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Tyranny of Dragons
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4th level (3 slots): fire shield, greater invisibility
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, wall of stoneMultiattack. Diderius can use his Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with his rotting fist
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Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4","rollType
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4
);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Fist","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Fist
Mummy Lord
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attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4
);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Fist","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Fist
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
(2 slots): contagion, scrying
6th level (1 slot): harmMultiattack. Valin can use her Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with her rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation
":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Fist","rollDamageType
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
3d8 slashing damage (instead of 1d8), or 3d10 slashing damage (instead of 1d10) when used with two hands.
When the effect ends, any hit points you have above your hit point maximum become temporary
hit points.
This potion is a pale white liquid made from the tongue of a giant clam, with a pungent aroma akin to that of rotting algae. It tastes sweet, however, when consumed.
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Orcus’s voice booms throughout the lair. His utterance causes one creature of his choice to
stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found.
If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. The mold smells like rotting corpses and occasionally releases clouds of harmless spores. As characters move through areas with alien growth, tiny eyeballs emerge from the mold to scrutinize them
. Belchorzh can see through these eyes and uses them to track the party’s progress. Any effect that deals fire, necrotic, or radiant damage destroys a patch of alien growth on contact. However, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Zabou Zabou mushrooms feed on offal and the rotting wood of dead trees. If handled carefully, a zabou can be picked or uprooted without causing it to release its spores. If crushed or struck, a zabou
succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The poisoned creature’s skin itches for the duration. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
68. Hall of Decay Graven images of rotting corpses decorate this hall, and the floor is littered with tarnished coins, pieces of armor, broken shields, axe heads, and other bits of scrap metal.
All
into area 69. This yawning archway has a keystone adorned with an iron bull’s skull, which bites down on an ivory ring.
A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of necromancy magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, an enlarged longsword would deal 3d8 slashing damage (instead of 1d8), or 3d10 slashing damage (instead of 1d10) when used with two hands. When the effect ends, any hit points you have above your hit
point maximum become temporary hit points. This potion is a pale white liquid made from the tongue of a giant clam, with a pungent aroma akin to that of rotting algae. It tastes sweet, however, when consumed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
has been disturbed. When the characters descend to the wreck and approach the Pit of Hatred, read: The rotting skeleton of a war galley’s stern looms up from the ocean bottom ahead. The sinking ship
seeping from the rift has suffused a 300-foot-radius hemisphere with magic similar to that of a hallow spell. The effect acts as a spell cast at 9th level, and it requires a successful DC 19 check to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
.
A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of enchantment magic radiating from the third curtain. Any creature that looks at this curtain must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or
turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. A creature that saves against this effect is unaffected by the curtain thereafter and can reenter the room. Lord of the Feast When the final tapestry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
effect two rounds in a row: Orcus’s voice booms throughout the lair. His utterance causes one creature of his choice to be subjected to power word kill. Orcus needn’t see the creature, but he must be
commonly seen in the area. The air becomes filled with the stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found. If a humanoid spends at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
once it leaves the sphere, which is generated by the mithral spindle. No saving throw is allowed to resist the shrinking effect, and nothing short of divine intervention can suppress the spindle’s magic
exempted certain creatures and objects from its shrinking effect. The spindle itself is unaffected, as is Maddgoth’s homunculus. Faerie dragons are also immune to the shrinking effect, and there might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
effect two rounds in a row: Orcus’s voice booms throughout the lair. His utterance causes one creature of his choice to be subjected to power word kill. Orcus needn’t see the creature, but he must be
wildlife are commonly seen in the area. The air becomes filled with the stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found. If a humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
umber hulk under the effect of a polymorph spell made permanent with a wish spell. The umber hulk reverts to its true form and attacks when its scorpion form is reduced to 0 hit points. 23b. Bad
rectangular opening, 12 inches long by 6 inches wide, that forms the mouth of a stone chute leading up.
