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Death Giant Shrouded One

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Shroud of Souls bonus action. The skull bearing the death rune has AC 18; 35 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The skull regains all its hit points at the end of every turn

save themselves and their way of life, they collectively made a bet with the Raven Queen, a mysterious god of death and memory who dwells on that plane. Accounts of that bet and its outcome vary

Hythonia

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

: Hythonia briefly animates creatures that have been petrified by her gaze. Each statue attacks one creature within 5 feet of it, with a +11 bonus to hit and dealing 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6

lair is warped by her presence, which creates one or more of the following effects: A large population of snakes dwells in the region. Trees within 1 mile of the lair are petrified wood. Plants that

Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Gnome Gnomes are magical folk created by gods of invention, illusions, and life underground. The earliest gnomes were seldom seen by other folk due to the gnomes’ secretive nature and their

always have the Speak with Animals spell prepared. You can cast it without a spell slot a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. You

Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Gnome ERIC BELISLE Gnomes are magical folk created by gods of invention, illusions, and life underground. The earliest gnomes were seldom seen by other folk due to the gnomes’ secretive nature and

. You also always have the Speak with Animals spell prepared. You can cast it without a spell slot a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a

Maschin-i-Bozorg

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Maschin-i-Bozorg The kagu-svirfneblin’s most prized invention is the maschin-i-bozorg: a dome-shaped, steam-powered battle construct propelled by a multitude of wheels along its flat underside

Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages understands Gnomish but can’t speak Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Overheat. When the maschin-i-bozorg is reduced to 0

Crossbow Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

or a gnomish invention). You need to load each bolt into the weapon, and doing so requires a hand. To dig deeper into this point, take a look at the following sentence in the definition of the

, provided that you have enough ammunition and you have a hand free to load it for each shot. Does Crossbow Expert let you fire a hand crossbow and then fire it again as a bonus action? It does! Take a look at

Knowledge Domain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

libraries and universities, or promote the practical knowledge of craft and invention. Some deities hoard knowledge and keep its secrets to themselves. And some promise their followers that they will

gods of knowledge promote the practical knowledge of craft and invention, including smith deities like Gond, Reorx, Onatar, Moradin, Hephaestus, and Goibhniu. Knowledge Domain Spells Cleric Level

Shadow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

the Shadow Shapes table to inspire a shadow’s form and haunting. Shadow Shapes 1d6 The Shadow Appears As... 1 A distorted stalker that lurks in the woods. 2 A fiend that dwells near a wicked

Shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later. Bonus Actions Shadow Stealth. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the shadow takes the Hide action.

Path of the Beast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

aspects. 4 An ancient animal spirit dwells within you, allowing you to walk this path. Human Barbarian of the Beast Form of the Beast 3rd-level Path of the Beast feature When you enter your rage

1d8 piercing damage on a hit. Once on each of your turns when you damage a creature with this bite, you regain a number of hit points equal to your proficiency bonus, provided you have less than half

Ultroloth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

a calamity and hold a world hostage. 4 Provoke hostilities between immortal armies and sell magic weapons to both sides. 5 Steal an invention and slay all who know of it. 6 Unleash fiendish hordes on

save DC 17): At Will: Alter Self, Clairvoyance, Detect Magic 1/Day Each: Dimension Door, Fireball (level 5 version), Wall of Fire Bonus Actions Fiendish Guile (Recharge 4–6). The ultroloth casts

Steel Predator

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

machine located in the city of Sigil. It wasn’t always headquartered in the City of Doors, however. On its original home, the plane of Mechanus, the ingenious modron was lauded for its invention—until

., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17 Languages understands Modron and the language of its owner but can’t speak Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Magic Resistance. The steel

Fate Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

attuned depends on the plane where the hag dwells—hopeful and prosperous in the Feywild or dire and doomed in the Shadowfell. Fate hags carry gleaming magical shears they use to snip strands of fate

truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 16 Languages all Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the hag fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead

38. Dezmyr's Chambers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

38. Dezmyr’s Chambers Dezmyr dwells here, plotting the conquest of Waterdeep and the destruction of her family’s ancient enemies. 38a. Memento Mori Tapestry. A large tapestry depicting the city of

characters enter the room, she says, “The stars turn, and a time presents itself.” She then draws her sword and attacks, aided by the wraiths. Dezmyr is a death knight, with these changes: As a bonus

Death Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

collectively made a bet with the Raven Queen, a mysterious god of death and memory who dwells on that plane. Accounts of that bet and its outcome vary: some say the Raven Queen answered every riddle the

Perception 17 Languages Giant Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two Scythe or Soul Bolt attacks. Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft

Armorer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Armorer Classic artificer logic right here: “What if, when our invention goes explosively wrong, we’re inside it?” Tasha An artificer who specializes as an Armorer modifies armor to function

you can retract or deploy the helmet as a bonus action. The armor replaces any missing limbs, functioning identically to a limb it replaces. You can doff or don the armor as an action. The armor

10. Kitchen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Anyone who opens the oven finds a warm caramel chip muffin sitting inside, a gift from the Chimney Witch. Chimney Witch. An aloof, invisible spirit dwells in this chimney. The Chimney Witch is a chaotic

bonus against a target it can see within 10 feet of one of the hearths. If hit, a target takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage and is pulled into the nearest hearth. Witch Fire. The Chimney Witch can use an

Frost Salamander

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

down. This habit leads them to create extensive networks of ice caves, which become ever larger as they claw fresh chunks of ice from the walls of their lairs. A frost salamander that dwells in a lair

Damage Immunities cold Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages Primordial Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Burning Fury. When the salamander

