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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
into thinking it believes one idea or feels a particular emotion. The target contests this attempt with a Wisdom (Insight) check. If the elder brain succeeds, the mind believes the deception for 1 hour
brain targets a creature within 120 feet of it with which it has a psychic link. The elder brain breaks the creature’s concentration on a spell it has cast. The creature also takes 1d4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature that can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength
returns to the space where it began this movement.
Slimy Organs. This creature has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.
Whenever this creature suffers a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the mage reforms from it
the end of that turn, the cultist teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it and returns to its normal form. The cultist can’t be targeted directly by any attack or other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
participate. Soon after the ritual’s completion, a welcome rain begins falling, and the heat wave breaks. The locals are overjoyed and host a celebration for the characters. Within a few days, the region’s weather returns to normal, thanks to the characters’ daring.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in an opalescent film like the skin of a bubble. Any further damage to the corpse breaks the spell. 8 The creature instantly returns to life with 1 hit point, as though affected by a revivify spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and allowed to retreat here in mist form, Keresta returns to this sarcophagus and remains here, paralyzed in vampire form for 1 hour. At the end of the hour, she regains 1 hit point and is no longer
paralyzed. She waits here until her Regeneration trait returns her to full hit points, then gathers her forces (including Umbraxakar) and sets out to destroy any enemies still in Vanrakdoom. Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
darkness where the shadows hunger. As a shadow drains its victim’s strength and physical form, the victim’s shadow darkens and begins to move of its own volition. In death, the creature’s shadow breaks free
, becoming a new undead shadow hungry for more life to consume. If a creature from which a shadow has been created somehow returns to life, its undead shadow senses the return. The shadow might seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
each hour the characters spend in the Dark Duchess, there is a 20 percent chance that Arveiaturace returns to the ship. Because she can see only out to a range of 60 feet, the dragon must get close to
Meltharond to ready his spells. If she suspects that intruders are still aboard the vessel but hiding in places she can’t reach, she breaks through walls to get at them. The characters are no match
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
slaad, enters the area of the boundary circle, or breaks any part of the circle or pentagram by sweeping or brushing away the salt, the slaad is freed. Hungry for carnage, the creature vents its rage
head that bobs toward you. A croaking voice sounds out in your mind: “Nangnang will help you now.”
If the spirit successfully inhabits the character, give the player Nangnang’s card (see appendix F). If the attempt fails, the spirit returns to the egg and waits for another character to touch it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and remains there until salvaged. Once the glabrezu has taken three turns, Bazelsteen returns and scares the demon away if it hasn’t been defeated by then. If the bathysphere’s chain breaks, Bazelsteen
one of its pincers to try to snip through the bathysphere’s rusty chain, doing so with a successful DC 20 Strength check. If the chain breaks, the bathysphere falls to the bottom of the River Styx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
treasures catch their fancy, and leaving destruction in their wake. When one of the githyanki’s astral vessels returns home after a raid, it is laden with the spoils of the incursion. Vlaakith makes
. She regularly arranges contests, scavenger hunts, and other trials to keep her servants involved in purposeful activity, but the attraction of such diversions wears off after a brief time. Most of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
returns. It is convenient for humanoids to understand a mind flayer colony by thinking of it as a single individual — the elder brain — directing a number of subservient, remote minds, which are the
. One nasty, suspicious mind.
— Elminster
Renegade Illithids Sometimes a mind flayer that’s away from its colony breaks free from the elder brain. Perhaps it ran into a situation where its bonds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-Towns. If the druid is killed or captured, its awakened companions behave as intelligent humans would when faced with the loss of their leader: either their morale breaks and they flee, or they become
might challenge one or more characters to an athletic contest. If the characters accept this challenge, roll on the Athletic Contests table to determine what game the goliaths propose. The goliaths are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, that creature must make the same save. A restrained creature is stuck as long as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained
to 20 feet through spaces no more than an inch in diameter. It must end this movement in a space that can accommodate its full size. Otherwise, it takes 5 force damage and returns to the space where
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
malfunction returns to 10 percent.
Random Properties. There are far more possible combinations for the Infernal Machine’s controls than can ever be known or matrixed—especially as the controls
. The tentacles cannot attack or grapple.
You are constantly followed by 1d4 octopus;octopuses that can breathe air and water, and which have a walking speed of 30 feet. Each time combat breaks out, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
painstaking process in the narrow space takes 5 minutes, and if the check fails by 5 or more, the sphere breaks at the end of the attempt. Sleep Gas. If the glass sphere breaks, it releases green, swirling
and the ring of protection he is wearing; see “Treasure.”) If either the mask or the pendant is forced back upon him before the 2 rounds elapse, he returns to death. If not, he then sits for 2 more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
looking for a place to live in peace. 11 An enormous monster on display in a menagerie breaks free and goes on a rampage. 12 A coven of hags steals cherished memories from travelers. 13 A villain seeks
dragon’s lair, and the dragon wants to reclaim the lair. 3 An ancient hero returns from the dead to prepare the world for the return of an equally ancient monster. 4 An ancient Artifact has the power to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
larger to fail the check causes the ice to crack and fall, releasing a dormant water weird. After the ice breaks, enough ice remains that characters can still climb it, but the DC of the check
filled with gold coins that lies in the muck at the bottom of Lac Dinneshere. If the deal is struck and the characters release her as promised, Maud returns to the lake to make good on her end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Many festhalls sponsor Founders’ Day costume contests, with prizes going to those who wear the best recreations of the garb of historical personages. Once banned as frivolous and distracting, the
martial skill, and stage mock battles. Those desiring to join their ranks are given a chance to demonstrate their prowess, usually with wooden practice weapons in contests against veteran soldiers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
barrels of water, and a few crates of other supplies before he casts off and returns to Uskarn. If he has any concerns about not being met by folk from the hermitage, he makes no sign that he cares. Unless
the characters have made other arrangements, the ferry returns shortly after sunrise the next day. A character who makes a successful DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check notices humanoid tracks leading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
returns to its home dimension. If the party attempts to remove anything from this area, the spectator attacks. Brazier of Green Flame. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check identifies the brazier
surges into the cave every 2 minutes, it raises the water level by 10 feet. After 1 minute, the water level returns to its normal depth of 20 feet. This flooded cave is home to a giant octopus that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
returns before dawn and sleeps in his quarters (area K21). In the Great Hall, he is attended by a fathomer named Urshnora and two Crushing Wave reavers (see chapter 7 for both). If a battle breaks out
breaks out here, characters standing in front of the gate are exposed to fire from the arrow slit in area K3 and the parapet on the wall. If the bandits in area K2 can’t line up shots at the intruders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. If they do, one of the razerblasts escorts the party. If a fight breaks out, one of the razerblasts shouts, “Imix defend us!” When this happens, read the following text aloud: The obsidian columns
temple. Those seeking entrance must make signs like those described in E1. If the characters instead ask to speak with the temple’s leaders, one ogre leaves and returns with a razerblast from area E2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Charisma (Deception) check with advantage to deceive the target’s mind into thinking it believes one idea or feels a particular emotion. The target contests this attempt with a Wisdom (Insight) check
.
Tentacle. The elder brain makes a tentacle attack.
Break Concentration. The elder brain targets a creature within 120 feet of it with which it has a psychic link. The elder brain breaks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
statistics as flying swords, except they deal bludgeoning damage on a hit. If a fight breaks out in this area, the creatures in area K14 come to investigate. K13. Holding Cell The door to this room has a
it takes damage, the barlgura can attempt a DC 10 Charisma check. On a successful check, it breaks out of the circle and attacks any creature it can reach. Freeing the barlgura disrupts Manshoon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to move along the bridge had failed by 5 or more. If an intruder gets at least two-thirds of the way across the bridge, one orc breaks cover to move through the double doors into
500 pounds of material. Additionally, if characters are held captive in area 6, their equipment is stored here. Development. When the second orc raiding party returns (five days after the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
ceremony.
4:30 PM Celebration in the dining hall. Gorat gives his toast. Thoman returns from checking on the vault, informing Amara of its status just as the toast ends. Gwendolyn asks Thoman to go
determine whether his clan has an easier or harder time calming down once chaos erupts. A good battle tale leaves them eager to fight! As the challenge is being resolved, Thoman returns from checking the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, and rat droppings are evident on every surface.
The pots and pans are rusted, and many have broken handles. A bent utensil breaks if someone tries to repair it, and the bits of spices and other
similar magic also disperses the fog, which returns after 10 minutes. Cages. The cages contain some of Xanthoria’s failed experiments, which she left to die and rot: The rotting corpse of what looks like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Otherwise, the chimera is out hunting and returns here at a time of your choosing. Treasure. Characters who search the chimera’s nest find several items taken from prey: 120 cp, 45 sp, six 100 gp
. If that happens, the millstone and the elevator (area 9) cease to function. Any creature on the wheel when it breaks is swept over the cliff with the wreckage and takes 70 (20d6) bludgeoning damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
doing so breaks 1d4 of the potions within. The chest contains 500 sp, gems worth 250 gp, three potions of healing, and a potion of heroism. General Features The lighthouse is old, and the Order of the
regain hit points but has died within the last minute returns to life with 1 hit point. (This includes any creatures that have fallen from the lighthouse.) Arms and Armaments. The arrows that fuel the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
cultist has control of it on the target’s next turn. At the end of that turn, the cultist teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it and returns to its normal form. The cultist
16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
) check. On a successful check, the trapped creature breaks through the surface and is no longer submerged. P36. Costume Room This room contains eight wooden mannequins in tall glass cases. Each
sovereign glue. Each jar is a Small object with AC 13, 3 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. For each jar that breaks, an invisible stalker is released, appearing in the air above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
The temperature in the region drops by 10 degrees Fahrenheit every hour for the next 1d6 hours, after which the temperature returns to normal. If cold enough, ice crystals form in sinister patterns
counterpart in conversation. It offers to answer one question posed to it as if the creature cast the divination spell. After answering the question, the reflection returns to normal. 89–94 Floating shards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
challenges the characters, demanding in Draconic that they retreat. The other guards join him immediately. Development. If a fight breaks out, one of the guards tries to run back to the barracks (area 3
is meditating. He is roused by the sound of combat or any direct attempts to contact him. Unless cornered, he flees to area 20 and returns with the occupants of that room. If they are gone or slain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
is hungry and attacks anything that looks edible. If a fight breaks out, the water weird stays in the pool but grabs creatures and drags them into the pool if it can. If the water weird is badly
revenant stops attacking and returns to its rest. The characters can temporarily stop all the revenants from attacking, though the revenants attack the characters again if the characters reenter the






