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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Multiattack. The tlincalli makes one Longsword or Spiked Chain attack and one Sting attack.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Longsword
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"1d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Longsword", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage if used with two hands.
Spiked Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The sibriex has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The sibriex makes three Chain attacks, and it uses Squirt Bile
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Chain"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (2d12 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d12+7", "rollType":"damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     terrain, polymorph
5th level (3 slots): Bigby's hand, geas, wall of force
6th level (2 slots): chain lightning, globe of invulnerability, programmed illusion
7th level (2 slots): finger of death
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     or an archway previously removed in this way.
Halaster deactivates or reactivates one of Undermountainâs magic gates. The gate must be within 120 feet of him.
Regional Effects
When Halaster
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     disadvantage. On a successful save, the target is immune to the abishaiâs Power of the Dragon Queen for 1 hour. On a failed save, the target is charmed by the abishai for 1 hour. While charmed in this way
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed.
Abishais stand outside the normal hierarchy of the Nine Hells, having their own chain of command and ultimately answering
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     each: chain lightning, create undead, dream, hold monster, mass suggestion, scrying
1/day each: foresight, gate, power word kill, teleport
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sul Khatesh fails a saving
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and revenge. By sharing her power in this way, the overlord perpetuates the image of the evil warlock, inciting fear that strengthens the Keeper of Secrets even more.
Sul Khatesh's chief agent among
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , polymorph
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, cone of cold, hold monster, scrying
6th level (2 slot): chain lightning, circle of death, create undead
7th level (2 slot): finger of death, forcecage
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    "} poison damage and is poisoned for 1 minute. While poisoned in this way, the creature canât regain hit points. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isnât
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Sibriex
                                                    
    
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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainenâs Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Squirt Bile once and makes three attacks using its chain, bite, or both.
Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Chain"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Hit: 20 (2d12 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d12+7","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Chain","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Drow Favored Consort
                                                    
