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Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
start of each of the gaj’s turns. While it is grappling a creature, the gaj can’t use its mandibles to attack other creatures.
Mind-Probing Antennae. The gaj targets one creature
finger-like appendages hang over its mouth. A gaj can try to read the thoughts of another creature by wrapping its antennae around the creature’s head. Regardless of whether the attempt succeeds, this mental probe is painful and takes a toll on the victim’s well-being.
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Created by the Cat Lord—a divine being of the Upper Planes—to blend the qualities of humanoids and cats, tabaxi are a varied people in both attitude and appearance. In some lands, tabaxi
live like the cats they resemble, naturally curious and at home in playful environments. In other places, tabaxi live as other folk do, not exhibiting the feline behavior the Cat Lord intended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Casing the Joint If the characters scout the vault before the heist, read or paraphrase the following: The vault stands in a rundown neighborhood, but the street and alleyways around the vault are
two guards are always on duty on the balcony, accessed via a rope ladder the guards leave hanging down to ground level. The characters also learn the basic exterior and interior guard rotation (detailed in “Vault Guards”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
skins. A cat-o’-nine-tails hangs beside them.
To the west the room widens to accommodate a statue that towers almost to the ceiling. The statue is an ogre-like figure, outfitted in flayed skins and
companion or other non-humanoid present with the party. If the panther is not attacked and is unable to find a target, it takes to pacing in front of the door. If the party attacks the cat, its mental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
six finger-like appendages hang over its mouth. A gaj can try to read the thoughts of another creature by wrapping its antennae around the creature’s head. Regardless of whether the attempt succeeds
grapple ends, the target takes 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage at the start of each of the gaj’s turns. While it is grappling a creature, the gaj can’t use its mandibles to attack other creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. If this glyph is defaced using the point of a dagger or some other tool, the magic is negated, and the door can be opened safely. When the characters can see into the room, read the following boxed
Basket and Toys. The wicker basket belonged to Endelyn’s missing cat, Gloam, which the characters might have found in chapter 2. Harmless cat toys (three tiny, stuffed birds from Bavlorna and three tiny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
or poison killed a creature, or explain what that dead body is doing under your bed at the inn. The Occultant Franchise Rank Features
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Read the Kill
), whose beads resemble tiny skulls. Read the Kill Also at rank 1, your occultant abacus not only tracks your franchise’s kills, it helps you determine the impact of those kills on the franchise’s fate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Splugoth’s Bargain When the characters have had a bit of time to adjust to their diminutive state, read: A loud voice calls from above, dripping with disdain. “Hello there, members of Acquisitions
Ascendant The cat stepping out from behind the bar looks gigantic from your current height. Onyx walks in nonchalantly, yawns, and drops down on the floor to lick herself. Suddenly, a shimmering portal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The first time they peer inside, read: A chandelier of wrought iron fitted with wax candles hangs above a polished wooden dining table. Around the table are seated eight women of various ages in
Gallery If the characters arrive here from the entrance hall (area N3a), read: The staircase climbs twenty feet to a beautifully appointed gallery that continues toward the west, running almost the length
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
chained library. The reading desk is used to support the chained books while they are being read. This chained library has been enchanted to be jealously possessive of its contents. It attacks any
cat is napping on a scarlet easy chair. One wall is covered with a large painting of a gold dragon perched heroically on a mountaintop.
When the characters enter the room, the cat jumps down from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
hag, spends much of her time here as well. In addition to a cauldron and the witchy ingredients typical of a hag’s lair, this room is crowded with litter boxes, scratching posts, cat trees, feather
in charge of the armory keeps it stocked with daggers, cloaks, thieves’ tools, grappling hooks, and other equipment the Moonstalkers don’t want to hide at their homes. The wereboar can usually be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and your choice of Elvish or
options you didn’t take at 1st level, or one of the following options: Grappling Appendages. You have two special appendages growing alongside your arms. Choose whether they’re both claws or tentacles. As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
characters open the crate, read or paraphrase the following: As you open the crate’s lid, a cacophony of high-pitched squeals emanates from within. Grotesque creatures scuttle into the light: ugly cat-sized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
occupied by typical patrons, while two other people stand at the bar. A sleek house cat sizes you up as it paces across the floor, stalking some unseen prey. Oddly, the interior space of the inn seems
outside door doesn’t open for them. Bored, they have begun to make notes of everything around them. They have noticed that the mice appear very intelligent, ably eluding the inn’s resident cat, Onyx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
comes from the door to area N4n, which is locked. If the characters call out, a plaintive female voice meows like a cat and says, “Can little kitty come out to play? Little kitty is sad and lonely and
and hisses like a cat. “Little kitty doesn’t know you!” she shouts. “Little kitty doesn’t like the smell of you!”
