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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
take on the role of monarch or general and attract followers willing to die for the warlord’s banner.
Warlords urge their troops into the fray with shouted exhortations. You can roll on the
Warlord Battle Cries table to select one, or choose a battle cry that fits with your campaign.
Warlord Battle Cries
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Battle Cry"}
Battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Rolling with It Some DMs rely on die rolls for almost everything. When a character attempts a task, the DM calls for a check and picks a DC. As a DM using this style, you can’t rely on the
characters succeeding or failing on any one check to move the action in a specific direction. You must be ready to improvise and react to a changing situation. Relying on dice also gives the players the sense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cosmic Horror Adventure Sites Cosmic horror is rarely overt save at critical moments, relying on creating subtle but growing unease and leaving details to the imagination. Cosmic Horror Adventure
who swear the lord is merely preoccupied
4 A small inn in the mountains that smells perpetually of brine
5 The place in the forest where all the animals come to die
6 A fortress
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, endlessly singing her sins.
7 The Darklord endlessly cries tears of blood, ink, poison, or molten iron.
8 The Darklord knows how he’s going to die and sees evidence of impending doom everywhere.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
between relying on their bonuses and abilities and paying attention to the game and immersing themselves in its world. Remember that dice don’t run your game — you do. Dice are like rules. They’re
bad die roll foiling the character’s plans. By the same token, a bad plan or unfortunate circumstances can transform the easiest task into an impossibility, or at least impose disadvantage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
to take shelter in places where the winds die down until they sound like distant cries of torment. The information above is available to the adventurers if they succeed at a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Two or more of them may confer to grant one of them Advantage on this check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
forced others to take shelter in places where the winds die down until they sound like distant cries of torment. Optional Rule: Mad Winds A visitor must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw after each hour
spent among the howling winds. On a failed save, the creature gains one level of exhaustion. A creature that reaches six levels of exhaustion while on this plane doesn’t die. Instead, the creature gains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action.
The DM narrates the results of the adventurers’ actions. Describing the results often leads to another decision point, which brings
, adapting to the circumstances of the adventure. Often the action of an adventure takes place in the imagination of the players and DM, relying on the DM’s verbal descriptions to set the scene. Some DMs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
followers willing to die for the warlord’s banner. Warlords urge their troops into the fray with shouted exhortations. You can roll on the Warlord Battle Cries table to select one, or choose a battle
cry that fits with your campaign. Warlord Battle Cries d8 Battle Cry 1 “Remember why we fight!” 2 “Victory awaits!” 3 “For the crown!” 4 “Be monstrous to the enemy!” 5 “Fight so they fear us!” 6
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, sorcerer, miner, or crafter is as likely to be female as male.
Grow Fast, Die Early
Kobolds grow and mature much more swiftly than members of other humanoid races. At 6 years old a kobold is
some other convenient way (or, in a cannibalistic tribe, eaten). Kobolds believe that if they die in service to their tribe, Kurtulmak immediately sends each of them back to life as the next egg laid in
Senses
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Passive ChecksA passive check is a special kind of ability check that doesn't involve any die rolls. Such a check can represent the average result for a task done repeatedly, such as searching for
senses are described below.
BlindsightA monster with blindsight can perceive its surroundings without relying on sight, within a specific radius.
Creatures without eyes, such as grimlocks and gray
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and snuffs its living breath, its spirit cries out to the demon lord Orcus or some vile god of the underworld for a reprieve: undeath in return for eternal war on the living. If a dark power answers
the same desire for power that awakened them in undeath, some wights serve as shock troops for evil leaders, including wraiths. As soldiers, they are able to plan but seldom do so, relying on their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, often relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action.
3. The DM narrates the results of the adventurers’ actions. Describing the results often leads to another decision point
flexible, adapting to the circumstances of the adventure.
Often the action of an adventure takes place in the imagination of the players and DM, relying on the DM’s verbal descriptions to set the scene
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
goals, you may still prefer to use trickery and cunning instead of relying on honesty or brute force. Zil gnomes typically use the forest gnome subrace. The natural illusionist trait is a part of
financial ruin and they’ve taken out a lucrative life insurance policy on you. It only pays out if you die under unusual circumstances, and they’re encouraging you to seek out ever more dangerous adventures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Kreeg, the residents of Elturel are bound by the Creed Resolute to fight and die for Zariel in her endless war. Zariel’s Struggle In some ways, Zariel is a jewel in Asmodeus’s crown — a former
light with a completely transformed perspective. INFERNAL ORDER OF BATTLE
Whereas demons attack in disorganized mobs, relying on shock and overwhelming numbers to carry the day, devils organize into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
with pure hearts to seduce and corrupt to evil, savoring the destruction of their virtue. They use their magic to lure potential victims to their lairs, relying on illusion and their thralls to capture
hapless foes. Lamias prize beauty and strength above all else, however. Any prisoner that falls short of their esteem becomes the main course in a horrible feast, or is set free to die while wandering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
L4. Training Grounds Cries and the sounds of stomping feet cut through the air. Within the open courtyard, a tall, imperious woman barks orders at four younger individuals.
