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Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
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own, carving out territories they viciously defend.
Aurumvorax
An aurumvorax is an eight-legged, badger-like hunter. These aggressive omnivores attack any prey they think they can best, ambushing
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dangerous those dragons can be and help others defend against draconic destruction.
Whatever their relationship to dragons, kobold scales tend to be rust colored, although the occasional kobold sports
free to modify that list for a campaign.
Creature Type
Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
their torch-based code. From the lighting, placement, and type of torch arranged on or near a structure, you can gather a great deal of information about those who live or do business there, particularly
.
d6
Bond
1
My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
2
I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure.
3
I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
on their own, carving out territories they viciously defend. Aurumvorax
Small Monstrosity, Unaligned
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 36 (8d6 + 8)
Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.
STR
., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage. If the target is a creature wearing armor of any type, the aurumvorax regains 4 (1d6 + 1) hit points.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
diametrically opposed alignment. Such an item is never Neutral. 2 Bane. The item seeks to thwart or destroy creatures of a particular type, such as Constructs, Fiends, or Undead. 3 Creator Seeker. The
knowledge or is determined to solve a mystery, learn a secret, or unravel a cryptic prophecy. 8 Protector. The item seeks to defend a particular kind of creature, such as elves or werewolves. 9 Soulmate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
to prevent escape. The only upside of this torturous death is that a victim’s comrades can come to the rescue before it is too late. Since not every ooze digests every type of substance, some have
intelligence to ally itself with other creatures, others that understand an ooze’s need to feed might lure it into a location where it can be of use to them. Clever monsters keep oozes around to defend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
command tug on heavy chains on the south side of the gate. To bypass the doors without opening them, yuan-ti malisons transform into snakes and slither through the holes at the bottom of the doors. A type 1
yuan-ti malison named Nahth (pronounced NAWTH) and four yuan-ti broodguards (see appendix D) defend the main gate. Strangers are denied entry unless they are accompanied by one or more yuan-ti. Nahth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
is to amass the power they need to defeat a powerful enemy that threatens the world. Their goal in the second example is to defend something they care about by destroying whatever threatens it. The
of the campaign. In a similar type of quest campaign, the adventurers might need to collect fragments of an artifact that are scattered in ruins across the multiverse, before reassembling the artifact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bladesinging Bladesingers are elves who bravely defend their people and lands. They are elf wizards who master a school of sword fighting grounded in a tradition of arcane magic. In combat, a
this tradition at 2nd level, you gain proficiency with light armor, and you gain proficiency with one type of one-handed melee weapon of your choice. You also gain proficiency in the Performance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
minions. A paladin might have no qualms about putting a hag coven to the sword, but her conviction falters if she must first fight through a crowd of innocent farmers that the hag has compelled to defend
her a visit. The weird magic at a hag’s disposal means that she might have almost any type of creature helping or serving her — fey, giant, undead, and so on. Even a creature much more powerful than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Scholar is attacked, it fights to defend itself. The cave isn’t considered the baernaloth’s lair, so it can’t take lair actions here. If the Scholar is defeated, characters who search the cavern find a
Scholar shares its secret with only one character. That character gains the following charm (a type of supernatural gift detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Eyes of the Impossible Supernatural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
defend the tower, which is also guarded by the adult white dragon Obatala. When it detects intruders, the dragon roars to alert Krull, who emerges from the tower to greet new arrivals. Krull, whose
defend it. Treasure. Krull wields a +1 maul and carries five potions of healing and two soul coins in a sling bag. The tower is filled with laboratories, morgues, and dragon hatcheries that might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
) check. If the check succeeds, the character can switch the requisite damage type from radiant to another type chosen from the following list: acid, bludgeoning, cold, fire, force, lightning, piercing
, slashing, or thunder. The change in requisite damage type lasts until the end of the character’s next turn. N3. Wreckage The twisted wreckage of siege weapons litters the area. Ballistas, catapults
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
suffuses the entire grove and lends the grove a dreamlike quality.
Sentinel Mushrooms. To defend themselves, myconids have cultivated and guided the growth of awakened zurkhwoods (see appendix C) to
and is reanimated as a spore servant if it’s a type of creature that can be (see the “Myconids” entry in the Monster Manual).
Map 5.1: Neverlight Grove View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, 11th, and 17th level in this class, you can choose another type of weapon — either melee or ranged — to be a kensei weapon for you, following the criteria above. Agile Parry. If you make an unarmed
strike as part of the Attack action on your turn and are holding a kensei weapon, you can use it to defend yourself if it is a melee weapon. You gain a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
damage type for another. Roll a d4 for the new damage type, if any: (1) acid, (2) cold, (3) fire, or (4) lightning. This effect can change only one damage type per casting of a spell. Spontaneous
Planar Parade), recruits the characters to defend the embassy from an approaching githyanki warship. 3 A merciless githyanki knight arrives in Xaos on the back of a young red dragon. He asks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
for battle on the sea. These vessels hunt pirates, defend and invade territory, carry important government cargo, escort officials, transport prisoners, and do anything else their commanders require
beholden to no master. A ghost ship has the same statistics as a normal ship of its ship type with the following changes: The ship has resistance to the following damage types: acid, fire, lightning, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
symbiote’s goal, working with your DM to detail the specifics or create another agenda. Symbiotic Agenda d6 Agenda
1 The symbiote seeks to destroy a specific type of being, such as fiends
symbiote seeks to defend the servants and interests of a powerful being or organization.
