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Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
territorial instinct and a predatory urge to hunt and devour living prey. They run on all fours and rear up onto their hind legs when they corner their quarry. When they strike, they wallop foes about
with their claws—they delight in knocking foes into pits full of jagged bones—and their barbed rib cage cracks open like a hunting trap to snap closed around a victim.Poison
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
shell protects a soft, slug-like upper body that lets the piercer move across cavern walls and ceilings to position itself for prey. With its eye and mouth closed, the piercer is difficult to distinguish
from ordinary rock formations.
Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer
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
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
False Appearance. If the spider is motionless, has its eyes and mouth closed, and has its legs wrapped around its body at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a
living brain functions like a spelljamming helm, allowing the spider to travel through Wildspace without a ship. It often haunts asteroid belts, lurking among normal asteroids until a spelljamming ship
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of their former selves, albeit twisted by their state of being. These greater death dragons scheme to achieve their ends, all the while amassing and jealously guarding treasure hoards as they did in
with Cataclysmic fire and serve the death dragon’s will, typically going on rampages to destroy all living creatures in sight.Necrotic, PoisonPiercing
Spells
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
open, empty chest whose interior dimensions are 3 feet on each side. While the spell lasts, you can deposit as many items inside the chest as will fit. You can then name a living creature you have met
is closed, the elemental and the chest disappear, then reappear adjacent to the target creature. If the target creature is on another plane, or if it is proofed against magical detection or location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Living Iron Statue This squat, solid-looking statue, currently guarding the evil cult’s treasure in Isle of the Abbey, is made from pure iron. Its hands are shaped into deadly weapons. Living Iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Minotaur Caves These caves form the main living area for the minotaurs of the Maze Level. A 2-foot-thick layer of fog covers the floor throughout. 7a. Southern Cave Ceiling. The ceiling ranges in
minotaurs lurk behind the stalagmites and rock columns.
The minotaurs are stationed throughout the cavern, guarding against a drow attack. They are famished, having been forced to sacrifice their food for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L9. Sewing Room A closed, unlocked door connects this room to a 5-foot-high wooden balcony that overlooks Granny Nightshade’s garden (area L5). “Dunderhead!” cries a scratchy voice as you enter this
cluttered chamber. “Those tatty sleeves wouldn’t serve as socks for a chicken. Start again!”
A plump halfling boy and a young, fluffy bugbear sit at work benches, watched over by a living, child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
be unlatched only from the outside. Each stasis pod is big enough to hold a Large creature and has AC 11, 15 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If a living creature is placed in a
powered, closed stasis pod for 1 minute, the creature has the unconscious condition and is in stasis. While in stasis, the creature doesn’t require air, food, or drink, and it doesn’t age. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
oily to the touch, cordon off areas of the fane. They block vision and mute sound. Objects pass through unimpeded, but living creatures doing so feel psychic resistance and nausea from pushing through
. No original locks remain operable, but the cultists secure some doors with a hasp-and-pin mechanism. A door closed in this way can be forced with a successful DC 15 Strength check. Light. The glow of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Prison Arcturia confines living subjects here until she finds time to experiment on them. The 15-foot-high room is engulfed in a permanent antimagic field (see the antimagic field spell for
. Closed portcullises are locked in place; forcing one upward requires a successful DC 26 Strength (Athletics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
). The west gate is referred to as the Sunset Gate, even though no living person in Vallaki has seen an undimmed sunset. A few abandoned cottages line the road outside this gate. The east gate is also
known as the Morning Gate, or, as some locals like to call it, the Mourning Gate. Heavy iron chains with iron padlocks keep the gates shut at night. During the day, the gates are closed but not typically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
residents, and carve out new living spaces for themselves and other minions — tasks that the beholder considers beneath its personal attention. Some even worship the beholder as an angry, capricious deity
, scouting, and guarding the lair. Greater Minions A beholder’s greater minions are formidable opponents. In the lair, they might be stationed where they can catch intruders in an ambush, or they could be a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
by territorial instinct and a predatory urge to hunt and devour living prey. They run on all fours and rear up onto their hind legs when they corner their quarry. When they strike, they wallop foes
about with their claws—they delight in knocking foes into pits full of jagged bones—and their barbed rib cage cracks open like a hunting trap to snap closed around a victim. Anhkolox
Huge Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
living creature you have met and seen at least once before, or any creature for which you possess a body part, lock of hair, clipping from a nail, or similar portion of the creature’s body. As soon
as the lid of the chest is closed, the elemental and the chest disappear, then reappear adjacent to the target creature. If the target creature is on another plane, or if it is proofed against magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the last living member of the Dilisnya family, and the Mists closed in around Borca. Ivan Dilisnya in his favorite clockwork pram
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos’s Champions Athreos expects his champions to maintain the balance between the living and the dead, just as he does. Beyond this, his servants take it upon themselves to maintain funerary
return it to its place guarding the Underworld.
5 Reconsecrate a grand but neglected mausoleum, putting the unquiet spirits there to rest.
6 Defeat an agent of a god who seeks to free a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Medusa Snake-Haired Recluse with a Petrifying Gaze Habitat: Desert; Treasure: Any With their hair of living snakes and their infamous petrifying gazes, medusas are hubristic creatures that inhabit
or circumstances afflicted its ancestor.
