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Dungeon Master’s Guide
disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life
lore about demons. When you do so, you have Advantage on that check.
At the DM’s discretion, the book might reveal secrets no mortal should know, such as the true names of powerful Fiends
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
steel, then magically imbued with life and sentience. The warforged were created to fight in the Last War, and in the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world.
Most
warforged soldiers still serve their former masters, often guarding dragonmarked houses or merchant caravans. Many warforged find it difficult to separate themselves from the soldiers they were made
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul’s secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
that allow them to force the souls of the dead into service, compelling them to answer questions and share forgotten lore. They seek out arcane secrets in ancient ruins, and attempt to steal
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
they give life energy to save those they deem important to their masters’ work.
Dragon Followers
Dragons boast many minions, students, employees, acolytes, and thralls. Dragon followers are
who have earned their dragon masters’ favor—and scourge those who incur the dragons’ wrath. Dragon blessed view their lives and magical abilities as gifts bestowed by their dragon, and
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
lashers are spellcasters who use magic to augment their combat abilities. The master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul’s secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
lore. They seek out arcane secrets in ancient ruins, and attempt to steal spellbooks and other tomes from wizards outside of the cult.
Cult Ranks. A follower of Myrkul wields a flail that has a skull
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
act immediately after the triton on the same initiative count and fight until they’re destroyed. They disappear if the triton dies.Multiattack. The triton makes two attacks using Wave Touch and
":"cold"} cold damage.Triton masters of waves sculpt storms and change the tides, bending the sea to their will. Drawing forth living currents and the icy cold of the deep, these mages make the ocean their
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
abilities. The master of souls;Masters of Souls delve deep into Myrkul's secrets, allowing them to animate the dead and perform other grave magic.
Myrkul study rituals that allow them to force the souls of the dead into service, compelling them to answer questions and share forgotten lore. They seek out arcane secrets in ancient ruins, and
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
before returning to their masters with delicious secrets. Unlike illithids, which overwhelm their foes with psionic power, eaters of knowledge use their physical strength to hold prey while burly feeding
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lie that way. A target that successfully saves is immune to the baying of all yeth hounds for the next 24 hours.Granted by mighty Fey to individuals who please them, yeth hounds serve their masters like
hunting dogs. They race in pursuit of their prey, running it down until it’s too exhausted to fight back. Only the threat of dawn drives the pack back into hiding.
A pack of yeth hounds can be
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
attack roll.Warforged warriors are formed from wood and steel, then magically imbued with life and sentience. They were created to fight in the Last War on the continent of Khorvaire in Eberron. In the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world.Poison
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
sensitive cilia that cover its skin. It can also absorb life through its tentacles, allowing it to drain the vitality out of any creature it touches.
Warped by Chaos. When the daelkyr emerged from
into intelligent, cold, and efficient killers.
When the daelkyr were defeated, the dolgaunts descended into the depths of Khyber with their masters. There, they study in cavernous monasteries, forging
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
damage.Broodguards were once Humanoids, but they have been transformed by yuan-ti into simpleminded, scaly Monstrosities that do their serpentine masters’ bidding. The transformation process warps
fight off the inevitable transformation. A human transformed into a broodguard loses all semblance of who they once were. A broodguard is hairless and emaciated, with scaly skin. They have a forked
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s might. They serve as enforcers of their masters’ will; they often accompany dragon speakers—and are quick to defend them if they sense any ill intent. Dragon chosen are
foolhardy adventure. Other followers seek to uncover the mysteries of draconic nature and live a life worthy of their dragon’s reward, and they dream of a world where dragons can live among them as their rulers.
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
damage.Skeletal knights are powerful Undead that arise to serve even more wicked beings—often death knight;death knights. Those who become skeletal knights were typically virtuous in life but betrayed
free to pursue its own ends.
Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
life.
Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged
Astral Plane. Obsessed with gathering secrets, both from the gods they inhabit and from the bones of dead creatures, they call forth the spirits of the dead and force them to divulge what they learned in
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
temporary hit points per level of that spell.
Maddening Secrets (Costs 3 Actions). Sul Khatesh whispers an arcane secret into the mind of a creature she can see within 60 feet of her. The target must
as the Lords of Dust — scheme to unleash their ancient masters. The overlords gain strength when mortals embrace the dark paths laid down for them. And as they grow stronger, they gain more influence
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creature isn’t revived before then, only a wish spell or killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature’s original body can restore it to life. Constructs and devils are immune
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
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Auspicia Dran had her life torn apart as a child when she was seized by a mysterious creature called the Wandering Crypt. Having spent long years in a kind of dark dream within the crypt, she was
they happen, often making use of this ability to bring a fight to a standstill that encourages parley. But she has only just begun to explore her full precognitive potential.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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Miasmal Flow (Costs 2 Actions). Beledros uses Miasmal Flow.
Teeming with Life (Costs 3 Actions). Beledros magically summons 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Teeming with
Life"} pest mascot;pest mascots in unoccupied spaces she can see within 60 feet of herself. The pests obey her commands and take their turns immediately after hers. Any creature, other than a pest, takes
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
their hunger and violent urges. Eventually, they fight among themselves.
