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slaying monsters and plundering treasure; they strive to turn themselves into living weapons.
Becoming a Monk...
As a Level 1 Character
Gain all the traits in the Core Monk Traits table.
Gain
+2
Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall
1d6
4
+10 ft.
5
+3
Extra Attack, Stunning Strike
1d8
5
+10 ft.
6
+3
Empowered Strikes, Subclass feature
1d8
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+15 ft.
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
language to communicate with one another over distance. Each individual typically hunts alone and widely separated from the others to ensure that everyone gets adequate fodder. The leader might
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"Longbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.When the demon lord Yeenoghu wants to create a particularly fearsome war band leader, he transforms an exceptionally strong and vicious gnoll into
Yeenoghu, a flind uses demonic insight to guide the gnolls toward weak prey ripe for slaughter.
Unlike other leaders who might skulk behind their minions, a flind leads the charge in battle. Its flail causes wracking pain, paralysis, and disorientation in those it strikes.
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(spell save DC 13):
At will: light, spare the dying
2/day each: command, create food and water, cure wounds, faerie fire, hold person, revivify
1/day: death wardMercion strikes the balance of a
natural leader and a protective caregiver. She has a direct manner that reassures and inspires those around her.
Mercion does not worship a deity, but rather an ideal: that truth gives life to artistry
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Rosie's unarmed strikes are magical.Deflect Missiles. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Rosie deflects the missile. The
enough to hold in one hand and she has a hand free.Weighing in at just under 30 pounds and with a grandmotherly demeanor befitting her advanced age, Rosie Beestinger is easily mistaken for someone on the
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Basic Rules (2014)
’ physical capabilities, and some of their special attacks can hinder the flow of ki in their opponents. Using this energy, monks channel uncanny speed and strength into their unarmed strikes. As
serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
tail is a club that can rattle body and soul if it strikes true, leaving a victim unable to act while the catoblepas feasts on its body.
Blighted Territory
A catoblepas’s nature as a creature of
, drinking the monsters’ milk and using them as guardians or pets. Other legends say that those of impure heart can tame a catoblepas and whisper of malevolent warlocks and wicked knights who ride them into battle.
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
that wrap around existing passages and chambers. They use these hiding spots to watch the comings and goings of monsters and adventurers, setting traps to vex and annoy whenever possible. A trip wire
mites for a long period of time devolve into chaotic battlegrounds. Even under the control of a strong leader, any faction in such a dungeon can see its members turn against each other as their
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
melee weapon.Created by Primus, the leader of the modrons, the Kolyarut is a wondrous machine capable of forging binding contracts between parties. From the Hall of Concordance in Sigil, the Kolyarut
: Monsters of the Multiverse) and punished in brutally decisive fashion.
In cases where the terms of a contract or a foundational truth of an agreement come into question, the Kolyarut sends a component part
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
only leader the faction has ever had. A popular Duster legend holds that other than the Lady of Pain herself, Skall is Sigil’s oldest resident, the first creature to live and die in the City of
: The Mortuary).
After eons of existence, Skall is in an advanced state of deterioration. Once a spry lich with a wrinkled frame, he now drifts listlessly through the Mortuary’s forlorn halls
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
purely natural animals; the mark allows its bearer to guide a hippogriff as easily as a horse.
House Vadalis
Leader: Dalin d’Vadalis
Headquarters: Foalswood (near Varna, Eldeen Reaches
rumors claim that Vadalis has crafted monsters of its own. Some rumors even insist that Vadalis is trying to magebreed better humans.
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still
joined and advanced through their lesser ranks, known as the Kargatane, and were rewarded by being transformed into a dhampir.
I’Cath. At night, the starving city of I’Cath is overrun by
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sufficient to defeat whatever threats arise.
A Life of Danger
A barbarian plays an important role as a protector of their people and a leader in times of war. Life in the wild places of the world is
fraught with peril: rival tribes, deadly weather, and terrifying monsters. Barbarians charge headlong into that danger so that their people don’t have to.
Their courage in the face of danger makes
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though
, and thus each group has one leader that exerts autocratic control. But as with many tyrannies, the passing of a leader often results in a chaotic transition to the next. Sometimes a goblin boss has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
monsters roam the blasted landscape. The characters must navigate this wasteland in search of the rod piece, ultimately discovering that the piece is located inside the remains of an enormous, highly advanced, bipedal war machine called a colossus.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
organization include changelings, gnolls, harpies, ogres, minotaurs, medusas, trolls, and other monstrous beings. Basilisks, cockatrices, death dogs, displacer beasts, and similar monsters are kept by Daask
, though these creatures are usually used only within the Cogs. Some of Daask’s most important members are these individuals: Sora Katra is the ultimate leader of Daask, but as one of the Daughters of Sora
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mechanus tend to the incredible mechanisms of their orderly home and oppose chaotic forces across the multiverse. Modrons are parts of a vast hierarchy, spanning from quirky monodrones to the leader of
rank or the ranks immediately above and below them. Those more than one rank away tend to be either too advanced or too simple for them to understand. Modrons excel at tasks that require patience and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
cargo ships and engaged in minimal bloodshed. Unbeknownst to the locals, a black dragon called Sablewing has seized command of the Corsairs. Sablewing killed the pirates’ leader, as well as any other
Corsairs’ hideout—now also a black dragon’s lair—to retrieve the gems before an impending storm strikes the unprotected village.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
K: Shrine of Evil Chaos The Cult of Chaos performs evil rites in this cave, subtly drawing monsters to inhabit the Caves of Chaos and bring strife to the Borderlands. The current cult leader is Ivlis
foul magic—at the shrine’s heart. You can add monsters, such as Cultists, to the cave to make this scenario longer and more difficult, or you can reduce the number of Skeletons or Zombies to make the scenario easier and shorter. Dario Jelusic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
nearby population in order to “civilize” them.
