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Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Halo of Pestilence. The champion is surrounded by an aura of deadly magic that takes the form of a host of glowing white insects. Each creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of the champion
must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or have the incapacitated condition until the start of its next turn, as the insects ravage its body.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
nature through their magic. They brew infusions of plants, fungi, and insects or other minuscule creatures that thrum with the essence of life, using these infusions to fuel their magic instead of using
the philosophy from different directions, with one methodology focusing on decay and the other dealing with growth.Poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The Court of Orestes On the third day of following Khea’s directions, the party reaches the Khystonos. Its riverbed is nearly dry, the river reduced to a muddy trickle. After following the lethargic
flow for the better part of a day, the adventurers reach a bend where several prominent rocks jut from the mud. These stones mark the entrance to the Court of Orestes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
corner of the Feywild. This tiny realm stretches about a mile in all directions around the tepui—a steep, pale, flat-topped mountain. Around and atop the mountain is a lush rain forest full of mist
, 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
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
against the schemes and ambitions of the other guilds, so much the better.
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Medicine
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A Simic insignia, a set of
My research builds on my parents’ work and takes it in interesting new directions.
2
If a serious problem confounds me, I can count on my mentor to provide clarity of thought.
3
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Aleron resents his fellow Undead in the Grim Harrow, considering himself better than all of them and unjustly condemned to the Gardens of Decay for an act of altruism. Though the weakest of the
Harrow’s three leaders, the Grim Champion of Pestilence is nonetheless a fearsome entity of sickness and blight. A swarm of insects surrounds him in a mockery of a halo, and debilitating plagues flow from
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
addresses the fifty or so of his fellows, and they scatter, performing the tasks of setting up camp. A larger, bestial-looking lizardfolk moves closer to the leader, as if waiting for directions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pack breaks through windows and terrifies the staff. (It’s all the better if the characters are eating a meal there themselves). The monsters single-mindedly pursue the characters and fight until one is
hounds. Thorsk Thelorn in Red Larch can connect the symbol to a mysterious gathering of druids in the Sumber Hills he heard about from a passing merchant and provide directions to Scarlet Moon Hall.
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen.
For example, two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
directions and suggestions as follows: Buppido knows how to reach Gracklstugh from the southern route out of Velkynvelve. He can also find a route to Gracklstugh from the Darklake. Buppido urges the
characters to go to Gracklstugh to acquire better equipment, and out of a desire to return to his people. He also intends to murder the characters one by one along the way, believing them to be divine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
restricted to the Darklake District, and the characters have better luck asking other outsiders for directions rather than trying to engage the duergar locals. They are directed to the Blade Bazaar if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Respect quandary Ally Quandary. The adventurers have a better chance of achieving their goal with the help of two individuals whose expertise is all but essential. However, these two NPCs hate each
plead with the characters to spare the villain’s life, to prove that they are better than the villain. A weak NPC might beg for a chance to win favor from the characters by undertaking a dangerous but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
back his fiendish urges long enough to resume his human form. He confessed to his mother, then fled his home as he felt himself transforming again. For the better part of the day since, he has flown
directions to Doña Rosa’s home. If the characters kept Serapio’s cityscape drawings, they can use it to find the vecindad with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Survival) check. As the characters near the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
or bypassed the erinyes entirely, skip to the “Stop for Directions” section. It takes about an hour for the Venatrix to travel to the goristro’s location. As the Venatrix approaches the goristro
tented palanquin occupied by demonic soldiers swarming like insects.
The hulking goristro is flanked by two vrocks. Inside the goristro’s palanquin are two hezrous and five quasits, as well as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the character succeeds on the Wisdom check and chooses the better path, the characters’ travel time decreases by a day, but their path is lined with omens that foretell terrible events when they reach
possible day of hiking through the wilderness, and describe the litany of horrors the characters face: biting insects and leeches, a sudden rainstorm making a river impassible, a broken backpack strap, lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
characters find Curst’s townsfolk to be a sour, suspicious lot who are generally uninterested in conversation. Getting terse directions to the gate to Carceri or any of the Curst locations requires a
multiverse… but we’re still better than you.”
–Tovus Gilaf, former burgomaster of Curst,
to his replacement, Villigus Bazengar
Encounters in Curst While exploring Curst, the characters might have any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
20-foot-high tunnel. The sewer tunnel is 30 feet wide and continues in both directions. The tunnel has a raised walkway 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall along both sides. The main passage is flowing with 1
Encounter 1–4 1d4 cultists of Rakdos 5–9 2d4 giant rats 10–11 1 gray ooze 12–14 1 kraul warrior (see chapter 6 for the stat block) 15–18 1 swarm of insects (centipedes) 19–20 1d4 zombies covered in fungus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
creatures are either naturally wicked or warped by the hag to better serve her. In either case, a hag is confident that her servants will obey her orders without question. The Brutes table gives examples of
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->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
kobolds (those on level 1) have been burned, but the level 2 huts and both guard towers remain. Anyone can determine from tracks that the cultists trekked away in small groups in all directions. A
to the west. A few raiders remain in the cave: the Wearer of Purple (Mondath), the “dragon-man” (Cyanwrath), the better warriors, and the “dragon-dogs” (kobolds). As long as the cultists pay well for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Squaring Off Against the Cult of the Dragon Characters have several options at Castle Naerytar, and events there can go in many directions. Here are the key points to keep in mind when running this
that Rezmir and Jos survive this chapter. It’s not a catastrophe if they don’t, but it’s much better if they do. Dralmorrer Borngray and Pharblex Spattergoo have everything to lose if enemies of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teeth chattering, “Occultists? How droll! A better question: where are your manners?”
