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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
forget their combat training, spellcasting abilities, and other skills.
Maelephants strike bargains with wicked spellcasters and entities of the Lower Planes, pledging to guard a site or object for
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and the lower body of an enormous scorpion, complete with a stinger at the end of a long tail. These desert creatures range across arid lands, hunting at dawn and dusk. In the hours between, they wait
sun sets, the newly hatched young emerge from the lair to eat the captives alive.
These predators see themselves as great hunters, and respect others with such skills. If a tlincalli encounters a more
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
feet.
Beast. You immediately transform into a random Beast with a CR of 5 or lower. Your game statistics—including your ability scores, hit points, and possible actions—are replaced by the
wearing armor.
Ship. You gain proficiency in three skills chosen by the DM.
Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item.
Stairway. You can choose to
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight.
Outsiders who don&rsquo
cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
20
Woodcarvers, coopers, and bowyers
As a member of your guild, you know the skills needed to create finished items from raw materials (reflected in your proficiency with a certain kind of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Reliable Talent By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Reliable Talent By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Adult Blue Dracolich (p. 84) Saving Throws: Dex +6, Con +12, Wis +8, Cha +10 [each was 1 lower]. Skills: Perception +14 [was +12], Stealth +6 [was +5]. Senses: passive Perception 24 [was 22]. Bite, Claw, and Tail +13 to hit [was +12].
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Orc Orcs are renowned for their barbarism. They have stooped postures, low foreheads, and piglike faces with prominent lower canines that resemble a boar’s tusks. Orc
Medium humanoid (orc), chaotic
)
Skills Intimidation +2
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Orc
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Aggressive. As a bonus action, the orc can move up to its speed toward a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Hell Hound Unrelenting Warden of the Lower Planes Habitat: Mountain, Planar (Lower Planes), Underdark; Treasure: None Kev Walker Spawned from the pits of Acheron, Gehenna, and the Nine Hells, hell
+1 +1
Con 14 +2 +2
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 6 −2 −2
Wis 13 +1 +1
Cha 6 −2 −2
Skills Perception +5
Immunities Fire
Senses Darkvision 60 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Hell Hound Monstrous, fire-breathing fiends that take the form of powerful dogs, hell hounds are found on the battlefields of Acheron and throughout the Lower Planes. On the Material Plane, hell
armor)
Hit Points 45 (7d8 + 14)
Speed 50 ft.
STR
17(+3)
DEX
12(+1)
CON
14(+2)
INT
6(−2)
WIS
13(+1)
CHA
6(−2)
Skills Perception +5
Damage Immunities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Sea Lion A sea lion is a fearsome monster with the head and forepaws of a lion and the lower body and tail of a fish. Adventurers who delve beneath White Plume Mountain might discover a group of
)
CON
15 (+2)
INT
3 (–4)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
8 (–1)
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages —
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Amphibious. The sea lion can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor. Nature’s
Intuition. Thanks to your mystical connection to nature, you gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
)
INT
14(+2)
WIS
13(+1)
CHA
11(+0)
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +8
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Actions
Longsword
succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. If its saving throw result is 5 or lower, the poisoned target falls unconscious for the same duration, or until it takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
(+2)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
11 (+0)
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +8
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Actions
Longsword
succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. If its saving throw result is 5 or lower, the poisoned target falls unconscious for the same duration, or until it takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
)
CHA
9 (–1)
Skills Arcana +5, Insight +4, Persuasion +1
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Draconic, Goblin
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Barkskin. Sharwyn’s AC can’t be lower than 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
+ 6)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
9 (–1)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
14 (+2)
Skills Athletics +5, Perception +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages
Common
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Barkskin. Sir Braford’s AC can’t be lower than 16.
