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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Long ago, the cult of Lolth first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed them into creatures with both elven and spider traits, which their creators dubbed chitines. The intention
was to create servile warriors dedicated first to the cult and then, only by association with it, to Lolth. The goddess found this arrangement unacceptable.
As punishment, the Spider Queen twisted
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of its own. If left alone, they hunt the local fauna almost to extinction, then move on to threatening the folk of nearby settlements.
A dracohydra can sometimes be found in the service of the spellcaster who created it, kept obedient by the rituals of their creation.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
gigantic serpent.
Usually found only on the Elemental Plane of Water, a leviathan sometimes swims through a portal to another world, where tritons, sea elves, and other aquatic folk attempt to contain it
. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy coastal communities. Those cultists often consider it
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
providing it with a caustic breath weapon. Its body is in a constant state of growth and change, allowing it to quickly heal from its wounds.
These creatures are most often found in abandoned dragon
lairs, temples to Tiamat, or other sites associated with the dragons they love.
Dragonflesh Grafters
Dragonflesh grafters practice forbidden rituals and risky experiments on themselves, modifying
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of its turn.Olhydra’s Lair
The Princess of Evil Water is native to the Elemental Plane of Water, where she can be found
in the black depths of vast seas or enthroned among jagged reefs. Olhydra waits for the chance to enter the Material Plane through elemental water nodes or when called by the proper rituals. Whether
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
Lair
Ogrémoch is normally found in the depths of elemental earth, choosing caverns with black crystals and jagged rock spikes to serve as his throne room. He can enter the Material Plane
through large and well-established nodes of elemental earth, with a little help from the proper rituals. Within such a node, Ogrémoch wields great power.
Lair Actions
Ogrémoch can assert
Equipment
Khyber dragonshards are found deep in the earth, often near layers of magma. These living crystals typically grow on cavern walls, and superstition says they flourish in areas with significant
airships, the lightning rail, and elemental galleons — requires a Khyber shard to hold the elemental. Khyber shards are used for phylacteries, planar binding, any other effects that trap or manipulate spirits. Khyber dragonshards are also used for many necromantic rituals.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
of them stray as far from home as you have.
You might be traveling to discover what wonders are to be found outside the deserts and sword-like mountains of your homeland, or perhaps you are on a
traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me.
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Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
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Ideal
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Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Arcane Herbology Exam: Vegetation Identification The rules used for Exams can be found in chapter 3. The first Exam for Arcane Herbology takes place shortly after the characters’ Scufflecup game in
its accompanying description in chapter 3). Arcane Herbology covers techniques for using flora in potions, spells, and rituals. The course’s professor is Verelda Lang (chaotic neutral dryad; see chapter 7), an arcano-biologist whom the characters might recall from their first year of instruction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
arcane rituals. Dragonshards come in three distinct varieties, each of which are found in different environments. Eberron dragonshards are found in shallow soil, and often encased in geode-like stone
shells. Eberron shards can be found almost anywhere, but the most significant deposits have been discovered in jungle environments, notably Q’barra and the distant land of Xen’drik. In their raw form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dragonshards Dragonshards aren’t magic items themselves but are crystals imbued with magical energy. They play a vital role in the creation of magic items and the performance of certain rituals in
Eberron. Dragonshards come in three varieties, each found in a different environment. Eberron dragonshards are found in shallow soil and often encased in geode-like stone shells. Eberron dragonshards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
warriors dedicated first to the cult and then, only by association with it, to Lolth. The goddess found this arrangement unacceptable. As punishment, the Spider Queen twisted her worshipers’ rituals
Lolth first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed them into creatures with both elven and spider traits, which their creators dubbed chitines. The intention was to create servile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
rituals. Prior to the scorpion attack in Anisa, Kirina painted the runes from this paper in a nearby alley, preparing it for the priest’s magic. In the course of the expedition into the Goldwarren, if
paper, Kirina is dismissive, claiming to have found it on the street. This copy of the runes might become useful evidence of Kirina’s wrongdoing during the adventure’s conclusion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
elements that the witches use in their fell concoctions and rituals. The labels identify such items as “Eye of Newt,” “Hair of Bat,” “Snail Hearts,” and “Frog’s Breath.” There are no magic potions among the
secret trapdoor in the northeast corner of the floor. Because of the trail through the dust, the trapdoor can be found without an ability check. Tapping or knocking on the trapdoor three times releases a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
are traveling with the party (see the “Society of Brilliance” random encounter in chapter 2), they can find the way to Gravenhollow, having found it once before. Any Society of Brilliance member who
Gracklstugh. If the characters helped the stone giants by putting an end to the horrid derro rituals in the Whorlstone Tunnels (see chapter 4), Stonespeaker Hgraam is willing to assign them a guide — a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
mysterious magic clockwork device that the characters recognize as part of the magic orrery found under Waterdeep. Investigating where the attackers slipped into the manor’s basement and dungeon, the
characters discover signs of recent rituals tapping into the power of the Far Realm — and take on the monsters the attackers left behind. After dealing with the threats in the dungeon, the characters run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
knowledge. Accounts of experiments on captured people and animals are found throughout. It is through these experiments that the masters developed rituals for the creation of magic items capable of circumventing the work that would otherwise be needed to perfect the soul, the essence, and the mind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Magic as a Tool. In Eberron, arcane magic is a form of science. The spells and rituals of wizards and artificers have been developed and honed over centuries, and those principles have been incorporated
class of magewrights, professional spellcasters who master a small handful of rituals or cantrips. The magical services available in Khorvaire are discussed in more detail in chapter 2, along with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
first found the tunnels didn’t reveal their discovery to anyone, and to this day only a handful among the Council of Savants and the Gray Ghosts know about them. The long, gently curving tunnels have
somehow using faerzress to spread chaos and madness, the demon worshipers have begun conducting rituals to infect Gracklstugh. Intent on weakening the city and breaking the power of King Horgar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
possess those qualities, she painstakingly created rituals to drain Jhaeros’s vitality and charm, and to funnel these qualities into herself. However, the magic only enhanced her greed and jealousy; the
loyal captain returned to Ghalasine at once but found herself unable to enter the city. Charmayne had anticipated Naevys’s return and prepared accordingly by invoking a powerful ward that prevents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, with the most sacred rituals performed on nights of the new moon. Offerings are made to attract Phenax’s favor, with valuables from successful robberies, parchment filled with lies, or loaded dice being
, and wit.
