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Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature’s stat block. The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 Hit Points.
The creature is Friendly to you and your allies, and it acts immediately after you on your
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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You summon an otherworldly being that appears as a loyal steed in an unoccupied space of your choice within range. This creature uses the Otherworldly Steed stat block. If you already have a steed
from this spell, the steed is replaced by the new one.
The steed resembles a Large, rideable animal of your choice, such as a horse, a camel, a dire wolf, or an elk. Whenever you cast the spell, choose
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Mechanical Wonder;Mechanical Wonders have revolutionized life in Calimport. Imagine a wound-up machine that does your laundry, washes your dishes, and cleans your house—then fulfill this dream
Domestic Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
such cards in that range. Effects that protect a target from divination magic block this sense.
Riffling Step. The riffler can burrow through any nonmagical material that isn’t iron, shuffling the
as likely to give a deck to adventurers in dire need as they are to wrest cards from an innocent person by any means necessary.
Both the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10) and the Grim Harrow (see chapter
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
enough space for the creature, the keyrune doesn’t transform. See the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block — the name of which is given in bold in the keyrune’s
keyrune includes bits of cable and wire. One end resembles a humanlike head, suggesting the jagged elemental form of the galvanice weird (see chapter 6 for the stat block) that it can become for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Modifying a Monster Once you have an idea for a monster, you’ll need statistics to represent it. The first question you should ask yourself is: Can I use statistics that already exist? A stat block
in the Monster Manual might make a good starting point for your monster. Imagine, for example, that you want to create an intelligent arboreal predator that hunts elves. There is no such monster in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
C. Svalich Woods Towering trees, whose tops are lost in heavy gray mist, block out all but a death-gray light. The tree trunks are unnaturally close to one another, and the woods have the silence of
, Dalvan Olensky, was trying to escape from Barovia with a letter from his master when he was killed on the road by Strahd’s dire wolves. Wanting to return at once to Strahd, the wolves left the body in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
within the guild. Statistics for these NPCs are found in the Monster Manual unless the table states otherwise. Selesnya NPCs Role Appropriate Stat Block Equenaut (cavalry) Scout mounted on a
pegasus Ledev guardian (outrider) Knight mounted on a dire wolf Religious leader Priest or druid Selesnya soldier Soldier* or veteran Shepherd Horncaller* *Appears in this chapter RAYMOND SWANLAND
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
impressing your players with your thespian skills (or lack thereof). Get inside the NPCs’ minds. Imagine how they might react to the characters, and strive to be realistic. Mug it up. Scowl, smile, snarl
have no reason to fight ordinary townsfolk. Hence, no game statistics are provided for them. If statistics become necessary, use the commoner stat block to represent an adult NPC of any race.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. See the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block. The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 Hit Points. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies, and it acts
Creature 1 Weasel 2 Giant Rat 3 Badger 4 Boar 5 Panther 6 Giant Badger 7 Dire Wolf 8 Giant Elk Rust Bag of Tricks 1d8 Creature 1 Rat 2 Owl 3 Mastiff 4 Goat 5 Giant Goat 6 Giant Boar 7 Lion 8 Brown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. See the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block. The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 Hit Points. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies, and it acts
Creature 1 Weasel 2 Giant Rat 3 Badger 4 Boar 5 Panther 6 Giant Badger 7 Dire Wolf 8 Giant Elk Rust Bag of Tricks 1d8 Creature 1 Rat 2 Owl 3 Mastiff 4 Goat 5 Giant Goat 6 Giant Boar 7 Lion 8 Brown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
6. Dire Den This small network of tiny grottos leads into one of the dens of the Gray Ghosts, but it is the current residence of a warped creature called the Spider King. The characters must travel
vaguely humanoid shape. This horrific creature uses the giant spider stat block with the following modifications: The Spider King has 44 hit points, a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14, a Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
unoccupied space of your choice within range. This creature uses the Otherworldly Steed stat block. If you already have a steed from this spell, the steed is replaced by the new one. The steed resembles a
Large, rideable animal of your choice, such as a horse, a camel, a dire wolf, or an elk. Whenever you cast the spell, choose the steed’s creature type—Celestial, Fey, or Fiend—which determines certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
unoccupied space of your choice within range. This creature uses the Otherworldly Steed stat block. If you already have a steed from this spell, the steed is replaced by the new one. The steed resembles a
Large, rideable animal of your choice, such as a horse, a camel, a dire wolf, or an elk. Whenever you cast the spell, choose the steed’s creature type—Celestial, Fey, or Fiend—which determines certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
unique features. For example, imagine that you’re running an encounter with three ogres. You might attach descriptions such as “the ogre with a big scar” and “the ogre with the helmet” to help you and
miniatures to represent multiple monsters, you can tag the miniatures with small stickers of different colors or stickers with different letters or numbers on them. Nikki Dawes Three ogres block a narrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
dark. Suddenly, a loud voice booms out all around you in Undercommon: “Turn back or suffer a death so horrible you cannot imagine! You have been warned!”