Special Equipment. Sir Braford wields Shatterspike, a magic longsword that grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Satyr Satyrs are raucous fey that frolic in wild forests, driven by curiosity and hedonism in equal measure. They resemble stout male humans with the furry lower bodies and cloven hooves of goats
)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
12(+1)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
11(+0)
INT
12(+1)
WIS
10(+0)
CHA
14(+2)
Skills Perception +2, Performance +6, Stealth +5
Senses passive Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
)
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +3, Survival +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Draconic
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Hold Breath. The ssurran can hold its breath for 15
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After the ssurran throws a bomb, roll a d6; on a roll of 4 or lower, the ssurran has no more bombs to throw.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
with a hint of fiendish ancestry, cambions are inherently tied to or remade by the wicked magic of the Lower Planes. Many cambions serve the malevolent forces that are the source of their powers
fiendish might. Cambion Origins 1d6 The Cambion Gained Its Power After... 1 Being possessed by a fiendish being. 2 Being resurrected by an evil magic-user. 3 Lengthy exposure to a Lower Plane. 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Babau Demons and devils clash endlessly for control of the Lower Planes. One of these battles pitted the legions of the archdevil Glasya against the screaming hordes of the demon lord Graz’zt
their ancestors but often more disappointing. You’d think two of the most beautiful, bloodthirsty beings of the Lower Planes would create a creature of greater potential. Instead, the ghastly babau
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Planar Incarnate The Upper and Lower Planes are fundamental manifestations of good and evil, law and chaos. In the most dire and fateful circumstances, these planes can manifest primal embodiments of
planes they originate upon. Those from the Lower Planes might appear as roiling waves of fiendish flames or other sinister forms, while those from the Upper Planes often appear as blooms of light and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
where adventurers can hone their skills and seek profitable work. The Deathsgate Guild has a sinister reputation, earned because its members will do anything in pursuit of success. Deathsgate, Middle
addition to standard games, it’s said that the host can cover a wide range of unusual wagers. Dragoneyes, Lower Tavick’s Landing Terminus Station An enclave of House Orien, this site contains the lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Planar Incarnate The Upper and Lower Planes are fundamental manifestations of good and evil, law and chaos. In the most dire and fateful circumstances, these planes can manifest primal embodiments of
planes they originate upon. Those from the Lower Planes might appear as roiling waves of fiendish flames or other sinister forms, while those from the Upper Planes often appear as blooms of light and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
pachyderm-like heads. They can exhale toxic fumes that cause foes to temporarily forget their combat training, spellcasting abilities, and other skills. Maelephants strike bargains with wicked spellcasters
and entities of the Lower Planes, pledging to guard a site or object for decades. The Fiends fulfill their end of the bargain with unwavering loyalty, steadfastly tending to their posts per the terms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
14 (+2)
CON
18 (+4)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
13 (+1)
Saving Throws Str +8, Con +7, Wis +4
Skills Athletics +8, Intimidation +7, Perception +4
Senses
a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 18 (4d8) thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After the giff throws the bomb, roll a d6; on a roll of 4 or lower, the giff has no more bombs to throw.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
14 (+2)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
14 (+2)
Saving Throws Dex +9
Skills Acrobatics +13, Performance +6, Persuasion +6, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13
Senses passive Perception 10
if it failed.
Reliable Talent. Whenever the expert makes an ability check that includes its whole proficiency bonus, it can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
Tools. The expert has thieves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Observant & Athletic. You have proficiency in the Athletics and Perception skills.
Leviathan Will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Skills Perception +5
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages —
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Magic Resistance. The blazebear has advantage on saving throws
or lower. Hit: 22 (4d10) force damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or the spell fails and has no effect.
Lars Grant-west
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
15 (+2)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Wis +5
Skills Investigation +8, Perception +5, Stealth +6
Senses passive
magical word of cancelation to interrupt a creature it can see that is casting a spell. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell is 4th level or higher, the null makes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
10 +0 +0
Wis 11 +0 +2
Cha 10 +0 +0
Skills Deception +2, Religion +2
Gear Leather Armor, Sickle
Senses Passive Perception 10
Languages Common
CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2
. They’re privy to more of a cult’s mysteries than lower-ranking cultists are, granting them access to magical powers from their patrons. Cultist Fanatic Medium or Small Humanoid, Neutral
AC 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
found here, along with displays of traditional skills and pastimes. Middle Menthis Smoky Towers Safer than the lower wards and less expensive than Upper Menthis, Smoky Towers has plenty of
instance, traveling from Lower Menthis to Upper Central involves passing through three wards (taking a bridge from Lower Menthis to Lower Central, then ascending two levels) and can take 90 minutes or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Night Hag Hag of Nightmare and Corruption Habitat: Planar (Lower Planes); Treasure: Arcana Night hags seek mortals to torment and turn to evil. By day, night hags use supernatural deceptions to
barter stolen souls to vile magic-users and fiendish entities. Night hags maintain networks of nefarious customers and collect rumors from across the Lower Planes. These hags might part with their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
long ago in the Nine Hells, when powerful devils created a dark ritual to free their essence from their fiendish bodies in order to escape the Lower Planes. A rakshasa enters the Material Plane to feed
40 ft.
STR
14 (+2)
DEX
17 (+3)
CON
18 (+4)
INT
13 (+1)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
20 (+5)
Skills Deception +10, Insight +8
Damage Vulnerabilities piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Tlincalli Tlincallis, also called scorpion folk, are chitin-covered creatures with a humanlike upper body and the lower body of an enormous scorpion, complete with a stinger at the end of a long tail
great hunters, and respect others with such skills. If a tlincalli encounters a more powerful hunter, such as a blue dragon, they carefully weigh whether to serve the superior hunter, move on, or