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Carrion Stalker
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kills the larvae.A carrion stalker begins life as a pale larva that infests a corpse. Over the course of weeks, this grub burrows, feeds, and grows, ultimately developing into a chitinous mass of pincers
instantly kills the larvae in the creature, ending the effect on it.
If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by the infestation, it dies. The larvae remain in the corpse, and one survives to become a fully
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
intruders in sight with reckless abandon.
Cultists of Aurnozci
Aurnozci grants its cultists the following trait:
Burning Corpse. When the creature dies, its body is reduced to a pile of smoldering
embers in the space where it fell. The ashes take 1 minute to cool. Until then, a creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Burning Corpse", "rollDamageType":"fire
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lands in a space within 10 feet of the froghemoth and has the prone condition. If the froghemoth dies, any swallowed creatures are no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 10
. Wildlife encountered near the lair often sport mutations, such as extra limbs or eyes, glowing secretions, or vestigial tentacles.
If the froghemoth elder dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Regional Effect Fade Time"} days.Fire, Lightning
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finish a long rest.
Ways to Read the Kill
d6
Reading
1
Using a tiny bellows to pump one last breath into a corpse.
2
Reading the entrails with special reading-the-entrails
within 5 feet of a creature killed within the past 24 hours, you can cast the augury spell. The course of action you inquire about with the spell does not need to have any connection to the dead creature
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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
, which is slick and sticks to anything that touches it.
If Juiblex dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.
Cultists of Juiblex
The Faceless
Juiblex
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Juiblex’s body, and the corpse is obliterated after 1 minute.
Eject Slime (Recharge 5–6). Juiblex spews out a corrosive slime, targeting one creature that it can see within 60 feet of it
regional effect again for 24 hours.
If Juiblex dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.
Madness of Juiblex
If a creature goes mad in Juiblex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Carrion Stalker A carrion stalker begins life as a pale larva that infests a corpse. Over the course of weeks, this grub burrows, feeds, and grows, ultimately developing into a chitinous mass of
pincers and tentacles. When an adult carrion stalker detects movement, it bursts from its corpse-cradle to attack, intent on implanting its young into the living and starting its species’ life cycle anew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hours. They can stop and wait for the blizzard to pass, or they can press on. If they don’t stop and wait, they could lose their bearings and veer off course—or worse, they could become separated (see
“Blizzards”). Oobok’s Remains When the characters arrive at the location where the dwarves were forced to abandon their sled, read: You crest a snow-covered ridge and see a frozen, dismembered corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
supplies lay destroyed on the floor of this hut near the corpse of an old woman lying face down in a pool of dried blood. Manda Gutterpunch ran this shop that serviced the fishers in the village. A
enter find the corpse of an elf priestess, Nava Wavecrash, lying in a pool of her own blood next to a stone altar. Characters who search Nava’s body find a potion of water breathing. WAIT IT OUT
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
can kill. The magic animating a zombie imbues it with evil, so left without purpose, it attacks any living creature it encounters.
“After Beek died, we cast an Animate Dead spell on his corpse. It
. Zombies appear as they did in life, showing the wounds that killed them. However, the magic that creates these vile creatures often takes time to run its course. Dead warriors might rise from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
alters the region around the dragon’s lair. When the dragon dies, those effects typically end immediately or fade away over the course of several days. But a traumatic death sometimes extends negative
lay a claw on the recipient or bequeath a piece of treasure as an embodiment of the transferred power. Body and Blood. When a dragon dies a violent death, the dragon’s power might linger in the corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Yeenoghu’s Hunt About twelve miles from their encounter with the modrons, as they travel through the Labyrinth, the characters hear sounds of howling in the distance off and on over the course of
triumph echoes through the chamber, shaking the stones themselves. Several hyenas nipping at Yeenoghu’s heels leap onto the goristro’s corpse and begin feasting on its flesh. As you watch, these hyenas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
19. Gravity Ring At a four-way intersection, the corridors to north and south curve upward and out of sight, but with no rails or steps to allow them to be climbed. The corpse of a half-human, half
bound to the floor as they walk along it. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of transmutation within the corridor. The corpse belongs to Devlin Bashir, a Calishite wizard and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Immunities charmed, frightened, poisoned
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Corpse Stride. Once on its turn, the lampad can use 10 feet of its movement to step
magically into one creature’s corpse within its reach and emerge from a second creature’s corpse within 60 feet of the first corpse, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(area 16), when the wiser course of action would be to lead its fellow kuo-toa to a new home far away from the aboleth and its servants. If the characters try to speak with the archpriest in a language
and claws off a dead chuul. The other two are feasting on the corpse of a dead kuo-toa (a former companion).
Troglodyte Corpses. Lying about the cave are the reeking carcasses of five dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Gargenhale’s Fleet Whether the characters head for Gargenhale’s fleet or immediately set sail for Doomspace, their course takes them toward the wreckage of a recent battle: Dead ahead, you see a
they be destroyed. Scavenging Scavvers. Three gray scavvers (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) pick at the drifting corpse of an astral elf warrior. Wounding a scavver causes it to dart away. Will-o’-Wisp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
remains dormant until a humanoid dies near it or a humanoid corpse is dragged close by, whereupon the pod burrows into the corpse’s decaying flesh and sprouts ropey vines covered in long, sharp needles. The
vines wrap around the corpse to animate it, causing it to rise and lurch about like a zombie. Invasive Species. When a great battle is fought in a fey woodland, the plants of the wood sometimes take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
appear to be empty.
In the center of the room lies a human corpse clad in plate mail; a longsword lies by the corpse’s right side, and a large shield covers its legs.
