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Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Evasion. If the high fae is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw and only
branch to seal the promise.
“The Kindly Lord does not issue invitations to their court lightly. I suggest you accept.”
—Gwyddion, messenger of Talion
High Fae
Ageless and
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage.
You know what people want and you deliver, or rather, you promise to deliver. Common sense should steer people away from things that
to some imaginary or extinguished patriar lineage.
Because of your skill in passing yourself off as a patriar, you have a Watch token that allows you alone into the Upper City of Baldur’s Gate
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Avoidance. If the demilich is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half
gemstones into his skull’s eye sockets and teeth. Each of these soul gems possessed the power to capture the souls on which his phylactery would feed.
Acererak abandoned his physical body
Species
One Grung Above
THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL
These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing.
Grungs are aggressive froglike
lookout for creatures they can capture and enslave. Grungs use slaves for all manner of menial tasks, but mostly they just like bossing them around. Slaves are fed mildly poisoned food to keep them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Xorlarrin Alliance Duke Zalto’s alliance with House Xorlarrin is built on his firm promise that, once he climbs to the top of the ordning, he will use his forge and his newfound might to help
Ironslag, the drow have already managed to infiltrate Gauntlgrym (using their extensive knowledge of the dwarven city’s layout). If the drow capture Maegera and deliver the iron flask to Ironslag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Xorlarrin Alliance Duke Zalto’s alliance with House Xorlarrin is built on his firm promise that, once he climbs to the top of the ordning, he will use his forge and his newfound might to help
Ironslag, the drow have already managed to infiltrate Gauntlgrym (using their extensive knowledge of the dwarven city’s layout). If the drow capture Maegera and deliver the iron flask to Ironslag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
surprised. If the characters capture one or more grungs, the frogfolk offer to lead the characters to treasure in exchange for a promise of freedom. The “treasure” is a half-mile away from the party’s present location and consists of a cache, which you can randomly determine by rolling on the Caches table.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
surprised. If the characters capture one or more grungs, the frogfolk offer to lead the characters to treasure in exchange for a promise of freedom. The “treasure” is a half-mile away from the party’s present location and consists of a cache, which you can randomly determine by rolling on the Caches table.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Way of the Long Death Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and
3rd level, your study of death allows you to extract vitality from another creature as it nears its demise. When you reduce a creature within 5 feet of you to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Way of the Long Death Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and
3rd level, your study of death allows you to extract vitality from another creature as it nears its demise. When you reduce a creature within 5 feet of you to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
offers to lead them to Boss Hark if they promise to kill Hark and help Snigbat become the new boss. Snigbat knows where Hark keeps his treasure (area 8) but doesn’t share this information with the
has no influence over them. With Hark and the ogres dead, Snigbat can seize the title of boss without being challenged. Once she becomes the new boss, she allows the characters and the villagers of Nightstone to leave the Dripping Caves unharmed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
messages across the areas of the Whorlstone Tunnels controlled by the cultists, or simply to hide from their duties. Shrinking down allows the characters to more easily navigate this area. The narrow tunnel
characters to follow them by sound. If any quasit escapes, the cultists in area 12 can’t be surprised and prepare an ambush. Development If the characters manage to capture and interrogate a quasit, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
offers to lead them to Boss Hark if they promise to kill Hark and help Snigbat become the new boss. Snigbat knows where Hark keeps his treasure (area 8) but doesn’t share this information with the
has no influence over them. With Hark and the ogres dead, Snigbat can seize the title of boss without being challenged. Once she becomes the new boss, she allows the characters and the villagers of Nightstone to leave the Dripping Caves unharmed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
take them at their word. If the ice-dagger murders stop, she’ll know her trust was not misplaced. Failure to stop Sephek allows him to continue slaying Ten-Towners who cheat Auril the Frostmaiden
. These murders occur irregularly, and only in towns visited by Torg’s. If the characters capture Sephek and deliver him to the authorities, they stop the murders but lose the reward offered by Hlin, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
take them at their word. If the ice-dagger murders stop, she’ll know her trust was not misplaced. Failure to stop Sephek allows him to continue slaying Ten-Towners who cheat Auril the Frostmaiden
. These murders occur irregularly, and only in towns visited by Torg’s. If the characters capture Sephek and deliver him to the authorities, they stop the murders but lose the reward offered by Hlin, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
messages across the areas of the Whorlstone Tunnels controlled by the cultists, or simply to hide from their duties. Shrinking down allows the characters to more easily navigate this area. The narrow tunnel
characters to follow them by sound. If any quasit escapes, the cultists in area 12 can’t be surprised and prepare an ambush. Development If the characters manage to capture and interrogate a quasit, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
this point, they also meet Captain Errde Blackskull. Droki (see “Droki” in the “Blade Bazaar” section) accidentally bumps into the patrol, creating a distraction that allows the characters to escape. A
concluded. The party remains under watch at all times by an invisible duergar Stone Guard(see appendix C). If it seems like the characters have done what they came to do, the invisible duergar reminds them to make good on their promise to visit Overlake Hold.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Final Confrontations The characters have many choices. They can do nothing, which allows the barbarians to loot and destroy the ranch and kill every Nettlebee. (The Uthgardt show no mercy.) If the
Wiggan’s guilt. Wiggan is even braver if Bertram is there to help him. Watson might try to stop an open battle, but he is unwilling to fight his relatives. If defeated but left alive, Wiggan can be coerced into telling the truth. The party has to promise to let him live to get him to talk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Final Confrontations The characters have many choices. They can do nothing, which allows the barbarians to loot and destroy the ranch and kill every Nettlebee. (The Uthgardt show no mercy.) If the
