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Player’s Handbook
creature again before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have animated with this spell rather than animating a new creature
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Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You animate or reassert control over two additional Undead creatures for each spell slot level above 3. Each of the creatures must come from a different corpse or pile of bones.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
they can be trained to serve as mounts and beasts of burden. Gnomes have tried to build spelljamming ships powered by giant space hamster wheels, so far without success.
Space Hamsters
Space
hamsters resemble their terrestrial kin, both in their appearance and general demeanor, and they come in a variety of colors.
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Keen Senses. The defender has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks.
Telepathic Bond. While the defender is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses to
in this way at a time.An iron defender fights for its creator. They come in many shapes and are often crafted in the form of animals. More creative artificers craft iron defenders in the shape of hybrid animals or other fantastical creatures.Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
newly hatched guard drake imprints upon the first creature that feeds it (usually the one planning to train it), establishing an aggressive but trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully
it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.Lightning
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully grown within two to three weeks and can be trained in the same length of time. It is the equivalent of a guard dog in terms of what it can be
trained to do.
A guard drake resembles the type of dragon it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.Poison
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
choker is a subterranean predator far more dangerous than its small size and spindly, rubbery limbs would suggest.
Chokers have cartilage rather than a bony skeleton. This flexible internal structure
corpse serves to entice other curious folk—explorers from the surface world, drow, duergar, or the choker’s favorite prey, goblins—to come within reach.
When a target presents itself
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
witnessing Strahd himself slay Vladimir's beloved, his fellow knight Sir Godfrey Gwilym. With the battle won, Strahd surrounded Argynvostholt. Rather than cower in his lair, Argynvost emerged and
feelings fueled the spirits of many of his fellow knights—including Godfrey—to come back as revenants as well. Vladimir continued to wage the hopeless war, even as Strahd tightened his grip on the valley
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully grown within two to three weeks and can be trained in the same length of time. It is the equivalent of a guard dog in terms of what it can be
trained to do.
A guard drake resembles the type of dragon it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.Acid
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
newly hatched guard drake imprints upon the first creature that feeds it (usually the one planning to train it), establishing an aggressive but trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully
it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.Fire
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
newly hatched guard drake imprints upon the first creature that feeds it (usually the one planning to train it), establishing an aggressive but trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully
it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.Cold
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
elf used her magic to animate the oilcan in jest. Having come alive at a party, Squirt was imbued with the urge to seek out fun wherever it can be found.
Alignment. Chaotic neutral.
Personality
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Bond. “I’m running on fumes here. I need oil.”
Flaw. “I’m too tired to fly today. You carry me.”Poison
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
intelligent enough to learn simple hand signals and vocal commands, but even a domesticated steeder might turn against its handler. Training a steeder requires a rider to bond with it, a process that
begins shortly after the steeder hatches. As it grows, its rider works with it to direct its predatory instincts.
Rather than spinning webs, steeders excrete a viscous substance from their legs. This goo allows them to creep along walls and ceilings and to grapple prey.
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
relies on charisma first—rather than magic or muscle—to escape trouble. Once a member of the Harpers, a spy organization dedicated to protecting Faerûn’s common folk, Edgin has
confidence and rakish demeanor make him a natural leader. With carefully chosen words, he inspires the members of his thieves’ crew to greatness. But when his past mistakes come calling, Edgin must
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Acquisitions Incorporated
, warding bond, zone of truthMultiattack. Donaar makes two attacks with his greatsword or his whip.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
carries an actual toothbrush (named Percival) and actual floss at all times.
Those who know Donaar quickly come to recognize that the braggadocio that defines him involves a certain amount of artifice
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
intelligent enough to learn simple hand signals and vocal commands, but even a domesticated steeder might turn against its handler. Training a steeder requires a rider to bond with it, a process that
begins shortly after the steeder hatches. As it grows, its rider works with it to direct its predatory instincts.
Rather than spinning webs, steeders excrete a viscous substance from their legs. This goo allows them to creep along walls and ceilings and to grapple prey.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Build (Humanoid Form Only). The werebear counts as one size larger when determining its carrying capacity and the weight it can push, drag, or lift.
Shapechanger. The werebear can use its action to
, Oyaminartok is not a monster but a force of good in the region, and she passes her curse only to goliaths whose hearts are pure.
Oyaminartok and others of her kind try to help creatures they come across, for
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
return the courtesy, the duchess commissioned the legendary toymaker Fritz von Weerg to build a clockwork effigy of Pidlwick as a gift for Strahd's family. Although the duchess's heart was in the right
, instead assuming that the guests had died in their sleep.
But Strahd was not fooled. He came to realize fairly quickly that the clockwork effigy had begun to display a murderous nature. Rather than have
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
tlincalli parents come to investigate.
Tlincallis eat what they kill, whether their hunt nets desert animals or a caravan, but when they have new mouths to feed, they are careful to take some of their prey
powerful hunter, such as a blue dragon, they carefully weigh whether to serve the superior hunter, move on, or fight to the death to remove it as competition.
Tlincallis rarely build cities, make
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
destruction of evil in all its forms. He’s not especially bright, so he fights with his heart rather than his wits.
Age has drained much of the strength from Elkhorn’s body. Strongheart
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Bond. “Strongheart is a good egg, but I have yet to teach him all I know about being a true menace to evildoers.”
