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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
damage.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Bhaal’s cultists emulate their deity, carrying out gruesome murders to spread fear and horror. They are
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead.Multiattack. The fanatic makes two melee attacks.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Knights of the Black Sword are a secret society of cultists devoted to Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2
stamp out all opposition while richly rewarding those who swear fealty.
Warrior Cult. Cultists of Bane are warriors who wear heavy armor and wield maces, swords, spears, and crossbows. They paint the
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Command ability.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3
followers gain power, they institute draconian measures to ensure that their rule is unquestioned. They stamp out all opposition while richly rewarding those who swear fealty.
Warrior Cult. Cultists of
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d4 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d4+5","rollType":"damage
of its next turn.Unstoppable (3/Day). The death's head reduces the damage it takes from an attack to 0.Bhaal's cultists emulate their deity, carrying out gruesome murders to spread fear and horror
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Battleaxe", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Harpoon. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Harpoon"} to hit
. These cultists of Evil Water often hide their allegiance as long as possible while urging their communities to everincreasing depths of cruelty and violence, but if the cultists’ apostasy is
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
self, sanctuaryMultiattack. The reaper makes two dagger attacks and uses Shroud Self.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to
magically turns invisible until the start of its next turn. This invisibility ends if the reaper makes an attack roll, makes a damage roll, or casts a spell.Bhaal's cultists emulate their deity
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Claws of the Grave. Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit"} to hit, range 90 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d4+3","rollType
":"damage","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.Those who follow Myrkul are either wizards or those who seek to master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of Myrkul study rituals
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Mace", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit
tattooed on their right shoulder. Guardians follow a strict code of decorum that values bravery, honesty, and justice tempered with mercy. Still, they are quick to chastise blasphemers, criminals, and cultists who oppose their cause, buffeting these foes with their shocking implements.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
it can be removed from a creature or an object by any spell that ends a curse.
Bolt of Imix. Ranged Spell Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Bolt of Imix"} to hit
gazes into flames too deeply may see the Prince of Evil Fire, Imix, gazing back. Giants who fall to Imix’s corruption might leave their homes to join with likeminded cultists, but others remain
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
.
Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Handaxe"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation
shoulder.
Guardians follow a strict code of decorum that values bravery, honesty, and justice tempered with mercy. Still, they are quick to chastise blasphemers, criminals, and cultists who oppose their
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"poison"} poison damage.
Necrotic Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Necrotic Bolt"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (5d8 + 7
become ghoul;ghouls and zombie;zombies (both appear in the Monster Manual) that serve in his legions, while his favored servants are the cultists and necromancers who murder the living and then manipulate
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
; Requires a Spell Slot). Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit"} to hit, range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType
master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of Myrkul study rituals that allow them to force the souls of the dead into service, compelling them to answer questions and share forgotten
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Lightning Strike. Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lightning Strike"} to hit, range 120
delivering a message to cultists. Others have greater responsibilities, such as leading large groups, assassinating targets, and serving in armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
damage, and the target has disadvantage on all saving throws until the end of the master of souls' next turn.
Chill Touch (Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit
.
Ray of Sickness (1st-Level Spell; Requires a Spell Slot). Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Ray of Sickness"} to hit, range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 9
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, fireball, fly
4th level (3 slots): banishment, fire shield
5th level (2 slots): Bigby's hand, Rary's telepathic bondFire Bolt (Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
urged her to seek out the Black Sword. Avarice didn’t know who or what the Black Sword was until she was approached by cultists of Levistus bearing swordlike shards of chardalyn worn as pendants
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4
of these warlocks associate with cultists devoted to these entities, as well as Aberrations that share their goals, yet other warlocks of the Great Old One are experts at rooting out the chaos and
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
":"Glaive", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rock"} to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 23
bloodlust by hunting in them.
Baphomet rewards his most faithful cultists with transformation into demonic stalkers. Such a giant grows an elaborate crown of six horns, and Baphomet gives the stone giant a magic glaive and the ability to call up horns of stone from the earth.
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Psychic Rend"} to hit, reach 15 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4
):
At will: detect thoughts, minor illusion
1/day each: arcane gate, hunger of HadarAberrant zealots are cultists who have reached out to the powers of the Far Realm—only for something to reach
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Juiblex makes three Acid Lash attacks.
Acid Lash. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Acid Lash"} to hit, reach 10 ft. or range 60/120 ft
, which is slick and sticks to anything that touches it.
If Juiblex dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll"} days.
