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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Magic of the book—that’s what many folk call wizardry. The name is apt, given how much time wizards spend poring over tomes and penning theories about the nature of magic. It’s rare
the most bookish. It takes many forms in different worlds, but its primary mission is the same everywhere: recording magical discoveries so that wizardry can flourish. And while all wizards value
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing
, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Magic of the book—that’s what many folk call wizardry. The name is apt, given how much time wizards spend poring over tomes and penning theories about the nature of magic. It’s rare
the most bookish. It takes many forms in different worlds, but its primary mission is the same everywhere: recording magical discoveries so that wizardry can flourish. And while all wizards value
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the aurochs moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 9 (2d8
.
Cattle
Many kinds of cattle roam the multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Dolphins are symbols of
wisdom and playfulness among the sea folk of many worlds. Found in oceans and in the Elemental Plane of Water, dolphins are befriended by druids and rangers, and many tales speak of dolphins that appeared
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Goose Mother fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Multiple Heads. The Goose Mother has five heads. Whenever the Goose Mother takes 25 or more
DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lullaby of Honks", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing
multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.Cold, Fire, Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
é moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType
sages attribute the ability to the centuries rothé have spent in the Underdark, where ambient magic slowly transforms everything.
Cattle
Many kinds of cattle roam the multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the tower hand deflects the missile. The damage it takes from the attack is reduced by 7 (1d10 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2", "rollType":"roll
worldly possessions.
Tower Stewards
For centuries, the Tower of the Heavens has been stewarded by dutiful folk who practice two distinct traditions.
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
its turn. If it takes cold, fire, or necrotic damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the vegepygmy’s next turn. The vegepygmy dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points
evade foes and pelt them with slings from the cover of leafy foliage.
Vegepygmies
Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
failed save, the creature takes 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Breath", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is frightened of the dragonborn for
1 minute. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t frightened. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at end of each of its turns, ending the effect on
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
its turn. If it takes cold, fire, or necrotic damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the vegepygmy’s next turn. The vegepygmy dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points
can see within 60 feet of itself. If the target isn’t a vegepygmy, it must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
points at the start of its turn. If it takes cold, fire, or necrotic damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the vegepygmy’s next turn. The vegepygmy dies only if it starts its
their master’s orders to hunt prey with deadly ferocity.
Vegepygmies
Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Morningstar attacks or one Double-Barreled Musket attack.A high-ranking giff who takes up the life of an independent mercenary might amass enough power and influence to become a warlord.
A giff warlord
of giff shock trooper;giff shock troopers.
Giff
It’s easy to spot giff in a room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed people. In Wildspace and its associated ports, giff
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
the trees to avoid large predators that walk on land. Today, Wildspace is where most of them feel at home. Hadozees are often hired as mercenary crews by other spacefaring folk. Their natural climbing
ship, gliding under the keel, and appearing on the opposite side of the ship from where it leapt off.Nimble Escape. The hadozee takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the leviathan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Partial Freeze. If the leviathan takes 50 cold damage or more during a single turn, the
feet of itself. The wave is up to 250 feet long, up to 250 feet tall, and up to 50 feet wide. Each creature in the wave must make a DC 24 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 45
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
hadozee halves the damage that it takes from an attack that hits it, provided it can see the attacker.Hadozee warriors make their living as mercenaries, sometimes in the company of pirates. Squads of
. Today, Wildspace is where most of them feel at home. Hadozees are often hired as mercenary crews by other spacefaring folk. Their natural climbing ability comes in handy, as does their ability to glide
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
it left or in an unoccupied space nearest to that space if it’s occupied.Slow Fall. When the githzerai falls, it reduces any falling damage it takes by 50.Some spiritual githzerai spend long
.
Githzerai
Githzerai are otherworldly folk with psionic powers who share an ancestral link to githyanki. The githzerai followers of the great leader Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith are an ascetic people who
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
knocked unconscious.
Whenever the dracohydra takes 30 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the dracohydra dies.
At the end of its turn, the dracohydra grows two
in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 33 (6d10) damage of a type chosen by the dracohydra: acid;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
the anger and jealousy of Serissa’s older siblings, with the ultimate goal of thrusting the giants into war with the small folk. The dragon also wants to wrest the Wyrmskull Throne from the
storm giants and add it to her trove.
