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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
living. Because they are undying, some wood woads outlive their original purpose. The site a wood woad guards might lose its power or significance over time, or those whom it was assigned to guard
starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesnât regenerate.
Tree Stride. Once on each of its turns, the wood woad can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically into one living tree within 5 feet
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
soldier or knight who perished on the battlefield or died performing its sworn duty. It appears like a translucent version of its living self.
Task Driven. Although one is often mistaken for a ghost, a
master or because it believes it must perform a task to satisfy its honor or sense of duty. For example, a guard who dies defending a wall might return as a phantom warrior and continue guarding the
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
deep in the Underworld. Terrifying and cunning, they guard portals between the wards of the Underworld, Erebosâs greatest treasures, and noteworthy souls who might attempt to escape the realm of
living and the dead, cerberi patrol both banks of the Tartyx River. These multiheaded hounds of the Underworld breathe gouts of molten rock that sear and imprison those who trespass upon the borders of
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
of 120 feet and has darkvision within a range of 60 feet, but it canât see anything behind itself.
The painting can converse in Common, Draconic, and Elvish as if it were a living person
Portrait. While you are attuned to the painting, you can command it to guard its location against one or more creatures you identify as the paintingâs enemies. The painting performs this function
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
;s volcano, or misguided fire cultists offer sacrifices meant to appease or awaken the volcano, and the awakened cradle defies all their expectations. Like a living volcano, the cradle hurls balls of
scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See âGiants of Mythâ in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.)
Scions of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
scion continues to pursue the art that ornamented its dreams, seeking to mold and shape stone into beautiful elegance. If it needs more raw materials, the scion can transform a living creature in its
empires of giants until Annam retreated into seclusion. On other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, seeking to mold and shape stone into beautiful elegance. If it needs more raw materials, the scion can transform a living creature in its palm into stone.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a scion
other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See âGiants of Mythâ in chapter 3 for additional inspiration
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
cradle defies all their expectations. Like a living volcano, the cradle hurls balls of magma at intruders, exhales fiery gases, and causes molten stone to erupt from the ground around it.
If the
first empires of giants until Annam retreated into seclusion. On other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
moonstone dragon has partnered with an androsphinx to guard a precious treasure, taking the place of the sphinxâs slain gynosphinx partner.
3
An ancient moonstone dragon is summoned to mediate a
, a well maintained and above-water version of the black dragon lairâs tower (map 5.2) makes a great Feywild audience chamber, while a vibrant, living version of the green dragon lairâs
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. âI came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this
the patron ancestors formed a bond with you. Now it is your duty to follow in the footsteps of your patron, living your life as they lived theirs, allowing this champion to live on through you. This
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. âI came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this
the patron ancestors formed a bond with you. Now it is your duty to follow in the footsteps of your patron, living your life as they lived theirs, allowing this champion to live on through you. This
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, you can automatically find a safe route to land a boat on shore, provided such a route exists.
HARDSHIP ENDURED
Hardship in your past has forged you into an unstoppable living weapon. This
, you are friends of Tom and Will Stoutly and can turn to them for help and support. Eliander Fireborn, captain of the guard, also makes time to listen to your concerns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to keep the living out of the realm of the dead and the dead from returning to the land of the living. Underworld Crossing Adventures Adventures in Underworld crossings usually involve the characters
shepherd (see chapter 6) takes over a crossing and doesnât allow souls to pass into the Underworld. As a result, they become specters that harass the living in the mortal world.
5 A priest of
Backgrounds
Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
, working for someone who has more than they deserve. But the Guild offered you a way to fix that. You keep doing what youâve always done â guard work, dock labor, business accounting &mdash
their competence, which all marked them as different from the other adults you knew. As soon as you could, you joined the organization.
8
To you, this is just a way to earn a living. You go to
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
, and their members operate anywhere the organization deems necessary. These groups employ listeners, rumormongers, smugglers, sellswords, cache-holders (people who guard caches of wealth or magic for
of survival and living off the land. They are often proficient in Nature, and can seek assistance from woodsmen, hunters, rangers, barbarian tribes, druid circles, and priests who revere the gods of
Kenku
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
the area patrolled by the guard did she explain that the noises indicated that the wingless folk had claimed that area, and that to trespass would be to court death.
â Gimble, Notes from a
kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thievesâ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the
Backgrounds
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
d6
Bond
1
I would lay down my life for Aurelia and the angels.
2
I owe my life to the Boros captain who took me in when I was living on the streets.
3
My fellow legionnaires
-Boros Contacts table.
Boros Contacts
d8
Contact
1
A former comrade in arms was promoted into the prestigious Sunhome Guard.
2
One of my parents is a ranking Boros officer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
. A blot of shadow in the corner of a dusty crypt might be a shadow crossing, as might an open grave. Shadow crossings form in gloomy places where spirits or the stench of death lingers, such as
missing enough stones that they appear pockmarked. The sky is corpse gray, and the breeze blows cold and humid, bringing a chill to the skin.
