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Out of the Abyss
lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ground ripples and bursts over the monster, revealing itself as a wave of countless spiders. The tiny arachnids swarm the larger horror, girding it in skittering bodies.
Fighting Arasta as a mythic
encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 21 creatures in one encounter. Award a party 66,000 XP for defeating Arasta after she uses Armor of Spiders.Arasta’s Lair
Arasta lives
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
medusa rising up anew, the last of her shed skin dropping away, revealing glistening, unscarred scales.
Fighting Hythonia as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 17
Beholder
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair
Death Tyrant
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
it contains more trappings of death and decay. A death tyrant encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke
Morkoth
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
of the lair is underwater.
A morkoth encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 12 (8,400 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a morkoth can invoke the ambient magic of the island
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
toddlers can be dangerous, they’re no match for adventurers who can handle giant parents. Young giants are no more inherently evil than any other free-willed creature, so fighting and killing them can raise
several adjustments. You can craft the stat block as you see fit to match the challenge rating you’re aiming for.
For a giant child of any age, you can further modify one of these stat blocks by adding the parents’ damage immunities and resistances (if any) and any inherent traits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
foes the characters will face. The friend appears in the encounter with the other creatures, fighting on the side of the characters; you can let the players determine what the friend does on each of
its turns. A friend’s challenge rating should be 1 or 2 lower than the level of the characters. Flumphs are always friend-shaped.
Lurker Card. A lurker is a sneaky, wandering opportunist that attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
is strewn with rubble, so it is difficult terrain. Larger rubble piles are 1 to 4 feet high. Any loud noise (such as an explosion, shouting, or fighting) causes a minor cave-in: at the start of each
Constrict attack. This ability increases its challenge rating to 3 (700 XP). If the snake is slain, the four baboons leap through the hole in the ceiling and down upon the party. (They remained outside the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
, which increase its challenge rating to 8 (3,900 XP): It has 161 (14d12 + 70) hit points. Its Strength and Constitution are 20 (+5). On one of its claws it wears a rune-covered copper band that makes it
intelligently attack intruders, being careful not to bump the protective skin walls. The crab is experienced in fighting in this manner, as is evidenced by the bones scattered about, but the characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Enemies of Strahd. Vladimir found himself fighting Strahd’s armies time and again as they swept across the land. When it became clear that Strahd couldn’t be stopped, the knights of the order led hundreds
) slashing damage on a hit. Against Strahd, Vladimir deals an extra 14 (4d6) slashing damage with the weapon. Vladimir has a challenge rating of 7 (2,900 XP). Vladimir Horngaard’s Traits Ideal
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
years old, but they mature and breed quickly. When their elders deem that their numbers are becoming unmanageable, the derro declare war on some other race and surge forth in a reckless horde, fighting
arcane magic. A derro savant has the same statistics as a derro, except that it has 49 (11d6 + 11) hit points, a Charisma of 14 (+2), and a challenge rating of 3 (700 XP). The savant also gains the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
adventurers are fighting to send the demon lords back to the Abyss, or that Menzoberranzan might suffer under another demon lord assault. She’s concerned only about House Baenre. By the matron
takes 10d6 + 40 force damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, it is disintegrated. She has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). XP Awards If the party gains the support of Quenthel Baenre, award each character 2,000 XP.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
suspicious of magic and resentful of spellcasters. If the characters killed Wormblod (see area 4) and Noori learns of this, she attacks them with whatever weapon she has in hand, fighting to the death
ice spider queen, a giant spider with the following changes: It has 44 hit points and a challenge rating of 2 (450 XP). It has resistance to cold damage. Any creature that starts its turn within 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
where they died, and the corpses that litter an abandoned battlefield might rise up to continue fighting whenever a living creature comes near. Some of these entities are similar to undead that might be
mutations on this table might increase a creature’s challenge rating by 1 or 2. Use the guidelines in chapter 9 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine whether its challenge rating should increase and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
a monster, including when you apply a template to it, might change its challenge rating.
For advice on how to customize creatures and calculate their challenge ratings, see the Dungeon Master’s
certain creatures. The tags have no rules of their own, but something in the game, such as a magic item, might refer to them. For instance, a spear that is especially effective at fighting demons would work against any monster that has the demon tag.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
is typically a large, spacious cavern with high ceilings, where it can attack without fear of closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP). Lair
Actions When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the beholder can take one lair action to cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
hallucinations of her friends dying, her enemies triumphing, and other unspeakable horrors. Lhammaruntosz is an adult bronze dragon, with the following additional features that increase her challenge rating to 16
heals. If the characters cure Lhammaruntosz and the alkilith is still alive, it attacks, fighting to the death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
morkoth encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 12 (8,400 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a morkoth can invoke the ambient magic of the island to take lair actions. On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of countless spiders. The tiny arachnids swarm the larger horror, girding it in skittering bodies.
