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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , echoing from the darkness like a death knell. For by the time those glowing red eyes fix on you, it's far too late to run …
Some adventurers and sages whisper that deep crows were first spawned as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     doesn't struggle, the deep crow takes it back to its lair to be devoured at leisure. Creatures that do struggle might be repeatedly dropped from a height to soften them up a bit.
Family Ties. Deep crows
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Demogorgon
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     bulk of this palace extends deep underwater, in chill and darkened caverns.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take a lair action to cause one of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of the next round. On his turn, Demogorgon can move the illusory duplicate a distance equal to his walking speed (no action required). The first time a creature or object interacts physically with
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     count 20 (losing initiative ties), Ogrémoch uses his lair action to cause one of the following effects:
A 10-foot-radius area of rocky or earthy ground within 60 feet of Ogrémoch turns
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tremors"} rounds. At first, damage is minor — broken windows, cracked plaster, items toppled off shelves. The longer Ogrémoch remains, the stronger the tremors become. After 5 days, the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     away. Auril instantly reappears in her Auril (Second Form);second form, in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of where her first form disappeared. Her initiative count doesn’t change.
Innate
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Frost.First Form
In her first form, Auril appears as a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} fire damage when it enters the ashes’ space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there.
Aurnozci’s Lair
Aurnozci’s lair is a layer of the Abyss called Xulregg. See
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     chapter 20 for details about this realm.
The challenge rating of Aurnozci is 23 (50,000 XP) when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     entirety of the Eternal Garden.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the Gardener can take one of the following lair actions; they can’t take the same lair action two
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     when it starts its turn inside the wall or when it enters the wall for the first time on a turn. The wall’s area is difficult terrain for a creature that isn’t grappled. The wall sinks
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     with glassy sand ventilate the lair, all the while avoiding the deadly sinkholes that are the dragon’s first line of defense.
A blue dragon will collapse the caverns that make up its lair if
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     intruders.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the Books of Keeping—ancient tomes detailing the true names of the first yugoloths—report no mention of baernaloths within. Some posit that these enigmatic yugoloths were created by a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     planes. It’s said the first demodands of Carceri were created by baernaloths.
Baernaloths spread discord and despair among any creatures they meet. They use their breath, thick with the gloom of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ooze at Juiblex’s command.
Juiblex’s challenge rating is 24 (62,000 XP) when encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Juiblex can take one
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, that creature must make the same save.
The slime lasts for 1 hour or until it is burned away with fire. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     underwater, in chill and darkened caverns.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take one of the following lair actions; he can’t take the same lair action two
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Demogorgon can move the illusory duplicate a distance equal to his walking speed (no action required). The first time a creature or an object interacts physically with Demogorgon (for example, by
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Nilbogism. Any creature that attempts to damage the nilbog must first succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or be charmed until the end of the creature’s next turn. A creature charmed in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     initiative ties), the only action it can take is to attempt to possess a goblin within 5 feet of it.
A goblin targeted by the spirit must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or become possessed
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Tales from the Yawning Portal
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects:
The aboleth
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     disappears.
If the aboleth dies, the first two effects fade over the course of 3d10;{"diceNotation":"3d10","rollType":"roll"} days.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     skeleton covered with fungi and bark-like lichen. A lichen lich has vines within its chest cavity. These vines exude viscid and poisonous black fluid.On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its next turn. The cloud lasts for 1 minute or until it is dispersed by a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and it has advantage on attack rolls. The sphere moves with the veiled presence. When another creature starts its turn in the light or enters the light for the first time on its turn, that creature must
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    )
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties) while in its lair, the villain can take one of the following lair actions; the villain can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     him with a melee attack while within 10 feet of him, and a creature takes that damage the first time on a turn that Imix moves into its space. Nonmagical weapons that hit Imix are destroyed by fire
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (such as the Weeping Colossus in chapter 5). On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Imix uses his lair action to cause one of the following effects:
Any fires in the lair flare up
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;s challenge rating is 22 (41,000 XP) when she’s encountered in Seelie Market.