The disguised dragon put Mirran and Nym in contact with representatives of Slarkrethel, a legendary kraken that haunts the Trackless Sea. These small folk belong to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that area takes 45 radiant damage. Each creature that takes any of this damage must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the end of the marut’s next turn.
Plane Shift (3/Day
and other inevitables to bring order to dealings between planar folk. A wide array of disparate creatures, including yugoloths, will enter into a contract with inevitables if asked.
The Hall of
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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, she instead takes no damage if she succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if she fails. She can't use this trait if she's incapacitated
damage.Uncanny Dodge. The Black Viper halves the damage that she takes from an attack that hits her. She must be able to see the attacker.The Black Viper was a notorious burglar, pickpocket, mugger, and assassin
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
subjected to an effect that allows her to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, she instead takes no damage if she succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if she fails. She
damage she takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 9;{"diceNotation":"1d10+9","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Deflect Missiles"}. If the damage is reduced to 0, she catches the missile if it's small
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.It’s easy to spot giff in a room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed
the start of the giff’s next turn. Each creature within 20 feet of the exploding keg must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 24 (7d6);{"diceNotation":"7d6
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
wants to imitate. It then enters a psionic trance for 8 hours, at the end of which it takes on the appearance of the creature it ate. The psurlon gains that creature’s memories and languages, but
Plane. Psurlons prefer the flesh of humans and halflings but don’t mind feasting on other folk. They use their spellcasting abilities to infiltrate the settlements of their intended victims.
On
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it isn’t incapacitated.Multiattack. The
Air and Darkness, the dread ruler of the Gloaming Court. Once lazy, egotistical folk, the creatures that would become the quicklings were late in answering the queen’s summons one time too many
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
magic staff. The hag can use its flying speed only while astride the staff. If the staff is lost or destroyed, the hag must craft another, which takes a year and a day. Only a bheur hag can use a
starve. Bheurs use their ability to manipulate weather to batter villages with freezing cold, hoping to instill a despair that turns folk against each other.
In combat, a bheur hag also strives to
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Grungs
Grungs are frog-like folk found in rain forests and tropical jungles. These amphibians prefer shade and live in trees, but they maintain hatcheries for their offspring in well-guarded ground
-level pools. About three months after hatching, a grung tadpole takes on the shape of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity.
Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creature takes 17 (5d6);{"diceNotation":"5d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the creature
, the creature takes half as much damage with no additional effects.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
takes 36 (9d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"9d6+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Crushing Hug", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage at the start of each of the hag’s turns. The hag
with terror, so folk never venture out at night, strangers are met with suspicion and anger, and parents warn their children: “Be good, or the annis will get you.”
When an annis feels
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
warrior typically leads a group of grung and other warriors into battle and is often accompanied by a grung wildling.
Grungs
Grungs are frog-like folk found in rain forests and tropical jungles
. These amphibians prefer shade and live in trees, but they maintain hatcheries for their offspring in well-guarded ground-level pools. About three months after hatching, a grung tadpole takes on the shape
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
growth
2/day: plant growthGifted with druidic magic, a grung wildling typically serves as an advisor, a healer, and a nurturer of crops.
Grungs
Grungs are frog-like folk found in rain forests and
takes on the shape of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity.
Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often appear in shades of green, blue, purple, red, orange, and
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
minutes. The condition ends if the target takes any damage or if another creature uses its action to shake the target awake.
Psychic Crush. The psurlon targets one creature it can see within 120 feet
many sentient life-forms as they can before returning to the Astral Plane. Psurlons prefer the flesh of humans and halflings but don’t mind feasting on other folk. They use their spellcasting
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
’s next turn. Any creature in physical contact with a heated object at the start of its turn must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 9 (2d8
, metallic, or gem—something like a large extended family. But for dragonborn champions, this bond is spiritual as much as biological, and they devote themselves to their divine ancestor. Dragonborn champions advance the cause of their dragon god among draconic creatures and other folk alike.Psychic
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Death Ray", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target instead takes 64
. Degenerate creatures are likely to take up residence near a catoblepas’s territory, as are those seeking to avoid notice.
Catoblepases in Folklore
Ordinary folk rarely see a catoblepas, but