gaining clusters like

Thurstwell Vanthampur

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

(Cantrip). Flame-like radiance descends on one creature Thurstwell can see within 60 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Sacred Flame","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage, gaining no benefit from cover.Thurstwell is a pale and sullen recluse in his forties. A veritable shut-in, he uses

Maw of Yeenoghu

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

relief, but the teeth quickly regrow. Cunning maws use this phenomenon as a ready supply of weaponry, throwing clusters of teeth at their foes. A maw of Yeenoghu charges at its prey on all fours with its mouth wide open, scraping the ground like a plow.

result is a ravenous monster called a maw of Yeenoghu, which is wholly devoted to the demon lord. A maw of Yeenoghu grows a mane of hair and hunches over like a gnoll. Its jaw grows and widens, and

Neogi Hatchling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, and each one starts its training by gaining mastery over an umber hulk. Neogi A neogi looks like an outsize spider with an eel’s neck and head. It can poison the body and the mind of its

Ebondeath

Monsters Divine Contention

, including gaining access to the target's knowledge, class features, and proficiencies. The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points, Ebondeath ends it as a bonus action, or Ebondeath is turned or

forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, Ebondeath reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the body. The target is immune to Ebondeath

Gremorly's Ghost

Monsters The Book of Many Things

, class features, or proficiencies. The possession lasts until the target drops to 0 hit points, Gremorly ends it as a bonus action, or Gremorly is turned or forced out by an effect like the Dispel Evil

, Prestidigitation 2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic 1/day: SlowYears ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign

Rahadin

Monsters Curse of Strahd

conquer them. The elf kingdom's royal line was obliterated, the dusk elves hunted like rabbits. The few that survived were either subjugated or forced to live among the Vistani. So pleased was Barov with

desired above all. She told him of a vault of forbidden lore called the Amber Temple, where the secret of gaining immortality was hidden. While Strahd was off exploring the temple, Rahadin handled

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

cultists become tainted by his influence, gaining bloodshot eyes and coarse, thickening hair. Small horns eventually sprout from the forehead. In time, a devoted cultist might transform entirely into a

casts this deadly weapon aside so that he can charge his enemies and gore them with his horns, trampling them into the earth and rending them with his teeth like a beast.Baphomet’s Lair Baphomet

Titivilus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

labyrinthine corridors, iron walls, diabolical traps, and monstrous servants. Knowing he has enemies on all sides and fearing he’ll be displaced like Moloch, Geryon, and so many others, he almost never

, Titivilus has manipulated everyone along his path to power, either to win them over to his cause or to remove them as a threat. Since gaining his position, Titivilus has convinced Dispater that countless

Baphomet

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

brass decorate their profane altars. Over time, a cultist of Baphomet becomes tainted by his influence, gaining bloodshot eyes and coarse, thickening hair. Small horns eventually sprout from the

civilization. Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He also charges his enemies and gores them with his horns, trampling his foes into the earth and rending them with his teeth like a

Blindheim

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and be blinded until the end of the blindheim's next turn. Creatures with the Sunlight Sensitivity trait have disadvantage on this saving throw.These frog-like

when their folk dwelled upon the surface. According to their tales, their ancestors stole a piece of the sun, then fled to the Underdark before devouring it and gaining the ability to project radiant

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost. Four slender spires rose from the city’s corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful

, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they

Plasmoid

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

internal organs of the usual sort. Their bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and

weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Optimizing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Optimizing Players who enjoy optimizing their characters’ capabilities like to fine-tune their characters for peak combat performance by gaining levels, new features, and magic items. They welcome

any opportunity to demonstrate their characters’ superiority. Engage players who like optimization by… ensuring steady access to new abilities and spells. using desired magic items as adventure hooks

Optimizing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Optimizing Players who enjoy optimizing their characters’ capabilities like to fine-tune their characters for peak performance by gaining levels, new features, and magic items. They welcome any

opportunity to demonstrate their characters’ excellence. Engage players who like optimization by... Using desired magic items as adventure hooks and rewards. Including encounters that let them leverage

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

. Beak and Feather From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing

brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with

Delerium Chip Legacy

Equipment

Delerium is a magical mineral left behind by the meteor. It appears in geode clusters of translucent, sharp-edged crystals which reflect octarine light. The eldritch stones softly hum in dissonant

tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss. A typical delerium fragment is

Delerium Geode Legacy

Equipment

Delerium is a magical mineral left behind by the meteor. It appears in geode clusters of translucent, sharp-edged crystals which reflect octarine light. The eldritch stones softly hum in dissonant

tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss. A typical delerium fragment is

Delerium Massive Cluster Legacy

Equipment

Delerium is a magical mineral left behind by the meteor. It appears in geode clusters of translucent, sharp-edged crystals which reflect octarine light. The eldritch stones softly hum in dissonant

tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss. A typical delerium fragment is

Into the Gray Dream

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Into the Gray Dream The rapport with Araumycos affects the adventurers like an astral projection spell, sending their astral bodies out into the Astral Plane where Araumycos’s vast, dreaming mind

, silvery light spreads around you like the dawn of a cloudy day, illuminating a peculiar realm. All of you are floating in a silvery haze that shimmers with swirls of color. Objects drift past in the

Plasmoid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

internal organs of the usual sort. Their bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and

V2: Godshead Crossing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

ash. Finally, clusters of flame-colored flowers grow through the ashes here and there, particularly near the stone head. The head, broken from the colossal statue at area V3, depicts Ozzadraz the

flowers bloom, it is time for Xabazhut to return to his slumber (see “Nature Lovers”). These flowers have slender petals like tongues of flame surrounding bright yellow centers, and the flowers’ oblong

Delerium Fragment Legacy

Equipment

Delerium is a magical mineral left behind by the meteor. It appears in geode clusters of translucent, sharp-edged crystals which reflect octarine light. The eldritch stones softly hum in dissonant

tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss. A typical delerium fragment is

Delerium Crystal Legacy

Equipment

Delerium is a magical mineral left behind by the meteor. It appears in geode clusters of translucent, sharp-edged crystals which reflect octarine light. The eldritch stones softly hum in dissonant

tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss. A typical delerium fragment is

Delerium Shard Legacy

Equipment

Delerium is a magical mineral left behind by the meteor. It appears in geode clusters of translucent, sharp-edged crystals which reflect octarine light. The eldritch stones softly hum in dissonant

tones, and glow brightly at night or when exposed to magic. Deposits are found throughout Drakkenheim, often fused into stone streets and buildings like crystalline moss. A typical delerium fragment is

Casino Pit Masters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

and the soul within, which has left Kaylan perpetually hungry for more. Gaining Kaylan’s Favor. Kaylan desires to feed off as many Soul Coins as he can. The characters can give Kaylan three Soul

Windfall’s leadership. Khai dedicates every death in the coliseum to Tiamat. Gaining Khai’s Favor. Khai prizes battle prowess above all else. Should the characters win three matches in the coliseum

Fruit Stalls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

of a Speak with Animals spell for 8 hours. 9 The creature gains 4d4 + 4 temporary hit points. 10 The creature sprouts dragonfly-like wings, gaining a flying speed of 30 feet for 1 hour. Price

fruit or make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw, gaining 1 level of exhaustion on a failed save. Magic that ends the charmed condition cures the cravings, which otherwise end after 1 hour. 2 The creature

The Hunters' Role

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

the priests and the pharaoh search for Ankhtepot’s lost treasure in hopes of gaining leverage over the ruler. 3 The sphinxes of Har’Akir know that Ankhtepot is close to finding his lost ka. They

hope to find it first and place it outside the Darklord’s reach. 4 A Child of Ankhtepot, either a loyal servant like Nephyr or a traitor like Senmet, tasks the characters with finding the lost

Cursed Villagers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Cursed Villagers As they walk through the village, the characters notice many locals huddled in corners, bundled in blanket-like sarapes and trembling with cold despite it being a warm but cloudy day

hit points, and must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw at the end of every hour, gaining 1 level of exhaustion on a failed save. The creature automatically succeeds on this saving throw if it is

Test Results

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

pivotal moment for character growth. Ending the Test As the test reaches its decisive moment, remind the character’s player that their character’s choices will result in them gaining membership in a

particular order of the Mages of High Sorcery. If the player would like to change their choice, allow them to do so.

Baphomet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

and brass decorate their profane altars. Over time, Baphomet’s cultists become tainted by his influence, gaining bloodshot eyes and coarse, thickening hair. Small horns eventually sprout from the

. Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He sometimes casts this deadly weapon aside so that he can charge his enemies and gore them with his horns, trampling them into the earth and rending them with his teeth like a beast.

Body Horror

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

heart beats, the lungs pump air, and the gastrointestinal system labors to supply us with nutrients. But we don’t ponder the minutiae. Like whether embryonic parasites encyst in our brains, or what stage

bodies, turning to stone, or even gaining one’s ideal form might all feature in this genre. The genre has a history of portraying disability as monstrous. Be aware of those tropes and avoid them.

Baphomet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

and brass decorate their profane altars. Over time, Baphomet’s cultists become tainted by his influence, gaining bloodshot eyes and coarse, thickening hair. Small horns eventually sprout from the

. Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He sometimes casts this deadly weapon aside so that he can charge his enemies and gore them with his horns, trampling them into the earth and rending them with his teeth like a beast.

Wedding Rehearsal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

. Echoes spill from the misty cavern beyond, a cacophony of wheezing voices that wrap together like some kind of discordant music. The remaining heads planted in the Garden of Welcome begin to croak and

groan, joining the horrible song. Through the mist that shrouds the smaller cavern, you see the parade of creatures responsible for the melody. Their bodies are only vaguely humanoid, with clusters of

Tavern Brawl

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

young bard three tables over. Then all the noise is eclipsed by a shout: “Ya pig! Like killin’ me mates, does ya?” Then a seven-foot-tall half-orc is hit by a wild, swinging punch from a male human

before you can see if blood is drawn, a crowd of spectators clusters around the brawl. What do you do? The human combatants are five members of the Xanathar Guild (CE human bandits). The one with

Maw of Yeenoghu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

clusters of teeth at their foes. A maw of Yeenoghu charges at its prey on all fours with its mouth wide open, scraping the ground like a plow. Daarken Maw of Yeenoghu Huge Fiend (Demon), Typically

Yeenoghu grows a mane of hair and hunches over like a gnoll. Its jaw grows and widens, and its mouth fills with multiple rows of sharp teeth. These teeth constantly grow, driving the maw to bite and

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