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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its master.A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. They feel no obligation to their young and have no inclination to gather with others of their kind. Instead, each has an overpowering need
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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
; Tools, Caltrops, Costume, Grappling Hook, Iron Spikes, Mirror, 2 Pouches, Rope, Traveler’s Clothes, 3 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You trained your whole life to become a member of the Shadowmasters, the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spike","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.It takes six months of steady eating for a young kruthik to reach adult size. The natural life
span of an adult kruthik is roughly seven years.
Adult kruthiks grow spiky protrusions on their legs and can fling these dagger-sized spikes at enemies beyond the reach of their claws.
Kruthiks
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, inspiring, and merciless in equal parts. A skilled leader in battle, the warlord can use spikes of psionic energy to compel the warriors they command to fight harder.
Duergar
Duergar are dwarves of
battle with their psionic abilities or training dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts.
Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
spikes are made of ice), or wall of ice (2 charges).
Artus can expend the necessary number of charges and use the ring to create either an inanimate ice object (2 charges) or an animated ice creature (4
Lugg.
Artus has spent most of his life trying to keep the Ring of Winter out of evil hands, but his return to Chult is focused on reuniting with his beloved Alisanda, who disappeared along with the
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
)
Represented by the hippogriff, House Vadalis plays an important role in daily life, offering meat, mounts, and more. Vadalis isn’t one of the most powerful houses, but its barons are generally
Aarakocra
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
. The eldest acts as leader with the support of a shaman.
AARAKOCRA IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS
Never well established in Faerûn, aarakocra have only four major colonies: in the Star Mounts
within the High Forest, in the Storm Horns in Cormyr, in the Cloven Mountains on the Vilhon Reach, and in the Mistcliffs in Chult.
Those colonies established in the Star Mounts, closest to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. They can obtain griffon mounts in Fireshear or hippogriff mounts in Hawk’s Nest. Neither settlement is close to Grudd Haug, requiring the characters and their mounts to rest between flights
the gong tower (see “Approaching the Den”) spot flying mounts that approach within a quarter mile of the stronghold and sound the alarm, putting the entire den on alert (see “Denizens”). GRUDD HAUG
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
sparing a creature’s life, it does so, asking for a tribute or sacrifice equal to the loss of food. Manticore
Large monstrosity, lawful evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 68 (8d10 + 24
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Tail Spike Regrowth. The manticore has twenty-four tail spikes. Used spikes regrow when the manticore finishes a long rest.
Actions
Multiattack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
long tail ends in a cluster of deadly spikes that can impale prey at impressive range. Evil Predators. Manticores are fierce killers that hunt far and wide for prey. They work together to take down
particularly large or dangerous creatures, sharing the meal once a kill is made. A manticore begins its attack with a volley of tail spikes, then lands and uses its claws and bite. When outdoors and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Noble Mounts. Pegasi are highly prized as swift and reliable steeds, being faster and less temperamental than griffons, hippogriffs, and wyverns. However, these wild and shy creatures are as
intelligent as humanoids, and so can’t be traditionally broken and tamed. A pegasus must be persuaded to serve a good-aligned creature as a mount, but when it does so, it forges a life-long bond with its new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
animals. Reclusive and omnivorous, hippogriffs mate for life and seldom venture more than a few miles from their nest. When defending its mate or its young, a hippogriff fights to the death. Hippogriffs
don’t lay eggs but give birth to live young. Dragons, griffons, and wyverns have a taste for hippogriff meat and frequently prey on these creatures. Flying Mounts. A hippogriff raised in captivity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
flings its tail spikes at creatures on deck or in the crow’s nest. If it sees no one, it flings its tail spikes at the balloon, hoping to bring down the ship. Mounted Storm Giant The characters spot
vulture) or a griffon, as appropriate. The barbarians guide their mounts next to the airship, then leap onto the deck and attack all aboard. Riderless mounts withdraw from the battlefield immediately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a life-threatening situation. The following rules determine how far a character or monster can move in a minute, an hour, or a day. Travel Pace While traveling, a group of adventurers can move at a
make a Constitution saving throw at the end of the hour. The DC is 10 + 1 for each hour past 8 hours. On a failed saving throw, a character suffers one level of exhaustion. Mounts and Vehicles. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
sometimes brought to life by influences from the Feywild, which make them colorful and endlessly blooming, or by Shadowfell energy, which covers them with grotesque burls or makes them look lifeless
those hatched and raised in captivity can become reliable mounts.
The thing’s got an axe for a face and a giant, angry rooster for everything else—of course I want to ride it!
