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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
howler. Even at a distance, listeners’ minds cringe at the sound and fill with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers go on the prowl, courage isn’t
around the battlefield in a search for safety. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an enemy.Cold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for each location.
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hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
the various laboratories. The foul debris here is ankle deep at the edges of the chamber, rising to knee deep closer to the center where the floor slopes toward the pit (area 18). Upon entering this
end of their move. If the check fails by 5 or more, the character slides 5 feet closer to the pit. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes a lizardfolk to appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Yeenoghu Also known as the Beast of Butchery, Yeenoghu inspires his followers to devour any creatures they meet. In his mind, the cosmos is made up only of predators and prey. To sate his blood lust
gnolls, regardless of what creatures make it up. Yeenoghu infuses them with a cannibalistic hunger, and they know that each victim they claim draws them closer to his presence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Nabassu The insatiable nabassus prowl the multiverse in search of souls to devour. If they think they can kill a creature and consume its soul, they attack — even if that other creature is a demon
reason, most demons shun nabassus and force them to live on the fringes of the Abyss. There, nabassus pick off weaker demons or, if the situation warrants, gather in packs to take down larger prey. Some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
have been gliding through the astral mists since the dawn of the multiverse, trying to devour all other creatures they encounter. As big as an ancient red dragon and covered from head to tail in
antimagic field. The dreadnought can shut off the effect by simply closing its eye, though it seldom has reason to do so. Astral Predator. A remorseless, indiscriminate hunter, an astral dreadnought employs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Howler A far-off wail precedes the sight of a howler. Even at a distance, listeners’ minds cringe at the sound and fill with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers
in horror and stumble around the battlefield in a search for safety. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Howler A far-off wail precedes the sight of a howler. Even at a distance, one’s mind cringes at the sound and fills with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers go on
than that is beyond their capability. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an enemy’s ability to use spells and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
frozen. Two other barred openings can be seen along the stronghold’s northern wall. Anyone positioned behind these openings would have an unobstructed view of the hillside.
Closer to you, separated from
much larger fortress in the mountains. Xardorok is obsessed with chardalyn and is forging a dragon out of it.
The outpost was built close to Kelvin’s Cairn for a reason. Once Ten-Towns is destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
it outside the range of some creatures’ darkvision. The stone giants have never noticed it for this reason. The castle looks small enough to fit in a 20-foot-cube, and it floats at the center of an
. The spindle is impervious to damage, and it generates a magical repulsion field that prevents creatures from approaching any closer to it than 5 feet. When Halaster created the mithral spindle, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reason. You must fear something truly terrible or seek something incredibly important. Zakhara. As the saying goes among those in Faerûn who know of the place, “To get to Zakhara, go south. Then go
are on a pilgrimage to understand the gods that others worship, so that you might better appreciate your own deities. The Underdark. Though your home is physically closer to the Sword Coast than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to devour what they have killed, and to fashion crude weapons and armor from their victims’ corpses. A gnoll war band exemplifies Yeenoghu’s plans for the world. He wants to transform it into a
extols. Strength allows a gnoll to overwhelm, kill, and devour a foe. Hunger motivates a gnoll to go forth and slay in Yeenoghu’s name. Fear is a weapon used against enemies to make them easy prey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
following categories: Goal. A character’s goal is a short-term reason for the character to adventure. At the start of a campaign, this might be a desire for treasure, a thirst for excitement, or some need
this goal? What is a reward the character will be excited to receive that also moves them closer to their ambition? Use the answers to these questions to develop new character goals and to inspire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
races—a reason for the monstrous races to be used in a campaign with care. Bugbear Traits Your bugbear character has the following racial traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by
discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Aggressive. As a bonus action, you can move up to your speed toward an enemy of your choice that you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
that cast them out and devour it all!
Sundered Blades The corruption in Gracklstugh slowly rots duergar society from within, leading it toward a brutal fate. You see a circle of small hooded figures
would confuse an ordinary mind, but you instinctively know the path you must walk. Every step brings you closer to a magma-filled chasm, lodged in which is an enormous contraption of metal and stone — a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
grant a die whenever a visible ally in range makes an attack roll or a saving throw. Does a gauth’s Devour Magic eye ray end a creature’s attunement to an attuned magic item the ray affects? No
with it. Can a hydra use Reactive Heads to make multiple opportunity attacks against one creature at the same time when it provokes? Yes. For that reason, we recommend taking the Disengage action when you’re going to move away from a hydra.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Whatever the reason, travelers might look for a halfling village, but they fail to notice a narrow path that cuts through the underbrush, or they find themselves traveling in circles and getting no
closer to their goal. Rangers who have encountered halflings or lived among them know of this effect, and they learn to trust their other senses and their instincts rather than relying on sight. A typical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
creature, that allows a character to claim what would otherwise be impossible to obtain. For this reason, a Fey can’t claim such a thing unless they and the creature with which they made the contract are
those items ends immediately. 6–7 You are petrified. 8 An iron thorn is magically lodged in your chest. Every day, you can feel it move closer to your heart. If this effect is not ended within 3 days
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
characters give the aboleths a reason to be paranoid (which is easy to do, given their natural inclinations), these creatures attack. L3. Landgrave’s Pit The light that fills the pit originates in the
opens up inside the temple is hundreds of feet deep and pitch black below the uppermost 20 feet. But the creature that lurks within is much closer than that. The juvenile kraken (see appendix C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cargo hold, the flesh golem tries to beat the characters unconscious. The squidlings are compelled to try to devour the brains of unconscious characters, avoiding combat otherwise. The heavy chains and
audible clicking noise when a psi crystal is within 5 miles of it. The closer the object gets to the psi crystal, the more rapid the clicks. A character who tries to help Dredavex with the life support
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, where they hope to gang up on the characters after luring them there. Running the Encounter. The gnolls are forced to range far and wide in search of food. Their hunger overrides their reason, such that
each successful check, a team rolls its boulder 10 feet closer to the finish line.