2 Created by a god and tasked with guarding a treasure or secret.
3 A cultist who made a fiendish bargain and enjoyed rewards that have since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L12. Textile Mill Two 3-foot-tall tin soldiers patrol the balcony outside this room, guarding against outside intruders. Each one is a Small suit of animated armor with 27 (6d6 + 6) hit points. Both
doors to this room are closed but not locked. The tin soldiers open the door and enter the room if they hear any commotion within. Three large, freestanding looms dominate this chamber. A young goblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
can be opened and closed to meet the needs of the order. The walls of the living quarters are made of paper on wood frames, offering little privacy. The dwelling is within view of the Jagged Sanctum
L2. Living Quarters Members of the order live in a modest single-story building built on raised posts. Its shingled roof provides protection from the elements, and its sliding exterior wall panels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of something. It measures your general awareness of your surroundings and the keenness of your senses. For example, you might try to hear a conversation through a closed door, eavesdrop under an open
shadows of an alley, or candlelight under a closed secret door. FINDING A HIDDEN OBJECT
When your character searches for a hidden object such as a secret door or a trap, the DM typically asks you to make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
presence of something. It measures your general awareness of your surroundings and the keenness of your senses. For example, you might try to hear a conversation through a closed door, eavesdrop under an
shadows of an alley, or candlelight under a closed secret door. FINDING A HIDDEN OBJECT
When your character searches for a hidden object such as a secret door or a trap, the DM typically asks you to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
envelope, as well as multiple spinnerets with which it can create web strands. Its living brain functions like a spelljamming helm, allowing the spider to travel through Wildspace without a ship. It
+5
Senses darkvision 120 ft., blindsight 120 ft. while the spider’s eyes are closed, passive Perception 21
Languages —
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
False Appearance. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and a flagstone floor. The walls are made of rough, mortared bricks. Thick cobwebs cover crates, barrels, and old furniture stacked against the north wall. To the south are a pair of closed wooden doors
’ Quarters The door to this room is closed and stuck, having swollen in its frame. A creature can use an action to try to force it open, doing so with a successful DC 13 Strength check. This cold, windowless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, slug-like upper body that lets the piercer move across cavern walls and ceilings to position itself for prey. With its eye and mouth closed, the piercer is difficult to distinguish from ordinary
rock formations. Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer that misses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
nearby. Then, of course, there’s the small force of bugbears guarding the pen and the gnolls surrounding the inn. That doesn’t look right at all.
The amount of time the characters spend skulking
town’s constable Harburk (LG male human veteran), and an explorer from out of town named Silvana (CG female human scout). The three work with any characters who help defend the townsfolk. Guarding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L11. Family Tree The door to L10 is closed but not locked, and the doors to areas L6 and L13 are both locked. Granny Nightshade carries keys to both of these doors (see “Skabatha’s Ring of Keys
pricked its skin on the brambles’ thorns in addition to its four closest family members, if it has any. These family members can be living or dead. (If the creature has fewer than four close family
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
its living self. Task Driven. Although one is often mistaken for a ghost, a phantom warrior isn’t bound by a yearning to complete some unresolved goal. It can choose to end its undead existence at any
defending a wall might return as a phantom warrior and continue guarding the wall, then disappear forever once a new guard assumes its post or the wall is destroyed. The period between the time it died and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creatures. Cruel Servants. Gargoyles are easily inspired by the cunning of an intelligent master. They enjoy simple tasks such as guarding a master’s home, torturing and killing interlopers, and anything
deliberately, but they are a physical manifestation of his evil. Gargoyles are mockeries of the elemental air that Ogrémoch despises. They are heavy creatures of living stone, yet capable of flight. Like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and killing whatever they can—all to placate a green dragon living in their territory.
3 A cult is capturing travelers to feed a newly hatched pair of green dragons.
4 A convicted murderer
on what they know about a dead gold dragon’s lost hoard.
Connected Creatures Green dragons see other living beings as objects to subjugate, torment, or eat. Solitary by nature, they seldom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in white. A table in the center of the room has a small bench beside it. In the southwest corner is a coffer, its lid closed. A mass of seaweed rises in the northwest corner to a height of about seven
. Against the east wall rests a coffer, its lid closed.
The occupant of this room is presently in the throne room (area 42). Coffer. The locked coffer can be opened by a character who makes a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Each time a spore servant is touched or takes damage, it releases a cloud of yellow mold spores until the mold patch is destroyed. Two-Headed Grimlocks The grimlocks living in the Whorlstone Tunnels
humanoid skeleton wearing a ring of water walking on one bony finger (no ring is found on subsequent occurrences of this encounter) 2 A closed zurkhwood chest containing 1d6 × 100 gp and 1d6 50 gp gems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
outdoors, so as not to attract the attention of Strahd or his spies. Barovians live within a closed ecosystem. Every Barovian adult is expected to learn a trade or serve a function. Barovians stitch
their own clothing, craft their own furniture, grow their own food, and make their own wine. With fewer than three thousand people living in the entire valley, finding the perfect mate isn’t easy, so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
diameter, can’t be removed while the talons clutch it. The pedestal is trapped. Touching the silver orb causes the talons to snap closed. A creature that tries to take the orb takes 11 (2d10) slashing
to be a living object (use the flying sword stat block). The key does everything it can to return to its stand, attacking anyone who tries to stop it. If the key is destroyed by reducing it to 0 hit