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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
horror, Juiblex is a mass of bubbling slime, swirling black and green, with glaring red eyes floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to
returns to the space where it began this movement.
Slimy Organs. This creature has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.
Whenever this creature suffers a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Adventure Hook
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A pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue
giant squid in the region returns to normal levels over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. The existing abundance of crystals and topazes remains
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"}
Adventure Hook
1
A pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a
returns to normal levels over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. The existing abundance of crystals and topazes remains, but new ones form at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
floating in shadowy sockets, hinting at the malevolence of its undead mind. Though many dragons pursue vain goals of destruction and dominance, dracoliches are more nefarious than the most evil dragons
special gemstone that functions like a lich’s phylactery. As the dragon’s flesh rots away, the spirit inside the gem returns to animate the dragon’s bones. If a dracolich’s physical form is ever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
clear, sparkling crystal. Though the complex has its own gravity and is not fully transparent, moving through it can sometimes create the unsettling sense of floating in space. Characters who look
candle, then floating the lit candle in a vessel of holy water. If a creature imbued with one of Valin’s organs spends an entire long rest within 5 feet of the candle, the candle is consumed, Valin’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
her quarters (area 11b), or vice versa. A light cantrip cast on the top of her staff lights her path. Skrianna’s shield guardian marches a few steps behind her. Floating nearby is a grell valet that
headmaster and the characters, she takes her spellbook and returns to her quarters as commanded, but not before ordering her grell valet to shadow the party, spy on their activities, and report back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
around exuberantly. This corridor ends in a set of elegant bronze double doors.
After 10 minutes, the water returns to its normal downward flow. The water enters the shaft from a hole just below the
desert landscape, as if through a window in the sky. P67: Floating Boat When the characters first look through the mural in area P66, read or paraphrase the following text: You peer from a hazy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Oyaviggaton Arauthator’s iceberg lair rises from the sea to form a floating island. The portion of the berg above the water appears roughly triangular, with rounded corners. The plateau portion of
, Uluik), one of the crew members speaks enough Uluik to get by. The translator will accompany the characters onto the iceberg if he’s paid a bonus of at least 50 gp, but he returns to the ship as soon as the characters descend into the ice caves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Oyaviggaton Arauthator’s iceberg lair rises from the sea to form a floating island. The portion of the berg above the water appears roughly triangular, with rounded corners. The plateau portion of
), one of the crew members speaks enough Uluik to get by. The translator will accompany the characters onto the iceberg if he’s paid a bonus of at least 50 gp, but he returns to the ship as soon as the characters descend into the ice caves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
floating city of graceful marble spires. All around you, people flee as dragons dive from the sky, tearing swaths of destruction.
The character taking the test finds themself in this re-creation of
develop this scene in a way that’s influenced by the test-taking character’s alignment. Good Character The dragon returns and attacks the fleeing people, including both a large group of innocents and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in relief. Behind the sarcophagus, resting atop a marble pedestal, is an ornate crystal box with a small humanoid skull floating inside it.
If the characters enter this tomb from the secret passage
! I promise to be good.”
If the spirit successfully inhabits the character, give the player Moa’s card (see appendix F). If the attempt fails, the spirit returns to the staff and waits for another character to touch it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spell duels.
Undead Guardian. Floating in the middle of the room, 15 feet above the floor, is a man’s withered left hand and forearm, severed at the elbow.
Responding to the alarm spell, the
they slay the devil in area 47, then escorts them to the top of the stairs leading down to level 10 as promised. After watching them disappear down the stairs, the arcanaloth returns to area 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
small boats to corral floating masses of logs, creating several large rafts capable of holding two hundred more villagers. With the help of locals, this simple plan takes three hours to complete
system. The mechanism can be broken down in two hours, freeing up vessels for one hundred people. Battle Plans Early in the afternoon, Cudgel returns to Vogler. She shares the following information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Threshold Locations The following locations are keyed to map 6.5. Map 6.5: threshold of the heavens View Player Version T1: Plaza Once characters reach the floating island of the Threshold of the
Heavens, read the following: Atop the floating island, a slender, gray obelisk rises nearly two hundred feet above the surrounding plaza. Four graceful flying buttresses curve up the tower’s entire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to drag victims into its bulk. Those consumed by Juiblex are obliterated. Juiblex
Huge Fiend
to 20 feet through spaces no more than an inch in diameter. It must end this movement in a space that can accommodate its full size. Otherwise, it takes 5 force damage and returns to the space where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
god of misfortune floating at a far-flung edge of the Astral Plane. From here, portals connect to locations across the multiverse. Colcook. Colcook (lawful evil, tiefling assassin) is friendly and eager
as an image in a floating crystal depicts a knight being ravaged by a violet-striped saber-toothed tiger. Several similar drifting crystals display other armed individuals exploring ruins and engaging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Features”) instead of stone but can be restored as normal. H4: Floating Platform In the center of this chamber floats a dimly glowing stone platform accessible by a short ramp. Gaps around the
floating platform reveal a fifty-foot-deep shaft below. A stone staircase encircling the platform winds around the chamber and down the shaft.
