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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits
that drive them, and are susceptible only to weapons imbued with magic or the strength of adamantine.
Blind Obedience. When its creator or possessor is on hand to command it, a golem performs flawlessly
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
powerful is their drive that their bodies reconstitute if destroyed.
When they fulfill their purpose, most hollow dragons embrace the death they have staved off for so long. But others seek new tasks to sustain themselvesâor cling to undeath out of sheer stubbornness or habit.Poison, RadiantNecrotic
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders canât tell the males and females apart.
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that yakfolk are lazyâquite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the secrets of elemental magic
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
â in their language), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders canât tell the males and females
laboring oneself. Itâs not that yakfolk are lazyâquite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate
; scales. It glows like starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragonâs mood: bristling with anger, lying back
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
amber in color. Their bodies are wider at the haunches, tapering in a wedge shape toward the head, and their wings are shaped to propel them through both air and water. A topaz dragonâs psionic
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A pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
unpleasantly from the motion of the larvae gorging on their insides, creating the false impression that they still live. Because of this, the mere sight of a hellwasp nest has been known to drive
to the players: A gigantic sac of wet, papery material floats high above the surface of hell. Angelic figures with feathery wings stick to its surface like flies in amber, their bodies struggling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Water Weird Servant of Primeval Magic Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Any Serpentine nature spirits, water weirds protect pools, fountains, and magical bodies of water. In the water, these
appearance is enough to drive off foes, but if forced to fight, water weirds crush enemies within their fluid coils. Water weirds might protect a site for generations and learn much about their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
on their bodies that, upon reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. These monstrosities feel no obligation to their young, and they have no inclination to gather with others of
benefit, renders are inherently chaotic. In a battle, a render fights with all the savagery it can muster and never willingly harms its master, but outside battle, a gray render might present considerable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
occasional visitors, but not so close that a community would see the hagâs presence as a threat and try to defeat her or drive her off. Treasure, Treasure Everywhere A hagâs home is cluttered with mundane
items, caged creatures, oddities, objects that hint of a magical purpose, preserved specimens, scraps of lore, and curiosities that have a supernatural origin but arenât inherently magical. For a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
(âthe Lucky Chosenâ in their language), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders canât tell the males and
yakfolk are lazyâquite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the secrets of elemental magic and dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits that drive them, and are susceptible only to weapons imbued with magic or the strength of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
uses magic on fields near the border of the forest, creating animated plants to drive off farmers.
5 A scout has taken to hunting and eating sapient beings. What could have caused this gruesome
turn?
6 Those who follow a mysterious green unicorn inevitably turn up dead, their bodies entangled in strangling vines.
Nyleaâs Monsters Nyleaâs forests are home to many dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and offer final prayers. The bodies this room once held have rotted away in their burial niches, and the urns hold only gray muck. Any character who sifts through the goo must succeed on a DC 11
LJUNGGREN) Most of the bodies interred here have rotted away, only their wood-and-linen burial dressings holding their shapes. If the characters move through the water, their effort causes a few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
has fused into jagged glass. In others, it is cracked and burned. Broken bodies of soldiers from various sides litter the landscapeâsoldiers whose dead bodies refuse to decompose. The Mournland is a
each spell you cast? As a warlock, your patron could be interested in the Mourning and drive you to learn more about it. Your patron could even be part of the Mourningâperhaps a collective of spirits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a single topaz dragon scale on the deck.
2 A topaz dragon has claimed
to drive the giant away.
2 An adult topaz dragon and an adult bronze dragon are finding their centuries-old enmity turning into a more romantic passion.
