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Volo's Guide to Monsters
bugbears recognize two other gods, both of which they disdain and fear: Maglubiyet and Skiggaret.
Maglubiyet, the leader of the goblinoid pantheon, forced both brothers to submit to his rule, but
in a cowardly fashion; a bugbear that knows or feels itself to be in mortal danger is affected by a form of madness and will do anything, including trying to flee, in order to stay alive. Bugbears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of the island might speak, read, and write a language all their own. Alien Island Leader d4 Leader 1 Aboleth 2 Beholder 3 Death slaad 4 Kraken Alien Island Inhabitants d6 Inhabitants 1 1d6
hunters (see appendix C) and 3d10 locathah (see appendix C) Alien Inhabitant Reactions d6 Reaction 1 The inhabitants try to force the characters to serve their leader. 2 The inhabitants demand the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
merely the temporary home for restless myconids that brave the Underdark as scouts, patrols, and pathfinders. Rasharoo. This circle leader is loyal to Basidia. Frequent trips outside the grove have
, but of the rising madness gripping the Underdark from the intrusion of the demon lords. If the characters demonstrate sympathy with Basidia or if the sovereign is with them, Rasharoo discloses it has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
indicates the war band’s commander (if it has one) and gives a modifier to apply to the composition results: for a band led by a flind, double all the results, and for a band that lacks a leader
Gnoll flesh gnawers 2d4 Warriors (common gnolls) 6d6 Hyenas 4d6 War Band Leadership d6 Leader Number Appearing Modifier 1 Flind Double 2–4 Gnoll pack lord None 5–6 None Halve Special Creatures
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar) are interrogating Yantha Coaxrock, an unarmed female monster deep gnome suffering from a form of indefinite madness (see “Madness” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) that makes her
leader of the Stoneheart Enclave based in Blingdenstone (see chapter 6). She is bound with rope and spinning an elaborate lie about how the drow must’ve charmed her and taken Krimgol’s gem. She has an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
aberrations spawned by the daelkyr’s corruption. However, many orcs succumbed to that same corruption and embraced the madness of the cults of the Dragon Below. Orcs who follow both of these paths
. 7 The leader of your clan committed a great wrong against another clan, which has now sworn to exterminate every last member of your clan. What better time to see the world? 8 Your work as an investigator has set you upon a trail of mysteries that leads far beyond the Marches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
warriors of Dhakaan are preparing to reclaim their stolen lands, and the nations of Khorvaire have no idea what’s coming. During the struggle with the daelkyr, some Dhakaani leaders saw the madness
clan, or kech, believes its leader has the right to control all the others. And so the champions of Dhakaan continuously compete with each other to prove their right to rule. The Kech Sharaat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
by her own greed and vanity, Neheedra engaged in dark rituals designed to secure her hold on power, imagining that Blingdenstone would one day become a drow enclave with her as its immortal leader
. Unfortunately, the magical pacts she struck eventually transformed the vain priestess into a medusa. Enraged by her fate, Neheedra turned her servants to stone and descended into madness. Over decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
hunt in their own expeditions outside the grove. Their mound lies at the center of an obscene garden. Yestabrod. Mutated by Zuggtmoy’s spores, the circle leader has become an abomination. No longer
accepting Phylo’s invitation to visit the Garden of Welcome, where she and her patrol quickly became victims of the myconids’ madness. She begs the adventurers to end her suffering and warn her people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and ends the madness, allowing him to remember that he is none other than Mordenkainen, an archmage of Oerth and the leader of a powerful group of adventurers called the Circle of Eight. But in this
remember anything that happened before the madness. He suffers from the paranoia that powerful enemies are hunting him, and that their evil agents are everywhere and watching him. Believing that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Star Spawn Seer A star spawn seer is most often encountered as the leader of a cult that worships one or more of the Elder Evils. Usually, the seer is the only cult member that grasps the full extent
squirming madness of an Elder Evil’s prison. Stars don’t spawn these creatures. Such beautiful lights shouldn’t be blamed for such balefulness. Star Spawn Seer
Medium aberration, neutral evil
Armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
years. It was crippled by a long and bitter conflict with the daelkyr and their aberrant armies; even though the daelkyr were defeated, the seeds of madness took root in the empire and tore it apart
daelkyr, the war left seeds of madness strewn throughout the empire. As Dhakaan began to fall, a number of generals and governors gathered their forces and retreated into shelters deep within the earth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
sheets of ripplebark growing on the walls 13 1d4 shriekers* 14 2d4 timmasks 15 1d6 tongues of madness 16 2d6 torchstalks 17 2d6 trillimacs 18 1d4 violet fungi 19 2d4 waterorbs growing near a freshwater
fungus folk and ask for directions to Neverlight Grove, the myconids offer to escort them to the grove and introduce them to their exalted leader, Sovereign Phylo. Awakened Zurkhwoods. These giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
more recent development has Basidia even more disturbed when the adventurers arrive in Neverlight Grove. Yestabrod, the leader of the Circle of Masters, has not attended an Inner Circle melding for
, with many blissfully welcoming her madness, while others bravely try to resist it. Myconids affected by Zuggtmoy abandon the growth of life as the core of their being in favor of decay and death. More
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
that could drive a weak-willed person to madness. It takes time for a character to learn to control their mark, and in time people may be hurt. If an aberrant mark grants fire bolt, the person who
. Long ago aberrant marks were more frequent and some people had aberrant marks that held greater powers. Aberrant leader Halas Tarkanan could devastate cities with powerful earthquakes, while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Toranescu (see chapter 15, area Z7). She will accompany the characters if they promise to avenge her mate, Emil, by killing the leader of her pack, Kiril Stoyanovich. A. Broken One (King of Diamonds) Your
. Donjon (King of Clubs) Search for a troubled young man surrounded by wealth and madness. His home is his prison.
