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. Spawned from deep rancor, the firegaunt seeks out living creatures to destroy. Like a specter, it doesn’t seek redemption; it just hopes to cause as much destruction as possible before attaining
its final oblivion.
A firegaunt looks like a severely burned corpse. Supernatural crimson flames flow through its veins, erupting from its wounds and its mouth.Fire, PoisonNecrotic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
light, the scales glitter and shine like luminous starbursts. The dragons’ psionic nature is evident in the horn and bone structures of their bodies. Their tail barbs and horn tips are all
has attracted specter;specters and wraith;wraiths to the area around the dragon’s lair.
Lightning, Thunder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Specter of Night Jeff Simpson Like dark mirrors of Eldraine’s archons (see “Archon of Boundaries”), specters appear as shrouded figures mounted on horrific flying beasts. It is easy to look at a
specter and imagine the rider in command of the mount, but the truth is the opposite; the flying horror is an Undead monster that scours the wilds for a knightly corpse. On finding one, the horror binds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Specter of Night Jeff Simpson Like dark mirrors of Eldraine’s archons (see “Archon of Boundaries”), specters appear as shrouded figures mounted on horrific flying beasts. It is easy to look at a
specter and imagine the rider in command of the mount, but the truth is the opposite; the flying horror is an Undead monster that scours the wilds for a knightly corpse. On finding one, the horror binds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
named Walter. The cult slew the nursemaid shortly thereafter. Unless the characters already defeated it in area 18, the nursemaid’s spirit haunts the bedroom as a specter. The specter manifests and
attacks when a character opens the door to the nursery. The specter resembles a terrified, skeletally thin young woman; it can’t speak or be reasoned with. The bedroom contains a large bed, two end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
named Walter. The cult slew the nursemaid shortly thereafter. Unless the characters already defeated it in area 18, the nursemaid’s spirit haunts the bedroom as a specter. The specter manifests and
attacks when a character opens the door to the nursery. The specter resembles a terrified, skeletally thin young woman; it can’t speak or be reasoned with. The bedroom contains a large bed, two end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sense. Like mine: The Xanathar. See? It’s cool, and it makes sense!
Hexblade Features Warlock Level Feature 1st Expanded Spell List, Hexblade’s Curse, Hex Warrior 6th Accursed Specter 10th Armor
Plane to her inscrutable ends. Hexblade. What a cool name! So is your sword evil or cursed or something? But you’re evil, right? … Okay, now I don’t like the name. Names aren’t cool if they don’t make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sense. Like mine: The Xanathar. See? It’s cool, and it makes sense!
Hexblade Features Warlock Level Feature 1st Expanded Spell List, Hexblade’s Curse, Hex Warrior 6th Accursed Specter 10th Armor
Plane to her inscrutable ends. Hexblade. What a cool name! So is your sword evil or cursed or something? But you’re evil, right? … Okay, now I don’t like the name. Names aren’t cool if they don’t make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
day. The specter looks like a burned hag with flailing, overly long arms. If the specter is defeated, the Chimney Witch cannot perform any actions and remains silent for 24 hours. The Chimney Witch
turn takes 7 (2d6) fire damage. The flames vanish after 1 minute. Manifestation. After the house is awakened, the Chimney Witch can spend an action to summon a specter in one of its hearths once per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Undead Undead are spreading through the jungles of Chult like a plague. The Emerald Enclave, the Order of the Gauntlet, and the Flaming Fist are all taking steps to contain this menace, but their
, the skeletons are either lying on the ground or buried under it, ready to spring up when wayward explorers pass by. If the party is camped, the skeletons wander into the camp and attack. Specter The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Undead Undead are spreading through the jungles of Chult like a plague. The Emerald Enclave, the Order of the Gauntlet, and the Flaming Fist are all taking steps to contain this menace, but their
, the skeletons are either lying on the ground or buried under it, ready to spring up when wayward explorers pass by. If the party is camped, the skeletons wander into the camp and attack. Specter The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
day. The specter looks like a burned hag with flailing, overly long arms. If the specter is defeated, the Chimney Witch cannot perform any actions and remains silent for 24 hours. The Chimney Witch
