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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
claws and hooves, as well as their long, whiplike tails, to tear apart foes.
In the armies of demon lords, armanites perform the role of heavy cavalry, leading the charge and tearing into their enemies
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
abishais when it comes to leadership ability and raw power. Red abishais lead other devils into battle or take charge of troublesome cults to ensure that they continue to carry out Tiamat’s commands
. Some have simple tasks, such as delivering a message to cultists. Others have greater responsibilities, such as leading large groups, assassinating targets, and serving in armies. In all cases
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
":"Staff of Striking","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage when used with two hands, and Bak Mei can expend up to 3 of the staff’s charges. For each expended charge, the target takes
past by giving me an unending future.”
Bond. “I will lead my students to a life unstained by the problems of the world. We will rise above all into eternity.”
Flaw. “I am
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
several natural fissures in the floor (leading to the underground lake below), and is used as a privy. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the lizardfolk to
32. Guardroom Four lizardfolk renders are stationed here, assigned to watch over the gemsmith in area 31. Corridor The small corridor leading east across from the guardroom dead-ends at a point with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Tunnel A secret trapdoor in the floor opens to an access tunnel leading to area 5. It can be found with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1
charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving for the barracks (area 6). Spending 2 charges reverses time and causes them to instead head into the temple complex to search for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Minotaur Skeleton While most skeletons are the animated remains of dead humans and other humanoids, skeletal undead can be created from the bones of other creatures besides humanoids, giving rise to
60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages understands Abyssal but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Charge. If the skeleton moves at least 10 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Location Overview Five miles south of Conyberry is a shrine dedicated to Savras, god of divination and fate. Many years ago, the shrine’s priest-seers foresaw a barbarian attack on Conyberry, giving
to the shrine, besieged it, and slaughtered everyone inside. In the days leading up to this final battle, the priest-seers helped the townsfolk hide their gold in plain sight. They melted down the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
into area 1. Secret Tunnel A secret trapdoor in the floor opens to an access tunnel leading to area 4. It can be found with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check. Manipulating Time Having a
mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving here for the barracks (area 6). Spending 2 charges causes them to instead head into the temple complex to search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
constantly come and go along the Evermoor Way. West of the city, a wide bridge spans the river, leading to a walled citadel.
Characters looking for a place to stay find two decent choices in the Pearl
charge. If the party was sent to Yartar by the Harpers or the Zhentarim, local contacts for those factions quickly confirm that the Hand of Yartar has let it be known that anyone interested in bidding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Wisdom (Perception) check notices an arrow slit concealed in a gap in the stairwell stones. The guards in area 5 watch the stairs through this slit, giving them a warning of the characters’ approach
and succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check finds 19 sp and a small ruby (worth 20 gp) inside a lizardfolk skull. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Ghouls have surrounded a hospital cart. People are dying, but the distraction is giving nearby allied units an opportunity to advance.
3 A mounted group of Neverwinter knights prepare to charge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
portray him, the Cartophile might fall under suspicion by the characters in the manner of so many too-helpful NPCs. You can opt to run with such suspicions by giving the Cartophile a secret agenda. He
with the characters. The Cartophile will be keen to meet this ancestor, perhaps leading to a new family business. Or considering that they’re both gnomes, perhaps Kwalish is the ancestor the Cartophile sought all along!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
vortex.
A water weird bound to the pool years has been corrupted by the demonic influence infecting these tunnels, turning it evil and giving it a dark hunger. The western path slopes upward to a
protect the path leading to area 16. The water weird can command the pool’s water to erupt like a geyser, effectively lifting the water weird up to the characters’ level and putting them within its reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to extract the mithral from the pillars proves futile.)
Xindulus. An invisible ultroloth named Xindulus guards a secret door leading to a 10-foot-wide spiral staircase that descends to level 22 (see
battling a black pudding conceals the secret door in the north wall. Bloodstains mar the carving, making the dwarves look horribly wounded and giving the ooze a disgustingly realistic sheen. The secret door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
actual door leading to area 18. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area opens one closed pit at random, or closes one pit at random if all the pits are open.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
leading into area 8. This chamber serves as the office and apartment of Andras, the temple’s torturer and rival of the warden. It holds a bed, a desk, and mundane gear. The desk contains notes on
strongbox holds treasure collected from Andras’s recent victims—110 sp, 55 gp, 10 pp, five rubies (worth 100 gp each), and a vial of mummy rot antidote (see appendix C). Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes Andras to return here from area 9 and prepare to rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
into the trees, leading the horse away with reins of webbing. Without horses, the wagons are stranded. The characters’ employer insists they go after the ettercaps and retrieve the stolen horses. If
sufficient to keep on it. The horses are led away about half a mile to the ettercaps’ lair. If characters charge straight in, they are attacked by three ettercaps and two giant spiders. If they pause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
into the trees, leading the horse away with reins of webbing. Without horses, the wagons are stranded. The characters’ employer insists they go after the ettercaps and retrieve the stolen horses. If
sufficient to keep on it. The horses are led away about half a mile to the ettercaps’ lair. If characters charge straight in, they are attacked by three ettercaps and two giant spiders. If they pause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
39. Secret Door The secret door leading into this area can be detected with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check, but is locked. Without the key (found in area 2 or area 20), the lock requires
. The third is a quartz holding locate object. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area either causes 1d4 of the largest uncut rubies to become cut and polished, doubling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
bulky, spiked armor and throwing themselves into combat, striking with their body itself and giving themselves over to the fury of battle. Restriction: Dwarves Only Only dwarves can follow the Path of
, you also gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1). They vanish if any of them are left when your rage ends. Battlerager Charge Beginning at 10th level, you can take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
elsewhere, or you can advance the timeline if the characters seem to be in a hurry. Under threatening skies, a parade of unhappy children dressed as flowers trudges through the muddy streets, leading the
guards fail in their duty, the burgomaster retreats to his mansion and the townsfolk flee to their homes, giving the characters free rein in town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
silently through these caves. 17a. The Maw Rock Formations. Sharp-pointed stalagmites and stalactites fill this 40-foot-high cave, giving it the appearance of a toothy maw. Harmless bats flutter between
the stalactites.