Fighting Arasta as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 21 creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
rippling coils precedes the medusa rising up anew, the last of her shed skin dropping away, revealing glistening, unscarred scales.
Fighting Hythonia as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two
challenge rating 17 creatures in one encounter. Award a party 36,000 XP for defeating Hythonia after she uses Shed Skin. (MATT STEWART)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
are usually off-duty and might be asleep; roll 1d6 to see how many cultists are in their bunks. Sounds of fighting nearby rouse the sleeping cultists, who join the fray on their turns during the third
here (for example, characters banging on copper vats or fighting one or more water weirds) alerts the monsters in area C17. C17. Morbeoth’s Workshop The northernmost door leading into this area is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
level of the mansion; the Gralhunds are fighting to hold the upstairs. G1. Locked Gates Through a set of ornate iron gates, the characters can see a yard with several large trees, as well as two footpaths
. Great Hall Characters who enter this hall for the first time notice the following: The floor is strewn with bodies. Two thugs holding bloody maces stand over them. The sound of fighting can be heard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. This effect ends for a creature if the creature takes damage or someone uses an action to wake it.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating
animals to observe other creatures of interest. They are also fascinated by warfare and eagerly join armies fighting for a just cause. Ancient Bronze Dragon Ancient Bronze Dragon
Gargantuan dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
dwarves don’t keep a close watch from the arrow slit to the north, since they know that the gargoyles in area B1 and Nartham’s guards in area B4 stand watch. If alerted by serious fighting or unusual
now stands watch in area B24, and the other is here. The ancient construct is equivalent to a stone golem with 102 hit points and no Multiattack action (challenge rating 4 instead of 8). Roleplaying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
)
CHA
8 (−1)
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +6, Survival +2
Condition Immunities frightened
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge Rating 2
), with the following changes: It has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). It speaks Deep Speech and Undercommon, and has telepathy out to a range of 120 feet. It has the Magic Resistance and Innate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
carrying any light sources or making a lot of noise when they enter, the troglodytes in the west and southeast chambers are alerted. As soon as any fighting begins, one troglodyte attempts to escape to
a troglodyte with the following changes, which increase his challenge rating to 2 (450 XP): His AC is 13 (natural armor). He has 39 (6d8 + 12) hit points. His Charisma is 15 (+2). He can speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
away and never grown back. He brutally attacks other dragons, seeking to slay any wyrm that might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances
Equipment trait, and Spellcasting action option described below, all of which increase his challenge rating to 25 (75,000 XP): Dual Wand Wielder. If Klauth is carrying two wands, he can use an action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
be made with advantage or disadvantage.
CHRIS RALLIS
Boros NPCs The Boros Legion attracts those who believe justice is the highest ideal and that it’s worth fighting for on behalf of all
throw.
CHRIS RAHN
Firefist Boros firefists combine potent magic with peerless fighting ability, inspiring all who serve alongside them. They often act as the point of contact between the Boros
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
rating of 3 (700 XP). The mimic is well treated by the Cassalanters and won’t harm any member of the household. It obeys only Lord and Lady Cassalanter. Founders’ Day. The room is outfitted with dozens
accidentally offended one another. They have changed into dueling garb and are fighting with rapiers to resolve their differences while onlookers drink wine and cheer them on. C25a. Garden Balcony This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, driven by visions from the daelkyr, can be found working with the Cults of the Dragon Below or fighting alongside aberrations in Khyber. Others operate alone. Lycanthropes Many people believe that
its lair, Belashyrra has a challenge rating of 23 (50,000 XP). Lair Actions. While within the Citadel of Lidless Eyes, Belashyrra can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
other tribe members here are too young, too old, or too cowardly to defend themselves; they flee if combat breaks out and are worth no XP. Even the kobolds capable of fighting run away if they are
(Medium [6 feet long], 16 hit points, +5 to hit, challenge rating 1/4 [50 XP]) that the goblins call Guthash (Bloated One). The giant rats that hunt in the Sunless Citadel all descend from her. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, beasts with a challenge rating of 2 or lower treat the cursed creature as hostile and do everything they can to avoid it. A remove curse spell or similar magic lifts the curse. Silver Marches Also known as
ancient dwarven kingdom of Besilmer, Torhild Flametongue, died fighting a hill giant in the same location. The Stone Bridge is made of smooth, fused granite. It is only 15 feet wide and lacks railings