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Volo's Guide to Monsters
If you’re considering taking a scaled one along on an adventure, remember this important fact. The strange, inhuman glint in its eyes as it looks you over is the same look you might give a
(secret), Jhank (hammer), Kepesk (storm), Kethend (gem), Korth (danger), Kosj (small), Kothar (demon), Litrix (armor), Mirik (song), Othokent (smart), Sauriv (eye), Throden (many), Thurkear (night), Usk (iron), Valignat (burn), Vargach (battle), Verthica (mountain), Vutha (black), Vyth (steel)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, and tyrants who died long ago. On the roads and rivers of the Realms travel minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers and sailors. Steel-hearted adventurers from backcountry farmsteads
and sleepy villages follow tales of strange, glorious, faraway places. Good maps and clear trails can take even an inexperienced youth with dreams of glory far across the world, but these paths are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
earlier in this chapter as examples of strange locales the characters might visit as they explore the Far Realm. Ilvaash’s Revenge Any place of safety in the Far Realm soon comes under attack, however, as
as squads of zealous mind flayer prophets (see appendix A) led by militant enforcers called brain breakers. Brain breakers look like giant brains with stout legs, and they wear steel armor made from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, building towns and working with steel. If you were raised in one of the clans, the ways of civilization aren’t that strange to you; you’ve seen the city of Zarash’ak and worked with House Tharashk. By
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, they wear strange masks and cloaks that give each of them a vaguely dragon-like appearance. All five brandish curved steel blades reminiscent of dragon claws.
The figures are four human cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
sewers. Stop the spread of a deadly drug or strange disease flowing from a well tied to Khyber. Khyber is an ever-present threat. Any deep passage could connect to a realm of fiends or spew out an army
alongside dolgrims and dolgaunts (see chapter 6). Others can unintentionally threaten a community by releasing something from the underworld: an unnatural disease, a malevolent demon, or a strange and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
perched and sang in silvery trees covered in steel bark. Skycoaches carried smiths and magewrights from forge to forge, and an iridescent dome protected the city from storms and harsh winds. On the
warforged. Because of these wonders, Eston is an irresistible attraction for treasure hunters hoping to access the vaults of House Cannith. Reports suggest, however, that it has become a strange and deadly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
kings, queens, tyrants, and heroes who died long ago. On the roads and rivers of the Realms travel minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers and sailors. Steel-hearted adventurers from
backcountry farmsteads and sleepy villages follow tales that take them to strange, glorious, faraway places. Good maps and clear trails can carry even an inexperienced youth with dreams of glory far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
rendezvous point leads to a more solid section of Witherbloom’s campus. Crates. Each crate is a sealed, steel box weighing about 150 pounds. Also, each crate has AC 19; 33 hit points; and immunity to
the characters examine any of the crates except for the empty crate in area D5, they get an unsettling feeling. Detect magic reveals latent, sinister magic in the air, as well as a strange sense of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
cities, and the vast wild places of the world. On the roads and rivers of the Realms travel minstrels and peddlers, merchants and guards, soldiers, sailors, and steel-hearted adventurers carrying tales
of strange, glorious, faraway places. Good maps and clear trails can take even an inexperienced youth with dreams of glory far across the world. Thousands of restless would-be heroes from backcountry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the warehouse is a strange metal vehicle with treads. Quartz gemstones embedded in the hull shine light in all directions. Mounted to the front of this contraption is a large, cone-shaped drill. At
the rear of the contraption is a closed, three-foot-square steel hatch. Two dead gnomes in armor lie on the floor next to the vehicle and a puddle of oil.
The dead gnomes are two mimics that attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
characters have been having: You stand at the center of a forest clearing. Clashing steel echoes from the thicket beyond. As you look around, you realize piles of bodies cover the ground. One of the
have no recollection of anything strange happening. Any attempt to return to the ruined temple fails, as if it was never there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
materials such as various types of woods and metals, trading unusual gems and strange gold coins in return. Of their inventions, folks have seen little, but the few glimpses attained have fueled much
illusionists all. They in turn appoint the heralds, who proclaim the laws, and the Knights of Nimbral, fabled hippogriff riders clad in armor clear as glass but strong as steel. Don’t let the fact that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
three Brelish soldiers who were transformed by the strange magic of the Day of Mourning. Use the fomorian stat block for each soldier, except they are Large instead of Huge. The cowardly soldiers make
hooks above a stone table and counters in this crowded workshop. In one corner, a faucet juts from a tall steel vat. The opposite corner has collapsed, allowing access to a tunnel beyond. A rivulet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
exquisitely crafted from the finest materials and glows with a pale radiance in moonlight, shedding Dim Light in a 5-foot radius. Any metal in the item is silver or mithral rather than iron or steel
item is struck or is used to strike a foe, you hear a fragment of an ancient song. 14–15 Strange Material. The item was created from a material that is bizarre given its purpose. Its durability is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
all the time. Pirates affiliated with the Sea Princes, along with independent marauders, prey on ships that attempt to cross the ocean. Strange monsters, including vicious dinosaurs from the Amedio
mar the perfect surface of its riveted hull; no mast can be seen to rise from its sooty deck. A cabin, reinforced with steel bars, sits toward the aft, a dull red glow pulsing from within. Dreadnaught's
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
much damage on a successful one. In addition, each object in that area that isn’t being worn or carried takes 35 (10d6) fire damage. The ruins near Strixhaven are watched over by strange creatures N4
can be seen on the wood and steel even after hundreds of years.
