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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Multiattack. The remnant makes two Necrotic Surge attacks.
Necrotic Surge. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Necrotic Surge"} to hit, reach
5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Surge", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. The
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;gather in packs to scour the Shadowfell for prey. These desperate entities subsist on life force; when they find a creature, they surge forward to sink their fangs into their victims and drink deep
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Princes of the Apocalypse
uses her lair action to cause one of the following effects:
Pools of water in the lair surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 20 Strength
— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life.
Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
periods, the waters surge up into the nearest halls and corridors before draining away.
Underwater Cache. The dragon stashes gold and gems in an underwater cave (at the bottom of the map), the entrance
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons’ attentiveness to unusual
before draining down nearby lava tubes. During especially active periods, the waters surge up into the nearest halls and corridors before draining away.
Underwater Cache. The dragon stashes gold and
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
— for goblins, life is short.
Goblins seek to trap and enslave any creatures they encounter, but they flee from opposition that seems too daunting. For miles around their lair, they employ pit
goblin is a sorcerer with the wild magic origin whose every casting, including cantrips, is accompanied by a wild magic surge. Use the mage stat block in the Monster Manual to represent this goblin, adding
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an elemental heritage that’s lain dormant for generations.
Occasionally, genasi result from exposure to a surge of elemental power, through phenomena such as an eruption from the Inner Planes or
violence from people who mistake them for fiends.
Facing a hard life, these genasi seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground.
Most air and fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Heralds of Dust Remnant Remnants are Dusters who sought undeath via rituals but failed. Liaisons and spies, these agents exist in a halfway point between life and death. Heralds of Dust Remnant Small
) Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Multiattack. The remnant makes two Necrotic Surge attacks.
Necrotic Surge. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Wretched Horrid little monsters, the Wretched gather in large packs to scour the Shadowfell for prey. These pitiful entities subsist on life force, so when they find a creature, they surge
forward to sink their fangs into their victims and drink deep of their life energy and their fear. The Wretched
Small monstrosity, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 10 (4d6 − 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
academy, learning strategy, tactics, and military history. Or you might be self-taught — unpolished but well tested. Did you take up the sword as a way to escape the limits of life on a farm, or are
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Action Surge (one use)
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Martial Archetype
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Ability Score Improvement
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Extra Attack
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Martial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the resulting chaos would disrupt life at Strixhaven. A Standalone Adventure If you’re running this chapter’s adventure as a standalone, the corruption of Sedgemoor’s waters is not the result of a sinister plot. Rather, a surge of wild magic caused the corruption, but the outcome is the same.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their pools. Rule 2: Before you drink from a fountain or pool, toss a copper coin into it. It’s a small price to pay for your life!
—X the Mystic’s
Rules of Dungeon Survival
Water Weird Large
condition while fully immersed in water.
Water Bound. The water weird dies if it leaves the water to which it is bound or if that water is destroyed.
Actions
Surge. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 10 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
surge of life energy erupts from the dragon, causing each creature within 120 feet of the body to gain the benefit of finishing a long rest.
6 The body is drawn through a portal to the lair of
, that knot is undone, sometimes resulting in a surge of magical energy. You can use the Dragon Death Throes table to help you decide what happens when a dragon dies. Characters who slay a dragon are often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
merits and similarities of life and death. It describes the author’s numerous experiments both natural and unnatural. One of the more thorough studies details the life cycle of a worm-like parasite that
, Xanthoria found a way to link her soul to the life force of another creature and thereby unnaturally prolong her own life, by transforming the other creature into a phylactery. Characters who peruse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
its rightful glory. The order experienced a surge in membership following the Treaty of Thronehold because many Karrns thought that Kaius III had betrayed their nation by embracing peace. Six years ago
will grant them personal power. They believe that she is poised to become a god of death, and that when she ascends to divinity, they will be granted immortality or at least the eternal life of undeath.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
death as a wraith, served by specters who were once her loyal retainers. Brysis yearns to accumulate enough life force to leave the confines of her tomb, to which her spirit is bound. The adventurers
tomb to trigger a roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in chapter 3, “Classes,” of the Player’s Handbook.
