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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of the earth and begins scavenging Humanoid corpses from battlefields and graveyards. Using its fibrous tentacles, it stuffs the remains into its body to sustain and repair itself. The plant has a
malevolent bent and despises the living.
With or without corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes a stench of decay that can overwhelm the senses of nearby creatures, causing them to become
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
damage, and the barkburr attaches to the target. While the barkburr is attached, it canât make Poison Barb attacks, and the target has the restrained condition as its body begins to transform into
of bark and wood indistinguishable from ordinary tree burls. Barkburrs often act in defense of a grove or forest.
Some barkburrs cling to the trees from which they sprouted, while others slowly wander
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Unarmored Defense. While Jade Tigress is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, her AC includes her Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Jade Tigress makes three attacks.
Force Strike. Melee Weapon Attack
âs small enough to hold in one hand and Jade Tigress has a hand free.Jade Tigress is a powerfully built woman whose body has been honed by intense physical training. She is rugged in appearance
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Unarmed Strikes. Hlam's unarmed strikes are magical.
Unarmored Defense. While Hlam is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Hlam attacks three times
);{"diceNotation":"10d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Quivering Palm","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Wholeness of Body (Recharges after a Long Rest). Hlam regains 60 hit points.Deflect
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
addition, Arastaâs children immediately swarm over her body to protect her, granting her 100 temporary hit points.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Arasta fails a saving throw, she can choose to
within her hair, and sacrificing themselves in her defense if they must.
See âMyths of Nyleaâ in chapter 2 for more details on the tragedy of Arasta.
Arasta as a Mythic Encounter
Arasta
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Defense of Body and Mind. While you are Bloodied, you have Resistance to every damage type except Force.
Species
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
changed your body, making you reliant on others for vital fluids.
Dhampirs in the Domains of Dread
When creating a dhampir, ask your DM if it makes sense for your character to have ties to
, but dread what would happen if others in your insular community found out.
Darkon. The Kargat, this shattered domainâs secret police, supposedly know the secret of immortality. Perhaps you
Aarakocra
Legacy
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaosâs monstrous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider.
When plunged into Miskaâs body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its
pieces across the multiverse. Recovering the pieces means gaining honor and esteem in the eyes of the vaati who forged it and could possibly restore a powerful weapon for defense against the agents of
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
heart, consuming it and killing the host unless they are quickly destroyed. After gorging themselves on the host's body over several days, the maggots emerge as juvenile assassin bugs, ready to
continue their horrid life cycle.
An Unnatural Plague. Whole settlements along the frontier have been wiped out by plagues of assassin bugs. Without a quickly organized defense, even a single bug can
Hobgoblin
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
they displease Maglubiyet, but the few priests among them do tend small shrines and interpret the body of legends about their gods. Nomog-Geayaâs priests always wield his favored weapons, a
a powerful magic item), by fine performances (writing and performing a great ballad about the legion), by designing and constructing a great defense or monument, and through other means. But the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 6: Blingdenstone Blingdenstone, once called the City of Speaking Stones, is a deep gnome settlement founded more than two millennia ago. The deep gnomes, insular and secretive by nature, care
caverns. Perceiving the threat the drow represented to all the peoples of the Underdark, the deep gnomes abandoned their isolation when they came to the defense of the dwarves of Mithral Hall, defeating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Proficiency
Bonus
Martial
Arts
Ki
Points
Unarmored
Movement
Features
1st
+2
1d4
â
â
Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts
2nd
+2
1d4
2
+10 ft.
Ki, Unarmored Movement
9th
+4
1d6
9
+15 ft.
Unarmored Movement Improvement
10th
+4
1d6
10
+20 ft.
Purity of Body
11th
+4
1d8
11
+20 ft.
