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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Innate Spellcasting. Zuggtmoy’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 22). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic, locate
infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of madness (determined by rolling on the Madness
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
save DC 22):
At will: detect magic, locate animals or plants
3/day each: dispel magic, entangle, plant growth
1/day each: etherealness, teleportProtective Thrall. When Zuggtmoy is hit by an attack
facets.
Zuggtmoy’s cultists often follow her unwittingly. Most are fungus-infected to some degree, whether through inhaling her mind-controlling spores or being transformed to the point where
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, message, prestidigitation, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): —
3rd level (3 slots): counterspellWithering Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
):
At will: detect magic, disguise self, invisibility, light, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, Tasha's hideous laughter
3/day each: dispel magic, fly, polymorph
1/day each: maze, telekinesis
Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilv—the greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 21):
At will: alter self (can become Medium), charm person, detect magic
following of cultists. Those who worship at his altar call him the King of Hell, and the most deluded believe that he is the lord of all devils. In arcane circles, certain writings, such as the dreaded Book
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, message, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, knock, scorching ray
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell
. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At will: Animate Dead (as an action), Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Fly, Lightning Bolt
and dream as he started to write his Book of Vile Darkness.
Vecna forged a kingdom on Oerth, but he grew bored with it after several centuries. He started inflicting suffering on other worlds. In
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ability (spell save DC 21):
At will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Thaumaturgy
3/day each: Create Food and Water (the food is always tasty), Dispel Magic, Invisibility, Legend Lore (as an action
destroy Nafas is to take his place.
Nafas as a Patron
In addition to linking the adventures in this book, you can use Nafas as a group patron (detailed in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything). In
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
normal and magical darkness, see invisible creatures and objects, automatically detect visual illusions and succeed on saving throws against them, perceive the original form of a shapechanger or a
favorite religious hymn that I constantly hum.
2
I must keep a written record of my beliefs and the sins that I witness. When finished, this book will be my gift to the multiverse.
3
I have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Although magic has proven effective at ridding individuals of the spore infection, the plague is spreading too quickly to contain. Creatures that become infected fall ill with a fever and sprout disgusting
, gooey, fungal growths before losing their autonomy, acting like zombies. They also release spores that infect other beasts and humanoids. Eventually, the plague reduces all infected creatures and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
commoner’s clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial
.)
Simic Guild Spells
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
acid splash, druidcraft
1st
detect poison and disease, expeditious retreat, jump
2nd
alter self, enhance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
zombies animate and attack. These corpses don’t register as undead to a casting of detect evil and good until after they animate. Disease. After combat with the zombies is finished, each character who
took damage from the monsters must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or contract sewer plague (see “Sample Diseases” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Unlike the normal disease, symptoms of this disease manifest in an infected creature after 1 hour rather than 1d4 days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
black ink flecked with silver. A detect magic spell reveals that the book gives off auras of illusion and transmutation magic, but an identify spell does not reveal the magical mark it bestows.
Book Description The Scrivener’s Tale is bound in soft brown leather, its title embossed on the book’s cover and spine. It is seven inches tall and five inches wide. Its pages appear to be ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
: detect magic, locate animals or plants, ray of sickness
3/day each: dispel magic, ensnaring strike, entangle, plant growth
1/day each: etherealness, teleport
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If
creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Minotaurs of Phoberos Most of the minotaurs that roam the badlands of Phoberos are outcasts from the society of Skophos. They are bandits and marauders, bloodthirsty killers infected by the wild rage
of Mogis. These minotaurs have more in common with the monsters in the Monster Manual than with the civilized people described in chapter 1 of this book (including their Large size). Most of them use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Using the Maps This book contains a number of interior maps and a foldout poster map. Interior Maps Maps that appear in this book are largely for the DM’s eyes only. As the characters explore
characters can detect and interact with them. Appendix E provides two maps for player use. Reproduce these maps and share them with your players as you see fit. Poster Map The poster map is meant to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
following spells: detect thoughts, intellect fortress,* Rary’s telepathic bond, sending, telekinesis, Tasha’s mind whip,* and Tenser’s floating disk (spells with an asterisk appear in this book). It
you know the mage hand, mind sliver (appears in this book), and message cantrips if you don’t already know them. The crystal has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Using the Maps This book contains a number of interior maps and a fold-out, double-sided poster map. These elements are further described below. Interior Maps Maps that appear in this book are for
rendered. You can omit details that are not readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the characters are able to detect and interact with them. Poster Map The double-sided poster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Volothamp Geddarm The bombastic world traveler Volothamp Geddarm is enjoying some downtime in Waterdeep following a successful book tour promoting his latest work, Volo’s Guide to Monsters. He spends