The voice is actually a minor illusion cantrip
. If no one in the party understands Undercommon, the dire warning is just loud gibberish to them. The cantrip was cast by Hanne Hallen, a young drow allied with House Mizzrym. Hanne has the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
otherworldly creatures are tearing the inn apart and attempting to eat everything they can get their hands on — including the characters. Fighting the patrons is difficult (use the dire wolf stat block for
of the Six! For even more chaos, each of the characters temporarily transforms into a franchise staff member using an NPC stat block, so that the players must use those NPCs to repel the attackers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
or hired troubleshooter (perhaps after joining another franchise). To use Talanatha as an NPC, you can give her the stat block of a berserker or priest (depending on what use you wish to make of her
trek to Waterdeep for delivery, or if Omin sends a courier to retrieve the stones. If the characters lost the jewels, the consequences could be financially dire. The Orrery With the rotor of return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
they met their doom. U2. Dire Wolf Den A hungry dire wolf haunts this dark cave, the uneven floor of which is strewn with animal and humanoid bones. Unless the characters offer it fresh meat, the dire
stat block), and her will-o’-wisp companion await characters in the middle of this cave. Maud stands between her cauldron of plenty (see appendix D) and a stone block atop which she butchers whatever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
noncombatant but has found his courage and wants to help in this dire situation. The characters might have him go to get additional help or cause a distraction. If he goes to find help, a few rounds later he returns with two guards (use the veteran stat block) to aid in the fight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the elephant Ophelia addresses hundreds of gathered animals nightly. Characters seeking Ophelia find her here. Ophelia uses the elephant stat block, with the following changes: Ophelia is lawful good
-toothed tiger stat block with the following changes: Ebonclaw is lawful neutral. He has an Intelligence of 12 and a Charisma of 12. He speaks Common. Talking with Ebonclaw Ebonclaw is arrogant and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
them across worlds, all in service of an incomprehensible agenda to manipulate the fate of the multiverse. Rifflers are as likely to give a deck to adventurers in dire need as they are to wrest cards
. Effects that protect a target from divination magic block this sense.
Riffling Step. The riffler can burrow through any nonmagical material that isn’t iron, shuffling the substance through which the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
man has no hope of defending himself against the creatures. Massive coyotes are a persistent threat in the Rattle. The three coyotes use the dire wolf stat block, while the farmer they pursue is a
the road.
A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check realizes two groups are moving through the fields, one in pursuit of the other, though the dense crops block their view
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
unreachable, the paper bird bursts into flames on takeoff and is instantly destroyed. The paper birds are hostile toward all creatures except the hags of the Hourglass Coven. They use the hawk stat block, with
cobwebs. Imagine what she’ll be like when she’s senile.
Your favorite sister,
End
Dearest Skab,
Mummy’s little warlock spy was happy to betray her companions and reveal that Kelek, Zargash, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, little one. Collect the shards from Talhundereth, the Crypt of the Talhund, and Gibbet Crossing, and bring them to us. You shall be reborn greater than you can imagine, and Phandalin shall become ours
some victims were deemed unfit and left to starve within the sanctum’s depths. There are three hostages here, and all use the commoner stat block. They are Dareth Grint, a human farmer who is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
metal platters, carry-bowls, and tureens. Its ceiling is a magnificent series of vaulted arches that crisscross to hold up a stone block ceiling, pierced in many places by the hanging roots of trees
her. She says, “Those I allowed to went away disappointed. Well, disappointed once the terror wore off, I imagine.” The cults are led by self-styled prophets and are using the Haunted Keeps as their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold Faculty This section describes noteworthy members of the Lorehold faculty. Some of them use a Lorehold-specific stat block from chapter 7. Augusta Tullus, Dean of Order Augusta Tullus
professor or another summons this spirit of a notorious stone giant warmonger, ostensibly as a cautionary tale about the dire fate that befalls a society that loses control of its aggressive impulses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
; or 4, Winged Form. This mutation determines certain traits in this stat block.
Amorphous (Elastic Body Only). The mutate can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without squeezing.
Magic
just keep reminding myself that the gods delight in the variety of their creations, new wonders are revealed every day, and the multiverse is much larger than I can imagine. And that’s a good thing!
—Bigby
Excellent. But these trolls are loathsome.
—Diancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
your players to use Initiative scores, have them record those scores on their character sheets, and keep your own list of those scores. Initiative Scores for Monsters. A monster’s stat block includes
monsters. If you aren’t using miniatures or other visual aids, one way to track your monsters is to assign them unique features. For example, imagine that you’re running an encounter with three Ogres
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
interesting aspect of an undead villain is that this past injury might have occurred centuries ago, inspiring revenge against the descendants of those that harmed it. Imagine a vampire imprisoned by the
this chapter). 5. Anticipate the Villain’s Reactions As the adventurers pursue their goals and foil the villain’s plans, how does the villain respond? Does it lash out in violence or send dire warnings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Creating a Monster Stat Block If you want a full monster stat block, use the following method to create your new monster. The introduction to the Monster Manual explains all the components of a
monster’s stat block. Familiarize yourself with that material before you begin. In the course of creating your monster, if you find yourself unable to make a decision, let the examples in the Monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
filthy creatures could imagine. You don’t understand the glory of it, the power found in the ice. None of you do. But you will learn soon enough when my father unleashes his terror upon Ten-Towns
the tribal warrior stat block, with these changes: The spore servants are unaligned plants with a walking speed of 20 feet. They have blindsight out to a range of 30 feet and are blind beyond this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
) and her friend who goes by the name Devil Dog (CE female tiefling acolyte). The two are street thieves trying to work their way up to larger scores. Devil Dog uses the acolyte stat block with these
Common and Infernal. Big Gustava is the muscle of the duo. Devil Dog stays out of harm’s way, fleeing quickly if it looks like the situation might turn dire. She saves her spells to aid her escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
monster has an XP value in its stat block.
Modify Total XP for Multiple Monsters. If the encounter includes more than one monster, apply a multiplier to the monsters’ total XP. The more monsters there
count for 1.5 times its base XP value. A pair of dire wolves (worth 200 XP each) have an adjusted XP value of 600, making them a medium encounter for the party as well. To assist with this approach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
atop a raised stone block in the middle of the floor. Both fixtures are draped in cobwebs. Frescoes. A character who inspects the wall frescoes and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check notices
to be seen. Iron Anvil. If the characters clear away the cobwebs, they see an inscription on the front of the stone block. Written in Dwarvish runes, it reads as follows: “Let the hammer fall and the