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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
a tree blight is a particularly enormous variety. It looks like a dead tree or treant, 30 feet tall, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood
for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily.
Vicious Carnivore. A tree blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes
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action to command the tree to eviscerate its unfortunate prisoners, draining their life and blood as the branches shake and quiver. All creatures Stunned by the tree take 8d6 Piercing damage, and half
save, the tree captures the target within its branches. The target takes 6d6 Piercing damage, and has the Stunned condition until it’s released from the tree.
Eviscerate. You can take a Magic
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
challenge, even when the odds are clearly stacked against her. Seeing other wizards as a threat, paranoia rules her life.
Avarice has been a member of the Arcane Brotherhood for almost two years. She
Shifter
Legacy
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s appearance might remind an onlooker of an animal, they remain clearly identifiable as shifters even when at their most feral.
Most shifters resemble a particular kind of lycanthrope. You can
race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability
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Mutations table for ideas, or create your own. These secondary mutations are disturbing, but they don’t change the rules of how that character is played or grant mechanical benefits. For example
chapter 4.
When making a Ruinbound character, work with your DM to determine the appearance of your Personal Symbiont. It is organic and clearly alien, and when you cast a cantrip with this trait, it
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
clarity that bend and refract light, sometimes making them difficult to see clearly.
The radiant energy of the Positive Plane shimmers in crystal dragons’ scales. It glows like starlight between
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
scales of perfect clarity that bend and refract light, sometimes making them difficult to see clearly.
The radiant energy of the Positive Plane shimmers in crystal dragons’ scales. It glows like
. (Chaotic)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Prince of Undeath, known as the Blood Lord. He takes some pleasure in the sufferings of the living, but far prefers the company and service of the undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the
chapter 7, "Treasure” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
known as the Blood Lord. While he takes pleasure in the sufferings of the living, he far prefers the company and service of Undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed
Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the
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Acquisitions Incorporated
turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Their ears grew pointed, and they gained a limited form of telepathy — but at the cost of forgetting their history. The underground homes
who study this entity claim that it is clearly evil and destructive. Others call it simply a necessary part of the cycle of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 8: Running the Game Rules enable you and your players to have fun at the table. The rules serve you, not vice versa. There are the rules of the game, and there are table rules for how the
game is played. For instance, players need to know what happens when one of them misses a session. They need to know whether to bring miniatures, any special rules you’ve decided to use, and how to treat
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
crystal dragons have scales of perfect clarity that bend and refract light, sometimes making them difficult to see clearly.
The radiant energy of the Positive Plane shimmers in crystal dragons&rsquo
without the boredom. (Chaotic)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. The oldest crystal dragons have scales of perfect clarity that bend and refract light, sometimes making them difficult to see clearly.
The radiant energy of the Positive Plane shimmers in crystal
is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
goliaths. If a king lacks the intelligence or leadership to lead, then clearly the most talented person in the kingdom should take his place. Goliaths rarely keep such opinions to themselves, and
mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Survival of the Fittest
Among goliaths, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone goliath has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 8: Running the Game Rules enable you and your players to have fun at the table. The rules serve you, not vice versa. There are the rules of the game, and there are table rules for how the
game is played. For instance, players need to know what happens when one of them misses a session. They need to know whether to bring miniatures, any special rules you’ve decided to use, and how to treat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 8: Running the Game Rules enable you and your players to have fun at the table. The rules serve you, not vice versa. There are the rules of the game, and there are table rules for how the
game is played. For instance, players need to know what happens when one of them misses a session. They need to know whether to bring miniatures, any special rules you’ve decided to use, and how to treat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Pronouns The core rules often use the singular pronoun “it” to refer to a single creature. This book instead uses the singular “they” to clearly delineate between creatures and objects. Objects still use “it” as a singular pronoun.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Pronouns The core rules often use the singular pronoun “it” to refer to a single creature. This book instead uses the singular “they” to clearly delineate between creatures and objects. Objects still use “it” as a singular pronoun.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Pronouns The core rules often use the singular pronoun “it” to refer to a single creature. This book instead uses the singular “they” to clearly delineate between creatures and objects. Objects still use “it” as a singular pronoun.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: Wrought iron trees line a trail that leads to the summit of a steep hill. Anguished knights are impaled on the trees’ metal branches, their bodies
writhing in torment as bloated stirges feast on their blood.
