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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, balhannoths make their lairs near places inhabited by creatures they hunt. They typically haunt well-traveled roads and paths, snatching people who come along. A balhannoth used as a guardian in the
parts or magical properties. Any object created in this area is, upon close inspection, revealed as a fake. Books are filled with empty pages, golden items are obvious counterfeits, and so on. The
Balhannoth
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
minutes or until immediately after it makes an attack roll.A Balhannoth’s Lair
In the Shadowfell, balhannoths make their lairs near places inhabited by creatures they hunt. They typically haunt
material only and can’t create anything with moving parts or magical properties. Any object created in this area is, upon close inspection, revealed as a fake. Books are filled with empty pages
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and
you make them sound like the real deal.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of HandTool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, Forgery kitEquipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit
Charlatan
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage.
You know what people want and you deliver, or rather
city that just happens to be for sale. These marvels sound implausible, but you make them sound like the real deal.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of HandTool Proficiencies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. The other two books were The Dark Hunger (about a powerful entity served by star-fearing warlocks) and Fallen Tethyamar (about a dwarf king named Ghellin who sought to reclaim his kingdom in the
Desertmouth Mountains). All three books were used to gain entrance to Candlekeep in the past two months. The Avowed keep records of the seekers allowed into Candlekeep and the books they gifted the library
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Amberdune Books seriously. She denies all accusations of deception with curt professionalism and threatens to call for the guards if characters are too aggressive. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check
Amberdune Books Although it’s located in an out-of-the-way corner of the Wide, Amberdune Books always has a few customers perusing its wares. This market stall is stocked with legitimate but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Zorzula’s Rest Zorzula’s Rest is an ancient duergar mining outpost located in one of the Sword Mountains east of Phandalin. The meaning of its name has been lost to time, though some history books
who call themselves the Sawplees. These goblins have inhabited the outpost for generations, with some of their number displaying psionic abilities that trace to the aberrant influence of the mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
books. The books aren’t magical, but the characters can use them to research any esoteric topic. If a character researches a specific topic, roll a d4. On a roll of 1 or 2, the character finds information
Walsh What mischief is Mordenkainen up to? S3: Workspace A desk covered in paperwork and books sits in the middle of this work area. Nearby are curio cabinets filled with magical trinkets—everything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The Returned Walking the Path of Phenax doesn’t restore a soul to its life. Those who return from the Underworld are hollow shells inhabited by grim and purposeless spirits. These Returned are
for sinister rituals, jewelry stolen from graves, cursed magic items, and other ominous goods. In return, they demand kitchen utensils, worn bridles, waterlogged books, and other unremarkable trash
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Intelligence Recall lore about spells, magic items, and the planes of existence. Athletics Strength Jump farther than normal, stay afloat in rough water, or break something. Deception Charisma Tell a
Charisma Awe or threaten someone into doing what you want. Investigation Intelligence Find obscure information in books, or deduce how something works. Medicine Wisdom Diagnose an illness, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Intelligence Recall lore about spells, magic items, and the planes of existence. Athletics Strength Jump farther than normal, stay afloat in rough water, or break something. Deception Charisma Tell a
Charisma Awe or threaten someone into doing what you want. Investigation Intelligence Find obscure information in books, or deduce how something works. Medicine Wisdom Diagnose an illness, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
A Balhannoth’s Lair In the Shadowfell, balhannoths make their lairs near places inhabited by creatures they hunt. They typically haunt well-traveled roads and paths, snatching people who come along
properties. Any object created in this area is, upon close inspection, revealed as a fake. Books are filled with empty pages, golden items are obvious counterfeits, and so on. The transformation lasts until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Lair In the Shadowfell, balhannoths make their lairs near places inhabited by creatures they hunt. They typically haunt well-traveled roads and paths, snatching people who come along. A balhannoth used
magical properties. Any object created in this area is, upon close inspection, revealed as a fake. Books are filled with empty pages, golden items are obvious counterfeits, and so on. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
room is currently inhabited by a Humanoid mutate named Falfark and an encephalon gemmule (see appendix A for both stat blocks) that Falfark treats as a guardian. Falfark is a member of the Cult of the
retrieved books for them. Three neutral drow temporarily live here. Their names are Erdan Vosselth, Thiala Sharne, and Vellios Keethe, and they have proudly worked for the Henlifel family as guards and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
much as he could. He’s a quiet but popular fixture in the keep, and the Avowed are always saying hello to him and recommending new books for him to read. He is currently reading Storm King’s Thunder
some years ago.
You can use Little One to introduce your player characters to rare books such as the ones described in this adventure anthology. Little One doesn’t mind sharing whatever book he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage. You know what people want and you deliver, or rather, you promise to
. These marvels sound implausible, but you make them sound like the real deal. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of Hand Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, forgery kit Equipment: A set of fine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, the cloaks here grant advantage on Charisma (Deception) checks made to pass as a Dragon Army soldier while in the mansion. There are also six spears here. O3: Carriage House Two sets of metal sliding
Army soldiers only with a successful DC 22 Charisma (Deception) check. If Hask believes he’s being tricked, he stands and attacks while calling for the soldiers in area O11, who arrive after 1 round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Charisma (Deception) check convinces these Zhents that the characters are their allies. Treasure. Resting in small piles and neat stacks on the table are 74 cp, 52 sp, 19 gp, and 4 taols. K15. Summoning
character disguised as Duhlark (using the statue in area K10 as a model) can fool the golem with a successful DC 10 Charisma (Deception) check. The golem stands on a pressure plate. When it steps off the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
creature is an alert Spectator, which was mistakenly summoned to guard the bookcases, not the books. When the githyanki abandoned Starglass Waypoint, they removed all the books so they wouldn’t be stolen
The door opens to reveal a narrow, twisting corridor filled with a rainbow-colored haze.
