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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
can see within 10 feet of it. The worm latches onto the target’s skin unless the target succeeds on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw. The worm is a Tiny Undead with AC 6, 1 hit point, a 2 (&minus
;4) in every ability score, and a speed of 1 foot. While on the target’s skin, the worm can be killed by normal means or scraped off using an action (the spawn can use Burrowing Worm to launch a
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Chondalwood and a few other isolated forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.
Many ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that landmark with
. Ask your DM if you can play a member of this subrace, which has the halfling traits in the Player’s Handbook, plus the subrace traits below.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
out. The first is a granite head the size of a wagon on the ground, gazing skyward. The second is the remains of a farmer’s market clustered near the stone head, now only broken beams and crumbling
Conqueror, a githyanki. Deep gouges from massive claws pierce the stone head on either side. As a Study action, a character can examine the claw marks and make a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
larger tents clustered near the middle. Between the tents burn several campfires. The air around the camp smells of cooked meat, and you can hear the barking and howling of dogs. Off to one side
, outside the perimeter of tents, several empty sleds are clustered together.
Hulking figures dressed in thick hides and holding spears patrol the camp perimeter, looking outward for signs of danger. Other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
5. Numbered Golems Five flesh golems are clustered against the north wall. Each has a number on its chest: 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Number 5 says, “One of us does not belong with the others. If you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
below the tower are seven bonfires with tents clustered around them. Humanoid figures huddle near these closer fires. A trail leads up to these hillside encampments.
Due to the haze, characters can
hope that whatever is attacking the other camps doesn’t come their way. Characters can avoid the camps entirely by circling the hill and climbing its north side. The north side of the hill is steep but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the characters are underway, read or paraphrase the following to summarize the journey: The journey from Promise leads north through the Ribbon, where clustered farmhouses dot the dark-red ground
character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Nature) check notices that many of the farms in the Ribbon are touched by blight and the animals are thin. Either Lady Dre or Proclaimer Ward can explain that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
tend to align with the faction’s character. Shops clustered around the Civic Festhall, for example, cater to the pleasure-seeking tendencies of the Society of Sensation—wine shops, concert halls, and
sections also include a map to one of Sigil’s megastructures. Often the headquarters of a faction, a megastructure can host countless adventures. The map provides an overview of some important areas within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
players as follows: A collection of brightly colored tents stands clustered together, creating an oasis of comfort amid the dread landscape of Avernus. Huge infernal war machines form a horseshoe about the
, he isn’t averse to offering payment in exchange for services rendered. The characters are welcome to stay as long as they wish, until such time as Mahadi decides it’s time to pack up and go elsewhere. Characters indebted to Mahadi can stay on with the Wandering Emporium, but only as his servants.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Predators. The omnivorous hook horrors eat lichens, fungi, plants, and any creature they can catch. A hook horror’s hooked limbs give it excellent purchase on rock surfaces, and these creatures use their
to flee.
Dedicated Clans. Hook horrors live in extended family groups or clans. Each clan is ruled by the eldest female, who typically places her mate in charge of the clan’s hunters. Hook horrors lay eggs, which are clustered in a central, well-defended area of a clan’s home caverns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Green Dragon Lairs Green dragons prefer making their lairs in verdant places—jungles, bayous, pine forests, or anywhere with abundant vegetation that they can shape according to their desires. An
grow and to swallow up other nearby trees. The lair has the following features: Canopy. The green dragon has teased the banyan’s sprawling canopy into a bowl-like shape within which the dragon can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
comforts of home with them as possible. Non-stronghearts with a more practical bent can find strongheart travel habits maddening, but their lightfoot cousins typically enjoy the novelty of it — so
males and females can grow sideburns down to mid-cheek, and both genders plait them into long braids. GHOSTWISE HALFLINGS
Ghostwise halflings trace their ancestry back to a war among halfling tribes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
warriors as the demons savagely tear into each other. The drow move to engage the demons and defend the outpost, leaving the characters with an opportunity to escape. You can combine this event with
Jorlan’s offer to leave the gate unlocked, making it easy for the characters to slip away. Alternatively (or if they refuse Jorlan’s offer), the characters can use the distraction to engineer their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
; Treasure: None
Magic can invest plants with mobility, sapience, and even a voice. Spells such as Awaken or the influence of other planes of existence might bring mundane vegetation to life, while other
remarkable plants might naturally have these features.