turn takes 7 (2d6) fire damage. The flames vanish after 1 minute. Manifestation. After the house is awakened, the Chimney Witch can spend an action to summon a specter in one of its hearths once per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
18. Storage Room This dusty chamber is packed with old furniture (chairs, coat racks, standing mirrors, dress mannequins, and the like), all draped in dusty white sheets. Near an iron stove
and succeeding on a DC 14 Wisdom (Medicine) check can verify that the woman was stabbed to death by multiple knife wounds. If the characters disturb the remains, the nursemaid’s specter appears and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
18. Storage Room This dusty chamber is packed with old furniture (chairs, coat racks, standing mirrors, dress mannequins, and the like), all draped in dusty white sheets. Near an iron stove
and succeeding on a DC 14 Wisdom (Medicine) check can verify that the woman was stabbed to death by multiple knife wounds. If the characters disturb the remains, the nursemaid’s specter appears and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The effect sounds like someone repeatedly falling through the tower. This scream is an effect created by a malicious spirit called the Leaper. While the house is dormant, the Leaper manifests as a
by a vindictive poltergeist (a variant specter) that tries to use its Telekinetic Thrust to throw characters from the stairs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The effect sounds like someone repeatedly falling through the tower. This scream is an effect created by a malicious spirit called the Leaper. While the house is dormant, the Leaper manifests as a
by a vindictive poltergeist (a variant specter) that tries to use its Telekinetic Thrust to throw characters from the stairs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
two specters at opposite sides of the front porch (area 1). Once characters leave the house, a new specter emerges from the house every other round on the specters’ initiative count. The spirits shriek
things like “part of the house” and “feed us forever” as the characters try to escape. If the characters reach the Mists, the spirit of Theodora Halvhrest parts the fog, allowing them to leave the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
two specters at opposite sides of the front porch (area 1). Once characters leave the house, a new specter emerges from the house every other round on the specters’ initiative count. The spirits shriek
things like “part of the house” and “feed us forever” as the characters try to escape. If the characters reach the Mists, the spirit of Theodora Halvhrest parts the fog, allowing them to leave the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
specter, it doesn’t seek redemption; it just hopes to cause as much destruction as possible before attaining its final oblivion. A firegaunt looks like a severely burned corpse. Supernatural crimson
Firegaunt A fire giant whose burning hatred prevents it from moving on to the afterlife rises as a firegaunt. Spawned from deep rancor, the firegaunt seeks out living creatures to destroy. Like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
specter, it doesn’t seek redemption; it just hopes to cause as much destruction as possible before attaining its final oblivion. A firegaunt looks like a severely burned corpse. Supernatural crimson
Firegaunt A fire giant whose burning hatred prevents it from moving on to the afterlife rises as a firegaunt. Spawned from deep rancor, the firegaunt seeks out living creatures to destroy. Like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
of Dust regulate the flow of these disruptive souls with the Spirit Sump: a magical nexus that attracts bothersome spirits to it like flies to a corpse and flushes them out of Sigil. In this encounter
Shortly after the characters enter, a chaotic evil ghost and three specters free themselves from the necrotic slurry and attack. One more specter escapes from the liquid at the end of each round until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
of Dust regulate the flow of these disruptive souls with the Spirit Sump: a magical nexus that attracts bothersome spirits to it like flies to a corpse and flushes them out of Sigil. In this encounter
Shortly after the characters enter, a chaotic evil ghost and three specters free themselves from the necrotic slurry and attack. One more specter escapes from the liquid at the end of each round until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dies in Mordent reappears as a ghost, a specter, or another incorporeal Undead near where they died. These spectral dead can be magically returned to life as normal, but those who aren’t restored to
eldest spirits fear. Any spirits capable of possessing the living are permitted to do so only when Lord Godefroy commands it. The Darklord rarely allows the dead to experience life like this, and when he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dies in Mordent reappears as a ghost, a specter, or another incorporeal Undead near where they died. These spectral dead can be magically returned to life as normal, but those who aren’t restored to
