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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Blood-Soaked Resolve. While Bloodied, the cultist has Advantage on saving throws.Multiattack. The cultist makes three Cursed Blade attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with a use of
financial recompense. These cunning serial killers and mass murderers remain a step ahead of investigators, at least until the cultists’ zealous bloodlust overwhelms their senses.
Cultists
The
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
All-Around Vision. The vlazok can’t be surprise;surprised.
Blood Frenzy. The vlazok has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points.
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, trampling survivors and crushing pockets of resistance. When vlazoks anticipate an influx of enemies, these demons jump on them from above to crush them.
Vlazoks have keen senses, owing to the eyes
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an
world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
The Beast Within
Early in childhood, a shifter forms a bond with a beast within, a totemic force that shapes their
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Petrified Death. A tomb tapper reduced to 0 hit points turns into a lifeless stone statue. Anything it's wearing or carrying is not transformed.
Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30
with their jaws to extract mineral sustenance. They can also digest iron from blood and marrow, if mineral-rich rock is unavailable.
The Netherese sent the thaluud into the Underdark to exterminate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
or heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an
features—a state they call shifting. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. A shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
fearsome claws, crushing horns, and fiery breath, chimeras are tempests of ferocity, driven by their three heads’ conflicting instincts. Their heads agree on little but their desires to feed and to drive
, and claws. Owing to their draconic instincts, chimeras are greedy creatures that hoard treasures within cavernous lairs. They’re undiscerning about what they collect, gathering shiny objects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
or heightened senses. Geth’s gift from his lycanthrope ancestors was sheer toughness. Strength seeped into his bones and flooded his flesh. His skin hardened, and his hair became coarse like an
change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features — a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Dretches Demons of Frenzy and Vulgarity Habitat: Planar (Abyss); Treasure: None The servants and victims of greater demons, dretches embody petty instincts, chaotic impulses, and violent urges
+0 +0
Con 12 +1 +1
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 5 −3 −3
Wis 8 −1 −1
Cha 3 −4 −4
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Poisoned
Senses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Blood Hawk Taking its name from its crimson feathers and aggressive nature, the blood hawk fearlessly attacks almost any animal, stabbing it with its daggerlike beak. Blood hawks flock together in
large numbers, attacking as a pack to take down prey. Blood Hawk
Small beast, unaligned
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 7 (2d6)
Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft.
STR
6 (−2)
DEX
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
your life as they lived theirs, letting their instincts guide you. Treasure our past and the stories of our people. You are the vessel through which new legends will arise. Voice of
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control your actions. But as a Tairnadal, you believe that they are with you—that your instincts and your reflexes are the ancestor moving through you, telling you what to do. The closer you follow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
(−4)
WIS
8 (−1)
CHA
6 (−2)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages —
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Actions
Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft
Stirge A stirge is a winged pest that feeds on the blood of living creatures, drawing sustenance through its proboscis, which it uses to pierce a victim’s flesh while clutching onto its prey with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Redcap A redcap is a homicidal fey creature born of blood lust. To sustain its unnatural existence, a redcap has to soak its hat in the fresh blood of its victims. When a redcap is born, its hat is
coated with wet blood, and it knows that if the blood isn’t replenished at least once every three days, the redcap vanishes as if it had never been. Redcap
Small Fey, Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Stirge This horrid flying creature looks like a cross between a large bat and an oversized mosquito. Stirges feed on the blood of living creatures, attaching and draining them slowly. Although they
(natural armor)
Hit Points 2 (1d4)
Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR
4(−3)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
11(+0)
INT
2(−4)
WIS
8(−1)
CHA
6(−2)
Senses darkvision 60 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
6 (-2)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages —
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Actions
Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3
Stirge Stirges attach to living creatures and drain their blood. Packs of them can be a formidable threat, reattaching as quickly as their weakening prey can pluck them off. Stirge
Tiny beast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
exhaustion
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages Common plus any four languages
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Blood Aegis. The AC of the blood mage includes its Constitution
the Founder Dragons passed him over in favor of Jadzi, his bitterness knew no bounds. He now uses the Oriq to gather the spells and magical energy he needs to summon a devastating being, the Blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
its next meal.
Stirges feed on the blood of living creatures, attaching and draining them slowly. Although they pose little danger in small numbers, packs of stirges can be a formidable threat
, reattaching as quickly as their weakening prey can pluck them off.
