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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in
grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on a single foe, they become frenzied and even more lethal.
Kruthiks abide the presence of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
series of hisses and chittering noises. These sounds can often be heard in advance of a kruthik attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone
carrion, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill enemies by impaling them on their spiked limbs, then grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
sounds can often be heard in advance of a kruthik attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to
enemies by impaling them on their spiked limbs, then grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on a single foe, they become frenzied and even
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
leaving nothing behind but bones, gristle, and the victim’s blood-spattered belongings.
Gnoll vampires are indiscriminate feeders that prefer the flesh and blood of humanoids, including other
-li was a fang of Yeenoghu, a powerful gnoll whose pack invaded Icewind Dale more than a century ago. When the gnolls’ wanton slaughter of reindeer herds threatened the survival of the Reghed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
here. These mates attack anyone they don’t recognize, defending their young in area 14b. Gnawed bones cover the den’s floor. 14b. Young Cave Bears Two cave bear cubs (use the black bear statistics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. These sounds can often be heard in advance of a kruthik attack. Whenever their lair is invaded, kruthik guards send out an alarm by rapidly tapping the stone floor with their sharp legs. Sharp Senses
, kruthiks prefer live prey. They kill enemies by impaling them on their spiked limbs, then grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on a single
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and breaks into 1d4 + 1 pieces that must be magically mended before the staff can be used again. 39c. Mornhyld’s Bones Bones. A dwarven skull and twelve rotted bones swirl gently around each other in
midair in the middle of the room.
Debris. On the floor beneath where the bones are circling lies a shattered stone coffer.
Niche. Carved into the west wall is an empty niche. (The coffer once
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order.
All Are Fighters
Most of the orcs that stay behind when the
corpse’s ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and then bury or burn them.
Three ravens is always a good sign.
It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep.
Gnome bones can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
skull is destroyed and later rejuvenates (see the flameskull’s Rejuvenation trait), it resumes electrifying the floor and defending the room, with or without the golem. Flesh Golem. The flesh golem has
, waiting to attack. This room contains the remains of a mining operation. Pickaxes and hammers litter the floor, as do the gnawed bones, torn black robes, and rubber boots of a female half-elf wizard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Northeast Tower This tower has a male drow mage named Ulvir Barrek’zorn on the roof and eight male drow inside. In addition to defending the tower, these drow are responsible for quelling uprisings in
, and Tasha’s hideous laughter. 18c. Northwest Tower This tower has a male drow mage named Vrebbeth Imphiz’zal on the roof and eight male drow inside. In addition to defending the tower, these drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
leaving nothing behind but bones, gristle, and the victim’s blood-spattered belongings. Gnoll vampires are indiscriminate feeders that prefer the flesh and blood of humanoids, including other gnolls
gnoll whose pack invaded Icewind Dale more than a century ago. When the gnolls’ wanton slaughter of reindeer herds threatened the survival of the Reghed tribes, the tribes banded together against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
dutiful and dangerous grung warrior, dedicated to his king. Roark thinks all this goddess-summoning nonsense is distracting from the real issue at hand: defending Dungrunglung from the undead. Secretly
, Roark’s loyalty is to the tribe first and Groak second, but Roark is dutifully abiding the king’s obsession for now. He is suspicious of adventurers yet open to help in defending his village from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
assaulting the walls of Caerdoon, and their moss-covered bones rest at the bottom of the fortress’s moat. Shield of the Fallen. When a creature not approved by Murgaxor moves within 10 feet of the moat, a
side? “He has achieved mastery over life and death. There is no better lord to command this ruined fortress.” What do you know about the ruined fortress? “We died defending it, and we defend it still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
littered with broken bones. Near the back wall lies a busted skeleton with a horned bovine head splintered with cracks. Two leather sacks brimming with gold rest near the skeleton.
The skeleton is that of
characters comply, the pechs become curious and willing to chat. Otherwise, they resume their work, defending themselves if necessary. In conversation, the pechs warn the characters about the clay golem in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
lashed to the bones, creating a makeshift staircase. Several odd backpacks lie in a pile on the floor at the foot of the stairs.
The vertical tunnel leads to area A20 of the Temple of Howling Hatred
Dethek script on the lid of the sarcophagus, followed by the Dwarvish phrase, “Bow your head, and remember valor.” The crypt contains Hendrel’s bones, interred here as a warning to Besilmer’s enemies. His
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
minds.
14. Unfinished Guest Room Dark green tiles cover the floor and ceiling of this room, forming an incomplete mosaic that depicts sahuagin warriors defending an underwater city from a tentacled
air is distinctly colder than outside. This room contains no furniture, but around the walls hang various carcasses. Some spare hooks attached to the wall are unoccupied. White bones lie heaped in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
water’s surface is 40 feet below the tunnel’s exit. L5: Littered Cave This small cave is littered with broken bones. Near the back wall lies a busted skeleton with a horned bovine head splintered with
, defending themselves if necessary. In conversation, the pechs warn the characters about the clay golem in the slate chamber (area L3). Characters can improve the pechs’ attitude toward them by offering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and area P7, but not further. Each sarcophagus contains the brittle bones of a dwarf. As the mind flayers never bypassed the clay golem guardian and these sarcophagi are farthest from the obelisk
took over a significant portion of the Underdark, including Talhundereth. They must have invaded the crypt because there are so many restless Undead and haunts. Rivibiddel adds, sadly, that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
“Knight Sarlamir’s Curse” at the start of this section, along with the following information: When Jandin returned Sarlamir’s body to Kalaman, she twisted the truth, reporting Sarlamir died defending
character who tries to attune to the item and succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check discovers that the spearhead is magical but that divine power has rendered its magic inert. The other tombs in this room are empty except for bones and rusty armor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Perception) check. Old stone bunks in orderly rows line the walls of this chamber, and a corroded iron brazier full of cold coals stands near the middle of the room. The bones of a half-dozen dwarves
and larger bandits lie strewn about, still clad in scraps of armor. Three gray, hunched figures squat among the remains, pawing at the scraps and gnawing on the bones.
