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Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
adult;Adult myconids live and work together in colonies and practice a form of communal meditation called a meld, in which they seek to transcend mundane reality through shared hallucination.
Myconid leaders like Sinensa use their Hallucination Spores to help myconids create melds.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of several individuals and their offspring, usually led by a dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body
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
Goliath
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mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.
Survival of the Fittest
Among goliaths, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone goliath has
give up their lives as their physical skills decay.
Because of their risk-taking, goliath tribes suffer from a chronic lack of the experience offered by long- term leaders. They hope for innate
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
operate up and down the Sword Coast and throughout the North. Most are small-scale operations that employ a dozen to a hundred folk who offer security services, hunt monsters and brigands, or go to war in
company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Beak, Troll, Werebear, Young Remorhaz 6 Mammoth, Young White Dragon 8 Frost Giant 9 Abominable Yeti 11 Remorhaz, Roc 13 Adult White Dragon 20 Ancient White Dragon Coastal Monsters CR Monsters 0
Young Blue Dragon 10 Cyclops Oracle 11 Djinni, Marid, Roc 13 Storm Giant 15 Adult Bronze Dragon 16 Adult Blue Dragon 17 Dragon Turtle 22 Ancient Bronze Dragon 23 Ancient Blue Dragon Desert Monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sources of dread. The Folk Horror Monsters table suggests just a few creatures suited to this genre. Folk Horror Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/2 Myconid adult MM
2 Awakened
Folk Horror Monsters Eerie traditions and unnatural alliances with monsters fill folk horror tales. When something’s been normalized over generations, even the strangest practices and most dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
) Adult white dragon 13 (10,000 XP) Ancient white dragon 20 (24,500 XP) Coastal Monsters Monsters Challenge Rating (XP) Commoner, crab, eagle 0 (10 XP) Bandit, blood hawk, giant crab, guard
(13,000 XP) Adult blue dragon 16 (15,000 XP) Dragon turtle 17 (18,000 XP) Ancient bronze dragon 22 (30,000 XP) Ancient blue dragon 23 (32,500 XP) Desert Monsters Monsters Challenge Rating (XP) Cat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Monsters Any monster can find a place in a dark fantasy plot. D&D’s most iconic threats—such as dragons and beholders—are well suited to horror-tinged tales, as are any other
supernatural foes. Chapter 5 details how to make even the most familiar monsters into fear-worthy threats. Dark Fantasy Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/8 Gremishka VGR
1/4 Goblin MM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
monsters' bites, deal piercing damage. Poison. Venomous stings and the toxic gas of an adult green dragon's breath deal poison damage. Psychic. Mental abilities such as a psionic blast deal psychic
the types. The damage types follow, with examples to help a DM assign a damage type to a new effect. Acid. The corrosive spray of an adult black dragon's breath and the dissolving enzymes secreted by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
and monsters’ bites, deal piercing damage. Poison. Venomous stings and the toxic gas of an adult green dragon’s breath deal poison damage. Psychic. Mental abilities such as a psionic blast deal psychic
the types. The damage types follow, with examples to help a DM assign a damage type to a new effect. Acid. The corrosive spray of an adult black dragon’s breath and the dissolving enzymes secreted by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
both leaders to discover which has the worthier claim.
8 A bronze dragon fears that a remote library-fortress is no longer the best place to safeguard an infamous tome called the Antitheorem
.
Adult Bronze Dragon Connections d8 Connected Creatures
1 A rakshasa disguised as a pirate lord seeks revenge on the adult bronze dragon who has killed the Fiend three times so far.
