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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
doors into kindling but also works well for smashing foes. These ogres are drilled in two simple tasks: rushing forward to shatter enemy fortifications and using their weapons to force an advancing enemy
to halt.
Ogres of War
Ogres love to rush headlong into battle, but with enough time and patience, some of them learn to carry out specialized missions. The names they are given—the
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
charming and disarming when they wish, but in combat their true, bloodthirsty nature comes to the fore.
Bloodletters. All cultists of Bhaal learn to call upon their god’s power to leave their
rank are the death’s heads, who can take on the skull-faced guise of their deity to terrify their prey. In combat, they intimidate foes by shrugging off the deadliest attacks with ease, showing that resisting Bhaal’s schemes is futile.
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
evade foes and pelt them with slings from the cover of leafy foliage.
Vegepygmies
Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant
indefinitely so long as the climate remains hospitable to their fungal bodies.
To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, PiercingNimble Escape. The vegepygmy takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone.An ogre chain brute wields a great spiked chain, swinging it with both hands in a wide circle to knock foes
their feet. Alternatively, the ogre can swing the chain in a crushing overhead smash.
Ogres of War
Ogres love to rush headlong into battle, but with enough time and patience, some of them learn to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
—if only they would stop trying to kill the dragon’s guests.
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A crystal dragon wyrmling is placed in a monastery to learn the teachings of the monks before returning home in three years. The monks don’t appreciate the wyrmling’s pranks.
Cold, Radiant
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
sometimes achieve control over the growth and propagation of the mold that bore them. These elders, known as moldmakers, can envelop foes in stifling layers of mold. Moldmakers often wear pauldrons made
hospitable to their fungal bodies.
To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, Piercing
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
learn to call upon their god's power to leave their victims vulnerable to their long-bladed knives. When Bhaal's magic works its power, stab wounds erupt in terrible gouts of blood. Seemingly minor
suspicion. The highest rank are the death's heads, who can take on the skull-faced guise of their deity to terrify their prey. In combat, they intimidate foes by shrugging off the deadliest attacks with ease, showing that resisting Bhaal's schemes is futile.
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. They are charming and disarming when they wish, but in combat their true, bloodthirsty nature comes to the fore.
Bloodletters. All cultists of Bhaal learn to call upon their god's power to leave their
can take on the skull-faced guise of their deity to terrify their prey. In combat, they intimidate foes by shrugging off the deadliest attacks with ease, showing that resisting Bhaal's schemes is futile.
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of their psionic abilities, goblin psi commanders wield blades of pure psychic energy. They can throw barriers of mental force while toppling foes with a single, mind-splitting burst.
Psionic
goblins often struggle to handle the turbulent psychic energy within their minds and bodies. Those psionic goblins who learn how to safely tap into this psychic power are formidable forces in combat
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
amethyst crystals they spit at their foes.
Royal Purple
When first hatched, an amethyst dragon has scales of dull, opaque purple. As the dragon grows, their scales, horns, and wing membranes become more
you do … or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
crystals they spit at their foes.
Royal Purple
When first hatched, an amethyst dragon has scales of dull, opaque purple. As the dragon grows, their scales, horns, and wing membranes become more vibrant
… or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
upon their great wings, and gravitational force empowers both their devastating breath weapon and the exploding amethyst crystals they spit at their foes.
Royal Purple
When first hatched, an
to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including the creation of a more orderly and perfect cosmos
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
foes.
Royal Purple
When first hatched, an amethyst dragon has scales of dull, opaque purple. As the dragon grows, their scales, horns, and wing membranes become more vibrant and translucent. When
your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
hook, sending you on quests to learn more about its history or true nature, or confronting you with foes who want to claim it for themselves or prevent you from learning what you seek. The DM also
prefer for the DM to invent these details as part of the game, allowing you to learn more about your inheritance as your character does.
The Dungeon Master is free to use your inheritance as a story
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
seek to learn more about you—your weaknesses, your origins, your purpose—find themselves stymied by your disguise. Upon donning a disguise and behaving as your persona, you are
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Security. Doing what must be done can’t bring the innocent to harm. (Lawful)
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Confusion. Deception is a weapon. Strike from where your foes won’t expect. (Chaotic)
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Aarakocra
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it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An aarakocra who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses.
Confinement terrifies the
pursue enemies or thwart their foes’ designs there. Accident might also send a nest of aarakocra tumbling into a world on that plane. A few find their way to such a world through portals on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
enemies. The monks offered to shelter him and his bodyguards as long as they needed it. Ronnom was delighted to learn that Skalanthas, his mother’s long-lost dragon companion, also lived on the island. It didn’t take long for Ronnom to become the dragon’s friend and confidant.
the island of Najkir, where Ishyllia once liked to go to escape the politics and violence of her homeland. There, Skalanthas struck up a friendship with the monks that has lasted for years. The dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
One, to honor the poor halfling whose life he cut short. Shunned by polite society, Little One came to Candlekeep hoping to learn as much as he can. He’s a quiet but popular fixture in the fortress, and the monks are always saying hello to him and recommending new books for him to read.