The survivors devour the flesh of their slain comrades but preserve the bones. Then, by invoking rituals to Yeenoghu they bring
the remains back to a semblance of life in the form of a gnoll witherling.
Witherlings travel with their comrades and try to kill anything in their path. They don’t eat and aren’t motivated
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
reduces the target’s Charisma to 0, the target dies. Until the breath drinker dies, the dead target can’t be returned to life by any means short of divine intervention. On a successful save
causing the creatures to devour themselves.
Cunning stalkers, breath drinkers are usually solitary. Occasionally they serve powerful Far Realm entities or Elder Evils, consuming life and souls for their
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, seeking forbidden rituals he hoped could teach him the secrets of everlasting life.
When the lands of Bakar dried up, the faithful stopped bringing offerings to Amun Sa’s tomb. The threat of
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: Thaumaturgy
2/day each: Command, Silence
1/day: Insect PlagueIn life, Nafik was the high priest of Amun Sa, the last pharaoh of the land of Bakar
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
imbued with the personality of a human knight of Tyr (god of justice) named Lady Gondafrey. Its face looks more humanoid than gargoyle.
If the characters free Lady Gondafrey, she offers to fight
the life of Lady Gondafrey, a native Waterdavian who served in the City Watch. After identifying Duhlark Kolat as a suspect in several local disappearances, she darkened his doorstep in 1379 DR, the
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
commands, take their turns on initiative count 15 (losing initiative ties), and fight until destroyed.
Regional Effects
Murgaxor’s ritual wreaks havoc on the equilibrium of life and death
using harmful magic while on campus.
University officials believe Murgaxor began his illicit experiments with life-draining magic shortly after he enrolled as a student.
In his third year
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
led her down a path of evil and deceit. For that reason, Kasimir wants to see the vampire destroyed so that his sister can be rescued from her eternal damnation.
Secrets of the Amber Temple. Patrina
more important, he believes that the Amber Temple holds the secret to bringing the ancient dead back to life.
With the characters' help, Kasimir thinks he might be able to find out how to restore
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
become the masters of hers. To appease Zybilna, this arrangement would remain in place only until the two carnivals crossed paths again.
Zybilna was intrigued enough by the shadar-kai to let Isolde go
, but not without casting a spell that made Isolde forget about Zybilna and her Feywild domain, thus preventing the eladrin from divulging the archfey’s secrets. As a further punishment, Zybilna
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, Arkhan uses branding smite to channel the radiant power of Tiamat into his weapon attacks. If a fight turns against him, he uses the teleport power of the Hand of Vecna to return to his tower with as
many allies as possible. Should one or more of his comrades fall in battle, Arkhan uses revivify and raise dead spells to bring them back to life as soon as possible.
If Arkhan finds himself overwhelmed
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
target.Medusas (often called gorgons on Theros) are closely associated with Pharika, the god of poison and medicine. Pharika has charged her favored servants with guarding secrets of life, health, and
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Whisperer. A purple star whose guidance and minions seem to help for a time but whose influence inevitably leads to disaster.
Hadar, the Dark Hunger. A cinder-red dying star that siphons life from its
minions to avert its own demise.
Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths.
Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
who died a century ago, after a long and nefarious career. Esvele Rosznar, a brash young noble, has recently adopted the Black Viper's persona to lead a secret life of crime. Like many other nobles
nobles she targets are made of sterner stuff, so Esvele has learned how to fight as well. She knows she's playing a dangerous game, but is satisfied that at least one member of the Rosznar family is earning the respect of Waterdeep's nobility.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, Strongheart can use his reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll, provided he is carrying a shield.Strongheart is a fearless seeker of justice, risking his life to ensure that good triumphs over
good.”
Combat Notes
Strongheart prefers to fight with Steel, his trusty sword. His favorite use of the command spell is to compel a foe to “Yield!” (which has the same effect as
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Sunlight Weakness; see the Monster Manual) arise in unoccupied spaces within 20 feet of the shepherd. The shadows act right after the shepherd on the same initiative count and fight until they’re
miserable lives they had. Having been despicable in life, these spirits fester in death. The worst of these hateful dead, through ages of bitterness, gradually transform into fiends, the tormentors of
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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
; Tools, Caltrops, Costume, Grappling Hook, Iron Spikes, Mirror, 2 Pouches, Rope, Traveler’s Clothes, 3 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You trained your whole life to become a member of the Shadowmasters, the
ruthlessness to ensure the safety of the guild’s secrets. But one wrong move led to your expulsion from the order. Now you must walk your own path.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
deal.
Endelyn’s obsession with tragedy and hopelessness extends to her own life; she has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device
reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. These hags are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be used to manipulate their prey.
Skabatha
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Keys from the Golden Vault
The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to
great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life by any means while your soul remains imprisoned.
The Book of Vile Darkness has the following properties:
Circle of Death. While attuned