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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
lumbering Construct that can be found trundling across battlefields and down dungeon corridors. Granite juggernauts have dense, boxy bodies atop massive rollers they use for locomotion. Their fronts
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
apart the cocoon, ending the cocoon’s effect with a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check.
Insect Swarm. Aurnozci creates a 30-foot-radius sphere of stinging wasps centered on a point
difficult terrain. When the sphere appears, each creature in it must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw, taking 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Insect Swarm
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ground ripples and bursts over the monster, revealing itself as a wave of countless spiders. The tiny arachnids swarm the larger horror, girding it in skittering bodies.
Fighting Arasta as a mythic
, where they consider home, and what brought them to her web.
Arasta casts the giant insect spell (spiders only). It lasts until she uses this lair action again or until she dies.
Regional Effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Mezzoloth The bulk of the yugoloth population is made up of mezzoloths, which are human-sized insect creatures covered in dense chitinous plates. Mezzoloths serve as foot soldiers in yugoloth armies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Granite Juggernaut A granite juggernaut is a lumbering Construct that can be found trundling across battlefields and down dungeon corridors. Granite juggernauts have dense, boxy bodies atop massive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
civilized coasts lies a strand of Klothys’s hair that she purposefully plucked. Knotted in on itself, the strand appears as a seething ball of dense smoke. Any who touch the strand risk having it invade
which it lies might give some hint—caverns burrowed deep into a mountain of petrified bodies, the twisted obsidian corpses of humanoids and animals alike.
Twins at War. The newly formed gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the wig shop and the characters’ point of entry into the cellar complex. Misty Sewers The dense fog from outside settles in the sewers, and areas B2, B3, and B4 are lightly obscured. Necromancer
the truth: he surrendered it to the kenku, two of which fled south with it. In area B8, the characters see one kenku standing over the bodies of Losser’s murdered human apprentices, Retchyn and Kreela
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
memories, their personalities, and especially their ambition. They also retain the grace and stature of living elves, but their bodies are in a constant state of slow decay. Various forms of fungus grow in
enfeeblement, spider climb, web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, bestow curse, fear, vampiric touch
4th level (3 slots): blight, Evard’s black tentacles
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. As if on cue, one of the lumps closest to the characters bubbles up and bursts. A dense cloud of spores and dark, reeking fluid explodes outward, even as the characters hear a piercing scream of
around the base of the giant fungal tower. The revelers are a motley collection of humanoids and various other creatures, all sporting tumors, cankers, and putrid patches of flesh all over their bodies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
feeling of jolting awake from a dream, then emerge into the Drought Elder standing up. Read the following description: The air is dense and humid. Slick, chitinous walls rise around you, forming a space
to be alive. Eggs. A heap of oblong insect eggs filled with swirling, psychedelic colors fills the center of the room. These eggs are a manifestation of the dream energy the Drought Elder is stealing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side.
If
leather map case.
Four goblins are hiding in the woods, two on each side of the road. They wait until someone approaches the bodies and then attack. This will likely be the first of many combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
tear apart the cocoon, ending the cocoon’s effect with a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check. Insect Swarm. Aurnozci creates a 30-foot-radius sphere of stinging wasps centered on a point within
known for the following regional effects: Boiling Water. Bodies of water on Xulregg perpetually boil, and even bottled liquids steam when exposed to the layer’s atmosphere. Being immersed in water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Scarlet Mire are caused by the glut of decaying bodies beneath the marsh’s surface. Crawling claws skitter through the marsh, grasping at any who pass through. Scarlet Mire is also inhabited by roving
vineyard’s toxic spores for 24 hours. Hungry insect swarms ravage this section of the demiplane. Undead that inhabit the Withered Vineyard for extended periods of time sometimes transform into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
filled completely with dead insects along with occasional bones, making it difficult terrain. Pit Traps. Scattered through the room, hidden beneath the blanket of insect bodies, are several pit traps
are set like oversized stepping stones.
Demonic Faces. The mouths of these relief carvings are the source of the magical breeze. Insect Floor. The floor is 2 feet below the level of the doors and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
brought them to her web. Arasta casts the giant insect spell (spiders only). It lasts until she uses this lair action again or until she dies. Regional Effects. The region containing Arasta’s lair is
of countless spiders. The tiny arachnids swarm the larger horror, girding it in skittering bodies.
