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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
disadvantage if it can see the rider, ending the condition on itself on a success.Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the deathless riders serve a warlock-queen, known simply as the Shadow
of wounds and relentless in their assault.
A typical deathless rider’s mount is a warhorse skeleton, though some lich-knights ride equine spirits like nightmare;nightmares.
“Headed to
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
substance through which the riffler moves aside like cards to form a tunnel that closes behind the riffler.Multiattack. The riffler makes two Spectral Card attacks.
Spectral Card. Melee or Ranged
the total (riffler’s choice), potentially changing the outcome.Rifflers are diminutive Fey reminiscent of gnomes and obsessed with destiny and fate. The oldest stories of rifflers suggest these
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creature can be as large as an island— and indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering dragon turtles for solid ground.
Ancient dragon turtles might
they have to say.
3
I think of ships as kindred spirits and like to rub affectionately against their keels.
4
I like to show visitors the vastness of my domain, so they appreciate how
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
echoes from across the worlds of the Material Plane. Such a creature can be as large as an island— and indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering
interested in the shiny baubles people carry than in anything they have to say.
3
I think of ships as kindred spirits and like to rub affectionately against their keels.
4
I like to show
Species
One Grung Above
THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL
These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing.
Grungs are aggressive froglike
lookout for creatures they can capture and enslave. Grungs use slaves for all manner of menial tasks, but mostly they just like bossing them around. Slaves are fed mildly poisoned food to keep them
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
successful save, the creature chooses the side. The wall disappears when the medusa uses this lair action again or when the medusa dies.
Undulating Surface. Solid surfaces within the lair ripple like a snake
altered by the medusa’s presence, creating one or more of the following effects:
Faces in Stone. Stone within 3 miles of the lair takes on subtle shapes that suggest people, animals, and other
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The leonin guard the shining lands of Oreskos, a golden plain where even the gods rarely trespass.
Prides of these nomadic, lion-like humanoids rarely interact with other peoples, having all they
also suggest defiance in the face of what they perceive as imposed authority or unworthy experts.
Quick to Quarrel
Other peoples often perceive leonin as quick to take offense, intolerant of criticism
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering dragon turtles for solid ground.
Ancient dragon turtles might sleep for years or decades while floating
kindred spirits and like to rub affectionately against their keels.
4
I like to show visitors the vastness of my domain, so they appreciate how insignificant they are.
5
I attack anyone I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Haunted Traps Like other traps, haunted traps represent threats leveled toward trespassers. They originate in an area spontaneously, often resulting from overwhelming negative emotions, tragedy, or
. Such traps provide a way to theme the dangers and monsters of a haunted place to reveal a grim history or frightening tale. When creating haunted traps, consider what events brought them into being and how the trap’s effects suggest those origins.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
wants. The “Monsters’ Desires” section below suggest things that a creature might like, depending on its type. Adventurers offer meat to an owlbear.
offering, like food, can calm some hostile monsters, and sapient creatures often prefer to talk than to draw weapons. If the adventurers try to parley with a monster, you may improvise the encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Coins This suit symbolizes avarice and the desire for personal and material gain. It is also symbolic of gluttony, lust, and obsession. On the side of good, this suit can suggest the accumulation of
Card Name Represents Master of coins Rogue Anyone for whom money is important; those who believe money is the key to their success One of coins Swashbuckler Those who like money yet give it up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Furniture, whether by its arrangement or removal, can suggest a specific location. Props can even represent game mechanics, such as tracking hit points with crimson flat glass marbles in clear goblets
space, causing distractions to fade and making it look unfamiliar. If the lighting’s easy to control, you might adjust it to suggest a setting’s light level. More elaborate techniques might involve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, she’s frustrated by the situation and seeks advice on how to protect her people by nightfall. She refuses any suggestion involving fighting in the village. If the characters suggest they prepare to
shares the information in the “Becklin’s Fear” section. The mayor doesn’t like it but grudgingly accepts it’s the only option. If not deterred, Cudgel and Jeyev either ride or sneak out of Vogler to rally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
reagents—like a pegasus feather in a potion of flying. The Remarkable Origins table offers just a few ways to suggest a magic item’s remarkable pedigree without altering its magical properties. Certain
long ended or one yet untold. As DM, feel free to make ordinary magic items feel like they have significant history and purpose. Even a +1 spear might have been carried by a company of hoplite veterans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Leaving Gravenhollow As long as the characters remain respectful guests, the librarians don’t mind them staying in Gravenhollow as long as they like. However, the library stops providing new visions
after the characters learn the most essential information. If the players persist beyond that point, their efforts prove fruitless, and the librarians or their assistants suggest there is no more they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Social Niceties Once inside the Grand Masquerade, the characters must observe a host of unwritten rules of etiquette and act like they know exactly what they’re doing at all times. Other guests make
; on successful checks, the questioners lose interest. Characters can distract watchers to shift attention if things go badly. Use Charisma (Deception) or Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks (or any other reasonable skill checks the players suggest) to determine whether they turn the focus away from their errors.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
experiment to infuse piscine traits into a soldier or the result of someone drinking from a spring tainted by demon’s blood; the merrow’s stat block remains the same. But those different origin stories suggest
completely different paths for adventurers to follow when investigating the creature and ensuring nothing like it ever returns to be a menace again.
