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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.Scheming Lich in a Monstrous, Frozen Form
Zlan is a horrid, icy amalgamation of the seven liches who created the Artifact
Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
grow until they can impersonate their victims.
Oblexes
By experimenting on the slimes, jellies, and puddings that infest the depths of the Underdark, mind flayers created a special breed of Ooze
, the oblex—a slime capable of assaulting the minds of other creatures. These pools of jelly are cunning hunters that feed on thoughts and memories. The sharper the mind, the better the meal, so
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
snow Auril created. Umberlee seethed when Auril’s frigid cold transformed her chaotic, unpredictable tides into rigid, motionless sheets of ice. Umberlee brought Talos and Malar into an alliance
to be cautious and avoid contact with other creatures that can harm her.
Auril’s worshipers know better than to disturb her self-imposed isolation. Terrible blizzards have cut off Icewind Dale
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, queen of the wrathful sea, grew to despise the enduring nature of the ice and snow Auril created. Umberlee seethed when Auril’s frigid cold transformed her chaotic, unpredictable tides into rigid
weak and vulnerable. In her self-inflicted weakened state, Auril is inclined to be cautious and avoid contact with other creatures that can harm her.
Auril’s worshipers know better than to
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
performed dark rituals, robbing the power of ancient, slumbering giants and using it to transform their servants. This primal energy granted the archons' agents numerous limbs—the better to raise the
' magic pursued them, cursing them with an endless will to create, but no one to create for and none who would ever appreciate or use the art and architecture they created.
A spectrum of giants claims
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, fine art, and poetry. Vain, the weapon strives to improve its appearance. It craves gemstones and seeks out better ones with which to adorn itself. Most of all, it longs to return to the forests around
Myth Drannor, where it was created. If its wielder’s goals run counter to its own, Tearulai attempts to take control of its wielder and escape Undermountain, whereupon it can use its transport via plants spell to return whence it came.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fear that compelled tribute to hold their power at bay. Umberlee, queen of the wrathful sea, grew to despise the enduring nature of the ice and snow Auril created. Umberlee seethed when Auril’s
that can harm her.
Auril’s worshipers know better than to disturb her self-imposed isolation. Terrible blizzards have cut off Icewind Dale from the rest of the world, and a shroud of mist
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
flayers created a special breed of Ooze, the oblex—a slime capable of assaulting the minds of other creatures. These pools of jelly are cunning hunters that feed on thoughts and memories. The
sharper the mind, the better the meal, so oblexes hunt targets more likely to be intelligent, such as wizards and other spellcasters. When suitable fare comes within reach, an oblex draws its body up to
Charlatan
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-earned money.
FEATURE: FALSE IDENTITY
You have created a second identity that includes documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona
there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her.
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I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, jellies, and puddings that infest the depths of the Underdark, mind flayers created a special breed of Ooze, the oblex—a slime capable of assaulting the minds of other creatures. These pools of
jelly are cunning hunters that feed on thoughts and memories. The sharper the mind, the better the meal, so oblexes hunt targets more likely to be intelligent, such as wizards and other spellcasters. When
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
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Master of Undeath. When Orcus casts animate dead or create undead, he chooses the level at which the spell is cast, and the creatures created by the spells remain under his control indefinitely
tampering with the dead in my search to better understand death.”
61–80
“I want to achieve the everlasting existence of undeath.”
81–00
“I am awash in
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Ideal
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Understanding. True power comes from the ability to discern other creatures’ motivations better than they can discern yours. (Any)
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Kindred. All dragons are kin to one
wyrmling with an experimental bent has created a “garden” of gray ooze;gray oozes.
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An orphaned deep dragon wyrmling is cared for by a giant constrictor snake that is the recipient of a druid’s awaken spell.
Poison, Psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Re-created by the Doctor If the characters oppose Dr. Mordenheim, they face droves of her bizarre creations. They also risk becoming her newest experimental subjects. Dr. Mordenheim’s experiments
terrifying new forms. Such a plot comes with both opportunities and pitfalls. On the one hand, waking up in Mordenheim’s laboratory, either recently changed into reborn (see chapter 1) or about to
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
cast ensnaring strike, for example, the vines created by the spell might appear as rune-inscribed glowing bands that wrap around the target and hold it in place.
Suggested Characteristics
best at everything in my legal training, and now I work with the person who was always just a little bit better.
6
A good friend was promoted into work they can’t tell me about.
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I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
else useful to offer, your body’s secrets will reveal themselves on my slab.” Ideal. “The perfect form and mind do not exist because I’ve not created them yet.” Bond. “My genius is a blessing. Those who
walk from my laboratory are reborn blessed.” Flaw. “No one will ever approach my levels of genius. I simply cannot be matched.”
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I run sleight-of-hand cons on street corners.
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I convince people that worthless junk is worth their hard-earned money.
FEATURE: FALSE IDENTITY
You have created a second
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Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her.
4
I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
serve him.
