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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
24 hours later as a ghoul (see the Monster Manual), unless it has been revived or its corpse has been destroyed.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit
see within 30 feet of it. The target is revived with all its hit points.When Doresain, the King of Ghouls, corrupted a society of elves, he created a new sort of demon—the maurezhi—to lead
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
abomination is the final stage of a grafter’s transformation—a hulking monster whose corrupted brain is ablaze with desire for treasure. Its abhorrent transformation erases the last
lingers in a draconic corpse.
While most would-be grafters wind up hideously scarred or dead, a few survive as wretched horrors. Their minds become twisted by magical malevolence, with only a shadow of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s body, where the corpse is dissolved after 1 minute.
Eject Slime (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Eject Slime"}. Juiblex spews out a corrosive slime
, creating one or more of the following effects:
Acidic Water. Small bodies of water, such as ponds or wells, within 1 mile of the lair turn highly acidic, corroding any object that touches them.
Corrupted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Shadow Dragons Dragon Corrupted by Darkness Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark; Treasure: Any Justin Gerard A shadow dragon lurks among haunted ruins, attended by shadows raised by its life
, they might lurk in dark, corrupted reaches of the regions they preferred before transforming into shadow dragons. Overgrown swamps, sepulchral desert ruins, and ash-choked volcanoes make natural lairs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Maurezhi When Doresain, the King of Ghouls, corrupted a society of elves, he created a new breed of demons to lead packs of ghouls and ghasts in the material world. Horrid Infiltrators. When a
maurezhi consumes the corpse of a humanoid it has slain — a process that takes about 10 minutes — it instantly assumes the creature’s appearance as it was in life. The new appearance begins to rot away over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, either. It can sense that the knights have been corrupted, and it reaches out to the characters, hoping they will help the knights find peace. If the characters retrieve the dragon’s skull from Castle
once it has reaped its vengeance, its soul remains trapped in Barovia.
If the body of a revenant is destroyed before its vengeance is fulfilled, its spirit seeks out a new corpse or skeleton to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Maurezhi When Doresain, the King of Ghouls, corrupted a society of elves, he created a new sort of demon—the maurezhi—to lead packs of ghouls and ghasts (both appear in the Monster Manual) on the
Material Plane. When a maurezhi consumes the corpse of a Humanoid it has slain—a process that takes about 10 minutes—it instantly assumes the creature’s appearance as it was in life. The new appearance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Three gangly, ghoulish creatures hunch over the coffin, ripping into the corpse inside and feasting on aged flesh.
Three ghouls are devouring the corpse of a former high priest. When they detect the
Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using thieves’ tools. Inside rests the decrepit, still-smirking corpse of a halfling. Treasure. Ten jewels set in the coffin are worth 50 gp each. Inside the coffin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cultist dies, its corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead. Cult Behavior The Knights of the Black Sword take orders from Levistus
characters give up their fight against the duergar menace threatening Ten-Towns. CHARDALYN AMULETS
The chardalyn amulets worn by the Knights of the Black Sword have been corrupted by the magic of Levistus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
host of monsters that once haunted the Deep Mines. That act of slaughter corrupted Fazrian. After slaying many monsters, it decapitated the cleric and installed itself as lord of the Deep Mines
. Fazrian rarely leaves its throne hall and keeps the cleric’s headless corpse as a memento. Fazrian takes advice from four yugoloths. These fiends arrived shortly after Fazrian’s madness took hold. Aximus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Avernus. Their souls were corrupted by the terrible power of the plane, leaving them in these undead forms. Treasure. The ghoul leader wears +1 studded leather armor, carries an explorer’s pack, and
Hellfire The characters see a charred humanoid corpse in the middle of the street, clutching a silvered longsword in its hand. When any creature moves within 5 feet of the corpse, a gout of hellfire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
are beginning to decay, and black streaks mar their rotting flesh. One corpse leans against the tree, insects crawling around its open, blackened mouth. Another lies on its side under a blanket, and a
third is curled inside a stinking bedroll.
