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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
falls into a magical slumber. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only. The honks can be heard up to 300 feet away.
A creature under magical slumber has the unconscious
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
When you cast this spell, you inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor, a wall, or a table) or within an object that can be closed to conceal the glyph (such as a book
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Sleep. Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and falls unconscious for 10 minutes on a failed save. A creature awakens if it takes damage or if someone uses an action to shake or slap it awake.
Stunning. Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and becomes stunned for 1 minute on a failed save.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
never read. Alas, his stipulation fell on deaf ears. When the book falls by accident into the characters’ hands, each of them is afflicted by a supernatural malediction known as the scrivener’s mark. The
The Scrivener’s Tale ten years ago from Machil Rillyn, a noble and a former adventurer from the city of Baldur’s Gate. The terms of Machil’s gift stipulated that the book was to be locked away and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Unless anchored, held down, or affected by a fly spell or similar magic, any creature or object that enters this room falls up toward the ceiling. The desk is empty except for the array of nine books
held between the bulette-shaped bookends. Eight of the books contain essays pertaining to the eight schools of magic, one book dedicated to each school. The cover and the pages of the ninth book appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Opening the Book If the characters agree to undertake the quest, Pelk hands them the Book of Cylinders and says: “This book was brought to Candlekeep several years ago. The explorers who found it
claimed it was not a historical text, but a warning. My superiors have authorized me to show it to you.”
Pelk allows the characters to inspect the book. It is surprisingly light, and brief examination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands, or reroll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
.
“The book speaks of a star falling to earth—a black rock, seemingly worthless but seared by the heavens,” he explains. “Only it can help us. We must find it, and soon, or evil will seize the power of
with desperate intensity. “Go, seek Derwyth, a fellow star-watcher,” he urges. “Make haste to her home in Cernant Valley.”
He places a thin leather book in your hands, which are not your own. “Give
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Using the Story Tracker This adventure uses a Story Tracker, a copy of which is included at the back of this book. The Story Tracker is a note-keeping tool to help you remember important information
characters an advantage in later chapters. The Story Tracker also allows you to record important details. For example, if a character falls under a curse, noting the specifics of the curse on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
secured to the lectern with sovereign glue, preventing it from being easily removed. The eight-page book contains an eight-line nursery rhyme written by the Sewn Sisters in Infernal, with each page
bearing one line of the poem. The book is open to pages 4 and 5 when the characters first arrive. Hidden in the leg of the lectern, on the side facing the east wall, is a secret compartment that can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
crocodile 5 Mammoth 6 Flail snail (appears in this book) 7 Triceratops 8 Water elemental Archdruid
Medium Humanoid (Druid), Any Alignment
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 154 (28d8 + 28
challenge rating of 6 or less and can remain in that form for up to 9 hours. The archdruid can choose whether its equipment falls to the ground, melds with its new form, or is worn by the new form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold Student You have spent your youth preparing to be a student of Lorehold College, reading every book on the college’s recommended reading list for prospective students. Your academic passions
.) Lorehold Spells Spell Level Spells 1st Comprehend Languages, Identify 2nd Borrowed Knowledge (in this book), Locate Object 3rd Speak with Dead, Spirit Guardians 4th Arcane Eye, Stone Shape 5th Flame
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the Night Serpent prefer to threaten and torture them, the better to feed and strengthen the goddess. See chapter 3 of this book for more information on yuan-ti malison nightmare speakers. Merrshaulk
as masters of the mortal world. See chapter 3 of this book for more information on yuan-ti malison pit masters. Sseth In the last years before the yuan-ti empire collapsed, Sseth appeared to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
of the hag’s bedroom. To reach the windowsill, a character must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. On a failed check, the character falls 20 feet onto the roof of area L13, taking 7
’ mintage is unfamiliar to the characters) A small, leather-bound book containing delicate sketches and watercolor paintings of pixies, sprites, and other Fey (50 gp)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
shoots at them with his bow; if Garra falls, the sprite flees. Rot’s mind has been warped by Niho Koi’s magic, and he can’t provide any useful information to the characters if captured. If Garra feels
books, and three paper schemas in scroll tubes. Each book and schema is written in a magically coded language that can’t be read by the comprehend languages spell. Finding a way to read these documents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
closed to conceal the glyph (such as a book, a scroll, or a treasure chest). If you choose a surface, the glyph can cover an area of the surface no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If you choose an
1 minute on a failed save. Sleep. Each target must make a Wisdom saving throw and falls unconscious for 10 minutes on a failed save. A creature awakens if it takes damage or if someone uses an action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
corners by stiff winds blowing through broken windows. The walls and furniture are scorched black, including a table with the charred remains of a book on it. Next to the table, on the floor amid
several broken wine bottles, is a mostly incinerated skeleton and a round, frost-covered object about six inches in diameter.