Monastic Tradition Feature
12th
+4
1d8
12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
1d10 16 +25 ft. 17 +6 Subclass feature 1d12 17 +25 ft. 18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft. 19 +6 Epic Boon 1d12 19 +30 ft. 20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft. Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of
Bonus Class Features Martial Arts Focus Points Unarmored Movement 1 +2 Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense 1d6 â â 2 +2 Monkâs Focus, Unarmored Movement, Uncanny Metabolism 1d6 2 +10 ft. 3 +2 Deflect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
1d10 16 +25 ft. 17 +6 Subclass feature 1d12 17 +25 ft. 18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft. 19 +6 Epic Boon 1d12 19 +30 ft. 20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft. Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of
Bonus Class Features Martial Arts Focus Points Unarmored Movement 1 +2 Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense 1d6 â â 2 +2 Monkâs Focus, Unarmored Movement, Uncanny Metabolism 1d6 2 +10 ft. 3 +2 Deflect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Movement
Features
1st
+2
1d4
â
â
Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts
2nd
+2
1d4
2
+10 ft.
Ki, Unarmored Movement
3rd
+2
1d4
3
+10 ft.
Monastic Tradition, Deflect
Improvement
10th
+4
1d6
10
+20 ft.
Purity of Body
11th
+4
1d8
11
+20 ft.
Monastic Tradition Feature
12th
+4
1d8
12
+20 ft.
Ability Score Improvement
13th
+5
1d8
13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Griffon Cavalry Waterdeep doesnât have the fabled flying ships of Halruaa, but it does deploy an aerial defense force. Brave warriors of the City Guard light out from the Peaktop Aerie atop Mount
they regain their saddles. Working in concert with one another in this fashion, members of the Griffon Cavalry can rapidly eliminate any threat to the city â and even catch the body of the offender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
into its body and feeds on carrion to repair itself. The plant has a malevolent bent and despises the living. Horrible Odor. With or without humanoid corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes
a stench of decay that can overwhelm the senses of nearby creatures, causing them to become nauseated. The stench, which serves as a defense mechanism, fades 2d4 days after the corpse flower dies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
beacon of Argynvostholt (see area Q53) has been lit, the corpse is lifeless, and characters can plunder it freely (see âTreasureâ below). If the beacon has not been lit, the body is serving as a host for
perished defending this land from evil over four centuries ago, and because of my failure, I am forever doomed. If you destroy this body, my spirit will find a new corpse to inhabit, and I will hunt you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
remains into its body to sustain and repair itself. The plant has a malevolent bent and despises the living. With or without corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes a stench of decay that
can overwhelm the senses of nearby creatures, causing them to become nauseated. The stench, which serves as a defense mechanism, fades 2d4 days after the corpse flower dies. Corpse Flower
Large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Slayer Magic, Hunterâs Sense, Slayerâs Prey 7th Supernatural Defense 11th Magic-Userâs Nemesis 15th Slayerâs Counter Monster Slayer Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn an additional spell when you
a weapon attack, it takes an extra 1d6 damage from the weapon. This benefit lasts until you finish a short or long rest. It ends early if you designate a different creature. Supernatural Defense At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Find and punish an unknown perpetrator who killed a unicorn, cut off its horn, and left its body to rot, and retrieve the horn.
5 Hunt a dangerous creature for a sacred feast.
6 Defeat a
champion of another god (most likely Karametra, Heliod, or Ephara).
A Nylea Campaign A campaign in which the player characters are champions of Nylea will feature great feats of heroism in defense of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
mercy of the predators they had honored â but they are one of the most potent gatherings of mages anywhere in the North. The Harpells are a jovial, if insular, lot. All wizards, they tend to marry
, using them for menial tasks and for basic defense of Longsaddle. Some apprentices are often the inadvertent test subjects for an experimental spell, but such is the danger of apprenticing to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
underwater for some time before needing to come up for air. Natural Armor. Due to your shell and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your shell provides ample protection
. Shell Defense. You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to AC, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
Tests. Face hardships with courage, and encourage your allies to face them with you.
Hone the Body. Like raw stone, your body must be worked so its potential can be realized.
