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Nothic Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Keen Sight. The nothic has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The nothic makes two claw attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType

being charmed.A nothic is a monstrous creature with terrible talons and a single great eye. When driven to violence, it uses its horrific gaze to rot the flesh from its enemies’ bones.

Mind Flayer Nothic

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Keen Sight. The nothic has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The nothic makes two claw attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType

terrible talons and a single great eye. When driven to violence, it uses its horrific gaze to rot the flesh from its enemies’ bones.

Kobold Inventor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the kobold has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation

’s turns, there’s a 50 percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Basket of Centipedes"} chance that the swarm disperses. Green Slime Pot. The kobold throws a clay

Kobold Inventor Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the kobold has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation

initiative. At the end of each of the swarm’s turns, there’s a 50 percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Dispersal"} chance that the swarm disperses. Green Slime Pot

Leonin

Species Mythic Odysseys of Theros

exercise their minds and bodies. It follows, too, that leonin aren’t inclined to carry grudges. A warrior might react with sudden violence to an insult, but when the fight is over (and the leonin

. Leonin rely on themselves and their prides. A pride is bound together by the experience of a shared challenge and, in particular, the sacred act of the hunt. See chapter 3 for more details on Oreskos and

Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

(Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The duergar makes two Shortsword or Javelin attacks. Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction

blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may decry their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to the point of austerity, duergar see them as

Duergar Kavalrachni

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The duergar makes two War Pick attacks. War Pick. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"War

and grand, but in a bare, stripped-down fashion that favors geometric forms. The strongholds they design are blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others

Duergar Soulblade

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Soulblade. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Soulblade"} to hit

, stripped-down fashion that favors geometric forms. The strongholds they design are blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may decry their creations

Duergar Xarrorn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Fire Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fire Lance"} to hit

geometric forms. The strongholds they design are blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may decry their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the duergar has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The duergar makes two Iron Fist

and grand, but in a bare, stripped-down fashion that favors geometric forms. The strongholds they design are blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others

Duergar Mind Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The duergar makes two Mind-Poison Dagger attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Mind Mastery

and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may decry their creations as cold and bare of ornamentation to the point of austerity, duergar see them as honoring

Duergar Warlord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The duergar makes three Psychic-Attuned Hammer or Javelin attacks and uses Call to Attack. Psychic-Attuned

, but in a bare, stripped-down fashion that favors geometric forms. The strongholds they design are blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may decry

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, and the bugbears use your head to magically command all whom you once knew. Lurid tales such as these have flowered from the seeds of truth. Bugbears do rely on stealth and strength to attack

indolence offers no clue to how vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core

Weather

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

) checks that rely on hearing. A strong wind also extinguishes open flames, disperses fog, and makes flying by nonmagical means nearly impossible. A flying creature in a strong wind must land at the end

of its turn or fall. A strong wind in a desert can create a sandstorm that imposes disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Heavy Precipitation Everything within an area of heavy

Lair Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

until the start of its next turn, as it laughs uncontrollably. A strong wind (such as that created by Gust of Wind) disperses the gas for 1 minute, while Dispel Magic disperses the gas for 24 hours. The

gas dissipates if Nakari dies. Lighting The lair is in Darkness. Nakari and other denizens rely on Darkvision to see. Descriptions assume the characters have a way of seeing in the dark. Secret Doors

Devil Customization Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

in the direst situation deserve respect. 6 Brutality. Overwhelming violence, and those who can deliver it, are worthy of obedience. Devil Bonds d6 Bond 1 I and my comrades fought well in the Blood

War, and our service demands respect. 2 Evil without law is a pointless exercise in destruction. Rules make us what we are. 3 Those who follow me rely on my wisdom to ensure their prosperity. 4 One

Order of the Immortal Lotus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

intellectual, physical, and spiritual training from dusk until dawn. Bak Mei’s teaching and training methods rely on extreme violence but are effective nevertheless. Those who persevere accomplish in weeks what others take months to learn.

Other Crime Syndicates

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

ultimately under the command of Sora Katra, one of the rulers of Droaam. Physical violence is its specialty, but Daask also dabbles in illegal drugs. House Tarkanan. House Tarkanan is known as a small

to establish your own headquarters and direct the activities of the 3d6 criminals who work for you. By claiming a 15 percent share of their take, you can rely on an income that will sustain you at a

Kobold Inventor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, the kobold has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft

, there’s a 50 percent chance that the swarm disperses. Green Slime Pot. The kobold throws a clay pot full of green slime at the target, and it breaks open on impact. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit

Kobold Inventor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2

feet of it. A swarm of insects (centipedes) with 11 hit points emerges from the basket and rolls initiative. At the end of each of the swarm’s turns, there’s a 50 percent chance that the swarm disperses

