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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Orcs trace their creation to the one-eyed god Gruumsh, an unstoppable warrior and powerful leader. The divine qualities of Gruumsh resonate within orcs, granting them a reflection of his toughness
class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Running This Chapter The characters can return to the sanctum in Sigil to rest and confer with Alustriel and Tasha before they head to the Cave of Shattered Reflection. If the characters don’t return
demiplanes in any order, so read through all three—the “Torment of Kas,” “Neverwinter’s New King,” and “Dead Gods” sections—before running this chapter. Once the characters dismantle the three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mirror of Mephistar Mirror, mirror, made of ice — look within, but at what price? — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the
mirror of ice sees their reflection as soulless, haggard, and encrusted with rime. This apparition stands in a frozen tundra, desolate save for a tower of ice far in the distance. Characters who succeed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
jaws. Rather than chasing prey, they use their supernatural gaze to turn creatures to stone and then consume these victims at their leisure. While basilisks are most comfortable in subterranean lairs
Gaze (Recharge 4–6). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. If the basilisk sees its reflection in the Cone, the basilisk must make this save. First Failure: The target has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Destroying the Dragon When the dragon drops to 0 hit points, read: The dragon makes a horrific grinding noise as it begins to shudder and crumble to pieces. As its great bulk crashes into the snow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frozen Shipwreck The Dark Duchess is hundreds of yards from shore, trapped in thick ice. When the characters get close enough to see it, read: The Sea of Moving Ice stretches out before you, a
is thick, and there is no risk of the characters breaking through it. Approaching the Ship When the characters get within 15 feet of the ship, read: You hear loud thumping and creaking coming from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Hall of Illusions A glass cabinet stands near the entrance to this tent. If the characters approach it, read the following boxed text aloud. If they investigate the tent first, skip ahead to
the glass cabinet and fell victim to its spell. If one or more characters follow Rubin into the Hall of Illusions, see “Chasing Rubin” below. After recovering from the cabinet’s spell, Ween remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
passes the halfway point of the room, the sound of grinding stone announces the statues turning their cowled heads to follow the characters’ movements. The characters must not look into the darkness in the
, can’t understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. You control the creature’s movement, which is erratic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
sneak it into the Scriptoria Collections, they told it to ambush the characters. Read or paraphrase the following: A groan echoes throughout the quiet room, like metal grinding upon metal. You spot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
thri-kreen. Read the following as the characters approach: Numerous thri-kreen dash through the tall grass, attempting to avoid the steps of a massive figure. A gigantic, ancient woman dressed in thick
tree roots and vines stomps after the mantis-folk. Amid her roaring, she occasionally plucks a sizable seed pod from her garb and chucks it after her quarry.
The hostile storm giant chasing the thri
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
A Mysterious Dream After gaining the level 1 benefit and drawback of the scrivener’s mark, the characters experience a dream that comes to them during a time of rest, reverie, or quiet reflection
. Even characters who don’t sleep have the dream. If the characters don’t rest at the same time, you might decide that only the first character who rests has the dream. Read the following boxed text only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
transport to Vecna’s Grasp appear in this chamber. Read the following to set the scene: You appear before a thirty-foot-wide mass of translucent purple crystals embedded in the floor of a large obsidian
enormous hole in the cave floor like a cork. This hole leads down to the Cave of Shattered Reflection, but the characters can’t bypass the crystals or make their descent until they explore the side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
reality of Oerth, where Vecna has captured and imprisoned his archrival, Kas the Betrayer. Read the following to describe the scene: Your feet sink into the mucky basin of a sprawling wasteland. The
) check to recall that this unreality is a reflection of Vecna’s hatred of Kas; as a vampire, Kas would loathe and fear the sun, so the sun is the key to witnessing Kas’s torment. When the characters reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
through the tunnel safely. Rotating Tunnel Read the following text to players the first time their characters are caught in a rotating tunnel: With a loud grinding noise, this section of crawlway begins
to rotate, instantly cutting off the exits ahead and behind. You can feel the passage sink about five feet as it turns. After a few seconds, it comes to a stop and the grinding abates.
When tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
passes the halfway point of the room, the sound of grinding stone announces the statues turning their cowled heads to follow the characters’ movements. The characters must not look into the darkness in the
actions or reactions, can’t understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. You control the creature’s movement, which is erratic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters pay Speaker Huddle a visit, read: Nimsy Huddle, the town speaker, tempts you with freshly baked, halfling-shaped cookies. Her house was clearly built for humans, but most of the furniture is sized
for halflings, with a few big chairs for visitors of taller stock. Four halfling children scamper from room to room and climb a ladder up to the loft, chasing one another with wooden swords, while a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Decision As the characters begin their ascent, read: From high above comes a loud grinding noise as large sheets of ice break off the fortress walls and tumble down the mountainside. Suddenly, great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
75. Trial of the Hexagon Carved into the door of this room is a hexagon. When the characters open the door, read: A large, cracked, six-sided mirror is mounted above a stone shelf protruding from the
metal panel on the north wall. If fewer than six candles are lit when the words are spoken, the lever appears on the south wall instead. These levers exist only in the mirror’s reflection, not in reality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
their wits about them. Stuffed Rat Soon after the characters begin their travels in Undersigil, read the following description: A tunnel leads through a half-collapsed basement. At the center of the
Player Version Eventually, the characters happen on a Caker tea party in a flooded chamber, emerging from the tunnel to the north. Map 2.1 depicts the area. When the characters arrive, read the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
magic button to bring things back to the way they should be, this person you love so much restored to who they really are rather than what cancer is grinding them down into. It’s easy to give in to
thus worthy of cautious respect, if not fear.
