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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
hand is invisible)
1/day: invisibility (self only)Ssurran defilers can lay waste to the plant life around them and draw vital energy at the same time from other creatures that are caught in the area
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Ssurran
Ssurran are lizardfolk who have adapted to life in arid climates and in Wildspace. You can use the lizardfolk stat blocks in the Monster Manual to represent them, in addition to the variants described below.Necrotic
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
(Psionics). The aartuk casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
1/day each: calm emotions, detect magic
sensory organs, including a long tongue that the creature uses as a weapon.
An aartuk’s preferred method of attack is to shoot forth its gooey tongue and use it to drag enemies toward the
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
the spellcasting ability:
At will: levitate (self only), mage hand (the hand is invisible)
1/day each: freedom of movement (self only), invisibility (self only)Thri-kreen mystics use psionics to
, indicating to other thri-kreen what they are thinking and feeling. Other creatures find this method of communication difficult to interpret and impossible to duplicate. To interact with creatures of other
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
sense (rats only), druidcraft, entangle
1/day each: animal messenger (rats only), stinking cloudWhen ogres first moved into the wilds of Eldraine, they encountered all manner of unfamiliar creatures
: spellcasting witches, tricksy faeries, and talking beasts. Over generations, these ogres adapted to their new environs, passing down a spellcasting tradition of their own to help their kin wreak
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
"} radiant damage.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The aartuk casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability:
1/day each: revivify, speak
the aartuk’s sensory organs, including a long tongue that the creature uses as a weapon.
An aartuk’s preferred method of attack is to shoot forth its gooey tongue and use it to drag enemies
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 15
and heat vents, wild gardens, crystal formations, magical phenomena, or an ecosystem of lesser life forms that have adapted to living with the dragon.
Regional Effects
The region containing an
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 20
contain natural springs and heat vents, wild gardens, crystal formations, magical phenomena, or an ecosystem of lesser life forms that have adapted to living with the dragon.
Regional Effects
The region
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
/Day). If the wurm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The wurm regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point. If the wurm takes fire or
enormous creatures that resemble limbless, wingless dragons, though they lack a dragon’s breath weapons and keen intelligence. On the world of Eldraine, many wurms have adapted to life among the world
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Spellcasting. The shadar-kai 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
past, so long ago that they’re now adapted to its cheerless environment, both physically and mentally.
Eons of exposure to the influence of the Shadowfell has left shadar-kai often joyless and
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the juggernaut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The juggernaut regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn. If the juggernaut
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The killer appears to be an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged.
Relentless Methods
d8
Method
1
Artist. The killer turns its
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
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Relentless Methods
d8
Method
1
Artist. The killer turns its victims into works of art, perhaps creating grisly tableaus or using their blood in the forging of new weapons.
2
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: arcane eye, mage armor, minor illusion, prestidigitation, speak with dead
1/day each: arcane gate, bane
shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen, a god of death and memory. They were brought to that realm in ages past, so long ago that they’re now adapted to its cheerless
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
1/day each: dissonant whispers, hold monster, meld into stone, telekinesis, teleportThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
1/day each: dissonant whispers, hold monster, meld into stone, telekinesisThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
monsters
damage.
Legendary Resistance (6/day). If Great Cthulhu fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Great Cthulhu makes six Crushing Claw attacks.
Crushing Claw. Melee Attack
resorting to ramming Cthulhu with their ship, has wounded the foul deity and forced it back into sleep. The world has been fortunate so far, but the cult always seems to recover from its setbacks and no method has yet been found to permanently defeat this foul creature.Poison
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
(as above). The trapped creature can also attempt a DC 20 Charisma saving throw each day at dawn. On a successful save, the armor no longer controls the creature and can be safely donned by that
Power. Powered armor originally required energy cells to fuel it, but was adapted by Kwalish to be fueled by the life energy of the creature wearing it. You might decide that the armor can also draw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Journey Spread The journey spread is a means of making long journeys more interesting. In this method, you place cards in a particular arrangement (a spread) and interpret them based on their meaning
, position, and orientation. You can use The Deck of Many Things card set, tarokka cards, a tarot deck, or any other cards you can readily assign symbolic meanings to. This method works best for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Journey Spread The journey spread is a means of making long journeys more interesting. In this method, you place cards in a particular arrangement (a spread) and interpret them based on their meaning
, position, and orientation. You can use The Deck of Many Things card set, tarokka cards, a tarot deck, or any other cards you can readily assign symbolic meanings to. This method works best for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Weather You can pick weather to fit your campaign or roll on the Weather table to determine the weather for a given day, adjusting for the terrain and season as appropriate. d20 Temperature 1–14
creatures wearing cold weather gear (thick coats, gloves, and the like) and creatures naturally adapted to cold climates. Extreme Heat When the temperature is at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
races that don’t favor this method of marking time are aware of it, with the result that it is recognized across nearly all races, languages, and cultures. A year on Toril consists of 365 days. In the
annual holidays, falling between the months, complete the 365-day calendar. Once every four years, the Calendar of Harptos includes Shieldmeet as a “leap day” following Midsummer. Individual days of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
races that don’t favor this method of marking time are aware of it, with the result that it is recognized across nearly all races, languages, and cultures. A year on Toril consists of 365 days. In the
annual holidays, falling between the months, complete the 365-day calendar. Once every four years, the Calendar of Harptos includes Shieldmeet as a “leap day” following Midsummer. Individual days of a
Orc
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and mercilessly eliminates the weak and the
times and uttering “Gruumsh” wards off bad magic.
