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Dungeon Master’s Guide
rejects you but also places a curse on you, causing you to make D20 Test;D20 Tests with Disadvantage for 24 hours or until the curse is ended by a Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If you’re
serving you. The entity appears in an unoccupied space within 120 feet of you. It uses the Shadow stat block with these changes: it is a Fey, has a Neutral alignment, and doesn’t create new shadows
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
complete can end the curse. Doing so undoes the changes made to the target by the curse.
Stunning Shriek (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Stunning Shriek
’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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
surge of life energy erupts from the dragon, causing each creature within 120 feet of the body to gain the benefit of finishing a long rest.
6 The body is drawn through a portal to the lair of
changes color and is fouled for 1d10 days. Restless Sleep. Any creature that sleeps within 6 miles of the lair is troubled by nightmares for the next 1d10 days. Trembling Earth. An enormous tremor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
mind: Asymmetrical rooms and map layouts make a dungeon less predictable. Think in three dimensions. Stairs, ramps, platforms, ledges, balconies, pits, and other changes of elevation make a dungeon
make interesting obstacles. Incorporate natural features into even a constructed dungeon. An underground stream might run through the middle of a dwarven stronghold, causing variation in the shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
changes: She has AC 19 (natural armor). She speaks Common and Primordial. She can move across difficult terrain made of stone without expending extra movement. She has the following trait: Treasure
. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area taps into the ritual magic Seodra is using to craft the demilich’s skull, causing a random character to age by one year. This effect can be reversed by casting a remove curse spell using a 6th-level spell slot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
statues, the undead bulette erupts from the floor and attacks all creatures in the room. This creature is a bulette, with these changes: It is undead and has 125 hit points. It has vulnerability to
. When a weight of 50 pounds or more is placed on the cover of the pit trap, it swings open like a trapdoor, causing any creature standing on it to fall in. The creature takes 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Three-Dimensional Layout. Stairs, ramps, lifts, platforms, ledges, balconies, pits, and other changes of elevation make a dungeon interesting and make combat encounters in those areas challenging
stream might run through the middle of a stronghold, causing variation in the shapes and sizes of rooms and necessitating features such as bridges and drains. Secrets. Add secret doors and secret rooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
around them to serve their purposes. What specifically motivates a demon varies greatly from one to another and often changes within the same demon, but it is always attached to fulfillment of its
powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE
Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(“Axallian”), which Halaster changes every few days. The skulls are otherwise hostile and refuse to answer questions put to them. 6c. Giggles The earthen floor of this 20-foot-high cave is slightly concave
, causing the fog to pool to a depth of 4 feet. Whenever two or more creatures are inside the cave, the sound of an old man giggling can be heard everywhere in the area. No one outside the cave can hear the giggling, which ends as soon as the cave is no longer occupied by two or more creatures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
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 fiendish aspects, such as fangs, tentacles, and
. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete can end the curse. Doing so undoes the changes made to the target by the curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
adult bronze dragon with the shadow dragon template, which causes the following changes to his statistics: Umbraxakar is neutral evil. He has resistance to necrotic damage. While in dim light or
checks are needed to rid the dragon of his despair, whereupon he dismisses any remaining undead under his command, causing them to vanish and never return. His spirits lifted by the characters’ gifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, with these changes: The Sing-Alongs are lawful good. Each has a Charisma of 14 and the following skill: Performance +4. They have these racial traits: They speak, read, and write Common and Halfling
popped out slightly. If it is pressed, the gear locks in place, causing all the gears to turn and the gate to open for 1 minute. When the gate closes, a different random gear pops out slightly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
of it. A sudden blast occasionally catches everyone by surprise, causing shivers and grumbling all around.
The mood of the town changes abruptly. Something is amiss. Pedestrians are vacating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gemstones, since the xorn can detect such treasures by scent even while it is asleep. The discovery of intruders in its lair provokes its anger, causing it to attack. The xorn has a challenge rating of 8
(3,900 XP) and the following changes to its statistics: The xorn is Large and has 103 (9d10 + 54) hit points. Its Strength is 20 (+5), and its melee weapon attacks have a +8 bonus to hit. Its claw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Court often lose their heads during violent changes in leadership. The severed heads are impaled on rows of spikes north of the bridge, and they verbally accost anyone who steps onto the bridge, each one
, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a hollow gourd that now sits askew on its shoulders. Eight copper coins are sealed inside the gourd, causing the head to rattle whenever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and goals are compatible with its own. If you try to attune to a Moonblade that doesn’t want you as its bearer, the weapon not only rejects you but also places a curse on you, causing you to make D20
changes: it is a Fey, has a Neutral alignment, and doesn’t create new shadows. You control this entity, deciding how it acts and moves. It remains until it drops to 0 Hit Points or you dismiss it as a Magic action.
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
, causing those creatures to recall their saddest memories.
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You have a +1 bonus to Wisdom (Insight checks) involving creatures you can see.
Your body is ghostly and translucent except for your
seriously, imposing disadvantage on Charisma (Deception and Persuasion) checks, and causing you to automatically fail Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
22
You can cast the gaseous form spell on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
“modrons” found in this area are replicas crafted by Screve. Each uses the stat block of one type of modron from the Monster Manual with these changes: The creature is unaligned. It lacks truesight and
Screve’s attempts to create monodrones to serve him. These twelve replica modrons look exactly like their true modron counterparts and use the monodrone stat block, with the changes noted in “Replica
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
appropriate. Exhaustion. The obstacle fatigues the characters, causing them to gain Exhaustion levels. For example, marching through a blizzard instead of taking shelter might cause each character to
or Terrain. The weather or terrain changes in a way that makes tracking harder. Terrain Obstacle. The trail crosses a river or similar obstacle that allows no tracks. The DC for the check depends on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
psionic ability to send visions to a humanoid shaman, causing it to proclaim the mind flayers as emissaries of the gods. With that ruse in place, the “gods” then dictate strict rules that cause some
memories and personality, and the victim gains the skills and talents it needs to perform its intended function. The process that creates a thrall changes almost everything about the victim. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
celebration is just for them, adorning each guest’s head with a flower crown and fashioning them garments in theme with the current festival, which changes by the day. “Hey, everybody, watch this!”