The important features of this room are the charred book, the partially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
area around a legendary dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s presence. The regional effects described in the Monster Manual and chapters 5 and 6 of this book are not the only ways a dragon’s
Weather. The weather within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair is always sunny and pleasantly warm during the day. Rain falls only at night, and dew waters the ground in the early morning. Unending Rain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
in full view of everyone. If a player scoops up their dice before anyone else can see what they rolled, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or
reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
try to jump onto the ledge, or they can hook a rope onto the railing on the level above (area K11) and swing across the gap. They can also use magic to cross. Anyone who falls off the landing or the
, reading a book. Large framed pictures of cities and landscapes hang on the walls, and a worn, blood-spattered rug covers the floor. Other furnishings include a pair of rocking chairs, a couch, and an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
completely honest. Finding Kendrin. The guest book shows a merchant named Kendrin Feldarr is staying at the inn. Kendrin usually sells exotic animals and their parts around the northern Sword Coast
the box falls, it breaks and releases four exotic spiders. He has dropped the note on his bed. Kendrin shoves or punches anyone who gets in his way. He draws a weapon only if one is used against him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book). Goose Mother Huge Fey, Unaligned
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 114 (12d12 + 36)
Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR
17 (+3
throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 7 (2d6) thunder damage and falls into a magical slumber. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only. The honks can be heard up to 300 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
lever, the pallet falls down to the water and floats there. As an action, a character can operate the winch to pull the pallet back up 10 feet. A3: Kitchen A doorway in the rock opens into a dining room
shelves in the west half of the room. In the east half is a table with two benches, writing implements, book stands, and glass-shielded lamps.
The cloister library holds books and scrolls covering a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Hellfire Engine Hellfire engines are semiautonomous bringers of destruction. Amnizus (in this book) and other devilish generals hold them in reserve until they are needed to repel an incursion by
creature falls prone and takes 28 (8d6) bludgeoning damage.
If the hellfire engine remains in the prone creature’s space, the creature is also restrained until it’s no longer in the same space as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
: Bugbear head: “Yah!”
Harpy head: “Bah!”
Hobgoblin head: “Gah!”
Ogre head: “Bah!”
Each repeats its one-word utterance every time its hatch is opened, then falls silent until the hatch is closed
succeed on a DC 16 Intelligence (History) check can recognize one of Iggwilv’s costumes from a woodcut of her that they saw once in a book, where she was identified as “Iggwilv, the Witch Queen of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. On a failed check, the climber falls 40 feet. The safer route across the bridge can be accessed only through the warehouse. The warehouse workers don’t want any trouble. If the characters bully their
saving throw or fall prone. If the saving throw fails by more than 5, the character slips and falls 60 feet. The fall deals only 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage because of the soft, deep mud below, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, and its floor is covered by a patch of green slime (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Any creature that falls into the pit takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage and automatically
madness to perform either ritual successfully. Tucked in one book are two scrolls: one that bears a list of six stone giant names (including Rihuud’s and Dorhun’s) and another that is actually a letter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Githzerai Githzerai are otherworldly folk with psionic powers who share an ancestral link to githyanki (also in this book). The githzerai followers of the great leader Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith are an
the duration. When the effect ends, the target reappears in the space it left or in an unoccupied space nearest to that space if it’s occupied.
Reactions
Slow Fall. When the githzerai falls, it reduces any falling damage it takes by 50.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
books: Hymns to the Dawn, a volume of chants to the Morninglord, and The Blade of Truth: The Uses of Logic in the War Against Diabolist Heresies, as Fought by the Ulmist Inquisition, a strange book that
that the gods will tell him how to save Doru without destroying him. If the characters seem intent on slaying Doru, Donavich does his best to stop them. If Doru dies, Donavich falls to the floor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
two rail cart trestles. A successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check is needed to cross hand-over-hand along one of the chain conveyors. On a failed check, the character falls into the magma. A
creature that falls in the magma or starts its turn there takes 55 (10d10) fire damage. 2. Smelter The hammering sound grows louder, but it’s not coming from the chamber ahead. This enormous, rectangular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
creature steps on this area, the floor collapses into a 10-foot-deep pit with poisoned spikes lining its floor. Any creature on the collapsing floor falls into the pit, taking 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage and
invisible stalker. The invisible stalker doesn’t reveal its presence or attack immediately, waiting to do so until the characters either remove a book from the room or try to cross the spiked pit in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. This water is the water of Athis (see the “Pyramid Features” section). A creature that falls into an aqueduct is swept to the northern end of the room and slams against the ledge face, taking 7 (2d6
floor of this room are made of marble. They might once have been beautiful, but now they’re covered in cobwebs, dirt, and grime. An old, scorched book lies on a marble slab in the center of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
bridges rises in the distance. A cloud of spores falls gently from the sky, covering everything in a fine layer of the substance.
A tall creature beckons with a smile. Her body’s top half vaguely
. Searching the room uncovers a recipe book wrapped in oilcloth under a pile of refuse. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals that the handwriting closely resembles the older
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
based on devil worship and has written a manifesto that she reads to her “book club,” which is made up of the most fanatical group members. Inspired by her words, these zealots have created smaller cults
“Sample Traps” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). A creature that triggers the trap and fails the saving throw against the needle’s poison falls unconscious for 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
-wide wooden rolling pin falls from the ceiling at the north end of the hall and rolls the length of the hallway, flattening creatures in its path. Each creature in the hallway must succeed on a DC 15
. Licking the spine of a book imparts a taste of the knowledge within, while consuming the tome altogether results in a sugar rush followed by mild cramps and gas. Hag’s Dentures. Uncle Nibblecheek’s dentures