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Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mettle. Those who impress her with their fighting skills are bitten and become goliath werebears themselves—goliaths who carry Oyaminartok’s curse of lycanthropy. Contrary to myth
the weather and the geography of Icewind Dale can be brutal. They know the safest routes across the tundra, and they can help guide travelers through the Sea of Moving Ice and across its ever-shifting
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
dissolves into a shifting mass of flesh, tentacles, eyes, claws, and mouths. Up to two creatures the corrupter can see within 20 feet of itself must make a DC 20 Intelligence saving throw, taking 18
villain’s organization have disadvantage on ability checks that rely on the Insight, Perception, and Persuasion skills.
Potent Toxins. When members of the villain’s organization deal poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
over much of their bodies. When a shifter fully embraces the beast within by “shifting,” these features become even more pronounced. Shifter
Medium humanoid (shifter), any alignment
Armor Class 14
(leather armor)
Hit Points 19 (3d8 + 6)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Acrobatics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Doppelganger Shape-Shifting Infiltrator Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Individual Doppelgangers are supernatural beings with the ability to shape-shift into any humanlike form. Their mind
-reading abilities aid them in creating near-perfect disguises and plucking secrets from unguarded minds. Occasionally, doppelgangers use their shape-shifting ability in more overt ways, transforming into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
beast within, you have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Acrobatics, Athletics, Intimidation, or Survival. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it
were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray. Shifting. As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
wereboars suffer their shape-shifting nature as a curse, with some involuntarily transforming any time they perform a greedy act or indulge their selfish nature. Wereboar Medium or Small Monstrosity
+2
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 10 +0 +0
Wis 11 +0 +0
Cha 8 −1 −1
Skills Perception +2
Gear Javelins (6)
Senses Passive Perception 12
Languages Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Oni Wickedness Drawn to the Wicked Habitat: Forest, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Oni are elusive entities that inhabit dark forests and other wildernesses. By shape-shifting into the form of an
+2
Wis 12 +1 +4
Cha 15 +2 +5
Skills Arcana +5, Deception +8, Perception +4
Resistances Cold
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Giant
CR 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
companies of mortal soldiers from above or fly ahead of roc-mounted skyknights. They don’t shy away from the blood, pain, and confusion of combat; rather, they immerse themselves in the shifting tides
of battle. Only by wading into the battle can they fulfill their responsibility to carry out the commands of the warleaders by adapting their tactics to the shifting situation on the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Mimic Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary
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CON
17 (+3)
INT
9 (−1)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Stealth +7
Damage Immunities acid
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
waters of Pernault Bay and Lucine Bay, as well as shifting scraps of fog-shrouded suburban areas around the city. Port-a-Lucine is a festering mire of rot and decay hidden beneath a glittering facade of
unqualified for your class or background? Do you pretend to be better than your actual skills and abilities allow? Do you claim capabilities you lack entirely?
Do you owe anything to a fairy godmother? The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
) check. The door to the spellbook study (area 20) is opened by shifting a book at floor level. The door to the observation room (area 19) is located 10 feet above the floor. It is opened by positioning
pick out a few especially valuable volumes. A character trained in one of the following skills can make a check to search the library for a work on that subject: Animal Handling, Athletics, Arcana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, these noxious manipulators appear as ever-shifting masses of dripping tentacles and toxic flesh crowned by a single baleful eye. More often, though, yochlols take the form of spiders or zealous cultists
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 13 +1 +5
Wis 15 +2 +6
Cha 17 +3 +7
Skills Deception +11, Insight +6
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Poisoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Hoard Mimic Kin to the common mimic described in the Monster Manual, hoard mimics are among the oldest and most cunning of their kind. A hoard mimic’s massive, amorphous form and shape-shifting
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CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Con +6, Wis +6
Skills Persuasion +3, Stealth +6
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Draconic, telepathy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
) check. The door to the spellbook study (area 20) is opened by shifting a book at floor level. The door to the observation room (area 19) is located 10 feet above the floor. It is opened by positioning
pick out a few especially valuable volumes. A character trained in one of the following skills can make a check to search the library for a work on that subject: Animal Handling, Athletics, Arcana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
plague their victims, shape-shifting to pose as other creatures and make their targets believe the world has turned against them. By night, these hags reinforce their tortures with terrifying dreams. Once
+4 +4
Dex 15 +2 +2
Con 16 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 16 +3 +3
Wis 14 +2 +2
Cha 16 +3 +3
Skills Deception +6, Insight +5, Perception +5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
how to behave and speak authentically. Hedonistic Swindlers. Doppelgangers work alone or in small groups, with group roles shifting from con to con. While one doppelganger takes the place of a murdered
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 52 (8d8 + 16)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
18 (+4)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
14 (+2)
Skills Deception +6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
crescent moon, seasons, or momentous events. Weretigers often view their abilities as a blessing or a family honor, and they use their shape-shifting abilities to defend something with historic
Con 16 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 10 +0 +0
Wis 13 +1 +1
Cha 11 +0 +0
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4
Gear Longbow
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
have done. Goliaths love to win, but they see defeat as an incentive to improve their skills. Above all else, every goliath is driven to outdo their past performance, taking greater and greater risks. As
18 (+4)
DEX
11 (+0)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Athletics +6, Perception +4, Survival +4
Damage Resistances cold
Senses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
)
Speed 20 ft., Fly 60 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save Str 16 +3 +3 Dex 12 +1 +1 Con 13 +1 +1 Ability Score Mod Save Int 9 −1 −1 Wis 12 +1 +1 Cha 10 +0 +0
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +3
attack reduces a Humanoid target to 0 Hit Points, the peryton kills the target by removing its heart.
