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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish outside their homes and fiercely
wild or while standing guard outside their lairs. Until it is seen, a camouflaged mongrelfolk has advantage on Stealth checks made to hide.
Horrific Offspring. It’s possible to restore a
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
these ancient flesh colossi guard abandoned ruins, sites sacred to giants, and lost treasures—and possibly the procedure to create new examples of their kind.Lightning, Poison, Psychic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
locals own.
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A moonstone dragon seeks the platinum crown of a Fey prince—and will do anything to get it.
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A gluttonous moonstone dragon is consuming all the moonlight in a small
moonstone dragon has partnered with an androsphinx to guard a precious treasure, taking the place of the sphinx’s slain gynosphinx partner.
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An ancient moonstone dragon is summoned to mediate a
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
. Suppressing a giggle, a gnome waggles her fingers and magically lifts the key ring from the guard’s belt. In a moment, the keys are in her hand, the cell door is open, and she and her
, while others take up a life of adventure to escape from the law. Some have learned and perfected their skills with the explicit purpose of infiltrating ancient ruins and hidden crypts in search of
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
the area patrolled by the guard did she explain that the noises indicated that the wingless folk had claimed that area, and that to trespass would be to court death.
— Gimble, Notes from a
. They seek out ruins that reach to the sky, though they lack the motivation and creativity to make repairs or fortify such places. Even so, their light weight and size allow them to dwell in rickety
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
protect them. Recently, your resolve has been shaken by corruption in the city guard and ruling aristocrats. Personal Goal: Rejuvenating Pilgrimage. Seeking to reinvigorate your resolve, you learned of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Zyrian’s Legacy Nintra’s demise frees Zyrian from his pledge to guard against her return, but his ghost lingers in the world long enough to thank the characters before fading away. The characters
might decide to seal the site away or take it over as a home base or stronghold. If the latter occurs, news of a group of powerful adventurers setting up shop in the ruins of Delimbiyran travels quickly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of
question, selling them at a high markup. Travelers seeking a specific book also hire mercenaries or adventurers to venture into dungeons or ruins and bring back the prize. If information can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, the city can count on the other members of the Lords’ Alliance to come to its defense. This arrangement infuriates Amn, which is not prepared to test the alliance’s resolve. To the east, the nations of
question, selling them at a high markup. Travelers seeking a specific book also hire mercenaries or adventurers to venture into dungeons or ruins and bring back the prize. If information can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
vault, and if the characters do something particularly loud, a guard might investigate at your discretion. Exterior Security Characters who learned the guard rotation in the “Preparation” section know two
guards are posted on the balcony and one guard patrols around the outside of the building at ground level. A character can avoid the notice of the exterior guards with a successful DC 12 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
source see the following: What used to be some sort of laboratory lies in ruins, its furnishings broken and heaped against the walls. In the middle of the room, painted on the floor with mud, is a ten
converge, a half-orc wearing hide armor performs an eerie dance while consuming the entrails of a dead possum. Standing around the half-orc are several small twig figures.
The half-orc, Grannoc, is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Once you’re done describing the situation, ask the players what their characters want to do. Note what the players say, and identify how to resolve their actions. Ask them for more information if you
bookshelf. Outside combat, the characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
situation, ask the players what their characters want to do. Note what the players say, and identify how to resolve their actions. Ask them for more information if you need it. Sometimes the players
characters don’t need to take turns, but you need to give each player a chance to tell you what their character is doing so you can decide how to resolve everyone’s actions. In combat, everyone takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
multiverse’s earliest eons. Their secrets are innumerable and unfathomable. Aboleths lurk in places awash in primordial mysteries: the ruins of aquatic empires, hidden magical nexuses, or weak places
Aboleth Seeks To... 1 Accomplish incomprehensible plans that lead it to act in seemingly random ways. 2 Learn more of the world by kidnapping people and consuming their minds. 3 Manipulate innocents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Arrival in Oztocan As the characters approach the town, read the following: Built on a large flat between two rocky mountains, the town of Oztocan is cradled by the crescent-shaped ruins of a massive
characters ask about Leandro Sedhar, a guard directs them to a local inn called the Giant’s Skull, where Leandro is known to spend much of his time. Tremor As soon as the characters enter the town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
here are 20 feet high with 10-foot-high corridors connecting them. 16a. North Guard Post Scaladar. Two modified scaladar guard the hall. They are described in more detail below.
