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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
end of another creature’s turn. Verminaard regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Tactical Movement. Verminaard moves up to his speed or commands a mount he is riding to move
banish evil forces from the lands of Krynn, Verminaard was tempted by Takhisis and her promises of glory. Corrupted by the Dragon Queen, Verminaard rose to become one of her champions, claiming
Lord Soth
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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
his turn.
Implacable Maneuver. Soth moves up to his speed or commands a mount he is riding to move up to its speed. The movement from this action doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity
Solamnic Knight of the Order of the Rose, Soth was a paragon of virtue and justice who allowed his pride to lead him down an evil path. The gods gave Soth a chance at redemption, charging him with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Nightmare Also called a “demon horse” or “hell horse,” the nightmare serves as a steed for creatures of exceptional evil. Nightmare
Large fiend, neutral evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit
riding it.
Illumination. The nightmare sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet.
Actions
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
brimstone as quickly as it appeared. Dread Steed. Also called a “demon horse” or “hell horse,” the nightmare serves as a steed for creatures of exceptional evil, carrying demons, devils, death knights
multiverse. They must be created from pegasi. The ritual that creates a nightmare requires the torturous removal of a pegasus’s wings, driving that noble creature to evil as it is transformed by dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Candlekeep lies some one hundred and fifty miles south and west — a five-day journey.
Coming up the road toward you is a human farmer riding on the front of a hay-filled wagon pulled by two draft horses
. The farmer gives you a friendly wave as the wagon draws near.
The farmer is Kaddrus, a lawful evil cambion using the alter self spell to conceal his true form. Hiding under the hay are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Duergar Kavalrachni The kavalrachni are duergar cavalry, trained to fight while riding steeders. Duergar Kavalrachni
Medium humanoid (dwarf), lawful evil
Armor Class 16 (scale mail, shield)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Sir Jared, a knight of the Solar Bastion looking for signs of the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19), has come across a different threat: skeletons or wights riding warhorse skeletons. Jared recruits the
if this sudden wealth was used for evil ends. Zuzanna Wuzyk Knights of the Solar Bastion are always on the lookout for evil artifacts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
arrives in town on a riding horse to gather supplies for his companions. The man’s name is Dobin Noreth, a neutral evil member of the Stone-Cold Reavers (see the sidebar). Both he and the horse know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and must respond to summons and commands from the wearer of the spurs. Narzugon
Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil
Armor Class 20 (plate armor, shield)
Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
Speed 30 ft
for 24 hours.
Healing (1/Day). The narzugon, or one creature it touches, regains up to 100 hit points.
Narzugon riding a Nightmare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Quentin Togglepocket Quentin Togglepocket (lawful evil, gnome noble) has a Mephistophelian aspect to his appearance. He dresses garishly, slicks back his wavy hair, curls his mustache, and cultivates
coup de grace in Quentin’s vengeance against Verity, and he is riding high on the grand-opening weekend. He secretly hopes Verity arrives to confront him herself so he can laugh in her face. Quentin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
evil path. Soth perished during Krynn’s Cataclysm, then rose from the ashes as a death knight. Soth lives in his cursed castle, Dargaard Keep.
Vetlin Velinov
Lord Soth Medium Undead (Paladin
), Lawful Evil
Armor Class 18 (plate)
Hit Points 228 (24d8 + 120)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
22 (+6)
DEX
11 (+0)
CON
20 (+5)
INT
12 (+1)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
20 (+5)
Saving Throws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
invisible when the characters enter.)
Statue. On the opposite side of the room from the throne is a life-size stone statue of a nude Halaster wearing a cowboy hat and riding a donkey.
