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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
cultists to enslave or use in their rituals. The automatons proved so effective and so fearsome that they now perform many different missions.
Though retrievers were created to operate only in the Abyss
, they are sometimes dispatched when a powerful devotee of Lolth needs some creature or object captured and brought back alive and intact. Only under the rarest of circumstances is a retriever handed
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
seduced by Titivilus, who beguiled his way into being the primary advisor in Dispater’s household.
Although Titivilus is inferior in physical strength and power when compared to other
to the tasks he needs performed and recruits them directly or through intermediaries, expending them later as his plans require.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Artisans called magewrights provide much of this magic. Compared to a wizard or an artificer, a magewright’s knowledge of magic is narrow: a locksmith might master the arcane lock and knock spells to
expensive: they typically cast their spells as rituals. They are artisans, not adventurers, and the prosperity of the Five Nations was built on their foundation. Game statistics are given for magewrights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
from the sage’s library. In addition to containing lore about stars and the planes of existence, the book describes rituals that can be used to summon extraplanar entities. Krokulmar needs Markos to
perform one of these rituals to bind a fragment of Krokulmar to the Material Plane. Without any knowledge of the profane entity influencing Markos, Vasil Talistrome hired a warrior named Elra Lionheart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
, which orcs sacked five centuries ago. Clearly, what Phandalin needs now is a civilizing influence—someone to take the reins and bring law and order. Someone like you. You’re not the only one with such
do it. The nobility are bound by honor and tradition to protect their people from both external and internal threats to stability. An organized society leaves no room for evil and chaos to take root. View Character Sheet Downloadable PDF
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Chapter 16: Mission to Thay Early during his rise to power, Severin enlisted the aid of a group of Thayan exiles in his scheme to return Tiamat to the world. He needs the Red Wizards’ expertise in
the rituals that will open the portal between Tiamat’s home on Avernus and the Well of Dragons. Without the Red Wizards, Severin’s plan can’t succeed. The Red Wizards enlisted by Severin are among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Chapter 16: Mission to Thay Early during his rise to power, Severin enlisted the aid of a group of Thayan exiles in his scheme to return Tiamat to the world. He needs the Red Wizards’ expertise in
the rituals that will open the portal between Tiamat’s home on Avernus and the Well of Dragons. Without the Red Wizards, Severin’s plan can’t succeed.
The Red Wizards enlisted by Severin are among
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
coterminous. When its influence is weak, a plane is remote. The state of a plane can be important for performing epic rituals, creating of eldritch machines, or interacting with extraplanar entities. Whether or
not a plane is remote or coterminous at a given time depends entirely on the needs of your story. Manifest Zones At certain places in the Material Plane, the barriers between worlds are thin, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
11: Temple The temple meets the spiritual needs of the keep. The curate, a human man named Fazzir, guides the temple’s daily activities, which include conducting ceremonies, healing injured soldiers
to all who seek the temple.
Altruistic. Fazzir puts the needs of others before his own.
Trusting. Fazzir always assumes the best of people.
Rumors
“The keep’s former priest, Ivlis, left a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
engaging in much verbal communication, each kobold knows what has to be done to succeed. Kobolds’ ability to work together is remarkable, especially compared to the behavior of other small humanoids
a sick or weak kobold who is otherwise unable to contribute to the tribe’s needs. Using hit-and-run maneuvers, fleeing between attacks to better or more secure vantage points. Often their goal is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
rituals in The Final Enemy. Sahuagin High Priestess
Medium humanoid (sahuagin), lawful evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 71 (11d8 + 22)
Speed 30 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
14 (+2
Amphibiousness. The high priestess can breathe air and water, but she needs to be submerged at least once every 4 hours to avoid suffocating.
