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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
on a success.Meenlocks are Fey that invoke terror and seek to destroy all that is good, innocent, and beautiful. These bipeds have the heads and claws of crustaceans, and they primarily live in
forests, although they adapt well to urban and subterranean settings.
Meenlocks are spawned by fear. When terror overwhelms a creature in the Feywild or another location where the Feywild’s
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, particularly anything colorful and lively to gaze at after they return to the gloom of the Shadowfell.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen
more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains a deathly ashen hue. When in the Shadowfell, they detest mirrors and avoid keeping things that remind them of their age.
Shadar-kai
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the heart, causing those nearby to feel the approach of death. If detected, gloom weavers use their shadow magic to reduce enemies to ghastly corpses.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live
swollen joints that give them a corpselike aspect. They appear more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains a deathly ashen hue. When in the Shadowfell, they detest mirrors and avoid
Gray Dwarf (Duergar)
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
The gray dwarves, or duergar, live deep in the Underdark. After delving deeper than any other dwarves, they were enslaved by mind flayers for eons. Although they eventually won their freedom, these
grim, ashen-skinned dwarves now take slaves of their own and are as tyrannical as their former masters.
Physically similar to other dwarves in some ways, duergar are wiry and lean, with black eyes and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
bottomless well of tragedy.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen, a god of death and memory. They were brought to that realm in ages
a deathly ashen hue. When in the Shadowfell, they detest mirrors and avoid keeping things that remind them of their age.
Shadar-kai of the Raven Queen watch over both the Shadowfell and the Material
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
winds.
Air genasi’s skin tones include many shades of blue, along with the full range of human skin tones, with bluish or ashen casts. Sometimes their skin is marked by lines that seem like cracks
violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s grim energy.
Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane.
Like other elves
, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
races
Player’s Handbook
, including worlds in the Material Plane.
Elves have pointed ears and lack facial and body hair. They live for around 750 years, and they don’t sleep but instead enter a trance when they need
the Kagonesti and the Tairnadal are wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively.
Elf Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 5–6 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Gothic Horror Settings Ominous history, supernatural forces, and an underlying sinister air are staples of gothic horror settings. Gothic Horror Settings d8 Setting
1 A city-state where
bloodthirsty creatures live in monstrous peace
7 A city where all who die are cast in plaster and used to adorn tableau-covered avenues
8 An artist’s paradise where cruelties are elevated to terrible and beautiful art forms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Reborn Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Shadowfell’s grim energy. Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane. Like other elves, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
border of the Duchy of Geoff
Somewhere in the Vast Swamp south of Sunndi
On an island beyond the realm of the Sea Barons Other settings offer choices that are just as varied.
Dragonlance. The
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Eberron. Appropriate sites for the tomb in Eberron include the Ashen Spires of Karrnath, or among the tors in the Vile Marsh between Droaam and the Shadow Marches. among Shargon’s Teeth. Eberron’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
lives come to the Well of Dragons to die, and have been doing so for millennia. The caldera of a long-dead volcano rises from an ashen plane ahead. Along the cinder cone’s steeply sloped sides, thousands
numbers have swelled. Only cultists live and work in the warrens beneath the caldera. The thousands of mercenaries, giants, devils, and monsters serving the cult are camped chiefly along the north and east slopes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
lives come to the Well of Dragons to die, and have been doing so for millennia. The caldera of a long-dead volcano rises from an ashen plane ahead. Along the cinder cone’s steeply sloped sides, thousands
numbers have swelled. Only cultists live and work in the warrens beneath the caldera. The thousands of mercenaries, giants, devils, and monsters serving the cult are camped chiefly along the north and east slopes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gray Dwarves (Duergar) The gray dwarves, or duergar, live deep in the Underdark. After delving deeper than any other dwarves, they were enslaved by mind flayers for eons. Although they eventually won
their freedom, these grim, ashen-skinned dwarves now take slaves of their own and are as tyrannical as their former masters. Physically similar to other dwarves in some ways, duergar are wiry and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
hunters who worship totem spirits, especially the scorpion Vulkoor. They hunt giants and may threaten anyone who travels in the shattered land. The Sulatar live in obsidian cities and wield powerful fire
magic; they seek to one day unleash fire across the world. And the Umbragen live in the underworld below Xen’drik, wielding sophisticated shadow magics as they battle against aberrations and the daelkyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara’s Villains Many see Ephara and her followers as villains, treading on the wilderness to expand cities and civilization. Even people who live in urban environments might not be safe from foes
work that they deem antithetical to proper society.
