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Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
against thieves. If a foresworn is destroyed before it can complete its duty, it returns within a few days, its strength and purpose renewed.PoisonNecrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;s desires. Sometimes a deep scion returns to their former home—unexpectedly found alive when all hope was lost. At other times the deep scion takes on a new identity. In any case, it is the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
carrionette and the target die. A protection from evil and good spell cast on the controlled body drives the carrionette out and returns the consciousness of both creatures to their original bodies
possesses a silver needle that pins its soul to its body. By posing as simple toys or hiding their desires, a carrionette gets close to an unsuspecting victim. It then uses its needle to swap souls
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
verbal command to the devil (no action required by you). It obeys the command if the likely outcome is in accordance with its desires, especially if the result would draw you toward evil. Otherwise
returns to you to report having done so.
If your concentration ends before the spell reaches its full duration, the devil doesn’t disappear if it has become immune to your verbal commands
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
over someone’s body, either to impersonate that person for a brief time or to extract secrets from their mind. When the mission is complete, the creature returns to you, reports its success
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Great Modron March, The When the gears of the plane of Mechanus (see chapter 6) complete seventeen cycles—once every 289 years—the modron (MOE-dron) leader, Primus, sends a vast army of modrons
some future act of conquest. The march is long and dangerous, and only a small number of modrons returns to Mechanus. ZUZANNA WUZYK The Great Modron March
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Anthradusk’s Return When Anthradusk returns to Haskasori, read or paraphrase the following text: A mighty boom shakes the ruins and unleashes a rain of settling sand. Heavy steps echo through the
halls. Something huge draws near.
Anthradusk has returned with the final items necessary to complete his ritual. The dragon enters the city via the sinkhole in the catacombs (area H11) and heads to his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
adventurers is one in which the characters complement each other and cover the weaknesses of their companions. The adventurers must cooperate to successfully complete the adventure. The adventure is the
desires. In either case, an adventure features a fantastic setting, whether it’s an underground dungeon, a crumbling castle, a stretch of wilderness, or a bustling city. It features a rich cast of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
courtyards paved with silver bricks, and the secret desires of the multiverse. Foyer Nafas receives visitors in the foyer—a wide, windowed reception hall that looks out on the Infinite Staircase. As one
, transforming it into a personal utopia. A traveler who hails from a snowy tundra might melt at the sight of a rustic mountain lodge, complete with a crackling hearth, a bearskin rug, and the savory scent of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
council asks the adventurers to investigate immediately. A Violent Atmosphere. As the party is gathering their equipment and preparing to leave town, the group of settlers dispatched earlier returns
decided not to risk trying to complete the journey to the inn, but the other soldier sent to guard the caravan agreed to stay and keep an eye on the situation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Halaster’s magic to make good on this promise (see “Treasure” below). If the characters complete Jarûk’s quest and give Ezzat’s phylactery to the dao, the sandy floor turns into a giant vortex that
draws Jarûk, the medusas, the sand, and the lich’s phylactery back to the Elemental Plane of Earth. The characters find Jarûk’s promised reward on the floor of the emptied cave. Characters who complete
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
you). It obeys the command if the likely outcome is in accordance with its desires, especially if the result would draw you toward evil. Otherwise, you must make a Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, or
,” or “bear this message to the queen” — until it completes the activity, at which point it returns to you to report having done so. If your concentration ends before the spell reaches its full
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creatures and know their desires. An aboleth uses this knowledge to gain a creature’s loyalty, promising to fulfill such wants in exchange for obedience. Within its lair, the aboleth can further use its
flawless memories, for aboleths never truly die. If an aboleth’s body is destroyed, its spirit returns to the Elemental Plane of Water, where a new body coalesces for it over days or months. Ultimately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
modron of its rank.
The Great Modron March. When the gears of Mechanus complete seventeen cycles once every 289 years, Primus sends a vast army of modrons across the Outer Planes, ostensibly on a
reconnaissance mission. The march is long and dangerous, and only a small number of modrons returns to Mechanus. “Every 289 years, the entire multiverse goes mad. Like clockwork.”
— Kwint Stormbellow, rock gnome adventurer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a family’s bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact against thieves. If a foresworn is destroyed before it can complete its duty
, it returns within a few days, its strength and purpose renewed. Foresworn
Medium Undead, Typically Lawful Good
Armor Class 18 (plate armor)
Hit Points 82 (11d8 + 33)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
can transform voluntarily, but some are magically compelled to shape-shift when exposed to complete darkness or during nights of a new moon. Often, wererats’ nature results from a divine curse
ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Piercing damage.
Bonus Actions
Shape-Shift. The wererat shape-shifts into a Medium rat-humanoid hybrid or a Small rat, or it returns to its true humanoid form. Its game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
learn how to complete its own botched magical creation.
6 Take an influential position, acting as a sleeper agent for a doppelganger invasion.
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Doppelganger Medium
Actions
Shape-Shift. The doppelganger shape-shifts into a Medium or Small Humanoid, or it returns to its true form. Its game statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it
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
, it cackles as it returns to the Border Ethereal with it. If two hags die, the third tries to bargain with the characters, offering useful information in exchange for her life. The hag makes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
on the desires of the characters. If the characters favor a stealthy approach, the giants offer to create a distraction so that the characters can enter Iymrith’s lair undetected. Such a plan stands
roll initiative for each storm giant. The former approach expedites combat; the latter leads to a battle with more verisimilitude. HARSHNAG RETURNS!
