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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     potential rival and manipulates or quashes the ulitharidâs ambitions accordingly.
When an ulitharid finds sharing leadership with an elder brain insufferable, it breaks off from the colony
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , taking a group of mind flayers with it, and moves to another location to form a new colony. After the death of the ulitharidâs body, a special process transforms its brain into a new elder brain for
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the hollow dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Reconstruction. When the hollow dragon is reduced to 0 hit points, its body breaks into
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     powerful is their drive that their bodies reconstitute if destroyed.
When they fulfill their purpose, most hollow dragons embrace the death they have staved off for so long. But others seek new tasks to sustain themselvesâor cling to undeath out of sheer stubbornness or habit.Poison, RadiantNecrotic
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Cone of Cold","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Create Ice Mephit (3/Day). Auril breaks off an
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     her to explode and die. A mephit that dies in this way does not use its Death Burst. Instead, each creature within 10 feet of the exploding mephit must succeed on a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw, taking
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainenâs Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    : circle of death
Return to Worms. When the larva mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the larva mage reforms from it
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     law-abiding citizens of Ravnica.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
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I revel in mayhem, the more destructive the better.
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When violence breaks out, I lose myself in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     guild is all that really matters. (Any)
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Hedonism. Death comes for everyone, so take as much pleasure as you can from every moment of life. (Neutral)
3
Creativity. I strive to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    -encompassing power of entropy â the force that unknowingly and uncaringly changes order into chaos, and that breaks matter and time down into its component parts so that all can be rebuilt. Some
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     who study this entity claim that it is clearly evil and destructive. Others call it simply a necessary part of the cycle of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Death in Prismeer Whenever a creatureâincluding a player characterâdies in Prismeer, its death has a chance of triggering one of several magical effects put in place by Zybilna. The effect is
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     determined by rolling a d8 and referring to the Death Effects table.  Death Effects   d8 Effect   1 The creatureâs corpse turns to stone. 2 The creatureâs corpse decays at an accelerated rate, becoming
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     serious cases earn the death penalty. In most instances, these crimes are dealt with in Seaton, the provincial capital located east of Saltmarsh.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     requires a trial, the town council hears evidence and renders a verdict. Crime breaks down into three basic categories in Saltmarsh. Petty Crime. Public unarmed brawling, pickpocketing, and other crimes that
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , the mob breaks into a violent frenzy. In this case, the mob distracts the wights so the characters can focus their attention on Lord Neverember. Lord Neverember (use the death knight stat block) is unwilling to part with his crown; he fights the characters to withhold the symbol of his rulership.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Neverwinterâs New King Craig J Spearing  Vecna plans to turn Lord Neverember into a death knight who will subjugate the cityâs population When the characters cross the threshold in area E2b, they
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     can be used to tap into his guilt. If he is offered commiseration for his wifeâs death â as opposed to accusations â the warden eventually breaks down. He confesses that after seeing his wife killed
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     multiverse-spanning primordial spirit and an over-god. It represents the amoral and all-encompassing power of entropy â the force that unknowingly and uncaringly changes order into chaos, and that breaks
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious little interest in what people say about it.
 
 VARIETIES OF ADULT VERDAN
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     existing realms. To do so would be to put one of the Five Nations above the others, and that would lead to breaks and fractures that would eventually destroy the kingdom. Thus, he established his seat of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     power on an island in Scions Sound. There he built the great castle of Thronehold. After Jarotâs death and the rejection of the line of succession that led to the Last War, the island and castle were
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     can be used to tap into his guilt. If he is offered commiseration for his wifeâs deathâas opposed to accusationsâthe warden eventually breaks down. He confesses that after seeing his wife killed, he
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . For every point of damage the sarcophagus takes, a piece of it breaks off. Each piece weighs 13 pounds and is worth 100 gp. Eighty pieces can be gathered if the sarcophagus is destroyed. Bas-Relief
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Mural The mural depicts Lord Vanrak Moonstar as a skeletal death knight, riding on the back of Umbraxakar, the shadow dragon. Lying at the dragonâs feet are piles of withered corpses with hideous
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Franchise Tasks and Downtime As talked about in the Playerâs Handbook and the Dungeon Masterâs Guide, downtime activities allow players and DMs to make the breaks between adventures into a compelling
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     part of the campaign. In between the highlights of slogging through dungeons, infiltrating death cults, and being generally heroic, characters can practice professions, engage in research, create
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and remember what theyâve come here for, they wonât have to fight her. As such, no map is provided. If a fight breaks out, any forest map with a small structure will do. When the characters enter the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     death to seek me out?â
 If the characters are rude, disrespectful, or threatening, Agatha tries to frighten them away using her Horrifying Visage ability. If that isnât enough to deter them, she attacks.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     on the brink of death. A mysterious voice offers to save the characterâs life, but only if they accept its Dark Gift. An experiment or magical accident goes wrong. The DM allows a character to accept
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a Dark Gift or some other peril as a result. A character breaks a vow or suffers a curse (see chapter 4), gaining a Dark Gift as a result. A character touches a mysterious amber sarcophagus, and a force within entreats them to accept its influence in the form of a Dark Gift.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , review the rules for underwater combat in the Playerâs Handbook. Death Helms a Ghost Ship After the party descends approximately 3,000 feet, the character who has the highest passive Wisdom (Perception
