monsters shares with only above for for layer

Vegepygmy Moldmaker

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

":"damage", "rollAction":"Toxic Mold", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage and has the blinded and deafened conditions for 1 minute as it becomes covered in a thick layer of mold. On a successful

hospitable to their fungal bodies. To learn more about vegepygmies, see Monsters of the Multiverse.Lightning, Piercing

Girallon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

organize members to work together to make a big kill, however. If they succeed, everyone in the group shares the spoils, with the best parts going to those caring for their young. Girallons’ strange

out across the world. Numerous creatures have tried to tame, subjugate, or cooperate with the monsters. For instance, some forest-dwelling peoples capture girallons and train them to serve as sentinels

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

drag victims into its bulk. Those consumed by Juiblex are obliterated.Juiblex’s Lair Juiblex’s principal lair is known as the Slime Pits, a realm that Juiblex shares with Zuggtmoy. This

layer of the Abyss, which is also known as Shedaklah, is a bubbling morass of fetid sludge. The landscape is covered in vast expanses of caustic slimes, and strange organic forms rise from the oceans of

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

known as the Slime Pits, a realm which Juiblex shares with Zuggtmoy. This layer of the Abyss, which is also known as Shedaklah, is a bubbling morass of oozing, fetid sludge. Its landscape is covered

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material

imprisoned the hero’s soul and keeps it hidden and well guarded. Bathing the wand in positive energy causes it to crack and explode, but unless the above conditions are met, the wand instantly reforms on Orcus’s layer of the Abyss.

Listening Post Conversations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

or an Intelligence (Nature) check to impress Zakia with knowledge about rare herbs or monsters. A person who is Friendly toward a character helps decipher clues in the song lyrics and imparts the

a bit about everyone’s business. She wears a simple yellow dress and keeps her hair short. When Friendly, Aunt Dellie shares the following: “Past the farms of the Ribbon is a wild, unsettled land

Mages

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

mystical secrets and possess insight into monsters, legends, omens, and other lore. Mages often gather allies or hire assistants to aid them in their research or to attain magical might. Roll on or

lore. 8 A soothsayer who advises rulers. 9 A war mage who aids soldiers in battle. 10 A witch who shares secret wisdom.

Carceri

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

, frigid oceans, and black ice. All form a miserable home for the traitors and backstabbers trapped on this prison plane. Layers of Carceri Layer Description Orthrys The River Styx meanders through a

layer of vast bogs and quicksand. Cathrys The stench of decay hangs over fetid jungles and scarlet plains. Minethys Stinging sand blows in unending storms, hiding the ruins of the ancient city

Wandering Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Wandering Monsters Wyllowwood is a thriving ecosystem. The woods support awakened shrubs, awakened trees, bats, bears, blink dogs, boars, deer, elk, rodents, small birds, and other denizens of

Wyllow, painting the archdruid as a creature of pure madness and malevolence. He also shares rumors of “great treasures” that are hidden inside Wyllow’s tower.

1. Fungal Wilds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

eventually allowed to rot and join the cavern’s detritus bed. Loobamub. The circle leader of the hunters, this tall and lean myconid shares Basidia’s concerns about Phylo’s new way, though it is still

unwelcome monsters that have found their way into the fungal wilds. In particular, the circle leader asks the adventurers to kill a grick alpha and then take its carcass to Basidia for reanimation. A

Dispater

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

products of the iron mines on Dis and the workshops in the sprawling metropolis that shares the name of the layer. Dispater trusts no one and dislikes surprises. Since Zariel’s rise to power, he has taken

Where Do Monsters Dwell?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Where Do Monsters Dwell? If you are new to the D&D game, you might not be familiar with the weird and wondrous places where monsters can be found and fought. Dungeons When most people think of a

controlled by a gang of wererats The Underdark There is no greater dungeon than the Underdark, the underworld beneath the surface world. It is a vast subterranean realm where monsters accustomed to darkness