Map 2.4: The Lost Tomb View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, with opalescent eyes. She prefers to remain in or near large bodies of water — seas, lakes, rivers, or sometimes great subterranean pools. When she needs to, she can surge onto dry land, moving much
uses her lair action to cause one of the following effects: Pools of water in the lair surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the thumbs to create an X-shape linked by a line across the bottom. It stands for water’s eternal surge and retreat, a cycle of unending change. Tactics and Philosophy Crushing Wave cultists are
at fighting in water, so they look for opportunities to surprise their enemies by using bodies of water to slip around or through defenses. Because the cultists see water as the wellspring of all life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
rendered the derro irrevocably insane. They cooperate with each other only out of necessity and when riled up by a charismatic leader. Life of Attrition. Derro can live to be one hundred and fifty
years old, but they mature and breed quickly. When their elders deem that their numbers are becoming unmanageable, the derro declare war on some other race and surge forth in a reckless horde, fighting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Crime in Sharn Crime is part of everyday life in Sharn, and just as in any other city, sometimes such acts are carried out by people who have no ties to organized crime. An upstanding citizen could
in a crowded street. The specific effects of dragon’s blood are up to you, but you can take inspiration from the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook.
Dreamlily. A psychoactive liquid that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can survive in this state for the remainder of its natural life, its mind and body nourished by the psipod’s psychic energy. If the psipod is shut down, or if the unconscious creature is removed from
correct ones. Disconnecting a wrong wire triggers a magical surge that targets all creatures within 5 feet of the psipod except the one inside it. A targeted creature must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
+4
Damage Resistances cold, poison
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages Common, Dwarvish
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Action Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest
killing them in hideously inventive ways to savor the power of life and death. He grew to be an embarrassment to his well-off family, who paid a tutor to channel his undeniable intelligence and curiosity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Level 3: Vitality of the Tree Your Rage taps into the life force of the World Tree. You gain the following benefits. Vitality Surge. When you activate your Rage, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points
equal to your Barbarian level. Life-Giving Force. At the start of each of your turns while your Rage is active, you can choose another creature within 10 feet of yourself to gain Temporary Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
subsist on life force; when they find a creature, they surge forward to sink their fangs into their victims and drink deep. Wretched Sorrowsworn
Small Monstrosity, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor
darkness
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Life Hunger. If a creature within 60 feet of the sorrowsworn regains hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
moving to a higher plane of existence that mortals can never realize: joining with the Sovereigns, merging with the Silver Flame, or simply rejoining the cycle of life in a new form. That claim
persist even if they are removed from the region. Irian, the Eternal Dawn Irian is the plane of light and hope, the wellspring of positive energy which is the foundation of light, life, and love. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and now when the Mighty One calls for it, even their souls are forfeit. It is this realization that drives them to dominate other creatures whenever they can — for goblins, life is short. Goblins seek
origin whose every casting, including cantrips, is accompanied by a wild magic surge. Use the mage stat block in the Monster Manual to represent this goblin, adding darkvision and the Nimble Escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
style, consider using inspiration as a reward when the characters achieve an important goal or victory, representing a surge of confidence and energy. Under this model, give everyone in the party
approach makes your life easier and also gives players the chance to recognize each other for good play. You still need to make sure that inspiration is being awarded fairly. This approach works best with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and forms a canopy that hides the ruined realm even from above. The area covered by the mist is a shadowy, muffled region devoid of life, sunlight, and sound. The wall of mist ranges in thickness from
Mournland Many creatures were slain outright by the Mourning. Others were mutated as the land was transformed. Sometimes the result was an entirely new life form; any previously unseen monster could appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, Amun Sa, set forth a record of myself and of my dealings with this world. Our land is rich with green and fertile fields. The River Athis is the mother of our land, giving life with its waters. Athis
gods accept will vanish within the flame.”
Offering Bowl. The bowl’s flame gives off neither heat nor smoke. Whenever an object or creature enters the bowl, the flames surge around the object or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Mormesk leads the Undead that haunt Wave Echo Cave. The wraith spends his time here because the treasure he had amassed in life lies in the scorched chest. No longer corporeal, he cannot touch or
possess the wealth he enjoyed in life. This room served as a guesthouse for visiting wizards working in the Forge of Spells (area W15), most of whom were humans from nearby cities. The furnishings are all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
into the vent. Z7: Overlook Forge Domenico Cava In Overlook Forge, undead artisans mimic the tasks they
undertook in life. They are hostile to any who disturb them The Sawplee goblins have
ashen husk of a gray-skinned dwarf. All three pantomime metalwork in eerie synchronization. As they turn toward you, they brandish sharp chunks of black rock. With gasping, angry cries, the figures surge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
this room like glittering curtains. A path of broken icicles on the ground winds from one exit to the other. A life-size statue of a frost giant woman bearing a look of surprise stands near the
crystal sheds Dim Light in a 15-foot radius. A creature that touches the crystal receives a surge of positive energy and regains 70 Hit Points. The crystal grants this healing three times each day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
effect two rounds in a row: Pools of water that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 15
power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to