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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
too limited in intellect to complete anything but the simplest tasks. In general, non-humanoids found in the company of mind flayers are those that the illithids have created or bred for specific
purposes. A few types of these creatures warrant special mention. Intellect Devourers Almost every mind flayer colony creates intellect devourers and seeds the areas around its lair with a few to keep
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
commoner’s clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial
interfere with the conclusions of logic. (Lawful)
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Superiority. My vast intellect and strength are directed toward increasing my sway over others. (Evil)
Bonds
d6
Bond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Aftermath The characters have defeated Bak Mei, left the Order of the Immortal Lotus in disarray, and recovered the stolen pages from The Book of Inner Alchemy. Now what? When the party returns to
Candlekeep with the stolen pages, the Avowed are grateful and set about repairing the book. They hail the characters as heroes and provide them the promised 8,000 gp worth of coin or transcribed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
following spells: detect thoughts, intellect fortress,* Rary’s telepathic bond, sending, telekinesis, Tasha’s mind whip,* and Tenser’s floating disk (spells with an asterisk appear in this book). It
you know the mage hand, mind sliver (appears in this book), and message cantrips if you don’t already know them. The crystal has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
they defend. They frequently change into giant, idealized versions of the animals they’re associated with—albeit with glowing eyes. When contending with people, they sometimes appear as humanlike beings
with subtle, animal-like features. No matter their appearance, animal lords exhibit the instincts and predilections of the animals they represent, tempered by their intellect and experience.
Most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
magic academy is actually a cult leader who is indoctrinating the students into a cult of Sul Khatesh. 3 A wizard found mad scrawlings hidden in a library book, used the writing to make contact with a
daelkyr, and began creating aberration servants. 4 A mind flayer serving Dyrrn dominates a magistrate and takes control of the city watch using intellect devourers. 5 An assassin mixes mind-altering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
up, one patron stands out among the rest: a chaotic good ogre wearing a headband of intellect. He sits by himself in a corner, reading a book titled The Sum of Theology by Saint Vetheera, a servant
above an open eye.
“Welcome to Candlekeep,” says the elf in Common. “A gift is required from those seeking admittance. You must donate a book or scroll that isn’t already in the library’s archives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
him requires a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check. If awakened, the fomorian shouts out about “killing egg thieves” and “protecting my precious ones,” then fights to defend the nesting area and
All the treasure Stronk has taken from his victims has been placed under his sleeping skins for safekeeping: 40 pp, an electrum brooch worth 120 gp, six gems worth 50 gp each, two potions of greater healing, and a book of drow poetry worth 100 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
A few days ago, Shalfey turned a page of his current Book of Prophecy and found it blank. Worse still, he found he now could turn the rest of the pages, which were also blank, save for the last
. There, in clear words, the book foretold the arrival of a falling star—and the existence of a second set of Books of Prophecy possessed by a group of svirfneblin smiths. The elder sage resolved to plot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
gingwatzims defend Korvala’s office. Were they guarding something else as well? Characters who choose this violent path might never uncover the pack’s motives, but they can find the real Mazfroth’s Mighty
Digressions and see the book safely back to Candlekeep, if they so desire. NIDALIA
The true leader of the Amberdune Pack, Nidalia is a lamia who delights in hoarding books rather than in corruption and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, you can choose from among the common magic items in that book when you pick a magic item you can replicate with this infusion. Replicable Items (2nd-Level Artificer) Magic Item Attunement
swimming and climbing Yes
Hat of disguise Yes
Headband of intellect Yes
Helm of telepathy Yes
Medallion of thoughts Yes
Periapt of wound closure Yes
Pipes of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon as Monster For all their vast power, great intellect, and range of possible motivations, dragons are often simple creatures at heart. They want food, a secure lair, and treasure. Many tropes
a dragon down for an all-out fight in most other sites. You can use one of the lair maps in chapter 5 of this book as the key location for such an adventure, fleshing the site out with features and inhabitants using the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
forces to help the cultists defend themselves, but also to secure the elemental nodes when the time is right. Draconians These corrupted offspring of good dragons are tainted by elemental power in the
