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Geryon
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
become poisoned until it finishes a short or long rest. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the poison damage it takes. If its hit point maximum drops to 0, it dies
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If Geryon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.
VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that allows him to summon enslaved
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Unusual Nature. The commoner doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep, and it gains no benefit from finishing a short or long rest. When it drops to 0 hit points, it becomes a lifeless
conversations, a few clues to their true nature exist. A character who observes one or more of the commoners closely and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices a faint clicking sound
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
can’t be removed until the disease ends. The creature dies if its hit point maximum drops to 0.
5–6. The creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls until it finishes its
Behavior table to see how such swarms might manifest.
Swarm Behavior
d4
Behavior
1
Crawls on walls in a vaguely bipedal shape
2
Makes skittering noises that sound like
Geryon (Summoner Variant)
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
become poisoned until it finishes a short or long rest. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the poison damage it takes. If its hit point maximum drops to 0, it dies
see.
Sound the Horn (1/Day). As an action Geryon blows his horn, which causes 5d4;{"diceNotation":"5d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sound the Horn"} minotaur;minotaurs to appear in unoccupied spaces
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
covers every surface, muffling sound.
A meenlock can supernaturally sense areas of darkness and shadow in its vicinity and can teleport from one darkened space to another—enabling it to sneak up on
aren’t incapacitated during it. The process can be repeated. A Humanoid that drops to 0 hit points as a result of this damage instantly transforms into a meenlock at full health and under the DM
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
specific to each keyrune. At the end of the duration, the creature reverts to its keyrune form. It reverts early if it drops to 0 hit points or if you use an action to speak the command word again
addition to fighting on your behalf, this veteran cheerfully offers tactical advice, which is usually sound. Anyone who talks with the transformed keyrune or examines it closely can easily recognize that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the hermitage on the north shore of the island. He drops off his passengers and the rowboat, then promptly heads back to the mainland. Map 7.1: Firewatch Island View Player Version End of The
Journey In good weather, the journey to Firewatch Island takes an hour. As the characters approach, they can hear the faint sound of a large bell being rung, seemingly coming from the island. But the sound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
your choosing. Too big to fit in Svardborg’s lagoon, the ship drops anchor next to the iceberg, south of the Jarl’s Lodge (area 1) and within view of the docks south of the Drydock Lodge (area 3). The
evidence of such or hearing the sound of the horn in area 2C. If there are obvious targets in sight, such as an airship parked on the iceberg or characters standing in the open, the frost giants use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
conversations, a few clues to their true nature exist. A character who observes one or more of the commoners closely and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices a faint clicking sound
doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep, and it gains no benefit from finishing a short or long rest. When it drops to 0 hit points, it becomes a lifeless object.
Actions
Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
skittering noises that sound like whispered chanting
3 Skeletal visages, giant eyes, or the faces of nearby creatures appear in relief amid its mass
4 Occupies and animates a corpse or
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->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
alert the two guards atop the watchtower (area D19). These guards sound the alarm with loud croaks of their own. One minute later, six armed bullywugs (neutral) rally at the base of the watchtower
points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If the balloon drops to 0 hit points, it bursts, and the vehicle loses the ability to fly. To rise into the air, the balloon must be filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, muffling sound. A meenlock can supernaturally sense areas of darkness and shadow in its vicinity and can teleport from one darkened space to another—enabling it to sneak up on its prey or run away when
remain within sight of the victim for the entire hour and aren’t incapacitated during it. The process can be repeated. A Humanoid that drops to 0 hit points as a result of this damage instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
13. Child of Zotzilaha A faint, melodious sound comes from ahead. It is difficult to tell whether it is someone singing or the echoing of dripping water in a great cavern.
If the characters burst
her song, she enters the water in a long, arching dive.
Water covers more than half of the cavern. The floor drops off sharply, creating a pool that is 12 feet deep. A ledge runs from the southern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. The chamber that opens at the bottom of the stairs is immense. A wide ledge runs along the left wall and drops away to a pit on the right. Many stalactites descend from the ceiling, and the sound of
other two toss fire bombs. They do the same thing on the next round. Then they wait a round or two, if possible, while the roper in area 10A drags characters into its tentacles, bites them, or drops them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. The chamber that opens at the bottom of the stairs is immense. A wide ledge runs along the left wall and drops away to a pit on the right. Many stalactites descend from the ceiling, and the sound of
them, or drops them 20 feet to the guard drakes. If all else fails, the kobolds scramble up their makeshift ladder and attack with their shortswords. Glue Bomb. Each creature within 10 feet of the bomb’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
this area must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or derive no benefit from the rest. If Geryon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an
action that allows him to summon enslaved minotaurs.
Sound the Horn (1/Day). Geryon blows his horn, which causes 5d4 minotaurs to appear in unoccupied spaces of his choice within 600 feet of him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
fight is done, the characters hear noise from the kitchen. As the battle ends, you hear a muffled thumping sound, as if something is striking wood. The sound comes from the kitchen.
The characters
. Inside the room are two chuuls. One has grappled Chance (from area 3), and both are feasting on the unconscious half-elf spy. The chuul drops Chance as combat begins, leaving the spy unconscious with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. The Chieftain’s Return After the characters have a minute to look around, read the following: The temperature drops further, and with a crackling sound, frost coats the entire chamber. Flames on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
— predictably — atop the mast, 40 feet above the main deck. Access to it is provided by a rope ladder whose lower end drops near the hatch on the main deck. The crow’s nest is an open, wooden platform
to board: Perception checks that rely on hearing are made with disadvantage on the ship because of the sound of the waves and sea. The hull of the ship provides many handholds for climbing but is also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, stairs descend 200 feet to level 2. (These stairs are not immediately visible to characters entering through the secret door.)
