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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
wild places of the world, being common foes for heroes seeking to test their mettle against terrors worthy of the gods’ notice. Most ironscale hydras inhabit lakes and boggy caverns, from which
they hunt unwary creatures that come for a drink or swim.
What krakens are to the sea and dragons are to the sky, hydras are to the lands of Theros. Various hydras dwell at the fringes of civilization
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
all their backbiting and betrayal, devils do occasionally display loyalty, offering unwavering service to their masters. One such example is Hutijin, a duke of Cania and loyal servant of Mephistopheles
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Across the Hells, Hutijin’s name fills lesser devils with fear and loathing, for this duke commands two companies of pit fiend;pit fiends (see the Monster Manual). With such soldiers under his
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
tomb according to tradition. There, they performed holy rites and accepted food and offerings from the outside.
As time went on, Nafik grew envious of Amun Sa. “Why should the pharaoh get to
, seeking forbidden rituals he hoped could teach him the secrets of everlasting life.
When the lands of Bakar dried up, the faithful stopped bringing offerings to Amun Sa’s tomb. The threat of
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
complex than merely seeking after adventure. She has long sought for ultimate meaning in the stars, and to seek justification for her belief that her bonds to her expansive family are reflected in the
family to various and nefarious halfling criminal enterprises. Naturally, Rosie knows nothing about any of that. Sure, her nickname is “Grandmother Night,” but that probably doesn't mean anything.
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Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to those of various undead or constructs. The Reborn Origins table provides suggestions for how your character became reborn.
Reborn Origins
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Origins
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You were magically
Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft):
Har’Akir. You died and endured the burial rites of this desert realm, yet somehow a soul—yours or another’s&mdash
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
virtue. They have many responsibilities, from protecting townsfolk to embarking on adventures in the wilds. Knights are often equipped with fine armor and weapons, and they ride noble steeds of various
its former glory, or seeking to help travelers and remote communities beset by troubles.
Achieving knighthood in one of the courts requires a quest that proves one’s excellence in that court
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Rites Cult rituals are intense and often violent, including blood sacrifice and ritual combat. Many cultists consume unnatural substances, seeking a closer communion to aberrations. They perform rituals in Undercommon, though most cultists don’t have a full understanding of the language.
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Player’s Handbook
multiverse. They often begin their search for magical power by delving into tomes of forbidden lore, dabbling in invocations meant to attract the power of extraplanar beings, or seeking places of power where
, devils, hags, and alien entities of the Far Realm, Warlocks piece together arcane secrets to bolster their own power.
Warlocks view their patrons as resources, as means to the end of achieving magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Rites The most sacred rite of the Undying Court is trance communion. While in trance, an Aereni elf engages in meditation that connects them to the gestalt consciousness of the Court. This experience
congregation. A masked priest serves as the face of the Court, and any elf can approach them seeking an ease to their burdens.
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Basic Rules (2014)
to those chosen to fulfill a high calling.
Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric
because his or her god demands it. Pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers in unsettled lands, smiting evil, or seeking holy relics in ancient tombs. Many clerics are also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
dust and volcanic ash, the jagged peaks conceal the lairs of demoted devils and remote camps of soldiers who deserted the infinite conflict on Acheron. Their names besmirched, the renegades prey on travelers seeking the pitiless homes the soldiers abandoned.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
about it. The Areas of Knowledge table suggests which skills are applicable to various areas of knowledge. Areas of Knowledge Skill Areas Arcana Spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical
(Giants and Humanoids) Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants) Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites, holy symbols, cults, and certain creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Spined Devil Devil of Intrusion and Suspicion Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: None Spined devils, also known as spinagons, lurk in the shadows of the Lower Planes, seeking secrets for their
infernal lords. They prefer to attack from the air, flinging wicked barbs while staying out of reach of foes. Spined devils collect information to gain leverage over mortals or to entice powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Devils: Archdevils At the top of the hierarchy of the Nine Hells stand the archdevils, a vicious and backbiting group made up of the Hells’ elite devils. They include the various lords, the nobles
betters. Many dread names are included in the rolls of the archdevils; the few described here are among those that adventurers are most likely to encounter. Wish Fulfillment. All devils seek control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
about it. The Areas of Knowledge table suggests which skills are applicable to various areas of knowledge. Areas of Knowledge Skill Areas Arcana Spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical
(Giants and Humanoids) Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants) Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites, holy symbols, cults, and certain creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
new ruler immediately faces enemies on all sides. The invading armies of Baphomet and Yeenoghu are wreaking havoc and threatening to tear Avernus apart. Moreover, dozens of ambitious greater devils
will gleefully try to supplant their new and untested ruler. Ruling a layer of the Nine Hells as a mortal is effectively impossible. None of the devils of Avernus will knowingly serve anyone but a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
about it. The Areas of Knowledge table suggests which skills are applicable to various areas of knowledge. Areas of Knowledge Skill Areas Arcana Spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical
(Giants and Humanoids) Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants) Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites, holy symbols, cults, and certain creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Fiends Denizens of the Lower Planes regularly invade the Outlands, seeking to shift the balance of the realm toward evil. The Blood War, the endless conflict between demons and devils, regularly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
. The following sections detail the various creature types likely to be encountered in the Outlands. Use the tables in these sections to inspire encounters and whole adventures in the Outlands. Planar
Abyss, the devils of the Nine Hells, the modrons of Mechanus, and the slaadi of Limbo are just a few examples of such children of the planes.
