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Carrionette

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

False Object. If the carrionette is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the carrionette move or act, that

, the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet, and it must roll a 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Silver Needle"} and subtract the number rolled from each ability check or

Boneclaw

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Rejuvenation. While its master lives, a destroyed boneclaw gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Hours"} hours, with all its hit points. The new body

appearing before that individual to receive orders and other times simply seeking to fulfill its master’s desires. A boneclaw can serve only an evil creature. If its master finds redemption or

Wish Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Wish is the mightiest spell a mortal creature can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter the very foundations of reality in accord with your desires. The basic use of this spell is to

could make yourself and all your companions immune to a lich's life drain attack. You undo a single recent event by forcing a reroll of any roll made within the last round (including your last turn

Aboleth Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

attack while within 5 feet of it must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature is diseased for 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Mucous Cloud"} hours

. The diseased creature can breathe only underwater. Probing Telepathy. If a creature communicates telepathically with the aboleth, the aboleth learns the creature’s greatest desires if the

Arrant Quill

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

":"12d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Supreme Mockery","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.Quill is a

past. Although outwardly friendly, Quill is driven by three selfish desires: to preserve his well-being, to alleviate his boredom, and to escape Wisteria Vale. He holds a grudge against the Harpers

Infernal Calling

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

. Roll initiative for the devil, which has its own turns. It is under the Dungeon Master’s control and acts according to its nature on each of its turns, which might result in its attacking you

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

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have always had a way with people. You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read

or roll on the table below. d6 Scam 1 I cheat at games of chance. 2 I shave coins or forge documents. 3 I insinuate myself into people’s lives to prey on their

Reduced-threat Aboleth

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

attack while within 5 feet of it must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature is diseased for 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Mucous Cloud"} hours

. The diseased creature can breathe only underwater. Probing Telepathy. If a creature communicates telepathically with the aboleth, the aboleth learns the creature's greatest desires if the aboleth

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

":"radiant"} radiant damage. Healing Touch (3/Day). The Abbot touches another creature. The target magically regains 20 (4d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Healing Touch

traits, and the Abbot, taking pity on them, yielded to their mad desires. Enter Vasili von Holtz. The Abbot's early experiments proved fatal to their subjects, but the Belviews insisted that he keep trying

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires. Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret

be affected by this regional effect again for 24 hours. If Baphomet dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days. Madness of Baphomet If a

Graz'zt Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

hours. If Graz’zt dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days. Madness of Graz’zt If a creature goes mad in Graz’zt’s

lair or within line of sight of the demon lord, roll on the Madness of Graz’zt table to determine the nature of the madness, which is a character flaw that lasts until cured. See the Dungeon

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and

Favorite Schemes Every charlatan has an angle he or she uses in preference to other schemes. Choose a favorite scam or roll on the table below. d6 Scam 1 I cheat at games of

Baphomet

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most bloodthirsty desires. Cults devoted to

1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. Cultists of Baphomet Baphomet grants his cultists special abilities. All his devotees gain the Labyrinthine Recall trait

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

":"roll", "rollAction":"Last Wish"} days, regaining all his hit points and appearing in a random safe location on the Infinite Staircase. Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Nafas fails a saving throw

. Zephyr Step. In response to being hit by an attack roll, Nafas moves up to half his flying speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.Nafas is the breath of the multiverse, an

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attack roll is rerolled against the chosen creature.Ancient and devious, morkoths are voracious collectors. Each one floats through the planes on a strange, mobile island, amassing the valuables

island. A morkoth may allow a visitor to bargain for something or someone it has claimed if that visitor offers the morkoth something it desires more. It shows no mercy, however, to those who break a

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

like a single organism, acting in concert as if each illithid were the digit of a hand. An elder brain considers itself and its desires the most important things in the multiverse, and the mind

friendly creature it can sense within 120 feet of it. The target has a flash of inspiration and gains advantage on one attack roll, ability check, or saving throw it makes before the end of its next

Balhannoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

identify images of places where its prey expects their needs and desires to be met, such as an inn or a temple offering healing. It then warps reality around itself, hiding itself and remaking its

grappled, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Vanish. The balhannoth magically becomes invisible for up to 10 minutes or until immediately after it makes an attack roll. A Balhannoth’s

Chimera

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

fearsome claws, crushing horns, and fiery breath, chimeras are tempests of ferocity, driven by their three heads’ conflicting instincts. Their heads agree on little but their desires to feed and to drive

Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) Piercing damage, or 18 (4d6 + 4) Piercing damage if the chimera had Advantage on the attack roll. Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4

