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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
influence of the Abyss. Victims afflicted with the disease experience tremendous pain as their bodies become disfigured, flesh twisting around the bones, until they transform to join the mass of
disease or become poisoned. At the end of each long rest, the poisoned target can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. If the target is reduced to 0 hit points while
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
resulting dire trolls crave more and more troll flesh to fuel their continued growth.
Dire trolls also increase their size by grafting flesh onto themselves. When a slab of quivering troll flesh is bound
regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a vast scale, or if their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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both the hand and eye, you gain the following additional benefits:
You are immune to disease and poison.
Using the eye’s X-ray vision never causes you to suffer exhaustion.
You experience
, you can attempt to turn its bones to jelly with a touch of the Hand of Vecna. You can do so by using an action to make a melee attack against a creature you can reach, using your choice of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Mark of Detection Traits If your half-elf character has the Mark of Detection, the following traits replace the half-elf’s Ability Score Increase and Skill Versatility traits in the Player’s Handbook
. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Deductive Intuition. When you make an Intelligence (Investigation) or a Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Variant Half-Elf: Mark of Detection If your half-elf character has the Mark of Detection, the following traits replace the half-elf’s Ability Score Increase and Skill Versatility traits in the
Player’s Handbook. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Deductive Intuition. When you make an Intelligence (Investigation) or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Diseases The following diseases can affect giants and humanoids exploring the jungles of Chult. Remember that lesser restoration and similar magic can cure a disease. Blue Mist Fever A magical mist
, and the hallucinations last until the disease ends on the creature. A creature can repeat the saving throw every 24 hours, ending the effect on itself on a success. Shivering Sickness Insects native
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
rats, or wererat that carries the disease, or by coming into physical contact with an infected creature. Infection. Creatures exposed to the disease must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or
become infected. The DC of this saving throw can increase depending on the severity of the plague’s spread (see “Cycle of the Plague” below). Symptoms. It takes 1d2 days for the Gnawing Plague’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
other methods. Ingenuity is required. Super-Tetanus. A creature that contracts the disease of super-tetanus is wracked with pain as its heart races and its muscles spasm hard enough to break its bones
(1d12) damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease called super-tetanus (see below). The walls, ceiling, and floor of the area between the pits are covered with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease.
Each time the diseased creature finishes a long rest, roll a d6 to determine the disease’s effect:
1–2. The creature is blinded
until it finishes a long rest.
3–4. The creature’s hit point maximum decreases by 5 (2d4), and the reduction can’t be removed until the disease ends. The creature dies if its hit point maximum drops to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
they raise it themselves?
Summary. The beginning of each cave presents its central conflict, as well as optional ways to increase or decrease the difficulty. If the characters are level 1, don’t
increase the difficulty.
Bold Terms. When a monster’s name appears in Bold type, that’s a visual cue to say, “Hey, DM, you should get this stat block ready. You’re going to need it.”
You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Creatures bitten by rutterkins are exposed to a terrible disease that infects them with the corrupting influence of the Abyss. Victims that succumb to the disease experience tremendous pain as their
bodies become disfigured, flesh twisting around the bones, until they transform to join the mass of abyssal wretches that follow in the wake of the rutterkin mob that laid them low. Rutterkin
Medium
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
corpse’s ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and then bury or burn them.
Three ravens is always a good sign.
It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep.
Gnome bones can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
a deadly classroom, and students need an expert guide to survive. (Neutral)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Pharika when you expand the god’s influence in the world in
trait Pharika’s blessing shields you from most maladies. You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you are immune to disease. Pharika’s Disciple Piety 25+ Pharika trait Pharika
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
bones. You have vulnerability to radiant damage, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls while in direct sunlight.
09
You summon a unicorn that obeys your commands. If you give a command that
, and you are its familiar. If destroyed, it reappears in 1d4 hours.
18
While you are afflicted by a disease or suffering the poisoned or frightened condition, whenever you hit a humanoid with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Age. A typical warforged is between two and thirty years old. The maximum warforged
poison damage. You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe. You are immune to disease. You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Sentry’s Rest. When you take a long rest, you must spend at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
bones. This macabre crafting is the height of ogre culture. Ogre
Large giant, chaotic evil
Armor Class 11 (hide armor)
Hit Points 59 (7d10 + 21)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
19 (+4)
DEX
8
true sense of tribalism. When bands of ogres meet, one might attempt to capture the members of the other group to increase its numbers. However, ogre bands are just as likely to trade members freely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
, which increase its challenge rating to 8 (3,900 XP): It has 161 (14d12 + 70) hit points. Its Strength and Constitution are 20 (+5). On one of its claws it wears a rune-covered copper band that makes it
intelligently attack intruders, being careful not to bump the protective skin walls. The crab is experienced in fighting in this manner, as is evidenced by the bones scattered about, but the characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
clear water bubbles lazily. A door on the cellar’s west wall is ajar.
Cistern. Operatives of the Six tainted the cistern here. The water might appear pure, but it’s teeming with a magical disease
Constitution saving throw or contract the disease. Symptoms strike when a victim starts a long rest or next becomes excited, as during combat. A victim suffers severe cramps, and their bowels make sounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Hand. If you are attuned to both the hand and eye, you gain the following additional benefits: You are immune to disease and poison. Using the eye’s X-ray vision never causes you to suffer exhaustion
, you can attempt to turn its bones to jelly with a touch of the Hand of Vecna. You can do so by using an action to make a melee attack against a creature you can reach, using your choice of your melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
health to avoid the threat of disease that comes from working with the dead. H3: Corpse Disposal The stench here is horrendous. Hundreds of humanoid and animal bones fill the chamber in charnel heaps
.
