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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Cling to Life (Recharges after a Long Rest). The first time Zargash would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, he instead drops to 1 hit point.
Special Equipment. Zargash wears a bat
.
Spellcasting. Zargash casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: light, thaumaturgy
1/day each: command, gaseous form, hold person, silence, speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
5. Great Rift Tumbledown ruins cling to the lip of a rift overlooking a lake of bubbling lava.
A creature that falls from the top of the cliff into the lava takes 70 (20d6) bludgeoning damage from
eightieth son of the grung chieftain Yorb. If the characters free Imbok, he grovels at their feet. He doesn’t speak Common but promises to bury his benefactors in gold if they escort him back to his father’s shrine (area 18). Imbok’s promise is empty, but he has nothing else to offer his saviors.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Flumph Cloister Flumphs. Stalactites cling to the roof of this 20-foot-high cavern. Lurking among them are nine flumphs. The flumphs are passive creatures that fight only in self-defense.
Secret
energy. This cave is close enough to the colony that the flumphs can nourish themselves from a safe distance. The flumphs are aware of the secret door but reluctant to speak of it, since they have come to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Drowned Blade Assaulting the hermitage in Tammeraut’s Fate, this barnacle-encrusted undead warrior fights with surprising cunning. Starfish cling to its wispy beard, and its evil rage is visible in
languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Bottom Treader. The drowned blade cannot swim, and it sinks to the bottom of any body of water. It takes no penalties to its movement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
pursue its own ends. Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their blades
understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the skeletal knight to 0 hit points, it must make a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Cling to Life (Recharges after a Long Rest). The first time Zargash would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, he instead drops
, hold person, silence, speak with dead
Bonus Actions
Animate Corpse (1/Day). Zargash targets the lifeless corpse of one Humanoid he can see within 30 feet of him and commands it to rise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
End-Raze. The druids of the Old Ways believe that civilization will never be eradicated by scattered raids and petty skirmishes. They cling to the idea of a coming apocalypse, the End-Raze, when
structures.
Speak with Beasts and Plants. The druid can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language.
Spellcasting. The druid is a 12th-level Gruul spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D13. Big Barkless Several holes dot the trunk of a gnarled old tree that grows on the shore of the lake. The tree has lost all its bark, and a few withered leaves cling to the ends of its twisted
. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 10
Languages understands Common and Druidic but doesn’t speak
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
False Appearance. If the blight is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
distance. Thousands of smaller fungi cling to the main stalk, which itself splits into several lesser stalks, each long enough with a cap big enough to be the top of a great tower. The cavern floor
prepared. She doesn’t move, although she can speak and use her other abilities. Her bridesmaids attempt to chase off intruders, wailing and scolding them about how it is unlucky for them to see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Dendradis Beings of absolute neutrality, rilmani originate from the Outlands, and their few communities cling to the Spire. These crystalline cloisters rise in clusters of crooked towers or fill
one in the group will ever speak to the plumach again. If a character gets a plumach to talk, the rilmani shares that a modron was seen in the caves within the Spire called the Desert of Rust. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
that it threatens to keel over. Black brambles surround the base of the tower and cling to its lower half. Hanging from the crenellations on the lower side of the tower’s peak is a large woven basket
, the honorable Wigglewog, did not survive. I’ve been trapped up here for a while now. Help me. I must tell my queen of the fall of Prismeer!”
If the characters speak in raised voices, Sir Talavar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
sea spawn, haunting the waves like tortured reflections of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now breathe in water as well
Languages understands Aquan and Common but can’t speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Limited Amphibiousness. The sea spawn can breathe air and water, but it needs to be submerged in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
moved on long ago but left behind a statue of a forgotten healer. Cloaker. Two pale cloakers that can speak Common and Elvish cling to the statue’s back, disguising themselves as leathery wings. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to form a 30-foot-high peak.
Gargoyles. Six gargoyle cling to ledges 20 feet up the walls, three at the north end of the cavern and three at the south end.
Golems. Two stone golems carved to
follows: Strength 20, Dexterity 3, Constitution 13, Intelligence 3, Wisdom 10, Charisma 3. It has no attacks and can’t speak. A pound of salt thrown onto the snail’s skin deals 1d6 acid damage to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ocean and live on as sea spawn, haunting the waves like tortured reflections of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now
)
WIS
10(+0)
CHA
8(−1)
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Aquan and Common but can’t speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Limited Amphibiousness. The sea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
but knows better than to attack a superior force. It tries to rejoin its kin in area H17. H5. Icicle Drop Sparkling icicles as long as longswords cling to the forty-foot-high roof of this cavern, the
to be of Netherese construction. Were it not for the cracks and holes, the stone would be smooth as glass, shaped by wizardly magic!”
