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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
leader Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith are an ascetic people who live apart from the rest of the cosmos, within the confines of fortresses floating through the chaos of Limbo. Instead of imposing their will on
count 20 (losing initiative ties), the anarch can take one of the following lair actions; the anarch can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Create Object. The anarch casts the
Monsters
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
of the following lair actions; it can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Green Slime. A green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) appears on a spot on the ceiling that
Juiblex
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
red eyes 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.
Only the
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering dragon turtles for solid ground.
Ancient dragon turtles might sleep for years or decades while floating
following lair actions; the dragon turtle can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Blasting Current. A strong water current moves through the dragon turtle’s lair. Each creature
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
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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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
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 telepathically whispers to
Monsters
Locathah Rising
at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a successful save. This only affects targets that are submerged or floating in water. Gar Shatterkeel and any undead serving him are
action to cause one of the following effects; Gar can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Gar may teleport anywhere within the coral mountain, bringing up to five willing creatures with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Performing the Ritual To successfully bring Tiamat from the Nine Hells into the world, the Red Wizards must successfully focus the summoning ritual for 10 rounds after the adventurers enter the
end of the Red Wizards’ turn, if fewer than five Red Wizards used an action to perform the ritual, the portal floating in the great apse (area 7) wavers and no progress in the ritual is made. If fewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Performing the Ritual To successfully bring Tiamat from the Nine Hells into the world, the Red Wizards must successfully focus the summoning ritual for 10 rounds after the adventurers enter the
end of the Red Wizards’ turn, if fewer than five Red Wizards used an action to perform the ritual, the portal floating in the great apse (area 7) wavers and no progress in the ritual is made. If fewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
34. Shrieking Gas Spore Floating in the middle of this otherwise empty room is a gas spore that has the added defense of a shrieker. When bright light or a creature comes within 30 feet of the gas
spore, it uses its reaction to emit a shriek audible within 300 feet of it. The gas spore continues to shriek until the disturbance moves out of range and for 1d4 rounds afterward. The shrieking of the gas spore alerts the hobgoblins in areas 32c and 33, who come to investigate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
help identify specific reavers in combat. When you’ve played two full rounds of combat, proceed to the “End Simulation” section below. Battle Events d20 Event 1–12 A new astral reaver (bandit) jumps
mechanical arm ending in oversized pincer 2 Giant goldfish-bowl head containing a floating brain 3 Four arms, two of which are used solely to perform threatening or insulting gestures 4 Iridescent scales
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. They attack anyone other than Sansuri or Thullen who attempts to enter the navigation dome or Sansuri’s tower. They also fight to protect themselves and one another. Two rounds after battle is joined
. Floating 10 feet above the floor in the middle of this circular room is the castle’s navigation orb (see appendix B), which Sansuri uses to control the movement of Lyn Armaal. The inside wall of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
three rounds to flee or attempt to disarm the device.
8 A skycoach crashes through the wall. Is this an attack, or the result of sabotage?
The Villain 1d12 Villain
1 A dragonmarked
an important part of that.
The Final Scene Is In… 1d8 Finale Location
1 An invisible floating fortress above Sharn.
2 The heart of Khyber’s Gate in the Cogs.
3 The Bridge in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
ascetic people who live apart from the rest of the cosmos, within the confines of fortresses floating through the chaos of Limbo. Instead of imposing their will on other peoples, they focus on
20 (losing initiative ties), the anarch can take one of the following lair actions; the anarch can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row: Create Object. The anarch casts the creation spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
M10. Treasury This solitary building is set atop a small floating islet within an area of open space punched down through the main body of the monastery’s island. It is held aloft on its own
, the gears on the cover deactivate the treasury engine, which begins to sputter. The characters have 3 rounds to flee this area before the treasury plunges down into the valley to be destroyed, along
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
if attacked. If combat commences, Frevvik takes a bonus action to blow its war horn as soon as it can. If there are any mezzoloth patrols still alive on the island, one pair arrives in 1d4 rounds. The
other pair arrives 1d4 rounds after the first. The mezzoloths in the pyramid (area W1) pretend to not hear the war horn. Turning Windmill. The windmill is powered by ancient magic, not wind, and
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
(losing initiative ties), Juiblex can take one of the following lair actions; it can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row: Green Slime. A green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) appears on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
private sanctum, Otto’s irresistible dance, Tasha’s hideous laughter, telekinesis, Tenser’s floating disk, and true polymorph. 11b. Skrianna’s Room Skrianna has filled her quarters with creature
being alerted to the arrival of visitors by his spider familiar, Elan spends 3 rounds traveling from area 13a to his dormitory. Elan greets strangers in a friendly manner (see “Elan Tanor’thal”). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
up to three beholder zombies (mindless, chanting followers of Gzemnid) appear after 2 rounds. Gzemnid’s Gaze. One of Gzemnid’s massive, aberrant eyes opens on the celling. It is a Huge object with AC
bristling with attentive, fungal eye stalks.
