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Brain Breaker

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

breakers look like giant brains with stout legs, and they wear steel armor made from interlocked links of Ilvaash’s runes (knots of tentacles, brains, and jagged lines reminiscent of jaws).Psychic

Link. The brain breaker targets one creature with the incapacitated condition that the brain breaker senses with its Creature Sense trait and establishes a psychic link with the target. Until the link

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

-Elf Variants Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:

, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. Some half-elves live among humans, set apart by their emotional and physical differences, watching

Half-Elf Variants (p. 116)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Half-Elf Variants (p. 116) In the second sentence, “the elf trait Keen Senses or” has been removed.

Cattle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Cattle There are many kinds of cattle, from common oxen to more unusual, magical variants. Use the cow stat block to represent them, with the changes noted below. Cow Large beast, unaligned Armor

Class 10 Hit Points 15 (2d10 + 4) Speed 30 ft. STR 18(+4) DEX 10(+0) CON 14(+2) INT 2(–4) WIS 10(+0) CHA 4(–3) Senses passive Perception 10

Young Black Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Young Black Dragon Most young black dragons claim a hidden lair—typically a dismal place accessible through deadly ruins or a treacherous bog. They delight in exploiting fearful servants and might

Acid Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 16 Languages Common, Draconic CR 7 (XP 2,900; PB +3) Traits Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water. Actions

Spirit Naga

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Spirit Naga Spirit nagas live in gloom and spitefulness, constantly plotting vengeance against creatures that have wronged them — or that they believe have wronged them. Lairing in dismal caverns and

(+3) Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +5, Wis +5, Cha +6 Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities charmed, poisoned Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages Abyssal, Common

Merrow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

waters, hoping to snare unsuspecting prey by bursting from the water and grabbing their quarry or by skewering victims with deadly harpoons. These hunters then drag land dwellers back to dismal

Wis 10 +0 +0 Cha 9 −1 −1 Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10 Languages Abyssal, Primordial (Aquan) CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2) Traits Amphibious. The merrow can

Ogres

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

supernatural forces. From dismal ruins and bleak hinterlands, they raid vulnerable communities and ambush travelers. Ogres covet food and treasure, and they spitefully destroy art, books, clockwork

19 +4 +4 Dex 8 −1 −1 Con 16 +3 +3 Ability Score Mod Save Int 5 −3 −3 Wis 7 −2 −2 Cha 7 −2 −2 Gear Greatclub, Javelins (3) Senses Darkvision

19. Steering Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

, effectively rendering them unable to trigger the runes. Any character succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check senses an intelligence at work, and one can attempt to communicate with Esclarotta’s

glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes. This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of

19. Steering Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

the command runes, effectively rendering them unable to trigger the runes. Any character succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check senses an intelligence at work, and one can attempt to

glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes. This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of Esclarotta

Great Chasm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

with strange runes and weeping tar-like sap. Stone giant hermits tend these groves and set deadly traps against trespassers. Har-Thelen Har-Thelen is largely abandoned. Its gates stand open, and only a

domains are imprisoned here. Veldrava A dismal work camp stands at the entrance to a maze of unfathomably deep salt mines. Caustic minerals burn explorers who seek the source of whispers from the depths.

Harpy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

their deaths on harpies’ vicious claws or amid natural perils. Harpies dwell in remote, dismal places tainted by tragedy and despair. Some tales claim harpies offended the gods and were transformed as

+1 +1 Dex 13 +1 +1 Con 12 +1 +1 Ability Score Mod Save Int 7 −2 −2 Wis 10 +0 +0 Cha 13 +1 +1 Senses Passive Perception 10 Languages Common CR

Gargoyle Ambushes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

; Exhaustion, Petrified, Poisoned Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10 Languages Primordial (Terran) CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2) Traits Flyby. The gargoyle doesn’t provoke an Opportunity

passes in the Elemental Plane of Earth, it stains the rock and spoils the soil. Malice vanishes amid other elements, but in the dismal dark, the wicked shape it into nightmares. —Tiv, scholar of the Elemental Planes

Stone Giant Bags

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Stone Giant Bags On a large scale, stone giants love elaborate murals and exquisite carvings. But when it comes to the trinkets in their bags, they favor trinkets that stimulate nonvisual senses

of a giant cave spider 9 A giant-sized, elegant silver chisel and hammer used for carving runes, worth 20 gp 10 Seven giant-sized knucklebones worth 50 gp total 11 A 2-foot-diameter moonstone pendant

Archmage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

and collect magic items and occult lore. Have you gazed on the Runes of Chaos, held the Death Moon Orb in your trembling hands, entered the Devouring Portal and walked the Paths of the Doomed, or sat

Int 20 +5 +9 Wis 15 +2 +6 Cha 16 +3 +3 Skills Arcana +13, History +9, Perception +6 Immunities Psychic; Charmed (with Mind Blank) Gear Wand Senses Passive Perception 16

Sea Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Sea Hag Hag of Despair and the Dismal Deep Habitat: Coastal, Underwater; Treasure: Arcana Lorenzo Mastroianni Sea hags loathe peace and beauty. Bitter, jealous creatures, they spread chaos

+1 +1 Cha 13 +1 +1 Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 11 Languages Common, Giant, Primordial (Aquan) CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2) Traits Amphibious. The hag can breathe air

Will-o'-Wisp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

oppressive weight of sorrow stoops even heavier than the low-hanging mist and fog. Trapped in these desolate places of lost hope and memory, will-o’-wisps lure other creatures toward dismal fates and

nonmagical attacks Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages the languages it knew in

17. Battlefield Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

to 0 hit points during this fight immediately come to their senses and take 22 (4d10) psychic damage from the shock of their illusory demise. Unlike any damage sustained in the battle, this psychic

Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 25b on level 10, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.