Blood Drain. A stirge attacks by landing on a victim, finding a vulnerable spot, and plunging its proboscis into the flesh while using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Blood Drinker Vampire Plenty of blood drinkers haunt Ravnica’s alleys and sewers, preying on those who are foolish enough to leave the relative safety of the crowds. Orzhov Vampires. Vampires thrive
in the Orzhov Syndicate, where they can collect tithes and payments from their debtors in the form of blood. Their undead nature gives them the same immortality enjoyed by the oligarch spirits, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giant Tick Ticks the size of boars have feasted on the blood of giants for countless ages. Though these parasites are painful nuisances to giants, they can be terrible threats to smaller folk, since
a hungry tick will consume the blood of any creature it can catch. Giant Tick Medium Monstrosity, Unaligned
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, Stealth +5
Damage Resistances psychic
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages Abyssal plus any one language (usually Common)
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Blood Witch Dance
Blood Witch Blood witches imagine themselves to be the intermediaries between Rakdos and his cult — the pinnacle of his priesthood, his trusted advisors, and the messengers who communicate his will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
)
INT
1(−5)
WIS
10(+0)
CHA
5(−3)
Skills Perception +3
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages —
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Blood Frenzy. The shark has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
legs. Their wings constantly drip blood, which they gather in their many talons and fling in a gruesome rain. Brynn Metheney Hazvongels sometimes soar in the skies of the Abyss, where they originate
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
only an unholy, insatiable thirst for blood remains. Blood Thief. Indistinguishable from fog aside from the charnel reek it exudes, a vampiric mist descends on a creature and causes the blood in its
body to ooze through the creature’s pores or spill out from its eyes, nose, and mouth. This blood wafts out from the victim like crimson smoke, which the mist then consumes. The feeding causes no pain or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
and strong instincts of self-preservation. When a snapping hydra feels a battle’s odds tipping out of its favor, the hydra lets out a raspy screech and retracts into its shell. In the wilds of
)
Skills Perception +11
Condition Immunities (Requires at Least Two Heads) blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 21
Languages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
)
WIS
8 (−1)
CHA
6 (−2)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages —
Challenge 1/8 Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit
Stirge A stirge is a winged pest that feeds on the blood of living creatures through its long proboscis. It uses its proboscis to pierce its victim’s flesh while clutching its prey with hooked claws
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Necrichor Reanimated Blood of an Evil Entity Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None Necrichors are beings of sapient blood spawned from magical corruption, such as the gore of an obscene deity or
, Grappled, Paralyzed, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained
Senses Blindsight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 11
Languages Common plus two other languages; telepathy 120 ft.
CR 7 (XP 2,900; PB +3)
Traits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Vampiric Mist In a loose manner of speaking, the vampiric mist is the embodiment of the vampire’s hunger for blood. It exists only to seek out creatures and drain the life from them, and its
darkens to a deep crimson. In the Temple of Blood inside the Doomvault (Dead in Thay), several clouds of vampiric mist appear and attempt to engulf any who don’t escape the place quickly. Undead Nature. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Sahuagin Warrior Sahuagin warriors are vicious combatants that savage their foes with webbed claws. Once sahuagin draw blood, they usually attack until either they or their foe is slain. Sahuagin
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 12 +1 +1
Wis 13 +1 +1
Cha 9 −1 −1
Skills Perception +5
Resistances Acid, Cold
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Thieves’ Gallery
has taught her to heed her primal instincts, which rarely lead her astray. She can be brusque, but she will fight tooth and nail for a cause she believes in. Doric has joined the Emerald Enclave, a
(+0)
Saving Throws Int +6, Wis +7
Skills Insight +7, Nature +6, Perception +7, Survival +7
Damage Resistances fire
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Druidic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Barlgura Demon of Instinct and Primal Violence Habitat: Planar (Abyss); Treasure: Any IZZY Barlguras are demons that embody brutality and killer instincts. They ruthlessly hunt creatures that enter
Wis 14 +2 +2
Cha 9 −1 −1
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +5
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Poisoned
Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragonblood Ooze What to say about the dragonblood ooze? I could comment on the bad blood between me and Tiamat. I might observe that its creator originally intended a blood sausage recipe. But
from claws and teeth. Alchemists have found beneficial uses for dragon blood, but ill-advised experiments have also given rise to dragonblood oozes. The congealed blood of a dragon given mobility and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Redcap A redcap is a homicidal fey creature born of blood lust. Redcaps, although small, have formidable strength, which they use to hunt and kill without hesitation or regret. Blood Lust Personified
. In the Feywild, or where that plane touches the world at a fey crossing, if a sentient creature acts on an intense desire for bloodshed, one or more redcaps might appear where the blood of a slain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Homunculus Shaping a mixture of clay, ash, mandrake root, and blood, one can channel rare ritual magic to create a faithful, squirrel-sized companion. A homunculus is a construct that acts as an
extension of its creator, with the two sharing thoughts, senses, and language through a mystical bond. A master can have only one homunculus at a time (attempts to create another one always fail), and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Gray Scavver Gray scavvers are 6 feet long and travel in packs. The scent of blood sends them into a feeding frenzy, but wounding one usually weakens it enough to make it break off its attack. Gray
(−5)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
1 (−5)
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Unusual Nature. The scavver doesn’t
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus
Encounter 1: Quick Fix Read or paraphrase the following:
You regain your senses in a room with steaming pipes, large valves lining the walls, and a mechanical spider resting on the floor. A
motivation.”
When Ansilo finishes speaking, an Azer Pyromancer appears in the center of the room and attacks the nearest creature. It doesn’t harm Avri, however.
Marco Bernardini Map: Blood in Borca
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
predatory arachnid instincts.
Driders also appear when whole communities are transformed by a wicked god’s wrath or other magical means, or driders might be part of a world’s natural population. Most dwell
+4 Ability Score Mod Save Int 13 +1 +1 Wis 16 +3 +3 Cha 12 +1 +1
Skills Perception +6, Stealth +10
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 16
Languages Elvish, Undercommon
CR 6