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Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
;s body and all the equipment it is carrying cease to exist. On a successful save, the target takes 24 (7d6);{"diceNotation":"7d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Trap Soul", "rollDamageType
exist.
If the demilich drops to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and turns to powder, leaving behind its gems. Crushing a gem releases any soul trapped within, at which point the target’s body re
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
where the townsfolk would try to hunt down all kobolds and put the tribe’s survival at risk.
Some aggressive individual kobolds and tribes do exist, but in general kobolds don’t purposely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
exceptions exist. If the story suggests a good reason for an item to fit only creatures of a certain size or shape, you can rule that it doesn't adjust. For example, drow-made armor might fit elves only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
exceptions exist. If the story suggests a good reason for an item to fit only creatures of a certain size or shape, you can rule that it doesn’t adjust. For example, armor made by the drow might fit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and other useful items, but if they
hunt down all kobolds and put the tribe’s survival at risk. Some aggressive individual kobolds and tribes do exist, but in general kobolds don’t purposely provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
have been in existence since the start of time, and still others are interlopers from outside the Abyss. Several theories exist about what principles dictate who can gain a demon lord’s power, or, if
no such principles exist, how that power might be seized. Most mortals would rather be annihilated than have their souls travel to the Abyss, but some see its chaos as something that can be harnessed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
antimagic field. The dreadnought can shut off the effect by simply closing its eye, though it seldom has reason to do so. Astral Predator. A remorseless, indiscriminate hunter, an astral dreadnought employs
danger of becoming extinct anytime soon. Titanic Nature. Although it eats and sleeps if it so desires, an astral dreadnought doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Astral dreadnoughts exist for one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
them, there is no shortage of folk poking around Longsaddle and the nearby lands hoping to discover caches of magic, hidden like children’s treasures. Of course, few, if any, such bundles exist, but the
locals draw no shortage of entertainment from sending would-be thieves on grand chases for wands, rings, and other magic trinkets that any prudent person would realize simply don’t exist. After all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
heirs to the old Alagondar royal line are known to exist, and many believe that the line is ended. Lord Neverember, taking no chances, quietly pays off or disposes of anyone claiming a connection to the
others little reason to visit the area. Sword Mountains These steep, craggy, snow-capped mountains are home to scattered tribes of orcs as well as other monsters. Icespire Peak is the tallest among
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
marriages and funerals. Temples are places where worshipers go either to spend personal or family time in a space consecrated to a deity or to seek the aid of the priests for some reason. Small
shrines and private chapels, as distinct from full-fledged temples, are common throughout Faerûn, particularly in areas where a temple doesn’t exist. Shrines tend to be unstaffed, kept up by the locals and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
inspire some youngsters to take such risks. Whatever the reason, from time to time a halfling feels the call of adventure and sets off with a walking staff, a satchel, and a few biscuits. The first
instead of seeking shelter. HALFLINGS OF THE MULTIVERSE
In the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, many kinds of halflings exist, and they vary greatly from place to place.
In the Forgotten Realms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
who are desperate to attain positions of power and status entreat her, as do those who — for whatever reason — need to be loved, feared, or respected. Fierna takes a direct interest in the soul trade
rumors exist that Fierna has stolen the secret of how to travel freely between the Nine Hells and the Material Plane from the archlich Vecna. The fact that the denizens of the Nine Hells take such rumors seriously is a clear indication of their respect for Fierna’s power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
interesting if rivalries, hatreds, or attachments exist among the monsters in the group. The death of a much-revered leader might throw its followers into a frenzy. On the other hand, a monster might flee
have reason to believe their lair is likely to be invaded might set up a defense. Reasons to set up a defense include the following: Adventurers invaded the lair recently and retreated. Scouts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Creatures on the Astral Plane don’t age or suffer from hunger or thirst. For this reason, creatures that live on the Astral Plane (such as githyanki) establish outposts on other planes, often the
, plankton, and larger creatures that resemble fish and aquatic mammals. Creatures and objects in Wildspace age normally and exist on both the Astral Plane and Material Plane simultaneously. This overlap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
the target it hits from regaining Hit Points until the end of your next turn. This is true even if the target takes none of the Necrotic damage, whether because of Immunity or some other reason. Using
action, Dispel Magic can be cast in response to another spell being cast, yet Dispel Magic can’t substitute for Counterspell. The main reason is that Dispel Magic removes a spell that is already on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Serpent Hills, where we were taken prisoner by yuan-ti patrolling the borders of their domain. The half-elf was hauled away in slaver’s chains, but for some reason I was taken to the court of Jarant
they viewed it as a potential ally or foe. The economy of Najara, such as it is, depends on slaves to exist. Slavery is arguably the only actual trade conducted in Najara, with the ruins of Thlohtzin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
appropriate payment. Each chamber that exists inside Infernal Rapture is created for a specific purpose. When that purpose ends and the occupants of the chamber leave, that room ceases to exist unless
grooming. Burney can provide some small amount of magic healing, but only does so for good-aligned creatures, and at no cost. If someone offers Burney a soul coin for any reason, she looks extremely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Thayans and Baldurian merchants have coin enough to buy property within the city, if they choose, but that is no reason to award them noble titles and legal rights, instead of merely a mansion, for