3 I was created decades ago and, fearing that I’m growing obsolete, recently fled Mount Velus.
4 Purphoros regrets my creation and wants to reforge me into something better
origins. Additionally, you gain the following traits. Constructed Resilience. You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits: You have advantage on saving throws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Oblex By experimenting on the slimes, jellies, and puddings that infest the depths of the Underdark, mind flayers created a special breed of ooze, the oblex — a slime capable of assaulting the minds
can form weird copies of their prey, which help them to harvest even more victims for their dark masters. Memory Eaters. Oblexes feed on thoughts and memories. The sharper the mind, the better the meal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
long ago in the Nine Hells, when powerful devils created a dark ritual to free their essence from their fiendish bodies in order to escape the Lower Planes. A rakshasa enters the Material Plane to feed
its appetite for humanoid flesh and evil schemes. It selects its prey with care, taking pains to keep its presence in the world a secret. Evil Reborn. For a rakshasa, death on the Material Plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and powerful elemental priests promising their followers a “better” way. The elemental weapons are heirlooms or lost treasures created long ago during an earlier incarnation of the cult. When the Elder
dedication to evil. An elemental priest protects and guides the common people, using elemental magic to better their lives. An elemental cultist demands abasement, sacrifice, and obedience. The element
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Dracolich Draconic Tyrant Reborn Habitat: Any; Treasure: Any Slawomir Maniak The vilest dragons seek to escape the grip of death, employing ageless secrets and blasphemous magic to become horrors
profane routes by which a dragon might become a dracolich. However one is created, a dracolich chooses a gem that becomes the anchor for its spirit and binds the deathless dragon to the world. So long as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
Caverns of Tsojcanth module was an expanded and revised version of The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, a tournament adventure created by Gary Gygax for Winter Con V in 1976. The adventure offers
tantalizing details about Iggwilv the Witch Queen—perhaps better known as the archmage Tasha, famous for her Hideous Laughter spell. This adaptation pays homage to the original by including a score sheet for competitive play.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, the official Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth module was an expanded and revised version of The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, a tournament adventure Gary Gygax created for Winter Con V in 1976. The adventure
offers tantalizing details of the story of Iggwilv the Witch Queen—better known as the archmage Tasha, famous for her Hideous Laughter spell. The adventure featured Drelnza, the vampire daughter of Iggwilv, and debuted the lightning-breathing behir, which appeared on its stunning cover.
Kobold
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provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
owner, they are often willing to take the chance of revealing themselves because the potential reward is worth the risk.
Dragon Servitors
Kobolds believe that they were created by Tiamat from the blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
father’s gift of godliness.
“Wise one, All-Father Annam, world-shaper of old,
Mighty were your deeds in time’s dawning.
You scattered seeds of the sundered First World;
Your dreams created
challenge:
Bring me pure perfection—
Something my craft cannot better.”
Diancastra, undaunted, departed the sanctum
And journeyed to the waters beyond worlds.
She sailed forgotten seas into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
under their iron hooves, gorgons exhale gouts of noxious gas. Gorgons are created by magic-users to serve as guardians. The process for creating a gorgon is labor intensive and dangerous, with one
a swamp-dwelling bovine monster and an ominous note: “Do better.”
—Lum the Maestro, A Mind of Metal
Gorgon Command Keys 1d6 Gorgon Won’t Attack Those That... 1 Cast a particular spell in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Kessel found an artifact suffused with demonic magic called Crenshinibon (better known as the Crystal Shard) and used it to erect a great black tower in Icewind Dale. When this tower was destroyed
left his mark on Icewind Dale, Netherese wizards created their own chardalyn. Many items made from this dark-colored crystal can be found in the ruins of ancient Netherese enclaves.
Four members of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
transformation has taken hold, a newly created drider is shunned by its house and exiled from the community, with nothing but a few meager supplies and its knowledge of the Underdark to protect it
. Someone who needs a guide through the Underdark might not find a better one than a centuries-old drider that has faced every hazard those tunnels hold.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
boy, the girl turns to you and says, “There’s a monster in our house!” She then points to a tall brick row house that has seen better days. Its windows are dark. It has a gated portico on the ground
gone. They can be convinced to wait in the portico (area 1A) while the characters search the house. Although they appear to be flesh-and-blood children, Rose and Thorn are actually illusions created by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
beginning just before the first summer thunderstorm. Intricate, open-framed sand paintings with complex geometric shapes are created by dancers in flowing blue silken wraps. Then, as the rains fall, the
, Keranos created a bronze font fed by a pure mountain stream that would grant great oracular power if one drank deeply from it. As Keranos wanted only the wisest and most clever mortals to gain his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of avarice. Before serving under anyone’s banner, a yugoloth asks the only question on its mind: What’s in it for me? Spawn of Gehenna. The first yugoloths were created by a sisterhood of night hags
this new army, the hags crafted four magic tomes and recorded the true names of every yugoloth they created, save one, the General of Gehenna. These tomes were called the Books of Keeping. Since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
interlopers without violence.
4 Two silver dragons compete to see who is better at playing the part of a young noble.
5 A young silver dragon rules over a group of yuan-ti, claiming to be an
ancient yuan-ti leader reborn.
6 A young silver dragon performs nightly to entertain a village of cloud giants, hoping to earn their help in securing a new lair.
Adult Silver Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
created by ancient spells used to lift the floor of the bay above the water. Others consist entirely of huge boardwalks supported above the brackish water by decaying pilings. The district is made up
tossed out with the trash. High Quarter The seat of local government in better days, this quarter is the southeast section of the Styes. Most of the buildings here were once municipal offices, but only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
WALKER) Doomwake Giant Belief is a powerful force in Theros, capable of bringing about wonders and changing the world—but not always for the better. Doomwake giants arise from pernicious fears that
, slumbering giants and using it to transform their servants. This primal energy granted the archons’ agents numerous limbs—the better to raise the archons’ monuments and fortresses. Yet many of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the vast and largely unexplored continent of Xen’drik. It was created or caused by the Mourning — the mystical cataclysm that destroyed Cyre — and has only been around for four years. It’s a product of
sourcebook that’s come before it, this book is intended to be a source of inspiration: use what inspires you, but always feel empowered to change the world to better suit the story you want to tell