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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
. The gadabout enters the space of a willing Medium or Small creature within 5 feet of itself and gently wraps its branches around the target. The target is grappled (escape DC 0). Any attempt by the
Wildspace. A gadabout wraps its branches around a Humanoid creature, spreads its butterfly wings, and allows its wearer to fly through space in a continuously refreshed air envelope. The gadabout
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
forests and jungles, seem to attract girallons. They see a city’s buildings as a superior sort of forest whose uppermost “branches” can safely support them. The creatures can easily
ravines or shallow caves, or hide in ruined sites while waiting for prey to come near. A girallon is surprisingly stealthy, considering its size and its lack of camouflage.
Girallons form loose bands
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Tree, yggdrasti look like gigantic, dead trees covered with barnacles. They fly through Wildspace and the Astral Sea with their topmost branches leading the way and their withered roots trailing behind
inside its trunk in which Medium or smaller creatures can lurk.
Yggdrasti attack any settlements or spelljamming ships they come across without provocation. By using a speak with plants spell or
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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3
I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
4
Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
5
No
creature can outsmart my defenses—if they do, they obviously cheated.
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Any creature that can hold their own against me must teach me how—whether they want to or not.
7
I
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Death.
Trapped in Undeath. When Minara restored Erandis as a lich, she hid her daughter’s phylactery, weaving enchantments into it that cause Erandis to be reborn in a random safe haven after she
Lady Illmarrow believe that she’s a champion of their faith, but they don’t worship or serve her. And the powers of priests of the Blood of Vol don’t come from Lady Illmarrow.
Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Lightning
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
4
Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
5
No creature can outsmart my defenses—if
who will undoubtedly terrorize the area if they win.
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A sapphire dragon’s lair is so well protected that its inner defenses have never been tested. The dragon spreads rumors of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Reborn Origins Reborn might originate from circumstances similar to those of various undead or constructs. The Reborn Origins table provides suggestions for how your character became reborn. Reborn
Origins d8 Origins
1 You were magically resurrected, but something went wrong.
2 Stitches bind your body’s mismatched pieces, and your memories come from multiple different lives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Faded Memories A reborn with a phantom limb takes aim. Reborn suffer from some manner of discontinuity, an interruption of their lives or physical state that their minds are ill equipped to deal
with. Their memories of events before this interruption are often vague or absent. Occasionally, the most unexpected experiences might cause sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
deeper into the trees. Heavy vines and thick layers of moss drape the branches, and the air is noticeably colder than it was in the ruined village. After rounding a bend in the trail, you come upon a
domed shelter made from the warped, bowing branches of nearby trees. A low doorway leads inside.
This 10-foot-by-10-foot shelter is the lair of Agatha the banshee. If the characters exercise caution
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
to decide on a course of action for when the drowned ones breach the defenses. The survivors do not participate in combat against the drowned ones. Even if they aid in the defensive preparations, come nightfall they retreat to area 25.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
always on alert. One of them carries a horn that it sounds in the event of an attack. If the horn is blown, eight of the troglodytes in area 2 come through area 5 and into this cave to investigate and shore up the defenses.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters’ living area and protecting vital areas of the lair with traps and other defenses.
Some human communities hire kobolds to dig their
magical power than a potion, but they all believe that the tribal sorcerer can figure out how to use any such item they come across. When kobolds sense an opportunity to separate a magic item from its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
they’ve come for, they will be able to speak with the banshee. When the characters enter the shelter, read the following: A home of sorts is sheltered within the dome of woven branches. It is
trail winds deeper into the trees. Heavy vines and thick layers of moss drape the branches, and the air is noticeably colder than it was in the ruined village. Rounding a bend in the trail, you see a
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
advancing civilization, nature needs some help from biomancers and terraformers. If, along the way, you happen to create super-soldiers and mutant monsters that can bolster the combine’s defenses
very different.
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I borrowed a lot of money from an Orzhov syndic to help finance my research.
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A Rakdos ringmaster has taken an interest in my research which, come to think of it, might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Material Plane, and its winding branches are as broad and meandering as river deltas. Thousands of chambers, tunnels, and halls—all claimed by the cult of Aurnozci—riddle the tree’s rotten interior. Huge
but also keeping the fire in check. Firehive. Aurnozci’s nest hangs from one of Gorewood’s strongest, knobbiest branches, secured by a hundred-foot-thick cord of Aurnozci’s iron-hard silk. The nest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the city’s defenses, and to remain vigilant for new threats gathering in the dark depths of the world. King Bruenor might offer the triumphant heroes noble titles and positions of power in his kingdom
in the hope of enlisting their aid against the troubles to come. The adventurers might get the opportunity to earn those titles all over again when an Underdark army marches on the dwarf kingdom, determined to claim Gauntlgrym and the power of the primordial bound within its Great Forge.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
cast. Tree branches look like skeletal fingers, night creatures slink and flutter about, and skull-like faces appear on plants, stones, and sprites’ wings. 4 Inquisitive. Creatures in this domain are
nosy and hungry for gossip. Animated trees use their branches to pick through backpacks when travelers aren’t looking; pixies spy on strangers; and birds eavesdrop on conversations, repeating what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Approaching Loomlurch Describe Loomlurch to the players as their characters come within view of the site: The forest is at its darkest here. Up ahead, a colossal dead oak lies on its side. Three
living trees grow naturally out of its fallen remains. Their shapes resemble towers, with candlelit windows twinkling in the gloom and wooden balconies encircling gnarled branches. On one side of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
treasures as you see fit, with an eye towards your home campaign and your particular players. If time permits, the giants organize traps, ambushes, and last-ditch defenses against continuing forays into
their stronghold. Adventure Start It is assumed that the party has safely arrived at a spot near the giants’ stronghold—a small cave, well hidden, where they can hide mounts and equipment. They come to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Hunt
1 The characters come to the attention of High Priest Rehkotep, who demands they aid her in finding the pharaoh’s lost treasure or face punishment.
