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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
suitable only to become nupperibos. These pitiful creatures shuffle across the landscape, driven to purposeful action only when the clouds of swarming vermin that surround them find them prey to destroy or
(see the Monster Manual), and other vermin surround them in a terrifying, reeking sheath that torments any non-devil that draws near.
A nupperibo knows nothing but the desire to destroy non-Fiends
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
disguise itself to resemble a humanoid of roughly similar size and shape for up to 1 hour. It can revert to its true form as a bonus action. This illusion does not hold up to close scrutiny.
Luring Song
. The matriarch must take a bonus action on its subsequent turns to continue singing. It can stop singing at any time. The song ends if the matriarch is incapacitated.
While charmed by the matriarch, a
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo appears on your body as whatever you desire.
Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo to
attunement to the tattoo ends, the tattoo vanishes, and the needle reappears in your space.
Fluid Ink. As a bonus action, you can shape the tattoo into any color or pattern and move it to any area of your
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This deck of cards is decorated with geometric shapes that have a protective motif. While you’re holding the deck, you can use an action to shuffle it and cause the cards to deal themselves out
and transform into a shelter made of cards. The shelter can be shaped however you desire, but it must fit in a 40-foot cube centered on a point within 30 feet of you. The shelter has one door and up
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.
Wild Shape (Recharges after a Short or Long rest). As a bonus action, Walnut can assume the shape of a dire wolf. She can stay in
this form for 3 hours or until she reverts to her normal form as a bonus action. She automatically reverts if she falls unconscious, drops to 0 hit points, or dies.
While transformed, Walnut's game
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
have no personalities or memories; they’re driven only by the desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal
them into legions.
Amnizu (Summoner Variant);Variant: Devil Summoning
Some amnizus have an action that allows them to summon other devils:
Summon Devil (1/Day). The amnizu summons 2d4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
only one creature swallowed at a time. While the banderhobb isn’t incapacitated, it can regurgitate the creature at any time (no action required) in a space within 5 feet of it. The creature exits
brief existence, a banderhobb attempts to carry out its creator’s bidding. It accomplishes its mission with no concern for the harm it suffers or causes. Its only desire is to serve and succeed. A
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
driven by the desire for blood; after fulfilling its duty, the overwhelmed creature attacks indiscriminately until it is destroyed.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold
, FireWatery Stealth. If underwater, the slithering tracker takes the Hide action, and it makes the Dexterity (Stealth) check with advantage.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
fervent desire to share the joy you have experienced with Ravnica. Along with the rest of the conclave, you are committed to resisting the ambitions of the other guilds — with military force if
, empathetic, and generally peaceful — unless roused to action. Their flaws and bonds alike grow naturally from their close ties to the community.
Personality Traits
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Personality Trait
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
their utmost to preserve these historical sites. A time dragon’s insatiable desire for knowledge means it’s likely to have more than one such lair.
The challenge rating of an ancient time
lair actions; the ancient or adult dragon can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Temporal Fling. The dragon attempts to fling a creature it can see within 60 feet of itself forward
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The balhannoth regains spent legendary
one of the following lair actions; the balhannoth can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Teleport. The balhannoth targets one creature within 500 feet of it. The target must
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal peoples and always inimical to such creatures’ minds.
However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils are
normal.
Cult of Tharizdun, the Chained God
Tharizdun’s Spark (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the cultist touches
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, until the amnizu dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Spellcasting. The amnizu casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the
desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal them into legions.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
this way must use its action praising the nilbog.
The nilbog can’t regain hit points, including through magical healing, except through its Reversal of Fortune reaction.Fool’s Scepter. Melee
of reprisal. This nilbog also gains strange powers that drive others to do the opposite of what they desire. Attacking the possessed goblin is foolhardy, and killing them just prompts the spirit to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils are unable or unwilling to leave their realms. Some are imprisoned in their dimensions by external forces, some are
":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the cultist touches a simple or martial weapon or a natural weapon, if it has one. The next creature hit by the touched weapon must
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of him, acts as his ally, and can’t summon other devils. The erinyes remains for 10 minutes or until Mahadi dismisses it as an action. If the erinyes dies
, Mahadi loses this action option.Mahadi appears as a wealthy merchant lord. Though extremely powerful, Mahadi doesn’t believe in taking unnecessary risks, particularly in the Nine Hells where he
Graz'zt
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Shapechanger. Graz’zt can use his action to polymorph into a form that resembles a Medium humanoid, or back into his true form. Aside from his size, his statistics are the same in each form
take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Graz’zt regains spent
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
civilizations or temples to dead gods and do their utmost to preserve these historical sites. A time dragon’s insatiable desire for knowledge means it’s likely to have more than one such lair.
