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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
necromancer casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: dancing lights, mage hand, prestidigitation
2/day each: bestow curse
", "rollAction":"Grim Harvest"} hit points.Necromancers study the interaction of life, death, and undeath. Some necromancers dig up or purchase corpses to create Undead servitors. A few instead use their
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Worms. If the spawn of Kyuss is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.
Unusual Nature. The spawn of
rises 10 minutes later as a spawn of Kyuss. If a worm-infested target is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away.Kyuss was a high priest of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
by Vellynne’s rival, Nass Lantomir), but Vellynne animated their corpses, turning them into zombies.
If she is wounded, Vellynne can cast vampiric touch and use the spell to regain hit points
’s blood on the title page. The tome contains the spells Vellynne has prepared plus the following additional spells: bestow curse, blindness/deafness, false life, find familiar, magic weapon, polymorph, protection from evil and good, remove curse, shield, and Tenser's floating disk.
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", "rollAction":"Spectral Boon", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
6: Deathly Boon. When the priest revives with this boon, all corpses of Small or Medium
Powers.
To rid themselves of this curse, Osybus’s former devotees turned to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They received a mission: Provide a mighty noble to serve as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mummies Deathless Ancients with Ageless Ambitions Habitat: Desert, Swamp; Treasure: Relics Mysterious rites and mighty faith can tie spirits to their corpses, binding them to their remains for all
. Mummies pursue those who offend them, typically mortals who desecrate their resting places, steal their burial treasures, or defile sites tied to their faith. With undying rage, these ancient corpses go
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
statue. Behind the statue, two maggot-ridden corpses hang from iron shackles bolted to the wall.
The ceiling here is 20 feet high. The statue is a crude depiction of Mother Night. Kneeling before
being eaten by wolves and werewolves. The corpses hanging on the wall behind the statue are two Barovian adults, a man and a woman, killed by the pack and presented as offerings to Mother Night. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
High Stakes Epic stories are distinguished by epic stakes. In Faerûn, an evil necromancer doesn’t just raise a few corpses—they turn the entire population of Neverwinter into fast and hungry zombies
sustain a realm-wide curse; or invade with an army of undead, fiends, or other monsters. The player characters must destroy the Artifact, break the curse, or otherwise prevent the villain from enacting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
children of the city to transform into misshapen statues.
4 Stop whatever is killing the sea life and transforming them into monsters.
5 End the curse that is leaving the beasts of forests dead
into giant blobs.
8 Cast out the fiends that have infiltrated a community by wearing the corpses of the recently dead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
distant silvery lights. All around you are the floating remains of enormous stone corpses. Nearby, a monstrous behemoth resembling a horned, serpentine lobster drifts slowly through a patch of debris. The
contaminate the dreadnought and induce its certain death. Arekanz is suffering the effects of the curse. It is so wracked with pain that it doesn’t defend itself except to use its Donjon Visit legendary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Necromancer Necromancers are specialist wizards who study the interaction of life, death, and undeath. Some like to dig up corpses to create undead thralls. A few use their powers for good, becoming
armor, ray of sickness*
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness,* ray of enfeeblement,* web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead,* bestow curse,* vampiric touch*
4th level (3 slots): blight,* dimension
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
wizards or collaborate with colleagues to create new spells. Necromancers study the interaction of life, death, and undeath. Some necromancers dig up or purchase corpses to create Undead servitors. A
ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: Dancing Lights, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dimension Door, Mage Armor, Web
1/day: Circle of Death
Bonus Actions
Summon Undead (1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, however, for the fomorians brought their doom upon themselves with the evil that rules their hearts and minds. Fey Curse. The elves remember when the fomorians were among the most handsome of races
conquer the Feywild and enslave its inhabitants, claiming those creatures’ magic for themselves. When the fey united to defend their realm, the fomorians fought them and were subjected to a terrible curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
bandits were robbing folks on the forest’s edge a while back. I bet they’re still hiding in the woods somewhere.” [Partially true; the bandits are now dead. Their animated corpses are in area R7.] 2
“That dragon cursed these woods when she died. We need to leave before the curse kills us all!” [False; there is no curse on the forest.] 3 “Don’t wander the forest alone! Evil trees grow there now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
mirror with an engraved stone frame. This mirror is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”).
Dwarf Remains. The badly rotted corpses of four dwarves lie in a semicircle in front of the mirror
transmutation magic around the helm, which is cursed. Once the helm is donned, it can’t be removed until its wearer dies or until a remove curse spell or similar magic is cast on the helm. Any humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, friend of House Moonstar. Portia thinks Umbraxakar’s curse can be undone by ridding the dragon of its despair, but she has no idea how to accomplish this. She and her companions were captured less than a
after she was forced to watch Umbraxakar devour the corpses of her slain companions one by one. She stays close to her rescuers, serving as a loyal follower until she is safely out of Undermountain or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Spawn of Kyuss Kyuss was a high priest of Orcus (appears in this book) who plundered corpses from necropolises to create the first spawn of Kyuss. Even centuries after Kyuss’s death, his malign
targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.