Seven ice mephits created by Auril cling to the ceiling, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
cloud giant born in the unforgiving darkness of Pandemonium. None have heard Cirrus speak. The giant’s words are carried on the winds as eerie voices that invade the minds of her subjects. Regional
Sites Bedlam is split into three layers. The noisy Gatemouth district rests at the basin’s lowest point, while the Bleakheights loom over the basin’s lip and cling to its steep edge. They are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
summons such creatures. Miner Body. The body on the ground is that of a missing miner named Enwa, who was killed by an aurumvorax attack. If a character casts the speak with dead spell on the corpse
the aurumvoraxes. Danger Signs. A large red X is painted next to one cave entrance, a warning from the mining crew formerly working here. Inside the cavern, three patches of green slime cling to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
coated in a mucilaginous glaze. Lighting. Bulbous growths cling to walls throughout. Their pulsing, sickly glow provides dim light. Slime. A film of sticky slime covers most surfaces. Random Encounters
mind flayer stat block, though he can also speak Common. Four of the tentacles under the high priest’s mask are alive, writhing subtly as he speaks. Zekrikitch telepathically probes the minds of any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom (Medicine) check can tell they are hundreds of years old and belonged to humans and dwarves who met violent ends. Ropers. Three ropers cling to the ceiling in the southeast part of
none of the characters speak Xingyu. Once she is given a moment to take everything in, Lio Gong shares the following information: The ruined palace was once Lio Gong’s home. She was the favorite spouse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and a third lidless eye blinded by cataracts. Five more cling to the walls and ceiling. The ceiling here is 10 feet high. The seven hungry ghasts that lair here fight to the death. The ghasts have
they die. The beneficiary gains the ability to speak and understand Infernal, if he or she doesn’t already know the language. (The hell hounds understand no other language.) Sulfurous smoke issues from the beneficiary’s pores whenever he or she speaks Infernal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
(4d10) at levels 5–10, 55 (10d10) at levels 11–16, and 99 (18d10) at levels 17–20. Vicious Vine Nuisance Hazard (Levels 1–4) Vicious vines are animated by magic. They often cling to doorways, archways
target’s turns. The vine can grapple only one creature at a time. As an Influence action, a character under the effect of a Speak with Plants spell or similar magic can try to persuade the vine to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
they open their eyes and move. To cross the bridge without rousing the galeb duhrs, someone among the passersby must speak the cult’s pass phrase: “We walk in the shadow of Ogrémoch!” Otherwise, the
him, and four gargoyles cling to the four nearest columns. Marlos continues incantations until he becomes aware of the characters. Then, he pulls back his hood and attacks. Marlos taunts the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
bright colors by high-spirited locals. Children are allowed to hurl stones at birds perched on the statue, to help keep it free of droppings. The children often climb it themselves and cling precariously
individuals use the knight statistics, with the following changes: The knights are lawful good shield dwarves that speak Common and Dwarvish. While they are possessed by yakfolk, their alignment is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
of the carved faces is magical. They are immune to all damage and speak a few programmed messages. When a creature approaches one of the tunnels leaving the chamber, the face beside it animates and
ceiling. Green Slime. Six patches of green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) cling to the ceiling near the fallen adventurer. A character who inspects the slime and succeeds on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the council room of Khundrukar. The door behind the throne leads into a small audience chamber. A large table made of a single stone slab dominates the room’s center, and old tapestries cling to the
, immunity to poison damage, and immunity to the exhaustion and poisoned conditions; and remove its ability to speak). The ogres were slain during the final battle and later animated to join the orc warrior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
drooping wattles—all are strange and doleful.
The carved faces are magical. They are immune to all damage and speak a few programmed messages. When a creature approaches one of the tunnels, the face
. His body has been partially calcified by the mineral-rich water dripping from the ceiling. Green Slime. Six patches of green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) cling to the ceiling near the fallen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
priceless library of war-related texts, and more. Rumors also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the
procession down crumbling, moss-covered stairs that cling to the outside of the temple and descend into the murky water. The waveservants disappear below the water for a few minutes, only to return empty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
knight wears a breastplate emblazoned with the symbol of Tyr. A speak with dead spell cast on the corpse can reveal the knight’s name (Narl Elrok) and how he died (killed by orcs). Treasure Most of
isn’t a keyed room is part of the mines. Several rough-hewn mine tunnels converge near this spot, shored up by old timbers. Patches of weird fungus or lichen cling to the walls in places. A soft breeze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever
tithes are carried in solemn procession down crumbling, moss-covered stairs that cling to the outside of the temple and descend into the murky water. The waveservants disappear below the water for a few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hangs agape when it isn’t speaking. Two tiny versions of the creature cling to it like pets.
The room is filthy. Dirty dishes and bits of discarded food lie everywhere. The furniture was perhaps once
has a magic mirror (in area B1) that can transport creatures to the Witchlight Carnival, and they trade this information in exchange for their lives. Each of them has overheard Bavlorna speak the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
events, whereas others have not occurred — at least, not yet. The ghosts speak mostly nonsense, but some of what they say might offer clues to past or future happenings. Dominating the skyline is the
than a sea voyage. Hundelstone At the highest elevations along Ten Trail, only a few shrubs cling to life amid patches of moss-covered rock. Travelers on this route eventually come to Hundelstone