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Spore Servant Octopus

Monsters Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

"} bludgeoning damage.Spore servants are dead creatures reanimated by the magical spores of a myconid leader. The final act of the myconid leader in Seagrow Caves before lapsing into its current comatose state

was creating a spore servant from a dead giant octopus to protect the caves while the leader could not. Unlike a living octopus, this guardian has only basic control over its tentacles. Rather than coiling around intruders to immobilize them, the spore servant simply bludgeons them.

Jammer Leech

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"spores"} spores every month. Some of these spores might join their parents on the hull of the ship, while others float off, waiting to attach themselves to

defensive measure. If the crew of a ship becomes aware of leeches that have become attached, it’s customary for them to try to scrape the leeches off the hull rather than attack them with weapons

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

or uses its action to end it. Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 60-foot cone

be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Commanding Spores. The dragon releases spores around a

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

hit points or uses its action to end it. Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 90

action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Commanding Spores. The dragon releases spores

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 22 (4d10

in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

cloud of spores in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage

nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind. Deep dragons&rsquo

Across the Fungal Fields

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Across the Fungal Fields Once the characters receive Basidia’s spores and overcome Juiblex’s black pudding spies, they should set out at once for the depths of Araumycos as the rapport takes hold

colors of fungi transform the caverns you pass through into softly glowing meadows. The floor is spongy, and the myconid spores are making you start to feel drowsy — at least, you hope that’s what’s

Circle of Spores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

those spores, rather than transforming into a beast form, and you gain 4 temporary hit points for each level you have in this class. While this feature is active, you gain the following benefits

Circle of Spores I’m an avid collector of spores, molds, and fungi—my most prized find being a sapiens zuggtmata from the depths of Mount Zogon. I wouldn’t want it steering a corpse around and

Spore Servant Octopus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Spore Servant Octopus Spore servants are dead creatures reanimated by the magical spores of a myconid leader. The final act of the myconid leader in Seagrow Caves before lapsing into its current

. Rather than coiling around intruders to immobilize them, the spore servant simply bludgeons them. Spore Servant Octopus Large Plant, Unaligned Armor Class 11 Hit Points 52 (8d10 + 8) Speed 5 ft

5. Garden of Welcome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

mouth. It can use this orifice to actually speak, rather than depending on rapport spores. It no longer attends melds with the other leaders, instead sending its representative. Garden of Horror As

myconids touched by Zuggtmoy. These myconids share Phylo’s vision of happiness spread through Zuggtmoy’s spores, experimenting on the carcasses brought to them by the hunters — or on live prisoners they

Jammer Leech

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

and a spiked tentacle protruding from just below the eye, which it uses to defend itself. A mated pair of leeches produces 1d6 spores every month. Some of these spores might join their parents on the

the leeches off the hull rather than attack them with weapons. Killing a leech while it is attached to the ship is dangerous, because the trauma of its death can be felt by the ship’s spelljammer

Wedding Rehearsal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

toadstool rose, From chaos dark, her love She shows. Wish! Yearn! Laugh! The Lady will be wed! Crave! Hunger! Dance! Her joyous spores will spread! Youth is gone, beauty rots, Araumycos and

way to Yestabrod’s garden, attacking only if the characters stand in their way. Any character reduced to 0 hit points in this encounter is knocked unconscious rather than killed. If all the characters

Xanthoria's Defeat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

. Convincing Thunderwing to give up her life should be handled through roleplaying rather than ability checks, although you can require the characters to succeed on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) group

longer utter the word “Xanthoria” as they lose their mycelial connection to the lichen lich. Moreover, their spores are no longer contagious.

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Random Encounters As the characters travel toward Araumycos, use the Creature Encounters table in this section rather than the Creature Encounters table in chapter 2. Once the characters enter

exits, requiring the characters to hack or blast their way through (or find a route around). d6 Fungi 1 1d6 gas spores 2 1d6 violet fungi 3–4 3d6 edible fungi (choose from the varieties in “Fungi

Geographic Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

. Mushrooms and other fungi sprout everywhere. A thick cloud of spores fills the air and blots out the sun, allowing the unnatural growths to flourish. Abyssal Incursion. The Drowned Forest is the site of an

ongoing Abyssal assault. Years ago, a group of cultists dedicated to Zuggtmoy shambled into the forest. They had long ago succumbed to the fungal spores that made them into thralls, and Zuggtmoy had a

Firenewts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

developing. Firenewts delve for sources of heat in the earth, such as boiling mud and hot springs, that make ideal places to settle. Through excavation and mining in the area, they fashion living space

muster for war, rather than merely staging occasional raids, they take no prisoners. Their goal is nothing less than the annihilation of their foes — and they reserve their greatest animosity for

Astral Plane

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

by physical eyes, their colors are understood rather than seen.) Traveling to another plane requires locating a color pool that leads to the desired plane. These gateways can be identified by color

comes into view—often millions of miles away—along with colorful gas clouds, planets, moons, and other cosmic bodies. A Wildspace system teems with space-dwelling life-forms, including spores

Beholder Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

the beholder’s favorite pieces of sculpture. Vestibule Beyond the lair entrance lies the vestibule. Rather than being sculpted with tools or eye rays, the entrance and the vestibule are left in their

, water, sand, garbage, green slime, petrified enemies, poison gas, swarms of centipedes, zombies, or any other sort of hazardous material or creatures. Gas Spores. One form of gas spore trap is

Recurring Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

). Organizations as Villains. Rather than use an individual as a recurring villain, you could think in terms of the organization the villain belongs to or represents. For example, low-level adventurers

such a villain compelling, with curiosity driving the adventurers to delve ever deeper into their foe’s secrets. When the time is right, you can turn a mysterious villain into an unnervingly familiar

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

intruders from this point. If the characters battle the wood woads in this area rather than outside the cave, the druids in area C3 free the owlbears in area C2, then arrive as backup at the end of

green dust. This dust is made of tiny, hallucinogenic spores created by moss in the chamber. A detect magic spell reveals that the moss and spores radiate auras of enchantment magic. Whenever a

Tier 1 Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

any of the silver circlets causes the mold to discharge spores. A character who dons a circlet activates a phantasm—a training exercise for the githyanki exiles. The character observes a Mind Flayer and

monsters fight characters wearing circlets. Their damaging actions deal Psychic damage rather than the type the creatures depicted would normally deal, but they are otherwise fully real as far as the

Bathhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

(see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) clings to the back of the tapestry and releases its deadly spores if the tapestry is disturbed. D9. The Dead Three Doors This chamber is empty but not

noble is lying. His mother is dead, his patriar father is ailing, and his three younger siblings crave their inheritance, which they would rather split three ways than four. The trading coster that

Ziggurat Locations, Tiers 1–3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

creature that ends its turn in the room takes 1 poison damage. Creatures reduced to 0 hit points by the gas have the unconscious condition but are stable rather than dying. If all characters succumb

characters out rather than kill them, leaving their judgment to Kanadius. Treasure. Three maces rest against a weapons rack on the west wall. This room also contains enough food and water to sustain ten

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

corpse’s neck. The corpse conceals a patch of yellow mold. If touched, the corpse slumps forward, causing the mold to eject its spores. A character who examines the corpse and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom

little of value to the creatures aboard the ship. As a result, it hasn’t been looted and is in relatively good condition. Kiosks. Rather than traveling the stars with thousands of hefty books

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