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Dungeon Master’s Guide
last only as long as you strive to do good. If you fail to perform at least one act of kindness or generosity within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform an evil act, you lose all the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
an evil dragon, a presence that resents any attempt to coax magic from it. Those who try to wield an orb’s magic but lack sufficient force of personality might find themselves under the orb&rsquo
(see the Dungeon Master’s Guide):
2 minor beneficial properties
1 minor detrimental property
1 major detrimental property
Spells. The orb has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
personality it has absorbed or else become uncontrolled and erratic. This act spawns a new oblex.
Newly formed oblexes lack the capabilities of their older kin. They seek only to feed on memories and
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Within the Waterdeep division of the Black Network, Davil is accorded the title of Master of Opportunities and Negotiations because he's
good at sniffing out lucrative business deals, and he makes friends easily.
Like many sun elves, Davil has an affinity for magic and is gifted with the kind of patience that comes with a long life span
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
protect that creature. Great strength and a ferocious nature make gray renders fierce guardians, but they lack a shred of cunning.
Gray renders reproduce by forming nodules on their bodies that, on
to bond with an intelligent creature. When one encounters a suitable master, it sings to that creature—a weird, warbling cry accompanied by scratching at the earth and a show of deference. Once
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
False Appearance. If the wurm is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the wurm move or act, that creature must
enormous creatures that resemble limbless, wingless dragons, though they lack a dragon’s breath weapons and keen intelligence. On the world of Eldraine, many wurms have adapted to life among the world
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
False Appearance. If the chandelier is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the chandelier move or act, that
Blazing Vortex as mischievousness or outright malevolence, though the chandelier lacks any understanding of such concepts. A whirling chandelier makes tactical decisions only as a means to perform its master’s orders to the best of its ability.Poison, PsychicFire
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
saving throw or have the prone condition.Thorny hunters are bestial vegepygmies derived from the corpses of bears, dogs, and other quadrupedal Beasts. Thorny hunters act like bloodhounds, following
their master’s orders to hunt prey with deadly ferocity.
Vegepygmies
Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
trouble killing them and disposing of their bodies. He was eventually caught in the act and brought to the burgomaster. Instead of punishing the boy for his crimes, Baron Vallakovich pardoned Izek and
took him into his home. Izek has been loyal to the burgomaster ever since, enjoying the power of his position and the comforts of his master’s mansion. When he isn’t enforcing the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it isn’t incapacitated.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the skull lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Master of the
":"Master of the Grave"} hit points whenever it starts its turn there.
Unusual Nature. The skull lord doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skull lord makes three Bone Staff or
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
damage.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently
number of permanent spell effects on it to make the armor a better castle defender.
The armor understands Common but obeys only the commands of its master.
Lightning, PoisonCold, Fire
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
False Appearance. If the animated coffin is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the coffin move or act, that
sardines
3
A groaning mummy
4
A patch of yellow mold (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide)
5
A slumbering vampire spawn
6
A portal to the Path of Graves (detailed in Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary)
Poison, Psychic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
archdukes of the Nine Hells. These narzugons act as horrific perversions of knights errant, carrying out their masters’ will.
Narzugons wield hell-forged lances that shunt the souls of any they
killed to the River Styx for rebirth as lemure (see the Monster Manual). Every lance bears the marks of both a narzugon and its master.
Each narzugon claims a nightmare (see the Monster Manual) as its
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
gives no hint of her supernaturally extended life span. She typically wears long robes and wields a unicorn-headed staff, her Staff of Silverymoon.
Personality
Alustriel’s primary concerns
Weave favors those who act with mercy and compassion, seeks to deliver lives of security for all, and bolsters people’s efforts when they seek to right wrongs and combat evil.
Nowhere are
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the alkilith move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern
becomes a portal to that plane (see “Planar Portals” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide).
Alkiliths spring from cast-off bits of the hideous, shuddering body of Juiblex. They gradually become
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, move as close as it can to that target and use its action to make a melee attack against it. If the dragon doesn’t choose a target, the charmed creature can act normally on its turn.
Radiant
exceeds its own instinct of self-preservation. Thus, the dragon will destroy itself in pursuit of its master’s desires if necessary. The dragon likes to tear foes apart, as well as knock down
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
. Another theory is that all zodars are working in concert to achieve some master objective. A third, less ominous idea is that zodars lost their sense of purpose when their creator vanished, and they are
also warp the fabric of the multiverse to cast the wish spell as its final act—it is destroyed once the spell is cast.Acid, Fire, Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
(see the Monster Manual), Bael has proven to be a tactical genius, earning esteem for himself and his master as a result of victory after victory over the abyssal host. Mammon relies on Bael to safeguard
interests at Mammon’s court, which leaves him free to pursue his battle lust.