Zariel's War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

simply walk out of Avernus and step onto the Material Plane, they must rely on minions such as cultists and evil wizards, who can contact them and do their bidding in exchange for wealth and power. A

, and causing random acts of violence in the name of some enemy to ignite the spark of war, devils swell the capacity for mortals to commit acts of evil, corrupting souls by the thousands and thus

The Enemy of Our Enemy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

day (spell save DC 15), and levitate (self only) once per day. While in sunlight, Vizeran has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. When the

inciting violence in this place. If the characters are willing to talk to him, Vizeran tells them he has opposed the tyranny of Lolth and her priestesses for centuries. He believes that some kind of demonic

Kobolds

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

rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Multiattack. The kobold makes two melee attacks. Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20

sunlight, the kobold has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range

Yeenoghu

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

the minds of his followers an unquenchable, supernatural hunger, both for violence and for the flesh of intelligent creatures. A gnoll feels a constant, gnawing demand for blood and destruction that

gnolls rely on are the blood trails and spatters left behind after making a meal of an intelligent humanoid. They attach significance to a number of other phenomena as well, including the sight of arrows

Eidolon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Eidolon The gods have many methods for protecting sites they deem holy. One servant they rely on often to do so is the eidolon, a ghostly spirit bound by a sacred oath to safeguard a place of import

that no enemy can gain a foothold against the gods’ cause through defilement or violence within these sites. If an enemy with such intent sets foot inside a warded location, the eidolon plunges into a

Wilderness Survival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

ends. A blizzard’s howling wind limits hearing to a range of 100 feet and imposes disadvantage on ranged weapon attack rolls. It also imposes disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on

hearing. The wind extinguishes open flames, disperses fog, erases tracks in the snow, and makes flying by nonmagical means nearly impossible. A creature falls at the end of its turn if it is flying by

Leonin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

their minds and bodies. It follows, too, that leonin aren’t inclined to carry grudges. A warrior might react with sudden violence to an insult, but when the fight is over (and the leonin’s

the gods as mercurial and ultimately unworthy of adoration. The Leonin and the Gods table suggests the range of attitudes that leonin might adopt toward the gods. Leonin rely on themselves and their

Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

grand, but in a bare, stripped-down fashion that favors geometric forms. The strongholds they design are blocky and stark, and the weapons they forge are blatantly tools of violence. While others may

attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions Multiattack. The duergar makes two Iron Fist attacks and two Stomping Foot attacks. After one of the attacks, the

Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

free of their illithid masters but were forever transformed, gaining power but also a sadness. That gloom leads some duergar to acts of melancholic beauty and others to outbursts of violence. Infernal

) checks that rely on sight. Actions Multiattack. The duergar makes two melee attacks. It can replace one of those attacks with a use of Mind Mastery. Mind-Poison Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to

Anatomy of a War Band

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

, and the flesh gnawers, which rely on natural savagery rather than weapons to tear apart their foes. A pack of hyenas is always part of the band, and sometimes these beasts are as numerous as the

Yeenoghu. When a war band grows desperate for food, its members turn on each other. Those who succumb to the violence are devoured, but their service to the war band doesn’t end at that point. The survivors

Bugbears

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

bugbears use your head to magically command all whom you once knew. Lurid tales such as these have flowered from the seeds of truth. Bugbears do rely on stealth and strength to attack, preferring to

vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core, bugbears are ambush predators

Life Span

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, wyrmlings often rely on adult dragons or other companion creatures for safety. Wyrmlings most often think on a local scale—an area no larger than might be covered by a few farmsteads or villages. If

significant threat to a city or kingdom, either through overt violence or subtle manipulation. Young Dragon Goals d6 Goal 1 Establish a lair and develop the land around it to maximize safety

Seagrow Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

to start the encounter, but the other two remain motionless until characters move close to them. You don’t need to keep track of exactly where everyone is standing in the room. Instead, rely on your

a meld, experiencing a shared transcendent state. The two conscious myconids move quickly to confront any intruders who aren’t escorted by other myconids, and they respond with violence to any threat

Giants

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

, tongues Keen Smell. The giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two attacks with its morningstar. Morningstar. Melee Weapon

until the giant disperses it (no action required), and it can’t be dispersed by wind. The giant creates a 60-foot-long, 10-foot-wide line of strong wind (or strong current within water) originating from

Encounters (A-C)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, crave violence, and fight to the bitter end. The berserkers retain vestiges of their former lives, including the thick clothing they wore as Reghed nomads, but their garments are torn and in need of

who dare to claim what is mine. Behold the final light.” Crag Cats Roll a d4 to determine how many crag cats (see appendix C) the characters encounter. During a blizzard, the crag cats rely on their

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