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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Armor Class while holding the wand.
Spells. The wand has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the wand, you can cast one of the spells on the following table
unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of you and obey your commands until they are destroyed or until the next dawn, when they collapse into inanimate piles of bones and rotting corpses. Once you use this
Summon Undead
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Spells
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
slot of 4th level or higher, use the higher level wherever the spell’s level appears in the stat block.
Undead Spirit
Medium undead
Armor Class 11 + the level of the spell (natural armor
’s level necrotic damage.
Rotting Claw (Putrid Only). Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + 3 + the spell’s level slashing damage. If
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
light of the surface world, so your journey isn’t guaranteed to be safe.
Golgari Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you, the spells on the Golgari Guild
Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)
Golgari Guild Spells
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
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while the wand is attuned to Orcus himself.
Protection. You gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class while holding the wand.
Spells. The wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1
until they are destroyed or until dawn of the next day, when they collapse into inanimate piles of bones and rotting corpses. Once you use this property of the wand, you can’t use it again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
, rotting flesh with the slightest touch. Violet Fungus
Medium Plant, Unaligned
Armor Class 5
Hit Points 18 (4d8)
Speed 5 ft.
STR
3 (−4)
DEX
1 (−5)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
Rotting Touch attacks.
Rotting Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d8) necrotic damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
follows them wherever they go. Bulezau
Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Rotting Presence. When any creature that isn’t a demon starts its turn within 30 feet one or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the ocean in Tammeraut’s Fate, retains its fighting reflexes despite its rotting flesh. Drowned Ascetic
Medium undead, chaotic evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
Drowned Ascetic Dressed in tattered robes, its fists wrapped in long ribbons of rotting cloth, the drowned ascetic moves with alarming speed for an undead creature. This martial artist, rising from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Bulezau
Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
15(+2)
DEX
14(+2)
CON
17(+3)
INT
8(−1
Perception 9
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Rotting Presence. When any creature that isn’t a demon starts its turn within 30 feet one or more bulezaus, that creature must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
, nothics are no longer the wizards they once were and have no memories of their previous lives. Nothic
Medium aberration, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 45 (6d8 + 18)
Speed 30
. The nothic makes two attacks with its claws.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.
Rotting Gaze. The nothic chooses one creature within 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
shins.
You might say, that’s awfully specific. I say, don’t pry.
TASHA
Bulezau
Medium Fiend (Demon), Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed
poison
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Rotting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Undead, Lawful Evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 82 (11d8 + 33)
Speed 20 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
14 (+2
.
Actions
Multiattack. Nafik can use his Dreadful Glare and makes one Rotting Fist or Unholy Beam attack.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
undersea caves filled with treasures and trophies, taken from their victims and sunken ships. They tie the rotting corpses of dead enemies and drowned sailors to strands of kelp to mark the borders of
their territory. Merrow
Large monstrosity, chaotic evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 45 (6d10 + 12)
Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (leather armor)
Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
9 (-1)
WIS
9 (-1)
CHA
or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar).
Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each creature of the assassin’s choice within 30 feet of it that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Zarak Zarak is an assassin without honor or conscience. Unusually short of stature for someone of orcish heritage, he might pass for an ugly, beardless dwarf were it not for his rotting tusks and
garrote, so that he can hear the dying breath of his hapless prey. If defeat seems likely, he quaffs his potion of invisibility and flees. Zarak
Medium Humanoid (Orc), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
faintly of rotting meat. Broodguards can speak but rarely do so, preferring to communicate via snakelike hisses and guttural noises. Making a Broodguard Yuan-ti create broodguards from captured
before it runs its course. After the process is complete, only a wish spell can reverse the effect. Yuan-ti Broodguard
Medium Monstrosity, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
Drowned Assassin Drowned Assassin
Medium undead, chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (leather armor)
Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
16 (+3
must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar).
Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each creature of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Black Rose Bearer A black rose bearer is a rotting corpse animated by necromancers on Krynn to serve as a guardian. Its name derives from the preserved black rose the bearer carries inside a delicate
. Suffer not their presence; destroy rose bearers on sight.”
—Common saying among the
Knights of Solamnia
Black Rose Bearer Medium Undead, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 11 (natural armor)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Shambling Mound A shambling mound, sometimes called a shambler, trudges ponderously through bleak swamps, dismal marshes, and rain forests, consuming any organic matter in its path. This rotting heap
absorbing the unwary prey. Shambling Mound
Large plant, unaligned
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 136 (16d10 + 48)
Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
8 (−1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
mummy doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Mummy
Medium undead, lawful evil
Armor Class 11 (natural armor)
Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18)
Speed 20 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
8
languages it knew in life
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Actions
Multiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
level wherever the spell’s level appears in the stat block. Undead Spirit
Medium undead
Armor Class 11 + the level of the spell (natural armor)
Hit Points 30 (Ghostly and Putrid only) or 20
.
Grave Bolt (Skeletal Only). Ranged Spell Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, range 150 ft., one target. Hit: 2d4 + 3 + the spell’s level necrotic damage.
Rotting Claw (Putrid Only). Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
detects the presence of fiends, such as a paladin’s Divine Sense class feature, reveals the presence of such a creature bound within the shield. If an identify spell is cast on the shield, or if it is
with material components for spells, including linen-wrapped slabs of butter, casks of licorice root shavings, bottles of snake tongues, a terrarium filled with glowworms, and wax-sealed jars of rotting eggs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the wand is attuned to Orcus. Protection. You gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class while holding the wand. Spells. The wand has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding
within 300 feet of you and obey your commands until they are destroyed or until the next dawn, when they collapse into inanimate piles of bones and rotting corpses. Once you use this property, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
prey apart with his bare hands before ripping out its throat with his teeth. If Yeenoghu is killed anywhere other than the Abyss, he re-forms at full strength in the mansion of rotting meat and bones he
calls home on his desolate, canyon-pocked layer of the Abyss. Yeenoghu
Huge fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 333 (23d12 + 184)
Speed 50 ft.
STR
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 97 (13d8 + 39)
Speed 20 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
17 (+3)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
18 (+4)
CHA
16 (+3)
Saving
(2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harm
Actions
Multiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
damaged to be of much use or value to anyone. Baba Lysaga’s Creeping Hut Baba Lysaga built a hut atop the rotting stump of a giant tree that was felled long ago. It was only after she embedded a magic
, unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 263 (17d20 + 85)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
26(+8)
DEX
7(−2)
CON
20(+5)
INT
1(−5)
WIS
3(−4)
CHA
3(−4)
Saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
: All the heads belong to former monarchs who were deposed and killed by usurpers. Many of the former monarchs were betrayed by others whose rotting heads now also sit on spikes. The current monarch is
matter. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Clapperclaw. Clapperclaw the Scarecrow
Small Construct, Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 14 (4d6)
Speed 25 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
and over the rotting flesh to hold the body together. Undead Nature. The lich doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. STORREV
Storrev is a lich and a leader of the Erstwhile. She is adept at
.
Devkarin Lich
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 97 (15d8 + 30)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11(+0)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
14(+2)
INT
19(+4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Wand of Orcus, which is described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Orcus
Huge Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor), 20 with the Wand of Orcus
Hit Points 405 (30d12 + 210
Orcus’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects: Charnel Realm. The air is filled with the stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region. Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. K11. Dining Room A low banquet table dominates this room, and there are no chairs as goblins are expected to sit on the floor. The table and floor are strewn with fish bones, bits of rotting meat, and
conversation (in Goblin) through the closed door to buy time. Spellix Romwod
Small humanoid (gnome), chaotic neutral
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 33 (6d6 + 12)
Speed 25 ft.
STR
6 (−2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
swooping over the fishing ships. A few lazy snowflakes fall from a cloudy sky as you approach the tavern’s front entrance — and a sign decorated with an actual rotting fish nailed to a board bearing the
person who keeps her ear to the ground about Dran Enterprises is Arla at the Peg and Hook (see below). He can share Arla’s story and provide directions to her shop. Working-Class Rumors The two fishers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
stalactites. Thick fungal growth blankets the floor, and the still air reeks with the odors of rotting refuse, moldy fungus, and an even less pleasant stench. Numerous tunnels branch from the cave.
The
components. Destroying the Pillars. Each of the pillars has Armor Class 17, 50 hit points, immunity to poison and psychic damage, and vulnerability to radiant damage. Destroying the pillars prevents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
represents a typical member of the rank and file, though weaponry and armor can vary.
Soldier
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)
Hit Points 16 (3d8
absence of order, we must establish it.”
Flaw: “If Ravnica didn’t need me, I would prefer to live a life of solitude and contemplation.”
Isperia
Gargantuan monstrosity, lawful neutral
Armor Class
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
level. 81–90 As 61–70 above, except the spell is 3rd level. 91–00 While attuned to the artifact, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class. Major Beneficial Properties d100 Property 01–20 While
artifact, your body rots over the course of four days, after which the rotting stops. You lose your hair by the end of day 1, finger tips and toe tips by the end of day 2, lips and nose by the end of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Vanthampur
Medium humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 17 (leather armor, Charisma modifier)
Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
18 (+4)
CON
12
, sending, sleep, and tongues. L5. Taproom and Gambling Hall This is the busiest and noisiest part of the ship, and it reeks of sweat, cheap ale, rotting timbers, and old vomit. Three bouncers (thugs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
tattered priestly attire that trails at his feet, but a few gaps between the wrappings reveal his rotting, desiccated skin.
The figure casts his gaze at you and says in a raspy voice, “Foolish
into the rapids below (Nafik’s choice). The arm has Armor Class 19, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage.
Destroying Nafik. Nafik’s heart resides in area P64. To vanquish the high






