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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Orcus who plundered corpses from necropolises to create the first spawn of Kyuss. Even centuries after Kyuss’s death, his malign disciples continue performing the horrific rites he perfected
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From a distance or in poor light, a spawn of Kyuss looks like an ordinary zombie. As it comes into clearer view, however, the scores of little green worms crawling in and out of it become visible. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy The studies undertaken within Quandrix College include mathematics, physics, logic, statistics, metaphysics, and various fields of theoretical magic. Students from the other
colleges occasionally delve into Quandrix courses to bolster the theoretical underpinnings of their studies, and Quandrix’s studies of nature and Witherbloom’s explorations of practical biology have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
excelled at your studies and forged friendships and rivalries with other apprentices. You always had a particular knack for wielding flashy, energetic forces, and you focused your study on the school of
evocation. After graduating from your apprenticeship, you and your peers went your separate ways to focus on your own studies. Recently, you received a letter from one of your colleagues, pointing you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy The curriculum of Witherbloom College focuses on various sciences, revolving around the life sciences. Biology, ecology, botany, chemistry, and related sciences combine with
view celebrates the diversity and adaptability of life-forms, from the tiniest cells to the most complex networks of living things. The growth philosophy asserts that the urge to survive and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
this flooded cave. 1+ C: Nothic Lair A former wizard turned monster studies in this makeshift lab. 1+ D: Goblin Lair A gang of violent goblins throw a raucous party for their leader. 1+ E: Ogre Lair A
Bugbear raiders plan an assault. 2+ I: Minotaur Lair A malevolent minotaur prowls this ruined cave. 2+ J: Gnoll Lair Vicious hunters scour this forsaken shrine. 2+ K: Shrine of Evil Chaos A dastardly cult performs unholy rites in this temple. 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giant society. The head of the pantheon is the All-Father, but most giants view him as a remote, disinterested, or deeply disappointed father who has little role to play in giant life any more. The other
ten gods, generally recognized as his children, are more important in most giants’ view. The Gods of the Ordning table summarizes key information about these gods. Annam Annam is a complicated figure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
druids and wizards of the Stoneheart Enclave. Elemental Healing Nomi Pathshutter is aware of Ogrémoch’s Bane and has made it her life’s work to protect elementals from its influence. She studies samples
otherwise indicated, a door in Blingdenstone has AC 18, 40 hit points, a damage threshold of 15, resistance to thunder damage, and immunity to poison and psychic damage.
Map 6.1: Blingdenstone View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
a champion of justice. Someone at the cloister may hold the key to the impending doom your deity wishes you to avert. View Character Sheet Downloadable PDF Elf Fighter Shawn Wood Your parents lived
determine exactly what your heroic destiny is and set you on the right path to fulfill it, so you can become the hero you know you’re meant to be. View Character Sheet Downloadable PDF Elf Wizard Richard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
center to conduct his mystical studies. The House of Thalivar was topped with a planar beacon that lured creatures from other planes into the structure and trapped them there. After Thalivar mysteriously
House of Thalivar. The mage Gallio Elibro has now rebuilt the beacon and begun his own studies into the Ethereal Plane. See “Thalivar’s Beacon” for more information. Before its fall, Leilon was defended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy Prismari College is dedicated to the arts. Its scholars view art as the fundamental form of self-expression and magic as a tool, a medium, and an inspiration. Prismari studies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy The curriculum of Silverquill College revolves around words, encompassing literature (including fiction, essays, drama, and poetry), languages, linguistics, oratory, rhetoric
radiance envisions language as sunlight emanating from the speaker or writer to illuminate others and make the world a brighter place. Mages who embrace this view use their language skills—and their magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Vecna’s Grasp Locations These locations are keyed to map 11.1. Dyson Logos Map 11.1: Vecna’s Grasp View Player Version E1: Kaleidoscopic Cavern Characters who use the magic of Vecna’s Link to
soldiers enforcing martial law—reflect in the walls of this tunnel. A character who studies the images recognizes they take place in Neverwinter. Characters who cross the threshold appear in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
recover a magical artifact called the ruinstone from the Ethereal Plane. He intends to use the party to lure the ruinstone’s guardians away, allowing him to seize it for his studies. Gallio doesn’t know
Thalivar.