Every few hours, a brick of rotting meat slides down the chute from a hidden chamber above. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
mold. The mold is edible but not nutritious. 13d. Rotting Xorn Carcass Rats and vermin nibble away at the rotting carcass of a xorn that lies at the back of this cave. Seven days ago, the xorn ran
blows up and out of this 300-foot-deep chasm. A magical effect created by Halaster, the wind is strong enough in the immediate vicinity of the chasm to snuff out torches and other open flames of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
following information to save his skin: Ras Nsi is slowly rotting to death. He doesn’t know the cause of his affliction and has no way to cure it. Before he dies, Ras Nsi wants to bring forth Dendar
, reducing Ras Nsi’s bonus to AC by 2. When there are no more active shields, the effect ends, and Ras Nsi can’t use this power again until he finishes a long rest. A detect magic or similar effect reveals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
resembles a mass of rotting flesh, but it’s surprisingly edible. Though it can be eaten raw, it tastes better roasted. A single sheet of ripplebark yields 1d4 + 6 pounds of food. Timmask Known as “devil’s
. Creatures in the area must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned. While poisoned in this way, a creature is under the effect of a confusion spell with a duration of 1 minute. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
faintly of rotting meat. Broodguards can speak but rarely do so, preferring to communicate via snakelike hisses and guttural noises. Making a Broodguard Yuan-ti create broodguards from captured
before it runs its course. After the process is complete, only a wish spell can reverse the effect. Yuan-ti Broodguard
Medium Monstrosity, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
57. Oubliette Any creature that tries to magically transport itself out of the tomb arrives here instead. You arrive in a room half-filled with rotting corpses. Protruding from one wall is a large
first character a reroll. After 1 minute, the lever resets with an audible clunk. The gullet remains open until the lever resets. Magic has no effect on the gullet or the darkness within. Pulling the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X42. Amber Vault A golden marble staircase with a black marble railing hugs the north wall as it spirals gently up a thirty-foot-wide shaft. Lying in the middle of the room are six rotting wooden
immortality of undeath. If the dark gift is accepted, its effect doesn’t occur until the following conditions are met, in the order given below. The creature becomes aware of the conditions only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
save, the spell dissipates with no effect, and the action, Bonus Action, or Reaction used to cast the spell is wasted, but any resources used to cast it aren’t expended. Soul Drain. Creatures within 1
space within the mummy’s lair. The heart is a Tiny object that has AC 17, HP 10, and Immunity to all damage except Fire.
Actions
Multiattack. The mummy makes one Rotting Fist or Channel Negative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of the Old Tower The following locations are keyed to map 4.5. View Player Version O1. Vestibule The outer door has a tiny peephole with a closed iron shutter on the inside. Rotting tapestries
Miscibility table in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine the effect) 3 A cracked driftglobe that emits a flickering light but otherwise functions normally 4 A burned scroll tube
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
prey apart with his bare hands before ripping out its throat with his teeth. If Yeenoghu is killed anywhere other than the Abyss, he re-forms at full strength in the mansion of rotting meat and bones he
make a bite attack.
Actions
Multiattack. Yeenoghu makes three flail attacks. If an attack hits, he can cause one of the following additional effects, either of his choice or at random (each effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
with the result or effect of what caused it to be abandoned. You can use the Abandoned Temple Condition table to determine an abandoned temple’s present state. Abandoned Temple Condition d8 Status
. The aboveground section is overgrown with vines and includes the ruins of the main sanctuary, which contains mostly rubble except for a cracked altar and a headless statue. A library of rotting books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Threats Sentries. Two male drow elite warriors are hidden behind a natural column of rock to the north.
Eater of Corpses. The cave is full of rotting corpses (twenty troglodytes, nine drow, and five
illusion, which doesn’t attack or react to anything. Any attack or effect that targets the roper ends up targeting the stalagmite instead. The stalagmite has AC 17, 120 hit points, and immunity to poison and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
(2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harm
Actions
Multiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon
mummy lord regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Attack. The mummy lord makes one attack with its rotting fist or uses its Dreadful Glare.
Blinding Dust. Blinding dust and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters arrive, read the following boxed text aloud to the players. Modify the text as appropriate if Buppido isn’t present. As you venture into the cavern, a stench of rotting meat rises. The floor is
bodies. Each skeleton has two skulls, although this has no effect on its abilities. Buppido fights with insane confidence and seems surprised if the party defeats him, screaming incoherent last words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
successful DC 17 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check, a character determines that the effect can be ended only by splashing the prisoner with holy water. Devotees of Acererak The creatures shackled to
using their horrid Rotting Gaze. If the characters unshackle them, the nothics loiter in the chapel and leave the party alone. They also provide the following helpful information if their liberators
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
and over the rotting flesh to hold the body together. Undead Nature. The lich doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. STORREV
Storrev is a lich and a leader of the Erstwhile. She is adept at
plague
6th level (1 slot): circle of death, create undead
7th level (1 slot): finger of death
Turn Resistance. The lich has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
lair, imposing disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. The dragon can suppress this effect at will. Rotting Domain. Stinging bugs are aggressive and the air is heavy with the odor of rot within 6 miles of the lair.
must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Regional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Alchemist’s Alcove Spiderwebs and mold cover everything inside this room. A rotting wood table and a set of shelves stand along the far wall. Glass jars, a mortar and pestle, and various other alchemical
poison damage. Every time the mycelium takes damage, a random effect occurs as determined by rolling on the Mycelium Effects table. Mycelium Effects d6 Effect 1–2 The mycelium lashes out and makes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If this effect reduces the creature to 0 hit points, it dies. The grove gets its name from the unusual will-o’-wisps that inhabit it. These will-o’-wisps—thought
hulking masses of rotting foliage (use the vine blight stat block, but these creatures’ type is Undead instead of Plant). House of Rot. A ramshackle farmhouse known as the House of Rot stands atop a squat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
retrace its steps, moving away from this area of the tomb by the safest route possible. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a
successful save. Once the effect ends, the creature is immune to the gas for 1 hour. Beyond the first 10 feet, the gas becomes thicker, and it irritates the eyes. The area is lightly obscured, so it