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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
start of its next turn, the devourer regurgitates the slain creature as a bonus action, and the creature becomes an Undead. If the victim had 2 or fewer Hit Dice, it becomes a zombie. If it had 3 to
appear in the Monster Manual) are particularly attracted to the presence of a devourer.
Devourers hunt Humanoids with the intent of consuming them body and soul. After a devourer brings a target to the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
once it has begun.
4
A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
5
A crystal dragon who
statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
leave the lair once it has begun.
4
A crystal dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
5
A
any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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A topaz dragon is intent on destroying the homes of all intelligent creatures in the dragon’s territory, and desperate locals seek to find out what’s behind the dragon’s wrath
transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
intent on destroying the homes of all intelligent creatures in the dragon’s territory, and desperate locals seek to find out what’s behind the dragon’s wrath.
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dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you have advantage on ability checks made using one skill of your choice for the duration of the adventure. Otherwise, this card has no
), whichever comes later in the adventure.
Throne. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill for the duration of the adventure. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
that Kelek has stolen Uni’s horn and fled through a portal, intent on using the horn to fuel a ritual. Inside the Crystal Ball. The characters follow Kelek into a demiplane inside Venger’s Crystal Ball
. Regardless of whether the characters defeat Kelek, the demiplane begins to close, forcing the characters to escape. The characters can return Uni’s horn to the unicorn to reverse Kelek’s magic.
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-handedly defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you gain experience points enough to gain one level. Otherwise, this card has no effect.
Donjon. You disappear and become
Persuasion skill, and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill. In addition, you gain rightful ownership of a small keep somewhere in the world. However, the keep is currently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
aberrations and other extraplanar threats. Even in defeat, the daelkyr sowed seeds of madness in the Marches. Followers of the Cults of the Dragon Below remain scattered across the region. Some of these
cults work with mind flayers and other aberrations. Others have no evil intent but are driven by dangerous delusions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
challenge from a champion of Mogis who is intent on destroying the characters and anyone they hold dear. Iroas exalts winners, but even a narrow defeat is still a defeat. An opponent who has no qualms
table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Iroas’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Defeat Returned bandits who are terrorizing the polis.
2 Defend a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
quick to defend them if they sense any ill intent. Dragon chosen are skilled in close combat, using two weapons to tear at their foes. Dragon Chosen
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 17
Str +6, Dex +6, Con +4
Skills Athletics +6, Perception +3
Condition Immunities frightened
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Draconic
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
have peaceful intent (most likely because they saw through the dryad-hags’ ruse, or they simply want to assess Banrion’s nature themselves), they can approach unarmed and announcing themselves. With
appropriate roleplaying or a DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion) check, Banrion accepts that the characters mean her no harm. If the hags are still at large, she beseeches the characters to help her defeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
deeds of other creatures to determine their true intent. You excel at defeating creatures that hide among and prey upon ordinary folk, and your mastery of lore and your keen deductions make you well
of 7 or lower on the d20 as an 8. Eye for Detail Starting at 3rd level, you can use a bonus action to make a Wisdom (Perception) check to spot a hidden creature or object or to make an Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
unfamiliar with this region of the Underdark and can’t navigate, but she has a +5 bonus on Wisdom (Survival) checks and can help out in that regard. Jimjar can guide the party to Blingdenstone from
characters encounter creatures able to give them directions or intent on capturing them. Such creatures can include kuo-toa from Sloobludop, duergar slavers or merchants from Gracklstugh, the goblins from the Silken Paths encounter, or even their drow pursuers intent on dragging them back to Velkynvelve.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Once inside the brain, the worm kills its host and animates the corpse, transforming it into a spawn of Kyuss, which breeds more worms. Spawn of Kyuss are expressions of Orcus’s intent to replace all
life with undeath. Left to its own devices, a solitary spawn of Kyuss travels aimlessly. If it stumbles across a living creature, the spawn attacks with the sole intent of creating more spawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
check that uses your proficiency bonus, whereas the other two features activate when you make an ability check that doesn’t use your proficiency bonus. In other words, a check that qualifies for
Reliable Talent doesn’t qualify for Remarkable Athlete or Jack of All Trades. And Remarkable Athlete and Jack of All Trades don’t work with each other, since you can add your proficiency bonus, or any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
a character’s opponents. The character makes three checks: Strength (Athletics), Dexterity (Acrobatics), and a special Constitution check that has a bonus equal to a roll of the character’s largest
An opponent swears to take revenge on you.* 2 A crime boss approaches you and offers to pay you to intentionally lose a few matches.* 3 You defeat a popular local champion, drawing the crowd’s ire. 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Sansuri attacks characters who are clearly being disrespectful or deceptive. She also turns on those who seem intent on robbing her. If she loses more than half her hit points, Sansuri casts a fly
spell on herself, retreats to her tower (areas 31–area 33), and leaves the castle’s other denizens to fend for themselves. If her defeat seems inevitable, Sansuri bargains for her life and, under such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
intent of pitting them against Halaster. She mentions that the Mad Mage has a private sanctuary on this level (area 45), hoping they’ll try to rob it and create a big enough distraction for her and her
unconscious. The first time the adventurers defeat a particular animated archmage statue, they receive XP for it as with any creature defeated in combat. Subsequent victories against that statue don’t provide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
as slavers. Ned Shakeshaft is a Scarlet Brotherhood agent. He makes an attempt to foil the characters, but his true intent is to surrender and implicate Gellan Primewater as a key villain. The
ideal lookout point for any sea-based threats. The Final Enemy The three competing factions in Saltmarsh unite in an effort to defeat the sahuagin threat. Both the traditionalists and the loyalists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
the spell save DC for disguise self ? Does the wearer have to be a caster? Use your spellcasting ability modifier to set the DC. If you don’t have a spellcasting ability, use your proficiency bonus to
protection, for instance, since you can’t attune to more than one copy of an item at a time. Do magic weapons give you a bonus to attack and damage rolls? A magic weapon gives you a bonus to attack rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
wears a rusty chain shirt under his robe and likes to thwart enemy spellcasters by enveloping them in the area of a silence spell. If defeat seems inevitable, he casts gaseous form on himself and flees
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Cling to Life (Recharges after a Long Rest). The first time Zargash would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, he instead drops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
down a well, an echo of that wish becomes lodged in a stone buried deep in the earth of the Feywild. Brigganocks seek out these wish stones, discarding the ones that contain wishes of ill intent and
, Con +4
Condition Immunities exhaustion
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Fey Ancestry. The brigganock has advantage on saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
particularly attracted to the presence of a devourer. Devourers hunt Humanoids with the intent of consuming them body and soul. After a devourer brings a target to the brink of death, it pulls the victim’s
120 ft.
