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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Blood", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage
Blood Drain—one replacement per tentacle grappling a creature.
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 20 ft., one
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, with disadvantage if the vampire has previously consumed the target’s blood. On a failed save, the target takes 28 (8d6);{"diceNotation":"8d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mind Siphon
target’s general emotional state but not its thoughts.When vampires join House Dimir, they can learn to siphon mental energy and memories along with the blood of their victims. They also study
Sword of Kas
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
power grew, so did his hubris. His sword urged him to supplant Vecna, so that they could rule the lich’s empire in Vecna’s stead. Legend says Vecna’s destruction came at Kas’s
grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. It scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20, and deals an extra 2d10 slashing damage to undead.
If the sword isn’t bathed in blood
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
requires the abomination to bathe in the blood of their enemies. The transformation is quick but painful.
Anathemas consider themselves demigods on the path to greater divinity. They demand obeisance
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Anathemas don’t age, allowing them to pursue their goals until the end of days. Truly powerful ones might rule multiple yuan-ti cities and bring entire regions under their control.PoisonAcid
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Faerûn for being eccentric, spoiled, venal, and, above all else, rich.
Whether you are a shining example of the reason for this reputation or one who proves the rule by being an exception, people
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Despite my noble birth, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.
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My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
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If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
decides if your demands are reasonable and if there are subordinates available to fulfill them. As your status in the guild improves, you gain influence over more people, including ones in greater
draw the blood of your enemies, or even directly touch their souls.
Suggested Characteristics
Members of the Orzhov Syndicate range from the decadent nobility at the top of the oligarchy to the debt
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
changelings today—even in those changelings who have never set foot in the fey realm. Each changeling decides how to use their shape-shifting ability, channeling either the peril or the joy of the
Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
of mounted, heavily armored warriors of noble blood, most knightly orders in Faerûn don’t restrict their membership to such individuals. The goals and philosophies of the order are more
and responsibility to rule, and the demigod is incarnated as a different noble mortal in each generation. By the decree of the Siamorphe at that time, the Knights of the Silver Chalice took it upon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
everything. When you encounter something that the rules don’t cover or if you’re unsure how to interpret a rule, the DM decides how to proceed, aiming for a course that brings the most enjoyment to your whole
Dexterity. That’s a general rule, and a general rule is in effect as long as something in the game doesn’t explicitly say otherwise.
The game also includes elements—class features, spells, magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
rules tell you that melee attacks use Strength and ranged attacks use Dexterity. That’s a general rule, and a general rule is in effect as long as something in the game doesn’t explicitly say otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
rules tell you that melee attacks use Strength and ranged attacks use Dexterity. That’s a general rule, and a general rule is in effect as long as something in the game doesn’t explicitly say otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
might require extensive research or the successful completion of a quest. The DM decides how a particular artifact can be destroyed. Some suggestions are provided here: The artifact must be melted
creature. The artifact must be bathed in the blood of a god or an angel. The artifact must be struck and shattered by a special weapon crafted for that purpose. The artifact must be pulverized between the titanic gears of Mechanus. The artifact must be returned to its creator, who can destroy it by touch.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Ship-to-Ship Combat The following rules are designed to make ship-to-ship combat simple yet exciting. Starting Distance At the start of an engagement, the DM decides how far a ship is from its
ballistae and crossbows 1,000 feet Beyond the range of most ranged weapons Initiative The Dungeon Master’s Guide presents a variant rule called side initiative, which is ideal for ship-to-ship engagements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Chapter 1: Racial Feats Leveling up in a class is the main way a character evolves during a campaign. Some DMs also allow the use of feats to customize a character. Feats are an optional rule in
chapter 6, “Customization Options,” of the Player’s Handbook. The DM decides whether they’re used and may also decide that some feats are available in a campaign and others aren’t. This section introduces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
weapon. If a DM decides to override this rule, no imbalance is created. Tying Divine Smite to weapons was a thematic choice on our part—paladins being traditionally associated with weapons. It was not a game balance choice.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
warriors are commanded to scour the surrounding landscape for any opportunity to spill blood and bring glory to their gods. Often, bands of warriors work on a rotation, with one group heading out on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
something that the DM decides has a chance of both success and failure. The higher your roll, the more likely it is that you succeed. Damage The most common use for dice other than the d20 is to determine
number) in that column. Read across that row for the result. For example, the Trinkets table in chapter 2 uses a d100. Percentage Chances Sometimes you might see a rule describing a percentage chance of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
something that the DM decides has a chance of both success and failure. The higher your roll, the more likely it is that you succeed. Damage The most common use for dice other than the d20 is to determine
number) in that column. Read across that row for the result. For example, the Trinkets table in “Creating a Character” uses a d100. Percentage Chances Sometimes you might see a rule describing a percentage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
decides to end their conflict by banishing Mogis. To his surprise, both gods turn against him. The resulting conflict causes the sun to rain divine blood, producing bizarre effects.
