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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
adhered to the giant unless the giant is dead, in which case the magic works normally, freeing the petrified creature as well as ending the petrified condition on it.The surface of the world is an alien
themselves become lost in the dream. Other stone giants are banished to the surface as punishment. Regardless of the reason they ended up on the surface, if they don’t take shelter under stone
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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
home, the rain your shelter, and the crashing waves your battle cry.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water, land)
Equipment: A dagger that
;You enabled the escape of your fellow soldiers, but at great cost to yourself. Some of your past comrades may think you’re dead.
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Juggernaut. No reasonable explanation can explain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Fields of the Dead The expanse known as the Fields of the Dead has been the battleground for myriad wars and skirmishes over the centuries. It is said that the hills that dot the countryside here all
hold the dead, and there is some measure of truth to that — many of the hillocks are indeed barrows, raised to house the fallen dead of one faction or nation on either side of a war. I have seen more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
apprentice of Jakarion, the dead wizard in area X17. After the flameskulls there incinerated his master, the wounded Vilnius retreated here. He eats vermin to survive. The amber golem has been
patrolling the hallway outside (area X8), and Vilnius won’t leave this room until he knows the golem has been destroyed. Vilnius is a greedy, treacherous coward. He curses his dead master for leading them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
expressed a desire to seek shelter there. As I tell them at such times, it is better to seek shelter inside an opened tomb in these lands, and crawl in to huddle among the warrior dead within, than to seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, drink, shelter, and supplies here — or perhaps a quick death, if they antagonize the locals. Flameskulls Thirteen ancient flameskulls haunt Skullport. These entities, which have defended the town
, their minds drifting in and out of the present and the past. They rarely communicate, and when they do it is often in a dead language.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
locations such as the City of the Dead. Harper support comes in these ways: The Harpers make common and uncommon potions and scrolls available to the adventurers at a reduced or deferred cost
depending on the circumstances. Remallia Haventree (see appendix B) feeds useful bits of information to the adventurers and might also offer them temporary shelter. If the adventurers are accosted and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Hidden across Barovia lie secret sanctuaries known only to Strahd and his servants. These crypt-like boltholes are hidden from the sun and exist primarily to shelter the count should he require. Over the
from using these symbols of his authority. Servants’ Space. Alcoves carved in the walls provide space for the coffins or bunks of Strahd’s living or dead servants. Sometimes, the Darklord uses these spaces for arcane experiments or as makeshift prisons.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hippogriffs approaching the mountain, it attacks the nearest one and doesn’t break off its attack until it or the hippogriff is dead, or until its prey escapes. There are plenty of safe places on the mountain
for flying mounts to land. Once the chimera is dealt with, they can roost in its cave and use it as shelter. Flying mounts can also land safely on the staircase leading up the mountain or inside the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Stage Three: Illness All businesses close, and the gates to walled communities are sealed. The Casques Silencieux usher anyone on the streets back into their homes. Those without shelter congregate
character must succeed on a Constitution saving throw to resist the disease with the DC listed in the table entry for that encounter. Stage Three Encounters d6 Encounter
1 A dead body lies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
from Zodge is difficult unless the characters know someone who can shelter them. Zodge keeps six Flaming Fist soldiers (human veterans) near him at all times. Their names are Issio, Minaqua, Nelestree
: “Baldur’s Gate has long been plagued by followers of the Dead Three — the gods Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul. I thought we had wiped them out, but apparently not. These purveyors of fear and death are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
and the dead. White Oasis The White Oasis is considered holy. A nearby abandoned quarry called River’s Shelter houses numerous cursed and dying hermits who seek to cleanse themselves in the oasis.
magic of a forgotten god that one can manipulate using ancient music. City of the Dead Massive statues and the ornate tombs of heroes and priests compose the City of the Dead. These crypts climb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
creature’s heart used to be. A creature that contains the device is affected as if by the Raise Dead spell. After this, the creature is immune to disease, ceases to age, and doesn’t die of old age
radius. The Children The Children are discarded creations of Dr. Viktra Mordenheim who have found shelter with Elise. Composed a few dozen Constructs and chemically animated Undead, the Children follow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Haunting 01–07 Cursed Hireling 08–15 Free-Roaming Spirit 16–22 Friendly Ghost 23–29 Hidden Room 30–38 Lightning Storm 39–47 Living Dead 48–55 Mist Wanderers 56–63 Mysterious Priest 64–71 Ill Luck 72
special facility, this Bastion Haunting has no effect. Living Dead. A group of mindless undead shamble from the Mists. The Attack Bastion event occurs, but roll 3d6 for that event rather than 6d6. Mist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
What the Residents Know Characters who strike up a conversation with any of the monastery’s residents can learn what they know about the following topics. Dead Falcons. The monks use trained falcons
, and shelter until rescuers arrive. Skalanthas the Dragon. The bronze dragon Skalanthas came to Najkir fifteen years ago, after the death of his adoptive human mother—a knight named Ishyllia Daamos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ignored or worse. For residents of Ravenloft, ignorance provides a well-defended shelter against unfathomable truths. The Secret of the Dark Powers The true nature of the Dark Powers is for you to decide
social club of eccentric dilettantes. When they claimed someone was trying to murder them, I tried not to dismiss it as imaginative paranoia. Now, though, I know something wants these spiritualists dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
merchants who earn a living selling yeti hides and meat are offering up to 100 gp for every dead yeti brought back to Ten-Towns. A hunter named Mylbor Tafferac (neutral evil human gladiator with Survival +7
for the Red Yeti leads to the accidental discovery of the Lost Spire of Netheril. Only after the characters explore the lost spire and return to Ten-Towns do they discover the Red Yeti is dead—found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, they chose to surreptitiously take my son in exchange for their loss! By the time I realized what had occurred, they were already an hour gone.
Incensed beyond reason, I strapped the body of the dead
young man to my horse and doggedly followed the Vistani caravan through the woods, naively allowing the sun to set before me without seeking shelter from the night. Shortly after darkness fell, I was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
? “He’s a tyrant who seeks to resurrect and bind his dead ancestor dragons, then use them to conquer the region. His depravities focus on Haskasori, which he’s made his temporary lair. But he often
surface. In response, the water rises, taking the shape of city ruins nestled inside a mountain. “Haskasori began as a cavern where desert travelers could take shelter, grew into a trade hub, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
occasional gargoyle attack, however. The myconids provide strangers with food, water, shelter, and safe passage through their small domain. 4a. Melding Cave Most of the myconids live in this cave, the
Guards. Five quaggoth spore servant gather here.
Fungi. The walls are lined with ripplebark (see “Fungi”).
The animating spores of the myconid sovereign have given the dead quaggoths a semblance of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
metaphorical progenitor of the Returned, Phenax also takes time to provide shelter and opportunities for his children to disrupt the mortal world. Divine Relationships It stands to reason that the god of
Underworld, the god of the dead would pursue it over all other goals. Phenax finds Heliod and Iroas overbearing and insufferable. Both represent ideologies diametrically opposed to Phenax’s, and both have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
fled in terror at the sight of him and took shelter in a neighbor’s barn. The good folks of Toadhop have been on edge ever since. The characters arrive in Toadhop and quickly discover that someone has
should be a bard. The hamlet of Toadhop can be situated in any countryside. Skalderang Conservatory stands in the middle of a dead olive orchard on the outskirts of a city that’s about two days’ travel from Toadhop on horseback.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
stolen a dangerous magic item from a wizard’s workshop, without any idea of what it actually does.
7 A faerie dragon has stumbled upon the recently dead corpse of a centaur messenger bearing a
branches of a tree that recently received the benefit of a druid’s awaken spell and promises to teach the awakened tree in exchange for shelter and companionship.