When githyanki inhabited the outpost, modrons used this corridor to circumvent crowded areas. The corridor is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
something. If the characters push the issue, a successful DC 10 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check causes Squid to dish up information. Any Charisma (Intimidation) check inspires him to first
, portions were spared the destruction of the lava flow, including an underground chamber called the Vault of Tomes. That undercroft contains some of the most rare and valuable books in Faerûn outside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
(+1)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
18 (+4)
Skills Deception +6, Intimidation +6
Damage Resistances necrotic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition
refuse to knowingly destroy any land inhabited by another nymph. While they won’t work to alter the natural course of destruction, neither will they make another nymph’s home part of any calamity they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
(Arcana) check recognizes Figaro’s glassy gaze as a telltale sign of memory-tampering magic. Restoring Figaro’s true memories causes Figaro to immediately recall Ilren’s deception. If the characters
form. But when Cirit confronted Ilren about the deception, the death slaad overpowered her. Believing Cirit to be an ordinary halfling spellcaster, Ilren hoped to use her to create a green slaad and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
(Investigation) or Charisma (Deception) check can represent careful play or cagey bluffing. The DC of any checks made to gamble increases by 1 for each drink a character consumes. If a character
successful DC 14 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, or to sweet talk the bartender into “lending” it with a successful DC 13 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check. Lounging Duergar. A few duergar are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
cautious of outsiders but gullible, and they resent Ruxithid for putting them on guard duty. A character can convince the goblins to open the door with either a successful DC 15 Charisma (Deception or
mess hall disguised as goblins can make a DC 15 Charisma (Deception) check, passing through unnoticed on a successful check. A character can attempt to keep the goblins from attacking by making a DC 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
Skills Arcana +10, Deception +8, History +10, Nature +10, Perception +5, Religion +10
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, prone
Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this
and good spell. When the eidolon leaves the statue, it appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the statue.
Inert. When not inhabited by an eidolon, the statue is an object.
Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
), lawful evil
Armor Class 9
Hit Points 5 (2d8 − 4)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
7 (−2)
DEX
8 (−1)
CON
6 (−2)
INT
15 (+2)
WIS
17 (+3)
CHA
12 (+1)
Skills Deception
literature for the sake of appearances. Her study contains two hundred books. A character who spends 1 hour sifting through the collection can find twenty rare first editions (25 gp each). The remaining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
no idea why Daask abducted him and begs for the characters to free him. A character who succeeds on a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by Corrin’s Charisma (Deception) check knows the halfling is lying
accelerating to top speed. Left at the Station. If none of the characters board the lightning rail train, Garra gets away with the books and schemas found in Old Sharn’s ruins. A more likely scenario is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
reserved for servants, but a character who succeeds on a DC 18 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check convinces Anisetta to let them access it. P9: Balcony This balcony, which overlooks the ballroom, is
white cover and a crystal ball in a gilded stand.
The books on the shelves span many topics mostly related to nature, the planes, and the Feywild in particular. Treasure. Any character who spends 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the characters. When Propha is asked any questions, characters can attempt a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the doppelganger’s Charisma (Deception) check, which is usually made with advantage
connected to the “C” Team’s quarters (area 9) contains books, notes, and maps related to their exploits, as well as mundane personal effects. The shared study connected to the inn’s currently empty rooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
of the floor has crumbled away, dropping off into a chamber below. Amid the rubble, collapsed bookcases jut out at odd angles, and moldering books are strewn across the floor.
Scholar’s Journal
. Though most of the books have fallen apart, one tome—a small black journal with an ornate lock—remains intact. A character who examines the book and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
fill the tall shelves of this grand library. Rolling ladders anchored to rails above the topmost shelves allow easy access to the higher books.
Appearing from behind a bookshelf is an elderly
tomes in a separate library upstairs (area P38), but this room still contains a vast collection of books on all manner of subjects. It exists in a demiplane. Because of the library’s demiplanar nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
from the cave to the northeast.
Small fish swim along the edge of the water, but the pool is also inhabited by a larger creature: a giant constrictor snake. If the characters pass through this area
ghouls while seeing nothing strange about Undead roaming the mine. With a successful DC 15 Charisma (Deception) check, a character can convince the spectator that one or more party members are wizards or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
; the character must either talk their way out of trouble with a successful DC 18 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check or be attacked. Barred Door. Two iron bars seal the double door to the south
door, and glyph of warding. The other books in Edino’s collection aren’t valuable and cover such topics as geology, gemology, and mining. X11: Mess Hall Loud voices and laughter can be heard through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
that inhabited the city captured a unique medusa — Gloine Nathair-Nathair, whose gaze could transform victims into glass instead of stone. A cult of the medusa arose to worship the creature, which was
, as a scepter and orb held by a statue noble, and so forth. Looking around, the legends appear almost true: here is a city inhabited entirely by folk of glass, and whose every possession is glass as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
below). A character can take the Influence action and make a DC 12 Charisma (Deception) check to try to fool the bugbears into thinking the character is a guest of Uncle Nibblecheek. Bugbears fooled
the end table. A crooked broom leans against the desk, and an open storybook rests atop it.
The shelves contain books on cooking and baking, all written in Elvish and made of candy. Licking the spine






