derived improve are bodies

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

saving throw or have the prone condition.Thorny hunters are bestial vegepygmies derived from the corpses of bears, dogs, and other quadrupedal Beasts. Thorny hunters act like bloodhounds, following

long as the climate remains hospitable to their fungal bodies. To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, Piercing

Kakkuu Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

combine the worst attributes of wolves and spiders, spyder-fiends scuttle about with bloated, spiderlike bodies and gnash with wolflike heads. Spyder-fiends are usually coated with gore, as brutal killing

-ranked spyder-fiends dominating lower ranks. Spyder-fiends of equivalent rank scheme against each other for advancement and eagerly turn against one another if treachery can improve their position

Phisarazu Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

on guard duty. Spyder-Fiends Demonic beasts that combine the worst attributes of wolves and spiders, spyder-fiends scuttle about with bloated, spiderlike bodies and gnash with wolflike heads

one another if treachery can improve their position. Spyder-fiends loyally serve their general, Miska the Wolf-Spider. While they were rarely seen during Miska’s imprisonment in Pandemonium

Quavilithku Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

beasts that combine the worst attributes of wolves and spiders, spyder-fiends scuttle about with bloated, spiderlike bodies and gnash with wolflike heads. Spyder-fiends are usually coated with gore, as

, with higher-ranked spyder-fiends dominating lower ranks. Spyder-fiends of equivalent rank scheme against each other for advancement and eagerly turn against one another if treachery can improve their

Raklupis Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

of wolves and spiders, spyder-fiends scuttle about with bloated, spiderlike bodies and gnash with wolflike heads. Spyder-fiends are usually coated with gore, as brutal killing is their favorite

dominating lower ranks. Spyder-fiends of equivalent rank scheme against each other for advancement and eagerly turn against one another if treachery can improve their position. Spyder-fiends loyally

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great

individual skill. They have a compulsion to keep score, counting their deeds and tallying their accomplishments to compare to others. Goliaths love to win, but they see defeat as a prod to improve their

Spyder-Fiends

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Spyder-Fiends Demonic beasts that combine the worst attributes of wolves and spiders, spyder-fiends scuttle about with bloated, spiderlike bodies and gnash with wolflike heads. Spyder-fiends are

treachery can improve their position. Spyder-fiends loyally serve their general, Miska the Wolf-Spider. While they were rarely seen during Miska’s imprisonment in Pandemonium, they have become increasingly active as Miska struggles to free himself in Pandesmos.

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

wereboars and ettins, both creatures that can markedly improve a tribe’s murderous efficiency. For a promise of sufficient food and loot, a troll might accompany a tribe temporarily. A group of

to all orcs, and they adorn their bodies, possessions, and lairs with pigments that produce those hues. Red ochre is used to represent blood, grayish-white ash to represent death, and charcoal to

Mortuary Basement Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

). Bolted into the floor are eight examination tables, and rusty furnishings—step stools, garbage cans, and metal gurneys—are scattered between them. Humanoid bodies, draped in dingy sheets flecked with

chute is set into the wall of this foul chamber. Grisly puddles spatter the floor, and corpses topple from an overturned cart. The stench is gag worthy. Corpse collectors deliver bodies to the Mortuary

Giant Patrons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

archetypal giant financier is a cloud giant who constantly seeks to improve their standing in the ordning by amassing more wealth. The financier might back treasure-hunting expeditions into ancient ruins

the countryside, carefully mapping its path and cataloging the destruction left in its wake. 5 Brave a dragon’s hoard to steal a device that tracks the positions of invisible celestial bodies. 6

Climbing Kelvin's Cairn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

goat tucked under one arm. Under normal circumstances, the male yeti is hostile, but a character with the Littlest Yeti secret (see appendix B) can improve the yeti’s attitude. If no one has this secret

but the characters have the yeti tyke with them, they can trade the tyke for safe passage up or down the mountain. Here lie the bodies of Astrix the tiefling and an ill-fated mountaineer known only

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

, individuals can leverage their perspectives and insights not only to improve themselves, but also to shape reality as they see fit. Alix Branwyn Growth and understanding are the keys to the Mind’s Eye

ornament their bodies with delicate, metalwork embellishments. Role in Sigil. In the Great Foundry, the Mind’s Eye oversees the creation of tools and parts that most take for granted. The Athar and the

Random Encounters

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

character’s body such as a lock of hair—that Strahd can use to improve the efficacy of his scrying spell. If one of Strahd’s spies is confronted by the party, the spy attempts to grab some accessible item

member steps on it. Rules for the hunting trap are presented in chapter 5, “Equipment,” of the Player’s Handbook. Needle Blights Hunched figures lurch through the mist, their gaunt bodies covered in

Ruins Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

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

) lurk in this building. Former members of the garrison, they still wear the remnants of rusted mail and soldiers’ surcoats. These scraps of armor don’t improve their Armor Class. The zombies animate

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

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

zombies (see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk within this building. Former members of the garrison, they still wear the remnants of rusted mail and soldiers’ surcoats. These scraps of armor do not improve

Roleplaying a Giant

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

enemies are memorialized in trophies, too, but only rarely do giants put the heads or bodies on display. A human hero’s greatsword or a wizard’s staff is a more appropriate trophy in such cases. A frost

females.) It is considered highly maug to attack or challenge a pregnant female, even to improve one’s standing, just as it would be to attack a frost giant as it slept. A frost giant that is innately

Chromatic Dragons

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

in snow near its lair, and finding such a larder is a good indication that a white dragon dwells nearby. A white dragon also keeps the bodies of its greatest enemies as trophies, freezing corpses

magical might. Frost giants challenge white dragons to prove their own strength and improve their status in their clans, and their cracked bones litter many a white dragon’s lair. However, a white dragon

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