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties) while in her lair, Pazrodine can take one of the following lair
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     cylinder centered on a point within 60 feet of Pazrodine until initiative count 20 on the next round. When a creature enters the whirlwind’s area for the first time on its turn or starts its
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . When the vortex enters a creature’s space for the first time on a turn, the creature must make the same saving throw as when the vortex first appeared. Creatures restrained by the vortex move
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     friendly creatures.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Nafas can take one of the following lair actions; he can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Juiblex
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     initiative ties), Juiblex can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Juiblex slimes a square area of ground it can see within the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     saving throw or become restrained. When a creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, that creature must make the same save. A restrained creature is stuck as long as it
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     flesh twists in alien ways. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, its speed is reduced by half, and if it tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check or the spell
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     within the Palace of Sinew, Dyrrn can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Dyrrn can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , however, Halaster is alert and attentive to the activities and preparations of all beings near him. He never willingly enters combat without first casting mage armor and mind blank on himself.As the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (losing initiative ties), Halaster takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects:
Halaster targets a volume of unoccupied space or solid stone no larger than four 10-foot cubes within 30
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     attack.Legends describe the dread being Malaxxix as the child of one of the night hags who created the first yugoloths. Malaxxix is often lumped in with such Fiends, perhaps because it too has a grand
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (losing initiative ties), Malaxxix can take one of the following lair actions; Malaxxix can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Reassemble. Malaxxix chooses either itself or the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to take lair actions on the Elemental Plane of Water, or in any elemental water node (such as the Plunging Torrents, described in chapter 5). On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Olhydra
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     round. Creatures and objects within or beyond the fog are heavily obscured. A creature that enters the freezing cloud for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     become a powerful undead as the first step on her path to godhood, and is now a mummy lord.
Valin can use her lair actions in any area of the tomb.
Personality Trait. “I have seen the future
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Sarnaster’s Lair
Valin can use her lair actions in any area of the tomb.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Valin takes a lair action to cause one of the following
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie realm
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone dragons. Their descendants are now found throughout the Feywild.
Moonstone dragons are graceful and elegant creatures with opalescent scales
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , oddities, and castoffs of the multiverse in a massive, ever-growing collection.
The first morkoths arose in the Astral Plane when the petrified body of a deity of greed and strife collided with a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     is underwater.
A morkoth encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 12 (8,400 XP).
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the morkoth can take one of the following
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the first inhabitants of the Nine Hells, predating even the arrival of Asmodeus, the plane’s foremost ruler. Long-lived devils and occult sages theorize Zargon and its kind were invaders from
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ties), Zargon can take one of the following lair actions; it can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Dissolution. Zargon dissolves into a glob of slime, seeps to an unoccupied space
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Spellcasting.Ancient legends suggest that when the gods came to the First World and tried to populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of that faerie realm suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone dragons. Their descendants are now found throughout the Feywild.
Moonstone dragons are graceful and elegant creatures
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ties), an elder brain can take one of the following lair actions; the elder brain can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Force Wall. The elder brain casts wall of force.
Psionic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     telepathic contact is first established. If the save is successful, the creature is aware that something is eavesdropping. The nature of the eavesdropper isn’t revealed.
If the elder brain dies, these
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     powerful snakelike tails for their lower body, snakes for hair, and a petrifying gaze. The first hierophant medusa was transformed by the power of the Euryale card when that individual was inspired by
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     any medusa, including the hierophant medusa or the medusa in the Monster Manual.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the medusa can take one of the following lair actions
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     amethyst crystals they spit at their foes.
Royal Purple
When first hatched, an amethyst dragon has scales of dull, opaque purple. As the dragon grows, their scales, horns, and wing membranes become more
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     their lairs.
The challenge rating of a legendary amethyst dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     work—those are the words I live by.
7
I am always the first to offer a compliment.
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Get off my snowfield, you immature bipeds! When I was a wyrmling, people respected their elders
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can take one of the following lair actions; the dragon can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
All play and no work—those are the words I live by.
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I am always the first to offer a compliment.
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Get off my snowfield, you immature bipeds! When I was a wyrmling, people respected
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of a legendary crystal dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can take one of the following lair
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ability to maneuver underground. A sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most advantageous approach to dealing with them
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     stone to come and go.
The challenge rating of a legendary sapphire dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     foes.
Royal Purple
When first hatched, an amethyst dragon has scales of dull, opaque purple. As the dragon grows, their scales, horns, and wing membranes become more vibrant and translucent. When
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can take one of the following lair actions; the dragon can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Beguiling Whisper
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can take one of the following lair actions; the dragon can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Beguiling Whisper. The dragon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     plentiful crystal formations and veins of topaz gemstones, particularly underground.
Negative Energy. When a creature finishes a long rest within 6 miles of the lair, the creature must first succeed on a
                                                
                                            
                                        