Haruman, a human paladin of Helm, was one of Zariel’s most devoted Hellriders. He crucified deserters to Zariel’s cause on “Coward’s Way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: Wrought iron trees line a trail that leads to the summit of a steep hill. Anguished knights are impaled on the trees’ metal branches, their bodies
writhing in torment as bloated stirges feast on their blood.
Haruman, a human paladin of Helm, was one of Zariel’s most devoted Hellriders. He crucified deserters to Zariel’s cause on “Coward’s Way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: Wrought iron trees line a trail that leads to the summit of a steep hill. Anguished knights are impaled on the trees’ metal branches, their bodies
writhing in torment as bloated stirges feast on their blood.
Haruman, a human paladin of Helm, was one of Zariel’s most devoted Hellriders. He crucified deserters to Zariel’s cause on “Coward’s Way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 9: Dungeon Master’s Workshop As the Dungeon Master, you aren’t limited by the rules in the Player’s Handbook, the guidelines in these rules, or the selection of monsters in the Monster Manual
. You can let your imagination run wild. This chapter contains optional rules that you can use to customize your campaign, as well as guidelines on creating your own material, such as monsters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 9: Dungeon Master’s Workshop As the Dungeon Master, you aren’t limited by the rules in the Player’s Handbook, the guidelines in these rules, or the selection of monsters in the Monster Manual
. You can let your imagination run wild. This chapter contains optional rules that you can use to customize your campaign, as well as guidelines on creating your own material, such as monsters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 9: Dungeon Master’s Workshop As the Dungeon Master, you aren’t limited by the rules in the Player’s Handbook, the guidelines in these rules, or the selection of monsters in the Monster Manual
. You can let your imagination run wild. This chapter contains optional rules that you can use to customize your campaign, as well as guidelines on creating your own material, such as monsters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Wreck of the Star Goddess A wooden vessel is caught high in the tree branches, broken into three chunks. It resembles a ship, but there are differences that mark it clearly as not a seagoing vessel
branches another 10 feet above that.
A weak voice calls out, “Hallo, on the ground. Can you help us?”
The Star Goddess was a 90-foot skyship from Halruaa. It flew like a blimp, with the aid of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Wreck of the Star Goddess A wooden vessel is caught high in the tree branches, broken into three chunks. It resembles a ship, but there are differences that mark it clearly as not a seagoing vessel
branches another 10 feet above that.
A weak voice calls out, “Hallo, on the ground. Can you help us?”
The Star Goddess was a 90-foot skyship from Halruaa. It flew like a blimp, with the aid of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Wreck of the Star Goddess A wooden vessel is caught high in the tree branches, broken into three chunks. It resembles a ship, but there are differences that mark it clearly as not a seagoing vessel
branches another 10 feet above that.
A weak voice calls out, “Hallo, on the ground. Can you help us?”
The Star Goddess was a 90-foot skyship from Halruaa. It flew like a blimp, with the aid of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily. Vicious Carnivore. A tree
blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes with its heavy branches and crushes prey to death with its roots. It can open its gaping, tooth-filled mouth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily. Vicious Carnivore. A tree
blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes with its heavy branches and crushes prey to death with its roots. It can open its gaping, tooth-filled mouth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily. Vicious Carnivore. A tree
blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes with its heavy branches and crushes prey to death with its roots. It can open its gaping, tooth-filled mouth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The relationship between peasants and nobles puzzles goliaths. If a king lacks the intelligence or leadership to lead, then clearly the most talented person in the kingdom should take his place
. Goliaths rarely keep such opinions to themselves, and mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The relationship between peasants and nobles puzzles goliaths. If a king lacks the intelligence or leadership to lead, then clearly the most talented person in the kingdom should take his place
. Goliaths rarely keep such opinions to themselves, and mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The relationship between peasants and nobles puzzles goliaths. If a king lacks the intelligence or leadership to lead, then clearly the most talented person in the kingdom should take his place
. Goliaths rarely keep such opinions to themselves, and mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rules (discussed in part 3), and the type of game you want to run. Describe to the players how you envision the game experience and let them give you input. The game is theirs, too. Lay that groundwork
personas for their characters, roleplaying noncombat situations, or discussing anything other than the immediate dangers of the dungeon.
In such a game, the adventurers face clearly evil monsters and