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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Spores (1/Day). A 15-foot-radius cloud of toxic spores extends out from the vegepygmy. The spores spread around corners. Each creature in that area that isn
ât a Plant must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned. While poisoned in this way, a target takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spores
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that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas, so theyâre most
construction they have witnessed.
Russet Mold
Few know for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit dark, moist areas
by copying simple construction they have witnessed.
Russet Mold
Few know for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
;s dread overlord, the red wyrm Klauth. Scattered here and there are the crushed or charred bones of powerful adventurers and entire orc hordes that dared to enter the valley.
âOld Snarl,&rdquo
of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Psychic Step or Spellcasting.
Starlight Strike (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon releases a searing beam of starlight at a creature that it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 17
no faction trusts the others.
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness.
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A
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dragon uses Psychic Step or Spellcasting.
Starlight Strike (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon releases a searing beam of starlight at a creature that it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must
find the heir, but no faction trusts the others.
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness
Adult Deep Dragon
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or uses its action to end it.
Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5â6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 60-foot cone
be used at a time and only at the end of another creatureâs turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Commanding Spores. The dragon releases spores around a
Ancient Deep Dragon
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hit points or uses its action to end it.
Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5â6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 90
action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creatureâs turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Commanding Spores. The dragon releases spores
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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cloud of spores in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage
nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind.
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", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 22 (4d10
in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Barrelstalk Garden Spores. Clouds of harmless and dimly luminescent spores hang in the air.
Fungi. The cave contains a giant garden of barrelstalk fungi (see âBarrelstalkâ).
Gardeners. Three
goblins are tending the garden and killing the spiders, rats, and other vermin that infest it. These goblins shy away from any confrontations with the adventurers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters are in no physical danger but are entering rapport with Araumycos. The adventurers are paralyzed as the myconid spores fully take effect. Even creatures immune to sleep and paralysis are
Across the Fungal Fields Once the characters receive Basidiaâs spores and overcome Juiblexâs black pudding spies, they should set out at once for the depths of Araumycos as the rapport takes hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the connection of the rapport spores to push into Araumycosâs mind. âWho dares?â a voice shouts in your mind. âWho dares disturb my intended nuptials?â Spores and tendrils erupt from the surface of the
Zuggtmoy acts against the adventurers, the demon queen is distracted, turning away to glance at something they canât see. She hisses the name âJuiblexâ like a curse, then recoils as if struck. Her image then vanishes.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
of fungal die-off in areas of the creatureâs domain, potentially uncovering lost ruins or other hidden sites. In addition to possible victory over one or two demon lords, the adventurers receive one
last bequest from the mind of Araumycos. A puff of rapport spores or a lingering psychic connection informs them of one or more of the secrets of the Underdark gathered during the entityâs vast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
prisoner Sarith Kzekarit might also become the partyâs guide, owing to his extensive knowledge of the Underdark. Though the party doesnât realize it, Sarith is infected with Zuggtmoyâs spores, which
now control his mind. He tries to steer the party toward Neverlight Grove, citing it as a place of safety in which the adventurers can decide their next move. In reality, he unknowingly leads the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
focus their attention on the demon lord. If the adventurers freed it from Zuggtmoyâs influence, Araumycos aids them by releasing spores into the cavern, granting all living creatures in the area immunity to poison damage and the poisoned condition.
Fighting the Faceless Lord Under normal circumstances, Juiblex (see appendix D) would be an overwhelming foe. Fortunately for the adventurers, the Faceless Lordâs battle with Zuggtmoy has weakened it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Wedding Invitation The adventurers become caught up in Zuggtmoyâs plots when they experience a vision from the rebel myconids of Neverlight Grove, delivered by Sovereign Basidia. The characters know
claim the whole of the world if you do not help us.â
Although myconids can normally use their rapport spores only over short distances, Basidia explains that Zuggtmoy has been spreading her own spores
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
resistance in the myconid community, the rage of her rival Juiblex, and the determination of the adventurers. The characters receive a warning about Zuggtmoyâs plans from Basidia, one of the myconid
sovereigns of Neverlight Grove. After traveling to the caverns of Araumycos, they reach out to Araumycosâs alien mind with the aid of Basidiaâs rapport spores, and try to free it from Zuggtmoyâs demonic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Beginning the Adventure The adventurers are traveling through a canyon when they receive a telepathic distress signal. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: Youâre traveling through a
of air shimmers with intense heat, and the canyonâs colors seem to dance, undulating under the searing sun.The eerie silence is broken by a deep, baritone voice. âHello, can you help me?âNo other