2 Revolutionaries displeased with
characters die, Pharaoh Ankhtepot resurrects them (perhaps as reborn; see chapter 1). Their continued existence is contingent on searching for and finding his ka.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
A Pox on the Land Unlike most stone giants, Thane Kayalithica is a neutral evil extremist. She is using the dissolution of the ordning as an excuse to destroy what she has come to fear and abhor
stone giants won’t easily be turned against their thane, but they might be persuaded to help adventurers survive the perils of Deadstone Cleft by providing information about the canyon and its defenses. They can also shed light on Kayalithica’s evil intentions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Tower. They come running in wolf form, hoping to trap prey on the island by cutting off access to the causeway. Leading the hunt is Kiril Stoyanovich, a werewolf with 90 hit points. Accompanying him are
the Forgotten Realms. The werewolves know that the tower has magical defenses, so they are cautious. Kiril tries to lure the characters outside for a final showdown, but pulls his pack into the woods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
gaps between its curling branches. Hidden in the shaft are a number of vine blights — one blight plus one additional blight for each member of the party, not including sidekicks (maximum five blights
branches of the tree with ease (no ability check needed). The Gulthias tree is a Huge plant with blood for sap. It has AC 15, 250 hit points, vulnerability to fire damage, and no actions, reactions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Gadabout Gadabouts are gentle, winged creatures that can be used as personal conveyances for short-distance travel across the airless void of Wildspace. A gadabout wraps its branches around a
generate seeds, each one is a valuable commodity. Mercane and dohwar merchants who come into possession of a healthy gadabout might sell it for 2,500 gp or more. Gadabout
Medium Plant, Unaligned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
adventurers of all stripes explore Faerûn and deal with the perils of ancient ruins, malevolent cults, and long-forgotten tombs, those who come through Spelljammer Academy on Nimbral strive to protect the
world from far greater threats. Spelljammer Academy trains cadets for service as Spelljammers and members of the Spelljammer Corps: both branches of a magical navy sworn to protect Toril and to explore
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
defenses.
Emerald Dragon Lair Features
The emerald dragon lair shown in map 5.8 is a series of ancient vaults situated beneath a city built in the caldera of a dormant volcano. The vaults fell into disuse
features:
Lava Tubes. When the volcano is quiet, the dragon uses the lava tubes to come and go from the lair.
Great Hall. The emerald dragon resides in a grand rectangular hall near the center of the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
(and more paranoid) dragons employing several layers of such defenses.
Emerald Dragon Lair Features
The emerald dragon lair shown in map 5.8 is a series of ancient vaults situated beneath a city
had subsided, the dragon moved in.
The lair has the following features:
Lava Tubes. When the volcano is quiet, the dragon uses the lava tubes to come and go from the lair.
Great Hall. The emerald
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Shape Theft. 3 Testing the Defenses (see below) 4 Highmaster’s Message (see below) A sivak draconian swoops down to attack Testing the Defenses A warning horn sounds from a group of soldiers crewing
forth in the form of a massive skeletal dragon.
This lesser death dragon (see appendix B) has come specifically for the characters. After its dramatic crash landing, it starts the battle with 160
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
While adventurers of all stripes explore Faerûn and deal with the perils of ancient ruins, malevolent cults, and long-forgotten tombs, those who come through Spelljammer Academy on Nimbral strive to
protect the world from far greater threats. Spelljammer Academy trains cadets for service as Spelljammers and members of the Spelljammer Corps: both branches of a magical navy sworn to protect Toril
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
trunk of the tree, the satyrs gambol ahead of you, elated to be back in their safe haven. Suddenly, the tree seems to come awake. It gives off a guttural noise—and then it speaks!
“Pardon my rudeness
news for them. Feynor gestures with one of his branches toward a narrow path leading north into the woods. Treasure Before the characters leave, Feynor uproots a corked wooden vial buried in the dirt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
room. The yuan-ti come here to shed their skins and polish their scales. Thirty jars line the shelves underneath the oval stone, and each one contains a scented ointment that yuan-ti use to keep their
playing them off against each other. If his bodyguards are defeated and he is facing death, Yahru offers small bits of information for the promise of freedom. In addition to the layout and defenses of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Therno Lake Locations The following locations are keyed to map 3.4. Marco Bernardini Map 3.4: Therno Lake View Player Version L1: Beaver Dam A wide dam of mud, logs, and branches blocks this section
, the creature takes half as much damage only. L2: Lake Where a mountain spur divides two branches of the valley, an elongated, V-shaped lake extends across the pass, contained by a dam to the south
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Mire of Doubt This location is presented on map 8.4. Mike Schley Map 8.4: Mire of Doubt View Player Version This floating nodule is covered with trees with sheets of moss hanging from the branches
, yet will never COME closer than it is NOW?”
Valsyx emphasizes the words “new troublemakers, come now” to signal Charnyz. If the characters want the riddle repeated, Valsyx repeats it at an even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
demesne of the lich-king Larloch himself, who has also been called the Shadow King. Threats and Defenses I warn you: do not come to this place. And if you must, do not tarry, for its defenders are
brutal and bloodthirsty, as inimical to life as any plague or poison, and they take delight in the suffering of those who come into their reach. This place is rife with undead, of all varieties. In