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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of carrion, and wallowing in mire. A catoblepas might be found with the one mate it chooses for life and, on occasion, with a calf. A catoblepas attacks anyone that moves too close, especially if
guarding its young.
A catoblepas’s stink, like the stench of death mixed with swamp gas and skunk musk, gives it away as being much more ghastly than its appearance suggests. When it is on the
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
multiverse transformed into a vast necropolis populated solely by undead creatures under his command.
Orcus rewards those who spread death in his name by granting them a small portion of his power
. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
from their backs, and the hair falls from their heads, leaving their beaked faces bare and wrinkled. Werevultures feed on carrion, as ordinary vulture;vultures do, and they have a covetous nature
, like vrocks. They follow travelers from high in the air, and when a pretty bauble catches their eye, they descend rapidly to slay the travelers and take their victims’ treasures.Change Shape. The
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
thick scales, increasing its Armor Class by 4.
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Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving
surprised, as a result of having sensitive barbels like a catfish, stereoscopic vision like a chameleon, a tongue like a snake, eye stalks like a lobster, or an array of several eyes.
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Ink Cloud
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
its Armor Class by 4.
3
Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving throws against spells and other
having sensitive barbels like a catfish, stereoscopic vision like a chameleon, a tongue like a snake, eye stalks like a lobster, or an array of several eyes.
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Ink Cloud (Recharges after a Short or
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
or thick scales, increasing its Armor Class by 4.
3
Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving
surprised, as a result of having sensitive barbels like a catfish, stereoscopic vision like a chameleon, a tongue like a snake, eye stalks like a lobster, or an array of several eyes.
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Ink
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
: dimension door, disguise self, sendingMagic Shield (3/Day). When the draconian is hit by an attack roll, it can create an invisible barrier of magical force around itself, granting it a +5 bonus to its
commanders or as advisors to those who created them. They emerge from gold, red, or amethyst dragon eggs, wingless but possessed of an arsenal of eldritch power. Like their dragon progenitors
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
forbidden and dangerous magical secrets. The arcane nature of a witchkite’s hoard seeps into the dragon’s core, granting it spellcasting abilities and twisting its fiery breath into malevolent
the mostly forgotten adventurer Osval
Dragons of Eldraine
The dragons of Eldraine, are much like those of other D&D worlds. You can use any dragon stat block for a dragon of Eldraine. On
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Shape (3/Day). The veil keeper magically transforms to look and feel like a Medium Humanoid it has seen. Any equipment the veil keeper is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed, and the veil keeper
attack, the veil keeper surrounds the creature with illusory mist, granting the creature half cover until the start of the veil keeper’s next turn.Masters of their innate illusory powers, irda
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
turn into short tusks.
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The target’s skin develops bark-like scales, granting it a +1 bonus to AC but reducing its Charisma by 2 (to a minimum of 1).
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The
back, granting it a flying speed of 30 feet.
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The target’s ears tear free from its head and scurry away; the target is deafened.
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Two of the target’s teeth
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
. Each mask shrinks to become the modeled head of a chromatic dragon, appearing to roar its devotion to Tiamat where all the masks brought together are arranged crown-like on the wearer’s head
. Below the five masks, a new mask shapes itself, granting the wearer a draconic visage that covers the face, neck, and shoulders.
While you are attuned to and wear this mask, you can have any of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
into a vast necropolis populated solely by Undead creatures under his command.
Orcus rewards those who spread death in his name by granting them a small portion of his power. The least of these
rot. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice with which to combat foes. These weapons are supernaturally resilient until Auril discards them, whereupon they break and melt like normal ice.
Auril the Frostmaiden
Auril the Frostmaiden is a
night while also granting spells to her devoted followers leaves Auril weak and vulnerable. In her self-inflicted weakened state, Auril is inclined to be cautious and avoid contact with other creatures
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
addition, Arasta’s children immediately swarm over her body to protect her, granting her 100 temporary hit points.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Arasta fails a saving throw, she can choose to
paraphrase the following text when Arasta uses her Armor of Spiders trait:
The nightmarish arachnid unleashes a shriek that sounds like a thousand spider carapaces scarring slate. In response, the
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
perpetually ravenous maw. Like an otyugh, a neo-otyugh buries itself under mounds of offal and carrion to ambush prey. Their improved intellect and innate spellcasting makes them especially effective against humanoid targets, as they use their powers of control to split off a straggler from a party, then attack.
target takes half the bludgeoning damage and isn't stunned.A neo-otyugh is a stronger, more intelligent version of an otyugh—a grotesque aberration sporting three legs, snake-like tentacles, and a
Tiefling
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Basic Rules (2014)
eyes. “You fight it, don’t you? Like a little wildcat, I wager. Every little jab and comment just sharpens your claws.”
— Erin M. Evans, Brimstone Angels
To be greeted with
horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil
Orc
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Orcs trace their creation to the one-eyed god Gruumsh, an unstoppable warrior and powerful leader. The divine qualities of Gruumsh resonate within orcs, granting them a reflection of his toughness
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.
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
eyes. “You fight it, don’t you? Like a little wildcat, I wager. Every little jab and comment just sharpens your claws.”
— Erin M. Evans, Brimstone Angels
To be greeted with
horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
charnel environs, they feast on the dead with no qualms about their meals’ origins or freshness. Carrion crawlers have segmented bodies like gigantic cutworms. From beneath their multipart maws
Carrion Crawler Catacomb-Scouring Necrophage Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None Brian Valeza Ravenous corpse eaters, carrion crawlers gravitate toward places of slaughter and decay. In such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
offering, like food, can calm some hostile monsters, and sapient creatures often prefer to talk than to draw weapons. If the adventurers try to parley with a monster, you may improvise the encounter
or use the social interaction rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Consider granting the characters advantage on any ability check they make to communicate with a creature if they offer something it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
end in spiky, leaf-like appendages that the otyugh uses to shovel food into its gaping maw.
An otyugh buries itself under mounds of offal and carrion, leaving only its sensory stalk exposed. When an
Otyugh An otyugh is a grotesque, bulbous creature borne along on three sturdy legs, its eyes and nose set along a vine-like stalk that snakes from the top of its bloated body. Two rubbery tentacles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
head to the Trades Ward, where the sweepers spend the day cleaning up waste in the streets. It’s boring work. On the ninth day, around highsun, a carrion crawler emerges from a nearby alley, pursued
by two City Watch guards. The characters can help slay the carrion crawler, which came up from the sewers. Reward: Each Lords’ Alliance character gains 1 renown. 3rd “Harko Swornhold, an evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Slub embeds his axe in the tabletop and picks up his greatclub from the floor. Slub has a pet otyugh that follows him around like a faithful dog, eating bones and carrion. The otyugh fights to the
death to protect the hill giant. A tunnel in the north wall leads to area 15. Treasure Slub wears a gavel of the venn rune (see appendix B) on a cord around his neck, like a pendant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
following ways: Any food or drink the characters bring with them or conjure by magic retains its nutritional value but tastes awful when eaten or imbibed on Avernus. The food tastes like ash, the water
tastes like bile, and the wine tastes like spoiled milk. If the characters want something that tastes good, they must buy it from licensed sellers such as Mahadi the rakshasa, who runs a restaurant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of fungus sprout from mounds of offal on the uneven floor. The fungi release clouds of dimly luminescent spores that fill the cave like a fine, hanging mist.
Carrion Crawlers. Four carrion crawlers
dwell here. Two cling to the 10-foot-high ceiling, and two feed on the rotting corpse of a fifth carrion crawler lying amid the fungus.
The crawlers are natural enemies of the creature in area 2a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Stone Temple Pileup A wide foyer (area 17a) leads to a desecrated temple that feels more like a tomb (area 17b). 17a. Foyer The desiccated corpse of an unusually large basilisk lies in the middle
, and two male halflings) and six unlucky monsters (two kobolds, three goblins, and a carrion crawler). Treasure. A copper crown with six arrowhead-shaped malachite spires (75 gp) hangs from one of the carrion crawler’s stony tentacles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Between the towering fungi lie a few toppled zurkhwoods, as well as several stumps.
Monsters. Near the edge of the forest, feeding on a duergar carcass, is a lone carrion crawler. The deeper forest is
fighting back. He was killed by the awakened zurkhwoods and left behind. The duergar’s scale mail is not salvageable. The carrion crawler plans to spend the next several hours quietly devouring its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed into a vast necropolis populated solely by undead creatures under his command. Orcus rewards those who spread death in his name by granting them a
swollen with rot. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in chapter 7, “Treasure,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Ghoul Ghouls roam the night in packs, driven by an insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh. Like maggots or carrion beetles, they thrive in places rank with decay and death. Ghoul
Medium undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
demon?”
“I don’t think so. The Ghaash’kala call him a sak’vanarrak — it translates as something like ‘fiend-touched.’ A Karrn scholar coined the word tiefling. I think he’s some mixture of fiend and
mortal, more like a savior than a god.”
Thuel frowned. “Their savior, our damnation.”
— James Wyatt, Dragon Forge
Tieflings rarely appear in the cities and towns of Khorvaire, with most dwelling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed into a vast necropolis populated solely by undead creatures under his command. Orcus rewards those who spread death in his name by granting them a
swollen with rot. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
has a markedly different theme. You might start with an encounter deck featuring mostly dungeon scavengers, like rats and carrion crawlers, then slowly add in cards from a deck made up of Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
temperate forests. Carrion crawlers, ettercaps, giant spiders, and owlbears make occasional forays into the woods as well. If your game session needs a jolt, try using one of the following encounters or an
encounter of your own design. Bear with Us A timid black bear shadows the characters, hoping to scavenge a tasty offering. If they feed the bear, it follows them like a companion and expects to be fed
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Neo-Otyugh A neo-otyugh is a stronger, more intelligent version of an otyugh—a grotesque aberration sporting three legs, snake-like tentacles, and a perpetually ravenous maw. Like an otyugh, a neo
-otyugh buries itself under mounds of offal and carrion to ambush prey. Their improved intellect and innate spellcasting makes them especially effective against humanoid targets, as they use their powers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
bloodline or inheritance; it’s a designation bestowed on him by the multiverse. As a noble genie, Nafas can grant wishes, a power he doesn’t take lightly. The djinni reserves his wish-granting magic for
that Nafas can wish away: Destroying or unmaking a magic item Learning the true name of a powerful enemy, such as an angel, an archfey, a demon, or a devil Restoring a creature to life Undoing a debilitating effect, like being transformed into a tree by a barkburr (see appendix B)