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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, the clockwork is incapacitated until the end of its turn.
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Rusty Gears. The clockwork has disadvantage on initiative rolls, and its speed decreases by 10 feet.
PoisonReel In. The clockwork pulls the creature grappled by its Harpoon up to 20 feet closer.
;t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Harpoon", "rollDamageType
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Instinctive Reflexes. The conduit has advantage on initiative rolls, and it can’t have disadvantage on attack rolls.
Unarmored Defense. While the conduit is wearing no armor and wielding no
Transcendent Order train to act without thinking, eliminating thought behind action. Conduits react with the cadence of the multiverse. Their sharp reflexes border on precognition, allowing them to unconsciously act before their foes.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Leech", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Thrives on Company. The sorrowsworn has advantage on attack rolls while it is within 30 feet of at least two other
these sorrowsworn spot other creatures, they feel keenly the need for interaction and launch their harpoon-like arms to drag their victims closer.
Sorrowsworn
The Shadowfell’s pervasive
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
","rollAction":"Diminution Breath","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and is weakened until the start of Tanazir’s next turn. While weakened, it has disadvantage on the following rolls that rely
on Strength: attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t weakened.
Spellcasting. Tanazir casts one of the following
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Pack Tactics. A howler has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the howler’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t
howler. Even at a distance, listeners’ minds cringe at the sound and fill with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers go on the prowl, courage isn’t
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Verdant Talisman"} to its initiative rolls while it wears the talisman. These benefits last for 1 hour or until the apprentice conducts another ritual to bestow another
","rollAction":"Briar Vine","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, the apprentice can pull it up to 10 feet closer to itself.
Spellcasting. The apprentice casts
Staff of Power
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack
rolls.
The staff has 20 charges for the following properties. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff retains its +2
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Verdant Talisman"} to its initiative rolls while it wears the talisman. These benefits last for 1 hour or until the pledgemage conducts
":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Briar Vine","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, the apprentice can pull it up to 10 feet closer to itself
Staff of the Magi
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls.
The staff has 50
10 ft. away or closer
8 x the number of charges in the staff
11 to 20 ft. away
6 x the number of charges in the staff
21 to 30 ft. away
4 x the number of charges in the staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Celestials Various Celestials watch over the Outlands, particularly those reaches that border the Upper Planes. Angels and archons (presented later in this book) are particularly common. Some seek to
prevent fiendish incursions into the plane, while others try to align the Outlands closer to goodly philosophies. Outlands Celestials d4 Encounter 1 An empyrean calls for aid in taking back a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Frightened A frightened creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls while the source of its fear is within line of sight. The creature can't willingly move closer to the source of its fear.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Frightened A frightened creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls while the source of its fear is within line of sight. The creature can't willingly move closer to the source of its fear.
Frightened
Grappled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Frightened [Condition] While you have the Frightened condition, you experience the following effects. Ability Checks and Attacks Affected. You have Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls
while the source of fear is within line of sight. Can’t Approach. You can’t willingly move closer to the source of fear.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Frightened [Condition] While you have the Frightened condition, you experience the following effects. Ability Checks and Attacks Affected. You have Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls
while the source of fear is within line of sight. Can’t Approach. You can’t willingly move closer to the source of fear.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Border Ethereal, unwilling to depart until its work is complete. (For more information on the Border Ethereal, see the “Ethereal Plane” section in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Spirit of Macreadus From
the Border Ethereal, the restless spirit of Macreadus can observe happenings in and around the cabin, but it can’t manifest physically on the Material Plane. Characters can see the restless spirit of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
border on precognition, allowing them to unconsciously act before their foes. Transcendent Order Conduit Small or Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 18 (Unarmored Defense)
Hit Points 97
, Perception +7
Senses passive Perception 17
Languages Common plus one more language
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Instinctive Reflexes. The conduit has advantage on initiative rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
size and shape to the heads of the skeleton keys found on the other tomb levels (see "Skeleton Keys"). Each time the characters complete a trial in areas 72 to area 76, one stone seal rolls aside
emerge from the Border Ethereal and attack them. The hags’ goal is to seize one or more of the skeleton keys, thus preventing the characters from reaching the Soulmonger. If a hag obtains a skeleton key
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls. The staff has 20 charges for the
following properties. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff retains its +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls but loses all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staff of Power Staff, very rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with
it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls. The staff has 20 charges for the following properties. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
between two small, stone outbuildings, to either side of which stretches a five-foot-high, three-foot-thick wall of jumbled stones held together with mortar. Blocking the road are iron gates attached
protrudes from the rooftop of the closer north wing, which also sports a chimney billowing gray smoke.