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     characters, however, the hostile Undead snarl challenges and attack. Once the Undead are destroyed, the ghost ship breaks apart as if wrecked by a spectral storm and disappears.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    School of Necromancy  The School of Necromancy explores the cosmic forces of life, death, and undeath. As you focus your studies in this tradition, you learn to manipulate the energy that animates
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     necromancers as menacing, or even villainous, due to the close association with death. Not all necromancers are evil, but the forces they manipulate are considered taboo by many societies. Necromancy
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     darkness where the shadows hunger. As a shadow drains its victimâs strength and physical form, the victimâs shadow darkens and begins to move of its own volition. In death, the creatureâs shadow breaks free
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     castle. They fight to the death to protect the castle (simultaneously buying time for Rezmir and Jos to escape). Despite their loathing for one another, they understand that they are much stronger
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     together than apart. As soon as fighting breaks out, they join forces and cooperate. The best place for Borngray and Pharblex to make their stand depends on how the attack develops; youâll need to play
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     death
 Return to Worms. When the larva mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the larva mage reforms from it 24 hours
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     castle. They fight to the death to protect the castle (simultaneously buying time for Rezmir and Jos to escape). Despite their loathing for one another, they understand that they are much stronger
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     together than apart. As soon as fighting breaks out, they join forces and cooperate. The best place for Borngray and Pharblex to make their stand depends on how the attack develops; youâll need to play
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     text as Hadley ferries the characters to the island: A relieved grin breaks across Hadleyâs face. âI had a feeling you were more than you appeared.â He lowers his voice and speaks hastily. âThey say
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     his supposed death, leaving the elder sage defenseless. What Can Be Done? Hadley asks the characters to discover whatâs going on in the tower and rescue Shalfey. He suggests they pose as visitors
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     remains that way unless they try to spoil its fun, which provokes the hot-tempered elemental to start combat. If a fight breaks out, the mephits in areas B2 and B7 quickly join the fray. B6: Old Barrack
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     behaves similarly to the one in area B5, starting combat with the characters if disturbed. If a fight breaks out, the mephits in areas B2 and B5 join the fray. B8: Vault Dust coats this plundered vault
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the demon lord. The cage by the tunnel holds a death dog, watched over by a nervous derro cultist. Atop the platform, Narrak and four more derro cultists are performing a ritual around the statue at
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     positions along the edge of the platform as Grula-Munga rises to her feet and picks up her weapons. At the same time, the cultist standing next to the cage releases the death dog. Narrak continues his
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Angajuk rises just long enough to fling the lure out of the water, sending the character sprawling across the ice, before submerging and leaving the area, denying the hunters their prize. Jendrenâs death
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     breaks the morale of the other hunters, who head back to Bremen in defeat. Angajuk takes adventurers on an undersea tour
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    77. Death Godâs Nursery Opening the skeleton gate in area 71 reveals a 10-foot-wide, 20-foot-long staircase of polished black marble that descends to this area. When the characters reach the bottom
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     magic spell or similar effect, the Soulmonger radiates an intense aura of necromantic magic. Destroying the Soulmonger not only ends the effects of the death curse (see the introduction to the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Infernal Machine Rebuild
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     yourself three times. When you do, instead of appearing as mist, you appear as a swirling puff of feathers.
Your body is covered in feathers.
23
You have advantage on death saving throws.
You
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     have disadvantage on all saving throws except death saving throws.
24
You can cast speak with animals at will, but can use it to communicate only with dogs.
All cats are automatically hostile
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , exactly? Likewise, even when a pulp villain appears to die, they can have their own remarkable escapes from death. Perhaps Halas had a ring that cast an illusion of his death while actually stabilizing him
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     investment in the world. Optional Rule: Environmental Elements
 A fight breaks out in The Cat & Biscuit. The gnome rogue leaps from the landing and swings across the room, passing over the heads of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . If all else fails, she fights to the death, cursing the characters and telling them she will hunt them down. If the characters donât find and destroy her phylactery, the dracolich makes good on her
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     blocks passage to area V4. The only way to get past the door is through the use of the golemâs sapphire. The dispel magic property of this gem alone unlocks and breaks the spell. There is no other way
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the faint lingering odor of death. The demon lordâs goat-skull visage glowers at you as statues of cultists gaze outward from the shadowed corners of the hall.
 The burning incense in the main temple
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     defeat them on his own. If combat breaks out in T12 and Nezzarum is aware of it (either because Xia comes and implores the statue of Orcus for aid or because he notices the battle unfolding from his
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     positively ruthless at enforcing the terms of an agreement. Moreover, a contract with even the lowliest devil is enforced by Asmodeusâs will. Any mortal creature that breaks such a contract instantly
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     mortalâs soul before death, it can instantly return to the Nine Hells with the soul in its possession. Only divine intervention can release a soul after a devil has claimed it. DEVIL TRUE NAMES AND
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .â
 Nezznar the Black Spider is joined by four giant spiders that defend their master to the death. If they are expecting trouble, the spiders hide behind pillars, and Nezznar casts invisibility on himself and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the Lordsâ Alliance can escort him to Neverwinter to face justice and interrogation. However, unless the characters post guards outside Nezznarâs cell, Halia Thornton (see Part 2) breaks him out of jail
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ). Red Ruin  The Dragon Armyâs ace dragonnel rider, Red Ruin, soars toward her target After the characters avoid or contend with the dragonnels, Clystran breaks away from the Dragon Army flight path he
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     three stat blocks). Red Ruin fights to the death, but Bakaris flees if reduced to 20 hit points or fewer. If Bakaris is knocked from his mount or slain, he falls and vanishes amid the chaos. Clystran
                                                
                                            
                                        






