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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its master.A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
ground
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Attacks carts and wagons as if they were terrible monsters
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Howls when it rains
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Whines piteously in the dark
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Buries treasure it finds
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Chases birds, leaping into the air to catch them, heedless of the destruction it causes
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ruthless shipping magnate has bribed a dragon turtle to attack competitors’ vessels and drive them out of business.
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A curious dragon turtle swam upriver from the sea and is now stuck beneath
, though some dragon turtles prefer coastal lairs with easier access to settlements they can trade with—or prey upon. Particularly reclusive dragon turtles seek lairs in even more remote locales
Elf
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more often amused than excited, and more likely to be curious than greedy. They tend to remain aloof and unfazed by petty happenstance. When pursuing a goal, however, whether adventuring on a mission or
(Moonbrook), Xiloscient (Goldpetal)
Subrace
Ancient divides among the elven people resulted in three main subraces: high elves, wood elves, and dark elves, who are commonly called drow. Choose one of
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage for every 5 feet it moves on those spikes.Theros’s reclusive medusas often delight in collecting and expanding their galleries of petrified victims
worshipers dedicated to Pharika previously hoarded secrets and engaged in dark rituals.
Island of Potent Magic. Although Skathos’s location remains a mystery, stories tell of the island’s
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
At the highest mountain peaks — far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a
skills.
This dedication to competition has a dark side. Goliaths are ferocious competitors, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a goliath slays a dragon, he or she might
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"damage", "rollAction":"Emerald Embers", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Emerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to weave illusions to
to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
devilish lights in the swamp are nothing but swamp gas, and the current reclusive count is the descendant of the region’s original reclusive count. Many of the domain’s inhabitants are likely
creations of the Dark Powers and the domain is the only reality they know, but what logical and psychological leaps might an outsider need to make to sleep at night?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
spread stories of the Dark Lady to scare off curious or foolhardy adventurers. They warn fellow members to approach Nurvureem with extreme caution. In recent months, Nurvureem has been pestered by
mysterious and terrifying figure known far and wide as “the Dark Lady.” Locals warn everyone to stay well away from the ruins. The truth of the tale is that the “Dark Lady” is a female adult black shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Gothic Horror Villains Villains in gothic horror tales are subtle or unassuming until they reveal their true nature. Any intriguing figure with a dark secret can serve as a gothic horror villain, and
gothic villains are most effective when they are slowly revealed as shockingly cruel, immoral, or the antithesis of goodness. Gothic Horror Villains d10 Villain
1 A reclusive noble who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dilettantes, reclusive scholars, correspondents from other domains, and hucksters. At any time, members of the organization might call upon their contacts to uncover some esoteric secret, engage in a
knowledge most interests you? Are you curious about archeology, astrology, divination, cryptozoology, electricity, or spiritualism? How has this gotten you into trouble?
Who aids your investigations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
modifications, each requiring its own magical removal, resulting in the recovery of a few traumatic memories at a time. Alienism. Scientifically curious lands in your campaign might feature burgeoning
language. Don’t explain why the character gains these benefits, though, and let them make their own explanations to other characters. Lost memories might also take the form of Dark Gifts (see chapter 1).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
weapons can open or close a portal to the Inner Plane of that element. The Dark Lady can supply names and descriptions of each of the four elemental princes (described in chapter 7). Nurvureem is curious
without exposing herself to danger. The Dark Lady’s image opens conversation by saying, “Welcome to Rundreth Manor.” The image ignores any attacks the characters make against it, although such interaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Adventure Begins The characters begin the adventure in the slave pens of Velkynvelve. Stripped of everything but their underclothing, they are at the mercy of the dark elves and in the company of
other prisoners, many of who aren’t what they seem. Captured by the drow! You wouldn’t wish this fate upon anyone, yet here you are — locked in a dark cave, the cold, heavy weight of metal tight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
grandest deep gnome strongholds, which existed for more than two thousand years until it was overrun a little more than a century ago by the dark elves of Menzoberranzan. The deep gnomes recently reclaimed
their old home, and now struggle to rid it of malign influences that have crept into the tunnels and warrens in their absence. Deep gnomes are lean with dark, earthen skin tones of gray. Males are bald
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
3. Glabbagool This area contains the skeletal remains of a drow, along with a dark metal mace and a scattering of coins. However, the characters are quick to notice that these items appear to hover
sentience and awareness. The ooze is genuinely curious about other creatures and wants to learn more about the world. It defends itself if attacked, but doesn’t otherwise try to harm the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Seeds of Fear Aside from supernatural sources of dread and monsters who strike terror in their victims, fear is subjective and often quite personal. A battle-hardened warrior and a reclusive scholar
1 “I can’t stand dark places.”
2 “I’m terrified of a particular kind of animal.”
3 “Deep water will be the death of me.”
4 “I can’t stand heights.”
