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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede Zariel’s darkvision.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zariel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic
collecting souls from the greatest warriors on the Material Plane. She bargains hard, and there is little hope of wriggling out of a pact. However, she expects the best from her servants, so she
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede Zariel’s darkvision.
Fiery Weapons. Zariel’s weapon attacks are magical. When she hits with any weapon, the weapon deals an
lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. Only by tempting mortals with power on the Material Plane and striking bargains with them can she bind them to her in the afterlife
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
, common;set of common clothes, and 1 sp.
Harrowing Event
Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness
words and images are burned into your psyche.
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A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, but now you try to keep it bottled up.
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Zariel
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Devil's Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede Zariel’s darkvision.
Fiery Weapons. Zariel’s weapon attacks are magical. When she hits with any weapon, the weapon deals an extra 36
create images of intruders’ loved ones being burned alive. Zariel doesn’t need to concentrate on the spells, which end on initiative count 20 of the next round. Each creature that can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
18. Devil Pit The walls and floor of this fifteen-foot-square room are cracked and carved with images of terrified humanoids falling. Set into the middle of the floor is a stone bas-relief of a
the ceiling of area 35. Magical darkness fills the mouth and the shaft. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals auras of evocation and illusion magic within the shaft. A successful dispel magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tables and beds, are also made of stone. Wall carvings of mountain peaks and multifaceted gemstones predominate, as these images are sacred to Dumathoin. Darkness The temple’s sconces haven’t held
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
of a shadow creeping across the sea like a shroud, swallowing an island in darkness. Though you dismissed the dreams at first, you began to hear a voice calling you to stand against death’s endless
hunger. Certain of your deity’s wishes, you resigned your post and set out on your quest. Personal Goal: Banish a Shadow of Death. Researching images from your dreams pointed you to Stormwreck Isle, not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Darkweaver Arachnid predators of the Shadowfell, darkweavers inhabit caves, dungeons, and other dark locales throughout the multiverse, including Undersigil and the windswept darkness of Pandemonium
darkness. Dave Melvin Darkweavers are fascinated by sensations—particularly taste—and how creatures from across the planes experience reality. For them, the act of eating is an experience to be drawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Harrowing Event Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you
opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche. 9 A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
yawning pit in the floor that twists down into darkness, and above which a heavy iron hook is anchored in the ice of the ceiling. A five-foot-wide walkway extends around both sides of the pit, connecting
this entrance to an exit across the room. Carved into the ice of the walls are images of white dragons in flight.
A visual inspection from either doorway indicates that the walkway looks safe enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
collection of one kind of thing—typically items of rare pedigree or emblems of power. Barbed devils refuse to steal what they covet; instead they strike bargains to claim both treasure and mortal souls. Barbed
, Poison; Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 120 ft. (unimpeded by magical Darkness); Passive Perception 18
Languages Infernal; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Barbed Hide. At the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Harrowing Event Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you
fills your mind with evil thoughts.
8 You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
9 A fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
yawning pit in the floor that twists down into darkness, and above which a heavy iron hook is anchored in the ice of the ceiling. A five-foot-wide walkway extends around both sides of the pit, connecting
this entrance to an exit across the room. Carved into the ice of the walls are images of white dragons in flight.
A visual inspection from either doorway indicates that the walkway looks safe enough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
gather to invade the Abyss. Anyone hoping to reach the lower layers must first contend with the darkness of this layer and the myriad threats it houses. Zariel manages it all and has the ultimate say
over who comes and goes. Given her role in the Blood War, Zariel is keenly interested in collecting souls from the greatest warriors on the Material Plane and securing their loyalty. She bargains hard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
effect of that emotional darkness, the aboleth chose a local human fisher named Jarme Loveage to be an instrument of murder and fear. Sgothgah enslaved the young man and has compelled him to commit
beyond, and he scrawled these images onto the walls of his cell in the asylum where he spent his last days. Not even the pleas of his sister and a local priest named Refrum were enough to save him. Only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
battlefields. Thuldanin Pitted, hollow cubes are filled with the cast-off machinery of war. Tintibulus Jagged blocks tumble in darkness, holding frozen memories sapped by the River Styx and crystallized into
fleeting images. Ocanthus Maelstroms of razor-sharp debris swirl above a mire of black ice. Acheron Adventures Acheron is a plane of enforced order, where rigid conformity leads to crushed spirits and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their kind. These forces serve more powerful yugoloths, other fiends, sinister mages, or anyone who provides them with tempting rewards. Mezzoloths obediently adhere to the bargains they strike
: Cloudkill, Darkness, Dispel Magic
Bonus Actions
Teleport (Recharge 5–6). The mezzoloth teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It can teleport one creature it is grappling to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of its destination space.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
to create lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. She is keenly interested in collecting souls from the greatest warriors on the Material Plane. She bargains hard, and there is
) Proficiency Bonus +8
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede Zariel’s darkvision.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zariel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
to urge sentient creatures toward their lairs, sometimes by pretending to be something else.