As a result, it’s rare to encounter a group of modrons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
they hurl themselves against infernal legions of devils. Avernus was not always the blasted, war-torn battlefield it is today. Long ago, it was a plane of lush gardens and bucolic beauty created by
exploit the vices and weaknesses of mortals. The devils of Avernus seek to exploit pride and wrath, promising the aggrieved, enraged, and egotistical the power to fulfill their darkest obsessions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
or powerful summoning magic. They love to strike bargains with mortals seeking to gain some benefit or prize, but a mortal making such a bargain must be wary. Devils are crafty negotiators and
Devils Devils personify tyranny, with a totalitarian society dedicated to the domination of mortal life. The shadow of the Nine Hells of Baator extends far across the multiverse, and Asmodeus, the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of an arcanaloth seeking a powerful Feywild artifact.
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An adult moonstone dragon attempts to help a beholder worried that its dreams will soon give birth to a rival beholder.
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Members of
with the dragon upon waking.
Planar Transition. The veil between planes is thinned near a moonstone dragon’s lair. Various portals link the Material Plane, the Feywild, and the Border Ethereal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
administrator and is working to undermine Vrakir. If the characters seek out Nebukath in the hold, the arcanaloth may help them. Various Defenders. The hold is defended by erinyes devils (whose truesight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
a calm power, frequently venerated by female humans as well as by a mix of other folk: navigators and sailors, those who work honestly at night, those seeking protection in the dark, the lost, and the
lights that follow the moon around the sky, are thought to be brought about by the goddess’s joy, sorrow, or both. Milk, a symbol of motherhood, is used in many rites performed by the worshipers of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their humanity for the lethality and predatory deviousness of serpents. From hidden bastions, they manipulate rulers and the wealthy, seeking to control the world. Many yuan-ti possess venomous magic
supernatural rites. Roll on or choose a result from the Yuan-ti Transformations table to inspire how yuan-ti obtain their serpentine aspects.
Yuan-ti Transformations 1d6 A Yuan-ti Gained Its Snake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
devils both know that a yugoloth’s loyalty is constantly for sale — even during a conflict on the battlefield — and a yugoloth never agrees to a contract that prohibits it from seeking a better offer
devils have surmised, the demons invade Avernus because it is easily accessible from the Abyss. But some sages and demonologists maintain that even if that were not the case, the Nine Hells would still
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
the public at large through its various bureaucratic apparatus. Of course, much transpires in the halls of power unseen by the city’s citizens, and rarely is it exposed for all to see as crude street
violence. But Anton Palmirian has been murdered! The Guildmaster of the Guild of Lawyers, Scribes, and Accountants was disintegrated in a Thieves’ Guild safe house by an ambitious amateur seeking to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
27. School Meals The real Halaster has bound two barbed devils to these chambers and tasks them with preparing meals for Dweomercore’s students and faculty. Characters who examine the outermost doors
door prevent devils from passing through the doorway. Scratching away any of the glyphs breaks the magic on that door, enabling devils to pass through it normally. 27a. Kitchen The kitchen is tidy and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Balance The demons and the devils both foresee their own versions of the future of the multiverse — a cosmos in which one side or the other triumphs in the Blood War and rules for the rest of
discouraged from seeking out and defeating Demogorgon, because doing so could weaken the Abyss enough to allow the forces of the Nine Hells to gain a firm foothold there. An adherent of the Balance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants at heart, seeking to restore them to their proper place at the head of all creation. Priests and Rites. Memnor has wicked priests within his fold who emulate his duplicity, his self-interest
and Rites. Thanks to his prolonged absence from mortal giants’ affairs, Annam has few priests. On some worlds, he has no priests and his name is all but forgotten. On other worlds, a priest of Annam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
seeking. If they did, the arcanaloth enjoys increased business selling weapons to demons, devils, and modrons embroiled in the Blood War. Shemeshka sends the characters polite thank-you notes, each
attention of their faction’s leaders. If the characters’ mimir changed the multiverse in a way that their faction is in favor of or opposed to, a character’s faction leader might have work for the party, either capitalizing on changes to reality or seeking to set things right.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, and various other city inhabitants. Chapter 3 presents the Outlands, a neutral plane at the center of the Great Wheel, along with details on the gate-towns—communities at the thresholds to the Outer
Planes—and other incredible realms. Mike Pape Angels, devils, and all manner of planar creatures relax in the Smoldering Corpse Bar in Sigil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
devils swoop in, snatch the stone, and flee, setting up a rooftop chase (encounter 5, “Rooftop Chase”). The spined devils deliver the stone to a hire-coach parked in an alley (encounter 1, “Alley
, they encounter its new owner, who is discussing renovations with various local guild members. Weather Effects Until the encounter chain is complete, the following weather effect is in play. Heat Wave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
delving into tomes of forbidden lore, dabbling in invocations meant to attract the power of extraplanar beings, or seeking places of power where the influence of these beings can be felt. In no time, each
Warlock is drawn into a binding pact with a powerful patron. Drawing on the ancient knowledge of beings such as angels, archfey, demons, devils, hags, and alien entities of the Far Realm, Warlocks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Fiend Folio published in 1981. Many of these monsters, old and new alike, are ideal for use with the earlier chapters of this book. For instance, the demons and devils presented here — lesser varieties as
. If you are unfamiliar with the monster stat block format, read the introduction of the Monster Manual before proceeding further. It explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster