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Dao Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Earth Glide. The dao can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the dao doesn’t disturb the material it moves through. Elemental Demise. If the dao dies, its body

disintegrates into crystalline powder, leaving behind only equipment the dao was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The dao’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14

Efreeti Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Elemental Demise. If the efreeti dies, its body disintegrates in a flash of fire and puff of smoke, leaving behind only equipment the efreeti was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The

Marid Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Amphibious. The marid can breathe air and water. Elemental Demise. If the marid dies, its body disintegrates into a burst of water and foam, leaving behind only equipment the marid was wearing or

Djinni Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Elemental Demise. If the djinni dies, its body disintegrates into a warm breeze, leaving behind only equipment the djinni was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The djinni’s innate

Sion

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

darkvision. Shadowy Demise. If Sion dies, his body melts into shadow, leaving behind only equipment he was wearing or carrying. Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, Sion has disadvantage on attack rolls

Vanifer

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Funeral Pyre. When Vanifer drops to 0 hit points, her body is consumed in a flash of fire and smoke. Anything she was wearing or carrying is left behind among ashes. Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If

): counterspell, fireball, hypnotic pattern 4th level (3 slots): wall of fire 5th level (2 slots): dominate personMultiattack. Vanifer makes two attacks. Tinderstrike. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +9

Drow Favored Consort

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, message 3/day each: dimension door, fireball, invisibility 1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)Protective Shield (3/Day). When the drow or a creature within 10 feet of it is hit by

. Combining the roles of advisor, protector, and beloved, some favored consorts are content with a supporting role, while more ambitious consorts aspire to be the power behind the throne—or even to

Dzaan

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

* 2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, levitate, phantasmal force 3rd level (3 slots): fireball, sending, slow 4th level (3 slots): arcane eye, confusion 5th level (1 slot): animate objects *See

. Dzaan’s Demise. Dzaan’s trouble started after he broke away from his fellow wizards and hired adventurers to scour Icewind Dale for Netherese ruins. One group of them uncovered a buried

Endelyn Moongrave

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

deal. Endelyn’s obsession with tragedy and hopelessness extends to her own life; she has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device

, part mechanical theater, the outfit makes her look frighteningly tall; without it, she is a hunched and withered bag of bones. She shrouds her wrinkled features behind a gauzy “theater curtain

Doomsday Cookie

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.” 7 “Look behind you.” 8 “Getting ahead of yourself may separate you both.” 9 “What a fine meal.” 10 “Nature knows no morality

.” 11 “The crushing weight of the world is too much.” 12 “Your demise is met with revelry, gnashing jaws, and gluttony.” 13 “Beware the viridian, in

Zargon the Returner

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

can’t be targeted by divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors. Slimy Demise. When Zargon dies, its body dissolves into foul slime, leaving only its horn behind. Zargon re

-forms in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Slimy Demise"} days, regrowing from the horn. The horn is immune to all damage and can be destroyed only by submerging it in a

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, shield, silent image 2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, cloud of daggers, darkvision, knock 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, dispel magic, fireball 4th level (3 slots): confusion, hallucinatory

temporary hit points per level of the slot.Halaster, the Mad Mage of Undermountain, is the deranged individual behind most of the traps and horrors found in the great dungeon under Waterdeep

Lady Illmarrow

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

effects. Rejuvenation. Illmarrow’s body turns to dust when she drops to 0 hit points, and her equipment is left behind. She gains a new body after 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll

missile, shield, sleep 2nd level (3 slots): blur, detect thoughts, mirror image 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, fireball, fly, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): blight, confusion

Rahadin's Revenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Rahadin’s Revenge If Strahd dies but Rahadin yet lives, the dusk elf chamberlain appears moments after Strahd’s demise. When that occurs, read: “Master!” says a voice from behind you. An elf with

What Renaer Knows

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

What Renaer Knows At some point during their investigation, the characters might want to speak to Renaer Neverember about the fireball, given his own recent brush with the Zhentarim. Conversely, he

have gone into hiding in the wake of the gnome’s sudden demise. If the characters tell Renaer that Fala Lefaliir saw a man fleeing Trollskull Alley (see “Eyewitnesses”), Renaer reaches out to his

Sergei and Ireena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Strahd’s demise, the characters feel drawn to Castle Ravenloft’s overlook (area K6), and there they witness the following scene. Thick clouds fill the sky. Through the chilly morning mists, the land

of Barovia is visible far below. There is peacefulness here. Rest has come to the valley for the first time anyone can remember. A light flashes behind you. Wheeling around, you see a stately man—a

Helmed Horror

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Helmed Horror This construct possesses intelligence, the ability to reason and adjust its tactics, and an unswerving devotion to its maker that persists even after its maker’s demise. Resembling an

immune to three spells chosen by its creator. Typical immunities include fireball, heat metal, and lightning bolt. Actions Multiattack. The helmed horror makes two longsword attacks. Longsword

9. Boss Hark's Cave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

). Hark has collected all the weapons and shields belonging to the captured villagers and stashed the equipment in a western alcove behind rocks. Characters who search the cache find nine spears, five

needs the new lock for his treasure chest in area 8. Kill the Blob (see area 3). If the characters provide Hark with proof of the black pudding’s demise, he releases all the villagers into their custody.

8. Student Dormitories

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

was the student responsible for releasing the bone devil in area 47. His room hasn’t been cleaned out since his demise. After Yarek died, the Horned Sisters picked through his footlocker and took

anything they considered valuable. They left behind a crystal wand (an arcane focus worth 10 gp), a set of fine clothes, and a small, autographed painting of a suave, dark-haired human wizard with a dove perched on his shoulder. The picture is inscribed, “Yarek — Have a magical day! Your friend, Jim.”

