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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency.
Gunpowder by the Keg
In addition to their personal gunpowder weapons, giff ships and mercenary companies carry spare gunpowder in kegs. In an
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Every other keg of gunpowder within 20 feet of an exploding keg has a 50 percent chance of also exploding. Check each keg only once per turn, no matter how many other kegs explode around it.
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, it fails and has no effect. If the spell is 6th level or higher, Alustriel makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 plus the spell’s level). On a successful check, the spell fails and has no effect
good. She has traveled far and established safe houses across the planes—such as her sanctum in the city of Sigil. Alustriel doesn’t seek personal glory or wealth; her style of influencing
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Background Check. Once per day, the dragon can cast the legend lore spell, requiring no spell components, naming any person, place, or
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of
surrounding a legendary amethyst dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Background Check. Once per day, the dragon can cast the legend
monsters
creature can take an action to stanch the wound with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check. The wound also closes if the target receives magical healing.
Spellcasting. Urevian casts one of the
defeat him, he isn’t destroyed. Instead, his soul is cast into the court of the powerful entity to whom he pledged the Rajani soul, where he must hastily explain his failure to avoid obliteration.
Urevian spends his time in the room he’s claimed as his personal domain (area G10).Fire, PoisonCold
Giff
Legacy
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
military training to the exclusion of all other areas of study can make them seem dull-witted to those who have more varied interests.
GUNPOWDER BY THE KEG
Aside from their personal gunpowder weapons
much damage and isn’t knocked prone.
Every other keg of gunpowder within 20 feet of an exploding keg has a 50 percent chance of also exploding. Check each keg only once per turn, no matter how many other kegs explode around it.
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check against them. Any sign of threatening or duplicitous action on your part negates this automatic success.
Your personal tastes reverse, such that your favorite
make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising.
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You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
4. Strong Room Unusually valuable cargoes and personal items are kept in the strong room under lock and key. None of the workers know or care what sorts of road-building supplies are considered so
teamsters often have Bog Luck lock their cash and other valuables into the strong room for safekeeping. He keeps a record in a ledger book of all the personal items stored there and has a reputation for being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
4. Strong Room Unusually valuable cargoes and personal items are kept in the strong room under lock and key. None of the workers know or care what sorts of road-building supplies are considered so
teamsters often have Bog Luck lock their cash and other valuables into the strong room for safekeeping. He keeps a record in a ledger book of all the personal items stored there and has a reputation for being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Each chest is secured with a rusty iron padlock that can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Treasure In addition to some worthless personal effects, each chest
the crossbeams above the well. Five side rooms once served as quarters for senior cultists. Each contains a wood-framed bed with a moldy straw mattress and a wooden chest to hold personal belongings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Each chest is secured with a rusty iron padlock that can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Treasure In addition to some worthless personal effects, each chest
the crossbeams above the well. Five side rooms once served as quarters for senior cultists. Each contains a wood-framed bed with a moldy straw mattress and a wooden chest to hold personal belongings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Conclusion If the characters return the diadem to Goldenbeard, he offers them lifetime membership in the Silver Fingers Society. He also promises them a personal favor they can redeem next time they
themselves, they must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception) check to convince Goldenbeard they were unable to retrieve the diadem. If Goldenbeard realizes they’re lying to him, he grows very serious. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Conclusion If the characters return the diadem to Goldenbeard, he offers them lifetime membership in the Silver Fingers Society. He also promises them a personal favor they can redeem next time they
themselves, they must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception) check to convince Goldenbeard they were unable to retrieve the diadem. If Goldenbeard realizes they’re lying to him, he grows very serious. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Opening the Portal When the characters are shown into the private study room assigned to Matreous, they find it unoccupied. Only the sage’s personal effects and a handful of books remain. The Joy of
Extradimensional Spaces is open to the pages with Fistandia’s handwritten notes. A character who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check is able to decipher the shorthand and find the command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Opening the Portal When the characters are shown into the private study room assigned to Matreous, they find it unoccupied. Only the sage’s personal effects and a handful of books remain. The Joy of
Extradimensional Spaces is open to the pages with Fistandia’s handwritten notes. A character who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check is able to decipher the shorthand and find the command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
20. Thessalar’s Bedroom Thessalar’s private sleeping quarters are richly furnished with an ornate bed, chests filled with clothes, and other personal effects. A fireplace along the east wall
resembles a smaller version of the famed statue of Moloch in the main temple (area 25). Treasure A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check made to search this area uncovers a key to the treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
20. Thessalar’s Bedroom Thessalar’s private sleeping quarters are richly furnished with an ornate bed, chests filled with clothes, and other personal effects. A fireplace along the east wall
resembles a smaller version of the famed statue of Moloch in the main temple (area 25). Treasure A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check made to search this area uncovers a key to the treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
monastery is meant for the treasury, the monks have managed to hide away some personal treasure. A successful DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check discerns how the buttons and dials of the furnishings
M4. Dormitories When not on duty, the monks reside in this series of ill-kept rooms. Each of these dormitory cells contains only a bed, a trunk for personal effects, and a table. All are crafted of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
