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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Burden of Time. Beasts and humanoids, other than shadar-kai, have disadvantage on saving throws while within 10 feet of the gloom weaver.
Fey Ancestry. The gloom weaver has advantage on saving throws
"} necrotic damage.Misty Escape (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When the gloom weaver takes damage, it turns invisible and teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It remains invisible until the start of its next turn or until it attacks or casts a spell.Necrotic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it
remains hidden, its victim is gradually overcome by frantic energy. A scholar, driven by sudden insights to work night and day, produces reams of text with little memory of exactly what the documents
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
. While doing so, it doesn't disturb the material it moves through. It can end its movement within earth or stone, but if it remains within earth or stone when this ability ends, it takes 14 (4d6
, digesting the dust but leaving the message lodged in its digestive tract. Trained over long years and with plentiful treats to learn the direction to different underground strongholds and outposts, the khargra carries its burden to its destination, then coughs up the message on command.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Burden of Time. Beasts and Humanoids (except elves) have disadvantage on saving throws while within 10 feet of the shadar-kai.
Fey Ancestry. The shadar-kai has advantage on saving throws against
invisible and teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It remains invisible until the start of its next turn or until it attacks or
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
enough to move to and attack, the colossus attacks an object. Once the colossus goes berserk, it remains berserk until it is destroyed.
Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that
, creatures inside the colossus’s chest cavity take 40 (9d8);{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Breath", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage from churning elemental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Demilich What Lies beyond Lichdom Habitat: Any; Treasure: Arcana A demilich is a skull harboring the remnants of a lich’s wicked essence. If the burden of immortality overwhelms a lich, its
consciousness turns inward as its body rots away. But if its remains are disturbed, a demilich rises. Demiliches usually appear as skulls adorned with gems or arcane sigils.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
? Ah, then what manner of music they would bring to this world!
— Fletcher Danairia, master bard
Bards bring levity during grave times; they impart wisdom to offset ignorance; and they make the
ridiculous seem sublime. Bards are preservers of ancient history, their songs and tales perpetuating the memory of great events down through time — knowledge so important that it is memorized and passed
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
creature can’t be touched or moved from the throne. Touching a Ruling Scepter to the force field dispels the field, though the creature remains paralyzed until it is separated from the throne.
Any
breaking at least five Ruling Scepters of Shanatar simultaneously on it. This fact has never been recorded or sung of among the dwarves or any bards or storytellers, and it can’t be discovered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Thrulls When the Orzhov Syndicate rips a soul from its body to create a spirit, the cast-off remains go to the fleshmages, who use their necromantic magic to liquefy the corpse and transform it into
something useful. These creations become thrulls, obedient slaves that serve in a variety of menial roles: laborers, messengers, beasts of burden, and even fashion accessories for the elite. Whatever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
10. Crumbling Walkway A stone walkway above the water’s edge has partially collapsed into the churning sea, leaving wide gaps. What remains of the walkway is structurally sound. To cross the damaged
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair
quartz crystals remains, but new crystals form at a normal rate.Cold, RadiantChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can
increased Hit Die recovery ends immediately. The existing abundance of quartz crystals remains, but new crystals form at a normal rate.Cold, RadiantChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ancient Seal This curse protects the resting place of a long-dead ruler and punishes any who disturb the ruler’s remains or plunder the treasures. Pronouncement. Carved into the stone of the crypt
door are the words “Relentless death follows those who disturb the sovereign’s rest.” Burden. Each character that gains the curse is hunted by a wraith that appears at sunset and vanishes at dawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the bards, each of which is named after one of the colleges. See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the game statistics of these magic instruments. Long ago, bards who sought the rank of
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, exhaustion
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Elvish
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Burden of Time. Beasts and humanoids, other than shadar-kai, have disadvantage on
Misty Escape (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When the gloom weaver takes damage, it turns invisible and teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It remains invisible until the start of its next turn or until it attacks or casts a spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Outer Wall, Abandoned Village, and Ruined Keep Alexandre Honoré A githyanki embassy makes
camp in the wizard’s tower The ancient remains of a 30-foot-high stone wall stand along three sides of the
beasts of burden and six minotaur infiltrators (their stat block appears in this chapter) devoted to Baphomet who are posing as laborers. Their leader, Brusipha (her stat block appears in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony. Blasphemous Secrets. Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip
seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary madness. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony. Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve
this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary mental anguish and violent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
goes berserk, it remains berserk until it is destroyed.
Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic Resistance. The colossus has advantage on saving
colossus releases this exhalation, creatures inside the colossus’s chest cavity take 40 (9d8) force damage from churning elemental energy.