Three ghouls from the pack in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
pit, taking 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage from the fall and landing with the prone condition on a pile of brittle bones. B52: Abandoned Clerical Quarters This damp room’s interior shimmers faintly, as if
flesh clinging to its bones. The room is otherwise empty. B53: Priests’ Quarters This lived-in room contains three bunk beds and a chest at the foot of each bed. On one bed lies an elf man in bright
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Characters who dig up the grave find the skeletal remains of a human clad in rusted chain mail (a soldier). Among the bones lie corroded weapons. If the grave isn’t intact, it has been violated. The
characters find a shallow, mud-filled hole with dirt or rocks strewn around it and a few scattered bones within. Hidden Bundle This encounter occurs only if the characters are traveling; otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
died defending it have either been buried by the second wave of templars (now at Camp Vengeance) or dragged away by jungle scavengers. When characters arrive, the camp is being watched by a party of
creature that succeeds on the save takes half damage and is not pushed. 6E. Treasury The floor of this dusty, 40-foot-high, 20-foot-wide chamber is littered with dinosaur bones. Webs stretch from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with a steady geyser. This pool came to be known as Beorunna’s Well. Uthgardt exploring the cavern for the first time found what they thought were Beorunna’s bones, which actually belonged to a half-ogre
. Uthgar’s followers buried the half-ogre’s bones alongside a relic stolen from their enemies, the giants, and built an altar upon the burial site. When the Uthgardt call upon Uthgar for guidance or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
drawbridge is down, and the portcullis is up. Read or paraphrase the following if the characters get close enough to see into the moat: The bottom of the dry moat is littered with bones as well as complete
being surprised by the behir when it attacks. The behir fights to the death, defending its hunting grounds. 13: Library Three phase spiders lair in this room and attack any creature that enters. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daelkyr The daelkyr are the lords of madness and the emissaries of Xoriat, who invaded Eberron with a host of mind flayers, beholders, and other foul aberrations. Wherever they walked, the daelkyr
Palace of Sinew, a horrid site shaped from the leftover flesh and bones of the daelkyr’s sculpting. The walls of the palace undulate as air flows through them, as if the space were breathing. Lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
) watches over the palace. He has been feeding the fomorian in the banquet hall ever since she invaded the palace three days ago. Although it doesn’t know how Zybilna and her palace came to be frozen
from the owl. The wall across from the double door has a twenty-foot-wide, circular opening sealed with hinged, semicircular windows in wrought-iron frames. The marble floor is littered with the bones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
destroyed. These corpses are the remains of wizards who invaded the Briny Maze a few months ago to steal Ilvaash’s secrets. A wandering encephalon cluster (see area B12) shrugged off the wizards’ spells. The
might wander even farther within the Briny Maze. B13: Past Feeding Shreds of flesh and broken bones are scattered around this room. An enormous double door made of the same spongy material as the rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
contains a museum to the history of Baldur’s Gate and a mausoleum for its many dukes and heroes. Statues of ancient notables, including Balduran himself, loom over caskets containing their dusty bones — or
waving this donation for those who suffer grievous wounds in the course of defending other. This leads to all manner of unlikely stories being told at the Watchful Shield’s gates, explaining how roughed-up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a museum to the history of Baldur’s Gate and a mausoleum for its many dukes and heroes. Statues of ancient notables, including Balduran himself, loom over caskets containing their dusty bones — or
waving this donation for those who suffer grievous wounds in the course of defending other. This leads to all manner of unlikely stories being told at the Watchful Shield’s gates, explaining how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
is seen from ground level. Buried under the cairns are the bones of the Elk tribe’s greatest warriors. On the higher ground of the ring outside the basin, placed outward from the altar along the
have invaded ancient dwarven vaults and throne halls and turned these chambers into their lairs. Frost Hills The southernmost spur of the Spine of the World, the Frost Hills combine with the Evermoors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever mechanisms and cleverer magic. Mike Schley The Seatower of Balduran In addition to defending the city, the Seatower also serves as the local
rats flood in to eat the flesh, leaving (mostly) clean bones to be interred in the attached ossuary by Ilmater’s faithful. While a somewhat ignoble end, it’s often the only holy-ground burial the city’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
mechanisms and cleverer magic. In addition to defending the city, the Seatower also serves as the local prison of Baldur’s Gate. Three levels of dungeons extend beneath it, the lower two below sea level
tomb, where hordes of sewer rats flood in to eat the flesh, leaving (mostly) clean bones to be interred in the attached ossuary by Ilmater’s faithful. While a somewhat ignoble end, it’s often the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
littered with the acid-pitted bones of previous victims and the fly-ridden carcasses of fresh kills, watched over by crumbling statues. Centipedes, scorpions, and snakes infest the lair, which is filled
deadly sinkholes that are the dragon’s first line of defense.
A blue dragon will collapse the caverns that make up its lair if that lair is invaded. The dragon then burrows out, leaving its






