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Darkweaver

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The darkweaver makes two Shadow Web attacks and one Bite attack. It can use Reel after any of these

dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. Shadow Web. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Shadow Web"} to hit, reach 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 16

Umbraxakar

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Living Shadow. While in dim light or darkness

, the dragon has resistance to damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant. Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the dragon can take the Hide action as a bonus action. Sunlight

Summon Greater Demon

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

You utter foul words, summoning one demon from the chaos of the Abyss. You choose the demon’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 5 or lower, such as a shadow demon or a barlgura. The

ends. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the challenge rating increases by 1 for each slot level above 4th.

Amble

Monsters Locathah Rising

Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover

unoccupied space they can see.Change Shape (2/Day). Amble magically polymorphs into a beast with a challenge rating of 1 or less, and can remain in this form for up to 6 hours. Amble's equipment melds with

Priest of Osybus (Dread)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

(Spectral);Spectral. The priest now appears wraithlike, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage but force, radiant, and psychic, and it is vulnerable to radiant damage

"} force damage if it ends its turn inside a creature or an object. 6 Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It

Priest of Osybus Legacy

monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage but force, radiant, and psychic, and it is vulnerable to radiant damage. It can also move through creatures and objects as if they were

. 6 Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using

Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. 5 Priest of Osybus (Spectral);Spectral. The priest now appears wraithlike, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage but force, radiant, and psychic, and it is

challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, and it gains the following action: Circle of Death (Spell

Priest of Osybus (Spectral)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Osybus (Spectral);Spectral. The priest now appears wraithlike, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage but force, radiant, and psychic, and it is vulnerable to radiant

":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside a creature or an object. 6 Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by

Priest of Osybus (Vampiric)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage but force, radiant, and psychic, and it is vulnerable to radiant damage. It can also move through creatures and objects as if they

object. 6 Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

necrotic damage. The Tattoo of Osybus now appears carved into the skull’s forehead. 5 Priest of Osybus (Spectral);Spectral. The priest now appears wraithlike, and its challenge rating

Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the

Sul Khatesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or

Khatesh understand what forces they are dealing with, or recognize the danger inherent in her gifts. The Queen of Shadows. An entity of shadow, Sul Khatesh can assume any form. Her favored shape is a twelve

Belashyrra

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

, Belashyrra has a challenge rating of 23 (50,000 XP). Lair Actions. While within the Citadel of Lidless Eyes, Belashyrra can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing

’s lair is known to touch remote areas of the Shadow Marches and caverns below Xen’drik. A region containing a passage to Belashyrra’s lair is warped by its magic, which creates one or

A Darkweaver's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

they can weave webs of shadow undisturbed. A darkweaver encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 11 (7,200 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a darkweaver can

addition, if this area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled. Shadow Fears. The darkweaver instills frightful magic into

Awarding XP

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

Awarding XP Each monster has an XP value based on its Challenge Rating. When adventurers overcome one or more monsters—typically by killing, routing, capturing, or cleverly avoiding them—they divide

. Milestones You can also award XP when characters complete significant milestones. When preparing your adventure, designate certain events or challenges as milestones, as with the following examples

Creating a Monster Stat Block

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

expected challenge rating: 1–4, 10 hp; 5–10, 20 hp; 11 or higher, 30 hp. Life Drain Wight — Light Sensitivity Shadow demon — Magic Resistance Balor Increase the monster’s effective AC by 2. Magic

expected challenge rating: 1–4, 7 hp; 5–10, 14 hp; 11–16, 21 hp; 17 or higher, 28 hp. Shadow Stealth Shadow demon Increase the monster’s effective AC by 4. Shapechanger Wererat — Siege Monster Earth

Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating

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

Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating Challenge 0 (0–10 XP) Cranium rat Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Boggle Dolphin Neogi hatchling Xvart Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Apprentice wizard Cow (ox, rothé

Hobgoblin Iron Shadow Meenlock Orc Claw of Luthic Orc Hand of Yurtrus Quetzalcoatlus Shadow mastiff Vegepygmy chief Yuan-ti broodguard Challenge 3 (700 XP) Archer Cave fisher Choldrith

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

has taken on a young red shadow dragon as a protégé. 2 Two ancient dragon lovers—one ancient deep dragon;deep and one ancient white dragon;white—see each other only

mushrooms and plants in neatly organized displays. The challenge rating of a legendary deep dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

Ancient Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

centuries-old conflict between fey courts. 4 An ancient moonstone dragon;ancient moonstone dragon's sibling, imprisoned for centuries in the Shadowfell, has finally returned home as a shadow

magic portals, often splitting their time between the Feywild, the Material Plane, and the Ethereal Plane. The challenge rating of a legendary moonstone dragon increases by 1 when it’s

Summon Greater Demon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

hour You utter foul words, summoning one demon from the chaos of the Abyss. You choose the demon’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 5 or lower, such as a shadow demon or a barlgura. The

you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the challenge rating increases by 1 for each slot level above 4th.

Summon Greater Demon

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

hour You utter foul words, summoning one demon from the chaos of the Abyss. You choose the demon’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 5 or lower, such as a shadow demon or a barlgura. The

you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the challenge rating increases by 1 for each slot level above 4th.