The three corpses here are actually Zombies animated by the corrupted forest’s foul energies. The zombies attack when a character moves within 5 feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
imps, chain devils, spined devils, bearded devils, barbed devils, and bone devils. Lemures. The lowest form of devil, lemures are the twisted and tormented souls of evil and corrupted mortals. A
lemure killed in the Nine Hells is only permanently destroyed if it is killed with a blessed weapon or if its shapeless corpse is splashed with holy water before it can return to life. Promotion and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Attack: +14 to hit, reach 10 ft. or range 60/120 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (4d6 + 7) acid damage. Any creature killed by this attack is drawn into Juiblex’s body, where the corpse is dissolved after 1
touches them. Corrupted Nature. Within 6 miles of the lair, all Wisdom (Medicine) and Wisdom (Survival) checks have disadvantage. Slime. Surfaces within 6 miles of the lair are frequently covered by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
did not wake when the tide came in. Their spirits, corrupted by this horrific death, lie in wait. If a character interacts with either corpse beyond simple examination, the half-elves’ restless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
magical device Chimagua once used to influence the dreams of Atagua’s people. The power of the Drought Elder has corrupted the stone, forcing Chimagua into a deathly slumber and accelerating the planar
, promising eternities of desiccated doom within the Drought Elder’s immortal corpse. GHOST ORCHIDS
Manifestations of Chimagua’s magic, these magical plants are unique to the tepui named after them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
.
This was the bedroom of Demetrius, a priest in the Mages of Usamigaras. When the Cult of Zargon corrupted his twin brother, Darius, Demetrius vowed to destroy the cult. However, its hold over Darius
. Near the table, an enormous snake coils around a bluish corpse wearing a wooden rabbit mask.
The giant constrictor snake strikes at any who interrupt its meal. The cupboards are empty, but the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
with several sheaves of his best architectural plans. The corrupted energies unleashed by the mind flayers bound the designs to the corpse of the dwarf, creating a mummy wrapped in architectural plans
they would fall apart with a touch.
Each sarcophagus holds a dwarf crypt guardian whose spirit was corrupted by the mind flayers’ magic. When a sarcophagus is disturbed or a living creature attempts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
first arrived, though the ring was not contaminated at that point in time. The ring in its corrupted state makes Thunderwing feel ill, and she turns away from it in sadness. Thunderwing warns those near
similar magic also disperses the fog, which returns after 10 minutes. Cages. The cages contain some of Xanthoria’s failed experiments, which she left to die and rot: The rotting corpse of what looks like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Passersby began to call the settlement Wyrm Ford — a name subsequently corrupted, thanks to the thick local accent, into Womford. The village has a dock on the Dessarin River for shipping grain from
them. If Worvil is dead and the bugbears see his corpse, they immediately try to flee the keep and report back to Kaltivar. Characters who are unaware of the Weevil’s presence or his true identity can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
against mental attacks. When Ythryn crashed and magic was momentarily undone, Ivira’s crown became corrupted and began to siphon away her memories. She has endured centuries as a husk of her former self
: Suspended from the ceiling of a spacious fifty-foot square antechamber is the glittering, frost-covered corpse of a thirty-foot-long aberration shaped like a funnel, resembling an anemone. A tooth-filled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
occasionally comes by to gnaw on the corpses’ brains. Treasure. One corpse still wears a bloodstained cape of enlargement (see appendix B). B3: Webbed Chamber Two enormous spiders scuttle about, while
is frozen in a scream.
As soon as any creature disturbs or steps close to the corpses, a flaming skull erupts from each corpse head. The five flameskulls pursue foes who flee and fight until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
corrupted magic. Many more can you find in this forgotten place.” “The jade serpents crave offerings.” Treasure. Close inspection of Abalahin’s roots reveals an ebony wand decorated with bones and
, glass cylinders line the back wall of this dimly lit chamber. Each cylinder contains a decaying corpse, half-buried in snow topped with red powder. Against the north wall stands a bare wooden desk.
This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
force tearing free from the creature. These scars can be removed only by greater restoration or wish. 91–95 For 24 hours, a luminous wisp of vapor floats above a corpse or grave in the region. If the
commonplace creatures and objects to life.
Unraveling Magic The source of magic is damaged or corrupted in this region. Magic is unpredictable, and strange results occur when a creature casts a spell