3 A local leader (Setessan hoplite; see chapter 6) imposes harsh penalties on the poor, claiming their poverty is a sign they have invited the gods
’ 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Monsters By Challenge Rating CR Monster
3 Assassin Bug
2 Blindheim
3 Crab Folk
1/2 Dire Corby
9 Eye of Fear and Flame
3 Forlarren
11 Giant, Fog
1/8
Jermlaine
1/8 Khargra
0 Killmoulis
1/4 Mite
1/2 Needle Spawn
3 Needle Lord
1/2 Norker
3 Norker War Leader
1 Screaming Devilkin
23 Ygorl, Lord of Entropy
3 Xill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the monsters advance toward the characters, decrease their numbers. Adjust the Grid Scale. If you’re using a battle grid, take a section of that grid and use it to track position, changing the scale so
encounter begins at a range between 100 and 1,000 feet), or use one or more d20s to show how many 5-foot or 10-foot squares the creature has advanced.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Encountering a
Faction. After the characters first encounter the leader of one of Cynidicea’s three factions (detailed in the following section), everyone in the party who survives the encounter gains 1 level. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
come to the Stone Tooth in search of a reputed cache of Durgeddin’s superior blades and find the stronghold inhabited by dangerous monsters. The complex consists of the following five sections: The
largest level of Khundrukar, the Glitterhame is an expanse of beautiful natural caverns now infested by troglodytes and other cave-dwelling monsters. The Sinkhole. Streams in the Glitterhame descend to
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
keen intellect and magic to discover the secrets of making steel. Its military shattered rival tribes and developed advanced tactics for fighting in forests and open plains.
The civilization grew into a
an anathema. (Evil)
3
Unity. No leader shall put personal goals above those of our race. (Any)
4
Kinship. My allegiance is to my caste and my city. Other settlements can burn for all I care
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
guilds 19 Patriotism 20 Ancient ruins Current Calamities 1d12 Calamity 1 Monsters infest the settlement. 2 A key figure died; murder is suspected. 3 War brews between rival guilds or gangs. 4 A
plague or famine sparks riots. 5 Monsters attack anyone who approaches or leaves the settlement. 6 Trade disputes cause economic hardship. 7 A natural disaster threatens the settlement. 8 A prophecy of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
adventure ideas and encounter tables in chapter 4 offer abundant examples of monsters behaving in ways that aren’t traditionally monstrous. Aboard a lightning train, a heroic monk, aided by her magical
arm, strikes at a member of the villainous Emerald Claw
Khorvaire, and NPCs that can serve as either friends or foes. The chapter’s monsters appear first in a bestiary. They’re followed by a collection of generic NPCs—various people who can populate your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
day, but those who remain are exhausted from their daily labor and the constant guard shifts to keep the camp safe from monsters and wildlife. The leader of the settler camp is a witty elderly female
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
punishments for even minor infractions of law.
2 A leader persecutes an entire population of people because of a crime committed by a single member.
3 An assassin starts killing everyone connected
, punishes protesters, and quashes any form of dissent.
6 A nervous oracle (see chapter 6) identifies the characters as a threat to the stability of the polis.
Heliod’s Monsters Heliod is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
remain there
Alien minerals and samples of rare ores line the shelves of this metallurgist’s laboratory. An advanced detention drone (use the shield guardian stat block) stands in the room’s
brains in the brain room,” Bimbi burbles. “But I knocked over some jars there, and the brains came to life!” If the characters agree to clear the “brain monsters” out of area 21, the flumph gives them its key card.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 1: Fool Harry Conway Welcome to The Book of Many Things, whose twenty-two chapters give you character options, magic items, spells, monsters, ready-to-play adventures, DM advice, and setting
of powerful fiends. But they’ve also gained vast wealth or a stronghold of their own, rewound time to reverse disaster, or suddenly advanced in level far beyond the other characters in the group. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Morale Some combatants might run away when a fight turns against them. You can use this optional rule to help determine when monsters and NPCs flee. A creature might flee under any of the following
group of creatures might flee under any of the following circumstances: All the creatures in the group are surprised. The group’s leader is reduced to 0 hit points, incapacitated, taken prisoner, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
perfect order. Absolute Law and Order. Under the direction of their leader, Primus, modrons increase order in the multiverse in accordance with laws beyond the comprehension of mortal minds. Their own
than one rank away are either too advanced or too simple to understand. Cogs of the Great Machine. If a modron is destroyed, its remains disintegrate. A replacement from the next lowest rank then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
A Life of Danger A barbarian plays an important role as a protector of their people and a leader in times of war. Life in the wild places of the world is fraught with peril: rival tribes, deadly
weather, and terrifying monsters. Barbarians charge headlong into that danger so that their people don’t have to. Their courage in the face of danger makes barbarians perfectly suited for adventuring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun
monsters or tyrants. For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don’t undertake it lightly. Those who