This card refers to Victor Vallakovich (see chapter 5, area N3t). Realizing that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
creature driven insane by the influence of the demon lords. Roll a d4 and consult the table to determine what appears. Then roll on the Indefinite Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide
to determine the nature of the creature’s madness. If cured of its madness, the creature behaves in accordance with its alignment. d4 Encounter 1 1 deep gnome 2 1 drow 3 1 duergar 4 1 stone giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
they disdain and fear: Maglubiyet and Skiggaret. Maglubiyet, the leader of the goblinoid pantheon, forced both brothers to submit to his rule, but instead of killing them, he showed mercy and even
danger is affected by a form of madness and will do anything, including trying to flee, in order to stay alive. Bugbears believe that this feeling of fear comes from being possessed by Skiggaret, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
have no awareness, but they grow quickly into myconid sprouts. Yrberop. The circle leader is infected by Zuggtmoy’s madness. It is always swaying to music only it can hear, but those in rapport with
Phylo’s madness. However, the sovereign dodges any question about who the Great Seeder actually is, saying it is important for the characters to experience her first hand. Sovereign Basidia. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
madness and, seemingly, must now endure for all eternity. Of course I shall die, but whether I shall ever rest in my grave haunts my idle thoughts, and torments me in my dreams.
I expect that those
the vampire, Baron Metus. Something inside me snapped. I released the zombies, and the entire tribe was eaten alive.
Yet the story has not ended. Before she died, the leader cursed me, saying, “Live
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Please don’t hurt us.”
Two of these three Icewind kobolds (see appendix C) are nervous bodyguards named Vott and Zurk. The one wearing the fake wings and doing the talking is Trex, the leader of the
. A character who attunes to this psi crystal gains a form of indefinite madness (see the Indefinite Madness table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Determine the result secretly, then convey this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
result of cruel experiments on dwarves by mind flayers. Like duergar, the derro were a slave race to the mind flayers, but eventually freed themselves. Born to Madness. The process of their creation
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
house’s wrath. If the characters side with the house that wins, the leader of the victorious drow parleys with them to find out what they expect in return (see below). If the characters end up on the
prepared, plus crown of madness, fear, Melf’s acid arrow, and sending. Fastened to his cloak is an obsidian scarab engraved with the insignia of House Freth (25 gp). In a special pouch on his belt, he
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Despite reports that the darkhafts and the Stone Guards have received about the growing crisis outside the city’s walls, hubris and the onset of madness prevents them from mounting any sort of response or
. The leader of the stone giants is Stonespeaker Hgraam, a priest of Skoraeus Stonebones, the god of his people. Hgraam is wise and knowledgeable. He has sensed that some great evil has broken into the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
artifacts and places to dig. 3 1d6 minotaur infiltrators are performing a bloody rite to Baphomet; if there are six, one is their leader, Brusipha (both stat blocks appear in this chapter). If
spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: Prestidigitation, Speak with Animals
1/day each: Bestow Curse, Command, Crown of Madness
Bonus Actions
Unerring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
home to the denizens of the Abyss. He points out that once the demon lords establish domains here, nothing will stop them from surging up to Faerûn to spread their madness and chaos. Indeed, such an
and her priestesses to seek Vizeran’s guidance, letting him take his rightful place as a wise leader among his people. What Vizeran Offers Vizeran DeVir offers the adventurers his insight, his arcane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
signifies acceptance into his inner circle. Those who are visited by Gruumsh are transformed psychologically and often physically by the experience. Some are driven to the brink of madness, reduced to
chief might call upon the cultists of Shargaas to assassinate an enemy leader, kidnap an influential hostage, or steal a valuable item. Gruumsh doesn’t always look kindly on acts of subterfuge and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
torment. These creatures serve as horrid mascots of a sort, capering about their new master and following orders to torment those who displease their leader with glee. Beware a silent devilkin. These
creatures that have attempted to parley with Ygorl are known to have been driven to madness in the process.
Death and Destruction. Ygorl’s most notable possession is an adamantine scythe with the slaad
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
intersections are clouded by fog, doors are hidden and magically locked, and magical compulsions drive visitors away. A glyph of warding might cast fear, phantasmal force, or crown of madness on a character
raid.
3 Win freedom by defeating a Gruul champion in a duel.
4 Retrieve something looted in a recent raid.
5 Strike a deal with the Gruul leader to cooperate against a common foe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Ivlis River crossroads (chapter 2, area F). Endorovich never got over his guilt and, out of madness, killed many in his lifetime. Endorovich’s spirit is trapped inside one of the gargoyles. If anyone
card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is in the compartment with the other treasure. Crypt 38 General Kroval “Mad Dog” Grislek (Master of the Hunt): A leader of hounds and men When the