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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Long ago, the cult of Lolth first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed them into creatures with both elven and spider traits, which their creators dubbed chitines. The intention
her worshipersâ rituals. The process usually transformed subjects into the spindly creatures her devotees expected, but occasionally, an elf changed into a choldrith: an arachnid Monstrosity able
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Storm King's Thunder
resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand
affiliation (see the âUthgardt Shaman Tribal Spellsâ sidebar).
By communing with their ancestorsâ spirits, Uthgardt shamans can also learn secret rituals. These rituals almost always
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy coastal communities. Those cultists often consider it
gigantic serpent.
Usually found only on the Elemental Plane of Water, a leviathan sometimes swims through a portal to another world, where tritons, sea elves, and other aquatic folk attempt to contain it
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
who withdrew from the world and succumbed to their elemental nature. Most rime hulks dwell in the Frostfell, the âplane of iceâ that forms the border between the Elemental Planes of Air and
forms are unstable, constantly breaking apart and reforming as clouds of frost billow off them. As a rime hulk moves, it leaves a trail of ice that can freeze enemies in place. When it dies, a rime hulk explodes in a burst of frost.Cold, Poison
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
performed dark rituals, robbing the power of ancient, slumbering giants and using it to transform their servants. This primal energy granted the archons' agents numerous limbsâthe better to raise the
territory across Theros, drawing strength from aspects of the world itselfâfrom ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many creatures of legend, most giants owe
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil Blessings
Disciples of certain Elder Evils can bestow supernatural gifts on those who serve
that cult, including star spawn. The following powers are unique to specific cults; typically a creature has only one.
Cult of Atropus, the World Born Dead
Gaze of Corruption (Recharge 6
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read aloud their blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil Blessings
.
Cult of Atropus, the World Born Dead
Gaze of Corruption (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Gaze of Corruption"}. The cultist targets one creature it can see
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
their own worst enemies; each is a combined being born from three hateful individuals, and they constantly plot against themselves.
Infighting and treachery brought skull lords into existence. The
first of them appeared in the aftermath of Vecnaâs bid to conquer the world of Greyhawk, after the vampire Kas betrayed Vecna and took his eye and hand. In the confusion resulting from this turn
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
turn.A slumbering scion of Memnor appears as a dense, slowly drifting tower of clouds that never dissipates. Often, this cloud lingers over a remote valley, creating a constantly overcast sky. Sapient
guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See âGiants of Mythâ in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.)
Scions of giants
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
rain drifts earthward like lazy snowflakes, and lightning crawls in a meandering path from cloud to cloud. The slow and boring world seems to be populated by torpid creatures whose deep, sonorous speech
constantly paces and shifts in place, as though it canât wait to be off again.
Quicklings have a capricious nature and are always up to something. A quickling spends most of its time perpetrating
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soon passes, they allow the hill giant to rejoin society. If not, the hill giant is instead starved to the point of desperation so Grolantorâs hunger can be given a mouth in the world.
A mouth
of Grolantor is revered as a holy embodiment of Grolantorâs aching hunger. Unlike a typical sluggish hill giant, a mouth of Grolantor is thin as a whippet, alert like a bird, and constantly
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
a constantly overcast sky. Sapient creatures who live beneath this cloud often display superstitious and duplicitous behavior, almost unconsciously leaving gifts for ârain spiritsâ while
seclusion. On other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See âGiants of Mythâ in chapter 3 for additional
Baphomet
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Out of the Abyss
natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires.
Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret
become frightened and disoriented, as though constantly under threat of being hunted, and might lash out or panic even when no visible threat is nearby.
If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile
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available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read aloud their blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil
only one.
Cult of Atropus, the World Born Dead
Gaze of Corruption (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Gaze of Corruption"}. The cultist targets one creature it
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
accept it.
Amethyst dragons pay particular attention to intrusions of the Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making them
, seeking to understand itself. (Any)
3
Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
4
Responsibility
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read aloud their blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil
only one.
