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Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
other magical effects.Multiattack. Ankhtepot makes four Negative Energy Burst attacks. He can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting to cast Power Word Stun.
Negative Energy Burst. Melee or
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At Will: Dispel Magic, Divination, Mage Hand (hand is Invisible), Power Word Stun
1/Day Each: Animate Dead, Sunburst
Touch of Death (Recharge 6
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
her desires. Those who expose the flaws in her fantasy and remind her of the desperation she once endured, she slays using her life-sapping power.
All can plainly see Duchess d’Honaire isn
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
by an undersea power: surrender, body and soul, or drown. Those who submit are subjected to an ancient ritual widespread among evil aquatic creatures. Its methods are painful and the result never
;s desires. Sometimes a deep scion returns to their former home—unexpectedly found alive when all hope was lost. At other times the deep scion takes on a new identity. In any case, it is the
Brain in a Jar
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Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
;s flesh. The transformation renders the brain ageless and imbues it with psionic power, so that it can spend eternity plotting and executing its desires.
A brain in a jar can speak without vocal
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
treasure or start a new hoard—by any means possible.
Beleaguered Moguls. Though they live as ruthless raiders, fog giants remain tasteful and refined in their desires. They remember their former
wealth and power with a bitter mix of longing, regret, and shame, seeking always to replace the grandest treasures they once possessed. Simple coins, gems, or trade goods do nothing to satisfy the
Madam Eva
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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the master of Ravenloft, but she has all the power she desires and doesn’t seek to supplant him. She would rather help Strahd find someone else to succeed him, although she has grave doubts about
saving throw against this effect, it is immune to the Evil Eye power of all Vistani for 24 hours.The fortune-teller Madam Eva lives among the Vistani but isn’t truly one of them. She appears to be
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
largely indifferent elder entity from beyond reality. Tapped into this dark power, the “C” Team's hoardsperson sees all existence as a puzzle to unlock, and he is obsessed by the essential lack of meaning
when enemies hear K'thriss whisper the deep truths of the Ur — typically something about how on a geologic time scale, everyone's desires are meaningless — they remember it.
K'thriss's familiar
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ancient djinni born from the planar winds that blow through the myriad doors of the Infinite Staircase. He’s a timeless force of untold power, a genie made noble by the planes themselves. A cloud
typically reserves the Wish spell for creatures he deems worthy of its gifts, he isn’t above leveraging that power against formidable threats, rewriting reality to forcibly tilt the scales in his
Satyr
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Satyrs have a well-earned reputation for their good spirits, gregarious personalities, and love of revels. Most satyrs are driven by simple desires, to see the world and to sample its every pleasure
felt like a joke—one at his expense.
With immortal power no longer feeling so out of reach, Xenagos set into motion a plan that would propel him to godhood. His victory shook the pantheon, but his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Roleplaying Harkon Harkon Lukas thrives on compliments and control. The lycanthrope skillfully reads other people, anticipates their ambitions and desires, and readily exploits them. He has a talent
deeds are power, and my aspirations will change the world.” Ideal. “Everyone wants to love me. I’ll make them realize that.” Bond. “I share my passions broadly and intensely, but everyone understands that the most dazzling flames die fastest.” Flaw. “Anyone who spurns my love will know my hunger.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
governs their greater actions. Bond. In one sentence, describe a person, place, or object that the Darklord desires. Avoid a bond that is simply about power; power isn’t an end in itself—power is a means to
obtain a bond. Flaws. In one sentence, describe how the Darklord’s personality causes them to act against their own best interests, especially in their quest to win their bonds and desires. Flaws are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
desires. In exchange for this gift, the devil expects and receives total power over a soul and usually claims it upon the mortal’s death. An archdevil can’t fulfill its own wish. Bael, Geryon, Hutijin
over mortal souls, so they offer enticements to tempt mortals into making unwise bargains. Archdevils, possessing the true power of the Nine Hells, can fulfill nearly any desire (within the limits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon as Power In some places, dragons are more than monsters or masterminds. They are movers and shakers whose desires shape the course of history. A powerful dragon’s schemes impact the characters
, dragons are more likely to take personal notice of them. The “Dragon Campaigns” section that follows discusses the world-ranging implications of putting dragons in positions of power and central story
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
a single life. Uncanny agendas lead them to plumb the secrets of life, the multiverse, godhood, and less fathomable topics. Careless of mortal lives or desires, liches go to any lengths to achieve
into an insidious inferno that burns a mage hollow until only the desire for more magical power remains.
—Rudolph van Richten,
Van Richten’s Guide to Liches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
concentrated form, where they can work through their spiritual bondage to express their dark desires such as cruelty, covetousness, the need to control, the craving for power, and uncontrolled greed. Hell
offers an eternity of fulfillment from the most insignificant desires to the seven deadly sins. Every shred of evil is used in the Nine Hells, and each layer specializes in some way to accommodate and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Acquisition as a Holy Chore Faerûn is full of pantheons and deities, some of more relevance and power than others. All those deities and their servants can be found in an Acquisitions Incorporated
fundamental urge for survival. If gold is power and power is life, then the more gold you accumulate, the better and longer your life will be. Why is it that people who have money and power are admired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
they’re gone by morning — carried to and fro on the backs of giants. Permanent establishments that cater to dark desires are tucked away in the seediest neighborhoods of the city, such as the Smelting
for power, extreme selfishness, and a lack of compassion. Cultists take delight in causing pain to others to make sure they know their place, which is subservient to the powerful adherents of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
who advocate equality and covertly oppose the abuse of power. The Harpers gather information throughout the land to thwart tyrants and any leader, government, or group that grows too strong. They aid
. Garaele desires an intermediary to bring Agatha a suitable gift, a jeweled silver comb, and persuade the creature to tell what she knows about the location of a spellbook belonging to a legendary mage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
tolerate selfishness or ambition, instead urging its members to put the needs of others ahead of their own desires and to use the power of nature — including nature’s wrath — to drive away those whose
has always been. Its strength lies in its numbers. The conclave clings to the ideal of a peaceful collective in which individual desires are subordinate to the good of the whole group. The guild wants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
his power. When the Silence was lifted and Thassa returned to the world, she struck the impostor down with such fury that she shattered her bident. Purphoros, remembering Thassa’s kindness to him on
many occasions, replaced her sacred weapon.
