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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
decades. The Fiends fulfill their end of the bargain with unwavering loyalty, steadfastly tending to their posts per the terms of their agreement.PoisonAcid, Fire, Lightning
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
decades, the axe was given to Harshnag, a frost giant adventurer, in recognition of his service to Waterdeep. Uthgardt recognize the weapon on sight and attack any giant that wields it.
You gain a +1
version of the heat metal spell (save DC 13) that deals cold damage instead of fire damage. Once this power is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
no effect on the sentinel and instead targets the caster.Multiattack. The sentinel makes two ram attacks.
Ram. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Ram
the mortal world or waiting, still as a statue, for what could be decades before reanimating to carry out their mysterious purpose.
The first anvilwroughts were created by the god of the forge
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the titan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Pact of Suffering. Using a 10-minute long ritual, the titan can forge a magical bond with a willing
the titan doesn’t heal.Daemogoth titans are towering monsters that blight the land around them. A daemogoth grows in power over the course of decades spent feeding on sorrow and draining life from
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Var is destroyed but his phylactery remains intact, Var gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rejuvenation
. Interlopers who discover his quarters are set upon by the lich and his dread warrior guards, but if Var is brought to the brink of death, he might bargain for a chance to escape the dungeon.
Undead Nature. A
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Drelnza fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Drelnza wields Heretic.
Spider Climb. Drelnza can climb difficult surfaces
;s most precious belongings decades after the archmage’s mysterious departure. The identity of Drelnza’s father is unknown even to her.
Drelnza slumbers deep in the Lost Caverns of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
’s bargain with sinister forces.
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It was marked by a fiend before its birth, and its wicked nature emerged over time.
4
A wicked place or magic relic seeped into its being, turning it
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the juggernaut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The juggernaut regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn. If the juggernaut
was left for dead and granted new life to seek revenge.
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It was turned into a weapon of vengeance by a family member’s bargain with sinister forces.
3
It was marked by a fiend before
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Amphibious. Lhammaruntosz can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Lhammaruntosz fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Innate Spellcasting. Lhammaruntosz&rsquo
"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. Lhammaruntosz can then fly up to half her flying speed.Lhammaruntosz, a bronze dragon with the ability to heal quickly, spent decades defending Leilon and the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Moloch fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Moloch has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
Glasya. Bereft as he is, he has little to offer in exchange, so he might bargain with mortals to gain their aid in acquiring coin, jewels, and other riches in return for knowledge about the Nine Hells
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
instead resets to 350 hit points, and it recharges its Steam Breath. Additionally, the dragon turtle can now use the options in the "Mythic Actions" section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
instead.
Unusual Nature. The dragon turtle doesn't require food or drink.Multiattack. The dragon turtle makes one Bite or Tail attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
can see within 120 feet of it. The spell targets the chosen creature instead of the morkoth. If the spell forced a saving throw, the chosen creature makes its own save. If the spell was an attack, the
island.
A morkoth may allow a visitor to bargain for something or someone it has claimed if that visitor offers the morkoth something it desires more. It shows no mercy, however, to those who break a
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
bargained with; it keeps its side of any bargain it makes, though it might twist the wording of any agreement to suit its purposes. If attacked, or if negotiations fail and you refuse the Fiend’s
you are proficient with appears in your hands. The DM chooses the armor. If you lack proficiency with any armor, your base AC instead now equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier while you aren’t
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shift Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast hallucinatory terrain, requiring no spell components
up to the city was sealed to prevent the fumes from spilling into the streets above. Decades later, once the volcano’s activity had subsided, the dragon moved in.
The lair has the following
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 20
halls with boiling water and noxious fumes. The stairwell leading up to the city was sealed to prevent the fumes from spilling into the streets above. Decades later, once the volcano’s activity
Tabaxi
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to bargain instead of pursuing more dangerous methods of sating their curiosity. However, they aren’t above a little discreet theft to get their claws
not intrinsically interesting. In the tabaxi’s eyes, gathering wealth is like packing rations for a long trip. It’s important to survive in the world, but not worth fussing over.
Instead
Young Deep Dragon
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
manipulation and crafty dealmaking to exerting themselves in combat. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack
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A young deep dragon has captured a number of kuo-toa and has decided to try them out as servants instead of eating them.