Lightning Flashes. If the behir is in area 17c, sporadic flashes of blue-white light appear in the tunnel leading to that area, accompanied by a crackling noise.
17b. Crushed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
3. The Stable The two big doors leading into the stable are sealed, and the place looks shuttered.
If the characters ask around, the villagers claim that the stable was put out of business some
carry up to two Medium or six Small riders at a time. The difficult part is getting their harnesses attached so that riders don’t fall off, and giving the proper commands once airborne.
Any character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
cavalry, leading the charge and tearing into their enemies’ flanks. Armanites fight all the time—even battling each other if they can’t find another enemy. They make ideal shock troops, utterly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
3. The Stable The two big doors leading into the stable are sealed, and the place looks shuttered. If the characters ask around, the villagers claim that the stable was put out of business some time
up to two Medium or six Small riders at a time. The difficult part is getting their harnesses attached so that riders don’t fall off, and giving the proper commands once airborne.
Any character can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
connect to the wider stream, but they are narrow enough to step over. Timber pillars caked in mud support the 30-foot-high ceiling, which has three circular holes cut into it (leading up to areas 2 and
wooden troughs overflowing with slop. A pig has the statistics of a boar, with the following changes: A pig has AC 10 and 5 (1d8 + 1) hit points. Its speed is 30 feet. It lacks the Charge and Relentless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
heavy cavalry, leading the charge and tearing into their enemies’ flanks. Armanites fight all the time, even among themselves if they can’t find another enemy. They make ideal shock troops, courageous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
31. Gemsmith’s Cell The oak door leading to this area is locked, but can be opened with a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or forced open with a successful DC 14 Strength check
. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area taps into the ritual magic Seodra is using to craft the demilich’s skull, causing a random character to age by one year. This effect can be reversed by casting a remove curse spell using a 6th-level spell slot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
before the holiday to the House of Inspired Hands, Waterdeep’s temple of Gond, to coordinate with the acolytes in charge of organizing the parade. He presents a detailed plan that commingles the
earnest, marching through Waterdeep’s streets to the cheers of the local folk. Zardoz Zord serves as grand marshal, leading the parade on the back of a rainbow-feathered diatryma summoned using his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
rest atop tables, along with several loose scraps of parchment with notes that include terms such as “rate of decay” and “accumulation of charge.” Log Entry. A thorough search of the room yields a
metal-coated skull of a half-elf (Trenzia) floats around the room, giving off crackling sounds as it electrifies the floor with rays of lightning (see “Trenzia” below).
Golem. A flesh golem stands in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
information, Hekaton (or Serissa) leaves Imperator Uthor in charge of Maelstrom and sets out with four storm giant bodyguards named Nimir, Orlekto, Shaldoor, and Vaasha (see appendix D for statistics
have a player who’s particularly good at roleplaying underhanded characters, consider giving Orlekto to that player. You can have all storm giants act on the same initiative count, or have the players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
disappears in the blink of an eye.
Traxigor casts time stop, giving him time to flee using his fly spell. He’s long gone before the time stop ends and the characters can react. Any character who succeeds on
in charge. If the characters brought the Shield of the Hidden Lord with them, Gargauth the pit fiend tries to escape from its prison and fails miserably. Although characters are unaware of Gargauth’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
into the minotaurs that echo his own savage form. Although they begin as creations of the Horned King, minotaurs can breed true with one another, giving rise to an independent race of Baphomet’s savage
(+3)
INT
6 (−2)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
9 (−1)
Skills Perception +7
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Abyssal
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Charge. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. If asked, Gash explains that the minotaurs spared his life in exchange for leading travelers into the maze. If the characters insist on entering the maze, Gash goes with them, trying to keep his new
friends safe. If the characters defeat the minotaurs and move deeper into the Labyrinth, Gash can accompany them as a follower and guide, giving the characters advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to avoid becoming lost in the Labyrinth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
stopped to rest, giving the party the chance to catch them. As the characters come upon the lizardfolk, use the following read-aloud text to set the scene: Ahead of you, the sound of murmuring and hissing
are a typical adventuring party, they charge in without a plan. However, they might favor caution and knowledge over brute force. A more cautious party can better catch the lizards unaware and might