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Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to as a “blood toll.”
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
upon travelers or claw open fresh graves, stripping bodies of riches and flesh. Then they carry back any treasures or appealing bones they find to reeking nests situated in cramped caves or rotten trees.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The ranger Môrgæn is a renowned tracker and hunter, able to pinpoint-target foes at any range, then
the person you've shot first is already dead? Still, when the situation calls for it, this protector of the woodlands is equally at home on missions of subterfuge and social interaction in the big city, provided her well-known love of ale, wine, and other intoxicants doesn't get the better of her.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
people. In Wildspace and the associated ports, giff are most often encountered as spacefaring mercenaries. These troops are renowned for their martial training, and love of explosives and are typically
gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency.
Gunpowder by the Keg
In addition to their personal gunpowder weapons, giff ships and mercenary companies carry spare gunpowder in kegs. In an
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
became a mediocre one instead, despite the help of several renowned tutors. Years later, Sythian resents their efforts, as the money his parents lavished on his education left him with many unpaid debts
. Now that his parents are dead, he is determined to hold on to his estate and will do whatever it takes to keep what he has left.
Sythian has attuned to Golden Axe so that he can learn and exercise
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
travelers and settlements.
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
upon travelers or claw open fresh graves, stripping bodies of riches and flesh. Then they carry back any treasures or appealing bones they find to reeking nests situated in cramped caves or rotten trees.Necrotic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lesser creatures to help them carry out their missions, becoming the masterminds behind vast conspiracies and intrigues that culminate in the accomplishment of great acts of evil.
Deathlocks
The
to live up to a bargain with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock, a foul Undead driven to serve its otherworldly patron.
An powerful necromancer might also discover
Giff
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
military uniforms, with gleaming pistols and muskets on display. These spacefaring mercenaries are renowned for their martial training and their love of explosives.
Military Organization. Every aspect
, giff ships and mercenary companies carry spare gunpowder in kegs. In an emergency, or any time a large explosion is needed, a whole keg can be detonated. A giff lights the fuse on the keg and can then
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons.
Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the Astral Sea. Every hundred years or so, psurlons leave their astral
corpse and on each other until only one remains. This worm crawls out of the putrescent remains of its dead host as an adult psurlon.Psychic
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
richly colored robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons.
Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the Astral Sea. Every hundred years or so, psurlons leave
worms feed on the corpse and on each other until only one remains. This worm crawls out of the putrescent remains of its dead host as an adult psurlon.Psychic
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
maw ringed with teeth. Psurlons adorn themselves in richly colored robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons.
Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the
producing a Tiny worm. For the next seven days, the worms feed on the corpse and on each other until only one remains. This worm crawls out of the putrescent remains of its dead host as an adult psurlon.Psychic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
interested in the shiny baubles people carry than in anything they have to say.
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I think of ships as kindred spirits and like to rub affectionately against their keels.
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I like to show
bathhouse was renowned for its sauna, until the dragon turtle supplying the steam escaped and started rampaging through the palace.
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A millennium ago, a fabled sword was buried at sea with its wielder
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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I speak slowly and deliberately, pausing to reflect after (or sometimes in the middle of) each utterance.
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I am more interested in the shiny baubles people carry than in anything
royal bathhouse was renowned for its sauna, until the dragon turtle supplying the steam escaped and started rampaging through the palace.
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A millennium ago, a fabled sword was buried at sea
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
face is worn smooth into a featureless mask. The deity is appeased by sacrifice, which its followers carry out by capturing Humanoids and putting them to death by fire (immolation), earth (live burial
evil overlords. Yakfolk care for their hapless prisoners only to the extent that a live one is more useful than a dead one, and putting a prisoner to work is easier than laboring oneself. It’s not
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
a male Yikaria, but its face is worn smooth into a featureless mask. The deity is appeased by sacrifice, which its followers carry out by capturing Humanoids and putting them to death by fire
culture, they are enormously evil overlords. Yakfolk care for their hapless prisoners only to the extent that a live one is more useful than a dead one, and putting a prisoner to work is easier than
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, pausing to reflect after (or sometimes in the middle of) each utterance.
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I am more interested in the shiny baubles people carry than in anything they have to say.
3
I think of ships as
renowned for its sauna, until the dragon turtle supplying the steam escaped and started rampaging through the palace.
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A millennium ago, a fabled sword was buried at sea with its wielder. Now the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
triton genius Dalakos equips a satyr
and leonin with the tools they need to become legends
(CHRIS RALLIS) On Theros, magic items carry reputations as rich and storied as those who wield them. They
others create to honor the gods. The most renowned works are the weapons of the gods themselves, treasures synonymous with divine power that forge legends with their every use.
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
they frequently carry nets, caltrops, lassos, and nooses on poles for controlling captured creatures. These goblins cook for the tribe, and in times of war they are also responsible for making poison
made from dead darkmantles
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Cloaks made of scraps from an elven tapestry
Booyahgs
Spellcasters of any sort among the goblins are rare. Goblins typically lack the intelligence and
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. These tenets vary from tribe to tribe, and are often based in events that the tribe has experienced. Here are a few examples:
If a dwarf or a human invokes its god upon dying, you must carry the
tribe to the death.