Fighting Arasta as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 21 creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
ancient empires. The regalia of their terrible rule still adorns their linen-wrapped bodies, their moldering robes stitched with evil symbols and bronze armor etched with devices of dynasties that fell a
(2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harm
Actions
Multiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
dense and convoluted text of the contract — which will give the imp the souls of Pilster’s entire family if Pilster signs it. If the characters attack the imp, it turns invisible and attempts to escape as
". However, characters who plunge into the Styx or the battle raging around the river are likely killed immediately, with their bodies beyond recovery.
Lightning. Lightning from the Companion strikes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
intricate, abstruse patterns nearby. 19–27 Local plants and animals share a malevolent intelligence. Roll a d6. On a 1–2, an insect plague spell is centered on one random creature in the region. On a 3–4
experiences strange dreams. 96–00 A mysterious mist rises from the shadows. This dense fog heavily obscures everything in a 50-foot-radius sphere around one random creature in the region. Any creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
troops of the legion. They are adept at breaking up mobs and organized lines of defense. Sometimes described as living thunderstorms, reckoners charge their bodies with lightning that bursts forth in
, spider climb, web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, plant growth, vampiric touch
4th level (3 slots): blight, giant insect, grasping vine
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague
6th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
thick patches of gorse and briars. This ruin looks as if it might once have been a farmhouse.
It is now half swallowed by a dense thicket, with trees growing up through its ruined foundations. The lane
giant spiders are sprawled near the edge of the pathway, apparently dragged there. Their bloated bodies are puckered and blistered, and appear to have been mauled by a large animal. A young green
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
by mysterious magic on the Day of Mourning. The Mournland’s magic has preserved their bodies, which a character can determine by examining the corpses and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana
dense mist of the Mournland, this window would afford a spectacular view.
In this 15-foot-tall room, which is effectively Landro’s mouth, Glaive (see her stat block earlier in this chapter) makes her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lifeforms echo from the forest’s canopy.
Flagstone walkways lead from the garden’s round entry chambers and into the dense foliage.
This forested garden is landscaped to give the impression of
swamp. Each leech has two eyestalks and a translucent underbelly that reveals a mingling of blood-engorged sacs, peristaltic organs, and smooth muscle tissue. The parasites flatten their bodies to hide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
: Bronze helmet with mother-of-pearl inlay (worth 250 GP)
Periapt of Health
G7: Servants’ Quarters Four serpentine creatures with humanoid upper bodies mill about restlessly, and straw mats and personal
lid is closed. The targeted creature chooses the condition that will end the spell. Steaming Pit. The room is Lightly Obscured by dense steam rising from the 50-foot-deep pit that surrounds the Airship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ruin looks as if it might once have been a farmhouse. It is now half swallowed by a dense thicket, with trees growing through its foundations. The lane continues south a short distance past the ruin
strange, acrid smell in the air.
The corpses of two giant spiders sprawl near the edge of the pathway, apparently dragged there. Their bloated bodies are puckered and blistered and appear to have been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
survivors long ago burned the deceased’s bodies on the ship’s decks. Z7: Storage Unused rigging and dusty old sails fill this old storage closet.
Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score
Thick, pale roots here form two dense walls on either side of the room. Six bulbous, brain-shaped creatures with snapping beaks and barbed tentacles bob through the air.
Six grells have made their home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
mountain ranges: the Spine of the World and the Ice Spires. The trees are more stunted and sparse as the altitude increases to the north. Moonwood This dense coniferous forest north of the Evermoors seems
several inches of snow even during the height of summer. In winter, the trees are bent under several feet of snow and ice, while the ground remains navigable because of the shelter that the dense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
scimitar and a shield, as well as 23 sp and 4 gp in a belt pouch. 4. Tower Shell This circular area is cobbled with cracked granite, upon which sprawl the bodies of four goblins, apparently slain in
masonry reaches thirty feet into the air, but the intervening floors and stairs are gone, except for a couple of crumbled ledges.
Bodies. Investigation reveals that the four goblins have been dead for