monastery is meant for the treasury, the monks have managed to hide away some personal treasure. A successful DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check discerns how the buttons and dials of the furnishings
M4. Dormitories When not on duty, the monks reside in this series of ill-kept rooms. Each of these dormitory cells contains only a bed, a trunk for personal effects, and a table. All are crafted of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cult of Mammon Goals: Wealth, secured not only to promise personal comfort and power but to deny wealth and its benefits to others. Typical Cultist: Bandit, bandit captain, cult fanatic, cultist
after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, this creature makes a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested by the Wisdom (Insight) check of a creature it can see within 15 feet of it. If this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
devil disguised as a human. A disguised devil looks like a muscular, bearded male human in house livery. A creature that observes one closely can, with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check
, notice its “beard” writhing. Denizens of Cassalanter Villa Cassalanter Villa is home to no one but Lord and Lady Cassalanter, their children, their personal attendants, and their guards. All the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cult of Mammon Goals: Wealth, secured not only to promise personal comfort and power but to deny wealth and its benefits to others. Typical Cultist: Bandit, bandit captain, cult fanatic, cultist
after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, this creature makes a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested by the Wisdom (Insight) check of a creature it can see within 15 feet of it. If this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
elf’s clothing and personal effects, a small strongbox is hidden beneath a loose floorboard under a rug. The hiding place is spotted automatically if the rug is moved and missed automatically if the
rug is left alone. The strongbox contains Borngray’s emergency funds: 200 gp, 200 sp, and 10 precious stones worth 100 gp each. The locked box can be opened with a key from Borngray’s belt or with a set of thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. For tasks or actions that require no particular risk, effort, or cost, friendly creatures usually help without question. If an element of personal risk is involved, a successful Charisma check might
doesn’t necessarily make it standoffish or disinterested. Indifferent creatures might be polite and genial, surly and irritable, or anything in between. A successful Charisma check is necessary when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. For tasks or actions that require no particular risk, effort, or cost, friendly creatures usually help without question. If an element of personal risk is involved, a successful Charisma check might
doesn’t necessarily make it standoffish or disinterested. Indifferent creatures might be polite and genial, surly and irritable, or anything in between. A successful Charisma check is necessary when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
19). The bolted door is easy to open from this side. Documents. The books and papers in the room include copious documents, Loren’s business files interspersed with personal papers. Most are ruined by
age, but any character who success on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check finds the room’s treasure and one of the following documents: Loren’s Will. Loren’s will and death certificate names the four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
2G. Upper Barracks Pharblex Spattergoo (see appendix D for statistics) and his personal retinue of ten bullywugs use this level of the barracks as their living quarters. No one else has any business
room is a large, sturdy chest, wrapped in chains and padlocked. The lock can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 12 Dexterity check. Inside is Pharblex’s share of the bullywugs’ pay: silver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
devil disguised as a human. A disguised devil looks like a muscular, bearded male human in house livery. A creature that observes one closely can, with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check
, notice its “beard” writhing. Denizens of Cassalanter Villa Cassalanter Villa is home to no one but Lord and Lady Cassalanter, their children, their personal attendants, and their guards. All the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
back, the apprentices pillaged the library (area W11) and fled, taking their personal belongings with them. Any loud noise in this area alerts the orcs in area W18. On their first turn, they drop down
through the hole in the ceiling. On the following turn, they attack. Adventurers can move tall furniture underneath the hole and climb up it to reach area W18 without having to make an ability check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
2G. Upper Barracks Pharblex Spattergoo (see appendix D for statistics) and his personal retinue of ten bullywugs use this level of the barracks as their living quarters. No one else has any business
room is a large, sturdy chest, wrapped in chains and padlocked. The lock can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 12 Dexterity check. Inside is Pharblex’s share of the bullywugs’ pay: silver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
back, the apprentices pillaged the library (area W11) and fled, taking their personal belongings with them. Any loud noise in this area alerts the orcs in area W18. On their first turn, they drop down
through the hole in the ceiling. On the following turn, they attack. Adventurers can move tall furniture underneath the hole and climb up it to reach area W18 without having to make an ability check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
19). The bolted door is easy to open from this side. Documents. The books and papers in the room include copious documents, Loren’s business files interspersed with personal papers. Most are ruined by
age, but any character who success on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check finds the room’s treasure and one of the following documents: Loren’s Will. Loren’s will and death certificate names the four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
elf’s clothing and personal effects, a small strongbox is hidden beneath a loose floorboard under a rug. The hiding place is spotted automatically if the rug is moved and missed automatically if the
rug is left alone. The strongbox contains Borngray’s emergency funds: 200 gp, 200 sp, and 10 precious stones worth 100 gp each. The locked box can be opened with a key from Borngray’s belt or with a set of thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
doors in area 4. Broken arrows, bloodstains, and a dead cultist are strewn across the floor of the chamber. A DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals that the arrows were shot from the north
doorway leading into area 13. The arrows are carved of stone and their heads are in the shape of fangs, set with the symbol of a cobra with a crown above it. A DC 18 Intelligence (Religion) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
doors in area 4. Broken arrows, bloodstains, and a dead cultist are strewn across the floor of the chamber. A DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals that the arrows were shot from the north
doorway leading into area 13. The arrows are carved of stone and their heads are in the shape of fangs, set with the symbol of a cobra with a crown above it. A DC 18 Intelligence (Religion) check