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Every serious choice I make must be decided by signs or omens from the gods.
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I carry the teeth of a great warrior. They inspire me to commit great deeds in battle
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, almost three thousand years ago), but more often wanderers and exiles have come to Khorvaire and made their way there. Many of the finest wizards and most renowned artisans in the Five Nations are
that might affect you. Did you know the parents or grandparents of another member of your party? Are you trying to repay a debt or fulfill a promise to that long-dead friend, or are you trying to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. His hoarding of both souls and the treasures the dead carry into the Underworld see him worshiped by those who desire to collect and keep wealth. Erebos’s very presence is stifling, and those who come
Erebos God of the Dead Erebos is the god of death and the Underworld, lord of all that has ever lived. He presides over the bitterness, envy, and eventual acceptance of those who suffer misfortune
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
renowned artisans. Wood elves are found among the rangers and druids of the Eldeen Reaches, though you could just as easily be a wood elf who hunts in the darkest alleys of Sharn. Subrace is a matter of
does that affect you? Did you know the parents or grandparents of another member of the party… and if so, might you be trying to repay a debt to that long-dead friend? Do you remember a time before the Last War? Did you fight in the war, and if so, for which side?
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
distant Material Plane worlds. The Outlands contain the domains of several gods, such as the hidden tower of Annam the All-Father, creator of giants, and the gaseous realm of the beholder god Gzemnid. Devout worshipers, whether alive or dead, gravitate to their gods and carry out their will.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
negotiate an end to the restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks
. They prize locations with a combination of open space, connecting tunnels, and dead ends to make the most of their natural and magical mobility, using flight and teleportation to navigate obstacles in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
cultists. Your investigations into the cult have led you to the town of Greenest. You must save her! 6 Being the grandchild of a renowned dragon slayer is usually a good way to impress people, but just
The dragons destroyed everything you hold dear. They killed your family and destroyed your home. Now, with nothing but what you carry on your back and a horrid scar of the near fatal wounds you
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
adventures that overlap with their interests. For the more general kind of work you might carry out on behalf of any dragonmarked house, consult the General House Missions table. General House Missions
stealing its business. 6 Find a trove of dragonshards for your patron house to use. 7 Recruit a renowned sage to join the house’s team of researchers. 8 Persuade a hostile tribe to agree to a trade
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
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, preferring caverns with at least one entrance submerged underwater. They prize locations with a combination of open space, connecting tunnels, and dead ends to make the most of their natural and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cultists. Your investigations into the cult have led you to the town of Greenest. You must save her! 6 Being the grandchild of a renowned dragon slayer is usually a good way to impress people, but just
The dragons destroyed everything you hold dear. They killed your family and destroyed your home. Now, with nothing but what you carry on your back and a horrid scar of the near fatal wounds you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cultists. Your investigations into the cult have led you to the town of Greenest. You must save her! 6 Being the grandchild of a renowned dragon slayer is usually a good way to impress people, but just last
dragons destroyed everything you hold dear. They killed your family and destroyed your home. Now, with nothing but what you carry on your back and a horrid scar of the near fatal wounds you sustained in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Treasure The Returned carry little beyond the gold funerary masks they wear (see chapter 6) and their equipment. In addition, one has a pouch containing 20 sp and a broken piece of pottery. Any
scratched a brief order from the assassins’ commander: “Silence the heretic Varyas. His secrets must remain dead.” This leader’s identity and agenda speak toward a larger threat beyond this adventure (see “Myths to Be Told” at the end of this adventure for a few possibilities).
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Memorable Mission You engaged in a mission that still overshadows your work. Was it the perfect operation, or do you still carry scars from a mission gone horribly wrong? Consult the Memorable
. Things went wrong, and you had to make the terrible decision to abandon an ally. They might be dead, or they might be looking for revenge. 3 The Perfect Operation. Your actions made headlines across
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
worker robot offers to carry the characters’ equipment. 5 Two malfunctioning worker robots construct a pile of space helmets. The robots attack any who disturb their hoard. 6 A short-circuiting android
the corpse of a long-dead passenger. 9 A cloaker with a moan like a klaxon 10 A roper with a metallic sheen
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
slain peryton. One berserker leads the way while the other two carry the dead peryton between them. As the characters emerge from the cave, they see the berserkers on the causeway. More important
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
enter his realm remain there for all time. Within the Underworld, only the relative paradise of Ilysia is sheltered from his influence. In the other four realms of the dead, his will is law. Mortals
sometimes sends agents to retrieve those he has particular interest in. Erebos’s Goals Erebos wants above all to maintain his position of absolute authority over the realm of the dead. He lashes out at
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, merciless, and resilient, and their dead flesh can carry on even after suffering grievous wounds. While they can follow simple orders, they rely on primal drives rather than thought. They fulfill
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
. The faction sells every poison in the Dungeon Master’s Guide at normal cost. Dusters don’t carry antitoxins. Spellcasting Services Duster spellcasters sell their services to creatures throughout the
Hive Ward. Standard prices are summarized on the Heralds of Dust Spellcasting Fees table. Heralds of Dust Spellcasting Fees Spell Price Identify, illusory script 25 gp Darkvision, gentle repose 50 gp Animate dead, feign death, speak with dead 100 gp