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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
instinctual hunger that drives it to undertake bloodthirsty rampages along with swarms of emboldened, bloodsucking pests.
Strigoi drain the blood, marrow, and soft tissues from their victims, leaving behind
nothing but empty husks. Due to the horrifying nature of their deaths, those slain by strigoi occasionally reanimate as boneless.
Many strigoi seek ways to return to their former existence while being
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hound in the Border Ethereal can return to the Material Plane as an action.
Telepathic Bond. While the yeth hound is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses
hunting dogs. They race in pursuit of their prey, running it down until it’s too exhausted to fight back. Only the threat of dawn drives the pack back into hiding.
A pack of yeth hounds can be
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, looting and smashing any settlements they know of or encounter. After six days exactly, their rampage ends, and they return to their humble lives.
Deep-Seated Memories. When a coastal raid or a theft of
crab folk have little sense of what drives them, but they understand that the effigy represents a mother and creator who must be obeyed. Legend holds that the green hag preferred to travel in the
Yeenoghu
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
, hunched over, and filing their teeth down to points.
Yeenoghu wants nothing more than slaughter and senseless destruction. The gnoll;gnolls are his instruments, and he drives them to ever-greater
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“I rail against the laws and customs of civilization, attempting to return to a more primitive time.”
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“I hunger for the deaths of others, and am
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
impulses that drives many mortals to battle. Fear, greed, hatred — these are seeds that the Rage of War sows in the hopes of producing a bloody harvest.
Rak Tulkhesh typically takes the form of a vaguely
cities, the hatred against warforged and Cyran refugees, the calls for a return to war — all these things bear the mark of Rak Tulkhesh's malign influence.
Minions of Rak Tulkhesh. Any organization that
Triton
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
foes when they found them and drove the rest into hiding.
With their foes banished to the deepest reaches of the sea, tritons settled in to watch for any sign of their return. Over time, the tritons
them.
Tritons also have a tendency to emerge from their isolation under the assumption that other folk will welcome them as respected allies and mentors. Again, distance drives much of this attitude
Tabaxi
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
stories, artifacts, and lore. Those who survive this period of wanderlust return home in their elder years to share news of the outside world. In this manner, the tabaxi remain isolated but never ignorant
its secrets and nature have been laid bare.
Tinkers and Minstrels
Curiosity drives most of the tabaxi found outside their homeland, but not all of them become adventurers. Tabaxi who seek a safer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
continent. She holds the key to a treasure she stole from a dwarf clan. In this heist, the characters must infiltrate the prison, retrieve the key from Prisoner 13 (found in a tattoo on her hand), and
return the key to Varrin Axebreaker, the dwarf who hired them. Perched on a windswept bluff is the prison
of Revel’s End, wherein waits Prisoner 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
continent. She holds the key to a treasure she stole from a dwarf clan. In this heist, the characters must infiltrate the prison, retrieve the key from Prisoner 13 (found in a tattoo on her hand), and
return the key to Varrin Axebreaker, the dwarf who hired them. Perched on a windswept bluff is the prison
of Revel’s End, wherein waits Prisoner 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonshards Dragonshards are crystals imbued with raw mystical energy. They are the fuel that drives the magical economy, playing a vital role in the creation of magic items and the performance of
shard fields in the continent of Xen’drik, and this is a potential source of great wealth for explorers. Siberys dragonshards are amber in color, with swirling golding veins gleaming within. Siberys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
date, no one from Khorvaire has ventured into the interior of the continent and returned to speak of it. No one knows how many dragons live in Argonnessen, but stories tell of vast cavern complexes
filled with the treasures of fallen civilizations, of prisons holding bound demons, of cities made from adamantine. To those of Khorvaire, Argonnessen is a mystery space on the map. Only the most powerful characters might visit Argonnessen and return to tell the tale.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Droaam Once, Droaam was a wild frontier that marked the edge of civilized Khorvaire. Today, it is home to one of the strangest nations on the continent. In the streets of the Great Crag, ogres and
