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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
skin, and its long fingers end in broken and dirty nails. Grues are the weakest of the star spawn. A host of writhing, scrambling grues typically accompanies more powerful star spawn. Their constant
normal.
Cult of Tharizdun, the Chained God
Tharizdun’s Spark (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the cultist touches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
light over huge anvils. Chained giants with coal-black skin and fiery orange hair hammer out weapons under the malignant gaze of a pit fiend seated in a flying throne. Throughout the forge, sparks
containing oily water, coils of greasy chain, mounds of iron filings, and more. The fire giants’ names are Drumra, Jalt, Rosska, and Zrakorn. While chained, the giants have a walking speed of 10 feet. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
31. Halaster’s Secretary A nothic is chained to the floor of this otherwise empty room. The nothic’s chain is short enough to prevent the creature from reaching the doors but long enough to let it
attack anything that enters the room. The chain can be broken with a strike from a magic weapon or an adamantine weapon, or with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. Strapped to the nothic’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
shallow alcoves that contain wooden troughs. Two wooden posts pounded into the rocky earth have iron rings bolted to them, and chained to one of them is a short humanoid with bat wings and spider
. Tethering Posts Iron rings bolted to these wooden posts were once used to secure horses. Chained to one post is a chaotic neutral mongrelfolk (see appendix D) named Marzena Belview, the older sister of Mishka
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
floorboards can be broken through with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to allow access to the room below. M11. Laboratory Most of this room is taken up by long wooden tables that are
only by solving the planetarium puzzle. From inside area M13, however, the door is plainly visible. M13. The Chained Library To reach this room, the characters must solve the telescope puzzle in area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that has become suffused with demonic magic can warp a creature’s mind, causing madness that usually fades away once the contact is broken.
Chardalyn is cold to the touch and readily accepts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
healthy, but their wills have been broken by mental trauma and tranquilizing drugs. Their emotions surface only during rest, when the dreams of the Night Serpent wrench them screaming from their troubled
sleep. The captives are not chained. Presented with an opportunity to escape, most become paralyzed with indecision. Breaking their fugue requires strong words and a successful DC 17 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Battalion. This elite unit fought at the forefront of the Last War, and Brelish bards still sing of the exploits of Khandan the Hammer and Meira the Huntress. At the end of the war, the battalion was split
reliable and competent, while being unerringly faithful to the Brelish king and the battalion. Every Redcloak readily provides aid to other members, with no questions asked and no favor expected in return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
trying to pry information out of a prisoner, convincing street thugs to back down from a confrontation, or using the edge of a broken bottle to convince a sneering vizier to reconsider a decision
, rumors, and gossip Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation Spellcasting Ability Bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks use Charisma as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs of spells they cast.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
trying to pry information out of a prisoner, convincing street thugs to back down from a confrontation, or using the edge of a broken bottle to convince a sneering vizier to reconsider a decision
, rumors, and gossip Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation Spellcasting Ability Bards, paladins, sorcerers, and warlocks use Charisma as their spellcasting ability, which helps determine the saving throw DCs of spells they cast.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
eye to the window, which has been broken outward. Scattered about the floor are chunks of the moldy cake, as if something had burst out of it. There are two explanations for the burst cake and broken
doesn’t appear again. If the characters attack the ghost, it attacks them in turn. Treasure The lute, though old and covered in dust, has survived the passage of time. It is a magic instrument of the bards called a Doss lute.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold. Bards thrive in Lorehold, and wizards (particularly those of the School of Divination) are numerous among its students. Clerics (often with the Knowledge or Light domains) are also quite common
of a broken statue that houses the consciousness of a snarky sage 5 A sheet of parchment embossed with tactile lettering, glowing red 6 A broken dagger with a wavy blade and a serpentine hilt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Guards Corroded, broken weapons litter this hall, as if a battle had been fought here long ago. Clinging to the ceiling above the eastern door are three vampire spawn named Darvanos, Hekella, and Tozu
, and the air is heavy with the scent of rot.
Prisoner. A human adventurer named Portia Dzuth is chained up to the north. Her armor and equipment lie in a heap to the south.
Portia Dzuth hails from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sir Baerdren would readily surrender his position, were it not for his distrust of his seneschal, Ofejjaia of Korth.
Lady Ofejjaia, it seems, has other issues on her personal agenda besides
Persuasion (or sometimes Intimidation) and Religion can be useful for this character. Many clerics fill this role, but devout bards can also be effective Teachers. Some Teachers bring skills from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
centaurs, minotaurs, and satyrs more readily than unpredictable humans and alien tritons. Leonin Communities Leonin prides typically occupy dens or mobile tent cities, or possibly both at different
Swiftclaws, and many bards and wizards come from these prides as well. Speaker Brimaz looks beyond Oreskos and wonders
if there is a future for his people in the outside world
(PETER MOHRBACHER)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
tomb through the secret door at area 47D. This tomb is filled with terracotta warriors, kneeling in neat ranks around a polished wooden coffin. Between the warriors, four aisles scattered with broken
perfectly still and pose no threat as long as the tomb remains relatively quiet. If any character talks loudly, steps on a piece of broken pottery, or makes any other equivalent noise while in the tomb, read
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
.