Lamia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

sometimes work with bandits to abduct travelers, releasing captives only if they accept a dangerous bargain. Roll on or choose a result from the Lamia Pacts table to inspire a lamia’s desires. Lamia

with a use of Corrupting Touch. Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) Psychic damage. Corrupting Touch. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 13, one creature the

Buying a Magic Item

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

desires. Resources. Finding magic items to purchase requires at least one workweek of effort and 100 gp in expenses. Spending more time and money increases your chance of finding a high-quality item

impress potential business partners. As shown on the Buying Magic Items table, the total of the check dictates which table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to roll on to determine which items are on the

Wish

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

very foundations of reality in accord with your desires. The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of 8th level or lower. You don’t need to meet any requirements in that spell

event by forcing a reroll of any roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish spell could undo an opponent’s

Torrents Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

characters explore a new area, roll a d6. On a roll of 1, choose one character to receive an image of the setting features (but not creatures) in area P4, area P5, or area P6. The aboleth living in the

aboleth instantly knows all the character’s desires and goals. It then intermittently projects images to the character in which everything the character loves is destroyed by the Cult of the Crushing Wave

Carrionette

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

False Object. If the carrionette is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the carrionette move or act, that creature

Durnan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

chop tables in half with it if he so desires. He also can pull out a double crossbow (a heavy crossbow with reduced range that fires two bolts at the same target). Still, if he gets involved in a brawl

(Recharges after a Long Rest). Durnan can reroll a saving throw that he fails. He must use the new roll. Spell Turning. While wearing his ring of spell turning, Durnan has advantage on saving throws

Infernal Calling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

that you can see within range. The devil disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The devil is unfriendly toward you and your companions. Roll initiative for the devil, which

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

Wish

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

very foundations of reality in accord with your desires. The basic use of this spell is to duplicate any other spell of 8th level or lower. You don’t need to meet any requirements in that spell

event by forcing a reroll of any roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish spell could undo an opponent’s

Symbiotic Being

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

other assistance, either of its own volition or because of your intertwined nature. The symbiote has its own personality and agenda, which might be at odds with yours. If you ignore the symbiote’s desires

symbiote resides, it reappears on your body in another location at the next midnight. Roll on or choose an option from the Symbiotic Nature table to determine what sort of symbiotic being shares your

A Balhannoth's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

whatever they desire most. The sensation grows stronger the closer the creatures come to the balhannoth’s lair. The balhannoth can sense the strongest desires of any humanoid within 1 mile of it and

learns whether those desires involve a place: a safe location to rest, a temple, home, or somewhere else. If the balhannoth dies, these effects end immediately. There are no virtues in the Shadowfell

Fey Contracts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

spell, and your spellcasting ability for it is Charisma. Price of a Contract If you’re not sure what a Fey expects to receive for a gift they bestow, roll on the appropriate Fey Desires table. To

both in the Feywild. Fey Desires for Greater Contracts d8 What the Fey Wants 1 One of your fingers 2 To take the next child born in your family and raise the child in the Feywild 3 The completion

Madness of Graz'zt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Madness of Graz’zt If a creature goes mad in Graz’zt’s lair or within line of sight of the demon lord, roll on the Madness of Graz’zt table to determine the nature of the madness, which is a

character flaw that lasts until cured. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more on madness. d100 Flaw (lasts until cured) 01–20 “There is nothing in the world more important than me and my desires.” 21–40

Finding Iymrith

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

Manor Occupants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

, roll a d20 and consult the Manor Encounters table to determine whom or what the characters encounter. Manor Encounters d20 Encounter 1 Roll twice more on this table, using 2d10 instead of a d20

for each roll. 2–9 Two suits of animated armor (see “Servants” below) 10–12 One stone golem (see “Servants” below) 13–17 The fake Quill (see “Arrant Quill and the Fake Quill” below) 18–20 Renekor the

Green Dragon Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Green Dragon Lairs Green dragons prefer making their lairs in verdant places—jungles, bayous, pine forests, or anywhere with abundant vegetation that they can shape according to their desires. An

. Lashing Root. One large root or branch that is part of the lair makes a melee attack roll against a creature within 10 feet of it. It has a +7 bonus to hit and deals 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage on a hit

Monsters (A)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

those minutes have passed. Probing Telepathy. If a creature the aboleth can see communicates telepathically with the aboleth, the aboleth learns the creature’s greatest desires. Actions

Multiattack. The aboleth makes two Tentacle attacks and uses either Consume Memories or Dominate Mind if available. Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 15 ft. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) Bludgeoning damage. If the

Aboleth Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

. Probing Telepathy. If a creature the aboleth can see communicates telepathically with the aboleth, the aboleth learns the creature’s greatest desires. Actions Multiattack. The aboleth makes

two Tentacle attacks and uses either Consume Memories or Dominate Mind if available. Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 15 ft. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or

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