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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
annihilates its body and leaves behind a spectral being composed of fragments from the victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony.
Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that
torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Part 2: Monastery of the Distressed Body The known route of Kwalish’s original expedition ends at the series of tunnels leading into the Barrier Peaks, with no sense of how that long-lost company
DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check, and list the names of individual outlaws that have passed through. They also make reference to something called “the Monastery of the Distressed Body” and its “Grand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
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1 Convince a villain to meet with the angel.
2 Find a loved one a villain believes is dead.
3 Heal the loved one of an evil ruler.
4 Inspire the defenders of a besieged holy site
body disappears, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in Mount Celestia.
Magic Resistance. The planetar has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: “The Storm Breaks.” The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
north gate is on fire! Defenders huddle behind the palisade, not daring to peek over the parapet. Every few seconds, the gate heaves on its hinges as something heavy slams into it from the other side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
demon lord’s true name to the hidden truths of the cosmic order. The allip acquires the secret, but the curse annihilates its body and leaves behind a spectral creature composed of fragments from the
seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary madness. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
opportunity to siphon off the energy of the shadar-kai for themselves by performing their own self-serving ritual, which would impart to them magical powers beyond those of the greatest elven wizards of
become irresistible. It pulled the queen, and all who were under her sway, into the Shadowfell, where she was instantly killed. From her ruined mind and body, the Raven Queen was born. The Creation of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
demon lord’s true name to the hidden truths of the cosmic order. The creature acquires the secret, but the curse annihilates its body and leaves behind a spectral being composed of fragments from the
this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary mental anguish and violent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Rutterkin The rutterkins, a breed of warped demon, roam the Abyss in mobs that constantly search for intruders to surround and devour. Abyssal Defenders. Rutterkins protect the Abyss from non-demons
success. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points while poisoned in this way, it dies and instantly transforms into a living abyssal wretch. The transformation of the body can be undone only by a wish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
defenders. As a bonus action, Y’demi or the spectator can make the kites attack intruders. Damaging an inert kite also activates it, as does attacking the line of entrails that attaches the kite to
its watchtower. When a kite activates, its entrails detach from the watchtower and slither up into the creature’s body. The kite then attacks until destroyed or called off by Y’demi. Each kites uses the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Homunculi A homunculus is a construct servant created for certain tasks. Artificers and wizards are responsible for most of the homunculi in existence. Each kind of homunculus has a body constructed
the form of animals. More creative artificers craft iron defenders in the shape of hybrid animals or other fantastical creatures. Iron Defender
Medium construct, neutral
Armor Class 17 (natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
discovered the secret to becoming a lich. After his transformation, the lich Exethanter took over the temple and turned the skulls of it previous defenders into flameskulls under his command. Exethanter
, whose body and mind have been falling apart. The lich has grown weak and forgetful. He no longer remembers his name or his spells. He knows only that the Dark Powers that created Strahd’s domain were born
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Schnella refused to leave and died fending off Tockworth’s clockwork defenders. Her restless soul lurks in this building, manifesting as a troublesome specter known as a poltergeist (see the “Variant
: Poltergeist” sidebar in the “Specter” entry of the Monster Manual). Characters who disturb the body or spend more than 1 minute in the guildhall anger the poltergeist, which hurls picks and iron spikes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chambers are connected by vertical or steeply sloped tunnels that the beholder carves out of the surrounding stone, each passage barely large enough to admit the beholder’s body. Enemies that are too big
sends its minions to attack or draw out defenders while it flies high overhead and uses its eye rays to subdue the village, targeting leaders and other formidable foes before significant resistance can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the belfry’s conical slate roof where it peaks twenty feet above, with a crenellated battlement running between them.
A human body is sprawled in a depression at the center of the stone floor, its
torso torn open and its heart missing. The base of what was once a metal framework surrounds the depression. Above the body, a large bronze bell engraved with symbols of peace and serenity hangs from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
stands open, its stone slab held ajar by the decaying body of a hobgoblin. A crossbow bolt protrudes from the corpse’s chest.
The corpse is that of an explorer who reached the ziggurat several weeks ago
the body and succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Medicine) check learns the corpse is fresh but bereft of blood. Sleeping Stirges. Four stirges, their bellies engorged with the corpse’s blood, hang asleep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, although Klax is protective of her business arrangement with Jarazoun and turns in the party to the hold’s defenders if the characters seem likely to threaten that arrangement. B7: Harbor At the stronghold’s
passage to access the cells in case the prisoners ever managed to take control of the prison yard. The passage has never seen use, and Brimstone Hold’s other defenders don’t know it exists. The secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Goldenfields is his home, its people his friends. Children like to carve their names and initials into his body and hang from his boughs, and he’s happy with that.
Ideal: “I exist to protect the people and
twenty sling stones.