This wide stone
attacking tiger.
Jade Tigress charges into battle with the monks. All of them are willing to die for Bak Mei and are determined to stop the characters from reaching the Jagged Sanctum. Red Key. Jade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. “Freedom is the power to become a bird, take to the sky, and leave the world behind for a while.” Bond. “The Scarlet Sash means everything to me. I’m honored to be part of this kindness and would die to
at all times. Gifted with a wry wit and a witch’s cackle of a laugh, Vinique mimics the happy cries of small children and the screams of a dying man to frighten intruders. Personality Trait. “Once I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
overlooks the forest it borders. A few farms cluster around it, the locals relying on the royal garrison to keep them safe from marauders. Burle’s most distinctive feature is the small copse of trees
equal to 5 gp per Hit Die for any aberration, elemental, or outlaw slain in the region. She keeps a bounty board just outside Burle’s gates, which occasionally offers larger rewards for the capture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
specific region of the Material Plane. It cultivates a network of mortal informants and agents to serve its agenda. 5 The Endless. This person has lived many lifetimes because they can’t die—at least not
scroll. Research. Relying on an ancient being’s network of contacts, the being’s vast collection of lore, or perhaps the being’s direct teaching helps you unearth hidden secrets. If you can contact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-shaped head. This humanoid contraption is attached to an arrangement of ropes and pulleys that make it look like a giant marionette.
When announcements or rallying cries need to be made, the top of this
screaming to this walkway. The goblin can either hurl itself off the cliff to its death or die by the swords of its kin. The skulls belong to goblins who never made it to the end of the walkway. Ravens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
(Perception) score hears faint crying coming from a small stand of stones. Investigating the cries reveals a tiny winged figure, head in hands. This is Thunderwing, a sprite. She immediately gravitates
into the air as they die. These spores attach themselves to all creatures in the cave and have no effect until those covered with them face off against Xanthoria (see area L11). Those who are exposed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
grow densely around a long central pool, and harsh bird cries pierce the air.
A Chimera dwells in this room, often lounging in the water or sunning itself in the southwest corner. The hags flatter
the creature. The creature regains the maximum number of Hit Points for any Hit Point Die spent at the end of this rest. Fountain Pools. The pools radiate magic. A character who interacts with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
: by crashing into the ice shelf that runs beneath it. As the vessel took on water, Nass alone swam to shore, only to die of frostbite on a snow-covered bluff overlooking the Wicked Eddy’s sunken hulk
characters damage any of them, two bad things happen. First, the Frostmaiden makes her presence known, manifesting nearby as a 7-foot-tall woman made of snow. She cries out, “Defilers!” and points a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
following text: A glowing, ethereal sphere hovers over this chilling sanctum, whose walkways are formed from the vertebrae of some unknown behemoth. The orb resonates with the haunting cries of the
the direction, roll a d6 and assign a direction to each die face. Each creature in the line must make on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage, or 7 (1d10 + 2) slashing damage if used with two hands. Against a target is wearing no armor, the reaver deals an extra die of damage with this sword
Tide knights disdain heavy armor, relying on the speed and ferocity of their attacks to carry them to victory. Dark Tide Knight
Medium humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 58
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
from a desperate human commoner and flees into a nearby alley. The victim cries for help from the characters. 8 Two ettercaps hiss at the characters from an abandoned tenement building cocooned in thick
—and possibly the knowledge of how to kill others like it in the future. Assassins, poisoners, and hunters regularly attempt to infiltrate the Hall of Vigils in search of these secrets, only to die at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
atop the plateaus. Each has five javelins. They are slaves of the aboleth, and slime covers their translucent flesh. They aren’t afraid to die. Unless they are drawn to area P20 to protect the aboleth
, unguarded. He holds his trident aloft and cries, “With this key I call forth my mistress!” A dark flow emerges from the portal, forming an immense water elemental with pearly, malignant eyes. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
death cries and the ruptured wall. Though Varakkta was reluctant to leave her valued greatsword behind, she elected for discretion and retreated to rejoin her followers. Greatsword. The greatsword is
finally earn Ilvaash’s approval and a lair of its own. The beholder is unwilling to die for its goal, though, so Mublinesh retreats to area B15 to hide if reduced to fewer than 50 hit points. Rear and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
rests here in the garden,
Whose waters, we hear, like to harden.
But a drink now and then,
Cures all in our ken,
And may even bring cries of “Pardon!”
Fountain All Heal (area G9
depth and 10 to 50 feet in width. Its flow is unpredictable, reversing at various points along its ovular length. Roll a die for any 100-foot stretch of river. On an even number, it flows clockwise