5 “I hate being stuck in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
castles are haunted by ghosts and prowling monsters. Sensible valley dwellers avoid them. In recent years, four elemental cults have taken over the keeps. The cultists are careful to keep the curious
actually an old stone temple built in a rocky vale at the southern edge of the Sumber Hills. It was recently reborn as the Sacred Stone Monastery, home to reclusive monks dedicated to a mysterious “Way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
ranks of those who seek pleasure above all else. He promises dark delights and forbidden ecstasies, in return for total submission to him. His cult gathers new members by circulating tracts, poems, and
other works of art that depict encounters with him. Upstanding folk regard these works as vulgar, wretched, and obscene, but the delights they depict or describe sometimes lure a curious soul into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Will-o’-Wisp Guide on the Path to Doom Habitat: Forest, Swamp, Urban; Treasure: None Vicki Pangestu From a distance, will-o’-wisps look like lanterns bobbing in the dark. Through the windows of
abandoned structures or around the bends of treacherous paths, these spirits tempt the curious into peril. Once their prey is vulnerable, will-o’-wisps feed on the life force of those they lay low. Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, and how to survive their dangers. Those who travel between domains might have the Mist Walker Dark Gift (see chapter 1) or know how to employ Mist talismans (detailed at the start of this chapter
carrying a message from the Keepers of the Feather
4 Curious members of the Keepers of the Feather led by a wereraven (see chapter 5) in disguise
5 A band of Vistani
6 A spirit that cries out before being yanked back into the Mists, leaving behind a Mist talisman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
it brings destruction and ruin. Bedine are dark-haired and olive-skinned, with brown eyes. They wear a loose-fitting, linen robe called an aba, covered by a dark cloak called a jellaba. They carry
once lush and verdant land. Shamir is cautious and superstitious, but he’s also intelligent and curious. The blue circle painted on the golem’s chest and the symbols on its body make him think it’s the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
65. Underground Lake A dark underground lake opens up before you, its ceiling festooned with chains and gears — some of which appear to have dwarves dangling from them. A gigantic motionless stone
anyone seeking to prevent the atropal’s ascension. The aboleth’s other personality is that of a humanoid child — harmless, gleeful, and insanely curious. In this state of mind, the aboleth poses no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
turned on the others, killing noble Siberys and scattering the pieces of his body. Eberron fought Khyber, but couldn’t defeat the dark wyrm. And so Eberron wound Khyber in her coils and transformed
bonds and wreak havoc, and we must always be vigilant.
Civilizations rose and fell. The giants of Xen’drik worked great magics, even destroying one of the moons. This rash action led the reclusive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ivy. The crew is gone without a trace, but the old ship still has occupants: a reclusive weretiger and a small tribe of vegepygmies share it. Since the weretiger kills more than he eats and leaves
the surplus for the vegepygmies, the tiny community gets along fine. The vegepygmies thrive in the damp, dark area under the ship and in its hold, while the weretiger lives more elegantly in the airy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
offerings of meat to its bonded creature 7 Compulsively digs up the ground 8 Attacks carts and wagons as if they were terrible monsters 9 Howls when it rains 10 Whines piteously in the dark 11 Buries treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to
Howls when it rains 10 Whines piteously in the dark 11 Buries treasure it finds 12 Chases birds, leaping into the air to catch them, heedless of the destruction it causes I suspect gray renders owe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
talkative owl, the ranger had monitored the drow for several days, curious as to why a dark elf had wandered into the valley. At first, Montolio had assumed that the drow was somehow connected to Graul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the character finds, roll on the Trinkets table in appendix A. Unseen Servant A curious object drifts into view, as though held aloft by an invisible force. This unseen servant was created by Strahd
(Perception) score of 16 or higher, the party isn’t surprised. In that case, read: Creatures with pale flesh scuttle across the ceiling like spiders, their red eyes glowing in the dark. As they draw near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
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When the characters arrive at the Sleeping Giant, the inside is dark. Wheel-of-Fortune stands behind the bar. Their purple skin gleams with a thin sheen of mucus, and their skull and limbs have
elongated. In the dim light, it’s easy to mistake them for a mind flayer. Wheel-of-Fortune is suffering no other effects. They are here in the dark because any light brighter than candlelight causes them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
them when the camp packed up and left. Instead, she left them under the care of Mondath and the kobolds. The chamber is dark; the kobolds extinguished their lights when they heard fighting in area 9
can discern many large, dark stains on the rough floor at the base of the ledge, but what caused them is not apparent. 10A. Black Dragon Eggs This area is warm and humid. After characters look
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
them when the camp packed up and left. Instead, she left them under the care of Mondath and the kobolds. The chamber is dark; the kobolds extinguished their lights when they heard fighting in area 9
can discern many large, dark stains on the rough floor at the base of the ledge, but what caused them is not apparent. 10A. Black Dragon Eggs
Guard Drake
This area is warm and humid. After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
side to side. A large mass glides through the dark water below you.
A character who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Nature) check can identify the creature as a plesiosaurus. The creature recognizes
lungs and it’s close by. Conversely, a message cantrip or similar magic can be used to get the plesiosaurus’s attention. The creature is curious to hear what the characters have to say: A reptilian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Stone Giant Stone giants are reclusive, quiet, and peaceful as long as they are left alone. Their granite-gray skin, gaunt features, and black, sunken eyes endow stone giants with a stern countenance
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In their dark, quiet caves, stone giants wordlessly chip away at elaborate carvings, measuring time in the echoing drip of water into cavern pools. In the deepest chambers of a stone giant settlement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
coastal lairs with easier access to settlements they can trade with—or prey upon. Particularly reclusive dragon turtles seek lairs in even more remote locales, including deep-sea trenches or
descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below. Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that rises 80 feet above the shelf. The exterior face of the reef is covered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
curious to know more about the source of the discord in Mantol-Derith, leading to a revelation about Fraz-Urb’luu. A rift formed by faerzress opens wide, illuminating a dark tunnel. The rift spits out
, and through them come horrific fiends that scream, shriek, and howl as they are wrenched from the Abyss and cast into the Underdark.
A woman’s deep, dark laugh echoes in your mind as the drow wizard