The Path of Phenax. Phenax was once a mortal who, like all mortals, passed on to Erebos’s care in the Underworld when his time among the living came to an end. But Phenax found a way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
a large body of water and takes on the form of a gigantic serpent. Usually found only on the Elemental Plane of Water, a leviathan sometimes swims through a portal to another world, where tritons
, sea elves, and other aquatic folk attempt to contain it. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that their ichor forms pools and small lakes. Although the ichor is harmless on most planes of existence, it can warp creatures on the Lower Planes. Devils and other creatures have found ways to use
demon ichor in rituals and to improve the performance of infernal war machines (as described in appendix B). When a creature comes in direct contact with demon ichor in Avernus, it must make a DC 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
communities offer abundant sacrifices to the god, but also guard their ancient rituals from outsiders, as Karametra’s organized clergy harshly forbids discussion of abandoned religious practices. However
pull plows, the cats that guard the granaries, and the roosters that wake families and call them to their work are given blessings, special treats, and a day of rest. Stories say that strays found on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
alone, they hunt the local fauna almost to extinction, then move on to threatening the folk of nearby settlements. A dracohydra can sometimes be found in the service of the spellcaster who created it
, kept obedient by the rituals of their creation. Dracohydra
Huge Monstrosity, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 218 (19d12 + 95)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft., fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
tower, for thousands of years of shifting sand had left that as the easiest point of entry. We were surrounded by cyclopean bones, and I found myself facing the empty gaze of a skull taller than I was
-consuming thirst for power. The sages of Ohr Kaluun studied the darkest paths of magic and bargained with fiends and other foul creatures. They warped their bodies through mystical rituals and pacts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
temple is dedicated to Segojan Earthcaller, the svirfneblin god of deep earth and nature. The rituals and day-to-day duties of the temple are overseen by a deep gnome named Glyphic Shroomlight, a nervous
spirits to rest: Destroy Vazuk, a deep gnome who is mad with grief and a threat to the other residents of Blingdenstone. His specter can be found haunting his old home in area 12a. Recover the remains of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
within the Council of Savants using demonology as a path to power. Since the arrival of the demon lords, he has gathered and bullied several apprentices to participate in rituals aimed to sow chaos in
its center. (Statistics for Narrak and the derro can be found in appendix C.) The cultists’ chanting is punctuated with Narrak calling out the name “Demogorgon!” Also atop the platform, resting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Unnatural Origin. Long ago, the drow first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed the captives into
Lolth. As the drow ultimately discovered, the goddess found this arrangement unacceptable. The creation process required cooperation between magical disciplines. Drow wizards and warlocks used arcane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
on her divinatory abilities. If The Canopic Being is discussed, Shir doesn’t recognize the name of the book. If its contents are described, she is horrified, but she says that the dark rituals the book
using thieves’ tools, or forced open with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. The shed holds unused gardening equipment and has a hidden trapdoor that can be found with a successful DC 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
throughout his body. When he bothers to speak, his voice sounds like grinding stones. Ogrémoch is a miser who regards all the resources and treasures found in the ground as his own. He holds nothing but
. The gargoyle obeys Ogrémoch’s commands and fights until destroyed.
Ogrémoch’s Lair Ogrémoch is normally found in the depths of elemental earth, choosing caverns with black crystals and jagged rock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, the guards respond, “Speaker Crannoc Siever has no need for your heathen rituals!” C2. Snowy Courtyard Footprints in the snow lead to various doors along this courtyard’s perimeter, including a tall
. Sleeping among the dogs is an eight-year-old Calishite youth named Alassar Sulmander (neutral human noncombatant). He was found stowing away inside a crate of supplies that was delivered to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
typically found in the bathhouse by day and in their tower lair at night. Each hag carries a master key that opens all the doors in the bathhouse and the tower. Dread Morgan In her true form, the neutral evil
hags: Saeth, a cambion, was recruited by Dread Morgan in exchange for a gift of unusual components and secret rituals that he intends to put toward his own evil and ambitious plans one day. Saeth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
conformity. The two groups are not opposites morally or ethically; good and evil Fey can be found in both. Seelie and Unseelie Fey gather in courts. The Seelie court is called the Summer Court, and the
) Gloaming Court (Unseelie Fey) Favors gloom, twilight, cobwebs, fireflies, hooting owls, and croaking frogs Values the intuitive and instinctual (for example, mystical rituals, visionaries, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, the other three soon follow, and the four cults are often found together despite their mutual antipathy. Elemental Nodes. The princes of Elemental Evil seek to spread their power by sowing the seeds
Evil is a ready source of magical power and lends itself to destructive uses. Cultists often gather near elemental nodes and attempt perilous rituals to tap into the power of Elemental Evil or