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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"Master of the Grave"} hit points whenever it starts its turn there.
Unusual Nature. The skull lord doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skull lord makes three Bone Staff or
of its turn.
Attack. The skull lord makes one Bone Staff or Deathly Ray attack.
Move. The skull lord moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
Summon Undead (Costs 2 Actions). The
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
This crooked staff is carved from bone and topped with the skull of a forgotten archmage whom Acererak destroyed long ago. Etched into the skull’s forehead is Acererak’s rune, which is
staff’s skull protects Acererak from this spirit’s vengeance. Each time a creature other than Acererak expends any of the staff’s charges, there is a 50 percent chance that the life
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The champion makes two Blight Staff attacks, two Plague Bolt attacks, or one of each.
Blight Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +9
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Blight Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Blight Staff
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to
Death Rune. The giant has a death rune inscribed on a giant’s skull in its possession. While holding or wearing the skull bearing the rune, the giant can use its Reaping Scythe action and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
staff; when the ulitharid is ready to give up its life, it attaches the staff to the back of its head, and the staff cracks open its skull, enabling its brain to be extracted. The brain and the staff
Skull Lord
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
level (2 slots): cloudkill, cone of cold
6th level (1 slot): eyebite
7th level (1 slot): finger of deathMultiattack. The skull lord makes three bone staff attacks.
Bone Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8
","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bone Staff","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.The skull lord can take 3
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Pit
40
Plant
41
Priest
42
Prisoner
43
Puzzle*
44
Ring
45
Rogue*
46
Ruin*
47
Sage*
48
Shield
49
Ship
50
Skull*
51
Staff
52
wearing armor.
Ship. You gain proficiency in three skills chosen by the DM.
Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item.
Stairway. You can choose to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Bone Staff (Costs 2 Actions). The skull lord makes a bone staff attack.
Cantrip. The skull lord casts a cantrip.
Move. The skull lord moves up
Skull Lord The skull lords have claimed vast regions of the Shadowfell as their dominion. From these blighted lands, they wage war against their rivals, commanding hordes of undead in a bid to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Actions
Multiattack. The skull lord makes three Bone Staff or Deathly Ray attacks.
Bone Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6
actions at the start of its turn.
Attack. The skull lord makes one Bone Staff or Deathly Ray attack.
Move. The skull lord moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
Summon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in relief. Behind the sarcophagus, resting atop a marble pedestal, is an ornate crystal box with a small humanoid skull floating inside it.
If the characters enter this tomb from the secret passage
along the river, they see the concave inner surface of the stone skull at area 13. A maze of tiny passages is cut into the walls beyond the niches, and any character who succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and breaks into 1d4 + 1 pieces that must be magically mended before the staff can be used again. 39c. Mornhyld’s Bones Bones. A dwarven skull and twelve rotted bones swirl gently around each other in
dispel magic spell (DC 16), and creatures and objects can pass right through it. 39b. Jade Staff Fragments Display Niches. Four pieces of a shattered jade staff are encased behind glass in niches evenly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
streets. He wears tattered robes and holds a skull-tipped staff, and his sunken eyes contain points of dead light. With each dream, the figure (Acererak) gets a little closer.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Grim Champion of Pestilence Aleron was once a tiefling adventurer, but unlike so many victims of the Deck of Many Things, he never drew the Skull card. Instead, when one of his allies drew the card
choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The champion makes two Blight Staff attacks, two Plague Bolt attacks, or one of each.
Blight Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
have been added in Goblin: Smelly Bottom, Stupid Skull, and Born Toothless, respectively. A detect magic spell reveals the faintest, lingering trace of magic within both fragments of the staff. The
Waterdavian nobles clad in decorative plate armor.
Bones and Broken Staff. Lying at the base of the central statue are the bones of a long-dead hobgoblin and a white wooden staff broken in half.
Carved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, it attaches the staff to the back of its head and uses the staff to crack open its own skull and peel it apart, enabling its brain to be extracted and placed in a brine pool, where it can grow into
brine pool, where it grows into an elder brain over a few days. Extractor Staff. Each ulitharid carries a psionically enhanced staff made of black metal. When the ulitharid is ready to give up its body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
herself. A shrouded one collects the skulls of fallen kin and inscribes the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses
rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to conjure an aura of tormented souls for protection. Death Giant Shrouded One Huge Giant (Wizard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, and the Skull Chalice of Ch’gakare. These items can be kept, sold to interested buyers, or returned to their rightful owners. Black Opal Crown (Area 49). The yuan-ti of Omu are after this treasure. If
of its new owner. Whether the stone has its purported power to reunite families separated by time and fate is entirely up to you. Skull Chalice of Ch’gakare (Area 67). Princess Mwaxanaré can’t afford
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
- Very rare 5 Rogue’s Mantle 2- Rare 5 Ruinous Flail 2- Rare 5 Sage’s Signet 0- Varies 5 Shield of the Tortoise 1- Uncommon 9 Shrieking Greaves 2- Rare 20 Skull Helm 3- Very rare 5 Sling of Giant Felling 1
- Uncommon 9 Spindle of Fate 4- Legendary 5 Starshot Crossbow 2- Rare 5 Stonemaker War Pick 3- Very rare 9 Sun Staff 2- Rare 5 Sword of the Planes 4- Legendary 9 Telescopic Transporter 4- Legendary 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
tightly to his skull and bones, and he wears dusty red robes. Clutched to his chest is a wooden staff that has a brass knob on one end and a marble knob on the other. The staff is a nonmagical quarterstaff
