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Astarion's Book of Hungers
damage if it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Immobile Restoration. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points while it doesn’t
don’t live for long and are inattentive while sleeping or simpering. Monstrous servants are often too unpredictable or simply unreliable. To keep their lairs safe, some vampires create more
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successful save, the skeleton drops to 1 Hit Point instead.Multiattack. The skeleton makes two Vampiric Longsword attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Shield Bash.
Vampiric Longsword. Melee Attack
conditionVampires sometimes turn mortal servants unworthy of the gift of vampirism into skeletal soldiers. Known as Strahd skeletons—in recognition of the lord of Barovia who first created them&mdash
Berbalang
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
duplicate exists, the berbalang is unconscious. A berbalang can have only one duplicate at a time. The duplicate disappears when it or the berbalang drops to 0 hit points or when the berbalang
places where the gods and their servants gather. When a berbalang is perceiving its environment through its duplicate, its actual body is unconscious and can’t protect or nourish itself. Thus, a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the gods and their servants gather. When a berbalang is perceiving its environment through its duplicate, its actual body is unconscious and can’t protect itself. Thus, a berbalang typically
disappears when it or the berbalang drops to 0 hit points or when the berbalang dismisses it (no action required).
The duplicate has the same statistics and knowledge as the berbalang, and everything
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
, feats, and proficiencies.
The possession lasts until either the body drops to 0 hit points, the yakfolk ends the possession as an action, or the yakfolk is forced out of the body by an effect such as the
), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders can’t tell the males and females apart.
Servants of the
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
, feats, and proficiencies.
The possession lasts until either the body drops to 0 hit points, the yakfolk ends the possession as an action, or the yakfolk is forced out of the body by an effect such as the
apart.
Servants of the Forgotten God. Yakfolk are the creations of a malevolent deity they call the Forgotten God. The worship of this nameless deity directs their lives. The deity takes the form of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
until the body drops to 0 hit points, the ghost ends it as a bonus action, or the ghost is turned or forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, the ghost
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
drops to 0 hit points, whereupon it disappears. If anyone tries to help you, the helper summons its own avatar of death. A creature slain by an avatar of death can’t be restored to life.
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servants before you can claim the monastery as yours.
Vizier. At any one time you choose within the duration of the adventure, you can ask a question in meditation and mentally receive a truthful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Sythian supervises rehearsals in the music hall (area C11) on level 3 while the servants work and Joster lazes about. Noon Lunch is served in the dining hall (area C1). 1 p.m. A courier drops off Sythian’s
. Midnight Sythian, Joster, and the students retire to their quarters (Joster and the students in area C7 on level 2, Sythian in area C15 on level 3) while the servants tidy up.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Zombie Humanoid zombies usually serve as guardians, servants, or soldiers for evil magic-users. In rare cases, foul magic might result in widespread reanimation of the dead, unleashing hordes of
throw (DC 5 plus the damage taken) unless the damage is Radiant or from a Critical Hit. On a successful save, the zombie drops to 1 Hit Point instead.
Actions
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) Bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
plays the parts of nobleman and gracious host, but drops these pretenses when they no longer serve him, revealing his megalomania and monstrous nature. Strahd believes he has no peers and eagerly
cultivates servants, particularly vampire spawn. He hasn’t survived for ages by being reckless, though, and he retreats or sacrifices even his favorite agents when necessary. Vistani Sanctuary. The ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Dread Warrior The Red Wizards (Dead in Thay) make use of several kinds of undead minions, including the special servants known as dread warriors. After being created by a secret ritual, a dread
warrior drops to 1 hit point instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The dread warrior makes two melee attacks.
Battleaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Strahd Skeleton Skeletal Soldier of the First Vampire Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None David Astruga Vampires sometimes turn mortal servants unworthy of the gift of
Constitution saving throw (DC 5 plus the damage taken) unless the damage is Radiant or from a Critical Hit. On a successful save, the skeleton drops to 1 Hit Point instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The skeleton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, and currently disused servants’ quarters.
Level 3 houses guest bedchambers and a torture chamber for “special guests.”
Level 4 contains Vizeran’s library and laboratory.
Level 5 contains the
levitate spell in effect, such that any creature that steps into the shaft (or that falls off the stairs) is suspended in midair. A creature that speaks the command word aluhal’kafion (“descend”) drops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Caer Locations (C10-C19) C10. Servants’ Quarters This room is for servants to rest, bathe, and clean their uniforms, and the furnishings reflect as much. After taking over the castle, the cultists
imprisoned most of the speaker’s servants (in area C24) because they couldn’t be trusted, retaining only the cook (see area C11). Mere, the cult’s tiefling servant (see area C7), sleeps here as well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the duplicate out to gather information on other planes by watching places where the gods and their servants gather. When a berbalang is perceiving its environment through its duplicate, its actual body
berbalang is unconscious. A berbalang can have only one duplicate at a time. The duplicate disappears when it or the berbalang drops to 0 hit points or when the berbalang dismisses it (no action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
together servants from disparate corpses, use foul magic to strengthen the living, and transform the art of necromancy into a terrifying science. Level 3: Reanimator Spells When you reach an Artificer
take a Magic action to dismiss it early, at which point it harmlessly collapses into a pile of viscera. It immediately drops to 0 Hit Points and dies (triggering its Death Burst trait) if you die. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
restrained and unable to speak, and it has total cover. When Guh drops to 0 hit points, Snerk is no longer restrained and tumbles into an unoccupied space next to her, gasping for air. He isn’t one of the
six goblins guarding the room. If the characters get this far without raising the alarm and present themselves to Guh, she initially doesn’t know what to make of them. Are they servants sent by one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
undead creature, potentially cheating the grave over and over. Priests of Osybus use soul tattoos to conjure undead servants and escape death’s grip This unholy order of priests was founded centuries ago
Bonus +3
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives. The priest dies if it receives a boon it already has. If it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
lasts until she ends it as a bonus action or until she uses her Frightening Gaze legendary action. The effect also ends if Valindra drops to 30 hit points or fewer, or if dispel magic is cast on her
useful. If a fight breaks out (and there’s little reason one should unless the characters start it), Valindra lets her undead servants deal with the adventurers, then slips through her teleportation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, Karagos. Blind Artists The three creatures skulking about the room are undead servants of Acererak. Despite their blindness, each has the magical ability to perceive and paint scenes of pain
nothing. The curse ends if the berserk creature drops to 0 hit points, or if a greater restoration or remove curse spell is cast on it. When the curse ends, the temporary hit points granted by it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
tie to the Negative Plane. An atropal can summon vestiges of creatures that died in the Negative Plane, which manifest as wraiths. These servants can exist outside the Negative Plane only by the
. The wraith vanishes when it drops to 0 hit points or when its summoner dies.