Flaw. “Retire? My goodness, no. I’ll retire when I’m
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
by feelings of goodwill. In this aspect, they defuse conflicts and alleviate suffering by using their magic to relieve any ailments that afflict the people who come to them for aid. They tolerate no
violence in their presence and move quickly to settle disputes, to ensure that peace continues to reign.
If an autumn eladrin invites you over for dinner, come with an empty stomach. Their goodwill
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
at his core, the seneschal didn’t return as a skeletal knight but rather as an intangible spirit. Caradoc’s Undead form suits him well, allowing him to possess the living and use unwilling
;The safest place to be is behind the toughest warrior in the room.”
Bond. “In life and in death, I’m the only one who matters.”
Flaw. “Who can resist a little drama
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
archfey named Zybilna, who had forged secret pacts with some of the fiends Isolde and her companions had slain. Rather than be angry at Isolde, Zybilna was impressed by her. She enlisted a powerful fiend
do not carry the burden do not eat.”
Ideal. “Those most deserving of aid are those who never ask for it.”
Bond. “You share a bond with those you travel with, a bond closer
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
exchange for power in the mortal world. These priests receive nightmarish visions from Dendar that they interpret as prophecies, and they then use their magic and influence to make these visions come true
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Nightmare speakers revel in torturing others, keeping their victims in a constant state of fear and dread. They prefer to terrify rather than kill their opponents. They manipulate communities for
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
newly hatched guard drake imprints upon the first creature that feeds it (usually the one planning to train it), establishing an aggressive but trusting bond with that individual. A guard drake is fully
it was created from, but with a wingless, squat, muscular build. A drake can’t reproduce, nor can its scales be used to make other guard drakes.
Variant: Chromatic Drakes
Each type of
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Curse of Strahd
come between them.
Izek Strazni’s Traits
Ideal. “Fear is a powerful weapon. I use it to get what I want.”
Bond. “I am loyal to my master, Baron Vallakovich, for he brought me
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dinner, come with an empty stomach. Their goodwill extends to heaping portions.
Note to self: send some of my spring eladrin friends to visit Mordenkainen. That’ll teach him to lighten up.
TASHA
they aren’t incapacitated. When the eladrin makes this change, they use the stat block of the new season rather than their old stat block. Any damage the eladrin sustained in their previous form
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Curse of Strahd
hunting evil monsters.
The Waiting Game. Van Richten isn’t a young man anymore. He knows his road is coming to an end, but his work isn't done. He has come to Barovia to kill Strahd von Zarovich
as he can, starting with evil Vistani.
Man with a Plan. Van Richten doesn’t know that his former protégé, a good-aligned Vistana named Ezmerelda d’Avenir, has come to Barovia
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
moment, is all that matters.”
Bond. “I’m safe in my cottage. Why should I leave it when I can make others come to me?"
Flaw. “Watching someone run widdershins makes me sneeze
Trait. “I detest chores and would rather have other creatures do them for me.”
Ideal. “I don’t care about the past or the future. I live in the present. What I do now, this very
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
natural leader and a protective caregiver. She has a direct manner that reassures and inspires those around her.
Mercion does not worship a deity, but rather an ideal: that truth gives life to artistry
against what I hold dear.”
Ideal. “Truth begets art and beauty, while deceit does nothing but tear the fabric of our souls.”
Bond. “Evildoers beware! Valor’s Call is
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Coven. People come to her to learn about their futures, which she spells out through grotesque theatrical pageants. As payment, she snatches away a portion of each client’s free will, preventing
waste my time.”
Bond. “My world is the stage, and my theater is of paramount importance to me.”
Flaw. “My death will occur during an eclipse. That is my doom, and I can
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Curse of Strahd
that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days
matter of seconds.
Baba Lysaga’s Traits
Ideal. “No love is greater than a mother’s love for her son.”
Bond. “I am the mother of Strahd. Anyone who disputes this fact
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Curse of Strahd
the master of Ravenloft, but she has all the power she desires and doesn’t seek to supplant him. She would rather help Strahd find someone else to succeed him, although she has grave doubts about
. “I wish Strahd to be free of his curse.”
Bond. “The Vistani are my people now.”
Flaw. “The people whose fates I divine aren’t important. They are but the means to an end.”
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Curse of Strahd
never love her. Rahadin assumed that Patrina would suffer the same fate as those women who had come before her. He was proven wrong when Patrina's own people stoned her to death to keep Strahd from
haunted by them if he could. The only thing he cares about is Strahd von Zarovich, for whom he would gladly give his life.
Rahadin's Traits
Ideal. “Loyalty is everything.”
Bond. “I am a son of King Barov
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver?
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I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my time asleep, in the realm of dreams.
8
I find the
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A young moonstone dragon on the cusp of adulthood refuses to settle down and build a lair. To protect the local populace from the dragon’s chaotic activities, a minor deity sends a deva
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
made him the envy of many rival spellcasters.
Ringlerun has a good heart, but he’s easily distracted by intellectual pursuits. He would rather spend time in quiet contemplation or reading than in
noble ends.”
Bond. “My staff of power dramatically enhances my magical abilities. I shudder to think how its power could be abused in the wrong hands.”
Flaw. “I get prickly