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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Demon Customization Tables This section provides tables useful for DMs who want to customize certain demons. Demon Personality Traits d6 Trait 1 I enjoy telling lies. 2 Threats are my only
Someday all will worship me. Until then, I track their insults with obsessive attention. Demon Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Self-Preservation. It’s everything and everyone for themselves in this cruel world. 2
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
parent, and when they were around, it was all about them and tales of slaying this demon or vanquishing that dragon. All too often, you’d be woken out of a sound sleep by someone standing outside
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
from across the planes experience reality. For them, the act of eating is an experience to be drawn out and savored, with every meal considered in all its facets. Whether its fare is a demon, an
second-hand descriptions of sensations, especially those they’re unlikely to experience in their home environment. A darkweaver’s captive might delay being consumed by sharing tales of its
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, preferring to play for power and favors from creatures who possess great magic. Tales passed through cloud giant generations tell of a giant who outwitted a celestial being to win a feather imbued with
the light of an extinct sun, and another who obtained a fraction of power from the demon lord Orcus. To depict a destiny gambler who won such a wager, you can add one or more of these spells to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Monsters Any monster can find a place in a dark fantasy plot. D&D’s most iconic threats—such as dragons and beholders—are well suited to horror-tinged tales, as are any other
1/4 Sprite MM
3 Displacer beast MM
4 Shadow demon MM
5 Umber hulk MM
6 Drider MM
7 Necrichor VGR
8 Fomorian MM
8 Inquisitor of the Mind Fire VGR
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
stories of a city hidden deep in the jungles of Q’barra—a wondrous citadel of obsidian and brass. According to these tales, the city is filled with treasure and guarded by a dragon fused with an ancient
demon. Newthrone The capital of New Galifar and the seat of King Sebastes, Newthrone is the largest city and port in Q’barra. Myriad people from all over Khorvaire mingle here in crowded streets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
monsters reputations that suggests their form, deeds, or peculiarities while letting players’ imaginations embellish details. For example, tales describe a horrifying skeletal figure that corrupts the
ultimately the Whistling Fiend might be any demon or other threat you choose. The Whistling Fiend’s notoriety has little to do with its stat block. It’s famous because of its habit of whistling amid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
aims. In her quest for absolute power, Iggwilv accumulated countless enemies determined to destroy her. Among these was the demon lord Graz’zt, whom the archmage imprisoned for a time. Eventually
; others came back battle worn and empty-handed, save for harrowing tales of the horrors in the caves. The margrave now seeks adventurers made of sterner stuff undertake the quest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
adventurers’ intentions. Chaos in the City The influence of the demon lords grows ever stronger in Gracklstugh. Paranoia and fear are rampant, with duergar barricading themselves in their homes and
powerful patron. The duergar and derro hatch a scheme to sacrifice Themberchaud as an offering to Demogorgon, drawing the demon prince to their city and pledging themselves to the Prince of Demons. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
resurrection magic, Erebos might take a special interest in that soul. A soul in the clutches of Erebos himself isn’t free, so it can’t be returned to life by mortal magic. Demon Flight Creatures that
bargaining or force, a demon might be convinced to carry a soul on this lengthy, dangerous flight. Should a soul manage to survive the harrowing journey, it finds itself restored to life in the mortal world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Lords of Dust Tales from the ancient history of Eberron tell of a time when the world fell entirely under the sway of evil: the so-called Age of Demons, when fiendish beings called overlords ruled
these levels. A demon flies into a rage at the sight of a dragonmarked character and attacks only that character. A mysterious figure in disguise tries to hire the characters to carry out a bizarre
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
out and savored, with every meal considered in all its facets. Whether its fare is a demon, an archon, a struggling halfling, or a catatonic mule, all such meals are culinary delights for a darkweaver
environment. A darkweaver’s captive might delay being consumed by sharing tales of its experiences, particularly great meals, with the monster. Some might even convince a darkweaver to release them if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
children of Eberron and Siberys — fought against these demon overlords. In the end, an act of sacrifice kindled the Silver Flame that binds these demons to this day. But they hunger to escape from their
, cold war in the shadows. These tales speak of a Draconic Prophecy… hidden revelations that grant the power to shape the future. Hidden dragons, undead elves, immortal fiends; all may be fighting to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
group of adventurers discovered a mighty demon trapped in the ice in the dragon’s lair. Now the ice is melting and the demon will soon awaken—so the dragon must be lured back.
6 A white dragon
increasingly hazardous routes for the kobolds to tackle.
Ancient White Dragon Connections d4 Connected Creatures
1 A death knight and an ancient white dragon swap tales of old foes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Fantasy Monsters Any monster can find a place in a dark fantasy plot. D&D’s most iconic threats—such as dragons and beholders—are particularly appropriate to horror-tinged tales, as are any other
Monsters CR Creature 1/4 Goblin Warrior, Sprite 2 Gremishka,* Minotaur Skeleton 3 Displacer Beast, Goblin Hexer, Mist Horror,* Waxwork* 4 Juvenile Shadow Dragon, Shadow Demon 5 Night Hag, Umber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
-adventurer parent, and when they were around, it was all about them and tales of slaying this demon or vanquishing that dragon. All too often, you’d be woken out of a sound sleep by someone standing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Winnings
Destiny gamblers aren’t content with winning mere treasures, preferring to play for power and favors from creatures who possess great magic. Tales passed through cloud giant generations tell
of a giant who outwitted a celestial being to win a feather imbued with the light of an extinct sun, and another who obtained a fraction of power from the demon lord Orcus. To depict a destiny gambler
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Seldarine. That hope was dashed, however, by the insidious plotting of Lolth. The Queen of Spiders had long resented the existence of Zanassu, a minor demon lord that competed with her for divine
authority over spiders. She hated almost as much the possibility of Eilistraee’s winning an ally among the drow pantheon. A prime opportunity arose when the spider demon lost much of its power in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, most recently in 2017’s Tales from the Yawning Portal.) The premise of these adventures is simple: “giants have been raiding civilized lands,” so adventurers are assembled “to punish the miscreant
honor Thrym or a demon lord. 7 After a villainous group slays a young storm giant, the giant’s parent unleashes an undiscriminating campaign of vengeance against any “interfering little gnats” living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Bel hate each other. To keep Bel busy and out of her sight, Zariel tasks him with forging weapons, armor, and gruesome demon-slaying machines. To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals
can see if it isn’t incapacitated. It can swap the initiative results of the chosen creatures among them.
That which falls from grace may yet rise to regain it. If Zariel were to return to her celestial self, how glorious would be the tales!
—Mordenkainen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Faceless Lord. Juiblex, the Faceless Lord, oozes out of the Abyss and into the Underdark. The characters hear from subterranean folk who need help defeating the demon lord and its minions. School of
different world where whimsical tales unfold—or perhaps some version of the modern world. Gamma World. The characters inhabit a post-apocalyptic wasteland that is largely medieval in feel, but isolated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Countless adventurers have perished in the Mere, drawn by true tales of ruined castles half-sunk in the mire. These once noble estates are now home to lizardfolk, undead, and worse. The greatest threats to
their inevitable deaths, the Hunt Lords forged a pact with Orcus, who transformed them into five wights. Necromancers in the demon lord’s service helped the Hunt Lords turn the inanimate bones of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
summoned by Draac, the other by Taal). Draac and Taal have both used their Summon Demon ability, as well as all of their 5th-level spell slots. They know that they can’t afford to spar with adventurers or
members to attend a dinner with his family, during which Lord Cavilos regales his honored guests with unexaggerated tales of victorious battles he fought during the War of the Silver Marches