Furnishings. Water
. These scaladar obey the commands of illithids and attack any creatures that aren’t mind flayers or their thralls. Trobriand’s rings no longer have any effect on these constructs. 16b. South Guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Random City Encounters d8 Encounter 1 Seven ghasts gnaw on dead Dragon Army soldiers. 2 Bridge Checkpoint (see below) 3 Three ghosts of bickering Istarians haunt the ruins of their shop. 4 Dragon
Hunters (see below) 7 Two cyclopes—a mother and her adult son—live in a library, burning its books for warmth. 8 Patrol (see below) Bridge Checkpoint Three sivak draconians (see appendix B) stand guard on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
city upon its back and wiped out the residents. Since returning to its slumber, Arixmethes drifts where it will, still bearing the ruins of a legendary city upon its back. Cronemouth Cove This tiny
island shifted to the mortal realm. Skathos The island of Skathos was once a sacred meeting place for a secret cult of Pharika whose rites revolved around consuming a magical flower native to the island. The island is now home to the medusa queen, Hythonia (described in chapter 6). (CHRIS RAHN)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Bastion of Takhisis At the south end of the ruins stands a temple once called the Bastion of Takhisis. Here, the people of Onyari established the holy sites of all the evil gods, unwilling to spread
. Skeletal knights and other Dragon Army forces guard the temple. Use these forces and other Undead to deter the characters from visiting the temple at this time; they will explore it in chapter 7.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
adventurers of an earlier century who dealt with one of the previous manifestations of Elemental Evil in this spot, but fell into ruin over time. They guard hidden accesses to the dungeons beneath the
sprawling surface ruins of the temple. Rivergard Keep lies on the bank of the nearby Imeryds Run. The missing delegation that serves as the adventure’s initial spur to action instead hails from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
forests to the east and the mountains to the north. Ultimately, though, the heroes Kynaios and Tiro overthrew the archon. From the empire’s ruins rose Meletis, a land that endeavors to reject cruelty
the polis, with the sage Elpidios serving as the senior member. The sea wall and statues of the polis’s founders guard Meletis Bay
(ADAM PAQUETTE)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
(alternatively, Azima might be a githyanki gish from Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse). One githyanki is always on guard, with another armed, armored, and awake nearby. One githyanki is
after swearing vengeance on the characters. Alexandre Honoré The minotaur archaeologists at the ruins are potential allies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Orgon wants to go down to Old Sharn’s ruins to help guard the relic excavation site. If Luna and Vonnie are on the lift when Orgon enters, they leave immediately. When Orgon enters the lift, he
Enclosed Lift If the characters follow Vishtai’s directions, they find a lift with an enclosed car that Daask uses to reach the ruins of Old Sharn. Anyone wishing to use the lift must open a hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
spectators can’t decide which of them should guard the meteorite, and they are anxious for someone to help resolve their dispute. The gazers were drawn to the cavern by the spectators’ argument but lack the
their telepathy to jointly reach out to the characters: An alien voice in your head says, “Mysterious outsiders! I am Spectator Greelob. This is Spectator Orlob. Each of us claims the right to guard this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons that aren’t made of adamantine. Destroying the arch all but dooms the project, since Zox lacks the resolve to start
. Kurlog will accept reasonable aid to complete this mission. In particular, he could use help taking down the arbalests that guard the Simulacrux. 2c. Detritus Wreckage. This section of cavern is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of the swamp. Cairn Hills. Hidden among the hills north and east of the city are ancient tombs and half-buried ruins that attract adventurers, bandits, cultists of Elemental Evil, and monsters. Castle
Greyhawk. Travelers who follow the Selintan River westward from the city come to a stone bridge. From there, they must travel several miles northeast to reach the ruins of Castle Greyhawk. Built by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
missions while the army advances. Darrett won’t send his soldiers into uncertain danger, such as caves or ruins. Combat Encounters Avoid involving Kalaman’s troops in encounters meant for the
. Rookledust’s tent is filled with strange contraptions and unfinished projects. The gnome is often here, tinkering with the fargabs (see appendix A) and other inventions. Other Tents. Guard posts, hospital tents, supply tents, and other accommodations fill out the camp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
occupies the lair. Ularan Mortus pays the criminals to guard a growing horde of undead that the necromancer stores in the towers for an imminent attack on Phandalin. The bandits have also decided to make
information with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Intimidation) check:
The history of Rega and the Chimera Crew’s founding. The bandits were hired by priests of Myrkul to watch over the undead in Iniarv’s Tower’s ruins. They do not know where the priests operate or what the priests plan to do with the undead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
host civilizations might linger in whatever ruins remain, preserving the civilizations’ stories so their lost people might live on. Roll on or choose a result from the Guardian Naga Lore table to
outright if their compensation doesn’t match the danger they face.
To distinguish between Waterdeep’s different groups of guardians, keep this handy mnemonic in mind: the Guard guards the walls while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
their respective cults. The four prophets established themselves in the ruins of dwarven Tyar-Besil and occupied the Haunted Keeps that guard access to the vast dungeon. Lunatics, outlaws, power
dwarves discovered the ancient drow hold and its temple below their own delvings. They lacked the strength to clean out the ruins, so they abandoned their deeper excavations. Trolls and giants soon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
masonry and ruins, as still as any stone sculpture, and delights in the terror it creates when it breaks from its suspended pose, as well as the pain it inflicts on its victims. Animate Stone. Gargoyles
essence of the elemental prince, growing over long years into vaguely humanoid rock formations that resolve at last into the hard, cruel shapes of gargoyles.
Ogrémoch doesn’t create gargoyles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
consolidating power. Tireless Guardians. Chuul still guard the ruins of the ancient aboleth empire. They linger in silent observance of eons-old commands. Rumors and ancient maps sometimes lure
treasure seekers to these ruins, but the reward for their boldness is death. Whatever riches that the explorers bring with them adds to the hoard guarded by the chuuls. Chuuls can sense magic at a distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
treasure. If dao are there, so is wealth worth hunting.
—Gundren Rockseeker, Dwarf Treasure Hunter
Genies of minerals and gemstones, dao embody the resolve of rock. Using innate magic, they move
such treasures, dao might reveal underground mysteries, such as paths through the Underdark, buried ruins, or whole subterranean realms. Many dao call the Elemental Plane of Earth home. There, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
catch their attention, and they guard these hoards fiercely. Crystal Sully Pseudodragons grow to the size of large house cats, and most have red-brown scales. Some have scales with other hues or
specific cook’s signature dessert. 8 Time-consuming beauty treatments. 9 To hear a bedtime story or favorite song. 10 Trophies and important-sounding titles. If you want to keep a pseudodragon happy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Whether they lair in cavern complexes, dungeons, ruins, or forests, they protect their strongholds with ditches, fences, gates, guard towers, pit traps, and crude catapults or ballistae. Legion of
use oxen and horses to transport goods and weaponry over long distances. They communicate with each other using trained ravens, and keep vicious wolves to guard prisoners and protect hobgoblin camps