Magic Circle
in the room that the creature can see. Nalkara the Empyrean Nalkara is the neutral evil daughter of Auril, the god of winter, and Thrym, the god of the frost giants. She looks like a strikingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, and shelter to visitors. A stranger with pointed ears is staying there. He came to Barovia from a distant land, riding into town on a carnival wagon. The burgomaster, Baron Vargas Vallakovich, has
N8), while others are taken to the burgomaster’s mansion so that the baron can purge them of their evil. The burgomaster’s henchman, Izek Strazni, has a history of violence as well as a fiendish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
as to secure a riding horse or pony for each party member to expedite their journey to Candlekeep. She can also provide a mule-drawn cart laden with food, drink, and other supplies. Liara Portyr
Medium humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 15 (studded leather, shield)
Hit Points 84 (13d8 + 26)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
15 (+2)
INT
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 91 (14d8 + 28)
Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover, Graystaff Magic)
STR
13 (+1)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
a creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the hag’s Horrific Feast for the next 24 hours.
Spellcasting. While holding or riding the graystaff, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
the Red Dragon Army—the largest and most powerful of the Dragon Queen’s forces—with fanatic zeal and ruthless might. Though prophesied to banish evil forces from the lands of Krynn, Verminaard was
Humanoid (Human, Cleric), Lawful Evil
Armor Class 20 (+2 plate armor)
Hit Points 143 (22d8 + 44)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
22 (+6)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
15 (+2)
INT
16 (+3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
lead their legions in war. These narzugons, wielding lances of hellfire and riding nightmare steeds like horrific perversions of knights errant, roam across the infernal layers and other planes to
sidebar) and must respond to summons and commands from the wearer of the spurs. Narzugon
Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil
Armor Class 20 (plate armor, shield)
Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
evil path. The gods gave Soth a chance at redemption, charging him with confronting the Kingpriest of Istar and averting the Cataclysm. However, he was undone by his pride, abandoned his quest, and
the Dragon Queen’s summons has called his evil forth once more. Lord Soth Astride a Greater Death Dragon In battle, Soth is a terror, wielding the last remnant of the Cataclysm’s fires to devastating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Day 3: The Howling Hatred On the third day of the party’s journey, representatives of an evil elemental cult called the Howling Hatred arrive at Zephyros’s tower, hoping to find a powerful cloud
giant ally whose goals coincide with those of Yan-C-Bin, the Prince of Evil Air. The cultists use giant vultures as flying mounts. When they spot the cloud giant’s tower, they investigate. The cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
serve Strahd. The elders have died, leaving a pair of brothers named Luvash and Arrigal in charge. Both men are evil and willing to do whatever Strahd demands of them. These Vistani have two problems
, comprehend languages, hold person, identify, locate object, nondetection, polymorph, protection from evil and good, and wall of stone. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, is joined by three creatures that are beneficiaries of the druid’s awaken spell. These awakened beasts and plants serve as the druid’s companions and spies, and they share the druid’s evil
emit dim light in a 10-foot radius
4 Awakened walrus (see appendix C)
Frost Giant Riding a Mammoth Frost Giant Riding a Mammoth Even a raging blizzard can’t conceal the presence of a frost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
incapacitated, the archon can’t be surprised, and both it and its mount have advantage on Dexterity saving throws. If the archon is reduced to 0 hit points while riding its mount, the mount is reduced to 0 hit
mortal world to ash. Ashen Rider
Medium celestial, lawful evil
Armor Class 18 (plate)
Hit Points 178 (21d8 + 84)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
20 (+5)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
19 (+4)
INT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
riding behind Stalagma on the gorgon.)
Xorn. Three xorn under Stalagma’s command are gathered around a broken mine cart filled with coins.
Stalagma is Valtagar Steelshadow’s beloved mate, and only
horns that sweep back from her narrow head. She has the statistics of an adult silver dragon, with these changes: Stalagma is lawful evil. While in duergar form, she has the Duergar Resilience and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mounted on giant riding lizards (see the end of chapter 8 for statistics). If one or more party members appear to be anything other than drow or slaves in the company of its drow master, the patrol
they can be relied upon to perform their tasks with minimal or no supervision. The characters encounter 3d6 orc commoners. The orcs are chaotic evil and have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chance. Whether a deity is good, evil, or neutral is immaterial. All gods other than Maglubiyet and his servants are false and must be destroyed.