attack by a draconian squad can replace one of the cultist responses when one of the dungeons is cleared. There isn’t space in this book to provide stat blocks for draconians, but you can make your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
allow her son’s misfortune to dictate his destiny. She crafted a dagger of blindsight, which young Azrok used to defend himself and perceive his surroundings. The dagger allowed Azrok to become the
cover up her husband’s blindness, but her efforts were undone by a mind flayer acting as Skullport’s ambassador. This mind flayer secretly implanted intellect devourers in the skulls of several goblins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
includes sketches of such devices. Mysteries of the Phaerimm. This book sheds light on the phaerimm—telepathic, funnel-shaped monsters of malevolent intellect that lurk in the Underdark—and includes
Wonders of Netheril. This book is a collection of interviews with Netherese archmages, who discuss their studies of ancient elven magic and the creation of mythallars (see appendix D). The book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Extremiton is also gathering thralls of every race to help defend the colony if the neothelid is destroyed or fails in its task. City of the Mind Extremiton can sense intelligent creatures within 2 miles of it
kidnapped humanoids from Waterdeep and Undermountain and put them to sleep in these capsules, which link their dreaming minds to the ulitharid’s dizzying intellect. These captives believe they’re in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
minions. A paladin might have no qualms about putting a hag coven to the sword, but her conviction falters if she must first fight through a crowd of innocent farmers that the hag has compelled to defend
considers beneath her personal attention. Hags prefer to employ clever, cruel creatures rather than dumb oafs. Servants d8 Servant(s) * See chapter 3 of this book for statistics. 1 1d4 flameskulls 2 1d2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
villagers beseech the party to defend their families in court.
5 The eligible noble Vladimir Nobriskov hosts a contest for his affections. Participants turn up murdered, victims of Nobriskov’s
lycanthropic hunger.
6 A book-collecting noble seeks the party’s help in finding a rare text called The Revelations of the Prince of Twilight, a tome said to teach the reader to tap into the hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
shoots, he then warns his lover, the wizard Snarla, to close and lock the shutter over the arrow slit and move to defend the door that adjoins the corridor. They stand ready to engage anyone that
(worth 10 gp) and Snarla’s spellbook. The book contains the spells that she has prepared and no others. It is protected by an explosive runes glyph of warding that deals 5d6 fire damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
.
The characters must contend with Princess Ebonmire and Prince Livid (see the “Royal Oozes” sidebar). These dimly intelligent oozes defend their master to the death, blocking the characters from
juices. The varnish also protects against water damage. A svirfneblin archmage named Lesla Carrowil authored both spellbooks. The wizard spells contained in each book are listed below; feel free to swap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Bedtime Rhyme” later in this book for details). The Hearth From outside, the Hearth appears to be a modest tavern of sturdy construction, with warm light emanating from a pair of small windows on
illustrating the god’s key tenets. LITTLE ONE
One of Candlekeep’s guests stands out from the rest of the crowd: a chaotic good ogre wearing a headband of intellect. He’s most often found sitting by himself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
desk. The book affords a rare glimpse into the insane mind of a Shadowdusk family member. In addition to expressing contempt for her peers in Dweomercore, Skrianna rails against the constraints placed
food source is available. Treasure. Cephalossk keeps its spellbook in a desk drawer. The book is made of thin copper plates held together with mithral wire. Each page bears embossed stanzas of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Scholar is attacked, it fights to defend itself. The cave isn’t considered the baernaloth’s lair, so it can’t take lair actions here. If the Scholar is defeated, characters who search the cavern find a
cleft surrounded by foul, bleeding runes. Inside is the Book of Vile Darkness. Secrets of Eternity If a character agrees to let the Scholar share a forbidden secret, the baernaloth requests that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
is a dead intellect snare (see appendix A) that once lurked in this area. (The characters might have fought an intellect snare in Talhundereth in chapter 6.) The intellect snare ambushed the githyanki
leader, Varakkta, but Varakkta’s lucky strike impaled the intellect snare on her greatsword, pinning it to the wall. Varakkta was blasted backward by the psychic combination of the intellect snare’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
go with her and her companions to the chapel and defend them from the evil magic there while they attempt to reconsecrate it. She hopes reconsecrating the chapel to Istus will break the ritual and
he still knows how to hunt.) Treasure. Gremorly slept in the southernmost bedroom. A diary on the bedside table details his life and wicked agenda. Several references to a book titled Exploring Arcanum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
, brandishing Uni’s horn in one hand and a book in the other. Four enormous, wolflike beasts are gathered around the mosaic, their malevolent eyes fixed on their evil master.
