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Variant: Demon Summoning
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows them to summon a yochlol.
Summon Demon (1/Day). The drow
’t summon other demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Spectral Dagger (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The drow
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves.
drow shadowblade (summoner variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow shadowblades have an action that allows them to summon a demon
summoner, acts as an ally of its summoner, and can’t summon other demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Shadow Step
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
them into legions.
Amnizu (Summoner Variant);Variant: Devil Summoning
Some amnizus have an action that allows them to summon other devils:
Summon Devil (1/Day). The amnizu summons 2d4
appear in the Monster Manual). A summoned devil appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of the amnizu, acts as an ally of the amnizu, and can’t summon other devils. It remains for 1 minute
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that doesn’t affect the weapon’s capabilities.
Molydeus (Summoner Variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
You can give a molydeus the ability to summon other demons.
Summon Demon (1/Day
demons. It remains for 1 minute, until it or the molydeus dies, or until the molydeus dismisses it as an action.
PoisonCold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies
while creating art might rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian.
A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(escape DC 16). Ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage.
False Appearance (Object Form Only). While the mimic remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary object
damage on a successful one.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 mimics—that spits acid.Acid
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the die is subtracted from the next attack roll made against Bel or an ally of his choice within the next minute.
Summon Ice Devil (Costs 3 Actions). Bel magically summons an Ice Devil (Spear Variant
summon other devils if it has such power. The ice devil remains until Bel dies or until he dismisses it as an action.From his bastion, Zariel’s second-in-command and the former lord of Avernus
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
echoes, and sometimes things or creatures they encounter painfully remind them of what they once had. These fleeting moments of lucidity quickly burn away in rage and anguish, driving the dragons to
destroy the would-be memento.
Death Dragons
Death dragons are the Undead skeletal remains of metallic or chromatic dragons, infused with the lingering fires of the Cataclysm by foul magic. Rarely, death
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
next dawn.
The shadow (variant);detached shadow is rooted to the spot where it was snipped until you use a bonus action to cause it to behave in one of the following ways, either of which is possible
vertical surfaces), provided it remains within your sight at all times. The shadow is harmless and unable to be harmed, and it is invisible in darkness. It can’t speak, and it doesn’t require
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
with its wielder. Now the sword must be found, and only a dragon turtle remembers where it is.
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A dragon turtle has taken up residence in a subterranean lake, and the steam has been driving other
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8
. Now the sword must be found, and only a dragon turtle remembers where it is.
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A dragon turtle has taken up residence in a subterranean lake, and the steam has been driving other creatures up
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
. Among the largest was the thessalkraken—a slightly smaller variant of the legendary kraken, resembling that great tentacled titan but with a jagged-toothed maw that drips constantly with
acid.A Thessalkraken’s Lair
A thessalkraken lives in the dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with detritus, treasure, and the remains of sacrificial victims.
Lair Actions
On
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
plant life.
Empowered Fire Giants. Fire giants within 1,000 feet of the scion gain a +8 bonus to attack and damage rolls.
If the scion dies, existing ore remains, but new veins of ore stop forming. The
enclosed in stasis inside a powerful Elemental called a cradle. The cradle protects the slumbering scion and follows its subconscious wishes, including driving off intruders. But if the cradle dies, the
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
rolls.
If the scion dies, existing ore remains, but new veins of ore stop forming. The other effects end immediately.
Scions of Giants’ Gods
Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam
its subconscious wishes, including driving off intruders. But if the cradle dies, the scion within fully awakens.FireCold, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksEarth
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
wood survive until springtime.
In a firbolg’s eyes, there is no greater fault than greed. The firbolgs believe that the world remains healthiest when each creature takes only what it needs
an unappealing place to explore by temporarily diverting springs, driving away game, stealing critical tools, and altering trails to leave hunting or lumber parties hopelessly lost. The firbolgs
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
sword must be found, and only a dragon turtle remembers where it is.
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A dragon turtle has taken up residence in a subterranean lake, and the steam has been driving other creatures up out of
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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; Elminster
The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon to tolerate the djinni’s presence by driving off a clan of cyclops;cyclopes harassing the dragon.
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Reunited after years apart, an adult topaz dragon parent and young dragon child
for driving away a topaz dragon attempting to claim the sea devils’ territory.
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A pirate captain tells stories of an adult topaz dragon;adult topaz dragon's legendary hoard while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Over ages, some liches lose their connection to time and the physical world, degenerating into demiliches. Ambition can become an addiction of the mind and spirit. It builds beyond a driving flame
into an insidious inferno that burns a mage hollow until only the desire for more magical power remains.
