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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Cunning Opportunist. The stone cursed has advantage on the attack rolls of opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
False Appearance. If the stone cursed is motionless at the start of combat, it has
repeat the saving throw. The effect ends if the second save is successful; otherwise the target is petrified for 24 hours.Stone cursed are spawned through a foul alchemical ritual performed on a Humanoid
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, fly, hold person, suggestion, wall of fire
1/day each: dominate person, etherealness, feeblemindLong ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have
to please and thereby escape further attention from her cold gaze. All the original thirteen remain alive, thanks to their cunning and their willingness to do whatever is necessary to survive
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
master plan is almost complete. He has funneled a significant amount of his energy into weaving his ritual. Therefore, when the characters finally confront Vecna and try to save the multiverse, he is
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
can't make attacks with that claw against other targets. The crab folk has two claws, each of which can grapple only one target.The crab folk are the result of a magical ritual used long ago by a mighty
, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 11: Eve of Ruin Kieran Yanner Vecna is nearly done weaving his Ritual of Remaking.
The heroes are the multiverse’s only hope To defeat Vecna and save the multiverse, the characters must
reach the Cave of Shattered Reflection in Pandesmos and disrupt Vecna’s ritual. Before that, the characters must navigate the demiplanes Vecna has already created and find a way to access the lich-god’s ritual chamber.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Citadel (area Y4). Kas’s Secret. Vecna is weaving his Ritual of Remaking deep underground in the Cave of Shattered Reflection. The characters learn this secret when they confront Kas later in this chapter.
to retrieve a cloak. It isn’t simply a fancy magic item—it’s a key piece in an important ritual they’re planning. The characters can learn this secret later in the chapter in the vault of the Ruinous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
instance, the characters might periodically see mental images of Vecna weaving his ritual in a mysterious, crystal-filled cave. Or the characters might dream about foreboding Vecnan images, including the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
first layer of Pandemonium. In this chapter, the characters must find Kas and learn where Vecna is weaving his Ritual of Remaking. Along the way, the characters might become embroiled in a war raging between Kas’s allies and the forces of Lolth, the Spider Queen, who is allied with Vecna.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Warlock With a pseudodragon curled on his shoulder, a young elf in golden robes smiles warmly, weaving a magical charm into his honeyed words and bending the palace sentinel to his will. As flames
the stars overhead, a wild-eyed tiefling chants the mystic ritual that will open a doorway to a distant world. Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Sending Vecna Back The Chime of Exile is Alustriel’s property and ultimately can send Vecna back to Oerth, interrupting his ritual. The interruption would dissipate the secret-based magic Vecna is
weaving, significantly setting back his plot and leaving the lich-god in a weakened state. If the characters wish to take the chime with them, Alustriel assents. Chime of Exile Wondrous Item, Very Rare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Warlock With a pseudodragon curled on his shoulder, a young elf in golden robes smiles warmly, weaving a magical charm into his honeyed words and bending the palace sentinel to his will. As flames
the stars overhead, a wild-eyed tiefling chants the mystic ritual that will open a doorway to a distant world. Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daask Villains If Daask villains want something, they take it, and they destroy anything that gets in their way. Though some members of the organization are brutes, many are more cunning than they
lower wards, killing any halflings they come across. The gnolls take the halflings’ ears as trophies. 3 A shifter priest of the Devourer wants to crash Skyway by performing a ritual to create a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and actively plotting to keep its existence a secret, a dracolich is a cunning and challenging foe. Dracolich Phylacteries. Creating a dracolich requires the cooperation of the dragon and a group of
mages or cultists that can perform the proper ritual. During the ritual, the dragon consumes a toxic brew that slays it instantly. The attendant spellcasters then ensnare its spirit and transfer it to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
occupation of the fortress were the baroness’s doing. She is a cunning war strategist and has a measure of patience that serves her well. She has an excellent relationship with the high priestess, with
Thadrah Through the high priestess, Sekolah’s will is done in the fortress. She is a tested disciple who recently performed the great ritual that lowered the seabed under the fortress. She and her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
while weaving the Ritual of Remaking. The characters will learn this when they confront Vecna in chapter 11.
weaves his ritual. If you confront and weaken him, this Chime of Exile can banish him to Oerth. He would no longer be able to affect multiple realms at once. His plan to remake the multiverse would
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the phrase to the characters. Further, Alustriel has examined the sanctum’s portal and knows Kas fled to the plane of Pandemonium. They surmise, correctly, that Vecna is weaving his ritual in Pandesmos
wanted anything more than to stop Vecna’s ritual. Chasing Kas Before Kas fled the sanctum, he muttered a phrase both Alustriel and Tasha overheard: “Finally, it ends in Pandesmos.” The women repeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
spectacles in his human and hybrid forms Marliza, a petite jackalwere whose wide eyes and long braids belie her cunning Ramah, Inbar’s outspoken brother, who prefers to spend his shift at Amberdune Books
death. Though she is a capable leader in her own right, the burden of taking over from Nidalia is a heavy one. While she was alive, Nidalia taught Korvala the ritual to create gingwatzims. The other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Stone Cursed Stone cursed are spawned through a foul alchemical ritual performed on a Humanoid that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from
the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and they obey that being’s orders to the best of their ability. In combat, stony claws that drip with thick, gray
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Stone Cursed The stone cursed are spawned through a foul alchemical ritual performed on a humanoid that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes
malevolent drive to slay the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and they obey that being’s orders to the best of their ability. In combat, stony claws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Ritual Area Ritual circles drawn in fine, chalky powder cover the floor. Notebooks, scrolls, and brass braziers sit on shelves carved into the walls.