Cultists of Juiblex
The Faceless
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Psychic Rend"} to hit, reach 15 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4
: arcane gate, hunger of HadarAberrant zealots are cultists who have reached out to the powers of the Far Realm—only for something to reach back. Steeped in strange energy, aberrant zealots
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Ranged Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lava Ball"} to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (3d12 + 10);{"diceNotation":"3d12+10", "rollType":"damage
molten rock. Sometimes miners risk their lives to find rich veins of ore in a scion’s volcano, or misguided fire cultists offer sacrifices meant to appease or awaken the volcano, and the awakened
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
damage.
Hurl Lava. Ranged Weapon Attack: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Hurl Lava"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 27 (4d8 + 9);{"diceNotation":"4d8+9
;s volcano, or misguided fire cultists offer sacrifices meant to appease or awaken the volcano, and the awakened cradle defies all their expectations. Like a living volcano, the cradle hurls balls of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its next turn.
Eldritch Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Eldritch Bolt"} to hit, range 60 ft
available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read aloud their blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
incapacitated until the end of its next turn.
Psychic Orb. Ranged Spell Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Psychic Orb"} to hit, range 120 feet, one creature. Hit: 27 (5d10
often in the wake of a comet—or perhaps this phenomenon merely signals that star spawn are in the vicinity and available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read
monsters
has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Consume. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Consume"}, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 10
ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Disguise Self, ThaumaturgyCrimson clergy are Undead cultists, often created, led, and taught by a more powerful vampire. Crimson clergy view the consumption of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(half as much damage on a successful save). The boulder attack constitutes the cultists’ surprise round. After that, they use ranged attacks until they are out of ammunition or the heroes force them
characters is if the outpost checks in at the correct time with an “all clear.” Frulam Mondath The rearguard consists of one veteran, six cultists, and two acolytes. The guard and cultists have spears for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(half as much damage on a successful save). The boulder attack constitutes the cultists’ surprise round. After that, they use ranged attacks until they are out of ammunition or the heroes force them
characters is if the outpost checks in at the correct time with an “all clear.” Frulam Mondath The rearguard consists of one veteran, six cultists, and two acolytes. The guard and cultists have spears for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Types of Cultists Aurore Folny An aberrant cultist and an elemental cultist clash, unleashing the magic of their otherworldly patrons Cults can organize around any mystical tradition, but many serve
supernatural beings. Cult members often have abilities tied to the forces they worship. Aberrant Cultist Aberrant cultists pursue mind-bending powers from alien forces. Aberrant cultists align with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Types of Cultists Aurore Folny An aberrant cultist and an elemental cultist clash, unleashing the magic of their otherworldly patrons Cults can organize around any mystical tradition, but many serve
supernatural beings. Cult members often have abilities tied to the forces they worship. Aberrant Cultist Aberrant cultists pursue mind-bending powers from alien forces. Aberrant cultists align with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
powers. Any cult might have the following sorts of members. Cultist Cultists devote themselves to their faith’s leaders and otherworldly masters. While this zeal grants cultists no magical powers, it
gives them remarkable resolve in the face of threats. Cultists perform much of a cult’s mundane work, which might include evangelism, criminal acts, or serving as sacrifices. Cultist Medium or Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
powers. Any cult might have the following sorts of members. Cultist Cultists devote themselves to their faith’s leaders and otherworldly masters. While this zeal grants cultists no magical powers, it
gives them remarkable resolve in the face of threats. Cultists perform much of a cult’s mundane work, which might include evangelism, criminal acts, or serving as sacrifices. Cultist Medium or Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Skyriders Nosy heroes asking awkward questions in the towns nearby gain the attention of the Howling Hatred cult. The air cultists send a group of aerial raiders to eliminate the characters, or at
Hatred initiates (see chapter 7 for both), each mounted on a giant vulture. The riders prefer to keep their distance and make ranged attacks. They are also protective of their mounts. If a vulture is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Skyriders Nosy heroes asking awkward questions in the towns nearby gain the attention of the Howling Hatred cult. The air cultists send a group of aerial raiders to eliminate the characters, or at
Hatred initiates (see chapter 7 for both), each mounted on a giant vulture. The riders prefer to keep their distance and make ranged attacks. They are also protective of their mounts. If a vulture is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
these giants, water is a cruel and destructive force that finds its ultimate expression in ice. These cultists of Evil Water often hide their allegiance as long as possible while urging their
communities to ever-increasing depths of cruelty and violence, but if the cultists’ apostasy is revealed and they are exiled, they often end up as leaders of Olhydra’s cults in colder regions. Olhydra grants