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Out of the Abyss
reanimated as a spore servant if it’s a type of creature that can be (see the “Myconids” entry in the Monster Manual).
Mind Control Spores (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6
harmless promises offered by exotic spores and mushrooms, but quickly consumes them, body and soul.
Sharing a layer of the Abyss with Juiblex, plus their mutual insatiable hunger, has made the two demon
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
soul rises as a lemure (see the Monster Manual) on Avernus, one of the Nine Hells, in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Hours"} hours. If the creature isn’t revived
. The devil teaches the giant how to forge with infernal iron and hellfire, enabling the giant to craft weapons that can funnel the souls of the slain to Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. In
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 23). Bel can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic, fireball
3/day each: dispel magic, hold monster
);ice devil with an ice spear (as described in the ice devil’s entry in the Monster Manual). The ice devil appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of Bel, acts as Bel’s ally, and can
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
plane might consider it a rarity from some undiscovered Abyssal layer. In general, feel free to use whatever fiends you wish when telling stories in Theros—the Underworld’s a big place with room for all the incarnate wickedness you desire.
PoisonCold, Necrotic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
become ghoul;ghouls and zombie;zombies (both appear in the Monster Manual) that serve in his legions, while his favored servants are the cultists and necromancers who murder the living and then manipulate
Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
magic is intimately linked with the oceans of the Material Plane. The dragon turtle presented in the Monster Manual is a typical adult, at least a century old and boasting a valuable hoard. You can
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
)"} mezzoloth;mezzoloths, 1 arcanaloth, or 1 baernaloth (the mezzoloth and arcanaloth appear in the Monster Manual). A summoned yugoloth appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of the baernaloth, acts
Gray Wastes of Hades. Their gray, desiccated skin stretches over their bones, and their heads resemble horned equine skulls with ember-like eyes. Sages endlessly debate the nature of baernaloths, and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
beast.Baphomet’s Lair
Baphomet’s lair is his palace, the Lyktion, which is on the layer of the Abyss called the Endless Maze. Nestled within the twisting passages of the planewide labyrinth
on which it stands; it is populated by minotaur;minotaurs, goristro;goristros, and quasit;quasits all of which appear in the Monster Manual.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hunting ground, where he pursues captured mortals in a cruel game. Yeenoghu’s lair is a place of blood and death, populated by gnoll;gnolls, hyena;hyenas, and ghoul;ghouls (see the Monster Manual
), and there are few structures or signs of civilization on his layer of the Abyss.
The challenge rating of Yeenoghu is 25 (75,000 XP) when he’s encountered in his lair.
Lair Actions
On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Gate and ends in Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. By the end of the adventure, the characters should be 13th level or higher. To run this adventure, you need the fifth edition Player’s
Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Use the first session of the game to help your players create their 1st-level characters. As part of this process, the players can choose their party’s dark secret (see "Dark Secrets").
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Queen’s realm. Layer 88: The Gaping Maw The Sibilant Beast and the self-styled Prince of Demons, Demogorgon yearns for nothing less than undoing the order of the multiverse. A two-headed monster who seems
Abyss The Abyss embodies all that is perverse, gruesome, and chaotic. Its virtually endless layers spiral downward into ever more appalling forms. Each layer of the Abyss boasts a horrific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frozen Shipwreck The Dark Duchess is hundreds of yards from shore, trapped in thick ice. When the characters get close enough to see it, read: The Sea of Moving Ice stretches out before you, a
featureless, frozen desert. Ahead, the smooth white surface is interrupted by a towering ship, its exterior covered in frost.
The hull, rigging, and masts of the ship are covered in a layer of ice. From
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Asmodeus to tempt mortals. The intrusion of the River Styx followed by endless waves of slavering demons destroyed this paradise, leaving layer upon layer of bones, ruins, and shattered war machines
offers an eternity of fulfillment from the most insignificant desires to the seven deadly sins. Every shred of evil is used in the Nine Hells, and each layer specializes in some way to accommodate and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
demon lords who rule them, as the following examples illustrate. More information about the demon lords can be found in the Monster Manual. The Gaping Maw. Demogorgon’s layer in the Abyss is a vast
The Abyss The Abyss embodies all that is perverse, gruesome, and chaotic. Its virtually endless layers spiral downward into ever more appalling forms. Each layer of the Abyss boasts its own horrific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. For example, an orc has the humanoid (orc) type. These parenthetical tags provide an additional layer of categorization for certain monsters, but they have no bearing on how a monster is used in combat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Arborea Arborea is a plane of extremes: stupendously craggy mountains; unbelievably deep gorges; forests of monstrously huge trees; and vast stretches of wheat fields, orchards, and arbors. Wild
; sometimes it originates from groups of elf musicians, but just as often the faint tune is merely the wind curling through the boles of the great trees. Layers of Arborea Layer Description
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, Levistus, both occupy strange positions in the hierarchy. Stygia is a frozen wasteland of mysterious origin, a churning, murky sea covered in a thick layer of ice. Where the ice gives way to open water
previously ruled over the layer. The two constantly vied for control of Stygia. The conflict ended when Asmodeus brought down his punishment on Levistus, who was frozen just after his latest victory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
creature uses it, or if it tries to harness the well again. While this psychic gift is available, the creature also gains telepathy to a range of 30 feet (as described in the Monster Manual). Once a
