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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
dangerously curious spirits manifested as physical beings when the Deck of Many Things was shuffled for the first time. The rifflers were so enraptured with the soft sound made by the whispering cards
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
, they use their iron-hard fists to pound evil to a pulp. Equinals can also bellow a mighty shout that stops their foes in their tracks.
Guardinals
Nomadic and peaceful, guardinals are animalistic
supernatural virtue puts them at odds with the evil beings of the Lower Planes. Guardinals abhor wickedness and strike out against injustice and villainy without hesitation, determined to eradicate forces that threaten beauty and peace.Radiant
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
with their jaws to extract mineral sustenance. They can also digest iron from blood and marrow, if mineral-rich rock is unavailable.
The Netherese sent the thaluud into the Underdark to exterminate
tombs, temples, and caves in search of magic items, which they bear off. They usually try to seize magic from beings that they encounter.
Magic is sacred to tomb tappers. They don't use any magic items
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
planes. Only when planar balance is under threat of total collapse do these elusive, gold-skinned beings leave the Outlands, manifesting gleaming blades to destroy those that threaten multiversal
overexerts itself on the Concordant Opposition.
Rilmani are bipedal, with bodies of living metal that ranges in appearance from cold iron to brilliant gold. Most have smooth faces with few features, and
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
nefarious forces. Untold times the deck’s creator, Mother Luba, narrowly escaped doom, spared only by her keen insights. But even for her, not all wickedness could be escaped. In the most dire
cases, Mother Luba managed to ensnare beings of pure evil amid the strands of fate, imprisoning them within her tarokka deck. There these foul spirits dwell still, trapped within a nether-realm hidden
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s goal is to tap into vast energy sources and perform the dire rites that will extend a bridge between the Material Plane and the squirming chaos of an Elder Evil’s realm.
An entity that
even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to these realms: entities that are ever hungering, searching, warring, and sometimes
Hobgoblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
hobgoblins associate only with images of conflict and warfare.
The iron grip their philosophy holds on their hearts blinds hobgoblins to the accomplishments of other peoples. Hobgoblins have little
appreciation or patience for art. They leave little space for joy or leisure in their lives, and thus have no reserves of faith to call upon when in dire straits.
Implacable Gods
Hobgoblins revere two
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Instead, aggressive, stronger creatures register to the lizardfolk as fearsome beings to be avoided if possible. If such creatures attack, lizardfolk flee, fighting only if cornered. Lizardfolk aren
, if other creatures prove useful to lizardfolk, those creatures can trigger a protective response made all the stronger by their apparent weakness. The lizardfolk assess such beings as hatchlings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Hill Creatures Creatures Challenge (XP) Bronze scout, meazel 1 (200 XP) Ogre bolt launcher, ogre howdah 2 (450 XP) Ogre chain brute 3 (700 XP) Iron cobra, ogre battering ram, stone defender 4
(1,100 XP) Oaken bolter 5 (1,800 XP) Howler 8 (3,900 XP) Gray render 12 (8,400 XP) Dire troll 13 (10,000 XP) Zaratan 22 (41,000 XP) Elder tempest 23 (50,000 XP)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T5. Guard Tower, Upper Floor The upper level of the tower is an icebox with windows set in almost every wall. A rusted iron ladder bolted to the floor and ceiling leads up to a wooden trapdoor
. Mounted above the stone hearth is a dire wolf’s head. The wind coming down the chimney howls in its stead. The trapdoor in the ceiling pushes open with a squeal, revealing the rooftop (area T6) and the stormy gray sky.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, gnoll flesh gnawer, grung wildling, kobold dragonshield, kobold scale sorcerer, meazel, nilbog, quickling, thorny vegepygmy 2 Darkling elder, grung elite warrior, guard drake, hobgoblin iron shadow
, meenlock, shadow mastiff, vegepygmy chief, yuan-ti broodguard 3 Archer, flail snail, redcap, shadow mastiff alpha, vampiric mist 4 Barghest, clockwork iron cobra, clockwork stone defender, girallon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Imix, giant strider, gnoll flesh gnawer, kobold dragonshield, kobold scale sorcerer, meazel, nilbog, xvart warlock of Raxivort 2 Aurochs, hobgoblin Iron Shadow, ogre bolt launcher, ogre howdah
, quetzalcoatlus, shadow mastiff 3 Neogi, ogre chain brute, redcap, shadow mastiff alpha 4 Barghest, clockwork iron cobra, clockwork stone defender, hobgoblin devastator, neogi master, ogre battering ram, yeth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Forest Creatures Creatures Challenge (XP) Skulk 1/2 (100 XP) Bronze scout, choker, meazel 1 (200 XP) Vampiric mist 3 (700 XP) Iron cobra, stone defender 4 (1,100 XP) Oaken bolter 5 (1,800 XP
(7,200 XP) Eidolon, gray render 12 (8,400 XP) Dire troll 13 (10,000 XP) Retriever 14 (11,500 XP) Nagpa 17 (18,000 XP) Zaratan 22 (41,000 XP)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
) Iron cobra, ogre battering ram, stone defender 4 (1,100 XP) Kruthik hive lord, oaken bolter 5 (1,800 XP) Duergar warlord 6 (2,300 XP) The Lost 7 (2,900 XP) The Lonely 9 (5,000 XP) Githyanki gish
, githzerai enlightened 10 (5,900 XP) Balhannoth 11 (7,200 XP) Duergar despot, eidolon, githyanki kith’rak 12 (8,400 XP) Dire troll, star spawn seer 13(10,000 XP) Githyanki supreme commander 14 (11,500 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
more sentient beings on hand to torture, to help alleviate boredom. The floor of this room is strewn with hooked chains, and manacles are bolted to the walls. In the middle of the room, a spiked iron
Watchtower Locations The following locations are keyed to map 3.7. T1. Ground Floor The door at ground level is a stone slab secured from within by an iron crossbar that lifts away easily but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, guard drake, ogre bolt launcher, ogre howdah, quetzalcoatlus 3 Duergar screamer, ogre chain brute, vampiric mist 4 Barghest, clockwork iron cobra, clockwork stone defender, ogre battering ram
enlightened, stone giant dreamwalker 11 Balhannoth, cloud giant smiling one 12 Archdruid, duergar despot, eidolon, githyanki kith’rak, ki-rin 13 Dire troll, star spawn seer 14 Fire giant dreadnought
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
its chest An iron pendant adorned with a devil’s face The shrunken, shriveled head of a halfling A small wooden coffer containing a dire wolf’s withered tongue The southernmost tunnel slopes down at a 20-degree angle into murky water and ends at a rusty portcullis (area 37).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Riffler Rifflers are diminutive Fey reminiscent of gnomes and obsessed with destiny and fate. The oldest stories of rifflers suggest these dangerously curious spirits manifested as physical beings
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cadaver collector
Hellfire engine
Iron cobra
Marut
Oaken bolter
Retriever
Sacred statue
Steel predator
Stone cursed
Stone defender
Elementals Air elemental myrmidon
Earth
Sibriex
Titivilus
Wastrilith
White abishai
Yagnoloth
Yeenoghu
Zariel
Zuggtmoy
Giants Dire troll
Ogre battering ram
Ogre bolt launcher
Ogre chain brute
Ogre howdah
Rot troll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
are destroyers too, and their appearance portends doom as often as it signals hope. Shards of the Divine. Angels are formed from the astral essence of benevolent gods and are thus divine beings of
command. The gods of good therefore send their angels among mortals only in response to the most dire circumstances. Fallen Angels. An angel’s moral compass grants it a sense of infallibility that can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
chemical accidents and the proper formulas. Golems, homunculi, and other constructed beings groan to life to support a populace desperate to survive in this frigid realm. Frozen bogs and glacial expanses
starving predators, from wolf packs and giant owls to isolated Humanoid clans struggling to subsist outside the domain’s iron-walled cities. The cruel environment and populace threatened by starvation make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
and Nene and restored them to be protectors of the spirit’s mountain. Over ages, Yarana has protected Chimagua and learned the ways of the Feywild. But everything changed in recent days when beings
that plane, she will rapidly age and die after 24 hours. She risked this when she contacted the characters earlier only because of the dire circumstances to Chimagua. Yarana’s Hope Yarana thanks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
more unusual beings that had dire encounters with a basilisk. Roll on or choose a result from the Petrified Basilisk Victims table to inspire the statues that might appear in a basilisk’s hunting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K75. South Dungeon The rusty iron door connecting this hall to area K73 is submerged in 5 feet of water and requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to open. A mold-covered ceiling
hangs three feet above the still, black water that fills this dungeon corridor. The water is five feet deep. Ten-foot-square cells, their entrances blocked by iron bars, line both sides of the hall. From
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
called on by spellcasters and powerful beings to take shape and perform tasks. Living Elements. On its home plane, an elemental is a bodiless life force. Its dim consciousness manifests as a physical
physical forms, but weaker materials such as flesh and clay can’t bind elemental power sufficiently. Durable materials such as stone and iron require stronger magic, which consequently binds an elemental more securely. Elemental Nature. An elemental doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Derro savant
Duergar screamer
Giff
Merrenoloth
Ogre chain brute
Sword wraith warrior
Vampiric mist
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Deathlock
Dybbuk
Iron cobra
Merregon
Ogre battering
Gray render
Oinoloth
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Dire troll
Drow arachnomancer
Narzugon
Star spawn seer
The Angry
Wastrilith
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Cadaver collector
Drow inquisitor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
gnome with a hunched back and a sinewy frame springs from the earth. The creature has a pointed leather cap, trousers of similar material, heavy iron boots, and a heavy bladed weapon. From the moment it
psychically connected to the beings whose murderous acts led to their birth. A redcap might use this innate connection to find and murder its creator. Others seek out their maker to enjoy proximity to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
deep forest. The interior is empty aside from a large cast-iron oven. 26 1 couatl 27–28 1d4 ogres or 1d6 + 2 half-ogres 29–30 1 gnoll pack lord with 1d4 + 1 giant hyenas 31–32 1d6 wererats 33 1d4
1d6 + 2 dryads 43 1d4 giant elk 44 1d8 + 1 harpies 45–46 1 bandit captain with 1 druid and 1d6 + 5 bandits 47–48 2d4 dire wolves 49–50 2d4 bugbears 51–52 2d4 centaurs 53–54 3d10 blink dogs 55–56 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
rocks and minerals to form earth elementals. These beings possess powerful limbs and coarse features, sometimes studded with ore, gems, crystals, colorful striations, or living plants. On the
matter. 5 Mounds of sand studded with shells. 6 Rubble or pieces of a ruined structure. 7 Striking striations or bands of color. 8 Veins of iron or other ore. The foundations of our homes, the strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. There she exposed the modrons to fiendish influences, convincing them the Outlands are overrun by evil beings. The modrons’ belief is skewing the underpinnings of the Outlands and the planes beyond
the modrons escape (see the “Unity of Rings” section later in this chapter for details). R04M can’t haggle or offer any greater reward, but he can hypothesize on the dire ramifications of the modrons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
original contract resembles the copy stored in Thavius’s infernal puzzle box: nine square plates of infernal iron linked together by short chains, each plate inseparable from the others and inscribed
Zariel voids all the active contracts she has made with beings across the multiverse. This causes no small amount of cosmic chaos. The Fate of Thavius Kreeg If the characters killed Thavius Kreeg in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Zombie Escape Set the scene by reading the following boxed text aloud: Groans fill the air as moaning humanoid figures covered in dried bird droppings sprint toward you on the road. As these beings
move through the slits without squeezing.
Doors. The doors in Iniarv’s Tower are made of stone and have rusty iron hinges.
Light. Most of the light in the ruins comes from the sun or moon outside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
, the roof being held up by great, smoke-blackened rafters. The open yard (area 22) has no roof. Doors. Doors are great iron-bound log affairs 1 foot in thickness, each about 7 feet wide and 16 to 18
, coming from the great hall (area 11) to get her pet cave bear from her room (see area 7) A hill giant with four dire wolves from the open yard (area 22) going to the barracks (area 4) Chief Nosnra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
but also keeping the fire in check. Firehive. Aurnozci’s nest hangs from one of Gorewood’s strongest, knobbiest branches, secured by a hundred-foot-thick cord of Aurnozci’s iron-hard silk. The nest
behemoths with freakish powers emerge from Whitemarsh. Most such beings flee Xulregg or are captured and sacrificed to Aurnozci, though a few have been allowed to live and serve the Caged Worm as honored guardians.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Questing Knight 16 Iron Golem 17 Death Knight, Dracolich 18 Demilich 21 Arch-hag, Lich 23 Blob of Annihilation, Empyrean 25 Colossus Arctic Monsters CR Monsters 0 Hawk, Owl 1/8 Blood Hawk, Kobold
Warrior, Dire Wolf, Dryad, Faerie Dragon Youth, Giant Hyena, Giant Spider, Giant Toad, Goblin Boss, Harpy, Ogrillon Ogre, Tiger, Yuan-ti Infiltrator 2 Ankheg, Awakened Tree, Centaur Trooper, Ettercap