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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
turtles are mighty creatures whose inherent magic is intimately linked with the oceans of the Material Plane. The dragon turtle presented in the Monster Manual is a typical adult, at least a century
behold, radiating heat from the shell to boil the surrounding water—and any creatures in it. And even if an enemy wears down the dragon turtle’s defenses, magical storms manifest to
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
entropy, delighting and furthering the destruction it brings.
Cycles of Chaos. As a personification of entropy, Ygorl is cursed to see things as they will become—broken and consumed by the march
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Speaking to Ygorl is a taxing endeavor, as the lord of entropy channels its thoughts as a stream of consciousness that is both disturbing and difficult to follow. Mortal creatures that have attempted
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
disease and decay brings out similar characteristics in the creature’s swampy habitat. Such a wetland becomes gloomy, tangled, and more fetid than it was before. Beneficial qualities of the
. Degenerate creatures are likely to take up residence near a catoblepas’s territory, as are those seeking to avoid notice.
Catoblepases in Folklore
Ordinary folk rarely see a catoblepas, but
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Realm and any creatures warped by its touch. Strangely, though, they are intrigued by and fond of flumph;flumphs. These Aberrations, which oppose the depredations of mind flayer;mind flayers and
godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time and rarely cultivating
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
mountain, the cradle awakens as a bipedal mass of stone and crystals. It brings the weight of the mountain down on the intruder’s head and unleashes an earsplitting roar that can collapse mine
tunnels.
If the cradle is destroyed, the scion of Skoraeus inside it awakens. At nearly 70 feet tall, it towers over most other creatures and wields a mass of crystal as a club. Once awakened, the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most advantageous approach to dealing with them.
Sapphire dragons watch for signs of Aberrations and other creatures corrupted by the Far Realm
intruder I haven’t dealt with yet. (Neutral)
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Preservation. Most creatures cannot be trusted to properly safeguard historically significant artifacts. I can. (Lawful)
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Knowledge
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
them fierce opponents of the Far Realm and any creatures warped by its touch. Strangely, though, they are intrigued by and fond of flumph;flumphs. These Aberrations, which oppose the depredations of
. They all hope to ascend to godhood, perhaps recreating or replacing Sardior.
Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, orcs breed prodigiously (and they aren’t choosy about what they breed with, which is why such creatures as half-orcs and ogrillons are found in the world). Females that are about to give birth are
Strength
Orcs appreciate physical prowess and formidable combat ability in any form. As such, they might accept other creatures into their ranks from time to time. Orcs have been known to associate with
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
named Aameul and Hathradiah. Their gaze brings bewilderment and confusion to any who confront them.
Similarly, the spiraling Y sign of Demogorgon’s cult drives those who contemplate it for too
disadvantage, and all Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks have advantage.
Frenzied Animals. Beasts within 1 mile of the lair become frenzied and violent—even creatures that are
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sunbathing beaches where they can best accomplish this.
Their preference for lair sites frequently brings topaz dragons into conflict with other creatures, since they resent having to share their
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Their preference for lair sites frequently brings topaz dragons into conflict with other creatures, since they resent having to share their chosen scenic locations with anything that isn’t food
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
advantageous approach to dealing with them.
Sapphire dragons watch for signs of Aberrations and other creatures corrupted by the Far Realm. They frequently ally with emerald dragons, drawing on their kin
Preservation. Most creatures cannot be trusted to properly safeguard historically significant artifacts. I can. (Lawful)
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Knowledge. The stories surrounding every piece in my collection are as
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
crystals. It brings the weight of the mountain down on the intruder’s head and unleashes an earsplitting roar that can collapse mine tunnels.
If the cradle is destroyed, the scion of Skoraeus
inside it awakens. At nearly 70 feet tall, it towers over most other creatures and wields a mass of crystal as a club. Once awakened, the scion continues to pursue the art that ornamented its dreams
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
planes. It’s said the first demodands of Carceri were created by baernaloths.
Baernaloths spread discord and despair among any creatures they meet. They use their breath, thick with the gloom of
wounded foes alive, sometimes indefinitely, to prolong their suffering. Even striking against a baernaloth brings misery—they can cause an attacker’s old wounds to painfully reopen. All the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
Sapphire dragons watch for signs of Aberrations and other creatures corrupted by the Far Realm. They frequently ally with emerald dragons, drawing on their kin’s knowledge of occult phenomena to
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Ideal
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Solitude. A stranger is just an intruder I haven’t dealt with yet. (Neutral)
2
Preservation. Most creatures cannot be
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 21 creatures in one encounter. Award a party 66,000 XP for defeating Arasta after she uses Armor of Spiders.Arasta’s Lair
Arasta lives
in an enormous, gnarled olive tree called Enorasi, which was planted millennia ago by Klothys. It is said that those who eat of its fruit can see glimpses of the future. Eating the fruit brings with
Demogorgon
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Out of the Abyss
apelike torso, surmounted by two hideous simian heads, named Aameul and Hathradiah, both equally mad. Their gaze brings madness and confusion to any who confront it.
Similarly, the spiraling Y sign of
violent and crazed — even creatures that are normally docile.
If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
best accomplish this.
Their preference for lair sites frequently brings topaz dragons into conflict with other creatures, since they resent having to share their chosen scenic locations with anything
bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I hone them on other creatures.
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I secretly enjoy conversing with lesser beings, although I usually do so only to find their weaknesses.