As a Magic action, a creature on the floating platform or the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
hair, and shiny baubles are also visible in the harpy’s nest. Harpy’s Return. When the characters arrive at the shipwreck, the harpy is out looking for another ship to lure onto the rocks. It returns
Deck The descent to the lower deck is chilly, wet, and unsettling. Seawater obscures the floor and sloshes against the hull. Decaying crates and barrels are scattered around, some floating freely and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
this camp. Each party member has a tiny, glowing, snowflake floating a few inches above them—the symbol of the Frostmaiden, which most Reghed nomads recognize and fear. Members of the Bear Tribe won’t
this camp. Each party member has a tiny, glowing snowflake floating a few inches above them—the symbol of the Frostmaiden, which most Reghed nomads recognize and fear. Members of the Elk Tribe won’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
both inside; the father is out hunting but returns shortly with a fresh kill. The cave’s interior is shown on map 1.17. F1. Chasm. This cave has a 20-foot-high, concave roof. Most of the floor has
explorer’s pack, and enough blood-spattered heavy clothing to make two cold weather outfits. Development. As the characters leave the yeti cave, the male adult yeti returns home with a dead mountain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
filled with gold coins that lies in the muck at the bottom of Lac Dinneshere. If the deal is struck and the characters release her as promised, Maud returns to the lake to make good on her end of the
she has added skinned meat and fresh human organs to the latest batch. Characters who examine the stew see lumps of flesh and organs floating in the spicy broth. Characters will need to dump the stew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stepping stones between the floating disk and the middle passage. The pillars are hot when they first rise. A creature that comes into contact with a hot pillar for the first time on a turn or starts its
disrepect from puny humanoids. If flattered and bribed to his satisfaction, he scoops up his newly won treasures and returns to his perch. Treasure Halinaxus has accumulated a loose pile of loot. On his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, but if the characters disturb their performance, the poltergeists attack and the skeletons join in. If a character dies in this room and later returns, the poltergeists substitute the dolls for a
-white fruit resembling an apple. A creature that eats half or more of the fruit takes 70 necrotic damage. The dryads don’t stop characters from picking the fruit. M9: Records Room A floating feline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
first turn. On subsequent turns, it makes Slam attacks with its hooves and antlers. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, the golem turns to dust, then re-forms and returns to its post 1d4 hours later
paraphrase the following text: Floating in space is a pulsing rift of iridescent energy, like a jagged scar in the fabric of reality. The light dims for a second, revealing faint shadows shifting deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
from the pool’s center is the head of a stone well that gives off an unpleasant, pungent odor. In one corner of the pool stands a tall, dirty, freestanding mirror in an oval frame, and floating on the
, filling the pool to a depth of 3 feet in 1 minute. Treasure. The lily pad floating on the water is a magic item called a bobbing lily pad (see appendix A). Bavlorna is attuned to it currently. B2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
wrestling forms, some lay still, floating face down inside the cage.
Eight Crushing Wave reavers (see chapter 7) occupy the cage with the drowned corpses of four other cultists. Gar Shatterkeel locked
uses the drum to alert the ghouls in area P13 when fresh meat awaits them. Floating Corpse. The corpse belongs to a Crushing Wave initiate who got too close to the underwater gate while inspecting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. At this point, each of the summoned elves must choose whether to follow the visions, because it is known that not every elf returns from an encounter with Corellon. It’s true that to be absorbed into
flowers or petals floating in it, is left in reverence to Hanali. Hanali’s pool is a symbol of rejuvenation, and its water has significance as well in representing the ever-flowing force of love. To
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
feet wide, with wooden decks and iron-plated hulls fashioned to resemble dragon turtles. The boats are magically immune to fire damage and remain cool to the touch, even when floating in lava. Each
serpentine creatures clutching spears. Floating ten feet above them is a spherical creature with a large central eye and ten eyestalks.
Two salamanders stand guard here along with a beholder known as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
area.
Dozens of sahuagin here are gathered in small groups or floating in the seaweed beds.
Although the sahuagin are not anticipating invaders, if the characters enter the room without taking
throne.
Floating next to the throne, on the creature’s right-hand side, is an adult female sahuagin holding a long staff tipped with a jumble of shark jaws and teeth.
In front of the throne and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
corpses lie scattered around the room—individuals still wearing remnants of armor. Floating above them is a skull engulfed in green flame.
Eight of the fallen dwarf warriors are zombies. They rise
returns to its home dimension. If the party attempts to remove anything from this area, the spectator attacks. Brazier of Green Flame. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check identifies the brazier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
they collide with creatures they can’t reach (creatures flying above them, for example). This statue on the dais doesn’t move, and the tiny sphere floating next to its head is frozen in time and magical
consequences for the characters in their climactic encounter with her (as described at the end of the chapter). P38. Secret Library A dozen floating candles cast dim, flickering lights over this sepulchral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
counterpart in conversation. It offers to answer one question posed to it as if the creature cast the divination spell. After answering the question, the reflection returns to normal. 89–94 Floating shards
The temperature in the region drops by 10 degrees Fahrenheit every hour for the next 1d6 hours, after which the temperature returns to normal. If cold enough, ice crystals form in sinister patterns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
pushed or pulled around. Casting dispel magic on the statue while it’s floating causes it to fall, topple off the ledge, and shatter in area K5 below. Anyone in that area when the statue falls must
on its turn, the book collection returns to the bookshelf. The books are otherwise nonmagical and cover a wide array of subjects. K22. Teleportation Circle A staircase rising from area K21 leads to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
area K10. He then sends the reavers to escort the characters. K12. Moored Keelboat A large keelboat is moored to the inner side of the keep’s east wall, floating in the boat basin. A rope ladder leads
returns before dawn and sleeps in his quarters (area K21). In the Great Hall, he is attended by a fathomer named Urshnora and two Crushing Wave reavers (see chapter 7 for both). If a battle breaks out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
great numbers. Settlements that stand on the edge of the Evermoors face constant threats from these and other monsters. Floating a mile above the Evermoors is Lyn Armaal, Countess Sansuri’s cloud
restoration (see the “Supernatural Gifts” section in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The couatl then returns to the altar and makes no further attempt to communicate with them. Griffon’s Nest A