Teocín uses this chamber to dispose of her failed experiments. Two ochre jellies feed on the remains and are dissolving meals deep under piles of bones. They emerge, oozing up through the bones, as soon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
stream 19 Warning sign 20 Webs Boneyard The characters come upon an eerie cavern littered with countless bones of various creatures. Whether the site is a natural graveyard for some Underdark species or
the former lair of a fearsome predator, the characters can potentially gather useful material for crafting among the bones. When the party enters a boneyard, roll a d20 and consult the table to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
suffering from broken bones, lacerations, and concussions, and half of them (rounded down) are at 0 hit points and dying; the rest have 1 hit point each. A character can rush to the building and use an
duergar gets within striking distance, it attacks and becomes visible. Following its initial attack, it uses an action to increase its size, then presses its attack. Malevolent Townsfolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
where warriors gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily
pantheon, pushes his children to increase their numbers so they may be his instrument of revenge against the realms of elves, humans, and dwarves. In order to spite the gods who spurned him, Gruumsh leads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
. Let the players narrate their way through avoiding easy encounters, or increase the difficulty of easy encounters to keep them exciting. Random encounters aren’t tailored to characters of a particular
human faces and crude jewelry made from human bones and teeth. Chwinga A chwinga (see Tomb of Annihilation) takes an interest in the characters. It attempts to steal something valuable from an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
) necrotic damage, turning to dust and bones if reduced to 0 hit points. Adjust the following text if the creatures in this room have already been encountered and destroyed. This room has walls of glazed
vestige within this sarcophagus offers the dark gift of Fekre, Queen of Poxes. Fekre’s gift is the power of spreading disease. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the contagion spell as an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
shell is carved with Draconic runes that spell out prayers to Tiamat, is joined by four ghouls that serve as his assistants. The ghouls gnaw on bones and eye the characters hungrily as Krull negotiates
to AC and has advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in his shell, Krull is prone, his speed is 0 and can’t increase, he has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, he can’t take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
increase his challenge rating to 2 (450 XP): He has 45 (7d8 + 14) hit points. His Intelligence is 14 (+2). He has an additional trait: Spellcasting. Snurrevin is a 3rd-level spellcaster. His spellcasting
duergar guard, the sounds of battle alert the leader, Nimira. She is a duergar with the following changes, which increase her challenge rating to 3 (700 XP): Her AC is 17 (splint armor). She has 52
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
trolls that follow are especially likely to arise when trolls regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a vast scale, or if their bodies were damaged by
trolls crave more and more troll flesh to fuel their continued growth. Dire trolls also increase their size by grafting flesh onto themselves. When a slab of quivering troll flesh is bound against a fresh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
made of bones, horns, claws, or teeth taken from enemies
17 Extra horns or spines
18 Elongated, fang-like teeth, or extra rows of teeth
19 Sharpened or serrated scales
20
druid spells feels different from one who casts warlock spells. You can also give a dragon spells of a higher level than the variant rule allows, but such a tweak might increase the dragon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
darkness. Numerous rock columns rise to meet the stone overhead. The air is thick with troglodyte stench, and the floor is littered with refuse from the monsters’ meals and gnawed bones of dubious
a troglodyte with the following changes, which increase his challenge rating to 2 (450 XP): His AC is 13 (natural armor). He has 39 (6d8 + 12) hit points. His Charisma is 15 (+2). He can speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
it, and the creature can’t benefit from being invisible. 16–20 A boil of termites bursts from the ground, along with dozens of bones and a treasure of the DM’s choice (see “Random Treasure” in the
rot disease (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) from minute parasites. 66–70 Dung-colored bugs cover the ground. Creatures that move at half their normal walking speed can ignore the bugs. Those that move
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
spring hold curative powers — curing disease, healing wounds, even restoring lost senses. 2 Clusters of radiant crystals sprout from the earth. A spell of 1st level or higher cast within 30 feet of
area and the damage might both increase. 4 Devils, demons, and angels duel in the remains of a ruined fortress that serves as a portal to Shavarath. Syrania, the Azure Sky Crystal spires float in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, its walls made of stacked crates nailed together with boards. The walls rise to meet the 20-foot-high ceiling. Humanoid bones litter the floor. (Ahmaergo gathered the bones from Undermountain and put
them here as grisly decorations.) The maze fills the entire room but for a 10-foot-square area in the southwest corner, where Ahmaergo keeps a wooden chest and a bed made from the skulls, bones, hide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
filled completely with dead insects along with occasional bones, making it difficult terrain. Pit Traps. Scattered through the room, hidden beneath the blanket of insect bodies, are several pit traps
.
Creatures. Twelve unarmed humanoid skeletons wander the area, harvesting plant material in large baskets. As they tear off growths, a crackling sound accompanies an increase in the glow of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
from the owl. The wall across from the double door has a twenty-foot-wide, circular opening sealed with hinged, semicircular windows in wrought-iron frames. The marble floor is littered with the bones
are things they can do to increase their chances of survival:
Free the great owl from the aviary (area P20) and set it against the jabberwock. Characters toward whom the owl is indifferent can






