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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
around the battlefield in a search for safety. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an enemy.Cold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Death Curse. When the fensir starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate, it releases a curse on those around it. Each creature within 30 feet of the fensir when it dies must
an insatiable hunger. These fensir devourers use their great size and strength to overwhelm foes. They can also issue a baleful curse in their final moments.
Fensirs
Long ago, a band of frost
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Boon of Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be
receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of the priest until the start of the
creature’s next turn.
2
Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic);Ectoplasmic. An otherworldly slime drips off the priest and fades away moments later, leaving a greenish stain. When any creature starts
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be
frightened of the priest until the start of the creature’s next turn.
2
Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic);Ectoplasmic. An otherworldly slime drips off the priest and fades away moments later
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving
moments later, leaving a greenish stain. When any creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the priest, the priest can reduce that creature’s speed by 10 feet until the start of the creature&rsquo
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead
of Osybus (Ectoplasmic);Ectoplasmic. An otherworldly slime drips off the priest and fades away moments later, leaving a greenish stain. When any creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the priest
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts
);Ectoplasmic. An otherworldly slime drips off the priest and fades away moments later, leaving a greenish stain. When any creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the priest, the priest can reduce
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom
away moments later, leaving a greenish stain. When any creature starts its turn within 10 feet of the priest, the priest can reduce that creature’s speed by 10 feet until the start of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 6: Between Adventures A campaign is much more than a series of adventures. It also includes the moments between them — the various distractions and side pursuits that engage the characters
when they’re not exploring the wilderness, plundering dungeons, and gallivanting around the multiverse on some epic quest. The natural pace of a campaign offers lulls between adventures, time for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
few moments, a different redcap says, “We don’t have a password!” All the redcaps fall over in peals of mirth. The redcaps on guard duty give the characters a difficult time, asking them to do
ridiculous things to gain entrance. After a few minutes, when the characters get fed up with the nonsense, the redcaps tell them to quit standing around like idiots and come inside. Seeing the Kenku When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the River Styx. The iron spikes that anchor the city have dragged it nearly to the river’s banks. Within a few hours, Elturel will sink into the Styx.
Hordes of distant demons fly around the city like
River Styx, with Zariel visible a mile away. Allow the characters a few moments to plan their next move. When they decide to act, two horned devils break toward them after a fleeing glabrezu, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the immortal undead servitors of their wicked masters. In their last weary moments, an aged kraken rose to the surface nearby, and spoke to them telepathically. The creature was actually on its final
swim: a group of powerful adventurers sought it out for its treasure, and though they failed to slay the kraken, it was so badly wounded in the fight that the rest of the sea life around it began to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
word “beasts” before she collapses at the characters’ feet. Moments later, a wereboar, plus one wereboar per character, including sidekicks, bursts onto the path and attacks. Bindlemint is unharmed
delivering terrible news: Dumathoin’s Gulch was attacked earlier that day by terrible creatures that stank of death. They might have been looking for the grenade, but Bindlemint didn’t hang around to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
understand the moments of their demise. They then use this knowledge to guide their understanding of martial arts, yielding a deadly fighting style. Touch of Death Starting when you choose this tradition at
points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your monk level (minimum of 1 temporary hit point). Hour of Reaping At 6th level, you gain the ability to unsettle or terrify those around you as an action, for your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
outside, its timbers snapping and water pouring through the widening cracks in the hull. Within moments, the characters can see the octopus’s arms snaking through breaches in the hull, grasping for
anything they can wrap around. From that point on, don’t give the players the luxury of pondering their characters’ next moves. Push them to make fast decisions and do everything you can to reinforce the idea that they’re caught in a panicked flight from a sinking ship.
Equipment
sprouts in a 20-foot radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6 days
objects float around randomly.
05–06
The nearest creature is affected by a Hideous Laughter spell (spell save DC 15) but instead of laughing, they repeat unfathomable syllables and words
Equipment
around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6 days.
53–54
Strange glowing
fungus sprouts in a 20-foot radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and whisper during tense or conspiratorial moments. Allow yourself to sound uncertain, correct yourself, or pause as if you heard something outside. Ask players, “Are you sure?” Engaging with the suspenseful atmosphere you want to create helps bring it into being around you.
what fills the pauses in the game’s action or other quiet moments. Lulls breed distractions. Subtle music, though, can fill such instances while reinforcing the game’s atmosphere. Search for ambient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, on another day she might be making lewd jokes to adventurers asking her for advice, and the next she might be uprooting saplings to make a fence around her home for impaling intruders. It is nearly
offspring (whether adopted or birthed). Hags often appear unlooked-for, in moments of great need, because they have been spying and see an opportunity to aid now to set up darker mischief later.
