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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that don’t please its patron fall away as its master’s desires become the purpose that drives it. The deathlock immediately resumes work on its patron’s behalf.
Whatever the goal
, it always reflects the patron’s interests, ranging from small-scale concerns to matters of cosmic scope. A deathlock in the thrall of a Fiend might work to destroy a specific temple dedicated to
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
"} lightning or thunder damage (Nafas’s choice).
Create Vortex. A 10-foot-radius, 60-foot-tall cylinder of swirling cosmic dust forms on a point Nafas can see within 120 feet of him. The vortex
Nafas can see ends its turn, Nafas exhales forceful winds in a 30-foot cone. Large or smaller creatures in that area must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 15 feet away from him
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, and its brass crossbow are destroyed.When an archduke of the Nine Hells needs a creature tracked, found, and either done away with or captured, the task usually falls to an orthon. These devils are
promises it a worthy struggle against a lethal foe. Because they travel widely, orthons are unequaled as guides through the layers of the Nine Hells.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing
Zuggtmoy
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
harmless promises offered by exotic spores and mushrooms, but quickly consumes them, body and soul.
Sharing a layer of the Abyss with Juiblex, plus their mutual insatiable hunger, has made the two demon
“My mind is slipping away, and my intelligence seems to wax and wane.”
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“I am constantly scratching at unseen fungal infections.”
Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning
monsters
mining operations. They use their magic, along with promises of magical power and support, to draw humans and other folk into serving them. The mi-go tend to worship Mythos entities, and they recruit
;The mi-go confers with a human brain it has sealed away in a jar. The specimen is specifically chosen for the knowledge it can provide to the mi-go, allowing it to adapt to a variety of situations. The
monsters
great numbers, tapping into the magic of this Mythos entity to multiply and thrive.
Twisted Promises. Cults of Shub-Niggurath begin innocently enough. A village deep in a primal forest, or a group
rely on culling the weak among their own numbers. The community seeks outsiders. Brutal and vicious cults rely on raids, but more cunning ones lure strangers to their lands with promises of food and
Paladin
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Basic Rules (2014)
has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against evil. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of the militias and armies
, and even the smallest victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from oblivion.
Creating a Paladin
The most important aspect of a paladin character is the nature of his or her holy quest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The God-Brain’s Torment The God-Brain of Bluetspur is an entirely unreliable cosmic entity, an immortal inflicted with mortality. Although its death is likely still millennia away, this inevitability leads it to hastily indulge all manner of amoral extremes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The God-Brain’s Torment The God-Brain of Bluetspur is an entirely unreliable cosmic entity, an immortal inflicted with mortality. Although its death is likely still millennia away, this inevitability leads it to hastily indulge all manner of amoral extremes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a quest driven by a higher purpose than the acquisition of treasure. Evil lurks in dungeons and primeval forests, and even the smallest victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from oblivion.
Beyond the Mundane Life Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
players may aspire to temporarily seal it away. Cosmic Horror Plots d8 Plot
1 Help a parent recover a child who’s gone missing in the impossibly vast space underneath their bed.
2 Stop a
Cosmic Horror Plots Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a quest driven by a higher purpose than the acquisition of treasure. Evil lurks in dungeons and primeval forests, and even the smallest victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from oblivion.
Beyond the Mundane Life Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a quest driven by a higher purpose than the acquisition of treasure. Evil lurks in dungeons and primeval forests, and even the smallest victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from oblivion.
Beyond the Mundane Life Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a quest driven by a higher purpose than the acquisition of treasure. Evil lurks in dungeons and primeval forests, and even the smallest victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from oblivion.
Beyond the Mundane Life Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
players may aspire to temporarily seal it away. Cosmic Horror Plots d8 Plot
1 Help a parent recover a child who’s gone missing in the impossibly vast space underneath their bed.
2 Stop a
Cosmic Horror Plots Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
three gods are a tribe’s raiders and ravagers—often the only part of an orc tribe that its victims ever see.