Ephara’s Monsters Ephara isn’t often associated with monsters. Even so, a few monsters common in urban settings might be involved with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, and individuals who study the secrets of the multiverse. Histories and fireside tales are filled with the exploits of those who wield it. What normal folk know of magic depends on where they live and
so the order’s members can profit from selling their services. Some D&D settings have more magic in them than others. On Athas, the harsh world of the Dark Sun setting, arcane magic is a hated
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Treasure Hunter
Haunted by an ancient crime that robbed them of their wings, the kenku wander the world as vagabonds and burglars who live at the edge of human society. Kenku suffer from a sinister
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Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
L-shaped hallway turned to ash as the armory (area S15) tore itself free of the castle, leaving a gaping hole. Guards. Three ashen veterans (see the “Ashen Creatures” sidebar) guard this hall and are
area S7. S3: Dining Hall Large windows on the west wall of this opulent dining hall look toward the ashen city. Fourteen plush chairs surround a dark walnut table. Three seats at the head of the table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
vast, sunless sea that’s home to aboleths and kuo-toa The Wilderness Not all monsters lurk underground. Many of them inhabit deserts, mountains, swamps, canyons, forests, and other natural settings
the cradles of civilization. Urban settings afford adventurers the chance to rub shoulders with the rich and powerful, butt heads with the dregs of society, and peel back the veneer of civility to see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, including worlds in the Material Plane. Elves have pointed ears and lack facial and body hair. They live for around 750 years, and they don’t sleep but instead enter a trance when they need to rest. In
Tairnadal are wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively. JEDD CHEVRIER A ship departs from a city built by high elves Elf Traits Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 5–6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
worlds in the Material Plane. Elves have pointed ears and lack facial and body hair. They live for around 750 years, and they don’t sleep but instead enter a trance when they need to rest. In that state
wood elves of the Dragonlance and Eberron settings, respectively. Elf Traits Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 5–6 feet tall)
Speed: 30 feet
As an Elf, you have these special traits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Meenlock Meenlocks are Fey that invoke terror and seek to destroy all that is good, innocent, and beautiful. These bipeds have the heads and claws of crustaceans, and they primarily live in forests
, although they adapt well to urban and subterranean settings. Meenlocks are spawned by fear. When terror overwhelms a creature in the Feywild or another location where the Feywild’s influence is strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
One for All: The Stronghold I live here among my folk, and I swear that if need be I will die here atop a mountain of my enemies’ corpses.
— King Ulaar Strongheart
Every dwarf clan maintains a
at the touch of a child when they are unlocked. While some other races erect statues or build special structures to honor their heroes or commemorate momentous events, the dwarves live and work within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dedicated can find them. Many live in the ruins of vanished cultures, appreciating the beautiful inevitability of entropy and the reminder of how easily progress can be lost without careful tending
. Crumbling shrines, towers reclaimed by the wilderness, and fallen fortresses all appeal to a gold dragon’s sense of history—though they can be equally enraptured by picturesque natural settings. A gold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Shadar-kai In the gloom of the Shadowfell live shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen, a god of death and memory. They were brought to that realm in ages past, so long ago that
pale hair, wrinkled gray skin, and swollen joints that give them a corpse-like aspect. They appear more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains a deathly ashen hue. When in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
abound for those ready to seize them. Residents live unhampered by bureaucracy or judgment, free to pursue their deepest passions or indulge their guiltiest pleasures. Hive Ward Encounters d8 Encounter
. Save for a few stragglers, the portal and its invaders are long gone, but their devastation remains. Scavengers scour the ashen wasteland for infernal supply caches, clashing with enforcers on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Meenlock Meenlocks are deformed fey that invoke terror and seek to destroy all that is good, innocent, and beautiful. They primarily live in forests, although they adapt well to urban and
subterranean settings. Fear Incarnate. Meenlocks are spawned by fear. Whenever fear overwhelms a creature in the Feywild, or in any other location where the Feywild’s influence is strong, one or more meenlocks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
more of its kind are in the dungeon and receives a general impression of area 42, where more otyughs live. All these otyughs hate the Thayans. Niches. The shallow niches are 3 feet off the floor and 5
scent of decaying plants hangs over an underground garden. White vines, trembling as if touched by an unfelt breeze, twine around cracked pillars that glow with pale light. Between the pillars, ashen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
guildmasters of Ravnica. Without exception, these are powerful creatures. In most campaigns, the guildmasters will come into play more often in negotiations and other social settings than in combat. Thus, each
absence of order, we must establish it.”
Flaw: “If Ravnica didn’t need me, I would prefer to live a life of solitude and contemplation.”
Isperia
Gargantuan monstrosity, lawful neutral
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