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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Immutable Form. The marut is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the marut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic
and to punish any party who breaks them. A marut resorts to lethal force only if a contract calls for it, if the contract is fully broken, or if the marut is attacked.
Inevitables care nothing for
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Headless Summoning (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dullahan is reduced to 0 hit points, it doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, it regains 97 hit points. In addition, it
dullahan in the initiative order. Additionally, the dullahan can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section. Award a party an additional 5,900 XP (11,800 XP total) for defeating
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Gem Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 400 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon
, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use its Mass Telekinesis action during the next hour. Award a party an additional 90,000 XP (180,000 XP
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Gem Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 400 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon
, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use its Mass Telekinesis action during the next hour. Award a party an additional 90,000 XP (180,000 XP
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Metallic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to
0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 450 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Metallic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to
0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 450 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Metallic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to
0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 450 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Metallic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to
0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 450 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Metallic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to
0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 450 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Gem Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 400 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon
, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use its Mass Telekinesis action during the next hour. Award a party an additional 90,000 XP (180,000 XP
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Gem Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 400 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon
, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use its Mass Telekinesis action during the next hour. Award a party an additional 90,000 XP (180,000 XP
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Gem Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 400 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon
, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the greatwyrm can now use its Mass Telekinesis action during the next hour. Award a party an additional 90,000 XP (180,000 XP
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Wrath (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the aspect would be reduced to 0 hit points, her current hit point total instead resets to 500 hit points, she recharges her Chromatic
Flames, and she regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the aspect can now use the options in the "Mythic Actions" section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional 155,000 XP
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fall unconscious. Instead, the damage creates cracks in its carapace, revealing its hearts. Tromokratis has four hearts: two on its chest, one on its back, and one at the base of its tail. A heart has an
destroyed.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Tromokratis fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Weapons. Tromokratis’s weapon attacks are magical.
Siege Monster. Tromokratis
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Platinum Brilliance (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the aspect would be reduced to 0 hit points, his current hit point total instead resets to 500 hit points, he recharges his Breath
Weapon, and he regains any expended uses of Legendary Resistance. Additionally, the aspect can now use the options in the “Mythic Actions” section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
charges; the hand is made of ice, is immune to cold damage, and deals bludgeoning damage instead of force damage as a clenched fist), cone of cold (2 charges), flesh to ice (3 charges; as flesh to stone
presence in the party might put the characters in danger.
Artus Cimber’s Traits
Ideal. “The preservation of knowledge and history is important to me.”
Bond. “I long to be
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, except the damage he takes from sunlight.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Strahd fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. When Strahd drops to 0 hit points outside his
coffin, he transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling unconscious, provided that he isn’t in running water or sunlight. If he can’t transform, he is
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
(3/Day). If Hythonia fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Petrifying Gaze. When a creature that can see Hythonia’s eyes starts its turn within 30 feet of her, Hythonia can
; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If Hythonia is reduced to 0 hit points, she doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, she sheds her skin, regains 199 hit points, and moves up to her speed
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Armor of Spiders (Mythic Trait; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If Arasta is reduced to 0 hit points, she doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, she regains 200 hit points. In
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Arasta has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. Arasta can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
instead resets to 350 hit points, and it recharges its Steam Breath. Additionally, the dragon turtle can now use the options in the "Mythic Actions" section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
instead.
Unusual Nature. The dragon turtle doesn't require food or drink.Multiattack. The dragon turtle makes one Bite or Tail attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shift Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast hallucinatory terrain, requiring no spell components
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 20
the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
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An
Young Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
they serve.
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Svirfneblin hire the characters to deliver tribute to their deep dragon neighbor.
3
A disguised deep dragon offers access to rare artifacts—to a party who is willing to
1
A young deep dragon has captured a number of kuo-toa and has decided to try them out as servants instead of eating them.
2
A young deep dragon maintains the guise of a handsome Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
need help with a situation. If the party prefers a cash reward instead, he happily obliges and still promises a favor. If the characters took Vidorant’s deal or decided to keep the diadem for
doesn’t attack the party himself; instead, he uses the Silver Fingers Society to steal back the diadem or otherwise make the characters’ lives difficult. If the characters fool him or were simply unable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Navigation Have the players designate one party member as the navigator. The navigator might be an NPC, such as a guide, and the party can switch its navigator day to day. At the start of each new
travel day, the DM makes a Wisdom (Survival) check on behalf of the navigator. The result of the check determines whether or not the party becomes lost over the course of the day. The DC of the check is
Adult Deep Dragon
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characters to deliver tribute to their deep dragon neighbor.
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A disguised deep dragon offers access to rare artifacts—to a party who is willing to partner up on a seafood shipping business
A deep dragon lair might share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
,” or “go this way.” A orc raiding party might leave such a sign in its wake, as an aid to other warriors that travel through the same area later on. Mountain guides, druids, and
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Svirfneblin hire the characters to deliver tribute to their deep dragon neighbor.
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A disguised deep dragon offers access to rare artifacts—to a party who is willing to partner up on a seafood
share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus network growing near an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
south of this nursery. Use the guidelines in chapters 2 and 10 as the party travels through the Underdark, but use the Wormwrithings Encounters table instead of the random encounter tables in chapter 2
. Foraging is more difficult in the Wormwrithings, requiring successful DC 20 Wisdom (Survival) checks. Faerzress permeates only the fringes of the Wormwrithings. While the party explores this region of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Sudden Riches The wealth promised by the Gem card need not appear spontaneously at the characters’ feet. Instead, the card might be an omen foretelling a future event. The Gem Stories table provides
the characters. 2 The party is hired by a disguised dragon who offers them part of its hoard as payment. 3 A character falls through a crevice and discovers a massive deposit of glittering ore. 4 The