The cityâs living residents include necromancers, corrupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Moving on the Train To reach the Stranger, the characters must make their way from the Caboose (area E1) to the Jail Car (area E8). Crossing between Cars Creatures can safely move from one car to
and deposit them into an empty cell in the Jail Car (area E8). Guard Patrols Hostile modrons patrol the rooftops of the cars, attacking anyone they see who isnât supposed to be there. Whenever one or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
Calishite inhabitants fiercely guard their home from the Guild and the rest of Baldurâs Gate. Little Calimshan is further detailed in "Little Calimshan". Norchapel. The quietest of the Outer City
folk and price out the resident radicals, if not for its odoriferous tanneries. Wyrmâs Crossing. This massive bridge crosses the Chionthar River. Shops and homes gird the bridgeâs edges. See "Wyrmâs Crossing" for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
Obstacle 1 Antilife aura with a radius of 1d10 Ă 10 ft.; while in the aura, living creatures canât regain hit points 2 Battering winds reduce speed by half, impose disadvantage on ranged attack rolls 3
nearby upward-sloping passages, raised floors, or rising stairs to contain the water 15 Lava flows through the area (50 percent chance of a stone bridge crossing it) 16 Overgrown mushrooms block
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
haul their boats across the ice to put them in the lake. Visitors who lack a boat can reach Bremen only by crossing the river, which is mostly frozen over. Targos, Termalaine, and Lonelywood are all
speaker and oldest living resident, Dorbulgruf Shalescar, and twice theyâve found him wandering the frozen shores of the Shaengarne in heavy furs, with no memory of how he got there. Dorbulgruf, old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Calishite inhabitants fiercely guard their home from the Guild and the rest of Baldurâs Gate. Little Calimshan is further detailed in "Little Calimshan". Norchapel. The quietest of the Outer City
and price out the resident radicals, if not for its odoriferous tanneries. Wyrmâs Crossing. This massive bridge crosses the Chionthar River. Shops and homes gird the bridgeâs edges. See "Wyrmâs Crossing" for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Inhabitants The lizardfolk lair is a dynamic and living place, filled with warriors, commoners, and leaders. The charactersâ actions while exploring the lair impact the state of the place. Do not
corridors of their lair routinely. Unless the characters are extremely stealthy and careful, they are bound to encounter a patrol at some point. A guard patrol consists of two lizardfolk, one of which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
that couples frequently fall to their deaths
8 A lighthouse where a lone guard is the only living individual keeping an army of spirits at bay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
and exit difficult, just to be safe. Guard Posts Sapient, social denizens of the dungeon generally guard the entrances to their shared spaces. A guard post may just be a room with a table where bored
sentries play a dice game, or it might be a pair of iron golems backed up by spellcasters hiding in balconies overhead. When you design a guard post, decide how many guards are on duty, note their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Worshiping Kruphix Many pray to Kruphix when they need to find something lost, but few dedicate themselves to his worship. Cults devoted to Kruphix fiercely guard their secrets, and their initiates
seldom share these tales with others.
The First Nyxborn. According to one tale, it was Kruphix, not Purphoros, who was the first to fashion living Nyxborn creatures from the fabric of Nyx. Kruphix
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
behaviors of their former living selves. The skeleton of a miner might lift a pick and start chipping away at stone walls. The skeleton of a guard might strike up a post at a random doorway. The skeleton
. When skeletons encounter living creatures, the necromantic energy that drives them compels them to kill unless they are commanded by their masters to refrain from doing so. They attack without mercy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
in the Sunhome Guard, as well as powerful muscle supporting Boros missions. Giants of the Skorskal clan are often assigned to protect Boros garrisons and forts throughout Ravnica. They are excellent
sentinels, keen-eyed and vigilant, and serve as living walls to protect smaller soldiers fighting alongside them. Skorskal giants look much like enormous humans with huge muscles and comparatively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Underworld. Though it took him years, the oracle discovered what he sought. Keeping the information secret and smuggling it out of the Underworld proved challenging, though. To guard what heâd learned
past life, his escape from death, or the strange symbols etched on his mask. All he recognized of the writing scrawled on his mask was the name âKhea.â With that, a mystery beyond life and death slipped from a lost past into the living realm of Theros.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For this reason, many kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thievesâ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar
noise across the city, alerting their allies to the approach of a guard patrol or signaling a prime opportunity for a robbery. Since kenku can precisely reproduce any sound, the messages they carry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Pindalpau-pau the Reindeer Mother. The Ice Hunters came unaware to the dragonâs iceberg generations ago. Desiring servants to guard his lair during his long absences, the dragon killed just enough of the
tribesfolk to force the rest to obey him out of terror. Using their unsurpassed ability as scouts, they act now as Arauthatorâs eyes and ears on the Sea of Moving Ice. Living as thralls, they have no doubt that if they ever leave the iceberg, Arauthator will hunt them down and take horrific revenge.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, and the ceilingâs height reminds you of the great halls of Gauntlgrym.
The corridor opens into a central well, with walkways crossing its span to the opposite side. You can barely see the ends of
, answers any questions the characters have about Gravenhollow to the best of its ability, including how navigate its levels, and how to access the libraryâs knowledge. After leading the party to living quarters one level below the libraryâs main level, it merges into another wall and disappears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
are masterfully sculpted to resemble living beings, others have only vaguely humanlike forms. Hinchel Or
These golems obey their creatorsâ orders and protect what their makers value most. Some
sight.
3 Prevent any Fiend from crossing a bridge.
4 Remove any who enter its creatorâs workshop.
Clay Golem Large Construct, Unaligned
AC 14 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 123 (13d10 + 52
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Other Inhabitants No other living creatures dwell in Araj, but the tower features a number of magical inhabitants the adventurers might interact with. Each level of the tower has a permanent unseen
and fight at Vizeranâs command. Between one and three suits guard each room and corridor of the tower. If Vizeran is threatened, he uses them to run interference, buying him time to escape or