—Rudolph van Richten,
Van Richten’s Guide to Liches
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
require food, drink, or sleep. VARIANT: MEPHIT SUMMONING
Some mephits can have an action option that allows them to summon other mephits.
Summon Mephits (1/Day). The mephit has a 25 percent chance of
summoning 1d4 mephits of its kind. A summoned mephit appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of its summoner, acts as an ally of its summoner, and can’t summon other mephits. It remains for 1 minute, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Outpost These chambers guard the stairs to level 22. The ceilings are 20 feet high throughout. 19a. Way to Level 22 Debris. In the west side of the room lie the crumbling remains of a stone table
unmolested. If threatened by three or more enemies, it tries to summon 1d6 mezzoloths, 1d4 nycaloths, or another ultroloth (see the “Variant: Yugoloth Summoning” sidebar in the “Yugoloths” entry in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of small fruits that resemble wild grapes. The fruit is tough and has a hearty but bitter flavor. A subterranean variant grows near hot springs, volcanic vents, and other sources of heat. An assassin
)
False Appearance. While the assassin vine remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal plant.
Actions
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 20 ft., one creature. Hit: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might
rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian. A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone giant. Its form is caked with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
danger. During the storm, any checks made to resolve hazards or manage the ship are made with disadvantage. Evocation These ferocious storms are wracked with thunderbolts, driving sheets of acid rain
navigators know it poses an insidious threat. During the storm, the ship travels in a random direction that isn’t its intended course. Necromancy Ghosts howl and whirl in this storm’s wind, while the remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
its eyes in his honor. Tribes Like Plagues. Orcs gather in tribes that exert their dominance and satisfy their bloodlust by plundering villages, devouring or driving off roaming herds, and slaying
any humanoids that stand against them. After savaging a settlement, orcs pick it clean of wealth and items usable in their own lands. They set the remains of villages and camps ablaze, then retreat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dealing damage.
The ooze can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal in 1 round.
False Appearance. While the ooze remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an oily pool or wet rock
is partly corroded and takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10.
VARIANT: PSYCHIC GRAY OOZE
A gray ooze that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of small fruits that resemble wild grapes. The fruit is tough and has a hearty but bitter flavor. A subterranean variant grows near hot springs, volcanic vents, and other sources of heat. An assassin
)
False Appearance. While the assassin vine remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal plant.
Actions
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 20 ft., one creature. Hit: The
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
adhered to the mimic is also grappled by it (escape DC 16). Ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage.
False Appearance (Object Form Only). While the mimic remains motionless, it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
than one rank away are either too advanced or too simple to understand. Cogs of the Great Machine. If a modron is destroyed, its remains disintegrate. A replacement from the next lowest rank then
. There, a new modron is created by Primus, with a steady stream of monodrones leaving the Great Modron Cathedral on Mechanus as a result. VARIANT: ROGUE MODRONS
A modron unit sometimes becomes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
drow kills a lesser demon and mystically prevents it from reforming in the Abyss. This ritual creates a shadow demon and infuses the drow with shadow magic. VARIANT: SHADOW DEMON SUMMONING
Some drow
demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Drow Shadowblade
Medium humanoid (elf), neutral evil
Armor Class 17 (studded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
launched an assault on the sea elf city of Myth Nantar! Outrageous!
During these conflicts, each of you have assisted the Turmish in driving these foul undead creatures away, and in this endeavor you
from the surface have sunk in this ‘darkening’ and the coral has quickly grown to envelope the remains, so quickly as to no doubt be unnatural.
The elders are worried, as the source of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, rain, or snow that aren’t typical of the normal climate. Living things in the area flee or are killed by the demons. At this stage, natives can stop the incursion by killing or driving away the demons
be long delayed as a result, but the portal’s opening on the other plane remains a lurking threat until it is closed. As more demons find and use the portal, the Abyss becomes strongly linked to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
it a powerful weapon that dissolves if the molydeus dies. The weapon’s form varies depending on the creator, but that doesn’t affect the weapon’s capabilities. Variant: Demon Summoning You can give a
demons. It remains for 1 minute, until it or the molydeus dies, or until the molydeus dismisses it as an action.
Molydeus
Huge Fiend (Demon), Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal them into legions. Variant: Devil Summoning Some amnizus have an action that allows them to summon other
amnizu, acts as an ally of the amnizu, and can’t summon other devils. It remains for 1 minute, until the amnizu dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Amnizu
Medium Fiend (Devil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. A shadowblade gains their powers over shadow via a ritual in which they kill a shadow demon and mystically prevent it from re-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves. Variant
of its summoner, and can’t summon other demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.
Drow Shadowblade
Medium Humanoid (Elf