Map 7: Thalivar’s Beacon View Player Version TOWER FEATURES
The House of Thalivar is an 80-foot-tall stone tower that serves as a garrison for Leilon’s soldiery. Its common features
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
disciples continue performing the horrific rites he perfected. From a distance or in poor light, a spawn of Kyuss looks like an ordinary zombie. As it comes into clearer view, however, the scores of little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Sanctums of the Heralds Most meetings of the Heralds of the Comet involve broods of initiates gathering in private homes to read divinatory cards and look for signs of impending cataclysm. Rites of
a study. Mike Schley Map 12.1: Cult Hideout View Player Version Antechamber. At the end of the hallway leading north to the bedroom suite, an ornate stained-glass window depicts the All-Consuming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Arijani and Reeva Vasavadan. The Darklord’s skeletal soldiers build the tower as part of her plan to rid Kalakeri of evil and receive the gods’ blessings. Marco Bernardini Map 2.19: Kalakeri View
above it. Drowned Altar The sea boils around an ancient, submerged ruin called the Drowned Altar. With Kalakeri’s upheaval, no one has performed the rites to placate what dwells in the deep. Forest of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
state, a magic item of such power will never be created. The Avowed acolyte accompanies the characters to the Great Library to view where the attack and subsequent theft took place: You are led to a
to establish the location of the killers, leading characters into the heart of the Cloakwood. Alternatively, any character who studies the scrap of white cloth and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, classrooms and laboratories (mostly used for first-year classes and interdisciplinary studies), and space for social gatherings. Two of the sites on map 1.1 are described elsewhere in the book: Aerojaunt Field
(see chapter 4) and Captain Dapplewing’s Manor (see chapter 3). Map 1.1: central campus View Player Version The Biblioplex The center of Strixhaven is the Biblioplex, the university’s main library
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
-mâché and feathers. An arched crystal window to the east offers a view of the tunnel beyond.
See area 6 for a description of the crystal window. The corpses slumped on the thrones are six dormant
chamber to pursue intruders. Once all intruders are dead or gone, the wights return to their thrones and fall dormant once more. Disk of Eyes Any character who studies the disk notices that its eyes are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Mount Ironrot Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. Francesca Baerald Map 4.1: Mount Ironrot Outskirts View Player Version Oval Portal A twenty-foot-tall, vertical, black oval made
teleported creatures arrive in an empty space near this oval, regardless of their intended destination in the Mournland. A creature that studies the reflection of the Mournland in the oval clearly sees the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, light-reflecting stone, and art depicting legendary heroes make every sun temple a bright, inspiring space. The rites conducted in sun temples include marriages, ceremonies to honor heroes, dawn worship
ground floor contains a museum displaying heroic artifacts and accounts of epic deeds, all of which are guarded by the ghosts of heroes interred in the crypt. Map 4.4: Sun Temple View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
music. Anapsians have few strong opinions about governance, except that an ultimate good end should be kept front of mind in all decision. Thaumaturges Meletians view magic as one of the greatest art
teach the magical arts. These lessons in magic typically include a well-rounded education in the sciences and philosophy. Some thaumaturges find their magical studies aligning with popular Meletian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
roles that other deities play in the world and in their lives. In general, worshipers view their relationships with the gods as practical and reciprocal: they pray and make offerings because that is how
concern directly competes with that of an established deity. The methods of resolving such conflicts range from friendly dueling festivals or rites meant to emphasize the glory of one god over another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
blue eyes, dressed in traveler’s garb. She is seated behind a large wooden table with empty chairs across from her. Two big human mercenaries in armor lean against the walls close by. She studies you
assassin), another Hand of Yartar, has already sold the orb to the Kraken Society. She has a good hiding spot in the alley behind the tavern that gives her a view through the small, dirty panes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. During the day, the priests lead funeral rites, care for the graveyard, and offer counsel to those praying for acceptance of their fates. Larger graveyard complexes might also have a vault for storing
valuable treasures entrusted to the temple’s care are buried in this spot. Map 4.3: Graveyard View Player Version Graveyard Temple Villains Graveyard temple villains include those seeking to control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
exploits, while men do so by finding their own way in the world. As a result, the polis is populated mostly by women and children. When young men reach the age of fourteen, their rites of passage
fluidly between roles, and a few choose a special role that Setessans view as standing outside the dichotomy of gender, living in Ophis Tower. The warriors of Ophis Tower are martially trained as women are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the horrific rites he perfected. Kyuss has a lot to answer for. Sometimes you eat the worm — and sometimes the worm eats you.