The young woman is Stella Wachter (CG female human commoner), Lady Wachter’s insane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
choice. Spellbook. Your wizardly apprenticeship culminated in the creation of a unique book: your spellbook. It is a Tiny object that weighs 3 pounds, contains 100 pages, and can be read only by you
spell is in your spellbook. You needn’t have the spell prepared, but you must read from the book to cast a spell in this way. Level 2: Scholar While studying magic, you also specialized in another field
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
also be a student the characters have interacted with previously. Read or paraphrase the following, altering the text to incorporate the student’s name or other details: Cheers, jeers, and the buzzing
captain 5 Paranoid wizard 6 Businessperson transformed into a cat 7 Swashbuckling servant 8 Bawdy noble 9 Mage who can’t control their magic 10 Toddler in an adult’s body 11 Adult in a toddler’s body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
slit is a tunnel leading to area E6. Read the following text when the characters reach the chamber at the top of the stairs: The passage widens at this point, with two large alcoves flanking the
hobgoblins in area E10 within an hour or two. E2. Columned Chamber If the characters come here without raising an alarm, read the following text: The hall widens to form a domed chamber supported by four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
top of the cupboard are the room’s only decoration. A folding screen obscures the far corner of the room.
Alessia’s collection of cat figurines include sculptures made of glass, ceramic, and wood
. She has collected them since childhood, though they are not valuable. The footlocker holds the attendant’s modest personal effects, including a stuffed cat with green button eyes and a bracelet with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Focus Varies Varies Dungeoneer’s Pack 55 lb. 12 GP Entertainer’s Pack 58½ lb. 40 GP Explorer’s Pack 55 lb. 10 GP Flask 1 lb. 2 CP Grappling Hook 4 lb. 2 GP Healer’s Kit 3 lb. 5 GP Holy Symbol Varies
. Flask (2 CP) A Flask holds up to 1 pint. Grappling Hook (2 GP) As a Utilize action, you can throw the Grappling Hook at a railing, a ledge, or another catch within 50 feet of yourself, and the hook
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and chair, where Kadroth takes his meals. Kadroth’s black cat, Touche, is the chamber’s sole occupant, although Mere (see area C7) routinely checks on the fire to make sure the room stays warm. C13
used since. C16. Under the Castle If characters peer down through the open trapdoor in the northwest guard tower, read: A wooden ladder clings to the west wall, held in place with iron brackets. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
.” The top shelf holds a stuffed cat that shambles to life when the cabinet is opened. The cat formerly belonged to Bavlorna’s sister, Endelyn. (She suspects Bavlorna stole the cat, but she has no proof
.) The cat, Gloam, is hostile toward all creatures except Bavlorna. It uses the cat stat block, except it is an Undead, has immunity to poison damage, and is immune to exhaustion and the poisoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Pack 58½ lb. 40 GP Explorer’s Pack 55 lb. 10 GP Flask 1 lb. 2 CP Grappling Hook 4 lb. 2 GP Healer’s Kit 3 lb. 5 GP Holy Symbol Varies Varies Holy Water 1 lb. 25 GP Hunting Trap 25 lb. 5 GP Ink — 10 GP
Pack contains the following items: Backpack, Bedroll, 2 flasks of Oil, 10 days of Rations, Rope, Tinderbox, 10 Torches, and Waterskin. Flask (2 CP) A Flask holds up to 1 pint. Grappling Hook (2 GP) As a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
drawbridge is down, and the portcullis is up. Read or paraphrase the following if the characters get close enough to see into the moat: The bottom of the dry moat is littered with bones as well as complete
window. Stairs lead to the crypt below. If the characters haven’t encountered the Gloved Hand (area 14) yet, they hear the faint echo of an argument coming from below. 6: Dining Hall Read or paraphrase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
36 (9d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage at the start of each of the hag’s turns. The hag can’t make attacks while grappling a creature in this way.
