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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, Wisdom, Charisma, and immunity to being charmed and frightened. She otherwise uses the possessed target’s statistics, but doesn’t gain access to the target’s knowledge, class
fellow priest, Isolde, drawn into the grim fate of the wicked Knight of Solamnia, Lord Soth;Lord Loren Soth. When Soth failed his gods-given quest to prevent the Cataclysm, he became cursed to exist
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lurking just out of sight, and many of them have sneaked away from that god’s influence.
They are long of limb and covered in coarse hair, with wedge-shaped ears and pointed teeth. Despite their
the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s grim energy.
Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane.
Like other elves
character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dread in Darkon While the Shroud poses a domain-spanning threat, other dooms threaten adventurers in Darkon. Consider the grim omens and lurking terrors on the Dread in Darkon table as recurring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
song and set the course for the upcoming year. But the mood turns grim when a group of farmers suddenly turns violent, manipulated by an unknown magical malady. In the aftermath, well-known trader
Aunt Dellie fears for her goddaughter Kianna—a worker at the farm the attackers came from, deep within the outlying farmlands known as the Rattle. When the characters investigate, they are pitted against a lurking evil that uses a young woman’s grief and loneliness to lure new victims.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
world to another. The Grim Harrow—a band of Undead beings created by the Deck of Many Things (see chapter 19)—seeks out harrow hawks, capturing them and training them as hunting animals. The Grim
Harrow dispatches these Undead companions from the Gardens of Decay to search for Decks of Many Things. On harrowing hunts, harrow hawks scout for the prey and accompany the Grim Harrow in battle. Harrow
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
the tribe. If the creature is dimwitted, like a troll or ogre, the lower-class goblins give it obeisance, but before long the upper-class goblins begin to think that whoever can bend the ear of the
; means “magic” in the Goblin tongue. Should ye happen upon goblins chanting “booyahg booyahg booyahg,” be warned! There might be a powerful sorcerer lurking in their midst
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Clue in the Bayou At the end of the characters’ first Exam in Professor Lang’s class, she takes them aside with a grave look on her face. She waits for the other students to leave the room before she
addresses the characters: “It is as we feared. Murgaxor has been lurking around campus ever since he dared to manipulate Dean Tullus. We still don’t know his plans, but we’ve traced his most recent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Giant Sea Eel Snaking predators lurking in the dark waters of the ocean, these kelp-colored beasts serve as guards and mounts for the locathah (including those found in Danger at Dunwater). Giant Sea
Eel
Large beast, unaligned
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 19 (3d10 + 3)
Speed 0 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
7 (-2
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
” lurking among the crowd. Astarion suspects trouble and asks the characters to help protect him. Encounters The adventure consists of these encounters. Surrounded. While sitting at the bar (area R2a
Spaces. If the characters fight the wardens downstairs, the two [Tooltip Not Found] lurking upstairs hear the fray. The devils head downstairs and join the fight on Initiative count 0 of the second round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
silence heralds the champion’s arrival. Grim Champion of Desolation Medium Undead, Lawful Evil
Armor Class 18 (studded leather armor)
Hit Points 416 (49d8 + 196)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
22 (+6)
DEX
Grim Champion of Desolation Jyn Corvis, a former adventurer, might have been the first person to draw the Skull card from a Deck of Many Things and be slain by the avatar of death. Even Jyn doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hidden within these supernatural mists, and of these secret realms, the most terrifying are those born of your nightmares and given grim life through your adventures. Although Ravenloft is a setting of
challenge the sinister forces lurking in the shadows. The Mists of Ravenloft are rising. What mysteries will you discover among the Domains of Dread? What nightmares will you shape? And once you enter the Mists, will you ever escape?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, sacrifices to strange gods or placations to lurking monsters are everyday events. For outsiders, though, these practices reveal the subjectivity of normalcy, societal truth, and taboos. Folk horror explores
beliefs, whether physically obscuring them or by manipulating others in power. Communities in folk horror stories often serve as a grim mirror of some aspect of accepted society. Beliefs highlighted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Grim Champion of Bloodshed Wynemar Brack was once a farmer, but mercenaries in a local war razed her fields and sacked her village. In desperation, she yielded to the clever patter of a traveling
fortune teller and drew from a Deck of Many Things. The avatar of death slew her in a flash. That was many centuries ago, and Wynemar is now a powerful and bloodthirsty Undead commander of the Grim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
his fingertips. Aleron rides a warhorse skeleton with flies buzzing in its gaping eye sockets. Grim Champion of Pestilence Medium Undead, Neutral Evil
Armor Class 14 (17 with Mage Armor)
Hit
Grim Champion of Pestilence Aleron was once a tiefling adventurer, but unlike so many victims of the Deck of Many Things, he never drew the Skull card. Instead, when one of his allies drew the card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Harengon Brigand Harengon brigands are usually encountered in small bands lurking along trails and roadways, where they can easily spot and ambush their victims. They delight in extorting travelers
them or give them a good kicking. They flee quickly when the tables are turned against them. Harengon Brigand
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 14 (leather armor)
Hit Points 9 (2d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Subclasses Class Subclass Level Available Description Barbarian Path of the Ancestral Guardian 3rd Calls on the spirits of honored ancestors to protect others Barbarian Path of the Storm Herald
magic Ranger Monster Slayer 3rd Hunts down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic Rogue Inquisitive 3rd Roots out secrets, akin to a masterful detective Rogue Mastermind 3rd A master tactician
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
most horrifying spectacles — seem hilarious. Some cacklers excel at vocal mimicry and perform as impressionists; others put their sadistic bent to use by lurking in shadows and terrifying passersby
. Rakdos performers enjoy dressing cacklers in a variety of masks, hats, and costumes to lampoon public figures. Cackler
Small fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
.”