Dwellers in Darkness. Otyughs tolerate bright light only when considerable stores of carrion or garbage
magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn’t allow the receiving creature to telepathically respond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
also return the child to its grieving parents, only to watch from the shadows as the child grows up to become a horror. Dark Bargains. Arrogant to a fault, hags believe themselves to be the most
. The terms of such bargains typically involve demands to compromise principles or give up something dear — especially if the thing lost diminishes or negates the knowledge gained through the bargain. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
16. Papazotl’s Shrine Crocodiles wallow in this muddy lake bed, from which rises a walled ruin. Two columns flank the entrance, carved with images of a long-legged bird with a needle-like beak. At
Leaves with night
Hides in darkness
Does not bite
Always joined to its caster
Never strays from its master
The answer to the riddle (“a shadow”) is a clue to finding the secret chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Degeneration The walls of this passage are painted with images of wizards succumbing to madness and being transformed into nothics. One particularly vivid image shows shafts of eerie green light
shaped like a gold coin (the symbol of Waukeen, god of trade), the other a black disk outlined in purple (the symbol of Shar, god of darkness and loss).
Furnishings. Empty bookshelves and desks line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
a pile of bones. 2. Antechamber The scent of warm, humid rot smothers this dismal chamber. Mosaics cover the walls, their colors faded and images scrambled by lost tiles. A thick layer of mud covers
. Among the images, Orestes is portrayed stealing the sun from above the polis of Setessa, tricking a cerberus into devouring itself, stealing a kraken’s heart, and racing a skiff ahead of the River
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
power. Devils understand the failings that plague intelligent mortals, and they use that knowledge to lead mortals into temptation and darkness, turning creatures into slaves to their own corruption
or powerful summoning magic. They love to strike bargains with mortals seeking to gain some benefit or prize, but a mortal making such a bargain must be wary. Devils are crafty negotiators and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Player’s Handbook. Asmodeus The tieflings connected to Nessus command the power of fire and darkness, guided by a keener than normal intellect, as befits those linked to Asmodeus himself. Such
. Levistus Frozen Stygia is ruled by Levistus, an archdevil known for offering bargains to those who face an inescapable doom. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Constitution
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
oath cast their lot with the side of the light in the cosmic struggle against darkness because they love the beautiful and life-giving things of the world, not necessarily because they believe in
principles of honor, courage, and justice. They adorn their armor and clothing with images of growing things — leaves, antlers, or flowers — to reflect their commitment to preserving life and light in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dungeon, images of dark cells with iron bars and shackles spring to mind. In the D&D game, the word “dungeon” takes on a broader meaning to include any enclosed, monster-infested location. Most dungeons
controlled by a gang of wererats The Underdark There is no greater dungeon than the Underdark, the underworld beneath the surface world. It is a vast subterranean realm where monsters accustomed to darkness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
the expense of the people they’re supposed to protect. Recently you’ve had dreams of a shadow creeping across the sea like a shroud, swallowing an island in darkness. Though you dismissed the dreams at
of Death. Researching images from your dreams pointed you to Stormwreck Isle, not far from Neverwinter. A remote cloister there holds a temple to the dragon god Bahamut, who is a patron of heroes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, a twenty-foot wide canal leads north from the large lake. The lake stretches westward into darkness.
If the characters find their way here from other parts of the dungeon, read the following text
of the lake disappears into darkness.
The quay leading to area C4 might or might not be visible, depending on which direction the party approaches from. It isn’t illuminated and hard to see in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
walls and pillars of this chamber are carved with hundreds of images of metallic dragons. The ceiling is engraved with Draconic script which reads, “Only those who speak her Scaly Eye name may ascend
): charm person, detect magic, expeditious retreat, sleep 2nd level (3 slots): darkness, invisibility,suggestion 3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, protection from energy 4th level (2 slots): dimension door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
into darkness.
A stalagmite rises from the floor in the center of the room. A similarly sized stalactite hangs from the ceiling directly above it. The space between the two is occupied by a
musings of the Dragon Queen?”
The facets of the sanctum’s walls reflect images of Tiamat’s eyes as she talks. Windfall regains 300 hit points but has the paralyzed condition due to Tiamat’s magic as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
.
The pool in this room once served as a reflecting pool for a pillar sculpted with images of serene, intertwined snakes with glowing crystalline eyes. The waters have since been despoiled by rotting
closer to that shape than any other. The shape is shattered and crawling with convulsing, bipedal parasites. Despite the shape’s ruin, the darkness within one of its hollow eyes deepens and fixates. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
bathhouse to the tower can easily see the shrine. This crumbling stone building must once have been a beautiful shrine. Engraved images of Sune are still visible on the moss-covered stones, her face gazing
statue’s expression might once have suggested smiling laughter, but streaks of dirt now make it appear as though she is weeping. Behind the statue, a staircase descends into darkness. The broken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, beyond the range of most characters’ darkvision. As one or more characters enter the hall, the monster scuttles toward them threateningly: Out of the darkness comes a giant, wingless arthropod ten
rest of my life in the cold darkness of space, surrounded by books and skitterwidgets.”
Ideal. “Knowledge is power, and most people are undeserving of it. Not me, though. I am knowledge incarnate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
middle of a room lined by iron doors, tightening its grip on a glaive as it glares at you through the darkness. Each door is set with a small barred window, and a ring of keys hangs from the creature’s
doesn’t reach the ends of this corridor, creating pools of darkness there. Two lawful evil human cult fanatics guard the tunnel, one at each end. Characters with darkvision or their own light sources spot