If the characters are
actual quality. Corpse. The remains are those of an adventurer who set out to explore the house several weeks ago. The smugglers slew the heavily armored intruder and left the remains in place to scare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Seeking the Ritual Site In the course of locating the ritual site (see “Franchise Downtime” in episode 5), the characters might travel to any number of locations, either to confirm that those
as Old Gnawbone for her habit of flying over the forest with a corpse in her jaws as a light snack — has long dominated Kryptgarden with her evil presence. The forest is also home to a dryad named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
fade over the course of 1d10 days. Froghemoth Elder Huge Monstrosity, Unaligned
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 207 (18d12 + 90)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
25 (+7)
DEX
13
it and can escape from the corpse using 10 feet of movement, exiting with the prone condition.
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
.
Nanny Pu’pu, a green hag, plays the part of an ancient crone to the hilt. She claims that all the other villagers were killed over the course of many years by winged creatures that live on the south
humanoid corpse, a gemstone worth at least 100 gp, and, most disturbingly, the sacrifice of another humanoid. If characters are unwilling to sacrifice one of their own to save a fallen comrade, Nanny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
: Burning Corpse. When the creature dies, its body is reduced to a pile of smoldering embers in the space where it fell. The ashes take 1 minute to cool. Until then, a creature takes 3 (1d6) fire damage when
. Fast Metamorphosis. On Xulregg, eggs, larvae, and pupae all develop and metamorphose at ten times their usual rate, regardless of sustenance or any other growing conditions. If Aurnozci dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
enemy of every enterprise.
Ways to Read the Kill d6 Reading
1 Using a tiny bellows to pump one last breath into a corpse.
2 Reading the entrails with special reading-the-entrails
within 5 feet of a creature killed within the past 24 hours, you can cast the augury spell. The course of action you inquire about with the spell does not need to have any connection to the dead creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dangles from the tower’s peak. Characters on the roof of the tower can look down into the basket and see the corpse of Wigglewog, the balloon’s bullywug pilot, who died in the crash. At the bottom of
their speed. Characters can converse with the snakes using a speak with animals spell or similar magic. In the course of any such conversation, a character can try to change the snakes’ attitude from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: 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
thin film of slime, which is slick and sticks to anything that touches it. If Juiblex dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Cultists of Juiblex The Faceless Lord grants its cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
trophies. It crept into the lair via the underground river, but the dragon caught and vanquished it in the foggy cave (area D6). Challidax relished posing the corpse in the lair entry to scare intruders
loyal to Ralvald; he feels committed to staying here until Ralvald decides on a course of action. If the characters are aggressive or indicate support of Aerstigga, Heldalf directs his animal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
he’s buying time for Lord Soth, Caradoc converses with the characters for as long as he can, sharing the following information: He’s Caradoc, a Knight of Solamnia. No, of course the Knights of Solamnia
. Fighting Caradoc. When the characters attack Caradoc or try to leave the room, Caradoc pulls his sword from Governor Miat’s corpse and attacks. He’s reckless in battle and mocks the characters as they fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
foreshadowing for later events. See the “A Horse is a Corpse, of Course” section and “The Magic of Convenience” sidebar in episode 2 for more information. Treasure. In her belt pouch, Jelayne carries a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the river, leading to a larger ledge on the south side that follows the course of the river to the east.
The underground river flows swiftly from east to west. The bridge is sturdy and sound
and left to starve. Treasure. The suit of plate is too corroded to be of any use, but a search of the corpse produces a small silk purse containing 8 pp and a key that opens the iron door in area 27.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
her trips to the Sword Coast. Hekaton’s younger brother, Imperator Uthor, commander of the king’s garrison, found Neri’s corpse shortly thereafter on a small island where she had been known to meet
course, he set out to learn how his wife met her end. Unfortunately for the king, he was blind to enemies not only in his court but also in his family. The seeds of discontent in Hekaton’s family were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Spawned by a God. Long ago, a deity of greed and strife perished in the battles among the immortals. Its body drifted through the Astral Plane, eventually becoming a petrified husk. This corpse
, such as descendants of original prisoners, might view the morkoth as a ruler or a god. A morkoth’s storehouse of wealth and lore attracts would-be plunderers, of course, as well as those seeking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
island bristling with stalagmites. A corpse floats face down in the water near the island.
Gar Shatterkeel uses this cave to dispose of those who oppose or displease him. Underwater Gate. A submerged
uses the drum to alert the ghouls in area P13 when fresh meat awaits them. Floating Corpse. The corpse belongs to a Crushing Wave initiate who got too close to the underwater gate while inspecting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Darklord as a fraud or pretender to their position. Characters should achieve these goals over the course of multiple adventures, culminating in a climactic encounter where the Darklord discovers the full
make it clear that the characters now have the Darklord’s full attention. No Remains. Darklords don’t usually leave corpses. When a Darklord is defeated, the Mists claim their body, or the corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
present adventure opportunities via advertisements recruiting mercenaries, half-substantiated reports of monster attacks ignored by the Flaming Fist, and more. And of course, should adventurers succeed or
Arrangements For as long as anyone can remember, the moon elves of the Candulhallow family have managed the city’s small fleet of corpse carts. Though family members rarely push carts themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
present adventure opportunities via advertisements recruiting mercenaries, half-substantiated reports of monster attacks ignored by the Flaming Fist, and more. And of course, should adventurers succeed or
For as long as anyone can remember, the moon elves of the Candulhallow family have managed the city’s small fleet of corpse carts. Though family members rarely push carts themselves anymore, their