of the Graywall Mountains must leave their homes and return to the eastern lands, or else forfeit their claim to the king’s protection. In the face of a few withered hags and a ragtag “army” of filthy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
spend most of their time clinging to the cavern’s 60-foot-high ceiling, but the noise of the purple worms drives them into a shrieking, flapping frenzy. Whenever a purple worm enters the area 8 (whether
1d4 bludgeoning damage. Development When the purple worm that caused the bats to swarm exits the nursery, the bats return to this cave to roost 10 minutes later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Scars of War As of 1 Zarantyr 998 YK, it’s been less than four years since the Mourning and less than two years since the Last War came to an end. The Last War spanned the continent and lasted
dragonmarked houses remained neutral in the war and made considerable profit selling their services to all sides. War drives innovation; House Cannith developed many new weapons during the war, including the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
outlandish scientific experiments, and from stirges draining well-fed vampires. When a strigoi arises, the unnatural creature is overwhelmed by instinctual hunger that drives it to undertake
nature of their deaths, those slain by strigoi occasionally reanimate as boneless (detailed earlier in this chapter). Many strigoi seek ways to return to their former existence while being compelled to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
fight back. Only the threat of dawn drives the pack back into hiding. A pack of yeth hounds can be created by powerful Fey such as the Queen of Air and Darkness. Each pack’s master can telepathically
hounds as if they were made of fog, but magic weapons and silvered weapons can strike true. Yeth hounds can’t stand sunlight. A pack hunts at night and seeks to return to its dark den before dawn. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
charmingly banters with the characters, trying to learn more about why they’re in the region. He offers little in return but is eager to hear about recent events in Kalaman. Expedition Members The elven
. He drives his subordinates to catalog every foot of the Northern Wastes in search of the barest scrap of Silvanesti magic. Personality Trait. “I know what’s best for my people, and I lead with logic
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 call, the spirit is granted undeath so that it can pursue its own malevolent agenda. Wights possess the memories and drives of their formerly living selves. They will heed the call of whatever dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the burning mountain that followed. They sank Istar beneath the waves, shattered the continent, and withdrew from the world. They chose to cause the immense suffering of the disaster and the centuries
we remember. Worship of the true gods is ever waning, and false religions rise in their place. I pray every day that we’ve learned our lesson—that the gods will return, and that I may cede this chair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to fight back. Only the threat of dawn drives the pack back into hiding. Minions of a Dark Master. A pack of yeth hounds can be created by powerful fey such as the Queen of Air and Darkness. Once it
. Foiled by Sunlight. Yeth hounds can’t stand sunlight. A pack never willingly prolongs a hunt beyond the night hours and always seeks to return to its dark den before the first rays of dawn. No amount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
personality, and demon lords seldom leave their realms for fear of allowing another creature to reshape and seize it. As with other demons, a demon lord that dies on another plane has its essence return to the
drives, the Prince of Demons inspires fear and hatred among other demons and demon lords. Demogorgon towers three times the height of a human, his body as sinuous as a snake’s and as powerful as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
return to their humble lives. Deep-Seated Memories. When a coastal raid or a theft of silver is done, crab folk gather the treasures they have won and place them at the feet of a simple effigy of their
hag creator, made from driftwood and other scrap and kept in their communal lair. The crab folk have little sense of what drives them, but they understand that the effigy represents a mother and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
children. Only by undoing that folly can giants return to their intended place in Annam’s creation and regain his favor. The Stewards of the Eternal Throne are organized as a knightly order with many
chapters. Each chapter encompasses all the stewards who live across a wide geographical region, perhaps a continent or an entire world of the Material Plane, and is led by a chief steward. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Ancient Being Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest
circle of binding sigils or sealed as a spirit within a gigantic statue, the fiend’s influence drives your group. 4 Guardian Celestial. An angel or another powerful celestial takes an interest in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
horror known as the Gaping Maw, where even powerful demons are overcome by fear. Reflecting Demogorgon’s dual nature, the Gaping Maw consists of a massive primeval continent covered in dense jungle
instruments on the Material Plane, and he drives them to ever-greater atrocities in his name. Delighting in sorrow and hopelessness, the Gnoll Lord yearns to turn the cosmos into a wasteland in which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
some planning. The first step is to reach area L4; from there, the characters must spin the orb to connect area L4 to area L5. Once in area L5, the characters must then return the orb to its initial
monster is not immediately visible when the characters enter due to the area’s dividing walls. Golcuus lost its towering ego, and the loss drives it to spontaneous acts of violence. Golcuus attacks any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
essence of a demon on the Material Plane, placing it within a weapon, idol, or piece of jewelry and preventing the fiend’s return to the Abyss. An object that binds a demon must be specially prepared
employs stealth to hide a successful possession. Other times, it unleashes the full brunt of its fiendish drives through its new form. As long as the demon remains in possession of its host, the soul of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
godhood, assuming the responsibilities of the dead deities. The Return of Netheril In 1374 DR, the Empire of Netheril rose again when the floating city of Thultanthar, commonly known as Shade
dead. The return of Bhaal and his apparent reclamation of the domain of murder from Cyric led some scholars and sages to believe that the rules by which all deities must abide were in flux. In 1484
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Faerûn The vast central continent of Toril, Faerûn is a land mass divided by a great sea known as the Inner Sea, or the Sea of Fallen Stars. The lands beyond the North can be roughly divided into
deserts. Much of Calimshan is a chaotic place dominated by wealth, political influence, and personal power. Many pray for the return of the Chosen and the completion of his work. Others are learning to live
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
claimed the continent. Being from Evermeet, he believes that his island home will be safely sheltered from the dragons’ reign. Elves on the mainland will suffer, but that will be a small price to pay for
the lizardfolk’s tribal pride, such as by trying to teach them metallurgy. His effort has met with little success. Borngray is loyal to the cult and yearns for Tiamat’s return. He genuinely looks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
other and against nearby Humanoids. Eliminating the giant will return the volatile situation to an uneasy status quo. 6 A frost giant leads a mixed band of weaker giants in a campaign of bloodlust to
Eberron, the continent of Xen’drik is the ancestral home of giants and the location of their ancient empire. The continent is littered with the cyclopean ruins of this forgotten civilization, and now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
before humans claimed the continent. Being from Evermeet, he believes that his island home will be safely sheltered from the dragons’ reign. Elves on the mainland will suffer, but that will be a small
steps to restore the lizardfolk’s tribal pride, such as by trying to teach them metallurgy. His effort has met with little success. Borngray is loyal to the cult and yearns for Tiamat’s return. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
becoming a brain in a jar (see appendix C). The three wizards have been driven mad by their undead existence. Dispelling the illusion drives them into a furious rage. Visitors who ruin the ball in any
they complete this mission and return with the staff, she escorts them to the obelisk and tries to activate it. If the characters are unwilling to help Veneranda achieve her goal, they quickly outlive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
to return the dragon to slumber, or local elders Javek and Vara Horn if they’d enjoy spending more time exploring the region. If your players want to interact with the various NPCs and weigh the
G21 of the Gardens of Xabazhut.) Merchants Merchants come to Arborean Springs between the dragon’s rampages, but each new rampage drives them away. Within the last century, a new crop of business
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
impulses that drives many mortals to battle. Fear, greed, hatred—these are seeds that the Rage of War sows in the hopes of producing a bloody harvest. Rak Tulkhesh typically takes the form of a vaguely
cities, the hatred against warforged and Cyran refugees, the calls for a return to war—all these things bear the mark of Rak Tulkhesh’s malign influence. Minions of Rak Tulkhesh. Any organization that