7 A faerie dragon rules a pack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Demogorgon’s rampage. Drow who have lost homes or businesses find what shelter they can here, scratching out a meager existence among the roughest folk in Menzoberranzan. The Braeryn is a great place to
mad drow wears an amulet made from a dead spider. Shield Dwarf Berserker This chaotic neutral dwarf — a former slave of the drow — sees nonexistent enemies everywhere, swinging his or her greataxe at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
shelter under stone, such stone giants can become dreamwalkers. Dreamwalkers occupy an odd place of respect outside the stone giant ordning. They are considered outcasts, but their familiarity with the
effect on a petrified creature adhered to the giant unless the giant is dead, in which case the magic works normally, freeing the petrified creature as well as ending the petrified condition on it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
test the snow ahead of them. Kobolds native to Icewind Dale frequently wander into Ten-Towns to escape the dreadful cold, hoping to trade what few skills they have for some warm soup and shelter. The
her employ, including a pair that died and were turned into zombies using animate dead spells. The cold climate helps to preserve their dead flesh. Icewind Kobold Zombie
Small undead, neutral evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, sculpted by sea spray and wind. The ridges block the view of the village until characters are 200 feet from the nearest shelter. The first sight that greets the adventurers when they emerge onto the plateau
might fear the same fate and turn back. The dead Ice Hunters tried to flee from the iceberg but were hunted and killed by Arauthator, who forced their kin to add them to the horrid display. Layout The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, sculpted by sea spray and wind. The ridges block the view of the village until characters are 200 feet from the nearest shelter. The first sight that greets the adventurers when they emerge onto the plateau
might fear the same fate and turn back. The dead Ice Hunters tried to flee from the iceberg but were hunted and killed by Arauthator, who forced their kin to add them to the horrid display. Layout The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
reveals that no one else, dead or alive, is inside. No remains can be found in the barn. Selwyn relates as much he can remember about what happened before he was beaten to unconsciousness. If the
shelter for the night. They had heard about other homesteaders gathering at the Dellmon Ranch to defend against the raiding parties and would like to go there. They ask the characters to escort them. If the adventurers agree, the group can reach Dellmon Ranch in a couple hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
honor, glory, or individual achievement. They care only for the raw number of creatures they can slay. In the face of a gnoll incursion, it is best for refugees to seek shelter in castles and other
numerous they rush forward in waves. The creatures will crawl over their own dead to climb a castle’s walls and kill all within it. A commonly held belief is that a fortress besieged by gnolls needs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
Artificer for more on crew stations). The Recluse, however, is unique in that the airship is powered not only by a captive air elemental, but also the spirit of a long-dead previous captain who
. On the Deck. While Captain Rallanith shouted for the characters to take shelter within the Recluse’s interior, those that might have ignored the order were hastily issued harnesses and now find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
second home, the rain your shelter, and the crashing waves your battle cry. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water, land) Equipment: A dagger that belonged to a
past comrades may think you’re dead. 4 Juggernaut. No reasonable explanation can explain how you survived a particular battle. Every arrow and bolt missed you. You slew scores of enemies single
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
both Karametra and Nylea here. Summer Nexus. Located in an olive grove west of the city proper, the Summer Nexus is covered by a leafy green canopy. As a shelter from summer’s heat, the nexus is a
cave, but the morbid atmosphere usually sends the children scurrying back before long. Setessans come here to worship Pharika and Erebos, paying respects to the dead or hoping to fend off death for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
clusters 4 Fungus cavern 5 Gas leak 6 Gorge 7 High ledge 8 Horrid sounds 9 Lava swell 10 Muck pit 11 Rockfall 12 Rope bridge 13 Ruins 14 Shelter 15 Sinkhole 16 Slime or mold 17 Steam vent 18 Underground
not moved out of the area is buried under rubble, taking an additional 1d6 bludgeoning damage at the end of each of its turns until the creature is dug out or dead. Decrease the drow pursuit level by 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rivers. Stygia Levistus’s prison is a frigid hellscape of jagged ice and cold fire. Malbolge An ever-crumbling mountain threatens to bury visitors. Maladomini Swarms of hungry flies plague dead cities
surrounded by utter desolation. Cania Ice-trapped cities provide shelter in a realm cold enough to freeze the soul. Nessus Mighty fortresses stand watch over the deepest pits of the Nine Hells. Avernus