Deep within the den of a tribe, far away from the war-hearth where warriors
cosmic implications of Maglubiyet’s attacks. To prevent the goblinoids from outstripping her people in population, she urges the orcs to have many offspring and teach them the ways of battle not only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the order of the cosmos, ensuring that all things remain in their proper place, knowing how easily the cosmic balance could be undone if she were not vigilant. On the heels of a near-catastrophic
upset of the cosmic order—the rise to godhood and subsequent defeat of the satyr Xenagos—Klothys has emerged from the Underworld for the first time in mortal memory to untangle the strands of destiny and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the order of the cosmos, ensuring that all things remain in their proper place, knowing how easily the cosmic balance could be undone if she were not vigilant. On the heels of a near-catastrophic
upset of the cosmic order—the rise to godhood and subsequent defeat of the satyr Xenagos—Klothys has emerged from the Underworld for the first time in mortal memory to untangle the strands of destiny and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. This hatred dates back to when the primal elves surrendered their mutable forms in response to Lolth’s promises. They split into two factions: the drow, who believed that Corellon had held them back and
do manage to transcend this hatred. They have met or heard of dark elves, like Drizzt Do’Urden, who find their own paths in life and view each elf as an individual, not as the representative of one side or the other in a cosmic struggle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. This hatred dates back to when the primal elves surrendered their mutable forms in response to Lolth’s promises. They split into two factions: the drow, who believed that Corellon had held them back and
do manage to transcend this hatred. They have met or heard of dark elves, like Drizzt Do’Urden, who find their own paths in life and view each elf as an individual, not as the representative of one side or the other in a cosmic struggle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
approaches the Second Wind, an enormous jet-black behemoth glides out of the darkness and cosmic dust, its red eye glowing brightly as its jaws open wide. Long, stringy strands of saliva break off
, which is 50 feet from the end of Topolah’s dock and the same distance away from the Second Wind. On its first turn, the void scavver swims up to the jolly boat and attacks a random character. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
approaches the Second Wind, an enormous jet-black behemoth glides out of the darkness and cosmic dust, its red eye glowing brightly as its jaws open wide. Long, stringy strands of saliva break off
, which is 50 feet from the end of Topolah’s dock and the same distance away from the Second Wind. On its first turn, the void scavver swims up to the jolly boat and attacks a random character. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
repeatedly dunks the cage into the goo, nearly drowning the prisoner with each submersion. The ultroloth, Baazit, is bound by dimensional shackles that prevent it from teleporting away. Baazit contacts the
characters telepathically as soon as they’re in range. The ultroloth was imprisoned by a pit fiend for stealing soul coins. Baazit promises to show the characters how to form magical servants from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, granting them understanding of cosmic truths and insights into how the future should unfold. Klothys withdrew to the Underworld ages ago to keep watch over the imprisoned titans and ensure they couldn’t
destiny from the Underworld, Klothys now endeavors to undo the cosmic damage caused by Heliod, Xenagos, and ambitious mortals in recent years. The ways in which they ravaged reality to realize their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
members will scatter. Artavazda hopes the characters can gather intelligence on the group and its plans prior to the Brightguard raiding the theater. Artavazda promises another 500 gp per character as a
and flies away rather than immediately acting against the characters; Laleh contacts the characters with an invitation to the Twilight Rose soon after. Otherwise, when the characters are finished conversing with the pari, Artavazda gives them directions to the Twilight Rose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
away. About a dozen of the aged polearms hang from the walls haphazardly about the room. Creatures/NPCs There is an elder oblex in this chamber, though the bulk of the creature resides as a strange pool
bearing a longsword, to the entrance to beckon the adventurers forward into the chamber. As the adventurers approach the chamber, the human woman backs away from them as it continues to beckon them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, granting them understanding of cosmic truths and insights into how the future should unfold. Klothys withdrew to the Underworld ages ago to keep watch over the imprisoned titans and ensure they couldn’t
destiny from the Underworld, Klothys now endeavors to undo the cosmic damage caused by Heliod, Xenagos, and ambitious mortals in recent years. The ways in which they ravaged reality to realize their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
repeatedly dunks the cage into the goo, nearly drowning the prisoner with each submersion. The ultroloth, Baazit, is bound by dimensional shackles that prevent it from teleporting away. Baazit contacts the
characters telepathically as soon as they’re in range. The ultroloth was imprisoned by a pit fiend for stealing soul coins. Baazit promises to show the characters how to form magical servants from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
members will scatter. Artavazda hopes the characters can gather intelligence on the group and its plans prior to the Brightguard raiding the theater. Artavazda promises another 500 gp per character as a
and flies away rather than immediately acting against the characters; Laleh contacts the characters with an invitation to the Twilight Rose soon after. Otherwise, when the characters are finished conversing with the pari, Artavazda gives them directions to the Twilight Rose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
away. About a dozen of the aged polearms hang from the walls haphazardly about the room. Creatures/NPCs There is an elder oblex in this chamber, though the bulk of the creature resides as a strange pool
bearing a longsword, to the entrance to beckon the adventurers forward into the chamber. As the adventurers approach the chamber, the human woman backs away from them as it continues to beckon them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blob of Annihilation All-Consuming Cosmic Entropy Unleashed Habitat: Any; Treasure: Any Mathias Kollros Honey, I’ve seen horrors that would make you shit your drawers and reach for the nearest drink
. And then there’s the blob of annihilation. If you see it, run. And if you can’t get away from it, just hope you dissolve fast.
—Vi, Artificer of Eberron
The blob of annihilation is a coagulation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blob of Annihilation All-Consuming Cosmic Entropy Unleashed Habitat: Any; Treasure: Any Mathias Kollros Honey, I’ve seen horrors that would make you shit your drawers and reach for the nearest drink
. And then there’s the blob of annihilation. If you see it, run. And if you can’t get away from it, just hope you dissolve fast.
—Vi, Artificer of Eberron
The blob of annihilation is a coagulation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Infinite Staircase are often tucked away in dusty, half-forgotten places that no one frequents or pays any attention to. On any given plane, multiple doors might lead to the Infinite Staircase, though
Beastlands, streams across the top layer of Arborea, and finally drains away somewhere in Arborea’s second layer. Though it isn’t as far-reaching as the Styx, the Oceanus is still a commonly used path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
black sphere holds the demon in place, and appears to be slowly draining away its essence.
The balor Tarnhem is bound here by the magic of Acererak, who has fashioned a device from a sphere of
annihilation that slowly drains away Tarnhem’s essence to fuel the magical workings of the tomb. A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check identifies a number of silver wires attached to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
black sphere holds the demon in place, and appears to be slowly draining away its essence.
The balor Tarnhem is bound here by the magic of Acererak, who has fashioned a device from a sphere of
annihilation that slowly drains away Tarnhem’s essence to fuel the magical workings of the tomb. A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check identifies a number of silver wires attached to the