By the lift’s interior light, you can see into a vast, unlit cavern strewn with broken stonework from ancient buildings as far as you can see in every direction. The air is stale, and filled with
warforged corpse lies at the bottom of the pit, its head struck from its shoulders. Eleven other warforged in various states of disrepair sit chained together on the pit floor. Climbing the walls of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clenched fists. Timber from broken rafters and smashed doors lies strewn across the floor. The ice statue is harmless. Nevertheless, anyone who damages the statue is cursed. Until the curse is lifted
. Hall of Jarls Ice has broken through the walls and ceiling of this hall, and a 12-foot-wide, 15-foot high gash in the outer wall leads outside. Set into alcoves along the corridor are four stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
floor around them is littered with bits of broken wood. The griffons can’t attack creatures outside of their cages, but they make a ruckus when intruders enter — so loud that Countess Sansuri can hear
, an adult bronze dragon, is chained to the back wall and floor of this spacious, windowless cell. Two locked manacles bind the dragon’s hind legs, preventing him from moving more than a few feet in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
M8. Control Room This central area once served as the bridge of the planar craft. This area is a maze of damaged controls and broken machinery. Countless wires twist their way across the walls
“enlightened ones.” Through the technology of the planar craft and Kwalish’s experimentation, each brain in a jar has been chained to the others to form a hive-mind consciousness, even as each retains its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. It can also be broken off with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check or a solid weapon blow. 1d. Market Hall Ceiling. This room has a soaring, 60-foot
. Ten goblins (Yek’s toadies) lie about on moldy cushions around him.
Prisoner. Chained to the south wall is a male dwarf clad in leather armor who has been gagged. He has copper-orange hair, but his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
fell. Unlike the Mountain Door or the Glitterhame, which offer exits to the surface world, the Foundry isn’t readily accessible. The area isn’t abandoned, though. Undead horrors wait in its darkest
is chained. May he gnaw on his own hate until the sun dies and all things end.” This room was once a shrine to the gods of the dwarves. The walls are carved with their dour images, and a low stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an equally ugly creature
—broken and consumed by the march of eternity. It has no sense of empathy or compassion, driven only to unmake so that the resulting base elements of reality can fuel the multiverse’s endless cycles of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
look for opportunities to push characters off the bridge. If two gargoyles are defeated, the third retreats, flying to area B2 to hide. Chasm Floor. Several skeletons lie broken or half-buried on the
following text: The floor of this large cavern is a broken jumble of stone, with steep walls slanting up to a ceiling of hanging stalactites perhaps a hundred feet above. Fifty feet up the jagged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
magmatic pool at the heart of Jademount is the lair of the tlexolotl (detailed at the end of this adventure) named Izel. The tlexolotl resents any interruptions to his plans. The four humans chained to
no locks, as the salamanders melted them closed. Each manacle has AC 19, 10 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage, or can be broken as an action with a successful DC 18 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at
, on his statue in the City of the Dead, and atop the altars of the House of Wonder. Bards perform songs in honor of the wizard all over the city. The Open Lord visits taverns and inns throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check, or broken down by physical damage (AC 15, 25 hit points, immunity to psychic and poison damage, resistance to piercing and slashing damage). If the characters
a tightly sewn oilcloth — an instrument of the bards (Cli lyre) found by a cultist years before. The lyre is the cult’s greatest treasure, and has been kept as a gift for the leader that the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
furniture and broken crates.
Goblins. Feeding on rats in the middle of the room are two goblins and a goblin boss, all with intellect devourers implanted in their skulls.
Brain-Dogs. Two more
smaller ones, shoving them around and hurling insults. The goblin bosses remain here even if an alarm sounds elsewhere. Trinket. Various broken toys lie scattered about. A thorough search yields an intact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Cave The place contains some remnants of carcasses, a few broken boxes with spoiled provisions, some split sacks containing moldering grain, casks of wine turned to vinegar, and ale barrels that have
been stove in. If any of the denizens from above fled to this level and are injured or were being hotly pursued, they attempt to avoid notice by hiding in this storeroom. 4. Deserted Cavern Broken items
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
shield and broken sword), two lizardfolk, an ogre, and a male halfling in the robes of a cleric of Sune, and a female half-elf fighter in battered plate armor. Treasure The harpies have collected loot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
rings (worth 25 GP each) Fifty sheets of music (worth 1 GP each) Dump Pile Five Books of poetry (worth 25 GP each) Drum that’s battered and worn (worth 1 GP) Lute with two broken strings (worth 15
clasps an Instrument of the Bards (Ollamh harp), which she acquired in her youth. Taking the harp, plucking one of its strings, or removing the glass key from around Yemi’s neck ends the Sequester spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
broken Common to know when the weapons will be delivered to their kinfolk. A pseudodragon named Bimz sleeps in a small nest behind the chest. It is the companion of one of the lizardfolk and joins in
most, squeezed in between the ship’s stern and the adjacent cabin, appears to be a holding cell. A slim humanoid figure cowers in the far corner, chained to the hull.
The figure is that of a sea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Three lines symbolizing waves
Sehanine Moonbow CG Dreams, death, travel Grave,* Knowledge, Light Full moon under a moonbow
Shevarash CN Vengeance, loss, hatred War Broken arrow over a
be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
areas of the dungeon. He cannot aid his rescuers, but he will repay them with service. Third Cell. An elf knight is chained to the wall. He is wounded from torture (currently down to 14 hit points). He
dwarves chained to the floor and forced to labor making weapons. Four of them are dwarf commoners intent only on escaping if they are released, but the fifth is a veteran who volunteers to stay with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
area 12. 12. Tomb of a Failed Dragonpriest Violet marble tiles cover the floor and walls, though all are cracked or broken, revealing rough-hewn stone beneath. Sconces are attached to the walls at each
the tension on the tripwire when they exit, meaning that any guardroom that has been vacated can be entered safely. A small pit of embers, built of broken masonry and portions of shattered stone