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Returning 35 results for 'dead spreading'.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
rotting mass of vegetation infused with the divine power of Moander, dead god of corruption and decay. Spores arise on the Material Plane where Moander’s influence can still be felt: primordial swamps
, ancient forests, and miasmic lagoons touched by Abyssal evil.
A spore of Moander has no grand agenda beyond spreading death and sorrow. Still, cultists of Moander look on these terrible creatures
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
fancies itself a conquering general, wandering in search of a forest to conquer and claim. When it sets its sights on a forest, it first focuses on spreading the seed pods that give rise to its needle
implacable foe. Driven only by a desire to conquer and rule, it wages endless war with its army of mobile dead against all creatures it views as a threat to its domination. It might even forge treaties with
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas
poison or cures disease kills the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas, so they’re most
the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the same way russet mold does.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the
. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a Small corpse, two from a Medium corpse, four from a Large corpse, eight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Undead Undead are spreading through the jungles of Chult like a plague. The Emerald Enclave, the Order of the Gauntlet, and the Flaming Fist are all taking steps to contain this menace, but their
evil remnant of a dead explorer has become a specter that attacks the party. The explorer’s body can be found with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Survival) check. If the characters locate the body, see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
against them. Event A sudden storm creates minor flooding, washing dozens of dead, bloated, diseased rats from the sewers. Terror over the plague rips through town. Action Marina fans the flames of panic, spreading rumors that the characters or other rivals in town are responsible for the disease.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Dead Three The plots of patriars and the schemes of Guild operatives fill the gossip and whispers of Baldur’s Gate. Yet, throughout the city, no names are as synonymous with dastardly acts as
those of Dead Three. The demigods Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul walk among mortals, personally seeking followers to their cause. More than once, it’s rumored, the trio has even trod the streets of Baldur’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
your snare caught another. Now Dolandre Eomane lies dead, while the intended target yet lives.
3 Doctor Holk Thinster jeopardized lives every night he worked at Cliffgate Hospital. Who knows how
prevented a death. You chose not to.
3 Instigator. You’re the architect of someone’s demise, your words spreading death.
4 Liar. You know what happened, but didn’t tell.
Murder Consequences
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
caught another. Now Dolandre Eomane lies dead, while the intended target yet lives. 3 Doctor Holk Thinster jeopardized lives every night he worked at Cliffgate Hospital. Who knows how many were crippled on
. You’re the architect of someone’s demise, your words spreading death. 4 Liar. You know what happened, but didn’t tell. Murder Consequences People are talking. Members of the Watch, the Flaming Fist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
The Dead Three The plots of patriars and the schemes of Guild operatives fill the gossip and whispers of Baldur’s Gate. Yet, throughout the city, no names are as synonymous with dastardly acts as
those of Dead Three. The demigods Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul walk among mortals, personally seeking followers to their cause. More than once, it’s rumored, the trio has even trod the streets of Baldur’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult of the Black Earth sets a trap for the characters by spreading rumors of a fire witch terrorizing the Nettlebee halfling clan. This adventure is designed for 6th-level characters. Vale of
Manor. A sinister entity known only as the Dark Lady lurks in Rundreth Manor, overlooking the Long Road. For years, caravans have hurried by in safety, but now dead bodies are appearing on the road
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Refrum’s need to exonerate Jarme is his belief that the Lantern Ghost is still killing. Rumors already spreading through the Styes talk of a young fisher named Raif turning up dead the morning after
. Refrum can’t dispute this evidence, but he talks of how Jarme went to the gallows professing to have no memory of any slayings. After the execution, Refrum offered his ability to cast speak with dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Carrion Crawler There’s a 50 percent chance that the carrion crawler is feasting on the putrid flesh of a dead grimlock and ignores the party unless disturbed. Otherwise, it is scouring tunnels for food
their spreading madness. Yellow Mold The characters notice a patch of yellow mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) growing on something of interest, determined by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
The Sugar Man Though the mill can’t be saved, the workers prevent the fire from spreading, and they are happy to accept the aid of any characters who want to help. As they work, several laborers
they find a way to that mysterious mountain. Legends say that mythical plants called ghost orchids grow on the tepui. The white seed pod of a ghost orchid is said to have the power to bring the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
energy woke again. The dead beholder was reanimated as a diabolical Undead known as a death tyrant. This creature, and other Far Realm Aberrations that fell from the comet, still hunt within the tower
—volcanic activity, for example, spreading from Mekkalath’s lair—could also break the wards and release the creatures trapped within. The death tyrant is desperate to escape the watchtower and promises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
N8. Town Square The shops and homes that enclose the town square are decorated with limp, tattered garlands and painted wooden boxes filled with tiny, dead flowers. At the north end of the square
unhappiness” (spreading negative opinions about the upcoming festival). An iron padlock secures each set of stocks, and Izek Strazni carries the keys on an iron ring. Three men, two women, and two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
dragon’s service, bringing with them undead terrors that answer to the black dragon and aid it in spreading ruin to nearby bastions of beauty and peace. Adult Black Dragon Huge Dragon (Chromatic
using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf’s Acid Arrow (level 3 version)
1/Day Each: Speak with Dead, Vitriolic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. 2b. Ettercap Forest The trees in this part of the forest are shrouded with thick webs, and dead animals wrapped in silken cocoons hang from the boughs. Five ettercaps and ten giant spiders live in
the trees and attack interlopers. Wyllow considers these creatures to be part of Wyllowwood’s natural ecosystem but keeps them from spreading beyond the marble walkways to the west and south. 2c
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
their reputation is spreading in domains beyond. The daughters of the mayor of Mordentshire, Alice Weathermay, the twins can often be found at their home, Heather House, or at that of their adopted uncle
George, training in techniques to combat the restless dead. She rarely travels without her canine companions, Joan and Tirran, the grown pups of her uncle’s foxhounds. She also wields her uncle’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
lord fancies itself a conquering general, wandering in search of a forest to conquer and claim. When it sets its sights on a forest, it first focuses on spreading the seed pods that give rise to its
implacable foe. Driven only by a desire to conquer and rule, it wages endless war with its army of mobile dead against all creatures it views as a threat to its domination. It might even forge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
teleports away, the citadel vanishes, leaving only a scarred landscape to indicate where it once stood. I couldn’t discern if the githzerai leader was alive, dead, or undead. But the psychic stress in his
original question, unanswered.