Unusual Nature. The spawn of Kyuss requires no air, food, drink
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Horror Plots 1d10 Adventure Plots 1 A malevolent curse is transforming the village’s children into misshapen statues. 2 Guests of a popular local dinner party keep succumbing to autophagia. 3 Corpses
of beasts—mutated and halfway human—are left at the forest’s edge. 4 Every night, one townsperson melts. 5 Fiends have infiltrated a community by wearing the corpses of the deceased. 6 Fleshy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Bodies delivered to the Mortuary filter through corpse receiving and shipping, an industrial stretch where corpses are collected, sorted, and shipped off to the next stage of the funerary process. In this
: This underground facility reeks of rotting flesh. Grim-faced workers shuffle between a series of chutes set into south wall, prodding supine bodies with rusty implements. Periodically, corpses tumble out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with pins or needles, the student it represents is blinded until the pins or needles are removed, or until a remove curse spell or similar magic is cast on that student. If the doll is stabbed through
the back with a knife or similar sharp instrument, the student it represents is paralyzed until the instrument is removed, or until a remove curse spell or similar magic is cast on that student. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Spawn of Kyuss Kyuss was a high priest of Orcus who plundered corpses from necropolises to create the first spawn of Kyuss. Even centuries after Kyuss’s death, his mad disciples continue performing
spawn of Kyuss is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.
Actions
Multiattack. The spawn of Kyuss
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
magic or some unholy curse. Undead include walking corpses, such as vampires and zombies, as well as bodiless spirits, such as ghosts and specters. Tags A monster might have one or more tags appended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
necromancer has been animating the corpses in the village cemetery. 13 An evil cult is spreading in a village. Those who oppose the cult are marked for sacrifice. 14 An abandoned house on the edge of town
is haunted by Undead because of a cursed item in the house. 15 Creatures from the Feywild enter the world and cause mischief and misfortune among villagers and their livestock. 16 A hag’s curse is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
through the practice of necromantic magic or some unholy curse. Undead include walking corpses, such as vampires and zombies, as well as bodiless spirits, such as ghosts and specters. MODIFYING
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
on the Flesh of
a Priest of Osybus To rid themselves of this curse, Osybus’s former devotees turned to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They received a mission: Provide a
Boon. When the priest revives with this boon, all corpses of Small or Medium Humanoids in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the priest rise as Skeletons under the priest’s control. Additionally, at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
other corpses are scattered on the floor. Some have been picked down to bone, their clothing and armor discarded nearby, while others have hardly been touched.
The walls are uneven, with small ledges
floor. The first 40 feet of the climb require a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks, but after that, the DC is 15. Corpses. The bodies on the floor include a water cultist (the figure with the crab-shell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
boiling water. A creature that enters the water for the first time on its turn or starts its turn there takes 7 (2d6) fire damage. In addition, steam renders the cave lightly obscured. Floating Corpses
. The bodies are the boiled remains of svirfneblin that lived in area N5. N3. Oubliette Gore spatters the floor and walls of this windy cave, and the floor is strewn with dismembered humanoid corpses. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
to area 77 is locked. Curse Glyph. Ihanvas wants to block direct access to her lair from area 77, so a magic glyph has been placed in the area marked on the map. Any creature that enters the marked
curse that lasts until Ihanvas dies. Pools. A lip around the interior edge of each pool forms a 5-foot shelf where the water is only 3 feet deep. Further, a tunnel connects each pool to the other at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
heart, causing those nearby to feel the approach of death. If detected, gloom weavers use their shadow magic to reduce enemies to ghastly corpses. Shadar-kai Gloom Weaver
Medium Humanoid (Elf
casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
1/day each: bestow curse, finger of death, gaseous form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Yek’s “curse” by stealing the circlet that has transformed the goblin boss into a human. They don’t have a plan for doing so and are hoping the characters can devise one. The toadies can get all the other
: A gruesome diorama featuring the stuffed corpses of a beholder and six goblins, all of them in battle poses and adorned with costume jewelry An ivory chessboard on a low stone table A 9-foot-tall, 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
doesn’t preserve the physical body. The undying appear as desiccated corpses, their flesh withering away over centuries. At the same time, the spirit of the undying surrounds the body—an aura of light
and is freed from one curse afflicting it (councilor’s choice).
Flame Strike (5th-Level Spell; Requires a Spell Slot). The councilor chooses a point it can see within 60 feet of it. Each creature in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
villains they face might have a similar origin. The chimera in the dungeon isn’t just a random beast but the product of a divine curse. Mythic Fantasy Conflicts. Conflicts like these highlight the themes
Necromancy. Vampires open a college of necromancy, attracting evil necromancers who need fresh corpses for their studies. An order of vampire hunters seeks the characters’ help. Undying Monarch. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
chamber contains a Potion of Healing (greater) and a Sword of Vengeance (longsword). G2: Cavern of Corpses This gruesome cave is either a burial crypt or a trophy room. The walls of the vaulted cavern are
lined with limed-over corpses. A circle of barely distinguishable bodies composes the lower tier, while a fresher ring of calcified corpses stands on the heads and shoulders of those beneath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
skeletons, many still wearing rusted armor or tattered robes.
Gremorly dumped the corpses of those he killed into the moat. A character who examines these remains and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom
to well-known organizations like the Harpers or Red Wizards of Thay, the symbols of those groups can be found among the corpses. Treasure. Gremorly left treasure on the bodies of his victims to lure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
their remains. These warnings are empty threats. The sarcophagi contain only the mummified corpses of the githyanki. G3: Passage of Stars The floor of this hall curves upward to become the walls and
: Raiders This small chamber serves as the final resting place for two skeletal corpses welded in place against the eastern wall with a blob of precious metal.
Two would-be thieves entered the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
necrotic damage. A remove curse spell or similar effect ends the curse on the creature. D14. Hungry Rat An ordinary rat scurries around this room, looking for scraps of food. If the characters use a
shattered lid lying in pieces on the floor around it.
The shambling corpses are six zombies created by Flennis (see area D13) from the remains of the Dead Three cultists’ murder victims. The zombies