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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
origin of Sweettooth Village. This eerie, abandoned town constructed of gingerbread and frosting lies deep in the wilds of Eldraine. Some say the fiendish candy monsters that prowl its butterscotch-lined
a delicious chocolatey flavor, a gelatinous cube might have a more decorative shape and taste fruity, and an ochre jelly could smell like butterscotch.
PoisonBludgeoning
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
damage on a successful one.Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary mimics—that spits acid.Acid
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
liquid expanses, thousands of eyes of every size and shape peer into the endless darkness. Beholders, dolgrims, and stranger aberrations dwell within the halls of the citadel, which is one of the few
“I perceive certain types of people — vocations or entire societies — as hideous monsters.”
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“Someone is watching everything I do.”
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“When I
Ancient Brass Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
damage or someone uses an action to wake it.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It
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Images of Large or smaller monsters haunt the desert sands within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. These illusions move and appear real, although they can do no harm. A creature that examines an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Phenax’s Villains Servants of Phenax dot the world, largely staying hidden until they are needed to help spin the web of lies that advances his plots. His servants prefer to confront foes using guile
missing then turn up with no memory of their disappearance. Phenax cult fanatics are brainwashing these souls for use as sleeper agents.
Phenax’s Monsters Phenax is often associated with monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
treasure here, guarded by a monstrous shape-shifter called a mimic. Since then, a trio of impish elementals and kuo-toa fanatics have made the cave their home. You can add monsters, such as Giant
B: Mephit Lair Sturdy fortifications and clean water make this abandoned subterranean outpost an appealing den for thieves and monsters. Before the prior inhabitants left, they stored some enticing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Pipe of Smoke Monsters Wondrous Item, Common While smoking this pipe, you can take a Magic action to exhale a puff of smoke that takes the form of a creature, such as a dragon, a flumph, or a slaad
. The form must be small enough to fit in a 1-foot cube and loses its shape after a few seconds, becoming an ordinary puff of smoke.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the character to miss the adventure, perhaps by having him or her linger in town or continue a downtime activity. Leave a way for the character to rejoin the party when the player returns. Have the
, but don’t try to come up with any in-game explanation for this absence. Monsters don’t attack the character, who returns the favor. On returning, the player resumes playing as if he or she was never gone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Pipe of Smoke Monsters Wondrous Item, Common While smoking this pipe, you can use an action to exhale a puff of smoke that takes the form of a single creature, such as a dragon, a flumph, or a
froghemoth. The form must be small enough to fit in a 1-foot cube and loses its shape after a few seconds, becoming an ordinary puff of smoke.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Pipe of Smoke Monsters Wondrous item, common While smoking this pipe, you can use an action to exhale a puff of smoke that takes the form of a single creature, such as a dragon, a flumph, or a
froghemoth. The form must be small enough to fit in a 1-foot cube and loses its shape after a few seconds, becoming an ordinary puff of smoke.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. The Mournland is a vast open grave. In the Mournland, the wounds of war never heal, vile magical effects linger, and monsters mutate into even more foul and horrible creatures. Arcane effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
secure resting place. No monsters come this way. Moreover, the storeroom door is in good shape and can easily be blocked or barred from the inside. The contents of the kegs have long evaporated.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Type A creature’s type speaks to its fundamental nature. The following types of monsters can be encountered in this adventure. Aberrations. Utterly alien beings that have no place in the natural
fixed shape. They are mostly subterranean, dwelling in caves and dungeons.
Plants. Plant creatures, as opposed to ordinary plants, have some degree of sentience and mobility.
Undead. Once-living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Monsters (Q) Quasit Tiny Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil
AC 13 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 25 (10d4)
Speed 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 5 −3 −3
Dex 17 +3 +3
Con 10 +0 +0
has the Frightened condition. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically.
Shape-Shift. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
defense, the army seeks to eliminate the characters by hurling monsters onto the battlements. Siege Weapon Sabotage. While the characters rest, a shape-shifting spy and its minions try to sabotage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
smoke monsters. While smoking this pipe, one can use an action to exhale a puff of smoke that takes the form of a single creature, such as a dragon, a flumph, or a froghemoth. The form must be small
enough to fit in a 1-foot cube. It loses its shape after a few seconds, becoming an ordinary puff of smoke.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
determine how many monsters are affected by the Wizard’s Fireball spell or some other area of effect? The Targets in Area of Effect table offers a guideline. To use the table, find the column for the shape of
Adjudicating Areas of Effect When the characters are fighting a large number of monsters, it’s not always practical to use miniatures on a battle grid or some other visual aid. So how do you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
, and another door bars the way into the common room from there. The larger doors lead into the courtyard, where there are stables and a smithy. Monsters. The attacking creatures are comprised of 1
the party approaches the zombies. The zombies don’t notice the party until the adventurers are within 60 feet of them, or until the party attacks. Then all the monsters turn their focus from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Foyer Monsters. Two male fire giants (named Druvax and Zelzzarf) and seven hobgoblins are sorting through pieces of scrap iron on the floor and tossing them noisily into piles.