—Renaudon Vollmer,
necromancer in training
Necromancer Wizard Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with Mage Armor)
Hit Points 110 (20d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
9 (−1
immediately after the necromancer. Each lasts for 1 hour, until it or the necromancer dies, or until the necromancer dismisses it as a bonus action.
Reactions
Grim Harvest. When the necromancer kills a creature with necrotic damage, the necromancer regains 9 (2d8) hit points.
Nikki Dawes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
hunters of the undead and risking their lives to save others. Necromancer Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12)
Speed 30 ft
door, stoneskin
5th level (2 slots): Bigby’s hand, cloudkill
6th level (1 slot): circle of death*
*Necromancy spell of 1st level or higher
Grim Harvest (1/Turn). When necromancer kills a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Groff Many a Strixhaven student wandering the bayou has stepped on a seemingly mundane patch of moss—only to discover that it was the back of a hungry groff lurking beneath the surface. These shaggy
follow groffs in order to track down pest mascots, but most of these mages have yet to find a way to capture the pests before the groff eats someone. Groff
Large Plant, Unaligned
Armor Class 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
under sand or silt and lying in wait, lurking in dark caves, or perching on natural stone ledges, where they blend in with their surroundings. Gaj have no language, but they have the magical ability to
, this mental probe is painful and takes a toll on the victim’s well-being. Gaj
Large Aberration, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 75 (10d10 + 20)
Speed 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
example, knights who track the Grim Harrow through the multiverse might resemble rangers instead of paladins. In addition, Sir Jared, detailed at the end of the chapter, can serve as a model for
knights with a lower challenge rating. Solar Bastion Knight Medium Humanoid (Paladin), Typically Neutral Good
Armor Class 20 (plate armor, shield)
Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Drowned Assassin The drowned assassin stalks and kills in a grim pantomime of its former occupation. Sneaking from shadow to shadow, and appearing in the undead assault of Tammeraut’s Fate, it aims
, chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (leather armor)
Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
9 (-1)
WIS
9 (-1)
CHA
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
beneath it is that of a grim, hideously scarred gladiator. Alignment. Chaotic evil. Personality Trait. “I speak with the flames and razor-sharp edges of my sword. They beat words to hell.” Ideal. “I expect
likes to hit things with his sword; it’s as simple as that. Warduke
Medium Humanoid (Human), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 17 (half plate, shield)
Hit Points 78 (12d8 + 24)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
adventurers and will do her utmost to help them deal with the myriad threats lurking in the jungle. Liara comes from an influential family in Baldur’s Gate and has held her post for the past three years
themselves.”
Liara Portyr
Medium humanoid (human), lawful evil
Armor Class 15 (studded leather, shield)
Hit Points 84 (13d8 + 26)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
12 (+1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Sire of Insanity Rakdos nightclubs, where visitors can indulge any dark desire and revel in sadistic spectacle, are the favored haunts of the demons known as sires of insanity. Lurking in an
pounds, so it tends to keep hidden away in its subterranean lair, working its evil from the shadows. Sire of Insanity
Huge fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 157
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
forces of chaos. Sometimes called knight tyrants or iron mongers, those who swear this oath gather into grim orders that serve gods or philosophies of war and well-ordered might. Some of these paladins go
his most ardent supporters. Hell knights cover their armor with trophies taken from fallen enemies, a grim warning to any who dare oppose them and the decrees of their lords. These knights are often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
loose sand or earth or, if the terrain proves too inflexible, lurking in ruins or shallow caves. A tribe of tlincallis stays in one place for only as long as the hunting is good in the immediate area
paralyzing power, and reused by alchemists. Careful handling required.
— Elminster
Tlincalli
Large monstrosity, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 85 (10d10 + 30)
Speed 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, observers can sometimes spot a shadowy bipedal figure lurking within. At the heart of the cloud, the figure’s appearance becomes clear: a skeletal cloud giant corpse. Tales suggest cloud giants sometimes seek
dissolve and its spirit to animate the cloud. Spectral Cloud Huge Undead, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 189 (18d12 + 72)
Speed 0 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover)
STR
24 (+7)
DEX
12 (+1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Merrenoloth The grim captains of the ferries on the River Styx, merrenoloths can navigate safely through the worst storms and always stay on course. Wielding fiery oars, merrenoloths strike fear into
merrenoloth dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d6 hours. Merrenoloth
Medium Fiend (Yugoloth), Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 40 (9d8)
Speed 30 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
from an innocent person by any means necessary. Both the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10) and the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19) know of rifflers and their obsession with Decks of Many Things, and these
organizations stay alert for signs of these Fey creatures, since that usually means a deck is nearby. Riffler Small Fey, Typically Chaotic Neutral
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 90 (20d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
from psionic creatures, and they can be found lurking near communities of mind flayers, aboleths, githyanki, and githzerai. As passive parasites, they take only the mental energy they need, and most
of dungeon survival
Flumph
Small aberration, lawful good
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 7 (2d6)
Speed 5 ft., fly 30 ft.
STR
6 (−2)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
what it knows. This process takes days or possibly weeks. An allip can accomplish this task by lurking in the study or workplace of a scholar. If the allip remains hidden, its victim is gradually
the world — and its terrible secret hides somewhere in the scholar’s text, waiting to be discovered by its next victim.
Allip
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 40 (9d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
often haunts asteroid belts, lurking among normal asteroids until a spelljamming ship comes close enough to be detected. The spider then snares the ship before using web strands to catch crew members
and reel them toward its snapping jaws. Asteroid Spider
Gargantuan Monstrosity, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 348 (24d20 + 96)
Speed 60 ft., fly 60 ft