Read on and learn that perhaps the derision leveled at these fiends reflects only the fear and trepidation of those who would mock them. And perhaps if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Mound Entrance When the characters move to the barrow entrance, read the following: Tall monoliths line the earthen corridor that connects the barrow’s entrance to the burial chamber far within. Motes
, read the following: A crude fieldstone arch forms the entrance to the burial chamber. In three branching alcoves are three scorched altars — one of a tiger, another of an elk, and another of a bear. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the Statues When the party approaches the statues, read the following. As you approach the statues, you hear the sudden sound of grinding stone. The colossal figures turn their massive heads, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the Statues When the party approaches the statues, read the following. As you approach the statues, you hear the sudden sound of grinding stone. The colossal figures turn their massive heads, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
circumstances. Reader beware. Using a Stat Block This book is a companion to the Monster Manual and uses a similar presentation. If you are unfamiliar with the monster stat block format, read the introduction
Sunfly Celestial 1 Swarm of sunflies Celestial 1 Vargouille reflection Fiend 2 Dabus Celestial 2 Lantern archon Celestial 2 Musteval guardinal Celestial 3 Bariaur wanderer Celestial 3 Bleak Cabal void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Benefit: You can speak, read, and write Sylvan, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Drawback: You no longer cast a reflection or a shadow.
2 Benefit: You can cast the message cantrip at will, no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
building’s integrity. Now, the Miner’s Exchange leans precariously, and members of the guild are desperate to repair it. Crime Scene When the characters investigate this crime scene, read the following
: You hear the snapping of wood beams and grinding of stone as you near the Miner’s Exchange, quickly followed by panicked shouts. The structure slants precariously as miners clamber around the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
character is freed by a wish spell. If the characters clear away the webs and descend to the foot of the stairway, read: Lying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs is an iron mace inlaid with silver
to shake and stones will begin to come down from the ceiling. Obviously the place is beginning to collapse, but take your time detailing the increasing rumblings, tremors, grinding noises, falling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
—flapping, severed heads spawned from the Abyss—chasing their prey. Cranium rats scurry through the tunnels, telepathically relaying their findings to their hivemind. Alone, these spies are little more
, cling to life in the darkness, searching the underground for secrets that could lead to their ascension. Undersigil Encounters d6 Encounter 1 A vargouille reflection (see Morte’s Planar Parade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, read the following boxed text aloud to describe this event: The golem’s chest opens to reveal its sapphire heart. Blue light bursts from the gem and hits the double door. The symbols on the doors glow
with blue fire, accompanied by a perceptible shudder and a crackle of magical energy. With a groan and the grinding of stone on stone, the doors open for the first time in ages.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the characters open their door, they see Malaina in a panic. She shouts for the characters to come downstairs. Read or paraphrase the following: The sanctum looks like it was hit by a tornado: there
wanted anything more than to stop Vecna’s ritual. Chasing Kas Before Kas fled the sanctum, he muttered a phrase both Alustriel and Tasha overheard: “Finally, it ends in Pandesmos.” The women repeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and hides her treasure. When the characters approach Iymrith’s lair for the first time, read or paraphrase the following boxed text aloud to the players. Your long journey ends here, in the desert. A
unfolds; it’s simply a reflection of Iymrith’s mood. Storm giants who stride boldly toward the amphitheater with weapons in hand draw fire from the trebuchets (see area 1). The characters can let the storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
fear. Niche F. In a scene that shows various forms of crafting, twelve commoners are busy weaving rugs and baskets, carving totems, making pots, grinding stones for weapons, and making clothes. Treasure
characters investigate the door that offers an exit from the chamber, read: The door is carved with a sun symbol and appears to open into the room; there are hinges on this side and scratches on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
wood. D4. Confused Constructs The ground here is spongy and carpeted in soft green grasses. Heavy footfalls and shrieks of grinding metal emanate from the mists. A muddy steel crate rests amid the
, conclude that a big creature with powerful jaws and sharp teeth tore the crate open. Enter the Hydra. When the characters reach the broken crate, read or paraphrase the following: You hear the sound
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->Princes of the Apocalypse
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This area is perfect for random encounters. G8. Cavern of the Lost Crown As the party approaches this area for the first time, read the following text: Bloodcurdling screams come from the cave ahead
. The cries last only a few seconds, then stop suddenly.
Once the party can see the cave, read the following: Humanoid bones litter the floor of this cavern. Some skeletons are partially intact