Noise. The sound of squabbling goblins emanates from a tunnel leading
the intellect devourer’s host drops to 0 hit points, the intellect devourer teleports away to seek a new host. 39c. Goblin Hall Goblins. Nineteen loud, mean, starving goblins bicker and fight over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(1 gp)
96–99 Acorn-sized tourmaline, flawed (10 gp)
00 Acorn-sized tourmaline, unflawed (100 gp)
M3. River Cavern Characters hear the sound of rushing water as they approach this cave
. M5. Underdark Shaft, Level 1 Wooden planks and struts form a walkway along the wall of a seemingly bottomless vertical shaft. A narrow waterfall cascades down the northeast wall, and the sound of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
laughter echoes through the chasm as you look around, the sound ricocheting off the walls that make its origin impossible to pinpoint.
Chyzka, the fang of Yeenoghu, encourages internal fighting
: Gaunt, shivering gnolls huddle around a sputtering fire, cackling incessantly.
At night, this cave holds twelve gnolls. That number drops to six during the day as half the gnolls leave the chasm to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
is claimed and set head-first into the indentation, read: A thunderous trumpeting sound erupts from the mastodon’s trunk, causing a block of stone to seal off the room. The cog under the mastodon’s
more devils emerge from the murals and attack all other creatures in the room. Roll initiative for each group of new arrivals. Each magically summoned devil vanishes in a puff of smoke when it drops to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
intruders. It might cause a bell or a gong to sound. This type of trap rarely involves a saving throw, because the alarm can’t be avoided when the trap goes off. Delay. Some traps are designed to slow
escape, but it serves its purpose by impeding intruders. Other examples of delaying traps include collapsing walls, a portcullis that drops from the ceiling, and a locking mechanism that shuts and bars a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
bottom of the silo. P6: East Storage Silo The thunderous sound of cascading water fills this chamber, which is otherwise identical to area P5. The shaft drops 120 feet into turbulent white water
leading to this humid chamber.
The shaft drops 120 feet to the surface of the murky water below, which is 30 feet deep. Water of Athis. The water of Athis (see the “Pyramid Features” section) fills the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rate of 1 foot per round. 47C. Air Cell You immediately begin to choke as you are teleported to a room with no light, no sound, and no air.
The cell’s antimagic field douses magical lights, and
floor swings down to the west and the other half drops to the east, and the sand stops falling. A 6-inch-wide ledge surrounds the pit on all sides. Any creature standing on the floor when it opens
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
floor. Beyond the opening, a steep flight of stairs descends below ground. Violet light and the sound of crackling flames emanate from below.
This passage descends into the catacombs beneath Castle Kalaman.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
can brandish this card and use it to cast the Knock spell, with no sound made by the spell. This property can be used five times, and it regains all expended uses at dawn. Knight. As an action, you can
, it takes the Dodge action and moves to avoid danger. The deck defender reverts to a card early if it drops to 0 hit points. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Moon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sound of someone climbing the stairs, he retreats to Storvald’s throne room (area 1G). Two closed doors stand between him and that room. Since he isn’t a giant, Nilraun must use an action to try to
, and poisoned conditions; and exhaustion. Repairing 1 hit point of damage to the clockwork mule takes 1 hour and requires replacement parts, which can be bought in a large city for 20 gp. If the mule drops to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and unrepairable.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
draconians slaying gricks around the cave, so they ignore the sound of fighting above. F2: Descending Cliffs The passage descends in a series of sheer cliffs, each one plunging farther than the last into the
depths.
Three cliffs drop to the lower chamber. The first drops 30 feet, the second 40 feet, and the third 50 feet. Area F3 is visible from atop the last cliff. F3: Sand Pit This chamber’s ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
franchises as a sound investment decision, salvaging those franchises for parts and turning them into proper businesses. Nothing personal, of course. In response to talk of what brought the characters to
) and braids its tentacles together into a handlebar mustache. If Szorrulax kills anyone, it immediately drops a black business card set with unintelligible symbols onto the body as a calling card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
admiral in the Keoland Navy. The young half-dragon is merciless, and her greed is as strong as that of any red dragon. She alone can sound the dragon’s horn, a monstrous instrument mounted to the prow of
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
15 feet. If the sphere's speed drops to 0, it stops moving and is no longer a threat. Sphere of Annihilation Magic trap Magical, impenetrable darkness fills the gaping mouth of a stone face carved into
a wall. The mouth is 2 feet in diameter and roughly circular. No sound issues from it, no light can illuminate the inside of it, and any matter that enters it is instantly obliterated. A successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
contains a white gate that leads to the Spawning Pools. 63. Spawn Vats The sound of flowing and bubbling liquid is audible from the northern hallway leading to this chamber. This enormous chamber of
walls of the cavern. When White Maw drops to 0 hit points, cracks shoot through the smooth white stone, which collapses to white dust, exposing the exits and dropping the characters 1 foot to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
right and drops away precipitously on your left. Debris and rubbish lie scattered over the last hundred yards or so—discarded water skins, bits of charred bone, and splintered casks or kegs. Up ahead
east end of the bridge drops into the crevasse and slams into the cliff wall on the west side. Any characters on the bridge take 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from the impact with the wall and must make