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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
some wrong affecting those she’d prefer not to harm, or give a mortal a glimpse of her terrible responsibilities.
Bident of the Deep. Thassa’s signature weapon thrums with the icy
monster spell (save DC 18) from the bident, but only on beasts and monstrosities that have an innate swimming speed. Once used, this property of the bident can’t be used again until the next dusk
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Innate Spellcasting. The verbeeg's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
1/day each: animal messenger, fog cloud, freedom of
faces. Some have other features that give them a fearsome aspect.
Verbeeg craft their own armor and weapons. They prefer thrown spears above all other weapons, and a verbeeg usually has several spears
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Innate Spellcasting. The medusa's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14). The medusa can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
1/day each
around Ravnica, and at least one medusa is thought to be angling for control of the entire guild at the moment.
Not all gorgons are so ambitious; some prefer to simply stalk the endless shadows of the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions, many
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
psionically manipulate the fundamental principles of the multiverse, from the force of gravity to the emanations of the Outer Planes. Their innate psionics give them a measure of control over how
the dragon can perceive everything those golems do.
Amethyst Dragon Lairs
Amethyst dragons prefer lairs near water, ideally mountain lakes, where they take advantage of existing caves and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
fundamental principles of the multiverse, from the force of gravity to the emanations of the Outer Planes. Their innate psionics give them a measure of control over how physical laws affect them. They defy
Realm, an ancient amethyst dragon has been corrupted by aberrant influences and now leads a cult the dragon once opposed.
Amethyst Dragon Lairs
Amethyst dragons prefer lairs near water
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
energy and brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
that rely on smell.
Innate Spellcasting. The giant’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic
giant’s desires. Instead, they seek out grand works of art, wondrous jewelry, and beautiful sculptures.
Reasonable Offers. Fog giants are powerful warriors, but they prefer to use threats and
Berbalang
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
duplicate’s attacks is psychic damage.
Innate Spellcasting. The berbalang’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). The berbalang can innately cast the following spells
. Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged to
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
tabaxi rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost.
Wandering Outcasts
Most tabaxi remain in their distant
instruments, tell stories, and offer exotic goods in trade for items that spark their interest. Tabaxi reluctantly accept gold, but they much prefer interesting objects or pieces of lore as payment.
These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Crystal Dragons Shimmering with radiant energy and brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their
personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions, many of them are among the friendliest of dragonkind, nurturing and optimistic.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
serpent gods began to demand more and more sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need.
Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison
, the yuan-ti will do so—and they actually prefer these tactics to open warfare. Because abominations and malisons can change into the shapes of snakes, they can keep their presence hidden and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. They prefer thrown spears above all other weapons, and a verbeeg usually has several spears for that purpose. Marauders. Verbeeg conduct themselves like brigands, robbing people they come across in
the wild. If food is scarce, they kill those same people and eat them. They prefer to dwell in forlorn places, often sharing territory with hill giants and ogres. It’s not unusual to find a gang of hill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
god of the sea bestows her weapon on a mortal, it’s often so they might work her will far from the ocean, right some wrong affecting those she’d prefer not to harm, or give a mortal a glimpse of her
. Additionally, you can cast the dominate monster spell (save DC 18) from the bident, but only on beasts and monstrosities that have an innate swimming speed. Once used, this property of the bident can’t be used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of all yuan-ti, nightmare speakers revel in torturing prisoners, leaving them in a constant state of fear and dread. They prefer to terrify rather than kill their opponents. A nightmare speaker has a
) necrotic damage to the target.
Innate Spellcasting (Yuan-ti Form Only). The yuan-ti’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The yuan-ti can innately cast the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
guild’s smaller cells around Ravnica, and at least one medusa is thought to be angling for control of the entire guild at the moment. Not all gorgons are so ambitious; some prefer to simply stalk the
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The medusa’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14). The medusa can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Treant Treants are awakened trees that dwell in ancient forests. Although treants prefer to while away the days, months, and years in quiet contemplation, they fiercely protect their woodland
Guardians. After a treant awakens, it continues to grow exactly as it did when it was a tree. Treants created from the mightiest trees can reach great sizes while developing an innate magical power over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
prefer to communicate via telepathy and use their telepathy when issuing commands to their thralls. When an illithid meets strong resistance, it avoids initial combat as it orders its thralls to attack
against spells and other magical effects.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The mind flayer’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-hunters, dwarves, and others that desire wealth beneath the earth. Earthy Fey. Korreds prefer to keep their own company and occasionally consort with creatures of elemental earth such as galeb duhr. A
. If the rope drops to 0 hit points, it is destroyed.