Call to War: Formation of the Host When the three
, a host might attract or press into service many kinds of creatures. Some possibilities: A low, two-wheeled pushcart loaded with small wooden cages containing cockatrices. A hydra with goblins riding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
) engaged in a wager or battle of wits
7 1 cloud giant (attitude: 1d10 + 2) training 1 spotted lion* (attitude: 1d4 + 1)
8 1 cloud giant of Evil Air* bossing around 2 air elementals
places where they can test their creations in battle. Fire Giant Encounters d12† Encounter
1 1 fire giant of Evil Fire* overseeing the rampage of 2 fire elementals (attitude for all: 1d4 + 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of an evil-looking monkey balances on its tail atop a stone dais in the middle of this twenty-foot-high chamber. The statue’s limbs are splayed, with hands and feet cupped. On the wall behind, a
and ends after 24 hours. A zebra has the same statistics as a riding horse. Statistics for the boar, lion, and vulture also appear in the Monster Manual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
components:
At will: friends, mage hand
1/day each: disguise self, sleep
Duergar Kavalrachni The vicious kavalrachni are the duergar cavalry of Gracklstugh, riding giant tarantulas known as
police. Duergar Xarrorn The xarrorn are duergar warriors of Clan Xardelvar trained to wield lances that spew alchemical fire. Duergar Soulblade
Medium humanoid (dwarf), lawful evil
Armor Class 14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
riding horse. 4 You found some money. You have 1d20 gp in addition to your regular starting funds. 5 A relative bequeathed you a simple weapon of your choice. 6 You found something interesting. You gain
, your alignment shifts one step toward evil (if it’s not evil already), and you start the game with an additional 1d20 + 50 gp. 16–20 You woke up one morning miles from your home, with no idea how you got
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stalls with straw-covered floors. A harness, riding crop, and saddle hang in each stall. Swinging wooden doors cap either end of each stall, one leading from the tower to the stall and the other from the
fellow knights sent on errands. When the characters first arrive at the spire, Thurl Merosska (see chapter 7) is here as well, gazing west toward Red Larch. Shrine to Elemental Evil. Here in the high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, and the proprietor, Old Fargo (a chaotic good human commoner), is happy to serve them. Fargo is recognizable by his old flannel shirt and riding hat. The tavern has two spare rooms on the second
some air.” This is a signal to the cultists at the barn (area G5) to come running. G5. Barn Two cult fanatics and two veterans—neutral evil humans loyal to Viallis—work here by day. They keep an eye out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
The Xaryxian Threat Prince Xeleth is a chaotic evil astral elf aristocrat (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) who wears a ring of shooting stars. After learning of his sister’s escape from custody, Xeleth
(see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) that appeared at the end of the previous session was summoned by Xeleth using Summon Solar Dragon. The figure riding the dragon, however, is not Xeleth himself but an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
2 2d4 aarakocra (attitude: 1d10 + 2) flying in formation
3 1d4 air elementals (attitude: 1d8 + 2) kicking up dust and debris
4 1d4 Evil Air cultists (veterans; attitude: 1d8) riding
with the elemental and magical nature of giants or places where the Elemental Planes break into the Material Plane. The creatures on these tables might be connected to the cults of Elemental Evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a torture chamber in an evil temple) 61–65 Library, well stocked with religious treatises 66–68 Prison for captured enemies (in good or neutral temples) or those designated as sacrifices (in evil
temples) 69–73 Robing room containing ceremonial outfits and items 74 Stable for riding horses and mounts belonging to the temple, or for visiting messengers and caravans 75–79 Storage holding mundane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Flies swarm around a full dung cart that exudes a horrible stench.
The stalls contain ten riding horses. Cart. The dung-filled cart is a fire hazard. If the cart is pushed against a wall and set
stairs descend 15 feet to area G28. G7: Service Entrance Hanging on the walls of this small, muddy room are several riding cloaks, bits and harnesses, oil lanterns, and coils of rope.
Guild members