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Unusual Nature. A devourer doesn’t require air, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Multiattack. The devourer makes two Claw attacks and can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Kansaldi’s command and ordered her to claim the Kalaman region in the Dragon Queen’s name. Kansaldi pursues these orders with a fanatic’s zeal. For her, there is no possibility of defeat—there is only
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 18
Languages Abyssal, Common, Draconic
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Special Equipment. Kansaldi has a glowing ruby embedded in her left
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
garrote, so that he can hear the dying breath of his hapless prey. If defeat seems likely, he quaffs his potion of invisibility and flees. Zarak
Medium Humanoid (Orc), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 14
+5, Int +2
Skills Acrobatics +7, Insight +6, Perception +6, Stealth +7
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Orc
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Constitution check. Curious about the spell’s intent? The spell is meant to be a classic jinx—the sort seen in folklore—that is useful in and out of combat. In combat, the spell provides some extra necrotic
attack rolls and saving throws that don’t use the bard’s proficiency bonus? No. The feature benefits only ability checks. Don’t forget that initiative rolls are Dexterity checks, so Jack of All Trades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
in petty pranks to amuse themselves, passing the time at their hosts’ expense. Although a boggle’s antics might cause distress and unintentional harm, mischief—not mayhem is usually its intent. If
oil on its skin from one consistency to an other as a bonus action.
Slippery Oil: While coated in slippery oil, the boggle gains advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks made to escape bonds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Nightlund. The army seems intent on isolating Kalaman from the Solamnic cities of Maelgoth and Palanthas in the west. The scout asks the party to help them return safely to Kalaman with this report. If
the characters do so, Kalaman’s leaders are pleased and reward them with a bonus of 100 gp each. Troops Return While the characters are completing another mission, they catch sight of a small group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
open, and so on. This entry specifies what the trap targets, its attack bonus or saving throw DC, and what happens on a hit or a failed saving throw. Countermeasures. Traps can be detected or
for you to describe what happens next, the players should be specific about how they want to defeat the trap. Simply stating the desire to make a check isn’t helpful for you. Ask the players where their characters are positioned and what they intend to do to defeat the trap.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, shields leap from the walls to protect him (see “Flying Shields” below). During waking hours, Ras Nsi returns here only if he’s in danger. If the characters defeat Ras Nsi and question him, he reveals the
city’s inhabitants, which he used to build his tomb. Flying Shields As a bonus action, Ras Nsi can speak a command word (“Ssilum”) that causes five shields to fly off the walls and levitate around him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. You might find yourself driven to annihilate the undead, to defeat fiends, and to protect the innocent. At times, your heart might also be filled with a longing for the celestial realm of your
. Celestial Features Warlock Level Feature 1st Expanded Spell List, Bonus Cantrips, Healing Light 6th Radiant Soul 10th Celestial Resilience 14th Searing Vengeance Expanded Spell List The Celestial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
these fighters leave their lives of comfort to embark on glorious adventure. Cavalier Features Fighter Level Feature 3rd Bonus Proficiency, Born to the Saddle, Unwavering Mark 7th Warding Maneuver
10th Hold the Line 15th Ferocious Charger 18th Vigilant Defender Bonus Proficiency When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Animal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
pincers and tentacles. When an adult carrion stalker detects movement, it bursts from its corpse-cradle to attack, intent on implanting its young into the living and starting its species’ life cycle anew
)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
6 (−2)
Skills Stealth +7
Condition Immunities blinded
Senses tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages —
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
to defeat it in 1–2 rounds.
Merrow Extortionist Large Monstrosity, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 30 (4d10 + 8)
Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
16 (+3
) Proficiency Bonus +2
Amphibious. The merrow can breathe air and water.
Actions
Multiattack. The merrow makes two Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage.
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