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Murder Comet

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

murder comet looks like a screaming stone head wreathed in flame. It trails fire behind it as it flies through Wildspace, either singly or in a posse with other murder comets, looking for ships, crews

Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores with those of its creator. Replace the comet’s alignment and languages with those of its creator. Fire, Poison

Spawn of Kyuss

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. From a distance or in poor light, a spawn of Kyuss looks like an ordinary zombie. As it comes into clearer view, however, the scores of little green worms crawling in and out of it become visible. These

Yuan-ti

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse

during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores

Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

threat it poses. Following a general note on what the trap looks like and how it functions are three paragraphs that tell how the trap works in the game. Level and Threat. A trap’s level is actually a

for using a simple trap in play, start by making note of the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores. Most traps allow Wisdom (Perception) checks to detect their triggers or other elements

Ataaz Muhahah

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

skilled artistry remains apparent. The living monkeys chatter and shriek continually, and the gorge echoes with the sound of their cries. Occasionally, the echoes from up and down the gorge overlap

gap. The stone at either edge looks crumbly and unsafe. The 20-foot gap is too long for most characters to cross with a running jump. A jump from the high edge to the low edge, however, is

Nautiloid Down

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

mountain valley, an eerie glow betrays the monstrous outline of something stupendous and ominous. It looks like a cephalopod with slimy, ropey tentacles as thick as tree trunks that has tried and failed

to bury its immense bulk in the snow. Two carrion crawlers, Vorryn’s trained pets, scuttle through the snow near the ship. Characters who have passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of 11 or higher are

Qu'ellarz'orl

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

one elite warrior for every ten drow warriors. In addition, an estate holds 3d12 drow nobles and scores of slaves, 10d10 of which can be pressed into defending the house. These fighting slaves are

decorative fungi fields and gardens that surround the various noble estates. These drow are low-ranking members of their house. They give strangers unpleasant looks but pose little threat. There is a 25

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

to the head of the Guild. These kingpins style themselves as elite criminals, often adopting memorable nicknames and distinctively decadent dress. Scores of common criminals work beneath each kingpin

illusion magic. She appears to the world as she is: an unassuming woman of middling age and build. Her forgettable looks have proven her greatest asset as a thief, as her victims have trouble recognizing

5. Garden of Welcome

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

recognizable as a myconid, it looks like a fungal larva slithering along the ground. Mold and lichen grow in hypnotic patterns along its ringed stalk, and it puffs clouds of spores from a slit resembling a

a spider medallion half-embedded in the bloated growth that was once her hand. Half her face is rotten and pustulate, a bed for the sprouting of scores of tiny mushrooms. “The Great Seeder … trap

The Guild

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

to the head of the Guild. These kingpins style themselves as elite criminals, often adopting memorable nicknames and distinctively decadent dress. Scores of common criminals work beneath each kingpin

illusion magic. She appears to the world as she is: an unassuming woman of middling age and build. Her forgettable looks have proven her greatest asset as a thief, as her victims have trouble recognizing

Spawn of Kyuss

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

Kyuss looks like an ordinary zombie. As it comes into clearer view, one can see scores of little green worms crawling in and out of it. These worms jump onto nearby humanoids and burrow into their flesh

Random Encounters

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

camouflaged, they have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. Characters whose passive Wisdom (Perception) scores are higher than the berserker’s Dexterity (Stealth) check can spot the

were searching for. 6. The corpse looks like one of the characters (determined randomly) but has been stripped of armor, weapons, and valuables. If moved, its flesh melts away until only the skeleton

Encounters (A-C)

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

awakened beast the characters encounter. Running the Encounter. An awakened beast looks the same as its normal counterpart, except for a hint or gleam of intelligence in its eyes. It can be neutral or

until the blizzard passes. The characters encounter a chwinga (see appendix C) that makes its presence known by springing out of a snowdrift or appearing from behind a frozen bush. It looks like a

Topolah's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

. Approaching the Dock As Krux and the characters make their way to the dock, read: Scores of pelicans, mollymawks, and smaller birds nesting on the asteroid squawk as you approach the rickety dock. At the

and Orwyck 7, keep a close eye on visitors. The telescope is pointed at the characters’ home world. Topolah has been observing the planet for the past several days. Anyone who looks through the

Dungrunglung

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

talks of the great ritual to summon Nangnang. Once the characters are rested, Groak commands them to help Krr’ook make final preparations. If the party looks capable of putting up a good fight, they are

of Truth. The ritual happens at night. Fires are lit throughout the village, whereupon scores of common grungs enter the lake and watch the shrine. King Groak dons ceremonial garb made from reeds and

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

hide among the weeds that flank the cottage’s open doorway. Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check for the blights, and compare the result to the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to

thick patches of gorse and briars. This ruin looks as if it might once have been a farmhouse. It is now half swallowed by a dense thicket, with trees growing up through its ruined foundations. The lane

The Seldarine

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

forgive and forget. The god loves magic, artistry, nature, and freedom. Anyone who has felt the mystical presence of Corellon describes it as a joy like no other, followed by a deep melancholy when

representing a role an actor would take in a play. From his cosmic perspective, Labelas looks on each elven life as a story to be written, nudging wayward souls toward incarnations that he deems suitable for

Castle Cinis Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

, and more. A narrow table toward the back looks out of place. Six charcoal figurines float above it. Through the hole in the north wall, the characters can see area S15 (elevated 40 feet in the air

Absorption. (All mentions of acid damage change to fire damage.) In this form, Jhaeros has Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores of 10. When Jhaeros drops to 0 hit points, he explodes in a harmless

Locations on the Entrance Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

!). Queen Frupy, who resides here, is a veritable harridan, a sly and cunning fire giant. She is, if anything, uglier than Snurre. Topped by a huge mass of yellow-orange hair that looks like a fright

tapestries and furs, several dozen bales of valueless cloth, scores of various vessels and containers, and urns and vases of pewter and brass and bronze, plus ten urns of silver (worth 50 gp each) and two

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

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

pits players against racers at nearby machines or a series of computerized opponents. Each machine looks like a futuristic cockpit, complete with a hovering chair that tilts as its driver navigates an

, archivists compressed scores of important information from the ship’s origin world into microforms—durable reproductions of diagrams, documents, maps, and entire manuscripts shrunk to microscopic scale. These

Locations on the Fortress Level

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

fountain on the northern wall looks remarkably like the one described in area 26. Under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell, the fountain emits a faint aura of evocation. A successful DC 20 Wisdom

have been a cathedral is now a goblin lair, thick with the filth of years of goblin life. Scores of wall- and floor-mounted sconces filled with violet-glowing fungi provide illumination. Dozens of

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