Statues. Two
shape spells to mutilate the statues, which once depicted proud dwarf warriors. The statue to the west has stony pseudopods sprouting from it, while the statue to the south appears half-melted. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, creating a magical threat that can fill a structure and linger for years. When magic-users create gorgons, they often enchant them to ignore those who confront the creature with a specific command key
Say its creator’s name backward. 6 Wear a mask, perhaps in the shape of a bull or an animal meaningful to the gorgon’s creator.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
that remain linger in the shadows of their ancestors’ wonders. Only slowly have they begun to push back centuries of darkness and rediscover how the world has changed. Then came the Dragon Armies
have joined the enemy en masse. Whispers also speak of winged doom, wild reports of riders on dragonnels—and I dare imagine worse.
I don’t yet understand the shape of our enemy. Their motivations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
never were and repeat legends that glorify historic individuals, Nyxborn creatures of those stories might arise. Whether monsters, manifestations of long-dead mortals, or other beings, Nyxborn creatures
the creature to serve as an emissary.
2 The creature formed as the side effect of some other divine action.
3 The creature escaped from the Underworld.
4 The creature took shape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with the trade guilds each family controls. Lands of Intrigue. The war is over, and the nations of Khorvaire now try to build a new age of peace and prosperity. Ancient threats linger, however, and the
assortment of monsters and other challenges. A World of Magic. The technology of Eberron has developed not through the advance of science but by the mastery of magic. The widespread use of magic pervades life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Oni Wickedness Drawn to the Wicked Habitat: Forest, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Oni are elusive entities that inhabit dark forests and other wildernesses. By shape-shifting into the form of an
anyone who comes near.
3 Luring other monsters to the settlement.
4 Playing drums that keep everyone awake.
John Grello
Oni Large Fiend, Lawful Evil
AC 17 Initiative +0 (10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Imp Devil of Pettiness and Suspicion Habitat: Any; Treasure: None Patrik Hell Known for their cowardice and toadying, imps serve devils and wicked magic-users. Their abilities to shape-shift and
take over bands of weaker monsters, or they might pose as helpful spirits and trick influential individuals into pursuing nefarious ends. I can tell you what I know, but wouldn’t you rather I tell you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
between what characters think and how they behave. When creating adventures rooted in psychological horror, consider common fears and anxieties. These readily become metaphors for villains and monsters
. Uncertainty, paranoia, and blurred lines between reality and fiction also shape psychological horror stories. In your adventures, this might take the form of unreliable information. Characters might experience
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Chapter 2: Growing Your Franchise As a run-of-the-dungeon adventurer, your character might kick through countless locked doors, lay down ancient magics, or send any number of monsters to the
franchise activities, allowing players to help shape the business and the narrative of the campaign even when they aren’t in the field.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon as Power In some places, dragons are more than monsters or masterminds. They are movers and shakers whose desires shape the course of history. A powerful dragon’s schemes impact the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
fear or revere the Dark Six. The principles of the faith are the same: just like the Sovereigns, the Six are with us at all times. They shape the world and speak to those who will listen. In general, the
of nature, treachery in battle, dark magic and monsters, passion and madness. Those who worship the Sovereigns fear these things; those who revere the Six embrace them and don’t consider them to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
tomb (areas 27 and 28). Withers avoids contact with the characters when possible, confident that Acererak’s traps will defeat them. Legendary Monsters Two legendary monsters dwell in Acererak’s tomb
its skull and bones remain intact. A skeleton key does not trigger any trap placed in a room or on a door of the tomb. Each skeleton key has a skull that extends into a carved key-like shape. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
trespass on their territories. With no biological needs and supernatural patience, these monsters might wait unmoving for months, revealing themselves only when conditions are perfect to attack. They tend
to lurk where statuary seems commonplace or where terrain obscures the shape and color of their bodies. Roll on or choose a result from the Gargoyle Camouflage table to inspire where a gargoyle sets up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
together, they will shape a hopeful future. Lives of the People Sugar and chocolate are abundant in the cuisine of Atagua, especially in the favored beverages: drinking chocolate, strong coffee, and
given names, insightful nicknames from a person’s childhood often linger into adulthood. The following are examples of such names: Feminine. Cruz, Tibísay, Yamaira, Zulibeth Masculine. Estwaldo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
kind, and they wreak havoc in that foul immortal’s name. Rarely, non-minotaurs cursed by magic-users or spiteful deities might transform into these monsters. Minotaurs of Baphomet often dwell in mazes
, leading their allies to hidden destinations and stalking trespassers. Roll on or choose a result from the Minotaur Mazes table to inspire the shape of a minotaur’s dwelling. Minotaur Mazes 1d4 The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
’ unexplored corners, so even powerful demons don’t linger in these tunnels. Whitemarsh. Vile offal drips from the bottom of the Firehive and collects on the ground below. This boggy wetland has become a
fertile breeding ground called Whitemarsh: a primordial soup that gives rise to all manner of monsters. The weakest specimens are gobbled up by hungry demons fresh from the Scabbery. Sometimes, powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Path of the Ancestral Guardian Some barbarians hail from cultures that revere their ancestors. These tribes teach that the warriors of the past linger in the world as mighty spirits, who can guide
their ancestors’ deeds. These tattoos tell sagas of victories against terrible monsters and other fearsome rivals. So ancestors are people who did the procreation thing to make more people before you