X5. Temple of Lost Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

darkness that envelops the statue’s face and head. Once the arcanaloth begins casting spells, the three flameskulls in area X17 take up positions behind the arrow slits that overlook the temple and cast

magic missile and fireball spells at characters they can see. The temple ceiling is 60 feet high. Wide, black marble staircases ascend 30 feet to the southern balcony (area X4). The balconies that flank

Sion

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

saving throws against spells and other magical effects if he is in dim light or darkness. Shadesight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede Sion’s darkvision. Shadowy Demise. If Sion dies, his body

melts into shadow, leaving behind only equipment he was wearing or carrying. Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, Sion has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. Actions

29. Old Books

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

west wall. These walls and their frescoes are illusions that conceal passages to areas 28 and 32. Hidden behind the illusory wall to the west are four altered helmed horrors (each marked with an H on

constructs are helmed horrors armed with metal staffs. They have immunity to cone of cold, disintegrate, and fireball spells. On its turn, a Halaster horror can use its action to make two attacks with its staff, which deals 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage on a hit.

Eyewitnesses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Eyewitnesses Many other people witnessed the fireball without being caught in the blast. Three of them have important information to share. Any character who spends at least 1 minute talking to one

caused the explosion. I saw those halflings burned alive! I saw them!” Jezrynne doesn’t know what the “puppet” hurled to cause the fireball. She took her eyes off the thing during the chaos and doesn’t

Deathlock Mastermind

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

lesser creatures to help them carry out their missions and, in this capacity, become the masterminds behind vast conspiracies and intrigues that culminate in the accomplishment of great acts of evil

, hunger of Hadar, hypnotic pattern, phantasmal force, sleep Fiend patron: blindness/deafness, burning hands, command, fireball, hellish rebuke, scorching ray Great Old One patron: armor of Agathys

Drow Favored Consort

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ambitious consorts aspire to be the power behind the throne—or even to claim the throne themselves. Those favored consorts who prove their cunning gain the ear, and perhaps even the heart, of their

favored consorts work behind the scenes to undermine the evils encouraged by Lolth. Others can be found in Underdark cities free of Lolth’s influence, where these powerful spellcasters apply their might

Efreeti

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Demise. If the efreeti dies, its body disintegrates in a flash of fire and puff of smoke, leaving behind only equipment the efreeti was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The efreeti’s innate

Endelyn Moongrave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device called the Orrery of Tragedies clicks and turns day and night, giving Endelyn glimpses of her

elaborate costume. Part dress, part mechanical theater, the outfit makes her look frighteningly tall; without it, she is a hunched and withered bag of bones. She shrouds her wrinkled features behind a gauzy

Dao

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the dao doesn’t disturb the material it moves through. Elemental Demise. If the dao dies, its body disintegrates into

crystalline powder, leaving behind only equipment the dao was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The dao’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It

Prince Oargev of New Cyre

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

the truth behind the destruction of his country. He regularly seeks information from those who venture into the Mournland, and he funds expeditions into the remains of his once-proud nation, hoping to

discover some clue as to the cause of Cyre’s demise. Allies. Prince Oargev has a gift for diplomacy (and a number of talented ambassadors in his employ), which has enabled a widespread campaign of

Secrets of Immortality

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

dynasties past. Preserving the Empire. Fearing the emperor’s death might be inevitable, Secretary Wei cements her political power and firms up her alliances behind the scenes. She hopes to make her

knowledge of the emperor’s looming demise would precipitate a host of political schemes throughout Yongjing’s vast bureaucracy.

14. Chapel of Evil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

watch, one of them collapses — and is suddenly and horrifyingly petrified into another chunk of black stone. At the far end of the chapel, a handsome priest stands behind an altar block that glows an

into the altar. On a failed check to remove a missing component, these weapons cast a lightning bolt or a fireball at the character making the check (a 50 percent chance for either spell; save DC 16 for

Overkill Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

Pyrokinetic, The Society Behind the Design: Minion Trait You might ask, why not just give minions 1 hit point and take no damage when they save for half, like in fourth edition? First, spells that use

down powerful devil minions. Finally, high-level spells with a save for half damage—like fireball or meteor swarm—would feel wasted against minions with 1 hit point. Why use a higher-level spell when a

15. Arcanaloth's Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the statue is a tremendous oak desk, behind which stands a high-backed chair carved with screaming faces (see below). Pneumatic Tubes. Fifteen copper pneumatic tubes span the northwest wall, with a

antimagic field, cloudkill, circle of death, delayed blast fireball, ice storm, legend lore, scrying, and symbol.

Eternal Flame Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

elemental fire are pyromaniacs who were obsessed with flame as children, but there’s a grain of truth behind the stereotype. Eternal Flame cultists are fascinated with fire of all sorts and sometimes

, minor illusion 1st level (4 slots): burning hands, expeditious retreat, mage armor 2nd level (3 slots): blur, scorching ray 3rd level (2 slots): fireball Actions Dagger. Melee or Ranged

Zargon's Lair

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

if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Shrouded Being. Zargon can’t be targeted by divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors. Slimy Demise. When

Zargon dies, its body dissolves into foul slime, leaving only its horn behind. Zargon re-forms in 1d10 days, regrowing from the horn. The horn is immune to all damage and can be destroyed only by

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