: At the gatehouse, you are greeted by three monks in purple robes: a human, a shield dwarf, and a sun elf. Around their necks hang holy symbols of Deneir, god of writing, whose symbol is a lit candle
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
What the Residents Know Characters who strike up a conversation with any of the monastery’s residents can learn what they know about the following topics. Dead Falcons. The monks use trained falcons
to communicate with the outside world. Shortly before the characters’ arrival, someone killed all the falcons by feeding them poisoned meat. Getting off the Island. The monks have a small boat they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the Grand Master’s orders that any powerful visitors are to be brought to the devil’s attention. Alternatively, the Grand Master might send over a squad of five monks (cultists) led by an elder monk
. Something detaches and floats smoothly towards you — a flying skiff piloted by a hooded figure.
The ferry is operated by a merrenoloth (originally from Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes). It is crafted from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Though the vast majority of those recruits have perished or been imprisoned at the hands of the Grand Master, twenty-five monks — all a motley assemblage of evil humanoids — currently occupy various areas
Master. Wherever they are initially stationed, the monks all gather together if a general alarm is sounded, or to witness an audience in the central abbey (area M3). Each monk is a cultist that carries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
him, he exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes. Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another
their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
him, he exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes. Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another
their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
energy that fills the space between all things in the multiverse. Monks tap into that energy through spiritual and martial training, meditation, and contemplation. And punching and kicking. And more
punching and kicking. And maybe a head-butt for good measure. Monks in an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign find a way to integrate a typical ascetic life with the grandeur, majesty, and over-the-top
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Characters’ Goals Over the course of the adventure, the characters try to accomplish the following tasks: Explore the Doomvault and deal as much damage to the Thayans as possible. Learn how to access
the Phylactery Vault, and destroy the phylacteries within it. The villains’ goals are straightforward: defend the Doomvault and kill the intruders. Not all of the characters’ potential foes share these goals, so the opportunity exists to turn enemies into allies, or at least useful tools.
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forbidden lore.
Wizard. Study arcane magic and master spells for every purpose. Then embody the...
Abjurer to shield allies and banish foes.
Diviner to learn the multiverse’s secrets.
Evoker to create explosive effects.
Illusionist to weave spells of deception.
Tree to tap into cosmic vitality.
Zealot to rage in union with a god.
Bard. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of...
Dance to harness agility in
Goblin
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traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against
patience needed to learn and practice wizardry, and they fare poorly even when given access to the necessary training and knowledge. Sorcerers are less prevalent among them than in many other races, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Then embody the...
Abjurer to shield allies and banish foes.
Diviner to learn the multiverse’s secrets.
Evoker to create explosive effects.
Illusionist to weave spells of deception.
. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of...
Dance to harness agility in battle.
Glamour to weave beguiling Feywild magic.
Lore to collect knowledge
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
mostly on attitude, it’s important for the philosophy of a monk’s monastic tradition to mesh with the philosophy of the franchise. Way of Shadow Monks following the Way of Shadow fill an important
getting away with no one the wiser as to what you’ve stolen. And it’s a safe bet that your fellow franchisees will quickly learn to search the shadows before they say something they don’t want you to hear
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, and deadly dragons. They learn to track their quarry as a predator does, moving stealthily through the wilds and hiding themselves in brush and rubble. Rangers focus their combat training on
techniques that are particularly useful against their specific favored foes. Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds, rangers acquire the ability to cast spells that harness nature’s power, much as a druid
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Akroan soldiers provide a reliable source of food, for the soldiers herd approaching enemies into cyclops territory rather than fighting these foes themselves. Thus, the cyclopes attack the Akroans just
enough to keep the humans afraid of them, but not so much that they eliminate them or drive them off. Similarly, cyclopes who prey on sheep learn never to eat the shepherd. Like the pit of a fruit, a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Way of the Open Hand Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate ki
deities who teach the value of physical excellence and mental discipline. In the Forgotten Realms, the order of the Dark Moon is made up of monks dedicated to Shar (goddess of loss), who maintain secret
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
outside their walls — or to make sure visitors who learn the truth either join the cult or never return from their visit. Reason to Visit. These four sites are central to the adventure (see chapter 3
actually an old stone temple built in a rocky vale at the southern edge of the Sumber Hills. It was recently reborn as the Sacred Stone Monastery, home to reclusive monks dedicated to a mysterious “Way
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
when they attack. But a group of adventurers could come to earn the respect of their Dhakaani foes and learn more about the enemy. Perhaps a group of adventurers chooses to respect the Dhakaani’s claim
mercenaries. Over time, the adventurers should learn more about them and realize that they are the advance force of a great army. The Heirs of Dhakaan can remain an enigmatic foe, encountered only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
gods don’t grant this power to everyone who seeks it, but only to those chosen to fulfill a high calling. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers
spells that harm and hinder foes. They can provoke awe and dread, lay curses of plague or poison, and even call down flames from heaven to consume their enemies. For those evildoers who will benefit