— Elminster
Equipment
fungus sprouts in a 20-foot radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6
. Unattended objects float around randomly.
05–06
The nearest creature is affected by a Hideous Laughter spell (spell save DC 15) but instead of laughing, they repeat unfathomable syllables and
Equipment
radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6 days.
53–54
Strange
glowing fungus sprouts in a 20-foot radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dragon Queen. These phantom flames respond to the memories of the dead and re-create illusory scenes from the moments that haunt their souls. Visions in Fire As Soth moves through the catacombs, the
first vision. They taunt him and point back the way he came. The knight slays them and turns back home in a rage. Confrontation. The knight slays his wife as the world around him crumbles and burns. The
Equipment
fungus sprouts in a 20-foot radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6
. Unattended objects float around randomly.
05–06
The nearest creature is affected by a Hideous Laughter spell (spell save DC 15) but instead of laughing, they repeat unfathomable syllables and
Equipment
fungus sprouts in a 20-foot radius around the triggering creature and hums softly with discordant tunes. Anyone who hears the tune mindlessly whistles the song in moments of idleness for the next 1d6 days
. Unattended objects float around randomly.
05–06
The nearest creature is affected by a Hideous Laughter spell (spell save DC 15) but instead of laughing, they repeat unfathomable syllables and words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
are around. The disdain a beholder has for other creatures extends to other beholders. Each beholder believes its form to be an ideal, and that any deviation from that form is a flaw. Beholders vary
has won, including petrified adventurers standing frozen in their horrified final moments, pieces of other beholders, and magic items wrested from powerful foes. A beholder judges its own worth by its acquisitions, and it never willingly parts with its treasures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
d8 Personality Trait 1 I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me. 2 I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. 3 I spend money freely and live
danger around every corner. 7 I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. 8 I put no trust in divine beings. Ideals d6 Ideal 1 I try to help those in need, no matter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
acorn-scented smoke. These mushrooms appear to be homes—dozens of them—scattered around the clearing.
Moments before the characters emerged from the forest, the pixies and sprites that live in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Reaching the Tower The Tower of the Heavens sits on a pair of islets in the middle of a wide, fast-flowing river. The waters around the islets are swirling and treacherous. Only Hadley, whose hut
requesting prophecies and infiltrate the tower through the Questioner’s Hall. Moments after Hadley recounts this information, the ferry arrives at the outpost (area T1). Hadley doesn’t accompany the characters further.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
floods the minds of its victims, making complex thought impossible. They can do little more than stare in horror and stumble around the battlefield in a search for safety. Any task more demanding
than that is beyond their capability. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an enemy’s ability to use spells and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Acq Inc franchise can have its very own magical cannon! As an arcane archer, you’re incredibly useful during those tense discussions when someone needs to be able to whistle, and then moments later
lead a long road journey than an experienced cavalier with a reliable mount? As a cavalier, you’re one of the best warriors around for protecting less hardy allies, even off your mount, making you a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Qitru’s Arrival Read or paraphrase the following: You see a strange distortion in space moments before a winged, sharklike creature appears in front of you. It has blue skin, four wings, and a
detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the tattoo. The tattoo is Vocath’s sigil, worn by those who are closest to the mercane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, “Calculate!” In response, the monodrones select from their placards, shuffle around, and hold up their numerals to display the answer. The Math Wizard cheers “Huzzah!” after every successful calculation
solution is uncountable, they scramble in circles while screaming in existential terror for a few moments before calmly returning to their positions. Chalkboard The chalkboard is covered with equations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
around a rectangular, stone-lined pit 15 feet deep, 50 feet wide, and 200 feet long. The original Amnian residents built it as an arena for a highly competitive ball game, and it still provides cheap
heaviest on a repeat offender. Occasionally an animal manages to leap or scramble out of the pit and runs amok through the terrified crowd. Moments of such high peril provide a perfect opportunity for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
magical portal. When a living creature enters the blowhole, roll a d10. On a 1-8, nothing happens. On a 9, the creature is pulled down into the shaft, through a portal, and appears moments later floating
about Gadrille’s cruelty in dealing with those she deems unworthy. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check of the area reveals scrape marks around the blowhole, where people have grabbed