2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
governor, a council of prominent guild leaders, and a military marshal. Military. Kalaman maintains a significant military force to deter raiders from Estwilde and monsters from the Dargaard Mountains. Vingaard Port. The city sits at the mouth of the Vingaard River, about thirty miles downriver from Vogler.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
goals. They might become patrons of whole cities, advising leaders and helping generations flourish. Adult Bronze Dragon Huge Dragon (Metallic), Lawful Good
AC 18 Initiative +10 (20)
HP 212 (17d12
Adult Bronze Dragon Matt Stewart An adult bronze dragon defends the deep from a ravenous giant shark Adult bronze dragons often dwell near places they defend or where they help others work toward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
weapons with their tails or clawed feet, su-monsters prefer to rend prey with their claws. Adult su-monsters can also project blasts of psionic energy that leave enemies stunned and unable to flee or defend
Su-monster Su-monsters are cunning, wicked primates that inhabit forsaken wilderness areas and caves. Adults stand 5 feet tall and have long prehensile tails. Although they can grasp tools and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Survival of the Fittest Among goliaths, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone goliath has little chance of survival, especially an older or weaker one. Goliaths have little
tribes suffer from a chronic lack of the experience offered by long-term leaders. They hope for innate wisdom in their leadership, for they can rarely count on a wisdom grown with age.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
encounters allows you to combine these encounters into a larger obstacle or problem the adventurers must overcome. Make Peace The characters must convince two opposing groups (or their leaders) to end the
protect might be sentient, cursed, or difficult to transport. Such an encounter might be a combat encounter or an exploration encounter, with either Hostile monsters or a dangerous environment threatening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Monsters (F) Faerie Dragons Whimsical Draconic Tricksters
Habitat: Forest; Treasure: Implements
Faerie dragons are cat-size pranksters with draconic features, butterfly-like wings, and scales of
warm hues as youths and cool hues as adults.
Faerie Dragon Adult The pranks of faerie dragon adults tend to lead others to people in need or wrongs to be righted.
Jesper Ejsing
Faerie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
’ wrath.
4 The head of a prominent family (noble) continues to exert abusive control over their adult children, citing their role as matriarch or patriarch to justify it.
5 A local leader
work supporting the community.
Karametra’s Monsters Karametra’s followers usually protect innocents from monsters, but in certain circumstances, they might oppose characters. The Karametra’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
Keranos’s Monsters Keranos is associated with creatures that act as extensions of his volatile temper or his sudden, blinding insights. Adventures that bring characters into conflict with Keranos’s
agents might pit them against monsters such as these. The Keranos’s Monsters table presents just a few foes likely to serve the god’s will. Keranos’s Monsters Challenge Creature Source
2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
more significant conflict.
Levels 11–16. It eventually becomes clear that the behavior of the adult dragons the characters face isn’t normal. The characters might get involved in one dragon’s
monsters seeking to free and serve them. Adventurers are the only ones equipped to keep these malign entities from escaping their subterranean prisons. Goals of Elemental Evil. Search for a demon lord, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the church’s coffers. Your faith might drive you to hunt evil monsters or stave off interplanar invasions, to protect and defend the powerless from oppression and exploitation, or to spread the
when confronted with the miraculous. The patronage of a religious order isn’t simply a matter of each member of your group belonging to the same faith. An actual organization—with its own resources, goals, and leaders—sponsors and directs your adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the Watchful Knight inn, spoke with the delegation leaders and learned they planned to head south on the Dessarin Road. They intended to visit Summit Hall next, returning the body of a knight slain
drover drinking at the Watchful Knight, tells this tale to anyone who listens. If the characters ask about warriors on flying monsters or giant vultures, they gain an additional rumor: Halrud Ponden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
) seeks inspiration in flames. The oreads leave Purphoros’s forge and conduct thorough studies of everything they burn.
Purphoros’s Monsters In addition to his followers, Purphoros is associated with
a wide range of other creatures, such as those presented on the Purphoros’s Monsters table. Purphoros’s Monsters Challenge Creature Source
1/2 Anvilwrought raptor MOoT
1 Bronze
Orc
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special significance beyond that is imparted to it.
At 4 years old an orc is considered a juvenile, and by age 12 it is a fully functioning adult. Most orcs don’t live past the age of 25 due to
battle skills.