–Dewie
, causing the entire forest to shudder. For a moment, the party stopped, its music briefly replaced by an ominous whisper heard by all. Locals quickly shrugged off the event and resumed the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
keeps her greatclub close by so that she can bop creatures on the noggin. She is a hill giant with the following changes: She has 160 hit points and a speed of 0 feet. Her Dexterity is 1 (-5), giving
, figure out how to sever a wagon axle with a single hit, causing the wagon bed to fall and spilling Guh onto the floor. Hitting the axle just right requires a successful melee or ranged attack against AC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Standing 6½ feet tall and weighing 250 pounds, each is as big as a powerfully built male human. They have the statistics of commoners, with the following changes: The children are Medium giants of
mood. He is a cloud giant, with the following changes: Thullen’s alignment is neutral good. When Thullen casts barkskin on himself, his AC improves to 16. He has an Intelligence score of 18 (+4) and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ominous shadow causing widespread panic. Lady Laeral Silverhand dispatches heralds to calm the people and assure them that no harm will befall the city. If the adventurers decide to investigate, they must
statistics, with the following changes: The young cloud giants have an Intelligence score of 10 (+0) and Wisdom and Charisma scores of 12 (+1). They have the following skills: Insight +4, Perception +4. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
illusion that makes the illusionist appear to be standing in a place a few inches from its actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against the illusionist. The effect
, hold person, knock, mage armor, polymorph, slow
1/day: telekinesis
Bonus Actions
Transmute (Recharge 4–6). The transmuter casts alter self or changes the benefit of Transmuter’s Stone if bearing the stone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a fight. If a stat block becomes necessary, the dwarves are lawful good scouts, with these changes: Dwarf Traits: They have a walking speed of 25 feet and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. They
harm. They adapt quickly to almost any natural setting and occasionally offer supernatural gifts to those they glom onto. But a blizzard can drive a chwinga insane, causing it to behave unpredictably
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
in areas K2 and K7, who investigate. Manafret is a lightfoot halfling mage, with these changes: Manafret is neutral evil and has 31 (9d6) hit points. He has these racial traits: He is Small, and his
author with an added note that reads, in Common: “For Yorn. I hope you find the orc chapter illuminating!” Yorn is a half-orc thug, with these changes: Yorn is neutral evil. He has these racial traits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
being identified as a temple, while the huge chamber next door serves as storage. It can be fun to try to make sense of such strange design ideas, but make changes as you see fit. You can set aside a
sheer joy of causing pain (evil temples) 83–89 Trophy room where art celebrating key figures and events from mythology is displayed 90 Latrine or bath 91–94 Well for drinking water, defendable in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the Lower Planes leaking from nearby portals. On rare occasions, a portal to the River Oceanus, a celestial waterway that runs through the Upper Planes, opens within the Ditch, causing it to run clean
erratically. Taken from the roiling plane of Limbo, the glob endlessly changes from stone to fire, freezes into a fractalized diamond, melts into swirling clouds that smell strongly of lavender, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
), with the following changes: It has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). It speaks Deep Speech and Undercommon, and has telepathy out to a range of 120 feet. It has the Magic Resistance and Innate
.
Psychic Infiltrators. When an elder brain infiltrates a mind, it alters the creature’s perception and deceives its senses, causing it to see, hear, touch, taste, or feel reality according to the elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
staircase, causing mayhem in area V1. While it rampages, the creature uses the allosaurus stat block, with these changes: The animatronic allosaurus is a Construct. It is immune to poison and psychic
doors leading to the room (including secret doors), causing them to close and lock. As an action, a character can try to open a locked door using thieves’ tools, doing so with a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
fragments are hanging at the same level as the gantries. They are too heavy for the characters to unhitch, but each crane has a winch that can be released, causing the fragment to fall to the floor with
creatures along the bucket chain (in areas 12, 18, and area 34) begin receiving empty buckets. The empty buckets don’t immediately cause concern, for shift changes and work breaks are common. But if 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
yakfolk warrior with the following changes: He has 70 hit points and a challenge rating of 4 (1,100 XP). He wields a flame tongue greatsword. While the sword is ablaze, it deals an extra 7 (2d6) fire
the water wheel axle, which immediately causes the elevator platform to stop. Moving the lever back up reconnects the elevator to the axle, causing the platform to move again. A creature that can reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
everything inside and outside it, causing the area to appear empty from the outside. From the inside, the mirrors block the eyes of Savras, preventing Valin from looking within. The magic mirrors that
changes to her statistics and roleplaying notes) is fully prepared to face them for a final showdown—but the characters might find fighting in this strange environment to be a challenge. Each of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
change during the Founders’ Day party, the text includes a “Founders’ Day” section describing those changes. View Player Version Guest House The Cassalanters host guests in this stately guest house
,” causing ten knives to magically rise from the counters and attack. These knives are flying swords that deal 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage on a hit. Founders’ Day. Jandar isn’t here. Instead, he’s