Bonus Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
. You could break that down still further: bards of the College of Lore could be high elves, and bards of the College of War could be wood elves. Gnomes discovered the school of illusion, so all wizards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the truth behind the destruction of his country. He regularly seeks information from those who venture into the Mournland, and he funds expeditions into the remains of his once-proud nation, hoping to
violent Cyran extremists. Even the Brelish, for all their practiced indifference, become guarded when confronted by Cyrans, who represent a burden foisted upon them by their leaders. They tend to treat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
plentiful treats to learn the direction to different underground strongholds and outposts, the khargra carries its burden to its destination, then coughs up the message on command. khargra
Small
doing so, it doesn’t disturb the material it moves through. It can end its movement within earth or stone, but if it remains within earth or stone when this ability ends, it takes 14 (4d6) force damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Finding Iymrith The storm giants bear the burden of finding the dragon so that the characters can focus on preparing themselves for the final showdown. Hekaton and Serissa know that blue dragons
a better chance of succeeding if the characters refrain from drinking their potions of giant size until after they have infiltrated the lair. It’s best if Hekaton (or Serissa) remains an NPC under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
focus to the divided tribes. A brilliant hobgoblin, Haruuc, united the Ghaal’dar and under his leadership they seized control of what is now Darguun (see chapter 2). The aging Lhesh Haruuc remains as
Dhakaani. The Heirs of Dhakaan are an agnostic society and don’t have clerics, paladins, or druids. Their focus is on martial excellence, and their spiritual leaders are bards, who inspire their warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. So gifted a musician was he that an admiring wizard gave Frody an instrument of the bards—a famous Canaith mandolin called Golden Axe. The mandolin’s magic served Frody well during his many
of her wealthy family. Sythian hired a pair of halflings named Mackerel Mudbottom and Trout Bonanza to dig up Frody’s remains and pry the Canaith mandolin from his hands. They did just that, leaving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the archway, but nothing happens when something enters the mist While the archway is inactive, cold rock wall can be felt beyond the churning
rune. When the portal activates, the glowing mist transforms into churning thunderclouds lit by flashing but harmless lightning, and creatures can see another room (area 11) beyond the clouds. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
churning cauldron of black clouds fills the sky as thunder peals and lightning flashes. Half buried in the cold dunes is a crumbling amphitheater adorned with statues, many of them broken, the rest
challengers. Otherwise, she remains hidden in area 3 and lets her gargoyles soften up her enemies. Iymrith can use her lair actions within the amphitheater as well as in the dungeon underneath it. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
infected eardrum, making the membrane thicker in some places and thinner in others.
The Nematode’s mouth remains closed until the pressure of it brain fluid is released. Once the fluid is released
the creature drops off suddenly into a lake of churning acid.
The throat ends at a digestion pool 30 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep. If the characters destroyed the membrane and caused the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
constantly changes to ensure that characters within it remain separated and unable to find each other. Visibility within the maze is limited to 20 feet because of the churning fog. Spells that are altered
Nothing 71–75 Skeletal remains of an Omuan child 76–84 Minotaur that fights to the death 85–87 Blue crystal key 88–90 Gold crystal key 91–93 Purple crystal key 94–96 Green crystal key 97–99 Red crystal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
trapped spirits until only a husk remains. While this seems bleak, most religions maintain that Dolurrh isn’t the end; it is a gateway to whatever lies beyond. Such faiths assert that what appears to be
celestials and fiends that embody these ideas. Irian: The Eternal Dawn. A plane of light and hope, Irian is the source of positive energy in Eberron. Kythri: The Churning Chaos. The plane of chaos and change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
gave her nimblewright a map showing where to take the Stone of Golorr, but she forgot to tell it to destroy the map once the stone was delivered. Characters who search the nimblewright’s remains find
erase all knowledge of itself from that character’s mind (see the item’s description in appendix A). Any player whose character is forced to forget about the stone carries the burden of roleplaying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
remains dormant until a humanoid dies near it or a humanoid corpse is dragged close by, whereupon the pod burrows into the corpse’s decaying flesh and sprouts ropey vines covered in long, sharp needles. The
replace all other living things, perhaps the Balance would be made all the stronger.
I, of course, would merely find a new material form to maintain my watch. Such is the burden of the sentinel, to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
come to drive a stake through my heart, you’ll have to return it first.”
After making introductions, the vampirate captain confesses that his flagship and its crew are all that remains of his fleet
sensitive to holy praise. While aboard the ship, bards and other musicians are allowed to play only secular tunes.
Article 3: Coward’s Consequence. Those who abandon their post or shirk their duty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
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
heaped around Shagambi’s bones: 200 gp, five moonstones (50 gp each), the fine music box activated by the trap (250 gp), and an instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin). The instrument turns to dust and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Scholars, wizards, druids, and bards of other races have different ideas about how halflings escape peril, suggesting that by virtue of something in their nature, they occupy a special place in the
the unknown doesn’t feel fear as much as wonderment. Instead of being frightened, the halfling remains optimistic, confident of having a good story to tell when it’s all over. Whether the situation