Dreams in the Deep. While Purphoros is renowned for his endless creations and desires to bring new ideas into being, Thassa secretly shares similar creative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Golems Golems are made from humble materials — clay, flesh and bones, iron, or stone — but they possess astonishing power and durability. A golem has no ambitions, needs no sustenance, feels no pain
of its body, requiring great command of the craft of sculpting, stonecutting, ironworking, or surgery. Sometimes a golem’s creator is the master of the art, but often the individual who desires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Guide’s role would have dramatic effects on the living and the balance of power between Theros’s immortals. Adventurers caught in Athreos’s machinations have the potential to influence nothing less than
have desires beyond his responsibilities to the dead, he would likely keep them secret and act with slow, nearly invisible, deliberateness. The Athreos’s Divine Schemes table suggests just a few of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Secret No mortal soul is entirely free of second thoughts or doubt. Even a cleric must grapple with dark desires or the forbidden attraction of turning against the teachings of one’s deity. If you
You believe that, in the final analysis, the gods are nothing more than ultrapowerful mortal creatures. 3 You acknowledge the power of the gods, but you think that most events are dictated by pure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Chaos Incarnate Although sages group demons into types according to their power, the Abyss knows no such categories. Demons are spawned from the stuff of the Abyss in a near-infinite variety of
accumulates changes to its form due to interaction with the energies of the Abyss. These long-lived demons often become demon lords, beings of such power that they can hold sway over entire realms within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. When a good-aligned paladin or cleric of 10th level or higher performs such a selfless act, the power of that deed is eternally written upon their soul. To creatures that covet souls, this deed blazes
like a bonfire in the darkness — and Zariel desires it. Such a character is likely destined to pass into the Upper Planes after death, and as such, they make a handsome prize for an archdevil to shape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
maharana’s death, Ramya’s brother, Arijani, declared himself the new maharana. Allied with ranas hungry for unearned power, Arijani tried to force Ramya to relinquish the Sapphire Throne. Ramya refused
that closed around Kalakeri. The storm lashed Kalakeri for weeks, and when it reached its height, Ramya emerged from her watery grave. Reborn with terrifying power, she called upon those who had been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
rule. But now he knows simply boredom and despair. He desires only to recover his lost ka, which he knows lies hidden in Har’Akir. With it, he hopes to become mortal again, die, and face his gods
attack with a use of Spellcasting to cast Power Word Stun.
Negative Energy Burst. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +11, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 26 (6d6 + 5) Necrotic damage.
Spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of Ravenloft would consider Madam Eva a worthy choice to replace Strahd as the master of Ravenloft, but she has all the power she desires and doesn’t seek to supplant him. She would rather help
and murdered his brother, she fled the castle and took refuge with the Vistani. Later, she forged a pact with the goddess Mother Night, trading her youth for the power to undo the evil that Strahd had
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
knowing a fiend’s true name grants power over it, the hags used the books to ensure the yugoloths’ loyalty. They also used the books to capture the true names of other fiends that crossed them. It is
rumored that the Books of Keeping contain the true names of a few demon lords and archdevils as well. Petty jealousies and endless bickering caused the sisterhood to dissolve, and in the ensuing power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creatures and know their desires. An aboleth uses this knowledge to gain a creature’s loyalty, promising to fulfill such wants in exchange for obedience. Within its lair, the aboleth can further use its
powers to override senses, granting creatures, such as its followers, the illusion of promised rewards. Enemies of the Gods. The aboleths’ fall from power is written in stark clarity on their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
reclaim their treasure or start a new hoard—by any means possible. Beleaguered Moguls. Though they live as ruthless raiders, fog giants remain tasteful and refined in their desires. They remember their
former wealth and power with a bitter mix of longing, regret, and shame, seeking always to replace the grandest treasures they once possessed. Simple coins, gems, or trade goods do nothing to satisfy the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Purphoros, that would mean spending time by himself in his forge, creating anything he desires. But it also would mean being free to uproot mountains, topple cities, and reroute rivers without any of the
. Imbued as she is with the malleable, quenching power of water, she knows that he can neither destroy her waves nor reforge them. Because she has no fear of him, she treats him as a friend. Purphoros
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Demon Lords The chaotic power of the Abyss rewards demons of particular ruthlessness and ingenuity with a dark blessing, transforming them into unique fiends whose power can rival the gods. These
into the Abyss for betraying elvenkind. Sages claim that the Dark Prince Graz’zt originated on some other plane before stealing his abyssal title from another long-forgotten demon lord. Power and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
preserving fluids and the liquefied goop of their body’s flesh. The transformation renders the brain immortal and imbues it with psionic power, so that it can spend eternity plotting and executing its desires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Monsters’ Desires Aberrations d4 Desired Offering 1 The brain or other organs of a rare creature 2 Flattery and obsequiousness 3 Secrets or lore it doesn’t already know 4 Accepting a strange
d4 Desired Offering 1 Oil to apply to the construct’s joints 2 A magic item with charges, to be used as fuel 3 A vessel infused with elemental power 4 Adamantine or mithral components Dragons