Shark Telepathy. The high priestess can magically command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Simbon idly speculates that Kirina is interested in the Aurum Guild’s support because he’s so unpopular in Niba and needs to seek out the best friends money can buy. Strength of Arms. Kirina reminisces
rituals. Prior to the scorpion attack in Anisa, Kirina painted the runes from this paper in a nearby alley, preparing it for the priest’s magic. In the course of the expedition into the Goldwarren, if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the power he needs to overthrow Szass Tam. Cult Organization The Cult of the Dragon is organized in cells, which vary in size from just a handful of members to scores. Leaders in the cult are known
as Wearers of Purple, and they outrank normal cultists, but no formal grades exist within the ranks of the Wearers of Purple. Although the cult uses regalia in its rituals and its distant camps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the power he needs to overthrow Szass Tam. Cult Organization The Cult of the Dragon is organized in cells, which vary in size from just a handful of members to scores. Leaders in the cult are known
as Wearers of Purple, and they outrank normal cultists, but no formal grades exist within the ranks of the Wearers of Purple. Although the cult uses regalia in its rituals and its distant camps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the power he needs to overthrow Szass Tam. Cult Organization The Cult of the Dragon is organized in cells, which vary in size from just a handful of members to scores. Leaders in the cult are known
as Wearers of Purple, and they outrank normal cultists, but no formal grades exist within the ranks of the Wearers of Purple. Although the cult uses regalia in its rituals and its distant camps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for sinister rituals, jewelry stolen from graves, cursed magic items, and other ominous goods. In return, they demand kitchen utensils, worn bridles, waterlogged books, and other unremarkable trash
, pseudammas turn tragedy into horror by snatching mortal children and attempting to raise them. However, the Returned have forgotten the needs of the living and they have no concept of how to care for a child.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
enslave or use in their rituals. The automatons proved so effective and so fearsome that they now perform many different missions. Though retrievers were created to operate only in the Abyss, they are
sometimes dispatched when a powerful devotee of Lolth needs some creature or object captured and brought back alive and intact. Only under the rarest of circumstances is a retriever handed over or sold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
rituals. The automatons proved so effective and so fearsome that they now perform many different missions. Demon-Infused. Although each retriever is a metal-and-magic construct, it houses the imprisoned
are sometimes dispatched when a powerful drow needs some creature or object captured and brought back alive and intact. Only under the rarest of circumstances is a retriever handed over or sold to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is popular among perfumers as well as mages who use the greasy substance in various arcane rituals. The raw form of ambergris is a waxy lump approximately 2 feet long. The Whale Hunters Five whale
whale needs to be lured to the surface with bait. The desperate hunters try to capture a character to use for this purpose and, if successful, bind and lower the character into the water as a lure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
for social interaction, material support, and the fulfillment of spiritual needs. The core tenet held by initiates—that they alone are destined to survive the apocalyptic end of all things and populate
names. Initiates also donate all their possessions to the group, which uses its accumulated wealth to provide for the basic needs of its initiates, and they take solemn vows of secrecy that prohibit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
-prolonging magic. They wish to claim the rod piece for use in their necromantic rituals, and they’ve divined the characters’ arrival and know the characters will try to stop them. To slow the characters
needs to act quickly to stop the priests of Osybus and Strahd from acquiring the rod fragment. She doesn’t care if the characters take the artifact; as long as it stays out of her enemies’ clutches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
franchise needs, and the knowledge that your business plans are always the best ones. Because the gods would never let you down, right? Name a more iconic profession. I’ll wait.