Roleplaying Information
Zi Liang is a devout worshiper of Chauntea, the Earth Mother. She has considerably less faith in Goldenfields’ defenders, so she patrols the temple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
easily could be mistaken for treasure. If the kobolds’ attitude shifts to Friendly, the kobolds impart the following information in conversation with the characters: Nakari. The copper dragon, Nakari
of the statue: the head, the wings, the body, or the tail. Once all four sections are improved, the kobolds are satisfied, praise the characters’ artistic abilities, and become Friendly. Treasure. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
homelands. Prisoners can impart the following information:
The yakfolk chief is named Kartha-Kaya. He has two wives. The yakfolk can’t be trusted. A giant water wheel turns the millstone (area 3
back to Zalto (taking 20 minutes to reach him). Zalto then places the foundry on alert, meaning that its defenders can’t be surprised. 4. Barn The village has three barns (areas 4A, 4B, and 4C). Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
corpse of a dwarf warrior in plate armor. Bones lie heaped around the altar’s base, and at its foot crouches the desiccated body of an orc in studded leather.
Creatures. The orc champion is now a
Khundrukar, but two members of the previous expedition fell to the undead defenders with valuables in their possession. Under a scattering of bones near the altar can be found a sack that holds 280 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
creature moves within 10 feet of the pillar, the creature feels its body soften. Whenever a creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the pillar, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving
characters close to the walls and the magic mirrors, hoping to summon the deadly defenders of this area. Cursed Mirrors. Cursed mirrors are on all the walls except those within 5 feet of the exit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the tomb. What Uma Knows. In addition to the history of Bakar (detailed in this adventure’s background), Uma can impart the following information: Amun Sa’s Ghost. Twelve days ago, Uma traveled to the
reverently covers each body, and a single, unlit candle rests before them. The bodies are former adventurers and friends of Uma (see area P47), who dragged her comrades’ bodies here to give them a proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
; the ability to hear the call is a rare gift. Depending on Corellon’s need, the god might call a few dozen or several thousand elves to gather, each elf returning to Corellon’s body temporarily for
. They say Sehanine was formed from the first drop of blood spilled from Corellon’s body, and so she reminds Corellon that even as a divine being, he can be harmed. Sehanine’s priests often seek her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Dexterity check to help the modron open and override the engine. Within the coffin is the jellified remains of a former kenku high priest of Daoine Gloine. Her undead body now powers the kraken, though she
. Her jellified undead body is slopped around an ornamental helmet and shackles. (These devices were once used to safely contain the medusa. See area O4.) A thin silver wire connects the helmet and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
them out) charred skeletons litter the chambers. One dwarf skeleton is more recent than the others (the body has been dead for three years) and not charred; it lies near the base of the steps, in a
forge, three in each chamber. They are all that’s left of the mine’s dwarven defenders. The first character to enter either chamber is attacked by the specters in that chamber, and those from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
offense gets more successes than the team on defense, one player on offense can try either to hurl the ball between the metal tines of an electrified mast, hoping to impart an electrical charge to the ball
, the protective wards surrounding the tower unraveled, and one of the tomb tappers seized the opportunity to kill the anvil’s creator, High Abjurer Taruth. The wizard’s mauled body lies in this chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
area 1. Development. If the gong in area 1 has not been rung and the fight at the entrance is going badly for the defenders, one of the sahuagin tries to flee to area 12 to summon reinforcements. It
remembers that concealing the door required great skill. He describes where the room is and how to access it. Healing Elmo. Elmo’s body and spirit have suffered terribly. Spells, potions, and medicine ease
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Umberto to impart basic history about Vecna and Kas as described in the introduction. Learning about Umberto’s secret research topic counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules
commands the nothic to enter melee while he fights from a distance, summoning Undead defenders if the nothic falls. Jerot fears exposure more than anything else and thus fights to the death. Jerot’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
great peninsula of Aglarond juts out into the Inner Sea, and that body of water and the forests of the Yuirwood define much of the nation’s character. A realm of humans living in harmony with their elf
is inextricably linked to Cormyr. A strong realm bolstered by its loyal army (the Purple Dragons), a cadre of magical defenders and investigators (the War Wizards), and numerous wealthy and influential
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of sacred gemstones, but the mind flayers took the gems when they vanquished this place’s defenders. The basin is now empty. West Room. Attendants here dressed and armored the prepared corpses. The
gnome’s body, and he’s now hovering on death’s door. Weakened and scared, Rivibiddel retreated here. Halfway There. He has copied the entirety of He of the Hidden Gemstone, but the last half of his copy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and tales. High Marshal Methrammar Aerasumé, the city’s lord, resides in a tall, slender palace on the east side of the city and commands Silverymoon’s knight-defenders. The city’s magical defenses
, the ghost uses the host body to attack other trespassers. If the ghost drops to 0 hit points, it vanishes with a furious scream. In the round after the ghost is defeated, on what would be its