3 A djinni hopes to convince a topaz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters leave the catacombs or free their souls. If a character defiles any remains, the ghosts use their Possession powers to drive the trespassers from the catacombs. C3. Knightsâ Caskets When the
. When they died, their cursed bodies were dragged into Avernus to guard the tomb for eternity. Eight mummies now lurk inside this chamber and guard the path to the memorial steles. If the undead hear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, with opalescent eyes. She prefers to remain in or near large bodies of water â seas, lakes, rivers, or sometimes great subterranean pools. When she needs to, she can surge onto dry land, moving much
like a wave rushing up onto the shore, but only great anger or desperation would drive Olhydra to move more than a few hundred feet from her native element. Olhydra surges forth tirelessly and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Hills have become filled with marauders and monsters. While the Wegwiur battle Iuzâs forces in the Howling Hills, scouts and troops from Furyondy join forces with Highfolkâs defenders to drive out the
great white diamond fell from the sky and glowed with the brilliance of the sun, and its magic could drag mortal souls screaming from their bodies and trap them. The fortress was ruined long ago, but on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
area: This workshop appears to be where priests and acolytes prepared dead bodies for final interment. The place has been ransacked, with knives, saws, piping, and tubes littering the floor. Acid and
the characters, waiting for a chance to use its Scare ability to try to drive them from this level. If unsuccessful, it goes invisible again, then waits and attacks alongside the minotaurs that emerge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
month ago when the elf entered the grove to study its corruption. The wyrmling spent days tormenting Armin until the desperate elf agreed to drive away anyone who approaches the lair. Armin desperately
in area R4. Treasure. Characters who search the bodies find the following items: 11 GP 240 SP 400 CP Three Light Crossbows Three Scimitars Thirty Crossbow Bolts Healerâs Kit Hooded Lantern Two flasks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
successfully completed the âIcingdeath and Twinkleâ quest). After this time, allied reinforcements rally to secure the palisade in this section and drive back the undead. The party holds the line
, allied reinforcements rally to secure the palisade in this section and drive back the cultists. Regardless of how the characters fare, they hear screams from the quayside: the undead have overrun the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
were set aside for Markosâs pupils, who shared his drive for knowledge but didnât share in their masterâs reward for contacting Krokulmar. The pupils fled the mansion after Markos made his pact. Each
stop occurring throughout the mansion. The statue is a Medium object with AC 17, 36 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. D25: Storage Four severed heads and three headless bodies lie on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
humanoid bodies. In some tales, these creatures control their hosts, while in others, they are parasites that burn their way out of the body when itâs time to strike.
Orlassk. The Master of Stone is said
hallucinations that inevitably drive them to violence or death. Dreadful Visions. The madness of Belashyrra is tied to sight: images that canât be unseen, horrific hallucinations, the fear of blindness and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
might be possible to drive a wedge between Aerstigga and the dragon, leaving his sister no option but to flee. Ralvald believes that if she flees, sheâll ultimately regret betraying him and make
, Poison, and Psychic damage. Breaking them releases the corpses within. Two of the bodies possess silver armbands worth 300 GP each, and another holds a Berserker Axe. The bodiesâ other gear is worthless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, read: Slabs set along the walls of this stone chamber hold human-sized bodies wrapped from head to toe in strips of off-white cloth. Even as the doors open, these wrapped bodies begin to rise.
The
cloth-wrapped bodies that first rise off the slabs and lurch toward the characters are four zombies. But any creatures teleported by the double doors are also in this chamber, having been magically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
cloudkill, catching the victim of Eye of Corruption. He uses fear to drive the characters away from him and, with luck, into the lingering cloudkill spell. Finally, he mixes fireball and his melee
ruining his fun. The wicker plate on the desk is heaped with strange and hideous fish, their bodies burst as if from internal pressure. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check identifies them as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lined with limed-over corpses. A circle of barely distinguishable bodies composes the lower tier, while a fresher ring of calcified corpses stands on the heads and shoulders of those beneath
worship this ravenous spirit and offer up captives and treasure to it as sacrifices. Seven specters created by the spirit lie dormant in their former bodies, awaiting its command. When the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, she points toward the sky and whispers, âThe stars arenât right. The dark times are coming.â
9 Several cackling, half-dressed gnomes are covered in body paint and drive a wheeled contraption down
increases the chaos, as bodies get exhumed and reburied wherever itâs convenient. Most significantly, a major landslide decades ago dropped a large portion of the cemeteryâs cliff into the river below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
are coming.â 9 Several cackling, half-dressed gnomes are covered in body paint and drive a wheeled contraption down the street. The device is a mobile piece of art crafted at Whitkeep Hostel and
brigands and necromancy-obsessed followers of Myrkul only increases the chaos, as bodies get exhumed and reburied wherever itâs convenient. Most significantly, a major landslide decades ago dropped a large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
that begin to smell of death are taken out back and opened. If they contain dead bodies (rare, but it happens), Aerego burns them without a word to the constable or anyone else. Key NPCs. Aerego is a
wagons from nearby farms. Farmers drive in from homesteads miles away to sell all manner of in-season produce, cheese, cider and cider vinegar, and last yearâs pickled beets in jugs. On the other