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mold (see âDungeon Hazardsâ in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Masterâs Guide). Whenever a quaggoth spore servant is touched or takes damage, it releases a cloud of yellow mold spores until its mold patch is
destroyed. The myconids are too swept up in their silent revelry to notice the characters. If the adventurers attack, the myconid adults fight fiercely while the sprouts run and hide. The spore
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
classics that have hosted an untold number of adventurers, while others are newer creations boldly staking their place in the pantheon of notable D&D adventures. Just as these dungeons have made an
Portal dims to a deep crimson, adventurers from across the Sword Coastâand even some visiting from other D&D worldsâspin tales and rumors of lost treasures. A wanderer from the distant Shou Empire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Azrok hold it currently, and the hobgoblinsâ orders are to defend it against drow incursions. The captain, Kliyuse the Skull Cleaver, has further instructions to direct adventurers northward to the
spores that closely resemble it. Any character who can see the gas spores can discern their true nature with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check. Nerozar has the statistics of a beholder zombie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the colors resembling those of Araumycos on the Material Plane. Through the empty eye sockets of the skull, the adventurers can see that its interior is hollow and filled with a bewildering variety
come to the floating skull, the more strongly they feel a presence â the mind of Araumycos, to which they are linked. That consciousness is largely unaware of them, lulled by the insidious influence of Zuggtmoyâs spores and unable to resist the demon queenâs presence.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
and warn them off. The myconids say that matters have become grave, and that the characters should avoid the grove at all costs. If the adventurers donât leave immediately, six myconid adults, four
afflicted by Zuggtmoyâs spores, as described in chapter 5. If the characters take Basidiaâs advice and turn back, the myconid sovereign promises to contact them again when âthe time is right to oppose Zuggtmoyâ (as described in chapter 16, âThe Fetid Weddingâ).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
myconids touched by Zuggtmoy. These myconids share Phyloâs vision of happiness spread through Zuggtmoyâs spores, experimenting on the carcasses brought to them by the hunters â or on live prisoners they
hunt in their own expeditions outside the grove. Their mound lies at the center of an obscene garden. Yestabrod. Mutated by Zuggtmoyâs spores, the circle leader has become an abomination. No longer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Vegepygmies Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores by which they reproduce. Also called mold folk or moldies, vegepygmies inhabit
. Other vegepygmies defer to these so-called chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the same way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Vegepygmies Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple tribal units, hunting for sustenance and spreading the spores from which they reproduce.
Vegepygmy
Small plant, neutral
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vegepygmies, so outsiders refer to such vegepygmies as chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. As if on cue, one of the lumps closest to the characters bubbles up and bursts. A dense cloud of spores and dark, reeking fluid explodes outward, even as the characters hear a piercing scream of
other fungal life forms infested with Zuggtmoyâs spores. The dancing creatures pay no attention to trespassers unless they are attacked. In that event, 1d6 drow spore servants and 1d6 hook horror spore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
School of Evocation You focus your study on magic that creates powerful elemental effects such as bitter cold, searing flame, rolling thunder, crackling lightning, and burning acid. Some evokers find
employment in military forces, serving as artillery to blast enemy armies from afar. Others use their spectacular power to protect the weak, while some seek their own gain as bandits, adventurers, or
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Random Events The adventurers must contend with a variety of events as they lead their forces through the Underdark. Every other day of travel or camping in the Underdark, an event automatically
Sight rot 6 Zuggtmoyâs spores (see chapter 5, âNeverlight Groveâ) Madness One NPC party member goes mad. To determine the kind of madness, roll a d6 and consult the Madness table below. To determine
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Each time a spore servant is touched or takes damage, it releases a cloud of yellow mold spores until the mold patch is destroyed. Two-Headed Grimlocks The grimlocks living in the Whorlstone Tunnels
attacks if refused. If the adventurers feed the xorn and can communicate with it, the creature can tell them that it sensed a great planar upheaval recently, though it knows nothing about the demons or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Where to Go? The playersâ first question upon escaping from Velkynvelve is likely, âWhere do we go next?â The adventurers must find a way out of the Underdark and back to the surface world. Their
NPC companions have destinations of their own in mind, and are the ones best able to navigate the subterranean realms. As such, the adventurers will be dependent on their guidance. The NPCs can offer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
brought back to life by any means. If the adventurers fail to convince Thunderwing to give up her life, she turns invisible and leaves the cave complex, taking refuge in the surrounding forest. Xanthoria re
longer utter the word âXanthoriaâ as they lose their mycelial connection to the lichen lich. Moreover, their spores are no longer contagious.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
only a matter of time before it falls to the demon queenâs will. Focused but fearful, the entity asks the adventurers to cut out and destroy the diseased part of its mind before itâs too late. The
damage, Zuggtmoy senses it and turns her attention away from Juiblex in an attempt to stop the characters. As she exerts her will over Araumycos, a burst of spores spreads out in a cloud from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
toward characters who are friendly toward her. Thunderwing Thunderwing looks mournfully at the adventurers and snuffles loudly, bubbles of snot forming beneath her tiny nose. If someone is kind to her
cavern was created by Xanthoria to conduct more experiments. Specifically, Xanthoria found herself able to communicate with other beings that had been infected with her spores and wanted to understand