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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Yeenoghu;fang of Yeenoghu; see the Monster Manual). A shoosuva manifests shortly after a Yeenoghu-worshiping war band achieves a great victory, emerging from a billowing, fetid cloud of smoke as it
arrives from the Abyss. In battle, the demon wraps its slavering jaws around one victim while lashing out with the poisonous stinger on its tail to bring down another. A creature immobilized by the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
against each other, perhaps to determine who rules a war band or because of extreme starvation. Even under ordinary circumstances, gnolls that are deprived of victims for too long struggle to control
their hunger and violent urges. Eventually, they fight among themselves.
The survivors devour the flesh of their slain comrades but preserve the bones. Then, by invoking rituals to Yeenoghu they bring
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
","rollAction":"Longbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.Hunters are the stealthiest gnolls in a war band. In the
viciously barbed heads. Even when a hunter doesn’t kill their target with their first shot, the arrow strike brings so much pain that the victim is hobbled in its attempt to run away.
Gnolls
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"cold"} cold damage.Triton masters of waves sculpt storms and change the tides, bending the sea to their will. Drawing forth living currents and the icy cold of the deep, these mages make the ocean their
ally, using it to defend their people or enact Thassa’s wishes. While dire threats from the land might bring them to coastal shallows, most masters of waves keep to the ocean’s depths
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
behind when one Fiend kills another.
Because of their hunger for living prey, vargouilles are eager to escape the Lower Planes. On rare occasions, summoning a demon to another plane can bring a
’s curse. If the curse is allowed to run its course, an abyssal spirit invades the person’s body, causing a gruesome transformation. Over a period of hours, the victim’s head takes on
Charlatan
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
weakness and secure their fortunes.
4
I put on new identities like clothes.
5
I run sleight-of-hand cons on street corners.
6
I convince people that worthless junk is worth their hard
Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good)
4
Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
5
Friendship. Material goods come and go. Bonds of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
relationships with other sea creatures that can bring them food or treasure, and they sometimes agree to work for creatures who ply them with generous sums of wealth.
Ancient Dragon Turtle Connections
turtle’s lair can be transformed by its presence, creating one or more of the following effects:
Diverting Currents. Underwater currents push unwanted visitors away from the lair. While
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
Artus Cimber has kept this item in his possession for over a century. The Ring of Winter is a golden band that resizes to fit snugly on the finger of its wearer. A thin layer of frost coats
Guide). If it succeeds, the ring compels its wearer to cause undue harm to everyone and everything around it, in a cold-hearted attempt to incur the wrath of enemies and bring about the wearer&rsquo
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Bands of orphans and runaways band together in the Outer City, running after passersby in ragged throngs to plead for scraps. In the Lower City, urchins are often recruited into the lowest echelons
important person, and I’m wanted for it.
6
No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through.
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Flaw
1
If I’m outnumbered, I will run away
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
.
5
I run sleight-of-hand cons on street corners.
6
I convince people that worthless junk is worth their hard-earned money.
FEATURE: FALSE IDENTITY
You have created a second
. (Lawful)
3
Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good)
4
Creativity. I never run the same con twice. (Chaotic)
5
Friendship. Material goods
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
races have little good to say about kobolds, but they do admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
provisions from Neverwinter to Phandalin. They’re a half-day’s march from Phandalin when they run into trouble with goblin raiders from the Cragmaw band. Read the following text to get the adventure
the city of Neverwinter. A dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker hired you to bring a wagonload of provisions to the rough-and-tumble settlement of Phandalin, a couple of days’ travel south of the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult Reprisals The cults of Elemental Evil don’t wait passively for a band of heroes to systematically eliminate each cult’s surface outpost. Even if the characters destroy one of the Haunted Keep
which reprisal to use. If a character has the Dangerous Information adventure hook (see chapter 1), run “Reaver Ambush” when the character resolves to travel to the attack site and stop it. Choose one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Running Mount Ironrot As the characters search for a Docent, they encounter the Mournland denizens described in the subsequent “Mount Ironrot Encounters” section. Run an encounter each time the
a working Docent in a ruined village called Ialos. They also learn that this Docent is central to a conflict between rival groups of Mournland scavengers: a band of veterans and a community of warforged pilgrims.
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An aarakocra who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses.
Confinement terrifies the
lies on the slopes of the Star Mounts’ southernmost mountains. At the headwaters of the Unicorn Run, the Last Aerie is home to several dozen aarakocra. Recently, aarakocra elders detected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
do in combat, while others prefer to stick with the familiar options their characters bring to any fight. As DM, learn your players’ preferences and try to build encounters that allow players to do
wind or water currents. The descriptions here include a speed for overland journeys as well as a tactical speed for use in combat.
