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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
ago, the god Maglubiyet—conqueror and then lord of early goblinoids—bargained with the General of Gehenna for aid. The General provided yugoloths, which then died in service to Maglubiyet
goblinoid leaders and other powerful individuals, a barghest earns elevated status in the afterlife. Barghests typically keep their true nature secret, preying on the occasional lone goblin when the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, Aleron came to his ally’s aid. A second avatar of death appeared, and Aleron was slain; soon after, his Undead corpse crawled from Withered Vineyard, tainted with plague. Aleron resents his fellow
Undead in the Grim Harrow, considering himself better than all of them and unjustly condemned to the Gardens of Decay for an act of altruism.
Though the weakest of the Harrow’s three leaders
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
, humanoid cultures make the fatal mistake of trusting the yuan-ti. They forget that a yuan-ti that acts honorably or lends aid in a time of trouble does so only as part of a grander design.
Yuan-ti leaders
Firbolg
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, typically those used to mask their presence, and many go on to master nature magic.
Firbolgs who become druids serve as stronghold leaders. With every action the tribe takes, the druids weigh not only
offering food and other supplies to aid their departure. If those who insist on remaining respect nature, take only what they need, and live in harmony with the wood, firbolgs explore the possibility
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
to be knowledgeable in History, and can always rely on the aid of the governments that are part of the Alliance, plus other leaders and groups who uphold the Alliance’s ideals.
The Zhentarim
knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Oweland and her family are the informal leaders of the fishing industry in Saltmarsh. You can always count on the Owelands for minor aid and can gain access to Eda if the need is obvious and imminent.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Back to Kalaman After giving the characters the fargabs, Rookledust accompanies them to Kalaman. The journey back to the city is uneventful. The city leaders welcome Rookledust as their guest and
give her comfortable lodgings. In the coming days, she advises them on what little she knows about the Dragon Army and spouts ideas for inventions to aid Kalaman.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
speaks on their behalf during council sessions. Guild Leaders. A council composed of the leaders of the city’s five most prominent guilds—the Cartographers’ Guild, Dockhands’ Guild, Fishers’ Guild
, Masons’ Guild, and Shipwrights’ Guild—oversees the city’s broad business interests and runs varied public services. The guilds’ leaders are neutral human and hill dwarf nobles who are prone to bickering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Etizalan reels from monstrous attacks and unexplained earthquakes, leading the community’s leaders to send for aid. When these requests go unanswered, the townsfolk enlist the characters to seek answers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
additional options for leaders who might make appealing patrons. Cyran Affairs d6 Mission 1 Convince nations to recognize Oargev as a sovereign 2 Work diplomatically to secure land for a Cyran nation
3 Track down agents and infiltrators from other nations who are acting against New Cyre’s interests 4 Venture into the Mournland to salvage Cyran treasures 5 Aid Cyran refugees in Breland and elsewhere 6 Make incriminating or embarrassing evidence about the prince quietly disappear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Faction Actions If the characters end the threat of Elemental Evil, the factions they’re affiliated with are appropriately grateful and impressed. The characters can expect more tangible aid from the
factions in the future. Were it not for the characters, the Dessarin Valley would be a bastion of evil that was bound to spread across the North. A closer connection with faction leaders cuts both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
included the most skilled practitioners of both arts, but the writings that recorded their lore were lost. Recently, the People’s Stewards, the leaders of Djaynai, enacted the Will of the Insurgent
Tides, a collective vow to restore the glorious knowledge and traditions of Djaynai’s past. As Atiba-Pa, leader of the People’s Stewards, seeks aid in finding lost evidence of the Blackmist Way and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. A ship at the eastern coast of the Northern Wastes can swiftly sail them to the city—but first they have to reach the coast. When the characters return to Kalaman, they apprise the city’s leaders of
the threat and help prepare for the coming siege. The characters have their hands full keeping Kalaman’s people safe while taking the fight to the Dragon Army. With their allies’ aid, the characters
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes.
Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any
.
Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
only way to free him is for Zikran to end the enchantment willingly or for Zikran to be killed. Repeatedly and desperately, yet still with a noble manner, Gazre-Azam asks for the characters’ aid. In
speaks to any character willing to listen and asks for their aid. Gazre-Azam was summoned by Zikran, a water genasi wizard, and bound to the book. Zikran wanted the djinni to teach him how to make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
receive aid from the Zhents who are opposed to him. The leaders of this branch of the Black Network are retired adventurers who have become business entrepreneurs. Their adventuring party was called
of Waterdeep. The group’s leaders are Davil Starsong (Master of Opportunities and Negotiations), Istrid Horn (Master of Trade and Coin), Skeemo Weirdbottle (Master of Magic), Tashlyn Yafeera (Master of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Priest Acolyte Priest acolytes have great faith but modest magical skill. Some might be trainees in religious organizations or soldiers in zealous armies, while others are faith leaders in small
Will: Light, Thaumaturgy
Bonus Actions
Divine Aid (1/Day). The priest casts Bless, Healing Word, or Sanctuary, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and innkeepers, rangers, and the clergy of gods that are
frequently seek aid from law enforcement friendly to the order’s ideals, and the clergy of the order’s patron gods. The Emerald Enclave. Maintaining balance in the natural order and combating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.” The other reads “aith.”
The goblins fearfully obey the bugbears in area 23b. If their leaders are killed, the goblins flee to area 28 (by way of areas 24 and 25). Held together with moldy string, the
of the room. (The bugbears are trying to reassemble it.)