Just because we protect the forest doesn’t mean it’s defenseless.
—Rivergleam, Pixie
Awakened Shrub Awakened shrubs can be any sort of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Trading Post As the coastal mist clears, you get your first good look at the grippli trading post. Ramshackle shelters are clustered around a large permanent building. The low rumble of many voices
softly croaking can be heard as your ship pulls up to the dock, where grippli bearing weapons are waiting to meet its passengers.
The central structure of the trading post is a fortified stone and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Whether spawn are dispersed or clustered, they reproduce exponentially if nothing stops them. Spawn of Kyuss
Medium Undead, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 10
Hit Points 76 (9d8 + 36)
Speed 30 ft
damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
Burrowing Worm. A worm launches from the spawn of Kyuss at one Humanoid that the spawn can see within 10 feet of it. The worm latches onto the target’s skin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Assault Encounters Level 1 of the fortress teems with defenders. While most sahuagin are clustered as described in “The Defense,” a few locations prove central to the fortress’s security. 1. North
strategies: The party can sneak in magically by using the potions the Saltmarsh council provided. The party might try to talk their way in, but the challenge of deceiving the sahuagin guards has increased
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
mob, and the third (C) is heaping burning straw against a rear door. All these groups together would overwhelm 1st-level characters, but characters can devise a plan that gets them inside the temple by
minutes (two minutes per side). Group C consists of four cultists and four kobolds clustered tightly around the temple’s back door. Their meager fire produces little flame, instead creating prodigious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Kyuss looks like an ordinary zombie. As it comes into clearer view, one can see scores of little green worms crawling in and out of it. These worms jump onto nearby humanoids and burrow into their flesh
spawn of Kyuss travels aimlessly. If it stumbles across a living creature, the spawn attacks with the sole intent of creating more spawn. Whether they are dispersed or clustered, spawn reproduce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
mob, and the third (C) is heaping burning straw against a rear door. All these groups together would overwhelm 1st-level characters, but characters can devise a plan that gets them inside the temple by
minutes (two minutes per side). Group C consists of four cultists and four kobolds clustered tightly around the temple’s back door. Their meager fire produces little flame, instead creating prodigious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the scattered communities of Icewind Dale. You can also travel up the ever-narrowing road from Luskan called the Northern Means, and eventually come upon the frozen tundra beyond. Why travel so far
the mountain’s southern shadow is Bryn Shander, the largest, most populous, and most fortified of the Ten-Towns of Icewind Dale. Ten-Towns is a grouping of communities clustered around the three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Narbondellyn The estates of the various drow houses are clustered beneath the plateau of Qu’ellarz’orl in an area called Narbondellyn, allowing the superiors of those drow to literally look down upon
3d6 drow nobles and scores of slaves, 6d6 of which can be pressed into defending the house. These fighting slaves are usually bugbears, ogres, orcs, or quaggoths. Doors and windows are protected with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Size Most settlements in a D&D world are villages clustered around a larger town or city. Farming villages supply the town or city population with food in exchange for goods the farmers can’t produce
available. Many inns and taverns support travelers. Organizations: A multitude of temples, guilds, and other organizations, some of which hold significant power in city affairs, can be found within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Avernus, the war-torn first layer of the Nine Hells. Clever Fiends and mages can change the gate’s destination, warping the pillar into an icy mirror that leads to the glacial layer of Cania or a noxious
cloud leading to the rotting bog of Minauros. Only Asmodeus, Archduke of Nessus, can link the pillar to the lowest layer of the Nine Hells. In addition to the obsidian walls that surround the citadel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
blood-red marsh. Formed from hardened molten rock, the pillars alternate in spewing blazing streams of pyrophoric gas, providing light and heat to the town. Clustered buildings retreat from the
add to his hoard. Those who offer payment at his shrine, a gilded bowl near the spire’s peak, can petition Old Goldbelly to ferry them to the gate. However, those who disturb him with paltry sums risk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
interlopers on sight. L4. Entrance Corridor This passageway is choked with ice. Above you, icicles are densely clustered, their points sharp as daggers.