creatures travel normally. On a 2 or a 4, distance stretches and the journey takes longer than it should; multiply the distance creatures have to travel by the number rolled. On a 3, distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Manticore A monster in every sense of the word, a manticore has a vaguely humanoid head, the body of a lion, and the wings of a dragon. A bristling mane stretches down the creature’s back, and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
addition to her heartstone, the hag carries a black soul bag (see the “Night Hag” entry in the Monster Manual for more information on this magic items. The bag contains nine soul coins, which Mad Maggie
uses to power her infernal war machines. Years ago, a thirst to experience the ultimate misery brought the night hag to the first layer of the Nine Hells. Followed to Avernus by scores of bloodthirsty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. What better way to think of the big bad monster at the center of a web of even bigger and badder plans than as the CEO of a megacorporation, using every resource to dominate the market? What is an
gain money, power, and influence into D&D adds another layer of depth to the story your campaigns create.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, steaming breath, and crushing tail. A dragon turtle’s rough shell is the same dark green color as the deep water where this monster dwells. Silver highlights lining the shell resemble light dancing on
dwell in caves hidden in coral reefs or beneath the seafloor, or along rugged stretches of coastline. If a choice cave is already inhabited, a dragon turtle attacks its current residents in an attempt to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ocean floor at a depth of 100 feet, which is coated in a soft layer of fine sediment. The water around the lair is clear but dimly lit. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which
hoard scattered across the chamber floor. Although the lair is mostly flooded with seawater, a layer of breathable air is trapped in the top 3 feet of the main chamber. Coral Shelf. A secondary entrance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Fiend in its own right. The devil teaches the giant how to forge with infernal iron and hellfire, enabling the giant to craft weapons that can funnel the souls of the slain to Avernus, the first layer
points by the hellion dies, and its soul rises as a lemure (see the Monster Manual) on Avernus, one of the Nine Hells, in 1d4 hours. If the creature isn't revived before then, it can be restored to life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mushrooms, but quickly consumes them, body and soul. Sharing a layer of the Abyss with Juiblex, plus their mutual insatiable hunger, has made the two demon lords mortal enemies, each devoted to destroying
; she can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row. Zuggtmoy causes four gas spores or violet fungi (see the Monster Manual) to appear in unoccupied spaces that she chooses within the lair. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. The island is magically frozen or is a floating iceberg. Perhaps something lies locked within.
2 Sargassum. The island is a dense layer of seaweed that has developed its own ecosystem of strange
Theros dwells here—such as thri-kreen, yuan-ti, or another creature from the Monster Manual.
4 Rivals. Two settlements have turned the island into a war zone.
5 Prisoner. A powerful monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Baernaloth Baernaloths are tall, gaunt yugoloths who keep to the Gray Wastes of Hades. Their gray, desiccated skin stretches over their bones, and their heads resemble horned equine skulls with ember
)
Summon Yugoloth (1/Day). The baernaloth has a 50 percent chance of summoning its choice of 1d4 mezzoloths, 1 arcanaloth, or 1 baernaloth (the mezzoloth and arcanaloth appear in the Monster Manual). A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
thunderstorm is the dragon’s work — a regional effect (see the blue dragon entry in the Monster Manual) that stretches for 6 miles in every direction. The storm has no effect on the battle as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
small portion of his power. The least of these become ghouls and zombies (both appear in the Monster Manual) that serve in his legions, while his favored servants are the cultists and necromancers who
Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the River Styx, Naratyr is an eerily quiet and cold city, its streets empty for hours at a time. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
tear through the silence. Something is happening downstairs. Deep, wicked-sounding laughter echoes through the sanctum, along with familiar voices shouting, “You monster!” and “We trusted you!”
When
, the first layer of Pandemonium. Neither Alustriel nor Tasha had previously met Kas, but the stories about his and Vecna’s hatred for each other are well known, as is Kas’s hunger for power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
not.” 21–40 “I periodically slip into a catatonic state, staring off into the distance for long stretches at a time.” 41–60 “I see an altered version of reality, with my mind convincing itself that
creature that can be (see the “Myconids” entry in the Monster Manual).
Mind Control Spores (Recharge 5–6). Zuggtmoy releases spores that burst out in a cloud that fills a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
warns a city of a titanic monster wandering nearby. The city asks adventurers for aid, and the priest offers to help. 5 A cloud giant priest of Iallanis seeks a neutral party to negotiate a truce between
older dragons. The giant hopes to provoke a conflict between giants and dragons that will lead to Surtur cleansing the world with fire. 11 When winter stretches too long, food grows scarce and a priest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dungeon, images of dark cells with iron bars and shackles spring to mind. In the D&D game, the word “dungeon” takes on a broader meaning to include any enclosed, monster-infested location. Most dungeons
boundaries of the world: A pit fiend’s stronghold on Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells A haunted castle in the Shadowfell that serves as a shadow dragon’s lair An elf queen’s tomb in the Feywild A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(or two groups of giants), a clash between a giant and another powerful monster (such as a dragon, a dinosaur, a purple worm, or the tarrasque), or the stirring of a truly colossal giant (such as the
Stewards of the Eternal Throne, described in chapter 2) warns a city that the tarrasque is approaching and asks for heroes to evacuate the city while the giants hold the monster at bay. 5 A terrifying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
moves up to his speed without provoking opportunity attacks, then makes a Gore attack.
Baphomet’s Lair Baphomet’s lair is his palace, the Lyktion, which is on the layer of the Abyss called the
palace is a towering structure whose interior is as labyrinthine as the plane on which it stands; it is populated by minotaurs, goristros, and quasits, all of which appear in the Monster Manual. Lair