Topaz
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Aberrations and other creatures corrupted by the Far Realm. They frequently ally with emerald dragons, drawing on their kin’s knowledge of occult phenomena to track the influence of the Far Realm
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Ideal
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Solitude. A stranger is just an intruder I haven’t dealt with yet. (Neutral)
2
Preservation. Most creatures cannot be trusted to properly safeguard historically
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Kobolds are a lot less cute when they learn how to cast fireballs.
— Volo
Kobolds are often dismissed as cowardly, foolish, and weak, but these little reptilian creatures actually have a
a perfect world, the creatures would be left alone to dig their tunnels and raise the next generation of kobolds, all the while seeking the magic that will free their imprisoned god (see the &ldquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Harpy Attack Regardless of what brings the characters to the area, the adventure begins with a chance encounter as they travel along the coast near the village of Uskarn. The road is little more than
character who makes a successful DC 17 Wisdom (Insight) check sees through her ruse and realizes she is not human. If the characters approach to assist the woman or attack the harpies, they witness the harpy
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the Strahd’s Minions table to determine what creatures he brings with him, if any.
Strahd's Minions
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’t up. While outdoors, Strahd can call 3d6;{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Children of the Night"} wolf;wolves instead. The called creatures arrive in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
that floats above Arcadia’s highest peak. Half of the orb radiates sunlight and brings about the day; the other half sheds moonlight and brings on the starry night. The orb rotates evenly without fail
of millennia. Dwarves born on this plane have the celestial type and are always brave and kindhearted, but otherwise they look and behave like normal dwarves. Optional Rule: Planar Vitality While on this plane, creatures can’t be frightened or poisoned, and they are immune to disease and poison.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Maku’s ritual (see area 8a). They spring out when they see or hear any creatures in this area, charging intruders and ignoring any attempts to parley. The minotaurs fight to the death and loudly
devour their kills if they are victorious. Any sound of combat in this area brings the five minotaurs in area 7b as reinforcements. 7b. Northern Cave This cave has the same features as area 7a. Five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
bend, smoke rises through the trees and shouts ring out. An overturned wagon lies in the road, and through the smoke you can see people being attacked by serpentine creatures wreathed in flame.
Two
the characters defend the travelers, the Elemental creatures focus their attacks on the newcomers. The area within 25 feet of the overturned wagon is obscured by smoke, which can be dispersed by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
that of the present day, often creating unusually colored fog, erratic rain, incongruous wind, or rainbows. Nature out of Time. Long-extinct creatures, such as Mammoths or Saber-Toothed Tigers
, wander the area. Other creatures in the area might be heavily evolved and strangely shaggy or oddly patterned. Alien Features. Potent temporal magic saturates colors and exaggerates the land’s physical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
forms of creation. Keranos also inspires new ideas, but it is Purphoros who oversees the advancement of the craft that brings these ideas to life in the world. Purphoros is always ready to obliterate what
is to make room for what could be, and to start the cycle again when what could be becomes what is. When he is inspired, the night sky glitters with new constellations, and anvilwrought creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sands of the desert, steals the eggs, and brings them back to her lair. When the eggs hatch, she confines the wormlings here and feeds them a healthy diet of meat so that they grow up big and strong
are too small to burrow or climb out of the pit, the wormlings eagerly attack other creatures that enter the pit, including any creature that falls in through the sinkhole above (see the “Sinkholes” section in area 1).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Eirdu, Embodiment of the Sun One of the most remarkable creatures in Lorwyn is Eirdu, a massive, pegasus-like being with six legs, a beaked head, and crimson fur that flows like flames from its mane
symbol embodying the essence of their land. Some worship Eirdu as a god, believing that showing reverence to the magnificent creature brings a rejuvenating, lingering sense of contentment. Eirdu’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
studies the runes and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check realizes their rotation marks out repeating 12-hour cycles, allowing visitors to keep time with the Material Plane worlds
feet to the destination, where it hovers for 1 minute or until no more creatures or objects are on it, then returns to its original position. A creature who succeeds on this check automatically succeeds on future attempts to fly any disk to the same destination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
burned away for someone to be able to inspect the tunnel ceiling. Anyone who does so and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check realizes that the ceiling is unstable and in danger of
false door, and the trap is triggered. Ceiling Trap. If the ceiling is prodded with any force, or if the doors are opened, the ceiling of the tunnel collapses. Creatures under the collapse must make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. Each success brings one of the following bits of information to light; the first failure by any character means that the kobolds unite in their terror of the cultists and go completely silent. If
fine creatures, but grumpy. They say the treasure here is for the queen of all dragons, to keep her from being grumpy. A red-robed wizard is working with the cultists, and his room (area 12) is off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
How to Use These Rules The best thing about being a DM is that you get to invent your own fantasy world and bring it to life, and nothing brings a D&D world to life more than the creatures that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
frequently brings injured animals here to be healed and rehabilitated. The Preserve is where the druids keep animals that can no longer survive in their native habitats, creating a menagerie of rare
creatures from across many worlds. Drawn by the power of the Auroral Diamond, spirits from countless lands make their home in the Preserve. Spirits from the same lands or of similar origins inhabit tiny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
6. Barracks This cluttered chamber serves as a barracks for Thessalar’s lizardfolk servants. Crude sleeping pallets line the walls, and the place has a foul smell. Creatures Eight lizardfolk are off
, showing areas 1 to 22. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving for areas 4 and 5. Spending 2 charges also brings the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
always literal. They might pick up idioms, but only with some difficulty.
Names confuse them, unless they are descriptive. They tend to apply their own naming conventions to other creatures using
Common words.
Lizardfolk use active verbs to describe the world. A lizardfolk in cold weather might say, “This wind brings cold” rather than “I feel cold.”
Lizardfolk tend to define things in terms of actions, rather than effects.