Legendary Actions
The atropal can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
manufacture of tools, armor, and jewelry. Reluctant Servants. While some folk hunt cave fishers to kill them for their filaments and their blood, others capture cave fisher eggs and rear the hatchlings
replacement filament on its next turn.
Flammable Blood. If the cave fisher drops to half its hit points or fewer, it gains vulnerability to fire damage.
Spider Climb. The cave fisher can climb difficult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
hearth. Sarvinder Peck (see “Servants” above) can be encountered here, making and fitting new shoes for the horses. Trapdoor. A 3-foot-square flagstone in the southwest corner of the stable doubles as
characters knock on the front doors, the butler, Fendrick Gray (see “Servants”), makes his way here from area V10 to greet them. He ushers them in if they are expected, but turns them away otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
wall shelves, each in the form of a silver chalice with a golden sun etched on its outside. If the characters are expected guests, Willifort Crowelle (see “Head Servants”) awaits them here and guides
one hundred guests. C8. Covered Porch This covered porch is the entryway typically used by the Cassalanters’ servants. Ten servants (human commoners) eat here at mealtimes. C9. Family Dining Room This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
attacks you, warning all others that you must win the battle alone. The avatar fights until you die or it drops to 0 hit points, whereupon it disappears. If anyone tries to help you, the helper summons its
or otherwise clear out the Grand Master and its servants before you can claim the monastery as yours. Vizier. At any one time you choose within the duration of the adventure, you can ask a question in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spectral duplicate of itself and send the duplicate out to gather information on other planes by watching places where the gods and their servants gather. When a berbalang is perceiving its
time. The duplicate disappears when it or the berbalang drops to 0 hit points or when the berbalang dismisses it (no action required).
The duplicate has the same statistics and knowledge as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
mainly for food deliveries and is barred shut from the inside at night. C3: Servants’ Quarters This room contains three two-level bunk beds, one of which is currently in use. A washbasin stands in a
. Spilling a few drops of Humanoid blood into the brazier causes the brazier’s coals to produce a hissing purple flame and oily, purplish smoke that reeks of offal. When Sythian summons the flame and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
height that puts it outside the range of its enemies. If the roc grapples a foe, it heads toward open water with its prize; once there, it drops the grappled creature into the water from a height of
control of the island. The tunnel to the south leads to a vault where servants of the Frostmaiden store the treasures of their faith. To enter the vault, one must pass four tests. Each test reflects an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Before vanishing, Caradoc promises the characters he’ll see them again. Lost Knight. If the knight Caradoc has been possessing drops to 0 hit points, allow the knight to make death saving throws, as
in the council chamber lies a narrow corridor used by servants. Several plain doors lead to other parts of the castle, but at the far end of the passage shines a faint violet light. Characters who seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, the villagers descend into the ice caves to warn Arauthator’s servants that strangers have come, then quickly slip back up to the surface. Encounters in the ice caves assume that the presence of
magic armor with no obvious effects, the villagers are unlikely to notice. The fight continues until one contestant is unconscious and dying. (Allow Orcaheart to make death saving throws if he drops to 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
villagers descend into the ice caves to warn Arauthator’s servants that strangers have come, then quickly slip back up to the surface. Encounters in the ice caves assume that the presence of intruders
armor with no obvious effects, the villagers are unlikely to notice. The fight continues until one contestant is unconscious and dying. (Allow Orcaheart to make death saving throws if he drops to 0 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
heart made of pearl, which contains drops of dried blood from his true love. This pearl heart has exchanged hands for decades, and the undead captain desires it above all things. The remainder of the crew
of Pale Prow is composed of undead servants, both corporeal and ghostly. Necromancers are drawn to Pale Prow whenever it nears land, and it is common for them to take up residence in the dark cabins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
exhaustion level drops below 1, it no longer suffers the effects of grackle-lung and becomes immune to it for the next week. Duergar and derro are inured to grackle-lung, making Constitution checks
affairs of Gracklstugh and the opportunity to recruit new servants from outside the Keepers of the Flame, using his outings to rekindle forges and smelters as a means to keep an eye out for promising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Grygorovich, father of the wolf hunter Szoldar Szoldarovich (area N2). N3f. Servants’ Quarters This room contains four simple beds and an equal number of plain wooden trunks. The household staff
servants, the butler and his wife’s lady-in-waiting, have vanished without a trace in the past week, so he has good cause to be worried. The baron believes that everyone else is beneath him, and those