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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"4d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Club", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.A wood woad is a powerful bipedal Plant invested with the soul of someone who gave up life to become an
only to protect woodlands and the people who tend them. A wood woad’s face is void and expressionless, except for the motes of light that swim about in its eye sockets. Wood woads speak little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
swim: a group of powerful adventurers sought it out for its treasure, and though they failed to slay the kraken, it was so badly wounded in the fight that the rest of the sea life around it began to
for another chance at some kind of life, the two have embarked on this mission with great enthusiasm and have spent the last ten years looking for a place where they might protect the young titan from the world, so that it might grow in power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Brackish Trudge Brackish trudges are lumbering masses of sentient fungus and vegetation that thrive in the bayou. They are living examples of the conflicting forces of life and decay existing in a
harmonious cycle. Flowers and other plant life grow on their backs, necks, and heads. When these plants die, they decay and become the ideal habitat for fungi. The older a trudge is, the wilder and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned blade cannot swim, and it sinks to the bottom of any body of water. It takes no penalties to its movement or attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
20 ft., swim 40 ft.; speaks Bullywug Dragonborn* +2 Str, +1 Cha Breath Weapon (use challenge rating instead of level to determine damage), Damage Resistance, Draconic Ancestry; speaks Common and
Pack Tactics, Sunlight Sensitivity; Small size; darkvision 60 ft.; speaks Common and Draconic Kuo-toa None Amphibious, Otherworldly Perception, Slippery, Sunlight Sensitivity; speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Beneath the Waves Schools of silvery fish swarm around the characters as they descend through the first few hundred feet of the Nightsea. Life in the sunlight zone begins to thin as the water changes
darkness. Unless characters are aided by magic, such as the cowrie shell necklaces from Atiba-Pa, they can’t swim for a full 8 hours per day. After each hour of swimming, a character must succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Polar Bear Polar Bear
Large beast, unaligned
Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 42 (5d10 + 15)
Speed 40 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
20 (+5)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
16 (+3
. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage.
VARIANT: CAVE BEAR
Some bears have adapted to life underground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
Fhenimore Fhenimore is a tall, lanky human woman with a too-wide mouth filled with rows and rows of sharp teeth, like a shark. To accommodate her life underwater, Fhenimore’s hands and feet are both
armor)
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
14 (+2)
Skills Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Kuo-toa Monitor Eric Belisle A kuo-toa whip and kuo-toa monitor lead a midnight raid Kuo-toa monitors control the day-to-day life of weaker kuo-toa, directing their work and worship. They also train
electricity channeled through their bizarre whips. Kuo-toa Monitor Medium Aberration, Neutral Evil
AC 13 Initiative +0 (10)
HP 65 (10d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft., Swim 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Beledros Witherbloom The dragon Beledros masters the intertwined magic of life and death. Her power taps into the life force flowing through living things and the natural world. She manipulates that
energy to give healing and life or to bring death and decay. Her mastery of this magic sustains her own life force even without the sustenance of food, drink, or even air. She founded Witherbloom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned blade cannot swim, and it sinks to the bottom of any body of water. It takes no penalties to its movement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Ssurran Defiler Ssurran defilers can lay waste to the plant life around them and draw vital energy at the same time from other creatures that are caught in the area. Ssurran Defiler
Medium
Monstrosity (Lizardfolk), Any Alignment
Armor Class 16 (natural armor, Intellect Fortress)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
13 (+1)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
16 (+3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
dohwar’s life, often in response to the dohwar experiencing an overwhelming emotion. Instead of wings, it has arms and tiny hands. Dohwars prefer to communicate through a form of telepathy they call
., swim 20 ft.
STR
5 (−3)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
11 (+0)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
13 (+1)
Saving Throws Dex +3, Wis +4
Skills Deception +3, Insight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned ascetic cannot swim, and it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their pools. Rule 2: Before you drink from a fountain or pool, toss a copper coin into it. It’s a small price to pay for your life!
—X the Mystic’s
Rules of Dungeon Survival
Water Weird Large
Elemental, Neutral
AC 13 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 65 (10d10 + 10)
Speed 5 ft., Swim 60 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 17 +3 +3
Dex 16 +3 +3
Con 13 +1 +1
Ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
on the life force of other creatures. All Consuming. Ixitxachitl hollow out coral reefs or other natural aquatic formations to create labyrinthine dens, often compelling aid from captured aquatic
+ 4)
Speed 0 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
12(+1)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
13(+1)
INT
12(+1)
WIS
13(+1)
CHA
7(−2)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
aged kraken rose to the surface nearby, and spoke to them telepathically. The creature was actually on its final swim: a group of powerful adventurers sought it out for its treasure, and though they
failed to slay the kraken, it was so badly wounded in the fight that the rest of the sea life around it began to strike at it, taking advantage of its greatly weakened state. Just before passing away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
undertaking, as it shakes the foundation of Theros’s division of life and death. The exact details of Phenax’s route are unclear, and aside from forging masks and a final swim, any number of challenges among
souls back across the Tartyx. Other pathways that connect the Underworld and the living world are guarded by vicious creatures. Still, there are a few means by which a dead soul can return to life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
strive to create vast, dead domains where they are the greatest things that remain. Martin Mottet As terrifying as it is titanic, an ancient black dragon
eradicates unwanted life in its despoiled
territory Ancient Black Dragon Gargantuan Dragon (Chromatic), Chaotic Evil
AC 22 Initiative +16 (26)
HP 367 (21d20 + 147)
Speed 40 ft., Fly 80 ft., Swim 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Giff Warlord A high-ranking giff who takes up the life of an independent mercenary might amass enough power and influence to become a warlord. A giff warlord usually commands a small fleet of
Alignment
Armor Class 17 (half plate)
Hit Points 178 (21d8 + 84)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
22 (+6)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
18 (+4)
INT
14 (+2)
WIS
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
shorelines where the wilds meet the ocean. These creatures are aptly named; their bites are known to snap giants’ arms cleanly in half. Nicholas Gregory Snapping hydras have naturally long life spans
, Unaligned
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 149 (13d12 + 65)
Speed 30 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
21 (+5)
DEX
5 (−3)
CON
21 (+5)
INT
2 (−4)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
7 (−2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. “Before you drink from a fountain or pool, toss a copper coin into it. It’s a small price to pay for your life.”