5 The symbiote wants to keep you from harm at all costs and believes it knows what’s best for you.
6 The symbiote seeks to experience new sensations, the more bizarre the better.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
king’s chamberlain means the characters can use royal soldiers to help them defend their own stronghold on the borderlands, players will be invested in the scenario. Adventurers usually become embroiled
. However, an intrigue adventure can have multiple villains or no villain at all. No Villain. Some intrigue adventures revolve around the exchange of favors in the absence of a villain. For this type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
attitude toward the characters: Friendly, Hostile, or Indifferent (see the D&D Beyond Basic Rules). Regardless, creatures defend themselves in combat.
As an Influence action, a character can
ability check is one type of D20 Test. Here’s how to run the ability check in area A2:
Describe the Scene. Paint a mental picture of the kobold either by describing its words and actions or by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
generally abstain from conflict, but they rally to defend their own when necessary. Transcendent Order. Headquartered in the Great Gymnasium, the Transcendent Order strives for harmony in all things
hoards too large to defend, they can store excess treasure in secure vaults beneath the Bank of Abbathor. The guarded rows of armored doors are pure theater, empty repositories designed to comfort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
accommodations for a brief period as reward for a job well done. Such a stay typically lasts for no longer than two weeks per year, during which you maintain an aristocratic lifestyle for no cost. You must defend
, the type of work, and the length of your employment. Aristocrat Contact Aside from a few exceptions, aristocrats prefer to have someone else handle communication with the hired help. As a result, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
type of dungeon described in “Dungeon Purpose” section of chapter 5, "Adventure Environments" has its own table featuring chambers geared to the dungeon’s purpose. For example, if you’re building a tomb
summoning creatures used to investigate or defend the portal 40–41 Crypt where the remains of those that died guarding the portal are kept 42–47 Dining room 48–50 Divination room used to investigate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
(level 1–4, dangerous threat) The crossbow trap is a favorite of kobolds and other creatures that rely on traps to defend their lairs. It consists of a trip wire strung across a hallway and connected to a
with leaves and dirt to look like solid ground. This type of trap is useful for blocking off the entrance to a monster lair, and usually has narrow ledges along its sides to allow for movement around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
). ARUNDIL'S ANIMATED OBJECTS
A century ago, the dwarf mage Arundil animated a number of objects to defend the Foundry against intruders other than dwarves. Many of these creations remain in place today
terrible foe would never return. Then they entombed a fierce orc warrior to defend it forever in undeath. The door leading from area 36 bears an inscription in Orc: “Beyond this door the Maker of Death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
. This is called a D20 Test. An ability check is one type of D20 Test. Here’s how to run the ability check in the “Looted Wagon” encounter:
Describe the Scene. Read the boxed text to paint a mental
, or Indifferent (see the D&D Beyond Basic Rules). Regardless, creatures defend themselves in combat.
Game Trail
You spot a regal elk on the trail beside a dense thicket. Startled by your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, occasionally breaking off small garrisons (often of one type of goblinoid) to guard territory that needs to be held. A host usually marches at night, with outriders, who carry messenger ravens, traveling ahead
. Such an empire might last for generations if the military can continue achieving new conquests or at least claim victories when the goblinoids defend territory they previously took over. If triumphs of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Marsh Gas d8 Gas Type 1–3 Babble Gas. Whenever the character speaks, their words come out as gibberish that only the character and others affected by the gas can understand. This effect does not
characters and defend themselves. Otherwise, they are harmless. They can’t leave the battlefield. A suit becomes inanimate and collapses in a heap if its helmet is removed, if it is reduced to 0 hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
driven out. The city’s only resident is Kwalish, but the inventor has developed potent defenses to defend the entrance to his lab. The following locations are identified on the map below. View
does not control it. If still active, the kraken’s tentacles work to defend its engine. Kwalish developed a process of using living and undead creatures as a control module for powerful constructs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
weapons and defend their turf. Combat in this room draws the attention of the guardians in area B12, who send two guardians of Gorm from that room to investigate. The guardians aim to knock the
curses the characters, denouncing them as spies of Usamigaras. The guardians defend their leader with fervor, covering Kanadius’s retreat as he attempts to flee through a trapdoor under his throne to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Silver Flame engaged in a long crusade to defend civilization from this brutal scourge, eventually all but eradicating lycanthropy from the Five Nations. The lycanthropes that survived hid in dark
humanoid who spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the passage must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or descend into a type of madness (see “Madness of Belashyrra” below). A creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
who seem to be Thayan but quickly overcome this reticence if the characters linger and fail to act according to type. Most aquatic monsters prefer to drag foes into the water. Water Globes. Floating 5
the pools here. Ihanvas’s Charisma, combined with the magic water, has turned them into the naga’s willing devotees. They defend their master in any battle. Southern Interior Door. The southern door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
destroyed. Opening the Door. Generations of the haven’s scholars bound themselves to defend the site beyond death. Three stone golems and a number of undead scholars (now mummies) protect the site, held in
elsewhere in the Haven of the Red Quill. Scrivener’s Marks. Nintra is aware of what type of scrivener’s mark each character bears when the fight begins. If any character has a level 4 mark, or if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
his creature type. Creatures can telepathically communicate with Lazav only if he allows it.
Actions
Multiattack. Lazav makes three shortsword attacks.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
rapidly takes the form of several nightmarish creatures, lashing out at all nearby. Each creature within 10 feet of Lazav must succeed on a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw or take 18 (4d8) damage of a type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
point of being nearly helpless. They will defend themselves if harmed, but they offer no resistance otherwise. 9. Barracks This room holds twenty-four unarmed orc captives (six orcs, eighteen orc
entire area. If such a search is conducted, refer to the Treasure Hoard: Challenge 5–10 table in Chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Roll once for each type of coin, then roll d100 to determine