most of his free time in the taproom of the Yawning Portal, reuniting with old friends and mulling over his next book project. Volo has an inflated opinion of himself and his importance in the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
inventions that serve no purpose, as well as worktables strewn with tinker’s tools. A 10-foot-high ledge overlooks the room, set with a wooden pedestal on which sits a leather-bound book. Treasure. The book
on the pedestal is a spellbook that the rock gnomes of Gnomengarde share. Its cover describes its title as Magick of Gnomengarde (in Common and Gnomish), and it contains the wizard spells burning hands, detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile, shield, and sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Using the Maps This book contains a number of interior maps. Interior Maps Maps that appear in this book are for the DM only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw
the characters detect and interact with them. For example, locked doors are indicated on the maps with dots, but you need not include this detail in your hand-drawn maps. One of the maps within shows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Using the Maps This book contains a number of interior maps and a fold-out, double-sided poster map. These elements are further described below. Interior Maps Maps that appear in this book are for
rendered. You can omit details that are not readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the characters are able to detect and interact with them. Slopes and Staircases. On all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
when they’re inactive (including to detect magic spells), but they can be detected by the true seeing or warp sense spell (see chapter 1 of this book for a description of the latter). When a portal activates, it typically becomes outlined in light with its destination visible beyond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. It opens as described in the “Illithinoch Features” section. Once the characters open this door and trigger its jarring mental pulse, the infected elder brain in area X15 takes notice of their
Illithinoch, or minions delivering obelisk fragments. Both mind flayers are imperious and demanding. Shalghast does the communicating, while Ulthundul casts detect thoughts to try to uncover any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the many years she spent in its hallowed halls. This book is a treatise on extradimensional spaces similar to those created by the Mordenkainen’s magnificent mansion spell. This information alone
records the command word to open the mansion’s doorway. Many researchers perused this book over the years it spent in Candlekeep, but knowledge of the command word was useless without the location of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
hangs open on one hinge. Strahd’s soldiers forced open the iron door that once sealed Argynvost’s vault (area Q41). They also took every book in this study but one. (Many of the books taken from here can
be found in Strahd’s study in Castle Ravenloft.) The sole remaining volume lies on the floor behind the overturned chair. Titled The Oath Celestial, the book has been partially burned, and its cover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
prepared) Abjuration — Detect Magic Divination C, R Guiding Bolt Evocation — Healing Word Abjuration — Shield of Faith Abjuration C Level 2 Cleric Spells (Slots: 3) Spell School Special* Aid
Herbalism Kit
Bedroll
Book (philosophy)
Lamp
Oil (3 flasks)
Traveler’s Clothes
Niko’s Mace Weapon (Mace), Very Rare (Requires Attunement by a Spellcaster) This Mace has 6 charges and regains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
prepared) Abjuration — Detect Magic Divination C, R Guiding Bolt Evocation — Healing Word Abjuration — Shield of Faith Abjuration C Level 2 Cleric Spells (Slots: 3) Spell School Special* Aid
Herbalism Kit
Bedroll
Book (philosophy)
Lamp
Oil (3 flasks)
Traveler’s Clothes
Niko’s Mace Weapon (Mace), Very Rare (Requires Attunement by a Spellcaster) This Mace has 6 charges and regains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Volothamp “Volo” Geddarm The bombastic world traveler Volothamp Geddarm has come to Chult to deliver signed copies of his latest book, Volo’s Guide to Monsters. In addition to setting up audiences
wish to explore jungles, lost cities, and dungeons. Friendly taverns and bawdy festhalls are more my style.”
Bond. “Planning an expedition? You really should buy a copy of my latest book, Volo’s Guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
covers the spell’s triggering glyph, the characters have little chance of spotting the glyph unless they use a detect magic spell or magic that allows them to see through the rug. When the glyph triggers
character who spends 1 hour searching can find one of these rare tomes. The arcanaloth keeps its spellbook here. The book has leather covers with dreadful images branded into them. The script in the book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
collection (volumes 3 and 8 of Tales from the Gloaming Court), Skabatha placed wards on every one of the remaining books. Any book that is removed from her study turns to ashes instantly. A detect magic
as boggle oil, troll spittle, and various flavors of tree sap. Fantasma Demento’s Codicil of Conundrums is a lavishly illustrated book of fey puzzles and riddles. Answers to the puzzles and riddles are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
T6. Book Wyrm’s Treasure The front of this bookstore is adorned with a charming sign of a gold dragon curled around a treasure hoard of books and scrolls. Inside, the shop is decorated with beautiful
languages, detect magic, feather fall, find familiar, mage armor, magic missile, shield, unseen servant 25 gp Arcane lock, continual flame, darkvision, invisibility, magic weapon, misty step, rope trick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, seemingly on the verge of falling apart. The book is evil. Any non-evil creature that touches it or starts its turn with the book in its possession takes 5 (1d10) psychic damage. The book contains the
following spells: 1st level: burning hands, charm person, detect magic, find familiar, fog cloud, mage armor, protection from evil and good, ray of sickness, sleep, Tasha’s hideous laughter, unseen servant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. If the target is a Humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease—a minuscule slaad egg.
A
room with the unconscious Rone (neutral, human scout), a hunter from Heart’s Hollow. Rone has been infected with an ailment Yearkal doesn’t know how to treat (see “Rone’s Fate” below). Yearkal is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
column of the Wizard Features table. Spellbook. Your wizardly apprenticeship culminated in the creation of a unique book: your spellbook. It is a Tiny object that weighs 3 pounds, contains 100 pages, and
can be read only by you or someone casting Identify. You determine the book’s appearance and materials, such as a gilt-edged tome or a collection of vellum bound with twine. The book contains the