Airship crew stations use the same format as siege equipment (see "Siege Equipment" in the Dungeon Master’s Guide).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Sid Squid Sid Squid owns the Trusty Leek, a stall near whichever shop hired the characters. They are the head of one of the market’s newest families—a band of adventurers turned business owners. Sid
business to run, which is against market tradition. 3 Sid saw Kasem stash something orange under the Xungoon family’s stall right before a sabotage occurred.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Anatomy of a War Band A gnoll war band is likely to contain a variety of gnolls and other creatures, and no two of these groups have the same composition. The gnolls that make up the rank and file
, and the flesh gnawers, which rely on natural savagery rather than weapons to tear apart their foes. A pack of hyenas is always part of the band, and sometimes these beasts are as numerous as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
into one of the adjoining simulation chambers. The exercise will take them on a virtual journey through Wildspace and pit them in a race against the clock, as they must outperform a competing band of
Spelljammer Corps training officer. Characters who played through the first Spelljammer Academy adventure met both officers; use the information in the accompanying sidebars to bring new player characters up to speed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, unambiguous foe. Mogis’s followers could be anything from a disgraced politician seeking revenge against their enemies to a roving band of minotaurs pillaging the countryside. Mogis’s faithful tend to
, though, and many allow themselves to be underestimated as a ploy to bring ruin upon their foes. The Mogis’s Villains table suggests a variety of foes that might arise from among the god’s followers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Gnolls A gnoll war band might include one or more of the special kinds of gnolls described in this section. When gnolls are weakened, they seek out isolated settlements, maim and disable its
inhabitants, and feed upon them as they rest and regain strength.
— Elminster
Flind A flind is an exceptionally strong and vicious gnoll that commands and directs the war band it is a part of. It wields a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
victim while lashing out with the poisonous stinger on its tail to bring down another. A creature immobilized by the poison becomes easy pickings for any nearby members of the war band. Each shoosuva
after a Yeenoghu-worshiping war band achieves a great victory, emerging from a billowing, fetid cloud of smoke as it arrives from the Abyss. In battle, the demon wraps its slavering jaws around one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Salvagers Wanted Aubreck has charged his half-orc butler Vertheg with finding a suitable band of adventurers for his urgent mission. Tall, lanky, and awkward, the butler is notable for the single
mansion is large but run down, and his clothes haven’t been fashionable for at least a year. He keeps his iron-gray hair pulled back in a short ponytail, and his mustache is neatly tended. Aubreck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
great speed and efficiency. In the thick of a fight, they dash across the battlefield, slashing and snarling as they run down stragglers and finish off wounded foes. Gnoll Flesh Gnawer
Medium
in a war band. In the vanguard, they creep around, picking off isolated opposition while clearing the way for the rest of the force to advance. Hunters are particularly skilled with the longbow, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Nemesis During the Last War, you had a run-in with a particularly dangerous foe, one who still haunts your nightmares. One day you’ll have your revenge. Consult the Nemesis table to determine the
colossus. Cyre or House Cannith—whoever was responsible for such a nightmare—deserves whatever evil fate comes their way. 5 Mercenaries. A band of traitorous mercenaries who switched sides, turning the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
: slip past the planet’s defenses, find the meteorite, and bring it back to Spelljammer Academy. This adventure is split into three parts: Part 1: The Spindle. While exploring the Spindle (a mountain
characters travel back to Toril, they cross paths with an asteroid and run into a githyanki agent of Vocath looking to retrieve Miken. Part 3: Homecoming. The characters return to the Spelljammer Academy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
characters will bring a daelkyr one step closer to freedom. 5 The characters discover evidence suggesting that the rituals performed by the local Gatekeepers are weakening their seal, not empowering
band of aberrations turns out to be a Gatekeeper initiate. 8 The adventurers are sent to the Mror Holds to investigate the activity of Dyrrn the Corruptor and uncover a daelkyr cult among the dwarves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Arriving at the Masquerade The Magister’s Masquerade starts at dusk. Once characters have completed their preparations (or time has run out), they should head to Kollema Hall. As they arrive at
mingle. Beyond a check-in stand attended by student hosts, tables are arranged with whimsical ice sculptures and ornate refreshments. A band plays energetic music near the demonstration stage, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Misty Vale Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Misty Vale or to give them missions to pursue there. Hospitality A community of commoners living in the vale offers
golden apples, which act as potions of heroism, and leads a band from the Hill Giant Encounters table in chapter 3. Unexpected Hunger Hill giant raiders stumbled into answering the guardian’s riddle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Adventure Examples This section contains example adventures that demonstrate the principles described throughout the chapter. Each provides enough information for you to run a one-session adventure
encounter. Monster names in bold point you to the stat blocks in the Monster Manual. Some encounters also specify treasure the characters might find. Use your imagination to bring the locations and encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
zero.” Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything outlines how to run session zero discussions, but in general, use this session to discuss the game’s content, social contract, and house rules, and to create
be included. Emphasize that boundaries aren’t negotiable, and neither you nor any of the players should bring them into the game. Note that boundaries may change during play. Encourage players to bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Travelers in the Mists Adventures in the Domains of Dread often indulge in a single domain’s distinctly frightful themes. But if you plan to run whole campaigns set in the Land of the Mists, creating
inquisitive individuals simply vanish, the Mists delivering them to deadly domains from which they never return. But others manage to band together, learning the ways of the Mists, how to travel through them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Koletras are said to bring good luck to a band, but are also usually fated to die in defense of their family. Not every guros has a koletra of its own, and guri share their best warriors among each other
the far-traveling Lagonna band and the proud raiders of the Pheres band. These bands occupy territories situated between the three major human poleis, making them common sights to those who travel human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
reporting back to the party’s patron. Substitute Player. With the absent player’s consent, have another player run the missing player’s character, or run the character yourself if you feel you can do so
, your group might play as long as no more than one person is absent. If two or more people can’t attend a session, consider playing a short adventure with different characters, and perhaps a different Dungeon Master, or bring out a favorite board game.