desires implanted are birth

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor Belviews of their lingering imperfections. The Belview family, however, had strange ideas of what it

traits, and the Abbot, taking pity on them, yielded to their mad desires. Enter Vasili von Holtz. The Abbot's early experiments proved fatal to their subjects, but the Belviews insisted that he keep trying

Red Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

point. Control Gem. Implanted in the slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled. Certain spells can be used to

egg. A humanoid host can carry only one slaad egg to term at a time. Over three months, the egg moves to the chest cavity, gestates, and forms a slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before giving birth

The Abbot

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

for which they were eternally grateful, but could not cure them of certain human defects that had been present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor

to fly like a bat, the strength of a mule, and the guile of a snake. In short, they craved bestial traits, and the Abbot, taking pity on them, yielded to their mad desires. Enter Vasili von Holtz. The

Redcap

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

. From the moment it awakens, a redcap desires only murder and carnage, and it sets out to satisfy these cravings. Redcaps lack subtlety. They live for direct confrontation and the mayhem of mortal

hags and dark mages that know methods to call redcaps out of the Feywild and put them to work as grisly servants. Also, some redcaps can sense the being whose murderous acts led to their birth. A redcap

Birth of a Beholder

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

Birth of a Beholder Beholders can produce others of their own kind, but the process has nothing to do with biology and everything to do with psychology. When a beholder sleeps, its body goes briefly

solitary beholder lairs within a cave system or a ruined structure, either one of its own making or a place the creature took over after killing or driving off the beholder that gave it birth. A solitary

Master Manipulators

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

loophole or two that the mortal could exploit. Hags understand mortal desires and vices, and know how to manipulate people by preying on those qualities. A hag’s bargain might bring success and

meaningful except under specific circumstances, such as an auspicious birth or a climactic encounter with a dangerous villain. Even when she’s offering a deal that seems to have no downside, a hag is

Meenlock

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

were the digit of a hand. Ego Unhindered. Each elder brain considers itself and its desires the most important things in the multiverse, the mind flayers in its colony nothing more than extensions of

accordingly. Birth of a Colony. When an ulitharid finds sharing leadership with an elder brain to be insufferable, it breaks off from the colony, taking a group of mind flayers with it, and moves to another

Creating Adventures

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

adventures to please different kinds of players. The guild or guilds your players choose will also help you understand your players’ desires. It’s a safe bet that a player who creates a Rakdos character is

chapter 6 for the stat block) is hunting down everyone who witnessed a great humiliation to expunge their memories of the event. 3 A mind mage (see chapter 6 for the stat block) has implanted

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