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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
feed on their fear and despair.
Dungeon builders and Underdark tyrants sometimes venture into the Shadowfell to capture balhannoths for use as guardians.A Balhannoth’s Lair
In the Shadowfell
parts or magical properties. Any object created in this area is, upon close inspection, revealed as a fake. Books are filled with empty pages, golden items are obvious counterfeits, and so on. The
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
human society, so they gain influence by controlling enemy rulers — and those close to them — through blackmail, drugs, magic, and the subterfuge of disguised purebloods.
From Calimshan and
that the yuan-ti have prepared a special ambush at the end of the pursuit.
Capture, Not Kill
The objective of the yuan-ti as a race is to conquer and enslave others; they don’t espouse the sort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
rulership and move to the swamp’s edge to attack intruders detected in area 11a. If enemies close to melee range, the drow switch to melee weapons. If one drow elite warrior falls in battle, the
other tries to flee to area 13 and alert the creatures there. The drow have orders from the spirit nagas to capture intruders if possible, meaning that any character reduced to 0 hit points by a drow’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
close to the caves, wreck the ships on the magical reefs, capture the crew, and drag the wreckage into the caves. Anything worthwhile is salvaged and sold, and the prisoners are either sold to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
being forced to graft warforged components onto the Lord of Blades’ warriors. 2 Locate a docent (see chapter 5) carried by a warforged wizard who has joined up with the Lord of Blades. 3 Capture a
Mourning that is being held in the ossuary’s vault. 5 Extract a warforged spy from within the Lord of Blades’ followers who is close to being discovered. 6 Retrieve a Cannith schema supposedly held
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
cover against anyone attacking from the other side. They draw shortswords if the characters close for melee. If three of the bounty hunters fall, the survivors quickly retreat to their nearby riding
of the bounty hunters who dies or is captured during the fight carries a wanted poster depicting a stern old woman with the name “Paloma” below the portrait and offering a 500 gp reward for her capture.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
humanoid’s persona. When a humanoid dies within 30 feet of you, you can magically capture its shadow using your reaction. You retain this shadow until you use it or you finish a long rest. You can use the
through this disguise by succeeding on a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by your Charisma (Deception) check. You gain a +5 bonus to your check. Once you capture a shadow with this feature, you can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
star moth gets close enough to use its mangonel (at long range). Once that happens, Sartell orders her ship to turn about and close with the astral elves as quickly as possible to minimize the Dark
Star’s opportunity to fire on the Moondancer. It then takes another minute for the two ships to come within boarding distance. Dealing with the Dark Star Once the ships are close enough, the three astral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
).
Upstairs. The cultists believe they cleared the rooms of all guests, using them as sacrifices to power their ritual. However, one sneaky individual avoided capture. In the posh room at the end of the hallway
cultists had strict orders to capture the bard alive, as she heard them talking about being careful with Tul. The Basement. The basement houses the shrine to Talos, where the energy from the ritual is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and rejoins the fight.
These duergar won’t negotiate, and they refuse to surrender. If the characters capture and interrogate a duergar, a successful DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation) check can convince
much larger fortress in the mountains. Xardorok is obsessed with chardalyn and is forging a dragon out of it.
The outpost was built close to Kelvin’s Cairn for a reason. Once Ten-Towns is destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the battle and is now using her helmet to get close to Darrett. Capture. Becklin sent Jeyev to warn the villagers that the defense failed and not to wait for their defenders. She sent her helmet as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
queen, the shadar-kai use their shadow magic. If a target is living, they magically infiltrate the person’s mind and excise the desired bits of emotion, or if the target is close to death, the shadar-kai
capture the whole soul to bring back to the Raven Queen. Sediment of Memory. Shadar-kai are very interested in the magical silt at the bottom of the River Styx that holds the memories and identities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
her mutated form. Berlain has a close kinship with Vertrand, and the two wizards work well together. Berlain has no interest in forging alliances with visitors and tries to capture intruders for use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, you stumble upon the scene of a recent battle. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side. Two horses wander the road, sniffing at ransacked
can continue to Phandalin, buy new gear at Barthen’s Provisions, return to the ambush site, and find the goblins’ trail, should they wish. The characters might capture one or more goblins by knocking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
form allows it to blend into almost any group or community, but its transformation doesn’t impart languages, mannerisms, memory, or personality. Doppelgangers often follow or capture creatures they
few scattered memories. A doppelganger impersonating a specific creature as part of a long-term plot might keep its double alive and close at hand for weeks, probing the victim’s mind daily to learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
feed on their fear and despair. Dungeon builders and Underdark tyrants sometimes venture into the Shadowfell to capture balhannoths for use as guardians. Balhannoth
Large Aberration, Typically
magical properties. Any object created in this area is, upon close inspection, revealed as a fake. Books are filled with empty pages, golden items are obvious counterfeits, and so on. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
of the ceiling, suspended on strong chains. Slender wings of steel sweep close to its sides. Its head is also fashioned of steel.
One Feathergale knight (Savra when the characters first arrive) and
minstrel Windharrow. It reads as follows: Merosska,
We are pleased to hear about the outcome of your altercation with the Black Earth cult, and we praise you for the capture of one of their prisoners
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
of the monastery. All wear cowled robes to conceal their features, which can be seen only if a monk is forced to unmask, or if a watchful character gets close to a monk and succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom
remotely that it could accomplish close up, including making physical ability checks and attacks.
Because they are linked to the planar craft, teleportation-field devices function only in the monastery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side.
If
Barthen’s Provisions, return to the ambush site, and find the goblins’ trail. The characters might capture one or more goblins by knocking them unconscious instead of killing them. A character can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
arrested by the City Watch for theft and taken to a courthouse in the Castle Ward to face the judgment of a magister. No doubt he hid the stone before his capture. You must speak to him right away
. You’ll need to devise some sort of ruse to get close to Fenerus. I urge against violence, or you might find yourself locked up beside him.” If the characters ask why Laeral Silverhand doesn’t question
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
frozen at all times by the 10-foot-square patch of brown mold growing on the wall behind it (see “Brown Mold” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Any creature that touches the pillar of ice is close enough
characters slay or capture Avarice, the gargoyles attack them as they leave the keep. Treasure. Avarice keeps her staff of frost within easy reach. When she’s not writing in her spellbook, she sticks it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. However, the jewels are clever fakes made of worthless glass, as close inspection and a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals. Nevertheless, a powerful spell protects them, and a
spiders in the initiative count. If the characters capture Nezznar and deliver him to the townmaster’s hall in Phandalin, the drow is locked up until Sildar Hallwinter or another representative of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
they don’t have an enemy to fight. Because the Northlanders are good at fighting and sailing, and perfectly willing to attack ships close to their shores, best to be cautious around any Northlander
nearest neighbor, the remote island of Tuern is host to violent folk who raid and pillage at will and seek to enslave any outlanders they capture on or near their island. They trust no magic of any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
any non-duergar they encounter onboard the vessel. If they find Durth’s dead body or no signs of him at all aboard the ferry, they abandon the ship and don’t return to it. If the characters capture
powered by the still-beating heart of a red dragon. In this forge, Xardorok is crafting a dragon made of chardalyn, with which he plans to destroy Ten-Towns. The chardalyn dragon is close to being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
”). Accessing the Gate Creatures seeking to use the gate or get close enough to record data using the Mosaic Mimir must obtain an access permit at the Gate Travel Administration building nearby. This monument to
outlaw who operates in the underground tunnels known as the Inverse. If the characters return the logbook, capture Beltha, and bring her to the Hall of Order alive, he’ll reward them with 2,000 gp, or half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Characters can capture the cubs and spend months trying to domesticate them, but the kamadans turn on their would-be masters once they reach adulthood in a year. 4A. Shrine Entrance Flanking the entrance
. The pedestal is a 4-foot-high stone cylinder that is impervious to damage and spells. Close inspection reveals a stone hatch in the top of it. Any physical attempt to force open the hatch releases a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
-tall obelisk made of smooth black metal with a few noticeable imperfections, as though small parts of it were somehow chipped away.
A female derro stands close to the obelisk, gently patting and
, but some entries appear in different handwriting. The last entry describes the “miraculous” appearance of the gold coin. Development If the characters capture and interrogate Pliinki, she laughs at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
pursuers are close enough to catch the thieves. If neither side gives up the chase, one Ashen Heir mage makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check at the end of each round in which the Ashen Heirs get out of the
that Baadi is bluffing and can’t grant wishes. Baadi doesn’t know that his cousin is the Ashen Heir leader, the efreeti Navid. Returning to Emad If the characters capture the Ashen Heirs, Emad gives them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
least one day passes between the characters meeting Vecken and arriving in Greenfast, the cultists’ most recent expedition ended with the capture of the vengeful warrior. See area B11.) The cultists pay
close attention to Faerl’s house (area G4) and to any strangers in the village. If the characters ask them any questions about Viallis, the cultists respond by attacking. If they see the previously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
vessel can sail all day, assuming its sailors work in shifts. Navigation Seagoing vessels stay close to shore when they can, because navigation is easier when landmarks are visible. As long as a ship
do on land. Owning a Ship At some point in your campaign, the adventurers might gain custody of a ship. They might purchase or capture one or receive one to carry out a mission. It’s up to you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, one rarely makes a lair close to a stronghold. When a black dragon does cross paths with dwarves, it might attempt to isolate a settlement by making the roads leading to it impassable. The terrain
workers and now seek to capture them rather than devour them. Giants don’t launch direct attacks on dwarven strongholds except under extraordinary circumstances. Their size is a great disadvantage in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
covered with fungal growths try to capture the floating spores in jugs.
Xardorok’s garrison includes several quaggoth thralls. A little over a tenday ago, a quaggoth thonot named Krob helped the
duergar capture a myconid sovereign in the Underdark. The sovereign’s name is Pleurota. With Xardorok’s consent, Krob is harvesting Pleurota’s animating spores and using them to turn dead quaggoths into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Development. Duke Zalto and Duchess Brimskarda treat Cinderhild’s capture the same way they treat the capture of their son (see area 18 for details). 27. War Room A basalt table, its base sculpted to look like
!” The doors remain open until a fire giant standing within 50 feet of them speaks, in Giant, the phrase “By Surtur’s flame, I command these doors to close!” in Giant. The doors can also be closed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
free of his captors’ sack through a small hole, Nosey is looking for a way home. Nosey pantomimes his capture and escape, and any character who pays attention to the puppy’s behavior figures out the
basic details. If the characters are friendly to Nosey or promise to help him escape, he stays close to them and even fights alongside them. Bullywug Pursuers. Before the characters can leave or search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
control of the governing council. 3 Bandit activity signals efforts to revive an evil cult long ago driven from the region. 4 A pack of gnolls is rampaging dangerously close to local farmlands. 5 A
the promise of looting the king’s treasury. 3 An evil Artifact has transformed a forest into a dismal swamp full of horrific monsters. 4 An Aberration living in the Underdark sends minions to capture