Bedlam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

bottom of the gloomy basin, its pinnacle an elongated hand extending skyward. Known as Sablereach, the tower is rumored to be the petrified arm of a forgotten, dead god. Inside its palm dwells the

rambunctious inventor named Professor Orbys Bumblewing (chaotic good, gnome mage), the facility is a hub of aeolian research and invention. Within the domed observatory, Bumblewing and her colleagues aim to

Nevermind Gnomes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two

Skills Arcana +6, Investigation +6, Perception +2 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages Common, Gnomish Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Always Thinking Ahead

whim, these masterminds also wield at least one more stable clockwork invention—typically something that affords the mastermind more movement, extends their reach with extra appendages, or both

Brass Dragon Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

everything any other one is aware of. Aasterinian encourages all dragons to think for themselves rather than relying on the ideas or opinions of others. She cherishes learning and invention and

animates and attacks one creature within 5 feet of it, with a +7 bonus to hit and dealing 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage on a hit. Blast of Wind. A mighty wind sweeps through the lair in a direction of the

Kobold Inventor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

(+2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 8 (−1) Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Draconic Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Pack Tactics. The kobold

., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage. Sling. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage. Weapon Invention. The kobold uses one of the

Eldritch Lich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

Languages Common, Deep Speech, telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Far Realm Parasite. Inside the lich’s torso dwells a wormlike parasite that contains the lich’s soul

Goose Mother

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

Goose Mother Astonishingly aggressive geese populate the marshes of Eldraine. Legends tell that these geese descend from a monstrous many-headed bird that dwells deep within the wilds. Though the

(Requires at Least Two Heads) blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, unconscious Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20 Languages — Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3

S15. Madhouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

singing a rhyme. One of them holds up a glittering gold statuette as it leads this mad parade. The eight mongrelfolk sing the following rhyme: The devil dwells in his dark house, Upon the misty pillar

. It grants any good-aligned creature that carries it a +1 bonus to saving throws. S15g. Mongrelfolk Babies Filthy mongrels cradle screaming young in the debris-strewn corners of this room while several

32. Umbraxakar's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

32. Umbraxakar’s Lair Umbraxakar the shadow dragon dwells here and cannot be surprised by the characters, whose presence he has sensed since they first stepped into the Shadowfell. Characters who

darkness, he has resistance to all damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant, and he can take the Hide action as a bonus action. His Stealth skill modifier is +10. While in sunlight, he has

Points of Interest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

that grows in the middle of the keep. An ancient treant named Wander Root dwells in the keep and acts as an informal ambassador between the humans of Keoland and the wood elves and good-aligned fey of

stronghold, but he can’t shake the idea of following the deeper passages for the chance of unearthing Zenopus’s lost secrets. If the characters earn his trust, he might take them into his confidence. The details of the deep dungeons are left to the DM’s invention.

Elder Brain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Bonus +5 Creature Sense. The elder brain is aware of creatures within 5 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each

only) Bonus Actions Psychic Link. The elder brain targets one incapacitated creature it senses with its Creature Sense trait and establishes a psychic link with the target. Until the link ends, the

Geographic Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

the Dreadwood that extends into that plane. One of the Dreadwood’s most powerful denizens is a truly ancient night hag named Granny Nightshade, who dwells in the deepest depths of the forest. She

Drowned Forest Oddities table to inject a sense of the surreal as characters travel through the region. Roll a d20 or pick from the table once per day of travel, and add new elements of your own invention

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

, History +9, Perception +10, Stealth +6 Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 20 Languages telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Amphibious

a twisted network of narrow tunnels that connect several underground chambers, although other structural forms might be incorporated. The morkoth dwells among the creatures and objects it prizes most

Hythonia the Cruel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

animates creatures that have been petrified by her gaze. Each statue attacks one creature within 5 feet of it, with a +11 bonus to hit and dealing 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage on a hit. If a Medium or

creates one or more of the following effects: A large population of snakes dwells in the region. Trees within 1 mile of the lair are petrified wood. Plants that stay within 500 feet of the lair for 1 day

Court of Orestes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

and tells his overprotective partner, Callisos, what has happened. Both of the lampads then return to try to drive the characters off. Eidolon. Varyas’s flitterstep eidolon (see chapter 6) dwells in

, gaining a +10 bonus on this check. Additionally, reliefs on the sarcophagus depict Phenax worshipers and Returned, as well as a prominent image of blood dripping onto scales bearing a Returned mask

A Detour to Neverwinter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

she calls Piercer, which grants her a +1 bonus to her attack and damage rolls. Moguhl flees before the adventurers can kill or capture her, using her Shapechanger trait to escape or to slip her bonds

Oghma, god of knowledge, invention, and inspiration. Like much of the city of Neverwinter, the Hall of Knowledge is currently under repair. Although some of the temple was damaged by the volcano

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

passive Perception 12 Languages Common, thieves’ cant Challenge 3 (700 XP) Cunning Action. On each of her turns in combat, Rilsa can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide

action. Focus. If Rilsa damages a creature with a weapon attack, she gains advantage on attack rolls against that target until the end of her next turn. Tactical Leadership. As a bonus action, Rilsa

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

Senses passive Perception 12 Languages Common, thieves’ cant Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Focus. If Rilsa damages a creature with a weapon attack, she gains advantage on attack

damage. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage. Bonus Actions Cunning Action. Rilsa takes the Dash

Arcane Brotherhood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

leave Dzaan’s ashes to be scattered by the wind. Dzaan’s Simulacrum. Unbeknownst to his executioners, Dzaan had used a spell scroll of simulacrum to create a copy of himself. This simulacrum dwells in

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 reappears

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