Murgaxor used this area to perfect his rituals
. Characters who spend 5 minutes or more reading the notebooks and who succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check piece together that Murgaxor is conducting his life-draining ritual in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Draegloth A draegloth is a half-drow, half-glabrezu demon, born of a drow high priestess in an unholy, dangerous ritual. Gifted with innate magic and physical might, it usually remains in the service
graceful and quiet like a drow. Its face is clearly demonic, with bestial features, glowing red eyes, an elongated doglike snout, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. Blessing on the House. The ritual to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Mind Flayer Fanatics The three most ruthless, domineering, and cunning mind flayers in Illithinoch spent their early lives scheming against one another. A few decades ago, they each realized the
in turn adopting new personalities that set them apart from their ilk. The fanatics’ plan hinges on the transformation ritual, as it promises to provide the beginnings of a new mind flayer empire on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
cunning of creatures, and they treat all others as inferior. Even so, a hag is open to dealing with mortals as long as those mortals show the proper respect and deference. Over their long lives, hags
hag eye at a time, and creating a new one requires all three members of the coven to perform a ritual. The ritual takes 1 hour, and the hags can’t perform it while blinded. During the ritual, if the hags take any action other than performing the ritual, they must start over.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Nagpa Long ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have helped avert a war between the gods. She transformed them into the scabrous, birdlike
remain alive, thanks to their cunning and their willingness to do whatever is necessary to survive. Hungry to claim more power despite the Raven Queen’s curse, nagpas strive to bring about world-shaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
unoccupied space within 10 feet of the chute’s exit. A creature can choose to fail this saving throw. Clambering back up a chute requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. B65: Ritual
Chamber Eleven robed cultists chant within this ritual chamber. Each wears a horned, golden mask with four metallic tentacles sprouting from its chin. The cultists gather around a black marble altar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
priesthood depends on the tenets of that god: the cunning rogues who venerate Mask have little in common with the upright law-keepers of Tyr, and the delightful revelers who revere Lliira are different from
education, they are often ordained in a ritual in which a successful candidate is invested with the responsibilities of the priesthood. Conflicts and Persecution The moral and ethical values of the deities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
possesses the cunning of a devil and the bloodthirstiness of a demon. It has leathery black skin pulled tight over its gaunt frame, and a curved horn protruding from the back of its elongated skull. A
Savagery’s gullet. Maw demons appear among gnoll war bands, usually summoned as part of ritual offerings of freshly slain humanoids made to Yeenoghu. The gnolls don’t command them, but these demons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
victories.
7 It doesn’t matter if the whole world’s against me. I’ll always do what I think is right.
8 I have morbid interests and a macabre aesthetic.
9 I have a personal ritual
.
10 Spirits are drawn to me. I do all I can to help them find peace.
11 I use my cunning mind to solve mysteries and find justice for those who’ve been wronged.
12 I lost someone I care
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Crab Folk The crab folk are the result of a magical ritual used long ago by a mighty green hag to transform her ogre minions into more useful servants. All crab folk that now exist are descended from
claimed. The hag found the ogres’ simple minds and brutal strength useful, but too often, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, because it is warded against divination magic as a side effect of the scrivener’s binding ritual. Legend lore returns the following: “Where once was a dream of kinship and valor, disparate kin under three
crowns, wisdom was preserved in deep places. In that depth was a great deed done, the quill named, and the scrivener showed his cunning.”
Great Reader Teles Ahvoste Teles Ahvoste (a human archmage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
humanoid form if he dies.
Cunning Action. Augustus takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Christopher Burdett Boss Delour Delour the wererat is a sly trickster and consummate thief who rules
carrying isn’t transformed. He reverts to his humanoid form if he dies.
Cunning Action. Delour takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Nikki Dawes Kathra Bitterwind The human werevulture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
inspiration if the characters manage to defeat a powerful foe, execute a cunning plan to achieve a goal, or otherwise overcome a daunting obstacle in the campaign. Genre Emulation. Inspiration is a handy tool
. Offering inspiration before an action works great with groups that are comfortable with an emphasis on genre emulation and group storytelling, where character freedom isn’t as important as weaving a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
sense it, which prevents that creature from hiding from them.
Nagpa Long ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of thirteen powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have helped avert a
do so, they become cringing, fawning things, eager to please and thereby escape the cold gaze of the being who brought them so low. All of the original thirteen remain alive, thanks to their cunning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is Gruumsh One-Eye, who created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the
their progenitors. By invoking the power of superstitions, omens, and traditions, these claws of Luthic hold the tribe together through ritual, fear and, if necessary, force. Talons of the Bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
until destroyed. This workshop was used to create metal cages of various sizes, all adorned with wicked spikes pointing inward and outward, or both. Cunning hinges and reinforced pins make these cages
combatants. While Qunbraxel fights, the mind flayer telepathically berates the characters with dire warnings and predictions such as the following: “The ritual will devastate Phandalin! You bear witness to