    
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                                                    Mordenkainenâs Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
6th level (1 slot): chain lightning
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
War Magic. When
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 hour. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also unconscious while poisoned in this way. The target regains consciousness if it takes damage or if another creature takes an action to shake it.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerysâ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are too mired in the past, and need to find a way forward?
Elves of Valenar
Your people are dedicated to the arts of war. Millenia ago, your ancestors fought an epic war against mighty giants. When
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerysâ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are too mired in the past, and need to find a way forward?
Elves of Aerenal
Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Court, a council of undead elves sustained by positive energy. The Undying Court wields
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerysâ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are too mired in the past, and need to find a way forward?
Elves of Aerenal
Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Court, a council of undead elves sustained by positive energy. The Undying Court wields
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerysâ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are too mired in the past, and need to find a way forward?
Elves of Valenar
Your people are dedicated to the arts of war. Millenia ago, your ancestors fought an epic war against mighty giants. When
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , working for someone who has more than they deserve. But the Guild offered you a way to fix that. You keep doing what youâve always done â guard work, dock labor, business accounting &mdash
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Guild. If either of them ever finds out, your life as you know it will be over.
6
A close friend or relative joined the Guild and vanished mysteriously. Youâve worked your way into the lower
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Morkoth
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ): dimension door, Evard's black tentacles
5th level (3 slots): geas, scrying
6th level (1 slot): chain lightningMultiattack. The morkoth makes three attacks: two with its bite and one with its
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     energy. Each creature in that area must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is charmed by the morkoth for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the target tries to get as
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Lizardfolk
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     basic principles than those of warm-blooded creatures. Their dismal swamp homes might lie hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement, but the gap between their way of thinking and that of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ât scared of a troll; instead, they understand that a troll is a fearsome, dangerous creature and react accordingly.
Lizardfolk never become angry in the way others do, but they act with
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     donât share it.
3
I like to sound mysterious, because wisdom hidden grows deeper with time.
4
I have no patience with people who get in my way.
5
I love hearing about other
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Dimir Contacts
d8
Contact
1
I know a Dimir courier who relays messages to me from someone higher up the chain of command.
2
I get orders from a shapeshifter I recognize only
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     concentrates the spoils at the top of the hierarchy. As a functionary in that system, your best hope is to claim as much as possible of the money that passes through your hands on its way up, so that
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     you can work your way into a more prominent position.
Regardless of your past and the wealth of your family, your initial status with the guild is near the bottom, until you have proven your value
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
Equipment: A Rakdos insignia, a musical instrument (one of your choice), a costume, a hooded lantern made of wrought iron, a 10-foot length of chain with sharply spiked links, a tinderbox, 10 torches
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     throw my weight around to make sure I get my way.
8
I enjoy breaking delicate works of art. And fingers, which are sort of the same.
Ideals
d6
Ideal
1
Guild. My
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Princeps Kovik  This particularly cruel chain devil commanded the Nine Hellsâ 8th Infantry Legion, âTerror Incarnate,â which was crushed on the banks of the River Styx by the demon lord Kostchtchie
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The devils that serve under Kovik do so willingly because the chain devil has earned their trust. Newly disenfranchised devils regularly flock to Kovikâs banner. The chain devilâs emblem is the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Vanrak Moonstar, a death knight wearing a mithral chain shirt and clutching a bladeless sword hilt. âThis is not the fate either of us deserved,â he says mournfully. âIn darkness, we have lost our way
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     clatters to the floor alongside the death knightâs mithral chain shirt. The vision ends with a dragonâs anguished roar.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Sundered Chains As close to a place of pilgrimage as youâll find in this accursed place. A beacon to those seeking the missing link or looking for a way out. â The Cartographer When the characters
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Each broken chain is roughly a mile long.
 Long ago, these giant chains tethered an abducted city to Avernus. That city somehow tore free, leaving behind its broken bonds and scattered chunks of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Entering the Scab The most obvious way to enter the Scab is through a hole near the top of the Scab (area S1). Climbing a chain or the outer surface of the scab to reach this hole requires a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroesâ Feast: Saving the Childrenâs Menu 
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     tell if the characters are respectful and mean no harm. If the party has no way to talk to her, she patiently tries to communicate through pantomime. If the party convinces her of their good
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     attacks. If a fight does occur, you might remind the players that characters who reduce a target to 0 hit points can choose to leave the defeated foe alive but unconscious. If defeated in this way and
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     has begun to fall away in places. In the middle of the room is a 5-foot-square hole in the floor and ceiling, with a rusty chain near each corner. The chains are part of the towerâs elevator mechanism
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     creatures standing on that section fall 40 feet to the ground floor, smashing through the second floor on the way down.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    D9. Proving Grounds A mangrove tree stands in the middle of a patch of heavily churned mud, where rusting and rotting bits of armor and weapons are scattered. Two lengths of chain are anchored to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     challenge the monarch for the right to rule. The grounds are 20 feet in diameter. Combatants are shackled by one wrist or ankle to a 10-foot length of chain attached to the tree. Each chain has AC 19
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Winter Encounter Chain Now is the winter of Waterdeepâs discontent. The Zhents who serve Manshoon believe their master to be all-powerful, which has made them reckless. Against a frigid backdrop
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     reveals that he made one stop on his way to Mistshore. He dropped off a lady friend, a priest of Bane allied with the Zhentarim, and left the stone with her and her acolytes for safekeeping. The characters
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to the happiness of the carnival. The monarch is also given a charm that lets them fly.â âMister Witchâs Witchlight watch is attached to his waistcoat by a chain, so whoever tries to steal it needs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     something to break or unfasten the chain.â âDirlagraun, Candlefoot, and Palasha might help youâtheyâre good eggs. But stay away from Thacoâheâs untrustworthy.â If the characters suggest stealing the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     remain here. 15 2 fire giants, 3 ogres The giants head to area 20 if the bucket chain stops moving, while the ogres remain here. Both the giants and the ogres investigate loud noises in area 14. 17 1
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Duke Zalto, 2 hell hounds Duke Zalto and his hell hounds go to area 20 if the bucket chain stops moving. 30 1 iron golem The golem remains here until activated. 31 Brimskarda (fire giant), 2 ogres
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , though they might visit the same way stations over and over during their wanderings. The tribe also settles down temporarily whenever itâs time to lay eggs and hatch a new brood of young. Poisonous Eggs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Perception 13
 Languages Tlincalli
 Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
 Actions
 Multiattack. The tlincalli makes two attacks: one with its longsword or spiked chain, and one with its sting.
 Longsword. Melee
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     crashing bolt of lightning. When he does deign to manifest in the mortal world, Keranos prefers the form of a stout, bearded, male human wearing a purple loincloth girdled in a mithral chain belt with
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a clasp in the form of a dragonâs skull. His bearing is upright and stern, with a clipped, brusque way of speaking. Particularly clever plans and observations bring a hint of a smile to his face
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Niranjan Darklord: Sarthak Hallmarks: Asceticism, brainwashing, shadows An island chain that once belonged to the domain of Kalakeri, the Ashram of Niranjan was a vibrant vihara, or monastery, for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ascetic scholars who practiced Ramsana, a way of life whose central tenet advises nonattachment to the material world. Now only a small, reclusive group of these scholars remains, led by the elderly
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     approach, three humanoid heads stick out of the holes, each covered in putrid flesh and gnashing on an iron bit bolted to a chain bridle.
 The gnashing heads belong to three zombies that are chained to a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     pulley bolted to the ceiling on the south side of the door. The pulley is set up in such a way that when all three zombies move away from the door, they heave it open. The zombies wonât move while fresh
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     shard to Leandro Sedhar, a playwright in Oztocan who can help them, and promises them a suit of elven chain (or some other rare magic item of your choice) as payment for stopping the earthquakes. Yana
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . In Yanaâs opinion, returning the cursed shard to the place from which it was taken is the best way to stop the earthquakes. If the characters vow to complete this quest, Yana gives them a necklace of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroesâ Feast: Saving the Childrenâs Menu 
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Large) accompany the giants, each on a leash of iron chain held by one of the giants. The giant who isnât holding a leash is the commander of the search party. The characters are likely to notice the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Elemental Evil. Perhaps Invido has used the Cult of Evil Fire as a way of consolidating his support and influence. If you have access to Glory of the Giants, you can replace the commander of the fire giant search party with a fire giant of evil fire.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the terrain proves too inflexible, lurking in ruins or shallow caves. Tlincallis stay in one place for only as long as the hunting is good in the immediate area, though they might visit the same way
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
 Languages Tlincalli
 Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
 Actions
 Multiattack. The tlincalli makes one Longsword or Spiked Chain attack and one Sting attack.
 Longsword. Melee Weapon
                                                
                                            
                                        