3 Angry at the
in the middle of divine squabbles. Heliod’s Divine Schemes d4 Scheme
1 Heliod decides to confront Erebos in the Underworld. He gathers fallen heroes around him as he marches on Erebos’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Method
1 Find or restore Azalin and return him to Darkon.
2 Present the Dark Powers a worthy new Darklord.
3 Bestow a symbol of rule upon a new Darklord.
4 Free Darkon from the
5 The Apparatus (see “Mordent” in this chapter)
6 The blood of Strahd von Zarovich, fundamental to the nature of the Domains of Dread
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. As a general rule, you can expect to increase your piety by 1 during most sessions of play, assuming that you are following your god’s tenets. The DM decides the amount of any increase or decrease
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Harkon LukasHarkon Lukas Harkon Lukas’s life companions are ambition and blood. Born amid a community of lycanthropes, he dreamed of commanding not just a pack, but a whole army, a nation, even an
peoples, how to manipulate those he considered his inferiors, and how to turn adoration into a weapon. He decided that if rule over a nation of hunters wasn’t possible, he would force an empire of sheep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
tentacles pinned and artfully arrayed, their heads tied together and painted with red and blue pigments. The idol reeks of decay, and the broad stone altar below the idol is stained dark with blood
usually living creatures killed on the altar, although an offering of one’s own blood also satisfies the whip. Humanoids other than kuo-toa are immediately taken into custody to be brought before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
—and drank her blood. He intends to kill Ireena during their next meeting and turn her into his vampire spawn consort. Chapter 3 gives details about Ireena and where to find her in the village of
Successor or Consort Strahd can sense the arrival of new blood in his domain. When newcomers enter Barovia, he shifts his attention from Ireena Kolyana and van Richten to his new guests so that he can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Death Kiss A death kiss is a lesser beholder that can come into being when a true beholder has a vivid nightmare about losing blood. Its coloration and shape resemble those of the beholder that
high-pitched, nasal voice. Death kisses fear true beholders, which can easily kill or subdue them. Lacking the egotism of their stronger kin, a death kiss usually submits to the rule of its creator or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Rule of Matriarchs Females are the top figures in drow society. At the head of each house is someone who is a shrewd business operator, a skilled tactician, a high priestess of Lolth, and probably
also a merciless assassin with blood on her hands. Unlike with many other races, female drow are typically taller and more robust than males. To rise to the top echelons of power, a female must first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
armies of draconians (described in chapter 6) formed from the corrupted eggs of metallic dragons, while heroes and villains alike ride mighty dragons into battle. Council of Wyrms. The Io’s Blood isles
whom serve as closely bonded aides to dragon masters. Tarkir. In the multiverse of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, five dragonlords rule supreme over the world of Tarkir. After centuries of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
optional rule is to worry that your players might abuse it, it’s probably not for you. Using Plot Points Each player starts with 1 plot point. During a session, a player can spend that point for one
effect. The effect depends on your group’s approach to this optional rule. Three options are presented below. A player can spend no more than 1 plot point per session. You can increase this limit if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
chest while a second examines an esoteric symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. The players don’t need to take turns, but the DM listens to every player and decides how to
the door might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
tragically ironic home for those who risked so much to escape the land of the dead. Coliseum of the Aphonai Three ancient Returned called the Aphonai rule Asphodel. They wear simple, identical golden masks
, crimson cypress called the Blood Tree. Color from the tree bleeds into the surrounding bog, making the swamp waters look like a charnel pit. Vicious and venomous swamp creatures are drawn to the Blood Tree and frequently drag prey into its foul midst. (VOLKAN BAGA)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Although smaller in stature, they were no less draconic in nature. This tale stresses the close kinship between dragons and dragonborn, while reinforcing the natural order of things — dragons rule and
halves, which rose up as new gods — Bahamut and Tiamat. Droplets of Io’s blood, spattered across the world, became the first dragonborn. For some who believe it, this origin story supports the view that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Duergar Outpost Areas 6a through 6c have 10-foot-high ceilings. Streaks of blood cover their tiled floors and walls. The duergar stationed in these areas have orders to escort visitors to Valtagar
are meant to rule, not be ruled. With each new tirade, Brona and Ubrix roll their eyes in exasperation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rule that tracking is impossible. The Tracking DCs table offers guidelines for setting the DC or, if you prefer, you can choose a DC based on your assessment of the difficulty. You can also grant
DC Soft surface such as snow 10 Dirt or grass 15 Bare stone 20 Each day since the creature passed +5 Creature left a trail such as blood -5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
devils — fodder for the front lines of the Blood War. The characters have several ways to save the city at its most desperate hour (see “Endgame in Elturel”). To save Elturel without redeeming Zariel, the
freshly forged weapon must be quenched in the blood of a celestial, a demon lord, and an archdevil. Zariel can supply her own blood, but her servants must collect the other two sacrifices. Zariel names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with iron-fisted resolve. As a rule, he does not treat with adventurers; he’d rather rob them and feed on their blood. If combat breaks out here, the werebats throughout area 16 investigate, converging