Wiggan’s guilt. Wiggan is even braver if Bertram is there to help him. Watson might try to stop an open battle, but he is unwilling to fight his relatives. If defeated but left alive, Wiggan can be coerced into telling the truth. The party has to promise to let him live to get him to talk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Grimlock Puppet of the Mind Flayer Menace Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any John Tedrick Grimlocks are victims of biological manipulation by mind flayers. To create grimlocks, illithids capture
individual’s former personality remains. Grimlocks have shallow depressions rather than eyes. A sixth sense allows grimlocks to perceive their surroundings. Psychic energies from their transformations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
this point, they also meet Captain Errde Blackskull. Droki (see “Droki” in the “Blade Bazaar” section) accidentally bumps into the patrol, creating a distraction that allows the characters to escape. A
concluded. The party remains under watch at all times by an invisible duergar Stone Guard(see appendix C). If it seems like the characters have done what they came to do, the invisible duergar reminds them to make good on their promise to visit Overlake Hold.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Grimlock Puppet of the Mind Flayer Menace Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any John Tedrick Grimlocks are victims of biological manipulation by mind flayers. To create grimlocks, illithids capture
individual’s former personality remains. Grimlocks have shallow depressions rather than eyes. A sixth sense allows grimlocks to perceive their surroundings. Psychic energies from their transformations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
this evil unicorn. They do not want Banrion killed, however. Instead, if the characters can capture the unicorn, Mother Stag claims that they can undo her corruption—and perhaps even convert her to more
goodly ways. (In reality, the hags wish to capture the unicorn and force her to become their servant and mount.) Bridle of Capturing To help the characters in this task, the three mothers have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
this evil unicorn. They do not want Banrion killed, however. Instead, if the characters can capture the unicorn, Mother Stag claims that they can undo her corruption—and perhaps even convert her to more
goodly ways. (In reality, the hags wish to capture the unicorn and force her to become their servant and mount.) Bridle of Capturing To help the characters in this task, the three mothers have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Their gray skin allows them to blend in with surrounding stonework. They are also surprisingly heavy and strong for their size. An average adult weighs 100 to 120 pounds and stands 3 feet tall. A
xorn enticed to service with the promise of gems to feed on. Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin)
Small humanoid (gnome), neutral good
Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
Hit Points 16 (3d6 + 6)
Speed 20 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
as much as I have, and I promise it will be a night to remember!”
She gestures toward the massive statue in the hall’s center. “Centuries ago, wise Kollema established this masquerade as a Strixhaven
stage gains a fly speed equal to their walking speed. This allows the guests to literally dance on air. Anyone who leaves the space above the dance floor in midair drifts gently to an unoccupied space in area K1. This magic lasts until the end of the masquerade.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
as much as I have, and I promise it will be a night to remember!”
She gestures toward the massive statue in the hall’s center. “Centuries ago, wise Kollema established this masquerade as a Strixhaven
stage gains a fly speed equal to their walking speed. This allows the guests to literally dance on air. Anyone who leaves the space above the dance floor in midair drifts gently to an unoccupied space in area K1. This magic lasts until the end of the masquerade.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Their gray skin allows them to blend in with surrounding stonework. They are also surprisingly heavy and strong for their size. An average adult weighs 100 to 120 pounds and stands 3 feet tall. A
xorn enticed to service with the promise of gems to feed on. Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin)
Small humanoid (gnome), neutral good
Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
Hit Points 16 (3d6 + 6)
Speed 20 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
oath to win a battle in Iroas’s name and failing to do so is a great shame upon a warrior, thus such a promise is never uttered lightly. The fifth month of the Meletian calendar is Thriambion, named for
of glory—a finite amount that they might revel in but that allows them to experience a life beyond grasping for greatness. Those who don’t find themselves upon the path to despair, personal harm, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the pools.
4 Capture people and creatures for the priests to use in their experiments.
5 Cure the pools of a contamination.
6 Create a poison based on notes provided to you by one of
due to the priest’s experiments.
9 Kill or capture an escaped beast monstrously transformed by the priest’s experiments.
10 Retrieve materials needed to create a cure for a disease and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
break into secure areas or avoid capture. Many assassins adhere to a professional code or exhibit some signature quirk. Roll on or choose a result from the Assassin Modus Operandi table to inspire an
Senses Passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Thieves’ Cant
CR 8 (XP 3,900; PB +3)
Traits
Evasion. If the assassin is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
oath to win a battle in Iroas’s name and failing to do so is a great shame upon a warrior, thus such a promise is never uttered lightly. The fifth month of the Meletian calendar is Thriambion, named for
of glory—a finite amount that they might revel in but that allows them to experience a life beyond grasping for greatness. Those who don’t find themselves upon the path to despair, personal harm, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
succeeding on a DC 21 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Removing these protective spells allows the Aberrations inside the tower to leave, something they’re all eager to do. Physical damage to the watchtower
anything to characters who reach the tower’s summit. The tyrant keeps the strict letter of any promise it makes, but as it cares nothing for living creatures and respects only power, characters who try to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
succeeding on a DC 21 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Removing these protective spells allows the Aberrations inside the tower to leave, something they’re all eager to do. Physical damage to the watchtower
anything to characters who reach the tower’s summit. The tyrant keeps the strict letter of any promise it makes, but as it cares nothing for living creatures and respects only power, characters who try to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
racing team.
5 Assassinate a person watching a competition before the final match ends.
6 Save a wrestler from a planned murder in the arena.
7 Capture a beast that has escaped from
champion pankratiast (Akroan hoplite; see chapter 6) has her cronies lock everyone in the arena. She allows none to leave until a challenger defeats her.
2 A minotaur frees all the beasts in the