Despite his lack of interest in affairs outside battle, or perhaps because of it, Bael has gained a small
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book disappears. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
capabilities (except class features, legendary actions, and lair actions) that the new form has but that it lacks.No creature in Barovia is older than the master of the Abbey of Saint Markovia in Krezk. This
, inbred lepers—came to the abbey seeking salvation. The deva rid them of their diseases, an act for which they were eternally grateful, but could not cure them of certain human defects that had been
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
winter’s cruelty. (For information on what defines a lesser god, see the “Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Auril’s beloved ice grasps all things in her
own flaws. It’s appropriate for Auril to act as though she’s invincible while underestimating her mortal enemies, even in her current weakened state.
Auril’s Three Forms
In her
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
;Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Auril’s beloved ice grasps all things in her clutches, preserving them against the ravages of time. She hoards beauty in
, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their own flaws. It’s appropriate for Auril to act as though she’s
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
they had given him. Ezmerelda witnessed van Richten’s act of mercy and was deeply moved by it.
Van Richten’s Tragic Tale. At the age of fifteen, Ezmerelda, still troubled by what her
commissioned a master artisan to craft a prosthetic lower leg and foot. After several tries, he delivered a prosthesis that restored her mobility. She has since adapted well to the prosthetic appendage
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, attack rolls, and saving throws. The creature will reach the end of its natural life span in 3d8 days. Only a wish spell or divine intervention can reverse this aging effect on the creature.
Three hags
cauldron has the following random properties:
1 minor beneficial property (determined by rolling on the Minor Beneficial Properties table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide)
1 minor detrimental
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
master, which then absorbs the knowledge and experience contained therein. Mind flayers conceive of this oneness with the elder brain as a sacred state akin to an afterlife.
Hive Mind
Elder brains
are so-called among non-illithids because they act as the central communication hub for an entire mind flayer colony, just as a brain does for a living body. Linked to the elder brain, the colony acts
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
neutral evil lesser god of cold indifference who embodies winter’s cruelty. (For information on what defines a lesser god, see the “Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master&rsquo
extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their own flaws. It’s appropriate for Auril to act as though she’s invincible while underestimating her mortal enemies, even in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has claimed it.
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’s act, in exchange for a portion of the take from the charlatan’s clients.
Cold, Radiant
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
before moving to make a melee attack against another creature of Belashyrra’s choice within reach. If there are no creatures within reach, the charmed creature can act normally for that turn. A
Dungeon Master’s Guide has more information on madness.
Madness of Belashyrra
d6
Flaw (lasts until cured)
1
“I constantly see shapes moving in the shadows.”
2
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
working behind the scenes, or they might be champions of their master’s cause, out to defeat villainy wherever it is found.
When viewed from the outside, a ki-rin’s lair is indistinguishable
lair, winds buoy creatures that fall due to no act of the ki-rin or its allies. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and take no falling damage. Aberrations, Fiends, and Undead don
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
*
65
Warrior
66
Well
67–00
Roll again
*Found in the Deck of Many Things as depicted in the Dungeon Master’s Guide
Aberration. You gain telepathy within a range of 90
you are proficient with appears in your hands. The DM chooses the armor. If you lack proficiency with any armor, your base AC instead now equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier while you aren’t
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, allowing them to lurk in the highest levels and to keep watch on the city below.
Hopeless Plagiarists
As a result of their lack of creativity, kenku function comfortably as minions of a powerful master
. The kenku lack the talent to improvise or alter a plan, but a wise Master sets multiple plans in motion at once, confident that underlings can follow orders to the letter.
For this reason, many
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of kindness or generosity within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform an evil act, you lose all the benefits granted by the book.
Random Properties
The Book of Exalted Deeds has
in a blinding flash and is destroyed, leaving its possessions behind.
Benefits granted by the Book of Exalted Deeds last only as long as you strive to do good. If you fail to perform at least one act
Skull Lord
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the skull lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Master of the Grave. While within 30 feet of the skull lord, any undead ally of the skull lord
makes saving throws with advantage, and that ally regains 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Master of the Grave"} hit points whenever it starts its turn there.
Evasion. If the
Book of Vile Darkness
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book disappears. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of