Discipline the Soul
their turn within 5 feet of you increases by 10 feet until the end of that turn. When you reach 18th level in this class, the range of the aura increases to 10 feet. Glorious Defense 15th-level Oath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, instead converting ruins, cavern complexes, and defeated foesâ villages into fortified camps and strongholds. Orcs build only for defense, making no innovation or improvement to their lairs beyond
mounting the severed body parts of their victims on spiked stockade walls or pikes jutting up from moats and trenches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
indistinguishable from ordinary tree burls. Barkburrs often act in defense of a grove or forest. Some barkburrs cling to the trees from which they sprouted, while others slowly wander until they encounter
has the restrained condition as its body begins to transform into wood.
An attached barkburr can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement on its turn. A creature that can reach the barkburr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
through the darkness. Camouflaged Lurkers. Like a stingray, a cloakerâs body is composed of cartilage and muscle. With its tail and fins unfurled, it flies through darkness and lurks among the shadows
, enveloping and devouring their victims. While it feeds, a cloaker uses its swift, whiplike tail for defense, although it rarely takes a stand against dangerous foes or groups of creatures. As an added
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Solar Angelic Protector of the Multiverse Habitat: Planar (Upper Planes); Treasure: Any Solars stand as the final line of defense between unspeakable evils and the order of the multiverse. They are
All; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 21 (XP 33,000; PB +7)
Traits
Divine Awareness. The solar knows if it hears a lie.
Exalted Restoration. If the solar dies outside Mount Celestia, its body disappears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
known by glorious deeds, not words. Challenges Are but Tests. Face hardships with courage, and encourage your allies to face them with you. Hone the Body. Like raw stone, your body must be worked so its
class, the range of the aura increases to 10 feet. Glorious Defense 15th-level Oath of Glory feature You can turn defense into a sudden strike. When you or another creature you can see within 10 feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
E6: Passenger Car A mind flayer in a beige coat kneels beside a body in the aisle of this passenger car. Three curious onlookersâa cambion, a drow, and bronze dwarf with flames for hairâpoke their
. Ignatius has already determined that Quintus was killed while walking to his cabin from one of the Passenger Carâs two privies. The aasimarâs body lies outside the door to the middle cabin, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
horrible ritual to become a powerful yuan-ti malison â retaining his human head and torso and gaining a serpentine lower body. With Ubtao gone from the world, Ras Nsi and his new yuan-ti followers began
anyone to save myself.â
Ras Nsi
Medium monstrosity (shapechanger, yuan-ti), neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (bracers of defense)
Hit Points 127 (17d8 + 51) reduced to 107; subtract 1 for each day that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
enough to accommodate the dragonâs body, and they typically loop around and reconnect with themselves so the dragon can double back without having to reverse direction. Map 5.6: copper dragon lair
dragon often sleeps in the adjoining chamber, acting as a final line of defense against intruders. Additional Lair Actions At your discretion, a legendary (adult or ancient) copper dragon can use one or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, highlighting the diversity of the student body. Suggested Characteristics. With the collegeâs intense standards looming over them, Silverquill students range from cocky and cutthroat to overwhelmed
way to succeed. 4 Iâve mastered the art of using humor as a defense, and I always have a charming joke ready. 5 I always wait before speaking, analyzing the situation for whichever angle is most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
colony
Defense: Spore servants and awakened zurkhwoods
Commerce: None
Organizations: Seven myconid circles; Zuggtmoyâs servants
Myconids have lived in Neverlight Grove for untold generations
at the end of every 24 hours, ending the infection on a success. On a failure, the infected creatureâs body is slowly taken over by fungal growth, and after three such failed saves, the creature dies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
flesh golems in area 23c form Wormriddleâs first line of defense. If theyâre defeated, the hag seeks out the headmaster, who directs the hag to round up the students and form a posse to hunt down and
Karstis. The doll on the floor represents Yarek, the student recently killed by the bone devil in area 48. Each doll incorporates bits of the studentâs hair or some other sample from its body (foul