When Kelek sees you, he snarls
, “Pathetic worms! The horn is mine, and none shall stand in the way of my destiny! Beasts, destroy them!”
The four wolflike creatures are Worgs who defend Kelek, a human Mage, as he reads lines of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
each defend half of an artifact called the Sundered Crown.
2 A young bronze dragon and a medusa have been enemies for so long that they’ve developed mutual respect, communicating by way of a
magical book that teleports back and forth between them.
3 A young bronze dragon seeks to turn a band of cyclopes into a disciplined army, with little success.
4 A young bronze dragon has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
whirlwind obliterates all evidence of the reading.
2 Defend the shrine from a worshiper who is angry with an oracle for an incorrect prediction.
3 Convince an oracle to give a worshiper a
sets the temple ablaze.
9 Infiltrate the shrine to determine the accuracy of a particular oracle or prediction method.
10 Steal a book of recorded predictions from the shrine.
11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
receive these quests. MORE OF UNDERMOUNTAIN TO LOVE
There are vast sections of Undermountain, including hidden levels, beyond those described in this book. Halaster seals off portions of the
ulitharid’s true nature, only that an alien intellect has reached out to them for information. Word of these telepathic intrusions has begun to spread throughout the city, gaining traction as more than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the skeletal remains of dwarves and mind flayers.
Long ago, invading mind flayers and temple defenders fought fiercely in this room. Psychic echoes of the battle have drawn an intellect snare (see
appendix A). The intellect snare lurks in an alcove behind the stack of metal chests. It amplifies the psychic echoes in this room to show a scene of a wailing mind flayer atop the table, struck so hard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that all citizens of Elturgard take when they’re old enough to read, swearing to defend Elturel body and soul. The rest of book is filled with signatures, all of which look like they were written by
servant of Torm.
Tome of the Creed Resolute
Tome of the Creed Resolute. The book in Pherria’s possession is titled Tome of the Creed Resolute. Written on the first page of this book is the oath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
beholder gathers (or inherits) inferior creatures that it uses as minions. These creatures help defend the lair and also serve as shock troops if the beholder vacates its lair to prey on the inhabitants
. That’s where the similarity ends. Chapter 3 of this book introduces several new types of beholder-kin. A death kiss is usually the result of a nightmare about blood, such as what a beholder might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
their own interests so long as they place the security and sanctity of the Hosttower and the cabal above all else. When not rallying to defend their home, wizards of the Arcane Brotherhood act like
spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
this room, the gingwatzims defend her. In addition to appearing as swords, these gingwatzims can turn into bats. The journal on Korvala’s desk is a ledger documenting all of Amberdune Books’ sales
attracting too much attention. A gingwatzim isn’t particularly bright, but it obeys the orders of its creator. The ones Korvala creates are instructed to remain in book form, but a gingwatzim must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
existence defies mortal understanding; the being simply is. It could be a primordial force of nature awakened to self-awareness that now inhabits the landscape or an alien intellect that whispers through
other secure gatherings spread across a wide region. Your group knows how to locate these friendly enclaves and can maintain a modest lifestyle in one for no cost. In return, you must defend the