Adult Black Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

terrors in the lands they claim. Wretched swamps and monster-haunted ruins grow more dismal and spread under an adult black dragon’s influence. Morbid cultists and doomsayers frequently gather in the

Ability Score Mod Save Int 14 +2 +2 Wis 13 +1 +6 Cha 19 +4 +4 Skills Perception +11, Stealth +7 Immunities Acid Senses Blindsight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive

Dao

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

create cities that glitter with treasure. Among these realms is the labyrinthine expanse called the Great Dismal Delve or the Sevenfold Mazework, which protects the City of Jewels, the Iron Crucible

Str 23 +6 +6 Dex 12 +1 +5 Con 24 +7 +7 Ability Score Mod Save Int 12 +1 +1 Wis 13 +1 +5 Cha 18 +4 +4 Immunities Petrified Senses Darkvision 120

E: Wakenreth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the south, rubble blocks a staircase leading down, while to the north, another staircase climbs to the level above. Dismal gray-green light shines from flickering wall sconces, eerily illuminating

the platform stands a stone archway sculpted with sharp runes and the heads of five dragons. Within the arch swirls dense gray mist. The darkness beyond this room’s broken walls is only an illusion

Sea Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Sea Hag Sea hags live in dismal and polluted underwater lairs, surrounded by merrow and other aquatic monsters. Beauty drives a sea hag to fits of anger. When confronted with something beautiful, the

16 (+3) DEX 13 (+1) CON 16 (+3) INT 12 (+1) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 13 (+1) Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 Languages Aquan, Common, Giant

Cloaker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Underdark enclaves, but they rarely build settlements or form social structures. Most operate as solitary predators, lurking in dismal subterranean reaches or abandoned dungeons—sometimes for months at a

Immunities Frightened Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 12 Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon CR 8 (XP 3,900; PB +3) Traits Light Sensitivity. While in Bright Light, the

Death Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

them to their fates. Others, like the infamous death knight Lord Soth, brood in dismal ruins for centuries, rousing themselves to action only when something reignites their deathless evil. Death

Ability Score Mod Save Int 12 +1 +1 Wis 16 +3 +9 Cha 18 +4 +4 Immunities Necrotic, Poison; Exhaustion, Frightened, Poisoned Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive

Runic Colossus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

inscribed runes into the inert form to give it the semblance of life. The fruit of these labors was an everlasting guardian: the first runic colossus. A runic colossus stands 30 feet tall. It regards all

from nonmagical attacks Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages understands Giant but

Stone Giant Rockspeaker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

their skin. By invoking the power of their stone runes, these giants can turn these crystals into scintillating works of art. In combat, rockspeakers can use this same magic to cause their crystals to

, History +9, Perception +7 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 17 Languages Common, Giant, Terran Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant

Giant, Fog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

return to their proper station, a fog giant lures desperate criminals, cunning bandits, and other raiders into their service in the dismal wilds they inhabit. These giants prefer to work with

, Persuasion +7 Senses passive Perception 17 Languages Common, Giant Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Denizen of the Mist. During its turn, the fog giant ignores the effects of fog cloud spells cast by it

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

it takes time. Faint runes in the ceiling and floor at both ends of the hallway are involved in the functioning of the portals. A creature must first use an action to examine a set of runes, then use a

subsequent action to attempt to vandalize the runes. Each successful check reduces the sphere’s damage by 11 (2d10), as the disrupted sphere loses speed moving through the failing portal

Shambling Mound

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Shambling Mound A shambling mound, sometimes called a shambler, trudges ponderously through bleak swamps, dismal marshes, and rain forests, consuming any organic matter in its path. This rotting heap

blinded, deafened, exhaustion Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Lightning Absorption. Whenever the shambling mound is

Landgrave's Folly

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Entrance. Sgothgah’s advanced magical knowledge has allowed it to set up dozens of wards to protect the temple, each treated as a casting of glyph of warding using the explosive runes option. All but

feet below the edge of the pit, concealed in the inky-dark water. If it senses activity in the water above or at the lip of the pit, it races up and strikes. Although still immature, the kraken is

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

, Deception +9, Insight +5, Perception +5, Stealth +6 Damage Resistances poison Damage Immunities psychic Condition Immunities charmed Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Common

down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand. Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right hand, and down the length of each

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

, Deception +9, Insight +5, Perception +5, Stealth +6 Damage Resistances poison Damage Immunities psychic Condition Immunities charmed Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Common

down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand. Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right hand, and down the length of each

Creating a Krasis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

) CHA 8(−1) Senses passive Perception 11 Languages — Challenge 1 (200 XP) Amphibious. The krasis can breathe air and water. Actions Multiattack. The krasis makes two attacks: one

) DEX 14(+2) CON 16(+3) INT 2(−4) WIS 13(+1) CHA 8(−1) Senses passive Perception 11 Languages — Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Amphibious. The krasis can breathe

Zorzula's Rest Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

. Stone shelves bearing books and ornamental ceramic jars line the walls alongside dust-covered banners embroidered with Dwarven runes. In one corner stands an elegant mahogany desk, on top of which is a

elemental gem. Secret Door. Any character who examines the north wall and succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check notices a small section of wall engraved with four Dwarvish runes. The runes are

Areas of the Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

runes. The doors have neither handles nor hinges. The writing on them reads, “THE THREE KEYS. BRING THEM FORTH.” The doors part, sliding back into the walls, when the three correct keys are brought

side of the hammer that was facing the wall is the following inscription in Dwarvish runes: “Let hearts be lifted and battles won.” The hammer must be removed from its indentation for the inscription

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