. See chapter 7 for stat blocks for first-year students, and for apprentices
to explore the bayou surrounding the Witherbloom College campus. That changes when Verelda Lang (the characters’ Magical Physiologies professor) assigns them to collect material components in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Doomcrown, who is the estranged son of Warlord Azrok (see level 3). A devout follower of the godslayer Maglubiyet, Doomcrown wants fire giants to ascend to the top of the giant ordning, envisioning their
denizens are purged and the trees are reduced to ashen spines. Since arriving in Arcturiadoom, however, Doomcrown has developed strange habits. He spends more and more time locked away in his quarters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
ruins of an ancient city. All that remains are worn flagstones covered in moss and lichen, toppled blocks of weathered stone, and a former tower fallen and now lying stretched across a fifty-foot-wide
of the chasm, the base of the fallen tower can be seen, reduced to a broken section of its former ground floor.
Ruins This city once housed the Infernal Machine before Lum the Mad conquered those
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
legendary emerald dragon are terrorizing a nearby halfling settlement. One solution is to get rid of the dragon.
6
An emerald dragon is the headmaster in absentia of a bardic college and must be
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon are terrorizing a nearby halfling settlement. One solution is to get rid of the dragon.
6
An emerald dragon is the headmaster in absentia of a bardic college and must be convinced to defend
the school in a contest against a rival college.
7
An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
8
An
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water
Blessing of the Sea (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dragon turtle would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total
use the stat blocks in this section for older or younger dragon turtles. In addition, chapter 5 includes lair actions and regional effects that can be used for adult or ancient dragon turtles. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
College of Creation One bard’s song of creation is the score to another person’s nightmares.
Tasha
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That
creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
-appointed reference librarians work at each of these circular desks (use any of the professor stat blocks found in chapter 7 if needed). All are expert scholars and powerful mages. They can provide
. Once a character chooses a college at the start of second year, they receive a set of college robes, a knit hat, a scarf, a tunic, and gloves free of charge. (This set normally costs 5 gp.) In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
as they try to escape Kollema Hall; use one or more of the college apprentice stat blocks in chapter 7 to represent them. Any characters in the infirmary are among the first people the delirious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the tunnel continues onward.
The minotaur face is etched into both sides of a 1-inch-thick, sharp-edged iron sheet that blocks the crawlway. The holes that form the eyes are 2 inches wide. The
must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 44 (8d10) slashing damage. Any creature reduced to 0 hit points by this damage is chopped in two.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
colored glass blocks embedded in them. The blocks are not lit when the characters first arrive, but pulling a lever in area 37 causes each block to shed colorful light as bright as that created by a
castle and inside it are shrunk to one-twelfth their normal size along with their gear. Almost everything they encounter inside the castle is similarly reduced in size, creating a sense of normalcy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
cliff’s lowest shelf are two degloths and two vlazoks (see appendix A for stat blocks for both). The exact placement of the demons is at your discretion. If they notice the characters, the demons attack
. A demon that sees a fight break out rushes to join in the combat, hoping to make an easy kill. Demons reduced to 20 hit points or fewer might divulge key information in exchange for mercy. See the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
maw—gnash at the behemoth’s flanks.
The behemoth is a dying astral dreadnought that’s being preyed on by six eye mongers (see appendix A for both stat blocks). The dreadnought has only 150 hit points
remaining, it has no remaining uses of its Legendary Resistance trait, and its flying speed is reduced to 20 feet until its hit points are fully restored. The eye mongers focus their attacks on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
feature of Quandrix College Kianne, Dean of Substance Brilliant and eccentric, Dean Kianne (neutral elf Quandrix professor of substance) is one of the preeminent mana scholars of the world. She has
worthless without a deep understanding of the basics. He teaches students of all levels, and even his most experienced pupils benefit from a much deeper understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the world.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Colossus Titanic Vessel of Divine Might Habitat: Any; Treasure: Relics Colossi are massive Constructs created by the devout to reflect the nature of a deity, which could be benevolent or wicked
(Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 26, each creature in a 300-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 65 (10d12) Radiant damage. Success: Half damage. Failure or Success: A creature reduced to 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
save, the creature takes 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by this damage is crushed to a pulp. After they slam shut, the blocks take 1 minute to retract into the walls
door contains a mechanical trap with a magical sensor. When a creature enters this area, giant spring-loaded gears hidden in the walls cause blocks of stone on either side of the hall to slam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
one of Bak Mei’s most senior students, Steel Crane, and four Immortal Lotus monks (see the accompanying stat blocks). They are on the lookout for trouble and spoiling for a fight. When the characters
the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 10. If the damage is reduced to 0, Steel Crane catches the missile if it’s small enough to hold in one hand and Steel Crane has a hand free.
Slow Descent (3/Day). When Steel Crane falls, he can slow his descent, taking no damage from the fall.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Stat Block Overview A monster has a stat block that contains the rules necessary to use it in the game. Stat blocks are divided into the following parts, which correspond with the example stat block
range 20/60 ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) Piercing damage plus 7 (3d4) Necrotic damage. If the target is reduced to 0 Hit Points by this attack, the target becomes Stable but has the Poisoned condition for 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Stat Block Overview A monster has a stat block that contains the rules necessary to use it in the game. Stat blocks are divided into the following parts, which correspond with the example stat block
range 20/60 ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) Piercing damage plus 7 (3d4) Necrotic damage. If the target is reduced to 0 Hit Points by this attack, the target becomes Stable but has the Poisoned condition for 1 hour