Goliath Werebear The characters encounter a goliath werebear (see appendix C) in polar bear form, galumphing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
griffons circle above you, shrieking at your approach. They descend until they’re a few hundred feet away but come no closer.
At the end of the entranceway is a ten-foot-tall barricade made of wood and
Akannathi clan who has as much influence in Skytower Shelter as Arn does, and once her sight is restored, she can gently persuade him to listen to reason. With her help, the characters can convince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gyrt. It was a tense meeting. I think the only reason I was not killed on sight is that I was an elf traveling alone. I think they feared I was a wizard. Uthgardt hate all magic but that of their
. As a rule, the Uthgardt engage in raiding only in remote areas — meaning that the closer a potential target is to civilization, the less likely it will be set upon. The raiders prefer to strike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
revolutionaries. One of the rebellion’s prominent leaders — in some respects the face of the revolution — was driven by a personal reason for his or her part in events. Describe this person and state the
true reason he or she led the rebellion. What problem existed before the revolution that persists in spite of it? 6. Extinction or Depletion Something that once existed in the campaign world is gone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
towers closest to the bridge. If the characters approach the gatehouse and give a sound reason for being here, the erinyes open the way (see “Doors” and “Portcullises” below), escort the characters to
threatening to devour any dockhands working there. Kalimrax finds her task incredibly dull and looks to the hold’s occasional visitors to provide some interest. The dragon interrogates newcomers, hoping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Xanthoria’s will. The worm consumes anything thrown into the hole. As the Worm Turns. Once the characters enter the chamber, the worm rumbles forth and tries to devour everyone. At the end of each
damage and is not poisoned on a success. 3 The worm thrashes about in rage. Each Large or smaller creature in the cave must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or be moved 20 feet closer to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
closer to the doors. A wailing howl erupts from the shadows of this dim chamber, echoing from black marble walls. Dark pillars rise to the ceiling, each exuding shadow that twists in the air like
Barracks The light in this room can be seen from area 34. Unless the creatures here have a reason to be quiet, they are talking loudly. Three bonfires light this vast chamber, their smoke rising to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and are impervious to damage until the ritual to destroy the Princess of the Shadow Glass is completed. Closer examination of the ritual circle reveals that it contains a semicircle of candle stubs
time (see “Nintra’s End” below). If the characters do not speak with Zyrian for some reason, spending an hour searching the books of the library turns up references to the ritual that created The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Southern Area. While exploring the southern part of this area, characters can hear the cackling of the mephits in area P14 above the roar of the falls. The temperature begins to drop the closer one
smell of brine battles with the stench of decay.
Seven ghouls and a ghast gnaw on the bones in this cave. When a creature enters their lair, the ghouls dive in to devour it and escape confinement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
devour 1d4 more creatures within the minute, but entity does not grant any additional desires. 2 Entity strikes everyone present permanently blind and does not grant any additional desires. 3 Entity
any reason—in fact, they will gladly take up arms to fight intruders if given the chance. 17. Thrall Pen Ten unarmed gnolls dwell here. They will behave in all respects like their kin in area 16.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
for an expected reason. Worried about the punishments the fanatics will inflict upon them for letting invaders into Illithinoch, the two mind flayers fight to the death. Dripping Statue. The infected
previously relied on a mind flayer named Qunbraxel to orchestrate an important mission closer to the surface. Ahooshathan hates Qunbraxel (and Qunbraxel’s position of favor with the fanatics). Ahooshathan is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
glides closer until it is near enough to board safely. The boat can carry up to eight Medium creatures. One creature can steer the boat using the tiller, and the boat has a speed of 20 feet. Dark Water
gift to Iggwilv from the archmage Mordenkainen and is worth 2,500 gp. Its pieces mutter under their breath when they are taken off the board. The chessboard is one reason why Nemesatra and Trizzian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
), commander of Everlund’s army and a windbag High Sorcerer Vaeril Rhuidhen (NG male sun elf archmage), a quiet voice of moderation and reason who keeps the peace between the council’s more fractious
, they believe, ensures that Elrem doesn’t return to devour them. Bound inside the altar is a couatl. It can phase into and out of the altar at will. While inside the altar, the couatl is undetectable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
pillars that demarcate a central area bare of furniture. In this central area, the earth floor has been packed closer than elsewhere, as if by the passage of many feet. Several wooden benches stand
reason for being in the lair (which is to negotiate an alliance) only if the characters are traveling with friendly lizardfolk, or if a character makes a successful DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If