Monsters by Environment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

11 (7,200 XP) Beholder, young red shadow dragon 13 (10,000 XP) Death tyrant 14 (11,500 XP) Purple worm 15 (13,000 XP) Phase Spider Underwater Monsters Monsters Challenge Rating (XP) Quipper 0

Monsters by Environment The following tables organize monsters by environment and challenge rating. These tables omit monsters that don’t customarily inhabit the environments included here, such as

Boons of Undeath

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

rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage except force, radiant, and psychic damage, and it is vulnerable to radiant damage. It can also move through creatures and objects as if they

were difficult terrain, but it takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside a creature or an object. 6 Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1

Friends and Foes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Creatures table below lists every creature in this chapter, along with the creature’s type and challenge rating (CR). Strixhaven students battle a mage hunter and an Oriq recruiter Strixhaven Creatures

Silverquill Apprentice Humanoid 2 Silverquill Pledgemage Humanoid 4 Silverquill Professor of Radiance Humanoid 7 Silverquill Professor of Shadow Humanoid 7 Spirit Statue Mascot Construct 1/4 Strixhaven Campus

Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating

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

Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Young kruthik Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Abyssal wretch Derro Male steeder Oblex spawn Star spawn grue The Wretched Tortle Challenge

) Air elemental myrmidon Armanite Black abishai Dhergoloth Earth elemental myrmidon Fire elemental myrmidon Maurezhi Shadow dancer The Lost Venom troll Water elemental myrmidon

Constructing Your Deck

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

. Multiples. You can also designate single cards to represent two, three, or four creatures instead of just one. This ensures weak creatures appear in numbers sufficient to challenge the party without

its turns. A friend’s challenge rating should be 1 or 2 lower than the level of the characters. Flumphs are always friend-shaped. Lurker Card. A lurker is a sneaky, wandering opportunist that attacks

20. Children's Room

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

lawful good. They have 35 (10d6) hit points each. They lack the Horrifying Visage action. They speak Common and have a challenge rating of 3 (700 XP). The children don’t like it when the characters

flaw: “I’m scared of everything, including my own shadow, and weep with despair when things don’t go my way.” A character possessed by the ghost of Rose or Thorn won’t willingly leave Death House or the

Amble

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

, Survival +8 Senses passive Perception 18 Languages Aquan, Common, Druidic Challenge 10 (5,900 XP) Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point

movement 5th level (2 slots): greater restoration, mass cure wounds 6th level (1 slot): conjure fey Actions Change Shape (2/Day). Amble magically polymorphs into a beast with a challenge rating of 1

39. Chamber of the Second Sun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

Constrict attack. This ability increases its challenge rating to 3 (700 XP). If the snake is slain, the four baboons leap through the hole in the ceiling and down upon the party. (They remained outside the

territory in which these ruins are located. Finally, a crystal sphere, cracked in the catastrophe, has rolled into the shadow of some nearby rubble. It is made of polished quartz, 3 inches in diameter

Priests of Osybus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

creature has the size and silhouette of its original body, but it otherwise uses the stat block of a shadow. The shadow obeys the priest’s mental commands (no action required) and takes its turn

wraithlike, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage but force, radiant, and psychic, and it is vulnerable to radiant damage. It can also move through creatures and

Overlords

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

damage. Change Shape. Rak Tulkhesh magically polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than his own, or back into his true form. He reverts to his true form

what forces they are dealing with, or recognize the danger inherent in her gifts. The Queen of Shadows. An entity of shadow, Sul Khatesh can assume any form. Her favored shape is a twelve-foot-tall

Githzerai

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

mountains, lakes, and structures to serve as a foundation for a githzerai community. The anarch’s challenge rating is 17 (18,000 XP) when it’s encountered in its lair. Lair Actions. On initiative count

(as a 9th-level spell) using the unformed substance of Limbo instead of shadow material. If used in Limbo, the object remains until the anarch’s concentration is broken, regardless of its composition

Daelkyr

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

vegetation might be its work. Kyrzin. The cults of the Prince of Slime are based in the Shadow Marches and are infamous for cultivating gibbering beasts. Kyrzin creates sentient slimes that can enter

twisted vision of its master. These realms are connected to the surface by tunnels and chasms, but they defy conventional geography. Passages to Belashyrra’s domain can be found in the Shadow Marches

Meenlock

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

serves as the meenlocks’ den, where they torment captives. Dark Dwellers. A meenlock shuns bright light. It can supernaturally sense areas of darkness and shadow in its vicinity and thus is able to

) CHA 8 (−1) Skills Perception +4, Stealth +6, Survival +2 Condition Immunities frightened Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages telepathy 120 ft. Challenge Rating 2

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

minor elementals offers four options. Here are the first two: One elemental of challenge rating 2 or lower Two elementals of challenge rating 1 or lower The design intent for options like these is that

challenge rating of 1 or lower. A spellcaster can certainly express a preference for what creatures shows up, but it’s up to the DM to determine if they do. The DM will often choose creatures that are

Supernatural Regions

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

. 26–30 One random creature’s shadow acts independently for the next 24 hours. The shadow acts out of sync with its owner, perhaps dramatically choking or trying to murder another shadow. 31–35 After the

higher is expended. A dragon, a fey, or an elemental of challenge rating 5 or higher dies. A wood elf child reaches for unraveling magic. Unraveling Magic Effects d100 Effect 01–05 All magic

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