— Volo
Plague of Worms. From a distance or in poor light, a spawn of
Kyuss looks like an ordinary zombie. As it comes into clearer view, one can see scores of little green worms crawling in and out of it. These worms jump onto nearby humanoids and burrow into their flesh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(lawful neutral human Lorehold professor of order) is the current Dean of Order. A professor of spirit studies, she has been called the college’s most talented pastraiser. She can conjure entire legions of
ghostly apparitions to reenact historical events for her lectures. Augusta believes that history repeats itself as an orderly progression toward an ideal. In her view, the mistakes of the past can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, sage, sailor Most champions of Kruphix seek to learn the secrets of the universe and maintain the balance of the world. They largely view the other gods as petty and seek to separate themselves from
during your studies, and followers of Kruphix sought you out and recruited you to keep the knowledge within their ranks.
4 Beset by strange dreams, you consulted an oracle of Kruphix. Since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
brought to justice and to resume his studies at Strixhaven. Secret Door. A character who searches the northwest wall of the cave and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check finds a door disguised
. Gorgon’s Cave A gorgon occupies this otherwise empty cave. Characters who come into view of the grumpy gorgon provoke its anger, causing it to attack them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
following locations are keyed to map 7.4. Mike Schley Map 7.4: Spawn Hollow View Player Version S1: Entry Cavern The walls, floor, and ceiling of this chamber are soft but rough, like warty skin. Two
alcove.
This chamber is where Chalaag, the gray slaad explorer who discovered Spawn Hollow, studies the migrating flesh by tracking its warts. Chalaag is a gangly slaad that speaks Common and Deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Court of Orestes Locations The area around the Court of Orestes and its interior locations are identified on map 4.16. Map 4.16: Court of Orestes View Player Version 1. Khystonos Riverbank When the
room has collapsed, burying much of the area. At its center, a broken marble bier stands atop a short dais.
This room once served as a place to view the remains of those who died in Phenax’s service
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Cave of Echoes Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. Marc Moureau Map 4.1: Cave of Echoes View Player Version C1: Empty Cavern This vaulted cavern is forty feet across and twenty
find the initials “C + P” carved into the stone and circumscribed by a heart. A character who studies the wall and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check determines these initials weren’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Three banshees The following locations are keyed to map 5.3. Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map 5.3: Halls of the Upper Priesthood View Player Version P29: Waterway If the party enters this area from
Amun Sa ran out of food. Marc Moureau Diagram 5.2: Dome of Flight View Player Version P42: East Kitchen A dwarf skeleton with a cleaver lodged in its chest lies on a wooden table in this dusty, long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
can’t obtain easily themselves. But such studies are only part of the monks’ daily life: They seek to understand death as it pertains especially to intelligent living beings, and to this end they eagerly
welcome the diseased and the dying so that they might watch and record their deaths. If such unfortunates seek release from pain through death, the monks provide it. They view death as a gift that