Innate Spellcasting. The korred's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
giant’s desires. Instead, they seek out grand works of art, wondrous jewelry, and beautiful sculptures. Reasonable Offers. Fog giants are powerful warriors, but they prefer to use threats and
return to their proper station, a fog giant lures desperate criminals, cunning bandits, and other raiders into their service in the dismal wilds they inhabit. These giants prefer to work with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, they call forth the spirits of the dead and force them to divulge what they learned in life. Speakers of the Dead. Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits
berbalang, and everything experienced by the duplicate is known by the berbalang. All damage dealt by the duplicate’s attacks is psychic damage.
Innate Spellcasting. The berbalang’s innate spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
have regenerate, heal and greater restoration cast on it once per day for three consecutive days. The victim is restored to normal when the final round of spells is cast. Mind flayers vastly prefer
them difficult to control. Mind flayers consider kuo-toa brains a great treat, but they prefer to eat them raw, unsullied by psionic alteration. Thus, they tend to eat kuo-toa soon after capturing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
affecting the dragon’s challenge rating (as noted under “Customizing Dragons” earlier in this chapter). Likewise, if you use the Monster Manual variant rule to make dragons innate spellcasters, you could
metallic dragons who simply favored that particular form. Some dragons even seem to prefer Humanoid form to their own and delight in surrounding themselves with companions who can answer their endless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The abhorrent overlord’s
strike down most foes, they prefer to let terror and despair overtake their victims first, letting their victims marinate in fear before the fiend devours them. Twister of Wills. Being obsessed with wealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
overload, and confusion that leaves creatures reeling. Despite their evil nature, screaming devilkins rarely attack to kill. They much prefer to leave their victims badly injured and shorn of all hope
advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Innate Spellcasting. Ygorl’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 23, +15 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
absence of order, we must establish it.”
Flaw: “If Ravnica didn’t need me, I would prefer to live a life of solitude and contemplation.”
Isperia
Gargantuan monstrosity, lawful neutral
Armor Class
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 25
Languages Common, Sphinx
Challenge 21 (33,000 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. Isperia’s innate spellcasting ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
mount’s senses. The knights prefer to fight from or in the water, since they don’t like to leave their mounts behind, but they can be fierce opponents on foot at need. Unlike most other knights, Dark
Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Bonded Mount. The knight is magically bound to a beast with an innate swimming speed trained to serve as its mount. While mounted on this beast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
challenge rating. Languages. Most dragons prefer to speak Draconic but learn Common for dealing with allies and minions. But given their high Intelligence and long life span, dragons can easily learn
proficiencies, particularly if the dragon spends time in Humanoid form. Spells. The Monster Manual’s variant rule about making dragons innate spellcasters is an easy way to add variety to dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The barlgura’s spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13). The barlgura can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
creatures foolish enough to summon them. Although glabrezus are devastating in combat, they prefer to tempt victims into ruin, using power or wealth as a lure. Engaging in guile, trickery, and evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
innate right to rule, and this belief is the cornerstone of every chromatic dragon’s personality and worldview. Trying to humble a chromatic dragon is like trying to convince the wind to stop blowing. To
treasure. With its innate toughness and tolerance for severe environmental effects, a dragon selects or builds a lair not for shelter but for defense, favoring multiple entrances and exits, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
-aged woman with a wry sense of humor named Arleosa Starhenge (NG female Chondathan human commoner). Born in a wild magic zone, Arleosa has the innate magical ability to cast the alter self spell three
sends one of his thugs to request a meeting. The Snail is happy to meet the characters in a public or private place, whichever they prefer. He opens the meeting by putting his offer on the table. If all