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in
agents infiltrate enemy governments to discover weaknesses that their leaders can exploit. The yuan-ti look forward to the day when their empire rises again and spreads across the world like venom through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
patrolling the laboratory section (areas 1 to 23). On a 3–4, it patrols the temple section (areas 24 to 39). There are no fixed mechanics for encounters with the thessalhydra, but feel free to have
thessalheart construct is a strange magical-mechanical device that struts about like a chicken, and which features a human heart beating madly behind its glass front. The construct always wanders the zone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, a few class options suggest the existence of magic-using organizations in the world — bardic colleges and druid circles — which are up to you to flesh out. You could decide that no formal structures
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying an Orc When you’re roleplaying an orc, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that an orc might possess. The gaze of the One Eye brings madness to
many an orc.
— Elminster
Orc Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1 I never relinquish my weapon. 2 I welcome any chance to prove my battle skills. 3 I always appear like I am about to kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
than being exhaustive descriptions, what follows are snippets of information drawn from the experience of five individuals who have traversed, lived in, and explored these areas. Like any other narrators
views formed from such incomplete information can often suggest an inaccurate conclusion. This is not to say that any of the information the narrators provide is false, only that they may not be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
E2. Blood of the Vine Tavern A single shaft of light thrusts illumination into the main square, its brightness looking like a solid pillar in the heavy fog. Above the gaping doorway, a sign hangs
confronting and killing the Strahd. If the characters suggest that he accompany them, Ismark agrees provided that Ireena is first taken to a place of safety. As long as Ismark accompanies the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
flesh out your encounter in these ways, go right ahead and finish your creation. Otherwise, take a look at the following sections for some basic advice on adding flavor elements to the simple mechanics
encounter. Just when you think a fight’s outcome is evident, an unforeseen event can make things more compelling. A number of the tables in the Dungeon Master’s Guide can suggest random events. The tables
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
bits of metal, is a half-finished exoskeletal construct like the ones you encountered in the room you came from.
This room contains two duergar mechanics (one male, one female), both of whom turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
planks. While many would claim to control Druim Calad, none command respect like the unassuming tavern keeper Myyn, a Merrow Haranguer (see chapter 3). Outwardly warm but inwardly calculating, Myyn
Shadowmoor is available in the Red Shallows for a price, though rumors suggest the name comes from the blood that spills into the water from deals gone wrong. When it’s in Lorwyn, Druim Calad is called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
key part of a prophecy, or made what seemed like an innocent bargain with a harmless old hermit, or found an artifact with mysterious powers. The folk hero background is ideal for the Innocent
patron. The Visionary might hear the patron’s voice in dreams, see waking visions that convey the immortal’s will, or interpret signs in accordance with prophecy. Different backgrounds might suggest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying a Mind Flayer When you’re roleplaying a mind flayer, the following tables contain possible inspiration. They suggest characteristics that a mind flayer might possess. Mind Flayer
Personality Traits d8 Personality Trait 1 I never let pass an opportunity to show my contempt for lesser beings. 2 I like to flavor my meals by engendering positive emotions in my victims before feeding on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
dining hall, it slowly turns toward you.
The figure is an illusion of Strahd. It welcomes the characters and invites them to dine. The illusion acts like Strahd and plays the part of the gracious
Wisdom (Perception) check notices scratch marks on the floor that suggest that the organ can be slid outward. A character who tries pushing various keys and pedals discovers that one of the pedals, when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
stop relying on the kindness of strangers.”
The woman then opens a door into what looks like a kitchen and calls out, “Heat up something for Trovus. He’s been out ‘patrolling’ again.”
The woman
interested in following the suspicious tracks, the Shorard sisters suggest they visit Frozenfar Expeditions and secure a dogsled before setting out on their adventure. If the characters do so, they discover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
railings and the literal airiness of each footstep might suggest. Open Court. Past the cloud bridge is an enormous expanse of smooth stone ringed with broken pillars, where the silver dragon hosts
advantage on the saving throw; creatures that have immunity to cold damage succeed automatically. D’ARGENT
Like so many silver dragons, D’argent takes considerable interest in the matters of mortals on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Riffler Rifflers are diminutive Fey reminiscent of gnomes and obsessed with destiny and fate. The oldest stories of rifflers suggest these dangerously curious spirits manifested as physical beings
riffler moves aside like cards to form a tunnel that closes behind the riffler.
Actions
Multiattack. The riffler makes two Spectral Card attacks.
Spectral Card. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Rockseeker. Let the players concoct their own stories. If a player is hard-pressed to think of anything, suggest something simple. For example, Gundren could be a childhood friend or someone who helped the
wagon. The rest of the characters can be riding on the wagon, walking alongside, or scouting ahead, as they like. Driving the Wagon Any character can drive a wagon, and no particular skill is necessary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
locked in conflict, tried to use the souls and magic of her people to elevate herself to godly status, thus salvaging the fractured pantheon of the elves. Afterward, the legends suggest, she would attempt
themselves the shadar-kai, and they gathered others like themselves around their queen in hopes that, once she achieved divinity, she would unify all the elves. The queen’s plan was to use the souls of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
possibly against the dangers they perceive from the city’s less-well-off districts, which all lie outside the main wall. The walls are impressive barriers of massive, fitted stone. Like other structures
to secure one before they enter the jungle. Volo might also suggest that characters partake in the dinosaur races (see “Things to Do”).
If characters visit Wakanga O’tamu, he gives them the wizard’s