The
dragon can take one of the following lair actions; the ancient or adult dragon can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Temporal Fling. The dragon attempts to fling a creature it can see
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
charges). The wand regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Wand of Orcus"} charges daily at dawn.
While holding the wand, Orcus can use an action to conjure undead
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils are unable or unwilling to leave their realms. Some are imprisoned in their dimensions by external forces, some
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the cultist touches a simple or martial weapon or a natural weapon, if it has one. The next creature hit by the touched weapon
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
until they are destroyed or until he dismisses them as an action.
Spellcasting. Orcus casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, the mage gains 10 temporary hit points.The mage can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another
.
However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils are unable or unwilling to leave their realms. Some are imprisoned in their dimensions by external forces, some
Zuggtmoy
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Out of the Abyss
, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Zuggtmoy regains spent legendary actions at the start of her
attack against a target that she designates.The Demon Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay, Zuggtmoy is an alien creature whose only desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
roll, one creature within 10 feet of her that is charmed by her is hit by the attack instead.Zuggtmoy can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can
Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay, Zuggtmoy is an alien creature whose only desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her mindless servants and, eventually, into
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, they can collectively take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time, and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Obzedat
Obzedat function as a unit, driven by their shared desire to accumulate ever more wealth for the guild. In times of disagreement, the eldest of the council exerts his seniority to bend the council to
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, you must place it on your head and speak a true desire of your heart. You know how to attune to the crown when you touch it.
Random Properties. The Crown of Lies has the following random properties
use an action to transform yourself to look and feel like any creature you’ve seen at least once and whose size is no more than one size smaller or larger than yours.
The new form mimics the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
action to scrape or wash off the bile that covers it.
Petrifying Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Petrifying Hex"}. The horror expels petrifying gas in a 30
to customize it further, while results from the Hex Blast table replace that action in the stat block. If the results of multiple tables conflict, chose your preferred result.
The results of these
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns until it or another creature uses its action to scrape or wash off the bile that covers it.
Petrifying Hex (Recharge 5–6
has one of four body compositions, determined by rolling on the Body Composition table. You can roll on the Limbs to customize it further, while results from the Hex Blast table replace that action in
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
its action to scrape or wash off the bile that covers it.
Petrifying Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Petrifying Hex"}. The horror expels petrifying gas in
the Limbs to customize it further, while results from the Hex Blast table replace that action in the stat block. If the results of multiple tables conflict, chose your preferred result.
The results of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dreaming. These Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal peoples and always inimical to such creatures’ minds.
However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the
effect as normal.
Cult of Tharizdun, the Chained God
Tharizdun’s Spark (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary
sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the start of each of its turns until it or another creature uses its action to scrape or wash off the bile that covers it.
Petrifying Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
, determined by rolling on the Body Composition table. You can roll on the Limbs to customize it further, while results from the Hex Blast table replace that action in the stat block. If the results of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
creature uses its action to scrape or wash off the bile that covers it.
Petrifying Hex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Petrifying Hex"}. The horror expels
can roll on the Limbs to customize it further, while results from the Hex Blast table replace that action in the stat block. If the results of multiple tables conflict, chose your preferred result
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
planes. Eventually, it would impress upon its owner a desire to open portals into the most cursed and dangerous worlds, including the Far Realm.
To prevent the orrery from ever being so used, Lottie
installed, the artifact has 7 charges. While touching the orrery, you can use an action and expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 17): contact other plane (3 charges
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
waterThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains
threatens shipping and caravans around a major city.
Topaz Dragon Lairs
Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet