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Monster Manual
Bound. The guardian is magically bound to an amulet. While the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the guardian to travel to
it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (round up) is transferred to
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Bound. The drone is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the drone and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the drone’s wearer can telepathically call the drone to travel to it
, and the drone knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the drone is within 60 feet of the drone’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is transferred to the drone
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
up to 10 feet in any direction horizontally.
Spellcasting. Endelyn casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14
of a symbolic depiction of one. See the stat block for details.
Hourglass Coven
The Hourglass Coven is a group of three hags, each one bound to an aspect of time: one reflects the past, another
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the mage reforms from it
are inextricably bound to their home realities, and others simply can’t find any way out.
The creatures known as star spawn are the heralds, servants, and soldiers of the Elder Evils, capable
Shield Guardian
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Bound. The shield guardian is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet's wearer can telepathically call the guardian to
travel to it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet's wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is transferred to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
mountains to the west, south, and east shield the interior from the sea and from the view of sailors. The rivers are so sluggish that it can be difficult determining which direction is upstream and
can find welcoming civilization. The rest of the peninsula is a breeding ground for bloodsucking, disease-bearing insects, monstrous reptiles, carnivorous birds and beasts of every variety, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, colorful flora, and curious insects. Creatures that wander into the rain forest find it increasingly dense and difficult to traverse. After an hour of travel, creatures emerge near the Ghost Orchid
Tepui no matter which direction they were headed. With a shriek, Nene encourages the characters to proceed down the path toward the tepui. He then flies up the side of the tepui and over the top.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
full of life. Stalactites drip into shallow puddles, and water trickles down the slick cave walls. The sounds of cave bats, small insects, and the caverns’ monstrous denizens echo throughout
first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be swept 20 feet in the direction indicated by the arrows on the map.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
direction, don’t read the first sentence. The trail hugs the river for several miles. The dirt and grass soon turn to marsh as the trail dissolves into spongy earth pockmarked with stands of tall reeds and
marsh, even if they barricade themselves in a ruined building, they are accosted by 1d4 swarms of hungry flies (use the swarm of insects (wasps) stat block in the Monster Manual). The swarms don’t trouble characters in areas U3 or U5.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Desert Encounters (Levels 1–4) d100 Encounter 01 3d8 scorpions 02 2d4 vultures 03 1 abandoned mule 04 2d6 commoners with 2d4 camels bound for a distant city 05 1d6 flying snakes 06 2d6 hyenas or
swarm of insects 36–40 An oasis surrounded by palm trees and containing the remnants of an old camp 41–44 3d6 bandits 45–46 1d4 constrictor snakes 47–48 2d4 winged kobolds 49–50 1 dust mephit 51–52
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
necromancers and foul spirits. Whether they’re the remains of the ancient dead or fresh bones bound to morbid ambitions, they commit deathless work for whatever forces reanimated them, often serving as
guardians, soldiers, or laborers. In rare cases, skeletons are reanimated but given no particular direction. Roll on or choose a result from the Skeleton Pantomimes table to inspire how undirected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
pureblood priest named Yoastal was slain by the Ssethian Scourges and remains bound to the temple. Because she cannot leave, she tries to trick others into completing her unfinished business, knowing
a hostile swarm of insects (centipedes). Treasure. The sack contains 550 gp. Green Statue A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes this statue as another representation of Sseth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Swarmkeeper I love insects—organized, relentless, specialized little champions. And aligning their single-minded will with your own: beautiful. Just keep them out of my lab.
Tasha
Feeling a deep
insects 2 Miniature twig blights 3 Fluttering birds 4 Playful pixies Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm to assist you in one of the following ways, immediately after you hit a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
7 (2,900 XP)
Bound. The shield guardian is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the
guardian to travel to it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Understands commands given in any language but can’t speak
CR 7 (XP 2,900; PB +3)
Traits
Bound. The guardian is magically bound
direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (round up) is transferred to the guardian.
Regeneration. The guardian regains 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
transformation into undead monsters. Sorrow Bound. A banshee becomes forever bound to the place of its demise, unable to venture more than five miles from there. It is forced to relive every moment of its life
magically sense the presence of creatures up to 5 miles away that aren’t undead or constructs. She knows the general direction they’re in but not their exact locations.
Incorporeal Movement. The banshee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, the other Direction (in Common). Behind the hatch is a steel-walled compartment that holds a magically bound air elemental. The air elemental powers the aft propeller. Moving the Thrust lever to the
left opens valves that allow wind from the elemental to spin the propeller. Moving the lever to the right closes the valves, and the propeller stops turning. Moving the Direction lever to the left or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
death as a wraith, served by specters who were once her loyal retainers. Brysis yearns to accumulate enough life force to leave the confines of her tomb, to which her spirit is bound. The adventurers
help to free me?”
The characters receive an impression of the direction to the entrance of the tomb, but the mysterious voice doesn’t respond to any queries. As they follow the voice, a narrow side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Air. Wind whips and whistles around them, allowing a ship to move with a speed of 60 feet regardless of direction relative to the wind. Defiant Sails These sails glitter with a fine coat of mithral
Copper Acid Gold Fire Green Acid Red Fire Silver Cold White Cold Screaming Sails Woven from the energy of captured wraiths and bound with the spirit of a banshee, these sails groan mournfully when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
hair, and its body is clad in wispy rags that flutter and stream around it. A banshee is forever bound to the place of its demise. It abhors mirrors, for it can’t bear to see the horror of its undead
direction they’re in but not their exact locations.
Incorporeal Movement. The banshee can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. She takes 5 (1d10) force damage if she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
kind of slave or minion creature living with or near them as a defense against attackers, even if it’s just a common animal. Hags particularly delight in using mortals bound to their service as
flesh golems 3 1d2 helmed horrors 4 1 rug of smothering 5 1d6 scarecrows 6 2d4 shadow mastiffs* 7 2d4 swarms swarm of insects or swarm of rats 8 1d6 yeth hounds* Brutes d12 Servant(s) * See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
voices rises above the droning of insects. Several carts fitted with sled rails are being pulled by giant snails with thick appendages protruding from their heads. Most of the carts carry lizardfolk
tribe has rested, to leave the cooked human here, and take the traveling village in a different direction to keep the tribe safe from the rot trolls. This could give the party some information on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
goblins, orcs, hobgoblins, ogres, and trolls over the years. Green hags bound to her service act as baronesses who enforce her will over their section of the forest, and an elite guard of twenty-three
. Luckily for the folk of the region, Zuggtmoy was imprisoned in the ruins of the Temple of Elemental Evil before her plan was complete. Without their mistress’s direction, the cultists fell to
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
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You can cast the speak with animals spell at will, but can use it to communicate only with insects.
Disturbing whispers on the edge of hearing haunt all creatures within 30 feet of you
object on the same plane as you and have the compass point constantly in the direction of the named target. You gain no knowledge of the distance to the target.
A specialized clockwork compass floats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
world when he bound all the other gods within the fabric of Nyx. Erebos and Kruphix blame one another for Klothys’s recent emergence from the Underworld, a situation neither seems able to control
other direction, and Kruphix is more likely to side with Purphoros than Heliod in the future. Of all the gods, only Klothys truly concerns Kruphix. He hoped that she would remain secret and secluded in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
platform in a random direction. The insects die and fall to the ground immediately after their attack. White Gates. A white gate is located west of this area at the junction of the corridors that
) check hears distant chittering. Light. None. The sunken floor of this huge hall is covered in dead insects, their dried shells shifting and whispering in a faint breeze. Dozens of demonic faces are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Ankheg Burrowing Insectile Predator Habitat: Forest, Grassland; Treasure: None Oversize insects, ankhegs burrow close to the surface, creating sprawling underground labyrinths. From these tunnels
space.
If the target fails three of these saves while in the demiplane, it becomes bound to the tome and can escape only if the tome is reduced to 0 Hit Points.
Fiendish Burst. Melee or Ranged Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
leather-bound book open across his lap and is mouthing the words he reads on the pages. Without looking up, he says, “Have you no herald to announce your presence before King Gullop the Nineteenth?” He
knights are stationed around the edge of the gazebo’s interior. Eight unarmed bullywugs (noncombatants) lounge at the king’s feet, eating insects from platters as they gossip among themselves. The king
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
light in the fireplace from a small, highly reflective object.
Two swarms of insects (spiders) infest this room. One swarm descends on anyone who approaches the fireplace, and the other descends
recently oiled. Once the door is opened, read the following text: In the southeast corner of this decayed bedroom lies a man; he is alive, though bound and gagged. He is clad only in undergarments and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
erinyes bound to him by an infernal contract. The erinyes appears 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’s Deals Mahadi has the power to make deals at the direction and with the authority of Asmodeus as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
castle in this snarled, confusing maze would depend more on luck than skill. This trail doesn’t make travel easy; the lizardfolk’s trail is still treated as difficult terrain. It only shows the direction
drawn up near one of the lean-tos.
A few dozen yards beyond the campsite in the direction you’ve been traveling, dry land ends. Other than moss-covered trees, fallen logs, and thick clumps of reeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
34–35 Instrument of Scribing 36–37 Lock of Trickery 38–40 Mystery Key 41–42 Orb of Direction 43–44 Orb of Time 45–46 Perfume of Bewitching 47–49 Pipe of Smoke Monsters 50–52 Potion of Climbing 53–55
Charming 78–79 Staff of Swarming Insects 80–81 Staff of Withering 82 Stone of Controlling Earth Elementals 83–84 Wand of Binding 85–86 Wand of Fear 87–90 Wand of Fireballs 91–94 Wand of Lightning Bolts 95
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
dugout canoes are drawn up near one of the lean-tos.
A few dozen yards beyond the campsite in the direction you’ve been traveling, dry land ends. Other than moss-covered trees, fallen logs, and thick
distance away and know someone is in the camp. They assume it’s more of their own kind returning from the work camp with treasure bound for Castle Naerytar, but the mere is filled with potential enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
from the hoard want to return to the dragon’s lair and cause characters to accidentally stray in that direction. Verdant Influence. If coins from the hoard are placed in soil, they encourage lush plant
might give the haunted item the characteristics of a sentient magic item. The most certain way to end a haunting is to complete the unfinished business that keeps a spirit bound to the mortal world. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Machinery. The engine is a quasi-magical machine that controls the submarine’s propulsion and depth and powers the fins and rudder that control direction. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals
the lid causes panels in the front and sides to open, releasing a swarm of mechanical spiders that attacks anyone other than Jarlaxle. This swarm has the statistics of a swarm of insects (spiders), with






