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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. If the brother gods are angry with them, they let the bugbears know with bolts of lightning (Hruggek) or by striking them blind or dead (Grankhul). Bugbears worship their gods simply by preying on
trophies that honor Hruggek, and their ever-staring eyes are an homage to sleepless Grankhul.
The heads of leaders and mighty opponents are particularly sacred, and offering up such a trophy can provide
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the start of the grue’s next turn.Fanged and lipless, the ever-grinning, eerily staring grue lopes about on spindly legs and long arms. Bristles and spines project from odd patches of its grayish
that cult, including star spawn. The following powers are unique to specific cults; typically a creature has only one.
Cult of Atropus, the World Born Dead
Gaze of Corruption (Recharge 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Entering the City When the characters see Omu for the first time, read: The jungle parts to reveal a dead city enclosed by sheer cliffs. Ruined buildings and stone boulevards rise like ghosts from
-draped gargoyle perches on the clifftop, staring down at the ruined city. It has the face of a devil, with its mouth agape in a silent scream.
The gargoyles attack anyone who flies over the city or
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, while others act as their tales dictate. In either case, the tooth is gone forever.
Teeth of Dahlver-Nar
1d20
Tale and Tooth
Creatures Summoned
Implanted Effect
1
The Staring
Cats of Uldun-dar (ivory cat molar)
9 cat;cats
The tooth has 8 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to cast the revivify spell from the tooth. If you are dead at the start of your turn, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
section examines fates and features of the Underworld, including how the living and the dead might interact with this grim land and its inhabitants. Methods of escaping this supposedly final resting
exhaustion gained in this way vanishes. With each level of permanent exhaustion, the soul becomes faded and dull, its eyes glazing over more and more until they are blank, staring pools.
A soul that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
are dusty and rarely walked, though the windows of dilapidated hovels glimmer with the staring masks of listless Returned. Asphodel is an echo of the grim cities of the Underworld, making it a
tragically ironic home for those who risked so much to escape the land of the dead. Coliseum of the Aphonai Three ancient Returned called the Aphonai rule Asphodel. They wear simple, identical golden masks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fell on him, Heliod saw his shadow and feared it. He banished the shadow to the land beyond the Rivers That Ring the World, and it became Erebos, god of the dead and ruler of the Underworld.
Origin
. Worse, his sight grew ever weaker as he spent days staring at the sun. Yet still he traveled on. Even when blindness claimed Solsemon’s sight, the oracle continued undaunted. Finally, one day, Solsemon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
shattered features staring down at you. Two voices issue forth in unison, booming out as though erupting from the deep earth.
“Halt. You come before Diderius, ether walker and conduit of clairvoyance
campsite — casualties from the cultists’ exploration. The guards are dead, having been dragged off and eaten by trolls living in the tunnels beneath the well. Those sewers remain largely intact, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Life, Nature Waterfall plunging into still pool Gond, god of craft N Knowledge Toothed cog with four spokes Helm, god of protection LN Life, Light Staring eye on upright left gauntlet Ilmater, god of
endurance LG Life Hands bound at the wrist with red cord Kelemvor, god of the dead LN Death Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales Lathander, god of birth and renewal NG Life, Light Road
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
shattered features staring down at you. Two voices issue forth in unison, booming out as though erupting from the deep earth.
“Halt. You come before Diderius, ether walker and conduit of clairvoyance
the campsite—casualties from the cultists’ exploration. The guards are dead, having been dragged off and eaten by trolls living in the tunnels beneath the well. Those sewers remain largely intact, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
staring eyes that twitch and blink. Two corridors lead from this room in opposite directions.
When anyone moves toward one of the passages leading from this room, the eyes all shift to stare at that
creature accusingly for a moment. This effect is unnerving but harmless. An eye closes and disappears if it takes any damage. L2: Views of Madness Ten stone rods protrude from the back wall of this dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alike, uses commoner statistics. When the characters arrive at the looming stone structure, they are met at the door by Brey, a troubled youth who has a worrying way of staring at people for a long time
speak with dead or similar magic. Jarme’s Last Message Trantor also volunteers that Jarme spent his last days of life covering the walls of his cell with drawings, etched with a cast-off lump of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the following features: Swampy Lake. Abutting the chapel is a swampy lake where the dragon sleeps. The foul water stinks of dead fish and rot, while the dense foliage and scraggly trees along the
of knights kneeling before angelic beings line the stairwell. Tower Top. The dragon’s true hoard is kept safely at the top of the crumbling tower, where the dragon enjoys perching and staring out into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staring eye on upright left gauntlet Ilmater, god of endurance LG Life Hands bound at the wrist with red cord Kelemvor, god of the dead LN Death Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales Lathander
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The Afterlife Most humans believe the souls of the recently deceased are spirited away to the Fugue Plane, where they wander the great City of Judgment, often unaware they are dead. The servants of
star in its center Helm, god of watchfulness LN Life, Light Staring eye on upright left gauntlet Hoar, god of revenge and retribution LN War A coin with a two-faced head Ilmater, god of endurance LG Life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
lightning (Hruggek) or by striking them blind or dead (Grankhul). Bugbears worship their gods simply by preying on other creatures, using no other sort of ceremony to show obeisance — with one exception. In
. The heads are then placed on spikes or hung from cords around a bugbear den. The heads themselves are trophies that honor Hruggek, and their ever-staring eyes are an homage to sleepless Grankhul. The
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->Acquisitions Incorporated
catches her scent on one of the characters if they’ve been in recent contact with her.
Free-Market Lizardfolk As the party skirts the Mere of Dead Men on the High Road, they come across a
lizardfolk being intimidated and harassed by an unscrupulous Zhentarim merchant and his bodyguards. This part of the High Road runs parallel to the Mere of Dead Men, a swamp full of dangers, pestilence, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fur-lined hood.
The figure seated in the snow is Astrix, a tiefling wizard. She is dead—frozen solid with her teeth clenched and her eyes staring at the blue boots sticking out of the snow. She
leaps to land on one side of the chasm or the other (its choice) and doesn’t fall. F2. Trophies. The floor of this 10-foot-high tunnel is strewn with the bones of Mokingo Growling Bear, whose dead body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
own hit point maximum. While under the effect of this magic, the creature is actually paralyzed, appearing to others as if it were just standing there staring into the mirror. If someone disturbs the
glyphs on the door tell a story in ancient Olman of a journey to find truth and light, which ended in failure and imprisonment in the land of the dead. The door opens outward. When the characters pass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters notice that Pins and Needles lurk about at a distance, whispering to each other and staring at the characters. If confronted, the imps make a big deal of revealing a secret. Of course they
lying. If called on the lie, the imps reveal the truth about why they want Wazzik dead. They tell the characters exactly when and where to find Wazzik alone, and they promise to put in a good word with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. A sculpture of a red dragon head protrudes from the wall above this mirrored bar, which is tended by a dead-eyed, lawful neutral equinal guardinal (see Morte’s Planar Parade) named Brayson. He is
troublemakers. Axel Defois Dare to test your luck with
a spin of fortune’s wheel Dead Hand’s Dice. A vampire croupier coalesces from a cloud of mist to conduct dead hand’s dice, a dice game popular among
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
narcotic, lotus dreams can she conjure up the face of her dead love. Characters can discover Zalkoré’s tragic story by interpreting carvings throughout the garden. If that makes them sympathetic toward
roofs fell. The roofs that remain intact have vines and roots hanging down from them. The covered tunnels are only 4 feet high and contain a foot of water. Stone Faces. The four stone visages staring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
staring at it. An archfey might obsess over a perceived injustice and work tirelessly to correct it. An archfey might obsess over their collection of acorns, believing the acorns are keys that unlock the
, bone, or some other substance, which allow the archfey to raise the dead. They shed their antlers and grow new ones every hundred years, prompting thieves to sneak into the domain to acquire the shed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
by the wheel is a cloud giant ghost staring blankly into the sky.
The cloud giant ghost is indifferent toward intruders but turns hostile if attacked or if the items in the chest are removed (see
ghost can tell that it’s weeping silently as it “writes.” This giant is doomed to spend eternity penning a farewell letter to its long-dead lover. The ghost defends itself if attacked but otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
bald human staring out to sea. Later events (discussed below) caused it to be transformed into the statue known today as the Sahuagin Humbled. When the Spellplague gripped Waterdeep in 1385 DR, six
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
once belonged to a secret society called the Ba’al Verzi. If a creature speaks the rhyme while standing within 5 feet of the mirror and staring at its own reflection, the assassin’s ghost appears nearby
that tries to prevent him from completing his assignment. Once he completes his task, the assassin disappears. If commanded to attack a creature that is either dead or undead, or if he isn’t given an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
touches Bunny Blossom’s corpse is filled with a kaleidoscope of visions: a feverish half-elf with long blonde hair (Xanthoria), Thunderwing screaming at the center of a runic circle, and the two staring
emerald the size of a halfling’s head (worth 25,000 gp). Once the worm is dead, a search of its gullet yields the enormous gemstone. L11. Xanthoria’s Grove of Horrors An unlocked wooden door seals off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
protagonists try to prove their worth, it is revealed that they’re all in fact dead, having perished alongside their father in the cataclysmic event that destroyed their kingdom. Cursed Play. Each script
his ghost remains behind to haunt the tower. Characters who linger in the area of the tower witness his gaunt spirit staring glumly down at the debris. Cadavix’s ghost is harmless and attacks only in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
along the edges of the pool, staring at a corpse floating in it.
Five bulezaus drowned a night hag in the pool. The hag, Yiggleblight, was working with Trantolox to find Crokek’toeck until the
-stained wooden coffer containing three teeth from a red dragon wyrmling, a dead tomato plant in a ceramic pot adorned with images of dancing cherubs, and nine gnoll skulls. S9. Digging Demons At this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters have not yet encountered Iriolarthas, the demilich and three nothics are present: Perched on the edge of the pit are three aberrant creatures, each one staring at you with a singular, hideous
-dead Netherese archmage. The command word to deactivate the force field around the spire is “Olostin.” If this name is spoken aloud within Iriolarthas’s study, the force field surrounding the spire and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of Atropus, the World Born Dead Gaze of Corruption (Recharge 6). The cultist targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take
-grinning, eerily staring grue lopes about on spindly legs and long arms. Bristles and spines project from odd patches of its grayish skin, and its long fingers end in broken and dirty nails. Grues are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
rise from the hardwood floor to a balcony, and a glass chandelier hangs above the center of the room. Below the chandelier, the pelt of an owlbear has been made into a fine rug, its head staring at the
body of one of Elra’s companions is missing (and can be found in area D27). If Elra is with the characters (see “Meeting Elra” earlier in this adventure), she mourns her dead companions and hopes there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
break it, but they’ve carved gouges into the iron spheres with their claws. Dead Tadpoles. Far Realm energy sustains the slaadi tadpoles in Spawn Hollow without the usual need for Humanoid hosts. The
arms lashes a hand-tentacle across the face of a shriveled mind flayer with a single, staring eye, drawing blood. Several strange pods line the walls (area X12). A mental message rings out, “You will