Sarusanda uses Speak with Dead to commune with a preserved skull she found in this room. The skull belonged to a
Rod of Seven Parts or the priests of Osybus. It can, however, give directions to the cultists’ ritual chamber (area D38) and describe their general motives: “We wish to impress our glorious lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
kobolds (those on level 1) have been burned, but the level 2 huts and both guard towers remain. Anyone can determine from tracks that the cultists trekked away in small groups in all directions. A
to the west. A few raiders remain in the cave: the Wearer of Purple (Mondath), the “dragon-man” (Cyanwrath), the better warriors, and the “dragon-dogs” (kobolds). As long as the cultists pay well for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Squaring Off Against the Cult of the Dragon Characters have several options at Castle Naerytar, and events there can go in many directions. Here are the key points to keep in mind when running this
that Rezmir and Jos survive this chapter. It’s not a catastrophe if they don’t, but it’s much better if they do. Dralmorrer Borngray and Pharblex Spattergoo have everything to lose if enemies of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
? Who dares to enter the chamber of the guardian? You had better go, or I will have to discharge my sacred duty! Be off with you before I lose my temper!” If the party retreats, the crayfish will not
knowledge of this place, stating that it was brought into these warrens when very young. If asked for directions, it first sends the party to the rubble-filled staircase to the east, and then, if asked a second time, it sends the party to the west.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
and the Material Plane for souls that might please their divine queen. Most giants know better than to make regular use of the death rune.
—Diancastra
“Know better”? Perhaps, but there’s no
denying that death giants can make excellent use of it.
—Bigby
Death Giant Reaper Death giant reapers wield massive scythes and wear armor that resembles the carapaces of giant insects. They wield the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Fishbone Tavern Any fisher or laborer in the north of the city can provide directions to Fishbone Tavern. None of the NPCs currently at the tavern know the location of Dran Enterprises headquarters
person who keeps her ear to the ground about Dran Enterprises is Arla at the Peg and Hook (see below). He can share Arla’s story and provide directions to her shop. Working-Class Rumors The two fishers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, at which point he tries to flee the castle. 5 A dead Barovian that serves as host to a swarm of insects (spiders). The baby giant spiders (each one the size of a tarantula) crawl out of the
the way, he declines. If the characters ask for directions, he tells them whether they need to ascend, descend, or remain on the level they’re at. If they attack him, he fights to the death. Otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
happened to Zybilna, with whom he has lost contact. If you like, you can replace Madryck Roslof with a different NPC who better suits your campaign. Whether Madryck or someone else gives the quest, the
inspiration—the source of my power.
“I have been unable to contact Zybilna for the better part of a year, and I fear something terrible has happened. My adventuring days are over, but Zybilna has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
directors that assembles teams from among the rank and file of the Izzet League to carry out research according to Niv-Mizzet’s directions. The Izmagnus is a smaller board with five to seven members
Niv-Mizzet, urges him to push his guild’s research toward increasingly dangerous and volatile experimentation. For the rest of the guild members, the search for bigger and better weapons is mainly an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to be a better fit for a particular district. The events on the tables are phrased so they can be read aloud or summarized to players. Lower Sharn Street Events d100 Event 01–02 A minotaur holding
group of students from Morgrave University moves through the street, asking for directions to Dragoneyes. 69–72 You turn down an empty street. A door suddenly materializes on a nearby building that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
line the walls, as do mounted collections of insects and reptiles. Three pteranodons form the room’s centerpiece—all of them magically immobile in midair, positioned as if engaging in a strange dance
. Beyond the door is a secondary storage area that is much better organized, though a thick layer of dust on the boxes and crates here indicates that no one has accessed it in a while. Characters who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
experiments. Its creations are sometimes comical in appearance, but — like kobolds’ traps — they work a lot better than their materials would suggest. Good While They Last. An inventor’s new weapons last
small basket into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (centipedes) with 11 hit points emerges from the basket and rolls initiative. At the end of each of the swarm’s turns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
directions, run the “Old Tower” encounter in chapter 3. The apparition can’t be harmed and provides no other assistance. It vanishes forever once it has imparted its information, waving goodbye as it fades
provides directions to his residence in the city’s North Ward: a tall stone house with a tower on one corner. Chazlauth has a silver dragon wyrmling companion named Irizzorl that he keeps hidden in his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
better condition than the dilapidated structures nearby. The doors are reinforced with heavy iron bands, and thick shutters protect the windows.
Robson Michel Reidoth the Druid This is where
they’re killed. Olga Drebas Emerald Enclave Pin Development. If the characters ask about Cragmaw Castle, Reidoth hesitates to provide directions. She is a member of the Emerald Enclave, a widespread
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Characters who question Thorsk can get directions to Scarlet Moon Hall (see chapter 3). 6. Chansyrl Fine Harness The pungent smell of tanned and oiled leather fills this crowded workshop, and the walls
grizzled dwarf prospector who warned them away from Lance Rock “because there’s plague there.” Maegla has no idea what they’re talking about, but the children can provide directions to the ravine the dwarf