A character can move through the ice-choked
carcass contains a 6-foot-long, 5-foot-wide, 5-foot-tall stone chest half buried under ice. A character must spend 1 hour chipping away the ice before the chest can be opened. It contains more giant-sized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
resembling a crow shelters in the nest. It has a beak that comes together like mandibles, large enough to grasp a horse. Even more unsettling are the multitude of eyes clustered on its forehead, though
after the ancient deep crow awakes, any character can draw close enough to the pile to investigate the destroyed works. These bear such titles as Twenty Ways to Gain Your Lover; Crazy Little Thing Called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
cartoonish goblin heads drawn in charcoal.
Noise. Banging noises can be heard to the north. (The goblins in area 1b are building a wooden stage there.)
1b. Auction Hall The goblins are erecting a
here. Three of them are using stone hammers to pound rusty nails through decrepit wooden planks. The other four are clustered in the middle of the room, passing around a scroll on which someone has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
through this entrance.
Characters can enter the verbeeg lair through any of these paths. If they take the time to examine the hillside to the east more thoroughly, they find a fourth cave entrance
3 rounds later from area V7. If it’s close enough to the bonfire, the verbeeg can use his action to try to shove a creature into the flames (see “Shoving a Creature” in the combat chapter of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
possible, but those willing to risk the Hive can partake in its seedy establishments and hidden gems. Crime is commonplace in the Hive. Grifters, cutpurses, and miscreants band together in the
in need can find refuge and a warm meal. Hands of Havoc. Arson and vandalism are tools of the trade for the Hands of Havoc, a faction of rebels. In other wards, the Wreakers’ destructive activities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of Shalx The amber door to this room is sealed with an arcane lock spell. The password to suppress the spell is “Shalx.” A character can push open the doors with a successful DC 25 Strength check
. The door (AC 15, 30 hit points) can also be smashed. If the door is reduced to 0 hit points, necrotic energy fills the 30-foot cube directly in front of it. A creature in the area takes 22 (4d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
all but disappeared into the forest, although occasional reports reach civilization that they are still alive and can sometimes be seen clustered around the Grandfather Tree. Some sages postulate that
, similar to what Black Lion has done at Beorunna’s Well. The other half of the tribe considers this act an insult to their totem, so they launch raids on the settlement, burning as much of it as they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
warriors from area S9 join the fray on the third round, and the six griffons circling above join the battle on the fifth round. Arn can also whistle to summon these reinforcements at any time
. Roleplaying Arn. Arn has no patience for attempts at diplomacy and meets aggression with aggression. If the characters don’t have one or more Skytower goliaths among them, the only way they can get past Arn is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, with shouting and cheering patrons clustered around it. Numbered rats scurry along their respective lanes. As the rats cross the finish line, cries of victory and groans of defeat erupt from the
cushions. The tiefling bartenders (commoners) serve spirits and a bitter ale called Brimstone Gulp. This ale is served in copper flagons embossed with prancing imps. Patrons can also buy cigars here for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
at hand—a weapon that can be employed only by a creature at least as strong and massive as he is. He has a +13 bonus to hit with the weapon, and it deals 28 (3d12 + 9) slashing damage on a hit. His
gems (worth 50 gp each). Cell Complex A number of small chambers are clustered around the center of this level of the stronghold. These rooms, labeled 1C through 14C, are cells meant to hold prisoners