— X the Mystic’s 2nd rule of dungeon survival
Water Weird
Large elemental
, neutral
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 58 (9d10 + 9)
Speed 0 ft., swim 60 ft.
STR
17 (+3)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
13 (+1)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
10 (+0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Deep Scion Deep scions began life as people who were stolen from shore or saved from sinking ships and offered a terrible bargain by an undersea power: surrender, body and soul, or drown. Those who
. (20 ft. and swim 40 ft. in hybrid form)
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
14 (+2)
Saving Throws Wis +3, Cha +4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned assassin cannot swim, and it sinks to the bottom of any body of water. It takes no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned assassin cannot swim, and it sinks to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
White Dragons White Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Chromatic), Chaotic Evil
AC 16 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 32 (5d8 + 10)
Speed 30 ft., Burrow 15 ft., Fly 60 ft., Swim 30 ft.
Ability Score
., Swim 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 18 +4 +4
Dex 10 +0 +3
Con 18 +4 +4
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 6 −2 2
Wis 11 +0 +3
Cha 12 +1 +1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Medium ooze, chaotic evil
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 32 (5d8 + 10)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
16(+3)
DEX
19(+4)
CON
15(+2)
INT
10(+0)
WIS
14(+2
made to hide, and it can take the Hide action as a bonus action.
Actions
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
Life Leech. One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
tremendously, most dragons covet wealth, hoarding mounds of coins and gathering gems, jewels, and magic items.
Chromatic and metallic dragons pass through four distinct stages of life, from wyrmlings to
ancient dragons. Even wyrmlings in their first five years of life are fearsome threats, and wise adventurers do not underestimate them or dismiss them as “children.”
Blue Dragons Vain and territorial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
natural environments of plant and animal life, and an unsettling quiet pervades the swamps and woods haunted by these ever-hungry horrors. Unseen Hunters. Composed of decaying leaves, vines, roots
, sustaining themselves by absorbing nutrients from their surroundings as they wait for prey to come to them. When a creature passes near or alights upon a shambling mound, the monster comes to life, seizing and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
is life in abundance. Starfish of all shades grow on the coral, in the opening, and inside the hull of the ship. Tiny fish that flash silver and green swim in schools, and algae, seaweed and other
the lower decks of the ship.
The area inside the green glow is teeming with life. As the characters approach the opening, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: Within the lighted area, there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bodytaker Plant Whether hailing from the stars or sprouting from hidden depths, the malicious vegetation known as bodytaker plants seek to become the dominant form of life wherever they appear. These
ft., climb 10 ft., swim 10 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
8 (−1)
CON
20 (+5)
INT
14 (+2)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
18 (+4)
Damage Vulnerabilities poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
two destroy one another. These terrors leave a wake of ashes, floods, storms, and broken earth. But after these disasters recede, the land is imbued with new life or environmental changes. Roll on or
Elemental (Titan), Chaotic Neutral
AC 20 Initiative +18 (28)
HP 370 (20d20 + 160)
Speed 60 ft., Burrow 60 ft., Fly 80 ft. (hover), Swim 80 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save Str 26 +8 +8 Dex 19 +4 +11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Their heads are crowned with prominent crests, and fins sprout from their forearms, calves, and shoulders. Their digits are webbed, allowing them to swim as quickly as they can run. Well suited to life
forever focused on bringing his gifts to life.
Triton Names A triton’s name is a symbol of choice. Upon reaching adulthood, a triton might shed the name they were given by their parents for one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
that makes it impossible to move at speed or climb cave walls. Spellcasters suffer as their minds swim, leaving them unable to use anything but their simplest magic. The dire corbies’ disorienting
settlements—of life. dire corby
Medium humanoid (dire corby), neutral evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 16 (3d8 + 3)
Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
STR
13(+1)
DEX
14(+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Kelpie A kelpie (White Plume Mountain) is a form of intelligent, aquatic plant life that resembles a pile of wet seaweed. It is able to shape its body into various forms, often assuming the aspect of
a beautiful humanoid in order to lure people into deep water. Kelpie Medium plant, neutral evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)
Speed 10 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
14 (+2