The bugbears detect the approach of adventurers with the aid of the intellect devourers’ Detect Sentience trait and therefore can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, allowing it to serve as a member of the crew. A number of creatures equal to the ship’s creature capacity can be animated in this manner at any given time. Smuggler’s Banner This flag is meant to be flown
crests. The banner’s true power is its ability to aid a ship in making rapid escapes. As an action, the ship and all friendly creatures aboard it teleport up to 3 miles to a known destination of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Chapter 7: Hunting Lodge Characters who follow Wyrmspeaker Rezmir or Azbara Jos with the aid of the teleportation circle in Castle Naerytar’s dungeon are deposited high in the Greypeak Mountains
the Dragon, and it helps the cult leaders gather over large distances. Next to the portal is a hunting lodge used by a succession of local lords over the years. The lodge is a useful and central
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Chapter 7: Hunting Lodge Characters who follow Wyrmspeaker Rezmir or Azbara Jos with the aid of the teleportation circle in Castle Naerytar’s dungeon are deposited high in the Greypeak Mountains
the Dragon, and it helps the cult leaders gather over large distances. Next to the portal is a hunting lodge used by a succession of local lords over the years. The lodge is a useful and central
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, explorers, and — above all — survivors. Leaders of Blingdenstone By deep gnome tradition, Blingdenstone is governed jointly by a king and queen, but the svirfneblin have had no true sovereigns while living as
refugees for the good part of a century. Dorbo and Senni Diggermattock are talented miners, but they have become even more capable as community leaders. They spent years planning an expedition to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Marina bore a striking resemblance to Strahd’s beloved Tatyana, both in appearance and manner, and she became Strahd’s obsession. He seduced her in the dead of night and feasted on her blood, but before
she could be turned into a vampire, the burgomaster of Berez, Lazlo Ulrich, with the aid of a local priest named Brother Grigor, killed Marina to save her soul from damnation. Enraged, Strahd slew the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the meantime, they are a friendly force in the east, willing to offer shelter and aid to agents of Prince Oargev who find themselves among the settlements of Q’barra. Refugees. Cyrans live across
Khorvaire in the wake of the Last War. Oargev does significant work in reaching out to his displaced subjects, and the majority of them sympathize with his goals and aid his agents. Enemies. Bitter Cyran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
all manner of wickedness. Leaders and Followers. Goblins are ruled by the strongest or smartest among them. A goblin boss might command a single lair, while a goblin king or queen (who is nothing more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
uses Sulfurous Impersonation to try and lure them in quickly with promises of aid. Since the characters won’t be able to hear the creature due to the winds, its communication consists of gestures only
debris.
SOCIAL
If the gith wish to speak with the elder oblex, it is happy to waste their time with idle conversation. It tells them all manner of seemingly useful things that aren’t true.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters arrive. Sansuri has little regard for “puny folk” and doesn’t consider them a threat. How she reacts to the characters depends on the manner in which they approach her castle: If the characters
approach her castle in a nonthreatening manner, Sansuri instructs her castellan, Cressaro, to escort them to her audience chamber (area 1), where she greets them formally. In a noncombat situation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
religious leaders—particularly those who have retired from athletic competition—warn of growing addicted to triumph. Ultimately, they teach, only Iroas can drink endlessly from the river of glory and suffer
to victory is unwavering. Countless petitioners have sought out Kalemne over the years, seeking her aid in righting wrongs or preventing disasters. Though she sympathizes with all who tell her their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Ivana’s genius and cynicism, in combination with the Dark Powers’ aid, grant her insight into the nature of Borca’s people that borders on precognition. She’s always one step ahead of her rivals and has
prepared the perfect situation, stand-in, or poison accordingly. However, Ivana has a facile understanding of true love and companionship, so those who behave in an unexpectedly selfless manner might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
’ Alliance, a shaky coalition that proactively eliminates threats to their mutual safety and prosperity. Alliance leaders are often contentious, while their operatives seek honor and glory for themselves and
Hornblade of Silverymoon, and the willful Queen Dagnabbet of Mithral Hall. With the aid of adventurers, the Lords’ Alliance thwarted Tiamat and her dragons. Alliance members aren’t about to let giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
character’s inclusion in the organization. She promises to contact the characters when she hears back from the Mages’ leaders at the Tower of High Sorcery in Wayreth. She agrees to aid the character in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Harrowhall is too challenging for your group, but you want the characters to have a keep, you can use these strategies to decrease the difficulty: Temporary Hit Points. When the characters agree to aid a
group of ghosts, those ghosts grant each character 1d4 + 19 temporary hit points, in a manner similar to a 4th-level casting of the False Life spell. Fewer Monsters. Reduce the number of shadow demons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
glares at your intrusion.
“Tell us,” the governor continues, “are your people still preparing for battle?”
Along with Lord Bakaris and Governor Miat, the meeting includes guild leaders and
family legend.” Flaw. “My blood makes me a leader. If commoners can do it, how hard can it be?” Retaking Vogler During the conversation with Kalaman’s leaders, the characters might ask about retaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the rarest of items can be procured, given sufficient coin and patience. Adventurers lacking one or the other can very easily find all manner of employment, from simple escorting of caravans, to
. Decades later, more deities began dying off, magic failed, and all manner of catastrophes started altering the very nature of the city. Lord Neverember wasted the city’s navy and then, instead of