they’re in or what a ward’s name signifies. The names of the wards suggest the contents of the buildings and the character of the activity in each one, but no laws exist that restrict a given activity or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
extraplanar island to call home. No Rhyme or Reason. A morkoth’s island has the qualities of a dreamscape in which nature and predictability take a back seat to strangeness and chaos. Upon it is a
morkoth freely gives away what it owns. Morkoths exist to acquire, and they give up possessions only if doing so helps their hoard grow. A morkoth knows every object in its collection and can track its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Sword Coast, one moves from lands not so different from one’s own to places so foreign they might as well exist on other continents or worlds — which a few of them actually have done. Aglarond. The
nations and governments, a number of collective terms exist for other regions across Faerûn. Not all such names are used universally, and opinions vary as to which lands qualify in which groups. Here are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
of fresh-faced adjutants, stodgy scholars, and eclectic guests. Demiplanar Chambers. Several doors line the walls of the Hearth. Although visible from inside the taproom, they do not appear to exist
killed the puny runt for it. When the ogre attuned to it, the headband grew in size, enabling him to wear it. With an improved ability to reason and ponder, the ogre felt compelled to appreciate the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and flags of its two groups of guardians, the Hellriders and the Companions. It might be fairly said that the only reason Elturgard can exist as a nation is because of these knights, for it faces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gyrt. It was a tense meeting. I think the only reason I was not killed on sight is that I was an elf traveling alone. I think they feared I was a wizard. Uthgardt hate all magic but that of their
represented somewhere by a small number of humans who claim to be descended from the one of the tribes of old, but such people, where they exist, aren’t numerous by any means, and their claims are often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Different groups of orcs exist within a tribe, the actions of each dictated by the deity they pay homage to. To complement the various kinds of warriors that spill forth to ravage the countryside, each
their tongues to emulate their deity, for a reason similar to why an eye of Gruumsh puts out one of its eyes. Orc Hand of Yurtrus
Medium humanoid (orc), chaotic evil
Armor Class 12 (hide armor)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
others await death at the hands of the drow or their pets. Regardless of what they might think of the adventurers — and each other — outside the slave pens, all the NPCs have good reason to cooperate in
slowly but surely losing himself to the savagery of his quaggoth form. In fact, Derendil is simply mad, touched by the delusions of the demon lord Fraz-Urb’luu. The kingdom of Nelrindenvane doesn’t exist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the actions of those who bear them—for example, a person with the Mark of Storm might fulfill the role of “a mighty storm” in the Prophecy. For this reason, agents of the Chamber are interested in the
multiple worlds might thus act as agents of the Chamber, manipulating history on their own worlds to see whether that affects the unfolding of the Prophecy on Eberron. These elders reason that if dragons can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
the necrotic damage, whether because of immunity or some other reason. Using 5-foot squares, does cloud of daggers affect a single square? Cloud of daggers (5 ft. cube) can affect more than one square
action, dispel magic can be cast in response to another spell being cast, yet dispel magic can’t substitute for counterspell. The main reason is that dispel magic removes a spell that is already on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
within 10 feet of the book and attack its opener. The magic that binds the specters has weakened over time; they can exist on the Material Plane for only 1 minute, after which time they are banished to
(Intimidation) check, but the check is made with disadvantage if Lord Gralhund has reason to believe his wife can see or overhear the conversation: “The Stone of Golorr is some kind of ancient creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
surface on raids to retreat if they can see the moon — practical advice, it would seem. But an equally important reason is that Eilistraee is known to work her wiles under the light of the moon, so that
unknown, as is Corellon, yet elves called “dark” exist in this world. These are elves whom others believe have betrayed their people, but to the eye, they bear none of the physical hallmarks of drow. I wonder if, with so mutable a race as elves, that state is permanent.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
within 1 mile of each other. While the quasit is within 10 feet of its master, the master shares the quasit’s Magic Resistance trait. At any time and for any reason, the quasit can end its service as a
body is destroyed but the fiend is prevented from reforming in the Abyss, its essence sometimes takes on a vague physical form. These shadow demons exist outside the normal abyssal hierarchy, since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
for the likes of me. 2 The lesser creatures of the world have no souls; they exist only to be fodder for the ambitions and appetites of giants. 3 Unity among giants is a myth; anyone not of my clan
more by Surtur’s well-crafted gifts than by the trophy heads Thrym laid at his feet. For this reason, frost giants bear more ill will toward Annam than most other giants do.
Unlike his brothers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
gift to Iggwilv from the archmage Mordenkainen and is worth 2,500 gp. Its pieces mutter under their breath when they are taken off the board. The chessboard is one reason why Nemesatra and Trizzian
though it has been imprisoned in its jewel for an unknown period of time (by whom, it can’t say). It doesn’t realize that it will cease to exist when the spell that brought it forth ends. Conjured Fey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
know how many pieces of the obelisk exist. The mind flayers direct characters who express interest in worship to the adjacent feeding room (area X11). The mind flayers don’t prolong the discussion, and
for an expected reason. Worried about the punishments the fanatics will inflict upon them for letting invaders into Illithinoch, the two mind flayers fight to the death. Dripping Statue. The infected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
within an antimagic field and can also be dispelled (DC 17). When the circle ceases to exist, the ghostly eyestalk sensors in the above-mentioned locations disappear as well. Secret Door. The secret door
and weapons. If Hyustus has died for whatever reason, replace him with a female human Watch officer named Cressa Galavarco (LG female Tethyrian veteran with no armor or weapons). Whoever is here has a