If the characters decide to confront Iymrith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their desires, a carrionette gets close to an unsuspecting victim. It then uses its needle to swap souls with the victim, stealing the victim’s body while trapping the victim’s soul in its own doll-like
controlled body drives the carrionette out and returns the consciousness of both creatures to their original bodies. The swap is also undone if the controlled body takes damage from the carrionette’s Silver Needle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
knows that, for some unknown reason, Strahd is attracted to Ireena and desires her above all others. If you used the “Plea for Help” adventure hook and the characters show Ismark the letter they received
they’re all clean, he starts over. If he is spoken to, he takes orders for drinks in a dull, hollow voice. A small glass of wine costs 1 cp. A pitcher of wine costs 1 sp. After serving drinks, Arik returns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
being of the deep. While wearing the mind and body of the person it once was as a sort of mask, the creature is bent on fulfilling its master’s desires. Sometimes a deep scion returns to its former home
that its true form is the shape it takes when it returns to the sea that it thinks of as home. Ironically, however, a deep scion that is killed when in its piscine form is stripped of the magic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
marid promises fabulous treasure in exchange, even going so far as to mention that he is forced by Halaster’s magic to make good on this promise (see “Treasure” below). If the characters complete
Plane of Water. The characters find Ichthyglug’s promised reward at the bottom of the drained pool. Characters who complete Ichthyglug’s quest should receive XP as if they had defeated the marid and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. While wearing the mind and body of the person they once were as a sort of mask, the creature is bent on fulfilling their master’s desires. Sometimes a deep scion returns to their former home—unexpectedly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
contains a dormitory for cadets and a smaller dorm for academy graduates, the Weeping Goddess tavern (a raucous bar that serves cadets), a refectory where cadets take their meals (complete with patio
Task: Obstacle Course. Each cadet must complete the obstacle course by making ability checks or saving throws to overcome the following obstacles in order: Make a straight dash while targeted by loud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
master’s desires.
Limited Immortality. A boneclaw can’t be destroyed while its master lives. No matter what happens to a boneclaw’s body, it re-forms within hours and returns to whatever duty its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
nearby festhalls. There is a 50 percent chance that Revil is absent when the characters arrive, in which case he returns after 1d4 hours. The stairs leads up to a secret door that opens inside a large
dwarf mage), poses as a stablehand, complete with leather overalls and straw in his beard. Neverwinter Circle The circle in Neverwinter is drawn on the floor of an attic, in a creaky old three-story
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
District Garrison If the characters visit the district garrison, there’s a 30 percent chance that Constable Jute is there. Otherwise, she’s on patrol and returns in 1d8 hours. As long as the
necessary, they can endure that pain for the time it takes to complete a particularly important task.
Mr. Dory gained a variety of powers from Sgothgah’s patronage, though he was too clever to allow his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
complete a task. In those cases, you typically call for a D20 Test, usually an ability check. For example, a successful Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check might be needed to pick the lock, while a
what’s happening in the language of the game. See the “Narration in Combat” section in chapter 2 for more advice and examples. Describing results often leads to another decision point, which returns the flow of the game to step 1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
hinder a character’s ability to complete a task. In those cases, you typically call for a D20 Test, usually an ability check. For example, a successful Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check might be needed
the language of the game. Describing results often leads to another decision point, which returns the flow of the game to step 1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
metaphors, parables and allegories, all of which challenge that character’s frailties, fears, and desires. Much can be learned from adventuring within the fortress and undergoing the Raven Queen’s test
— before their stalwart friends paid to have them resurrected. While they were in the afterlife, the Raven Queen enlisted them for a quest to complete a task, acquire a particular item, or perhaps to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
small boats to corral floating masses of logs, creating several large rafts capable of holding two hundred more villagers. With the help of locals, this simple plan takes three hours to complete
system. The mechanism can be broken down in two hours, freeing up vessels for one hundred people. Battle Plans Early in the afternoon, Cudgel returns to Vogler. She shares the following information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
requires that they help it complete a test (see “Test Run 221” below). If the characters perform this task well, Bazelsteen agrees to fully repair their infernal war machines. He also offers one free
and remains there until salvaged. Once the glabrezu has taken three turns, Bazelsteen returns and scares the demon away if it hasn’t been defeated by then. If the bathysphere’s chain breaks, Bazelsteen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Domains of Delight Much of the Feywild is governed by powerful Fey called archfey. The area under a particular archfey’s command—called a Domain of Delight—reflects the character and desires of its
complete a quest after the Wish spell is cast. Feywild Time Warp 1d20 Result 1–2 Days become minutes 3–6 Days become hours 7–13 No change 14–17 Days become weeks 18–19 Days become months 20 Days
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the feather fall spell for yourself. When either spell ends, the balloon slowly deflates as the elemental spirit escapes and returns to the Elemental Plane of Air. As the balloon deflates, you descend
depends on the node used. For example, an air node creates a devastation orb of air. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires 2,000 gp worth of special components, which are consumed. A devastation