Phase Spider Plane-Shifting Arachnid Ambusher
Habitat: Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
through shades of indigo and sea green. Their innate magic provides them with limited shape-shifting abilities and the power to create illusions. Irda Seeker Irda seekers are skilled spies who use their
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Saving Throws Dex +4, Cha +5
Skills Insight +6, Perception +6, Stealth +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., truesight 5 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Giant, Sylvan
Challenge 1 (200 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
15 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
13 (+1)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
14 (+2)
Skills Stealth +5
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon
its actions, shifting position so as to make it impossible to track which cloaker is the real one. If the cloaker is ever in an area of bright light, the duplicates disappear.
Whenever any creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Mindwitnesses have been known to ally with flumphs (see the Monster Manual) and planar beings such as demons, shifting their worldview and alignment to match those of their new masters. Mindwitness
Large
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INT
15 (+2)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +5
Skills Perception +8
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
earlier in this chapter). Kaylan provides the following information: Maze. The maze challenges participants’ navigational skills and adventuring prowess. Participants traverse magically shifting hallways in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
could be used to create an iron flask or dimensional shackles. Creation. Once you have your schema and any rare components, you’re ready to begin. The DM can assign skills or tools that are required for
component.
4 The shifting balance of the planes interferes with your work; you must wait for the current planar alignment to change.
5 Your efforts draw the attention of one of the conspiracies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
telepathic creatures to tell it what to do. Mindwitnesses have been known to ally with flumphs and telepathic planar beings such as demons, shifting their worldview and changing their alignment to match that
)
CON
14(+2)
INT
15(+2)
WIS
15(+2)
CHA
10(+0)
Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +5
Skills Perception +8
Condition Immunities prone
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
additional languages. You can add languages to a dragon’s stat block. Skills. Most dragons are proficient in the Perception and Stealth skills, and many dragons have additional skill proficiencies
. As with languages, you can customize a dragon’s skill list (even doubling their proficiency bonus with certain skills) to reflect particular interests and activities. You can also give a dragon tool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to drag victims into its bulk. Those consumed by Juiblex are obliterated. Juiblex
Huge Fiend
)
WIS
20 (+5)
CHA
16 (+3)
Saving Throws Dex +7, Con +13, Wis +12
Skills Perception +12
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning
Damage Immunities acid, poison; bludgeoning, piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
15 (+2)
INT
18 (+4)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
23 (+6)
Saving Throws Dex +9, Wis +7
Skills Deception +14, Performance +10, Stealth +13
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and
15 (+2)
INT
14 (+2)
WIS
17 (+3)
CHA
13 (+1)
Saving Throws Str +10, Dex +10
Skills Acrobatics +10, Athletics +10, Perception +7
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Skills Deception +9, Perception +5, Stealth +10
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Common, thieves’ cant, plus any one language
(+5)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
18 (+4)
Saving Throws Dex +9, Int +9
Skills Deception +12, Perception +7, Stealth +13
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses blindsight 30 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
+ 3)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
13(+1)
DEX
12(+1)
CON
12(+1)
INT
10(+0)
WIS
11(+0)
CHA
11(+0)
Skills Perception +2, Athletics +3
Senses passive Perception 12
Throws Dex +9, Con +11, Int +13, Wis +15
Skills: Arcana +13, History +13, Insight +15, Perception +15
Damage Immunities psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
ft., climb 40 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
7 (-2)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
9 (-1)
Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +6
Skills Perception +5
Throws Dex +5, Wis +5
Skills Perception +5
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the shifting sea to all sides is the color of bruised flesh, roiling beneath a clear sky filled with unfamiliar constellations. Suddenly the door to the ship’s main cabin explodes out in a pulse of
Dagdra’s ledger, three items at a time (see the Dagdra’s List table below). The dwarf calls out the three items, and a character must make an ability check using one of the skills noted for an item to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ever-shifting mud of the toppled tower strangely fascinating. Greedy Mate. Zoklork’s rockmate found and ate all the amethysts, even though Zoklork was clear about wanting a share. Gutted. The rockmate
character who searches the room and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check finds the door, which opens by shifting a sliding panel. Behind the door is a staircase that ascends to area G20. Opening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
shifting light, endless sky, changing climate, and eroding wind, represents a dream state, an unreality where nothing lasts and therefore nothing has significance. Ordning of Artistry Among stone giants
highest levels of artistry, stone giants compete in games of boulder hurling and catching. Their rock-throwing skills suit stone giants well when they have cause to defend their homes or attack enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
music here a few days ago. The music and shifting shadows fade after a few more hours. The characters can’t physically interact with the shadows, but a silence spell or similar effect causes the shadows
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DEX
12 (+1)
CON
21 (+5)
INT
18 (+4)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
19 (+4)
Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +9, Wis +6, Cha +8
Skills Arcana +12, Perception +10, Persuasion +8, Stealth +5
Damage