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Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Hexbloods are individuals infused with fey magic as a result of eldritch energy or mysterious witchcraft. Many hexbloods are transformed into such beings after making a deal with a powerful hag, but
other strange forces can result in the birth of a hexblood. A hexblood’s strange fey power manifests as eerie clairvoyance and beguiling magic.
Hexblood Traits
Creature Type: FeySize: Medium
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Divine Eminence. As a bonus action, Prophetess can expend a spell slot to cause her melee weapon attacks to magically deal an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction
strange creature that had seized his sister, then created a false Auspicia in her stead. Having long attempted to simply make her peace with the loss, she was overwhelmed by the real Auspicia's dramatic
Equipment
These circular weapons are among the many strange weapons used by urdefhans. The sharp metal circle contains numerous protruding blades, while an angled central handle provides a grip that spins the
a creature, you can deal damage to that creature equal to the ability modifier you used to make the attack roll. This damage is the same type dealt by the weapon, and the damage can be increased only by increasing the ability modifier.
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the
’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better.
If these
Equipment
These strange, curved blades are jagged and deadly weapons made of alchemically strengthened teeth of dead urdefhans. They are typically named for the urdefhan whose teeth were forged into the weapon
and are often carried (and revered) by that urdefhan’s descendants. If you score a Critical Hit against a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead while using this weapon, you deal an
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Welcome, welcome! So good to see you again. Let me get your drink—blackroot tal with honey, yes? And then you have to listen to this story I’ve heard about the strange things going on
Ghallanda don’t sell information; they prefer to build friendship and deal in favors. But should a Ghallanda baron ever truly need something, they likely have a favor they can call in.
Ghallanda has
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the forest nearby.
The mold is found only
most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic, or radiant damage kill 1 square foot of russet mold per 1 damage dealt. A pound of salt, a gallon of alcohol, or magic that cures
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that
from a Huge corpse, or sixteen from a Gargantuan corpse.
Destroying the Mold
Russet mold can be hard to kill, since weapons and most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
mold and vegepygmies in a peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the forest nearby
to kill, since weapons and most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic, or radiant damage kill 1 square foot of russet mold per 1 damage dealt. A pound of salt, a gallon of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack roll is rerolled against the chosen creature.Ancient and devious, morkoths are voracious collectors. Each one floats through the planes on a strange, mobile island, amassing the valuables
deal or try to steal from it. A morkoth knows every person and object in its collection.
A morkoth’s island has the qualities of a dreamscape. It holds a jumble of objects and creatures the
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
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Defiant Essence. When a creature casts a spell that targets Zargon or would deal damage to it, Zargon attempts to absorb the magic into its horn. The creature must make a DC 19 Charisma saving throw
water must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition until it finishes a long rest.
Eerie Weather. The area within 10 miles of the lair experiences strange weather
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
If you’re considering taking a scaled one along on an adventure, remember this important fact. The strange, inhuman glint in its eyes as it looks you over is the same look you might give a
utility and importance. Nowhere does this come through as strongly as when lizardfolk deal with the dead. To a lizardfolk, a comrade who dies becomes a potential source of food. That companion might have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
. It is a strange and dreadful creature with eight heads surrounding a large circular mouth rimmed with jagged teeth. Its maw drips with acid, and its tail ends in a pair of sharp pincers. Tristan asks
the characters to get rid of this menace. The thessalhydra was last seen going into caverns belonging to an unfriendly tribe of troglodytes. The characters must enter the caverns and deal with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the dragon mask he promised them. Before the characters can leave, however, they must deal with the blue dragon summoned to protect the mask. Though the tower appears square from the outside, its
chambers and walls are circular when seen from inside. This strange incongruity is another manifestation of Xonthal’s ability to manipulate space.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the dragon mask he promised them. Before the characters can leave, however, they must deal with the blue dragon summoned to protect the mask. Though the tower appears square from the outside, its
chambers and walls are circular when seen from inside. This strange incongruity is another manifestation of Xonthal’s ability to manipulate space.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. They’ve received a strange message from her inviting them to Promise, but when they arrive, she’s nowhere to be found. Honored Guests. A trader the characters have had past dealings with—perhaps from the
Radiant Citadel or the Dyn Singh Night Market—invites the characters to Promise to participate in a business deal with Aunt Dellie.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
historical information lost to all but those who deal in the business of fate. Investigators. Dead travelers have been found in the hills south of the Tegefed Mountains—and the corpses reportedly have no
visible wounds. The characters are hired by a mourning family to investigate these deaths and put a stop to them. The characters’ encounter with the cause of these deaths—a strange predator called a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Firbolg Names Firbolg adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Mounts and Vehicles Many stories tell of hags using strange, enchanted creatures and objects for travel, and most of those stories are accurate. Instead of the usual horse or pony, a hag might ride
transformed because that individual tried to go back on its deal with her. Some hags prefer nonliving conveyances from time to time, and their imagination in this regard knows no bounds. A hag might happily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
wasting illness. A warlock offends some dark power and contracts a strange affliction that spreads whenever he casts spells. A simple outbreak might amount to little more than a small drain on party
resources, curable by a casting of lesser restoration. A more complicated outbreak can form the basis of one or more adventures as characters search for a cure, stop the spread of the disease, and deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
, struck through with veins of a strange blood-red stone, stand at the perimeter of this chamber. A massive humanoid figure, also carved from the strange marble, stands the center of the chamber, its arms
the statue, the eidolon begins a tirade of insults and threats. If the characters engage the creature in conversation while fighting the allips they can learn of the deal the creature made with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, some of which drip with vile ichor.
A pair of kenku examine one of the strange vehicles, chattering to each other in high-pitched squawks. These kenku carry an assortment of strange tools. When they
waves in your direction as if telling you to remain where you are. “What a deal! Patience is a virtue! Can’t keep the boss waiting!” He runs off into one of the trash structures.
Moments later he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Hexblood Helge C. Balzer Hexbloods are individuals infused with fey magic as a result of eldritch energy or mysterious witchcraft. Many hexbloods are transformed into such beings after making a deal
with a powerful hag, but other strange forces can result in the birth of a hexblood. A hexblood’s strange fey power manifests as eerie clairvoyance and beguiling magic. Hexblood Traits Creature Type
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
by their goddess to deal with the adult sapphire dragon who has been hunting her holy spiders.
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A forgetful and nearsighted adult sapphire dragon believes a blue dragon wyrmling is actually the
of psychic forces has begun to affect the local fauna in strange ways.
Sapphire Dragon Lairs
Sapphire dragons make their lairs in enormous caverns and complex tunnel systems. As they grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
considers how to deal with his sister’s treachery. Ralvald is willing to talk to the characters and might cooperate with them to defeat the dragon and recover his ancestor’s corpse. Aerstigga’s Giants
experiments with the erratic wand away from Challidax’s notice to try to make even more gems. The characters might encounter the strange results in several areas. Aerstigga won’t parley with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
domain—or beneath it in the realms of Arak. Even whimsical fey take on a malicious tinge in Tepest, whether as thieves, kidnappers, deal-makers, or collectors of eerie trophies. Like the land itself, the
fey have strange powers, and villagers pushed to desperation seek them out in the hopes of bargaining for what fate has denied them. When planning adventures in this domain, consider the plots on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
characters are beset by roaming gibberlings. Read or paraphrase: A strange noise in the distance grows louder with each passing second. It sounds like a dozen shrieking voices, babbling and spitting
characters limb from limb. After the characters deal with the gibberlings, the journey to the forge of the kagu-svirfneblin proceeds without complication. They arrive at area F1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ask the question, pressing the sphinx into a strange loop of logic that forces her to let the characters pass. It’s also possible that the characters might wish to use the enhanced sphinx to ask a
advanced intellect and a unique perspective on the world. She might strike a deal with the characters if they agree to find the brains and bring her one, allowing them to summon the ferry without paying her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
. Most are made by bipedal lizards of various sizes. Some are booted prints the size of humans. There are strange ruts in the mud that look like dual-tracked sleds. The ruts are deep enough that the
sleds are probably pulling a great deal of weight. On top of the mud along the tracks are several trails of slimy residue, like those created by snails as they move.
Map 7: Lizardfolk Camp View
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and spirits in Sharn… and maybe Khorvaire. From Lhazaar mead to the fermented honey-milk favored by the shifters of the Eldeen Reaches, if it’s strong and strange you can find it at the Drunken
heading to Xen’drik. The shops of the Mystic Market deal in magic items, whether locally produced or bought from explorers. The Mithral Blade produces fine and uncommon weapons and armor. Wise Wood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
strange, life. These druids believe that life and death are parts of a grand cycle, with one leading to the other and then back again. Death isn’t the end of life, but instead a change of state that sees
reaction to deal 1d4 necrotic damage to that creature unless it succeeds on a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. The necrotic damage increases to 1d6 at 6th level, 1d8 at 10th level, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
5 ft. Hit: 1d4 plus your Intelligence modifier Necrotic damage, and the target can’t take Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.
Level 5: Strange Modifications Whenever you create a
you must use your own senses. Once per turn, when you cast an Artificer spell from the Evocation or Necromancy school and deal damage while your companion is within 120 feet of you, you can add your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Immediately after you deal Sneak Attack damage to a creature on your turn, you can target a second creature that you can see within 30 feet of the first creature. Roll half the number of Sneak Attack
9: Tokens of the Departed The spirits of the dead are drawn to you, and echoes of their past lives magically manifest as strange curios with resonant power. You gain two soul trinkets. A soul trinket
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
she gains leverage (whether over the deal-maker or someone else). When a hag is presented with an unusual spell, a rare magic item, or a person who has a strange magical gift, she will sniff it, shake
can’t get her hands on it, she’ll value the offering highly. A visitor who offers a desirable item as a bribe or a gift is more likely to get a fair deal from the hag, or at least likely to suffer less
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
that the goblins (who belong to the Cragmaw tribe) have captured their dwarf friend Gundren Rockseeker and his escort, a human warrior named Sildar Hallwinter. The characters must deal with the
during part 3. Following the map or the directions to the lost mine brings the characters to part 4, “Wave Echo Cave.” That lost underground complex is now overrun by undead and strange monsters