The iron gates are unlocked but squeal loudly when someone opens them. Two gate guards are on duty, but
Conditions
within line of sight.Can't Approach. You can't willingly move closer to the source of fear.Legacy DefinitionA frightened creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls while the source
While you have the Frightened condition, you experience the following effects.Ability Checks and Attacks Affected. You have Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls while the source of fear is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side.
If
you are using the “Meet Me in Phandalin” adventure hook, then any character who approaches to make a closer investigation can identify the horses as belonging to Gundren Rockseeker and Sildar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
dune. At first, he seems to shimmer in the heat and desert haze, but as he walks closer, it becomes apparent that he’s a ghost.
This is the ghost of Amun Sa, former pharaoh of Bakar. He walks in a
into the Border Ethereal and continues his solemn march. Amun Sa doesn’t harm the party and makes no further attempts to defend himself. If Amun Sa’s ghost is slain, he appears to the characters again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
weakened until the start of Tanazir’s next turn. While weakened, it has disadvantage on the following rolls that rely on Strength: attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. On a successful save, a
creature within 20 feet of the space she left must succeed on a DC 24 Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 30 feet closer to the center of that space and take 16 (3d10) force damage.
Fractal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms.
The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates
). “Well.” The duergar removes his helmet, revealing the gray skin of his kind. He musses his white beard as he walks closer, switching to Common as he lowers his voice. There is a discomfiting glint in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
creature draws closer. As a creature passes through an arch, a roaring sheet of flame fills the archway, teleporting the creature to another location in the Nine Hells. Any creature or object that
destination. If the die rolls off the map, the DM chooses a destination. The portal remains open and fixed to the same destination for 10 minutes, after which it deactivates as the arch that created it crumbles and falls to the ground.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
charmed by the harpy’s Luring Song thinks it’s the most beautiful sound they have ever heard. It’s easy to imagine how a ship might be lured off course to get closer to the source of this music. Talking
Rose, but if the players come up with a strong argument (possibly supported with high rolls on Charisma checks), the harpy cooperates. These tactics are the most likely to convince the harpy to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Staff of the Magi Staff, legendary (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made
with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls. The staff has 50 charges for the following properties. It regains 4d6 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
degrees of success. So you could decide that an attack roll of 11 or 12 lands in the outermost ring, a 13 or 14 hits the next ring closer to the center, a 15 or 16 hits the third ring, a 17 or 18
. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might jam the lock, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue. For attack rolls, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staff of the Magi Staff, legendary (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made
with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls. The staff has 50 charges for the following properties. It regains 4d6 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. MALEVOLENT DWELLERS OF THE DEEP
The sahuagin are cruel and vicious in equal measure. Although they are humanoid in form, they have a mindset closer to that of predatory sharks than the outlook of humans or
side of the door, about 4 feet above the floor. All doors open into the areas they border on metal casters that move along grooves cut into the stone floor. Gates and Pillars All gates consist of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
roads leading toward farmlands near the Estwilde border. The characters are ordered to follow the road east and see what they find. Twenty miles east of Kalaman, where the road crosses the Raiding Rill
armed soldiers marching toward Kalaman. These soldiers are at least a mile away and don’t bear the colors of either Kalaman or the Dragon Army. If the characters draw closer, it’s clear the soldiers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Howler A far-off wail precedes the sight of a howler. Even at a distance, listeners’ minds cringe at the sound and fill with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers
attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the howler’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
Actions
Multiattack. The howler makes two Rending Bite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Howler A far-off wail precedes the sight of a howler. Even at a distance, one’s mind cringes at the sound and fills with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers go on
60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Abyssal but can’t speak
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Pack Tactics. A howler has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Freeing Miken If the characters leave the ship and race toward the cadet quarters, they hear sounds of musket fire as they get closer to Miken’s quarters. (See the inset map in the Spelljammer
dead giff’s grenades was primed but not released when the giff died at the bend in the corridor. At the end of each turn in combat, roll a d6. On a 6, the grenade rolls from the giff’s hand and goes off