The area covered by wreckage is difficult terrain. Six wights crawl out of the wreckage if the characters move or rummage through it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
light in a 5-foot radius. Any metal in the item is silver or mithral, rather than iron or steel. 17 Fiend. The item is made of black iron or horn inscribed with runes, and any cloth or leather
fragment of an ancient song. 13 Strange Material. The item was created from a material that is bizarre given its purpose. Its durability is unaffected. 14 Temperate. The bearer suffers no harm in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
higher, or who succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check to scan the interior of the chamber beyond this one, notices a strange motion within. The points of light in the chamber beyond are shifting
changes to her statistics and roleplaying notes) is fully prepared to face them for a final showdown—but the characters might find fighting in this strange environment to be a challenge. Each of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
convincing in his role as the slaughterhouse’s new accountant, as he greets customers with an eerie stare, openly reads strange-looking tomes, and spends entirely too much time in the cult’s trophy locker, a
, from silks and fine blades of Calishite steel to tomes of rare magical lore, thanks to exclusive trade agreements with various caravans. As soon as mid-afternoon arrives, however, shoppers are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
master of souls. Of the three, Jaemus is the least convincing in his role as the slaughterhouse’s new accountant, as he greets customers with an eerie stare, openly reads strange-looking tomes, and
bazaars, local merchants have a near-monopoly on many southern imports, from silks and fine blades of Calishite steel to tomes of rare magical lore, thanks to exclusive trade agreements with various
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, their rib cages shattered by boulders lying atop them. Only one skeleton remains whole, and it clutches to its chest an open-faced steel helmet decorated with a golden circlet above the brow, from which
feet wide, has no railings, and spans a wide cavern that echoes with strange clacking noises.
The bridge is 40 feet long and sturdy. A creature on the bridge that takes 10 damage or more from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
skeleton wears a steel helmet chased with silver, worth 110 gp. 23. Dwarven Sepulchers You gaze into an extremely large cave faintly lit by natural phosphorescence. Its ceiling rises fifty feet high in
with a faint phosphorescence. The ceiling is almost fifty feet overhead, and bright flecks and gleaming stone formations are visible in the distance. Patches of strange fungi dot the floor, including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
stead. Bleakers tend to those overcome by the strange realities of the Outer Planes, which exert their influence on travelers who wander past their boundaries. The Bleak Cabal rehabilitates creatures
steel, Sarin is a decisive factol who promotes honor, dignity, and peace in word and deed. Faction Attire. Most Hardheads wear the faction’s standard-issue armor, a distinctive suit of red plate with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
allowed through the fortress’s gate without a reason and an escort. Cells themselves have heavy steel doors with high-quality locks, with the keys held by Jailer Albrecht Little, a lawful neutral male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
steel doors with high-quality locks, with the keys held by Jailer Albrecht Little, a lawful neutral male human gladiator, or his second, Jailer Cogrus Stonehammer, a lawful neutral female shield dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
east. It is a set of steel pulleys and thick iron chains connected to a hanging barricade of black stone. The wall appears to be some sort of a canal lock.
This mechanism controls the flow of lava into
emanates from this dark place, which holds the chill of the grave. Strange mounds run the length of the room and look like furrows for planting.
The mounds are the decayed remains of bookshelves and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
this spotless white clinic. Along the wall stand a pair of metal examination tables separated by a rubbery green curtain, as well as steel countertops and chrome-plated cabinets.
A friendly android
a military uniform sits behind an oblong desk in this respectable office. A strange metal box with a glowing glass screen and dials is affixed to the desk, facing the skeleton. It buzzes softly. At