eldest spirits fear. Any spirits capable of possessing the living are permitted to do so only when Lord Godefroy commands it. The Darklord rarely allows the dead to experience life like this, and when he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
why it was cursed, or all trace of those who brought down the affliction might have been scoured away. Island Curses d6 Curse 1 When a creature dies on the island, its spirit rises as a specter
1d4 hours after death. The specter is obsessed with killing its former friends. 2 Creatures that aren’t inhabitants of the island must succeed on a Constitution saving throw at the end of each hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
why it was cursed, or all trace of those who brought down the affliction might have been scoured away. Island Curses d6 Curse 1 When a creature dies on the island, its spirit rises as a specter
1d4 hours after death. The specter is obsessed with killing its former friends. 2 Creatures that aren’t inhabitants of the island must succeed on a Constitution saving throw at the end of each hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
into by winding coils of copper and adamantine throughout the forge like webs and using them as conduits to transfer magical heat to their furnaces. Runes of power carved into the walls and etched
pulse like labored breathing. The Fiery Pit is the prison of the primordial known as Maegera, who slumbers fitfully in its depths. The only sign of the entity’s presence is a whirlpool of white-hot magma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
into by winding coils of copper and adamantine throughout the forge like webs and using them as conduits to transfer magical heat to their furnaces. Runes of power carved into the walls and etched
pulse like labored breathing. The Fiery Pit is the prison of the primordial known as Maegera, who slumbers fitfully in its depths. The only sign of the entity’s presence is a whirlpool of white-hot magma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. A convincingly crab-like apparatus of Kwalish being transported in its hold remains at the sea bottom, but a marilith bound to guard it remains and attempts to slay anyone other than Mordenkainen who
her ship. When blown, it roars like a massive dragon. Gnasher is crewed by uncouth humanoids who fear and admire Thereax, amounting to twenty-three orcs, forty goblins, four hobgoblins, twelve kobolds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. A convincingly crab-like apparatus of Kwalish being transported in its hold remains at the sea bottom, but a marilith bound to guard it remains and attempts to slay anyone other than Mordenkainen who
her ship. When blown, it roars like a massive dragon. Gnasher is crewed by uncouth humanoids who fear and admire Thereax, amounting to twenty-three orcs, forty goblins, four hobgoblins, twelve kobolds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sphere is free of such debris. Several weapons on the ground seem like they might still be serviceable, although all are badly worn.
If the orb is disturbed, all creatures within 10 feet of it must
in their nests, including 560 sp, 220 gp, a gold bracelet (50 gp), a silver ewer (10 gp), a pair of silver earrings shaped like skulls (each worth 10 gp), and a potion of superior healing. F5. Rust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sphere is free of such debris. Several weapons on the ground seem like they might still be serviceable, although all are badly worn.
If the orb is disturbed, all creatures within 10 feet of it must
in their nests, including 560 sp, 220 gp, a gold bracelet (50 gp), a silver ewer (10 gp), a pair of silver earrings shaped like skulls (each worth 10 gp), and a potion of superior healing. F5. Rust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
confronts anyone who enters but stands down if the characters look like Thayans and give a credible reason for being here. Otherwise, the creatures attack. Bone Piles. Here lie fragments of bone left
, to seek out and punish those responsible. He also speaks of “the great transformation,” when all Red Wizards will be joined with oozes. Red Pillar. The red pillar flows like viscous fluid. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
confronts anyone who enters but stands down if the characters look like Thayans and give a credible reason for being here. Otherwise, the creatures attack. Bone Piles. Here lie fragments of bone left
, to seek out and punish those responsible. He also speaks of “the great transformation,” when all Red Wizards will be joined with oozes. Red Pillar. The red pillar flows like viscous fluid. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
standing sarcophagi. Each sarcophagus lid bears a carving of a resting priest. A 10-foot-tall, armored figure with dwarf-like features patrols the room.
The figure is a clay golem maintains its vigil
specters emerge from the carvings. At the beginning of each round, another specter emerges from another carving until the fragment is removed from the room or until all seven specters are summoned into the