Cult of Atropus, the World Born Dead
Gaze of Corruption (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Gaze of Corruption"}. The cultist targets one creature it
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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
One whispers promises of reality-defying knowledge and world-bending power. When a wizard or a warlock hears that whisper and listens too intently, they might set foot on the twisting path toward
a distorted form, robbed of most of its power.
An eldritch lich constantly hears bizarre whispers from the Far Realm, to which the lich nods and mutters. Occasionally, the lich uses its telepathy to
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Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making them fierce opponents of the Far Realm and any creatures warped by its touch
, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
4
Responsibility. Having knowledge and power gives one a responsibility to those who have less
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
constantly stymied by politically shrewd rivals.
Bael prefers to make servants out of his adversaries, and mortals bound to his service earn their wretched place by falling victim to his superior
of Fire, say that Bael revealed the invisibility spell to the world, though some scholars of magic hotly refute such claims. Bael is sometimes depicted as a toad, a cat, a human, or some combination of
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Princes of the Apocalypse
in the black depths of vast seas or enthroned among jagged reefs. Olhydra waits for the chance to enter the Material Plane through elemental water nodes or when called by the proper rituals. Whether
mortal world to dwell near those points.
If Olhydra is destroyed or banished back to her home plane, the regional effects fade over the next 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.Acid, Cold, PoisonLightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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dragons pay particular attention to intrusions of the Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making them fierce opponents of the Far
. (Any)
3
Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
4
Responsibility. Having knowledge and
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Princes of the Apocalypse
through large and well-established nodes of elemental earth, with a little help from the proper rituals. Within such a node, Ogrémoch wields great power.
Lair Actions
Ogrémoch can assert
creatures into the mortal world to dwell near those points.
If Ogrémoch is destroyed or banished back to his home plane, the regional effects fade over the next 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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aloud their blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil Blessings
Disciples of certain Elder Evils can bestow supernatural gifts on those
who serve that cult, including star spawn. The following powers are unique to specific cults; typically a creature has only one.
Cult of Atropus, the World Born Dead
Gaze of Corruption (Recharge
Zuggtmoy
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âI see visions in the world around me that others do not.â
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âI periodically slip into a catatonic state, staring off into the distance for long stretches at a time
âMy mind is slipping away, and my intelligence seems to wax and wane.â
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âI am constantly scratching at unseen fungal infections.â
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most bloodthirsty desires.
Cults devoted to
frightened and disoriented, as though constantly under threat of being hunted, and might lash out or panic even when no visible threat is nearby.
If Baphomet dies, these effects fade over the course of
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wisdom to accept it.
Amethyst dragons pay particular attention to intrusions of the Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making
, seeking to understand itself. (Any)
3
Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any)
4
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dungeon Masterâs Guide has more information on madness.
Madness of Belashyrra
d6
Flaw (lasts until cured)
1
âI constantly see shapes moving in the shadows.â
2
close my eyes, I see my past misdeeds.â
5
âI donât trust my sight. I have no idea whatâs real and whatâs a hallucination.â
6
âSomething watches the world through my eyes. To thwart them, I keep my eyes closed or covered.â
Poison, Psychic
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"}
Trait
1
I often fixate on specific historical battles or wars and wonât rest until my hoard contains that conflictâs most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a
call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
couldnât best.
Chimeras typically roam the deep wilds of the world, constantly seeking a lair that would perfectly suit one of its heads, but then finding it unsatisfying to two-thirds of its
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
or wars and wonât rest until my hoard contains that conflictâs most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard contains that conflictâs most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
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significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to
Acolyte
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the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith
You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became a new
people who mix characteristics of humans and snakes.
Blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them, each of these yuan-ti manifests their serpentine heritage
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about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faithâs religious hierarchy. (Lawful)
5
Faith. I trust that
Itâs said that every faith in the world has a believer in Baldurâs Gate. Not only are most established faiths tolerated â even if some of them, including most of the openly evil