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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, rewriting their thoughts and authoring their dreams.
An elder brain sustains itself by consuming the brains of other creatures. If its mind flayer servants don’t bring meals directly to it, the
like a single organism, acting in concert as if each illithid were the digit of a hand.
An elder brain considers itself and its desires the most important things in the multiverse, and the mind
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
predictable patterns of movement like migrating birds. They strip a region bare of the lichens, fungus, and vermin that comprise their diet before moving on to a fresh feeding ground. Underdark
old pathways become impassable or a flock sustains heavy losses in a particular area, dire corbies will sometimes chart a new migratory course. Depending on their new route, a mob of these creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Sigil, City of Doors At the center of the Outlands, like the axle of a great wheel, is the Spire, a needle-shaped mountain that rises high into the sky. Above this mountain’s narrow peak, not part of
and worlds. Sigil is a trader’s paradise. Goods and information come here from across the planes. The city sustains a brisk trade in information about the planes, particularly the commands or items
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
— simultaneously concordant and in opposition. The plane has varied terrain, with prairies, mountains, and shallow rivers. The Outlands is circular, like a great disk. In fact, those who envision the Outer
Outlands is the closest the Outer Planes come to being like a world on the Material Plane. Gate-Towns of the Outlands Town Gate Destination Excelsior The Seven Heavens of Mount Celestia Tradegate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
? Asmodeus has you covered. Many civilized nations don’t even count worshiping Asmodeus as a crime, unless you get into those nasty side trips of humanoid sacrifice and the like. But as long as you remain
sustains the soul just as food sustains the body, then there’s nothing wrong with making a bit of profit from happiness. Mask The Master of All Thieves is an important deity for Acquisitions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
overwhelms their prey. Flocks of Doom. Dire corbies wander the Underdark in vast flocks, following predictable patterns of movement like migrating birds. They strip a region bare of the lichens, fungus
of the depths take pains to avoid. Unwitting Explorers. As old pathways become impassable or a flock sustains heavy losses in a particular area, dire corbies will sometimes chart a new migratory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
whisper through sinister lore—names like Osybus, Shami-Amourae, and Tenebrous—domain inhabitants know almost nothing of the Dark Powers. While some Darklords realize they’re imprisoned by antagonistic
the denizens of the Domains of Dread as their playthings, sowing fears and fomenting despair. This pleases or sustains them, or perhaps they’re searching for individuals worthy of joining their ranks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
would term it, but it is just as intense. Dwarves are creatures of stone, and like stone they change only in response to extremes. The dwarves of the many worlds share much in common, but never
, many dwarves support the clan by working at an occupation that sustains the community — brewing ale, tending crops, and preparing food, for instance. Not everyone can be a master artisan or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
their gith kin while carefully recruiting like-minded individuals. As part of the organization’s goals, the Sha’sal Khou has founded a fortified enclave in Xaos masquerading as a githzerai embassy
. Regardless of its form, the gate isn’t hard to identify; chaos swells around the portal—the eye of a maelstrom of change. CoupleOfKooks “Chaos, much like order, begins in the mind. Refuse its entry into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
far. It scrawls upon the canvas of the creatures’ minds, rewriting their thoughts and authoring their dreams. An elder brain sustains itself by consuming the brains of other creatures. If its mind
for an entire mind flayer colony, just as a brain does for a living body. Linked to the elder brain, the colony acts like a single organism, acting in concert as if each illithid were the digit of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
their name from the strange two-faced masks they wear. The smiling half of the face often looks more like a smirk or a triumphant sneer than a pleasant grin. The frowning half represents the displeasure
giants who wield two huge shields like plow blades. These shields bear spikes on their exterior and have hollow interiors into which the dreadnought pours hot coals at the first sign of danger. Armed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
symbol and colors. Members of a Ship often wear their colors, decorate their round shields with the symbol and colors, and tattoo themselves with the symbol. Like their Northlander relations, Luskar Ship
Gharraghaur, reminding travelers of whose wealth sustains the region. North of the city, the Northern Means heads up toward Icewind Dale. Not many take this route without purpose, but scrimshaw from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
world. Meenlocks like to paralyze creatures with their claws, drag them back to their hidden den, beat them unconscious, and telepathically torture them over a period of hours. A humanoid that succumbs to
wizardry eludes the mind like a living thing. Yet eventually, understanding comes, and a mind flayer arcanist must accept itself as deviant and flee the colony if it is to live.
Existential Fear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, including mutated tadpoles, lie on the floor near the rift, where two hideous, frog-like bipeds—one red and one blue—stand.
A red slaad and a blue slaad have been on guard here for nearly a week. The
break it, but they’ve carved gouges into the iron spheres with their claws. Dead Tadpoles. Far Realm energy sustains the slaadi tadpoles in Spawn Hollow without the usual need for Humanoid hosts. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the mirrored surfaces of this chamber. Eleven alcoves extend from the walls like the points of a star, each one narrowing to a niche where a gently glowing crystal is mounted five feet above the floor
of their blindsight (30 feet), and the blades can pass right through the wall of force. Green Crystal. This glowing crystal sustains the wall of force but has become loose in its stone fixture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals a powerful aura of conjuration magic around the rune. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check confirms that this rune sustains the force field
with dust and cobwebs. An oval canopy bed veiled in cobwebs sits across from two narrow bookshelves. The room smells like a tomb. Manshoon found Duhlark Kolat’s skeletal remains in the bed and