Demelin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

doesn’t know who these troops are or what plans they have. She shares what she’s seen of the invaders’ movements. Patrols of soldiers and monsters roam the city, focusing much of their activity on the

“Exploring the City” section). She shares the information from the “History of the City” section. Demelin and the Lance If the characters ask Demelin about Knight Sarlamir’s lance, she says she’s seen

Xulregg

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Xulregg The Abyssal layer of Xulregg is a sweltering forest of massive trees, rotting undergrowth, and boiling marshes. Mike Schley Map 20.1: Xulregg View Player Version Locations in Xulregg The

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

Leilon Point Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

gain his trust. Characters who break into his house have disadvantage on all Charisma checks made to interact with Marciano. Once the characters gain Marciano’s trust, he shares the following

, Marciano ordered everyone in Leilon Point to remain inside until further notice and wait for help to come from Leilon. Marciano describes the raiders as green-scaled monsters with finned heads. After

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

, a supply of which can always be produced from the machine’s inner workings. This silver wire shares the same general nature as the silvery cord of an astral projection spell, connecting to the

used by Baron Lum, the Infernal Machine was known for its ability to unleash terrible monsters within the world. Specific combinations of its controls can still recreate the effects of various spells

Reality Dawns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, 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

shares it with the characters: Kas plans to use the rod to free Miska the Wolf-Spider, a powerful demon lord who was trapped in Pandesmos eons ago using the rod. Kas and Miska would then march against

D: Sunward Fortress

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

scared but unharmed. Once she confirms the characters aren’t monsters, she removes the barricade and shares the following facts: When Yearkal was captured and brought here, the Dragon Army made her join

power of the Spawning Stone—the source of the vicious monsters called slaadi. The Dragon Army evacuated the ruin, but not completely. The evil cleric Belephaion, Lohezet’s peer, was fascinated with

Forests of Slaughter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the

items to feed to the zone’s monsters. If such interlopers can’t provide credible reasons for their presence, the wight orders the helmed horror to attack. Glyph Key. The wight has a glyph key attuned

Mountain Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

to catch brigands and smugglers, drive monsters from the roads, and prevent raids. The soldiers are initially suspicious of the characters. However, if the characters explain their business in the

rare or better magic item, the dragon shares this fact and points the characters in the right direction. She then advises them to follow the bats, adding a few barbs about how they’d be doomed without

Chapter 1: Adventuring in Netheril

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

by mages are frigid cracks in reality leading to the Plane of Ice, Stygia (the frozen fifth layer of the Nine Hells), Limbo, and other distant planes. Adventurers might be asked to deal with monsters

. Inhabitants also include various magen (see appendix B) and summoned monsters, including Elementals and Celestials. In the acropolis, gravity and time are shaped at Karsus’s pleasure. Various areas have

Dungeon Characteristics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

keys must touch. Then, as an action, the creature holding the originating key must make a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. If the check succeeds, each key shares the chosen attunement. If the check

end up as food for the dungeon’s monsters. They have no glyph keys and can’t leave their zone without help. If able, freed prisoners beg for aid in escaping. If given glyph keys, they head to the

Lower Level Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

shares the following information if questioned: Old Outpost. Starglass Waypoint was built by githyanki and modrons around a planar gate. (The spectator has never left this room and doesn’t know the gate’s

each) and a silver necklace with moonstone teardrops (worth 750 GP) Seven jade orbs (worth 100 GP each), each engraved in Infernal with the name of a layer of the Nine Hells (Avernus, Dis, Minauros

Command Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Grandolpha’s guards have prepared, but the food has a thin layer of ash covering it that spoils the taste. Grandolpha doesn’t seem to mind, though. She also offers the characters a vile Muzgardt brew

the characters threaten her, she laughs at their audacity and refuses to meet their demands. If the characters ask for her help, she shares the following information with them: She doesn’t know