Bheur Hag Bheur hags live in wintry lands, favoring snow
frightened of her for 1 minute. While frightened in this way, a creature is incapacitated, can’t understand what others say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish; the DM controls the creature’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
duke, her three dead husbands, her three sons, and the family’s winged cat, Slobberchops. Treasure. A tapestry hanging on the north wall depicts burning angels falling from the sky into a pit of fire
. The tapestry weighs 5 pounds and is worth 150 gp. V9. Dining Room Thalamra Vanthampur and her sons gather here once a tenday for an always-tense family dinner. Read the following when the characters
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
functions as a familiar and has the statistics of a cat.
An exact duplicate of you appears next to you, dressed as you but lacking any gear. It loudly tries to convince all other creatures that it is you
attack or cast a spell, you become visible if you move into bright light. You can use this property three times.
While in bright light, you have disadvantage on initiative rolls.
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You can read
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
labels that read “Sweetberry Summer Wine.” The bottles’ corks are not to be seen (though the characters can find them inside the captain’s treasure chest). Captain’s Journal. Bluemoon’s journal
frozen next to the treasure pile is a crag cat (see appendix C) that was killed by Arveiaturace’s breath weapon and placed here as a trophy. Treasure. Arveiaturace’s treasure pile is buried under four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Intelligence (Arcana) check made to read the portal’s magic reveals that the way forward is blocked except to those with experience using the portal network. The characters must pass through three other
. If a character opens this door, read: As the portal opens, a pulse of magic draws you forward. The door vanishes and you stand within an impossible scene. The deck of a ship opens up around you, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tower’s roof is missing.
A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of divination magic. When the characters reach the top floor of the spire, read: Large gashes in the roof allow you to see the
touch the telescope or damage it further, the slaad goes crazy and attacks them. If they merely want to read the inscription on the wall fragment that crashed through the roof, the slaad leaves them alone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
grappled by the roper. When the roper uses its Reel action, it pulls creatures it is grappling into the lava. Because of the lava, the roper has a challenge rating of 11 (7,200 XP). W5. Chamber of
after a lever is pulled, and the chamber refills with fumes after 5 minutes. Shaft. An alcove in the north wall contains an 8-foot-diameter shaft that leads 30 feet down to area W6. Read the following
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
for how to read a stat block, and see the Monster Manual for even more creatures.
The following stat blocks are presented in alphabetical order. When the Dungeon Master uses a stat block, the DM may
Languages None
CR 1/8 (XP 25;PB +2)
Actions
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) Bludgeoning damage.
DANEEN WILKERSON Cat
Cat Tiny Beast, Unaligned
AC 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
might strafe them once with her breath weapon or try to snatch up one of them with her claws, grappling the victim instead of dealing damage on a hit, only to drop the poor fool from a perilous height
. Klauth is one of the largest and most fearsome red dragons ever known in Faerûn. Huge but graceful, he’s as supple as a cat. His body is covered in old, wicked-looking scars where scales have been torn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
and structures in this region writhe to spell out words and form strange symbols. Any creature that tries to read the messages must make a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a success, the
Dungeon Master’s Guide). 21–25 A cricket-shaped creature with the statistics of a cat bounds up to one random creature and follows it like an affectionate pet for 24 hours before scampering off. 26–30 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
whoever confined them to this wretched nursery. Characters who can read the Elvish script can identify seven different letters carved into the triangular ornaments suspended above the cradles. The
door is sculpted to look like the head of a cat. As you approach, it purrs, “Why, hello there.”
This door was meant to require a password to be opened, but the door grew bored of asking for the