— Omin Dran
Have
occasion. Divine Deals From the most notable nobles to the most humble members of the working class, everyone needs faith and spiritual guidance. And what better way to teach the value of faith to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
seriously, and make sure they take yours just as seriously. Ideally, you’ll find a style of play that suits everyone. Downloadable PDF Using the Game Expectations Sheet
The Game Expectations tracking
in this chapter. Compile limits into a list that can be shared with the group. Limits aren’t negotiable, and everyone in the group needs to respect them. The start of a campaign is a great time to have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
take yours just as seriously. Ideally, you’ll find a style of play that suits everyone. Downloadable PDF Using the Game Expectations Sheet
The Game Expectations tracking sheet is a tool you can use
Game Expectations tracking sheet in this chapter. Compile limits into a list that can be shared with the group. Limits aren’t negotiable, and everyone in the group needs to respect them. The start of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Defensive spells, arcane travel rituals, eldritch utility magic — a wizard does it all. Plus, they’ll blow things up when needed. And not surprisingly, things in an Acq Inc campaign need to get blown up a lot
wizardly path best addresses your franchise’s potential needs. Enchanters and illusionists in the service of a franchise can boggle the minds of enemies and allies. Transmuters, conjurers, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The Mortal Realm Compared to most worlds of the Material Plane, the mortal realm of Theros is small. The known world is barely two hundred miles across, with unexplored wilderness beyond. And some
destination.
If you are running a campaign in Theros, you can adjust distances between locations to suit the needs of your adventures. The distance might not be the same for two successive journeys; any trek across Theros can expand or contract to accommodate adventures and encounters as you wish.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
envisioned. Absent the presence of an anathema, yuan-ti abominations are the leaders in most yuan-ti cities. Yuan-ti Malisons The various kinds of malisons are imperfect compared to abominations but
pupils or patches of scales on the skin. In yuan-ti cities, purebloods are treated fairly but live in an environment where their wants and needs are eclipsed by those of the malisons and abominations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Although Titivilus is inferior in physical strength and power when compared to other archdevils, he compensates with cunning. A shrewd politician, he has clawed his way up through the ranks to become the
the eyes of his master. Titivilus finds adventurers well suited to the tasks he needs performed and recruits them directly or through intermediaries, expending them later as his plans require
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
a woodcutter.
— Elminster
Uprooted by Immortality. Like a tree, a wood woad needs only sunlight, air, and nutrients from the earth to go on living. Because they are undying, some wood woads
land, such as druids and treants. Some treants have wood woad servants by virtue of age-old pacts with druids or fey that performed the rituals, while others acquire the services of freed wood woads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
leave the plane of her own will. She must be called forth, but only the mightiest rituals can draw her back into the world. So, if she has been imprisoned here, how and why did that come about?
The
needs souls that yearn to prove their worth on the battlefield. Lady of Ruin Zariel rules over the ruin that Avernus has become. Once it was a bustling realm filled with cities, trade outposts, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
archpriest of the Deep Father needs humanoid sacrifices, and the party represents a prize collection in that regard. Ploopploopeen will offer the characters as a “token of peace and reconciliation” to
get closer to the archpriest of the Deep Father — except the adventurers will not be helpless prisoners, but infiltrators. Ploopploopeen wants the characters to disrupt the upstart faction’s rituals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
schmoozing might gain information from knowledgeable sages regarding existing portals to Mechanus, or unique rituals that can open a temporary portal. If the characters are successful in helping Stevie get
enterprise. The light is a warning beacon for ships traveling the coast between Neverwinter and Luskan, but it needs someone to keep it running. Before the Order of the Stout Half-Pint moved in, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Titivilus, who beguiled his way into being the primary advisor in Dispater’s household. Although he is inferior in physical strength and power when compared to other archdevils, Titivilus compensates
. Titivilus finds adventurers well suited to the tasks he needs performed and recruits them directly or through intermediaries, expending them later as his plans require. I actually admire Titivilus. If he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
) Gloaming Court (Unseelie Fey) Favors gloom, twilight, cobwebs, fireflies, hooting owls, and croaking frogs Values the intuitive and instinctual (for example, mystical rituals, visionaries, and
firelit parties) Shuns the constraints of civilization (instead wearing only unfinished natural materials and sleeping under the stars) Dabbles in mysterious magic and rituals (adventurers can run afoul of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
methodically locate and destroy every mine, quarry, town, or fortification in the area. It’s not that he needs the wealth, but the principle of the thing — extracting treasure from the earth — is
spikes to serve as his throne room. He can enter the Material Plane through large and well-established nodes of elemental earth, with a little help from the proper rituals. Within such a node, Ogrémoch