The rocks floating in this room are the petrified corpses of long-dead beholder demigods. Creatures can leap between two floating rocks by succeeding on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
who seem to be Thayan but quickly overcome this reticence if the characters linger and fail to act according to type. Most aquatic monsters prefer to drag foes into the water. Water Globes. Floating 5
that separates this area from the Pools of Devotion. 78. Undead Pool The stench of death is overwhelming here. The pool at the center of this chamber is a blackened sea of floating corpses. Three
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->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
to damage the room’s brazier or scaffold. Lord Soth. If the characters didn’t already paralyze Lord Soth (see appendix B) with the mirror of reflected pasts in area S25, he arrives 3 rounds after the
its top. Four floating supports with depressions holding Cataclysmic fire support the scaffold and the brazier. These supports are Large objects with AC 18, 40 hit points, and immunity to poison and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
manifests only as a gust of cold wind flowing silently past. From his floating palace in the endless, cloudy skies of the Plane of Air, Yan-C-Bin watches worlds as they change over millennia. Evil
initiative ties), Yan-C-Bin takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Yan-C-Bin drops the temperature of the air, covering all surfaces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of the bridge. On hot days, the scents exuded from both sites can be overwhelming, which is why I have again asked the Alliance to assign a different agent to visit on next summer’s rounds. Tyndal’s
, shredded the Weave, and sent the floating enclaves that couldn’t flee to other planes crashing to the ground. From the moments after the crash when the spilt blood was still fresh to the present day’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
summons the frost giant skeleton in area U9 to fight on her behalf, but it takes two rounds to arrive. If the skeleton is destroyed, Maud assumes her true form and takes on the characters herself. She
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->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
along the edges of the pool, staring at a corpse floating in it.
Five bulezaus drowned a night hag in the pool. The hag, Yiggleblight, was working with Trantolox to find Crokek’toeck until the
walls. The demons wait for prey to enter the room before attacking. They hungrily pursue more elusive prey. The barlguras tore the floating chunk of scab from the center of the ceiling, causing blood
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
-sahuagin humanoid creatures who can hear the chanting of the priestesses must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature is frightened for 1d4 rounds. Treasure. The two pearl-and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
condition. The chute stops ejecting corpses after 3 rounds. Escape. After dealing with the ooze, the characters can climb up a corpse chute to the surface. Doing so requires a successful DC 15 Strength
-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->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
floating bodies to drift through the muck, bumping into walls and passersby. They are harmless but unsettling nonetheless. In addition to the bodies, three Returned sentries (see chapter 6) lurk here. These
than 3 rounds, Callisos enters the fray. The tunnel here leads to a cave system that, after days of travel, eventually winds through the lair of the wolf-toothed night hag, Stolsluko, then to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Guide, takes only a moment. When the heat begins, the ice cracks at the start of that round and is unable to hold any weight end of the round 3 rounds later. The lake is 12 feet deep and turns to
boiling water. A creature that enters the water for the first time on its turn or starts its turn there takes 7 (2d6) fire damage. In addition, steam renders the cave lightly obscured. Floating Corpses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rounds, during which time the wall of force is suppressed. The first time this happens, the ice that coats the dome collapses. A character within reach of the crystal can use an action to pry it from
creatures are unaffected. The pulse of energy suppresses magical traps throughout the city and causes the floating chamber above Skydock Spire (area Y28) to crash into to the ground, pulverizing it and
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
radiates an aura of conjuration magic. Plating a seed in fertile earth causes it grow into an awakened tree after 1d6 rounds. The awakened tree understands one language known to its creator and
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->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
appear as a female humanoid surrounded by floating eyes to some viewers, while other viewers see a haggard male elf. Spawn of the Daelkyr Most of the aberrations on Eberron are the creations of the
20 (losing initiative ties), Belashyrra can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: An eye opens on a solid surface within 60 feet of