—Batley Summerfoot, Adventurer
Alex Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
House Vadalis Leader: Dalin d’Vadalis Headquarters: Foalswood (near Varna, Eldeen Reaches) Represented by the hippogriff, House Vadalis plays an important role in daily life, offering meat, mounts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
House Vadalis The ranches of House Vadalis play a key role in daily life, producing meat, mounts, and more. Vadalis isn’t one of the most powerful houses, but its barons are generally content
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
The Talenta Plains Capital: Gatherhold Noted for Halflings, livestock, dinosaurs The halflings of the Talenta Plains live a simpler life than the people of the Five Nations. They have no cities, no
industrialized magic. But they do have dinosaurs. The halflings have domesticated the dinosaurs of the plains, and use these creatures as mounts, livestock, and beasts of burden. There is a sacred bond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a life-threatening situation. The following rules determine how far a character or monster can move in a minute, an hour, or a day. Travel Pace While traveling, a group of adventurers can move at a
saving throw, a character suffers one level of exhaustion (see Appendix A). Mounts and Vehicles. For short spans of time (up to an hour), many animals move much faster than humanoids. A mounted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Adult Kruthik It takes six months of steady eating for a young kruthik to reach adult size. The natural life span of an adult kruthik is roughly seven years. Adult kruthiks grow spiky protrusions on
their legs and can fling these dagger-sized spikes at enemies beyond the reach of their claws. Adult Kruthik
Medium monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points 39 (6d8 + 12
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
represents both life and the grave. It is her worshipers that raise young orcs to be warriors, and then, at the end of their lives, take them to Yurtrus and Shargaas to be carried into death and the
Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
ground. Green crystals hover near the disc, like jeweled spikes adorning a crown. A handful of similar crystals slowly orbit the disc, twinkling in the night sky.
If the characters are riding the
Brightguard’s mounts, two devas salute the characters and depart for the city—Artavazda has sent word informing these guards about the characters. If the characters are coming to rescue Afsoun, there are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
hinges. Severed humanoid body parts adorn the spikes atop the fence posts. Some of the body parts wriggle and writhe as if undead, twitching in concert with the lightning flashes of the Companion
cemetery to assess the threat of its undead and to search for the relic, but were waylaid by both demons and devils. When the characters find him, Ravengard is locked in a life-and-death struggle with a demonic force in the vault of ascendance (area G12).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Centaur “I hear centaurs make excellent mounts!”
— Batley Summerfoot, a halfling adventurer who never read HOOVES OF FURY,
by Irvil Grayborn of Sundown
Reclusive wanderers and omen-readers of
humanoids they meet during their wanderings. A trader might save the life of a wounded or an elderly centaur unfit for long travel, escorting it to a settlement where it can peacefully live out the rest of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Cataclysmic fire limning the tombs re-creates tragic scenes from his life. These scenes represent Soth’s memories of events—which don’t always match the actual events. Every time the characters enter a
vision from a beam of divine light. As his wife pleads with him, he dons his armor and mounts his steed, then heads off. Distraction. The knight’s encounters the attendants of the elf woman from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in Djaynai and Janya The following truths are known to people who dwell in Djaynai or Janya, and to travelers who spend time in those realms. Those above and below the sea share similar cultures
criminal cases, controversial rituals are performed to prevent the offender from acting on their wicked impulses. The offender is then banished for life. Government in Janya Janya is an oligarchy ruled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tripod and a wooden broom (Small objects) A wooden coat rack; an iron torture chair festooned with spikes; a 10-foot-long, 250-pound chain; and a fat iron cauldron (Medium objects) A stone mine cart and a life-size, hollow bronze statue of a bull (Large objects)
.
Coffers. Rows of dusty niches line the walls. Roughly half of the niches contain small wooden coffers.
The stove was given a semblance of life through an animate objects spell made permanent by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to
on their bodies that, upon reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. These monstrosities feel no obligation to their young, and they have no inclination to gather with others of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, to give its life to
reaching maturity, break off to begin life as young gray renders. They feel no obligation to their young and have no inclination to gather with others of their kind. Instead, each has an overpowering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
it from a kraken, her face coming to life on the marble wall and making the barrier grow so tall that the kraken couldn’t get through. Altrisos now has Ephara’s face on nearly every building and wall
village of Krimnos attracts many philosophers who share Anapse’s delight in the pleasures of a simple life. Listes. Listes is a fortress marking the northeastern border of the polis. The civilian population
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Feathergale Spire (see chapter 2) Doing one’s duty for the realm Hunting and hawking Hippogriffs, giant vultures, and other aerial mounts If the characters mention elemental cults, read the following text
. Remaining groups can try to search for it again. The manticore has twenty-four tail spikes. When it runs out of spikes, it does nothing other than fly away from its pursuers on its turn. At the end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
search for the Morkoth. Weather conditions might hinder their search, but there is no chance of the castle’s being blown off course by a storm. Flying Mounts Because the Trackless Sea is vast and its
islands so distant, characters won’t be able to reach the Morkoth on the backs of griffons, hippogriffs, or similar creatures, since the mounts have nowhere to land and rest when they tire. Dragons don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
campaign against the living. In death, dullahans are often rejoined by those who followed them in life, either in the form of lesser undead, like skeletons or wights, or terrifying mounts, like warhorse
search of their severed heads or to quench their thirst for revenge.
Wicked knights or commanders in life, dullahans adhere to twisted codes of chivalry or soldiership. These fallen champions consider
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
griffon’s lair are plucked from the cliffs and eaten, or are knocked from the heights to go tumbling to their deaths.
Trained Mounts. A griffon raised from an egg can be trained to serve as a mount
only ones able to raise these creatures safely. Once trained, a griffon is a fierce and loyal steed. It bonds with one master for life, fighting to the death to protect that rider. A griffon mount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
followers instead. Death knights often use warhorse skeletons and nightmares as mounts. Immortal Until Redeemed. A death knight can arise anew even after it has been destroyed. Only when it atones for
a life of wickedness or finds redemption can it finally escape its undead purgatory and truly perish. Undead Nature. A death knight doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Death Knight
Medium