Tyrant's Spiral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

impaled on a moldy stalagmite. Many of the clockwork beings flinch away from the sinister remains as they pass. The skull belongs to Beherit, a deposed archdevil who ruled the layer of Malbolge in the

version of its true form, that of a constantly rotting and re-forming corpse with shifting features (chaotic evil; use the lich stat block). It revels in its freedom and shares anything it knows with

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

lunatic. The ground nearby is crawling with tiny twig monsters. The Barovian wilderness is home to druids who worship Strahd because of his ability to control the weather and the beasts of Barovia. The

more of them succeeds, read: You spot a wolf trap, its steel jaws caked with rust. Someone has carefully hidden the trap under a thin layer of pine needles and detritus. Barovian hunters and trappers

Black Earth Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

of the Black Earth, and dream of the day when earthquakes reduce the world of mortals to rubble. They seek to recruit evil or destructive monsters that burrow or dwell in the ground, and in fact

Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Bond of the Black Earth. The burrowshark is magically bound to a bulette trained to serve as its mount. While mounted on its bulette, the burrowshark shares the bulette’s

Mr. Dory's Warehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

hope to have their god’s spawn fully grown in a matter of weeks. Dory does know the location of the cult’s temple, and gladly shares it. But he will not go there with the characters under any

foul crimes. Still more scraps of parchment contain scribbles and crude drawings of tentacled monsters — mad visions induced by Dory’s connection to the Whisperer. If the characters saw the drawings on

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

clouds anymore, but most do reside atop high mountains, inside or even above a near-perpetual cloud layer. A select few — those at the apex of the clan’s ordning — claim the last of the ancient cloud

drawing too much attention. It’s not that they fear attack from humanoids or monsters, because few creatures other than dragons can challenge them. But if more than a few lived in the same place, the

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

important to allow them to take rests. However, if the players become overly cautious and attempt to take a long rest after every encounter, have wandering monsters interrupt their attempts to sleep

breath weapon against the darkmantles because the weight of the boulders makes it hard for her to breathe. When the characters engage the darkmantles, the monsters ignore the dragon to focus on the

Faerûn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, monsters out of the Hullack Forest or the Stonelands, or some ancient, hidden magic. Cormyr is many things, but dull isn’t one of them. The Cold Lands. The nations of Damara, Narfell, Sossal, and

place. The tiny nation of Sossal trades with its neighbors, but shares little of itself with the wider world. The Dalelands. The humans who call the Dalelands home want nothing more than lives

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

to Waterdeep and back, for 600 gp each way, plus 25 gp for each wagon beyond the tenth. Runs to Everlund and back are 800 gp each way, as monsters from the Evermoors are known to prey on caravans

, but he lacks the funds and the ambition to do so. He shares his dream with new patrons, hoping one or more of them might make a donation or otherwise sponsor the endeavor. Kaelen might even be

Bathhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

conducts a thorough search realizes that the sarcophagus has a false bottom made of inch-thick plaster. Smashing through this plaster layer reveals a cavity below that contains a human mummy floating in

at length about the Jhasso family. If set free, Vendetta stays with the characters until an opportunity to escape presents itself. Before that, though, she shares the following piece of information

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

crenellated battlement. The buried citadel has sunk so far into the earth that the battlement is now level with the surrounding floor. That floor stretches away to the north and south, composed of a layer of

or some other similarly sized and sturdy object under the pressure plate prevents it from activating. 9. Dragon Riddle Dust fills this hall like a layer of gray snow. In the rounded northern end of

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

subservient creatures to protect their treasures. Queen of Evil Dragons. Tiamat the Dragon Queen is the chief deity of evil dragonkind. She dwells on Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells. As a lesser god

she shares control of the faith of dragonkind. She also holds a special enmity for Asmodeus, who long ago stripped her of the rule of Avernus and who continues to curb the Dragon Queen’s power. Black

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