skull, some bones, and a few bits of rusted armor lie atop a marble slab with a leering stone gargoyle squatting at each end. The epitaph on the door reads “Endorovich (Endorovich the Terrible): What the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
rival beholder (or any parts it can recover from a battle) would certainly be a prized trophy, as would be the skull of a defeated dragon, the clothing of a famous adventurer the beholder killed, or
treat it as clutter. Circumstances might change the role of a piece of treasure — a staff of the python used to prop up a stone block trap might be given as a gift if the beholder acquires a minion who can attune the item.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
inner shell, a few bones, destroyed jewelry (the stones pried out), torn bits of robes and windings, dust, and a broken staff of the magi (evident from the runes upon it). A shattered skull will roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. Acererak’s Revenge If the characters kill the atropal, read: A skeletal figure wrapped in moldering robes and clutching a skull-tipped staff appears on
and attacks with all his power, hoping to slay the intruders and reap their souls. The archlich carries the Staff of the Forgotten One (see appendix C) and is accompanied by a sphere of annihilation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
description of the sign’s constellation, common myths and beliefs about it, and omens associated with creatures born under that sign. The signs are presented in their order within the zodiac. Skull The
Watcher; Most Prominent in Midwinter Dim stars form the eyes and teeth of the Skull, also known as the Watcher. This constellation looms near the horizon throughout the year, then fills the center of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dancing satyr wearing a bishop’s hat and clutching a gnarled staff 10 Saltshaker shaped like a wizard’s tower 11 Crystal orb that allows an elf who holds it to sleep 12 Pendant that shows the phases of the
toy that plays a short, victorious jingle whenever the ball lands in the cup 24 Sprite’s skull covered in ink fingerprints 25 Silver fork with the outer tines bent sideways 26 A soot-stained sock in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hunting. Some individuals feel a calling to a particular deity’s service and claim that god as a patron. Particularly devoted individuals become priests by setting up a shrine or helping to staff a holy
shattered one-eyed skull
Zehir, god of darkness and poison
CE
Trickery, Death
Snake in the shape of a dagger
This pantheon draws in several nonhuman deities and establishes them as universal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to chronomancy, the art of magically manipulating time. Activating the Obelisk. If the characters retrieved Iriolarthas’s staff of power and Veneranda is with them, she insists that the staff be used
staff’s charges to accomplish. If a creature attuned to the staff uses an action to expend 10 or more of its charges while touching the staff to the obelisk, power surges from the staff and triggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
know what else to do with the figurehead except store it here, out of the public eye. He fears the figurehead is tainted by demonic magic and has warned his staff not to touch it. A detect evil and good
participated in Rinaldo’s séance). If one or more characters come within 5 feet of the ghost, it throws back its head to reveal a bare skull with a rictus grin, catching characters by surprise with its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Knight* 30 Lance 31 Mage 32 Map 33 Maze 34 Mine 35 Monstrosity 36 Moon* 37 Ooze 38 Path 39 Pit 40 Plant 41 Priest 42 Prisoner 43 Puzzle* 44 Ring 45 Rogue* 46 Ruin* 47 Sage* 48 Shield 49 Ship 50 Skull* 51
Staff 52 Stairway 53 Star* 54 Statue 55 Sun* 56 Talons* 57 Tavern 58 Temple 59 Throne* 60 Tomb 61 Tower 62 Tree 63 Undead 64 Void* 65 Warrior 66 Well 67–00 Roll again *Found in the Deck of Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
stones can be found in each one’s stuffing. Hoobur Gran’Shoop’s sigil — the dragon skull pierced by a sword from the bottom up — is carved into these stones. 4. Crypt Three smashed human-sized coffins
valuables and gear. Some are the fallen members and staff of the Fellowship of the Golden Mongoose. Others are innocent bystanders the operatives of the Six came across as they moved toward the manor from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
you.
Skeleton Staff. The staff of Lottie’s Palace are all skeletons with the power of magical speech. The skeleton that approaches the characters greets them in Common, suggests they get some
drinks gains the poisoned condition for 1 hour, or until the character has a meal at the lounge. A total of twenty skeletons work the floor, acting as dealers, bartenders, wait staff, and entertainment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
at the bottom of the pit leads northwest toward area W2 and east toward area W3. Goblin Body. Slumped at the bottom of the pit is the body of a strange goblin with an elongated skull and green streaks
corpses lie scattered around the room—individuals still wearing remnants of armor. Floating above them is a skull engulfed in green flame.
Eight of the fallen dwarf warriors are zombies. They rise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
a psionically enhanced staff made of black metal. When the ulitharid is ready to give up its life, it attaches the staff to the back of its head, and the staff cracks open its skull and peels it apart
contents of its skull to their master, which absorbs the illithid’s brain and all the knowledge and experience contained therein. In this way the elder brain continually increases its knowledge, uniting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
express interest in restoring Ythryn to its former glory, he laments, “Many powerful minds have tried.” If the characters mention Veneranda’s plan to use Iriolarthas’s staff of power and the obelisk
eye. Floating above the middle of the pit is a human skull with wispy, arcane symbols forming above it.
Have the players roll initiative for their characters, and roll initiative for all the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to get to the middle and upper wards! Reasonable rates!" 19–22 An ogre eating several rats on a skewer spits out a rodent skull at your feet. 23–26 A playful stray mastiff wags its tail as it
to the household staff. 43–44 A magewright offers to shine your shoes instantly with magic for 2 gold galifars, saying, "You can't be seen with those dirty things up here." 45–46 A human wearing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
(containing a staff of frost) A human wearing a jeweled belt (worth 1,000 gp) A human with a tube in its hand that contains a scroll of protection (elementals) A dwarf that has a spilled pouch of gems at its
hides and five giant-sized bags. Treasure. The fourth bag searched contains a gold-inlaid skull with a report from Chief Nosnra to Jarl Grugnur on a piece of parchment rolled up inside it. This