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A young deep dragon maintains the guise of a handsome Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
; despite knowing that she is evil and dangerous, they are desperate enough to risk making a bargain with her, or foolish enough to think they can persuade her to be helpful without getting something in
its soul goes to the Nine Hells. Hags are usually content to wait and conduct their own business, allowing mortals to come to them when the perceived need is great enough. Instead of being interested
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
astride a giant pig, a goat, or a cow. It’s not unknown for a hag to use a sentient creature as a mount, perhaps as the result of a bargain that creature struck with her. A hag that wants to humiliate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Strahd von Zarovich In the halls of Castle Ravenloft,
Count Strahd von Zarovich clings
to ancient obsessions In life, Count Strahd von Zarovich was a ruthlessly effective conqueror. Over decades
Temple. There, amid hidden lore and the imprisoned vestiges of ancient evil, Strahd first encountered the Dark Powers—and made a bargain with them to regain his vitality and ensnare Tatyana’s heart
Ancient Deep Dragon
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and
share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus network growing near an
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against
know a goblin is unlikely to be able to uphold its end of any bargain.
Even when a goblin is born with the ability to become a spellcaster, the knowledge and talent necessary to carry on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. After laying in the city’s vaults for decades, the axe was given to Harshnag, a frost giant adventurer, in recognition of his service to Waterdeep. Uthgardt recognize the weapon on sight and attack any
action, you can cast a version of the heat metal spell (save DC 13) that deals cold damage instead of fire damage. Once this power is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
bargain instead of pursuing more dangerous methods of sating their curiosity. However, they aren’t above a little discreet theft to get their claws on a particularly interesting item when an owner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
and entities of the Lower Planes, pledging to guard a site or object for decades. The Fiends fulfill their end of the bargain with unwavering loyalty, steadfastly tending to their posts per the terms
Adult Deep Dragon
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and
A deep dragon lair might share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
elements designed to be dropped into your own campaign. And tying those chapters together is a legendary magic item that every player both dreads and longs for: the Deck of Many Things. For decades
to your campaign, shaping it to fit your needs and the tastes of your players. You can stack the deck with low-level effects that prompt roleplaying instead of mechanical changes or create a deck that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Evermeet instead. Unlike on Arvandor, elves who visit Evermeet can do so for as long as they like and leave when they want — or can choose to stay, as many elves do in the later decades of their lives
. The arrival of elves from worlds other than Toril is a phenomenon of just the last few decades. When Evermeet became detached from Toril, it also lost its great queen, Amlaruil Moonflower, said to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. At first, she orders the characters to release her. If they refuse, she tries to bargain with them (see “Roleplaying the Dao” below). While trapped inside the bottle, Keshma can’t attack or cast spells
lickspittle. Roleplaying the Dao Decades of imprisonment have done little to dent Keshma’s imperious nature. As befits a dao, she regards the characters as lesser creatures and bargains with them only if they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
a dwarf offers a piece of merchandise for sale to an outsider, that merchant is expected to drive a hard bargain, even if the item is in truth an inferior example of its kind. Fortunately for the
among themselves at a human farmer who bought a shovel from them that will last only a few decades. To the dwarves, that’s a shoddy tool; to the farmer, it’s a purchase that lasts a lifetime. In my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
or circumstances afflicted its ancestor.
2 Created by a god and tasked with guarding a treasure or secret.
3 A cultist who made a fiendish bargain and enjoyed rewards that have since
end of its next turn if it is still Restrained, ending the effect on itself on a success. Second Failure: The target has the Petrified condition instead of the Restrained condition.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
rulers, though, spending decades focused on their own comforts, hoards, or magical concerns within their lairs. But when their attention returns to their territories, if they find matters not to their
/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
followed, Jander wandered as a mysterious adventurer, secretly seeking a cure for vampirism. He’s discovered multiple remedies, but none work for him. In recent decades, his attempt to save a fellow
enigmatic Apparatus (see “Mordent” earlier in the chapter). But the machine malfunctioned; instead of purging his vampirism, it created myriad copies of him, scattered across the planes. All believe they’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Rookledust (neutral good rock gnome) moved to Nightlund decades ago from the distant gnome homeland of Mount Nevermind. She uses the acolyte stat block, but the effects of her Spellcasting manifest from
was the boilerdrak used in Vogler.) The stranger also hired her to design another device, which he was supposed to pick up today. Instead, the goblinoids showed up and demanded she turn over “the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
who discover his quarters are set upon by the lich and his dread warrior guards, but if Var is brought to the brink of death, he might bargain for a chance to escape the dungeon. Undead Nature. A lich
be broken as a result of taking damage.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Var fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Var is destroyed but his phylactery remains