Symbolic Communication
Orcs have a written language adapted from that of the dwarves, but they aren’t a literate culture and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Desert Encounters For each day the characters spend in the desert, roll on the Desert of Desolation Encounters table to determine what the characters encounter, rerolling duplicates. Desert of
. 4 Four gricks lie in ambush just beneath the sand. Adapted to the desert climate, the gricks have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in desert terrain. 5 A snobbish efreeti royal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Desert Encounters For each day the characters spend in the desert, roll on the Desert of Desolation Encounters table to determine what the characters encounter, rerolling duplicates. Desert of
. 4 Four gricks lie in ambush just beneath the sand. Adapted to the desert climate, the gricks have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in desert terrain. 5 A snobbish efreeti royal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Weather You can pick weather to fit your campaign or roll on the Weather table to determine the weather for a given day, adjusting for the terrain and season as appropriate. d20 Temperature 1–14
creatures wearing cold weather gear (thick coats, gloves, and the like) and creatures naturally adapted to cold climates. Extreme Heat When the temperature is at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
with the power to raise the dead. But no one uses this power lightly. Regardless of the method used, it’s hard to pull someone back from Dolurrh, and it grows more difficult with each day that passes
willing to pay the price. Greater restoration is possible if the house has an heir with the Greater Mark of Healing, though this gift can only be used once per day. House Jorasco is also the primary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
with the power to raise the dead. But no one uses this power lightly. Regardless of the method used, it’s hard to pull someone back from Dolurrh, and it grows more difficult with each day that passes
willing to pay the price. Greater restoration is possible if the house has an heir with the Greater Mark of Healing, though this gift can only be used once per day. House Jorasco is also the primary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
, these ogres adapted to their new environs, passing down a spellcasting tradition of their own to help their kin wreak havoc in the wilds and beyond. Nereida An ogre chitterlord exercises control over
following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):
At will: beast sense (rats only), druidcraft, entangle
1/day each: animal messenger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
, these ogres adapted to their new environs, passing down a spellcasting tradition of their own to help their kin wreak havoc in the wilds and beyond. Nereida An ogre chitterlord exercises control over
following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):
At will: beast sense (rats only), druidcraft, entangle
1/day each: animal messenger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
adapted to cold climates, such as reindeer and snowy owlbears. Temperatures. During Auril’s everlasting winter, the average temperature in Icewind Dale is −49 degrees Fahrenheit (−45 degrees Celsius
rowboat. The former costs 4 gp (per the Player’s Handbook), while the latter can be bought for 50 gp or rented for 2 gp per day. A character can fish on the ice instead of a boat, in which case a saw or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
adapted to cold climates, such as reindeer and snowy owlbears. Temperatures. During Auril’s everlasting winter, the average temperature in Icewind Dale is −49 degrees Fahrenheit (−45 degrees Celsius
rowboat. The former costs 4 gp (per the Player’s Handbook), while the latter can be bought for 50 gp or rented for 2 gp per day. A character can fish on the ice instead of a boat, in which case a saw or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
(s) player characters occupy, summarizing results from the other zones based on how you’d like the narrative to work. This method increases speed of play and lowers complexity. You can concentrate
solely on the characters and their foes, glossing over all of the other fighting and just making an educated guess as to the outcome. This method is the quickest for resolving the battle. The orcs could
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
(s) player characters occupy, summarizing results from the other zones based on how you’d like the narrative to work. This method increases speed of play and lowers complexity. You can concentrate
solely on the characters and their foes, glossing over all of the other fighting and just making an educated guess as to the outcome. This method is the quickest for resolving the battle. The orcs could
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
basilisk trained to serve the keepers as a guardian and general-purpose helper. The basilisk adapted readily to the timeless nature of the library and embraced his new duties with great dedication
to cast greater restoration, which the basilisk can do once per day to restore anyone who crosses him.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
basilisk trained to serve the keepers as a guardian and general-purpose helper. The basilisk adapted readily to the timeless nature of the library and embraced his new duties with great dedication
to cast greater restoration, which the basilisk can do once per day to restore anyone who crosses him.