Spreading the Word The githzerai see their cause as not just a provincial concern, but one that they strive to impress upon others. As such, they have taken the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
touch 3rd blindness/deafness, gentle repose 5th animate dead, gaseous form 7th blight, confusion 9th cloudkill, contagion Halo of Spores 2nd-level Circle of Spores feature You are surrounded by
regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest. Spreading Spores 10th-level Circle of Spores feature You gain the ability to seed an area with deadly spores. As a bonus action while your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Vegepygmies Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit
dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a Small corpse, two from a Medium corpse, four from a Large corpse, eight from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Vegepygmies Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple tribal units, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores from which they reproduce.
Vegepygmy
Small plant, neutral
Armor
or cures disease kills the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold’s poison damage dies. If the dead creature is a beast, a giant, or a humanoid, one or more newborn vegepygmies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
single staring eye weeping a spreading fan of tears, above which arches an eyebrow.
Scaly Eye members are swashbucklers who may attack the characters when they notice them, but a successful DC 15
a female gnome and former Scaly Eye member, watches this area from the Ethereal Plane. If the characters display disrespectful behavior toward the interred dead, such as shouting in the hall, looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, so the young man leaves her alone. For months, Teocín’s ghouls have killed animals, hunters, prospectors, and others wandering the borderlands so Teocín can study and raise the dead using profane
health to avoid the threat of disease that comes from working with the dead. H3: Corpse Disposal The stench here is horrendous. Hundreds of humanoid and animal bones fill the chamber in charnel heaps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
when contact with spirits occurs. The White Hands. Shamans who heed the telepathic whispers of Yurtrus walk the perilous line between the living and the dead, and gain uncanny powers from doing so
tribe. Traffickers of the Dead. Orcs who die “a good death” are sent to Gruumsh by the priests of Yurtrus. The priests seek out the bodies of such fallen heroes and sever their heads, boil or smoke them
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
dragon’s lair, and the dragon wants to reclaim the lair. 3 An ancient hero returns from the dead to prepare the world for the return of an equally ancient monster. 4 An ancient Artifact has the power to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. These like-minded individuals follow specific teachings, spreading word of their expertise through their services and training. 6 Identity Traders. These enigmatic dealers buy and sell documents
potential and try to push you to greatness? 5 Golem Guide. Your guild contact is the soul of a long-dead artisan preserved in a construct body. This golem is wise and knowledgeable, but it has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
block of ice. Although the beast is positioned within the icy block as though rearing up to strike, severe wounds indicate that it died before being frozen.
This dead remorhaz is one of Challidax’s
. If thawed, the dead creature is harmless. D3: Animal Pen A sour smell of old hay and dung fills this cavern. A shaggy mammoth stands placidly in the room chewing on a mound of reeds.
Not visible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
feathers of its wings spreading like a bird’s, the Griffon now merely stands in a regal pose near Peaktop Aerie atop Mount Waterdeep, looking to the southeast over the Dock Ward. Newcomers sometimes
vanishing again. This magical effect, the result of a spell cast by a long-dead wizard, has resisted all attempts to dispel it. Some locals boast of how many times they’ve crossed the alley and lived
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
vestige within this sarcophagus offers the dark gift of Fekre, Queen of Poxes. Fekre’s gift is the power of spreading disease. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the contagion spell as an
Sykane, the Soul Hungerer. Sykane’s gift is the power to raise the recently deceased. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the raise dead spell as an action. After it has been used three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
their rebellion against Ozzadraz. Touching either sarcophagus casts the Speak with Dead spell, targeting the corpse within. The carved face on the sarcophagus animates as if it were the speaking
lair (or out spreading wildfires around the countryside) and the githyanki leader in suspended animation, the naga enjoys unimpeded access to the first tier of the gardens. The naga captured the last
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
crypt, and six skeletons in rusty mail are propped against the walls as if guarding the place. False columns along the walls are carved in the image of spreading oak trees. The double door in the
the crevasse takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage, has the prone condition, and lands in a jumble of rubble that counts as difficult terrain. Dead Goblins. Underneath the southern bridge are corpses of