3
I always appear like I am about to kill everyone around me.
4
I love a good brawl.
5
I drink the blood of monsters to consume their power.
6
I chant orcish war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Daask … is led by monsters from Droaam. … is based in the Cogs but has been recently expanding into the lower wards. … specializes in violent crime and extortion. … is aggressively targeting the
changelings are all found in Daask, but the organization is built around a monstrous core: gnolls, ogres, minotaurs, harpies, even a handful of trolls. The leaders of Daask include oni and medusas. Daask
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
city with large population of elves; the mayor is a disguised adult silver dragon Horned Society, the Nine hierarchs (mostly humans and hobgoblins) Theocracy ruled by devil worshipers allied with Iuz
fell in a fortnight. Only a few of the temple’s wicked leaders escaped, and it is suspected that these individuals were responsible for the subsequent kidnapping of the prince. Prince Thrommel was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
opportunity to introduce a smaller objective that moves the quest forward. Encounters during the trip might see the adventurers accosted by enemies determined to steal the relic, or by monsters that are
groups (or their leaders) to end the conflict that embroils them. As a complication, the characters might have enemies on one or both of the opposing sides, or some other group or individual might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
(cantrip), burning hands (1st level), flaming sphere (2nd level), fireball (3rd level) As a master of the arcane arts, Mephistopheles finds eager recruits among those who study magic. Any monsters that use
trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Spell Leech trait. Spell Shield. This creature gains advantage on saving throws against spells. If it succeeds on such a saving throw, it gains temporary hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Myconids Myconids are intelligent, mobile fungi that live in caves, seek enlightenment, and dislike violence. Adult myconids live and work together in colonies and practice a form of communal
meditation called a meld, in which they seek to transcend mundane reality through shared hallucination. Myconid leaders like Sinensa use their Hallucination Spores to help myconids create melds. Myconid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
adventure. Humans tend to equate adventurers with people who battle monsters, explore dangerous ruins, delve into deep caverns, and generally stir up trouble, usually in pursuit of gold and glory. Elves
their eternal contentment. So they seek out experiences that will produce exciting, beautiful, or satisfying memories. A few battles against monsters certainly could qualify, but such activities aren’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Hunters (see below) 7 Two cyclopes—a mother and her adult son—live in a library, burning its books for warmth. 8 Patrol (see below) Bridge Checkpoint Three sivak draconians (see appendix B) stand guard on
four kapak draconians (see appendix B for both stat blocks) have orders to seek out dangerous monsters lurking in the ruins. They’ve just found an Istarian drone (see appendix B) and are preparing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
halflings who specialize in illusion magic The Little Fingers Child pickpockets active in Middle Dura (their leaders are adult halflings loosely allied with the Boromar Clan) The Mourners Cyran
organizations has a core of operatives and enterprises under the direct control of its leaders. But each also has a network of secondary relationships. For example, the Little Fingers are a group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
fall back to take a long rest before dealing with the leaders of an attacked community allow the creatures time to make preparations. Alerted monsters reinforce cleared rooms with forces previously
. He orders the goblins to distribute the midsummer fruit each year, and the goblins obey him out of fear.
Monsters on Alert. The kobolds and the goblins respond similarly if attacked. Intruders who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
cities, but can be placed to good use in dealing with dangerous monsters and lost treasure. Most large cities in the Realms have a number of thieves’ dens that compete with one another. A few places, such
of Waterdeep had once been home to the most powerful guild of thieves in the North: the Shadow Thieves. The Lords of Waterdeep smashed that guild, forcing its leaders to flee the city (the group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
executions serve the greater good and impose necessary order, but make it clear that zombies aren’t the realm’s only monsters. Only Bad Decisions. There is one simple truth in Falkovnia: the dead are
about to kill everyone. This sets the stage for countless bad decisions, from leaders making terrible sacrifices or permitting amoral acts to individuals making fatalistic choices. Everyone in Falkovnia