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Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the death tyrant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The death tyrant uses Eye Rays three times.
Bite. Melee Attack
":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.
Eye Rays. The death tyrant randomly shoots one of the following magical rays at a target it can see within 120 feet of itself (roll 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
Death Tyrant
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Negative Energy Cone. The death tyrant’s central eye emits an invisible, magical 150-foot cone of negative energy. At the start of each of its turns, the tyrant decides which way the cone faces
. The death tyrant shoots three of the following magical eye rays at random;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Eye Rays"} (reroll duplicates), choosing one to three targets it can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Death Tyrant On rare occasions, a beholder’s sleeping mind imagines a reality in which it exists beyond death. When such dreams take hold, a beholder can transform, its flesh sloughing away to leave
a death tyrant behind. This monster possesses the cunning and much of the magic it had in life, but it is fueled by the power of undeath. A death tyrant appears as a massive, naked skull, with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Death Tyrant Beholder beyond Death Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any Simon Dominic A death tyrant is a beholder that pursues aberrant goals beyond its death. Ten magical singularities—all that
remains of its magical eyes—orbit its floating, cyclopean skull, while the hateful gaze of its central eye socket stifles life and raises the dead. Beholders typically transform into death tyrants over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Death Tyrant Lairs Death tyrants often lurk deep in the Underdark, in the tunnel-mazes they occupied in life or in the lairs of enemy beholders they conquered. These lairs are devoid of life, as
watched. Any creature (excluding the death tyrant and its allies) that finishes a Short Rest while within 1 mile of the lair must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or gain no benefit from that rest. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Netherskull the Death Tyrant Many years ago, a beholder floated up from the Underdark and infiltrated Undermountain. After carving out a lair for itself, the beholder dreamed itself into undeath
, becoming a death tyrant called Netherskull. When Halaster and Netherskull met in battle, the wizard emerged triumphant, but he couldn’t bring himself to destroy such a formidable dungeon guardian
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
instead.Multiattack. Karas makes two attacks using Dread Dagger or Tyrant’s Blade in any combination.
Dread Dagger. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit
after a ranged attack.
Tyrant’s Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tyrant's Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its scales and flesh immediately shrivel away and its bones explode. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity
saving throw or take 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Glide. When the draconian falls and isn’t
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, it turns into a puddle of acid and splashes acid on those around it. Each creature within 5 feet of the draconian must succeed on a DC 12
);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns.
Glide. When the draconian falls and isn’t incapacitated
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, it bursts into flames and is reduced to ashes. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the draconian must succeed on a DC 13
Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Multiattack. The draconian makes two Serrated
classes
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
You’ve made a pact with a deathless being, a creature that defies the cycle and life and death, forsaking its mortal shell so it might eternally pursue its unfathomable ambitions. For such
firsthand the paths of ambition and the routes past the doors of death. They eagerly share this profane knowledge, along with other secrets, with those who work their will among the living.
Beings of this
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Controlled Fall. When the draconian falls and isn’t incapacitated, it subtracts up to 100 feet from the fall when calculating the fall’s damage.
Death Throes. When the draconian is
, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant seeking to transform stolen eggs into a draconian army. A single corrupted egg yields several draconians of the same kind. A
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its magical essence lashes out as a ball of lightning at the closest creature within 30 feet of it before arcing out to up to two other
":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage and is stunned until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t
classes
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
You’ve made a pact with a deathless being, a creature that defies the cycle and life and death, forsaking its mortal shell so it might eternally pursue its unfathomable ambitions. For such
firsthand the paths of ambition and the routes past the doors of death. They eagerly share this profane knowledge, along with other secrets, with those who work their will among the living.
Beings of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
running this level of Undermountain, review the description of the death tyrant in the “Beholders” entry in the Monster Manual, as that information will help you roleplay the death tyrant that claims the Obstacle Course as its lair.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
energy woke again. The dead beholder was reanimated as a diabolical Undead known as a death tyrant. This creature, and other Far Realm Aberrations that fell from the comet, still hunt within the tower
might replace or supplement the slaadi). The top of the watchtower, however, is the domain of the death tyrant. None of the Aberrations within the watchtower can leave it, thanks to the ancient knights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 14 Adult Black Dragon Adult Copper Dragon Death Tyrant Ice Devil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Beholders Beholder
Death Tyrant
Spectator
Beholder Zombie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Undead Banshee
Beholder Zombie
Bone Naga
Crawling Claw
Death Knight
Death Knight Aspirant
Death Tyrant
Demilich
Dracolich
Flameskull
Flaming Skeleton
Ghast
Ghast Gravecaller
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Adult bronze dragon
Adult green dragon
Death tyrant (in lair)
Mummy lord (not in lair)
Purple worm
Vampire (spellcaster)
Vampire (warrior)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Adult black dragon
Adult copper dragon
Beholder (in lair)
Death tyrant (not in lair)
Ice devil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Netherskull’s Sanctum Adventurers who explore this area are doomed to face Netherskull the death tyrant if they haven’t done so already. Netherskull can’t be surprised in its lair. 39a. Hanging
to fall and shatter on the floor. 39b. Secret Tunnel This dusty passage circumvents the adamantine doors to Netherskull’s lair (see area 39c) and is hidden behind two secret doors. The death tyrant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
hive, or a death tyrant. When beholders dream of beholders, that’s when the real trouble starts.
— Volo
Solitary Beholders Most of the beholders in the world live apart from others of their kind
circumstances in which the creature can live on after death. When the beholder awakens, it finds itself transformed into a death tyrant. It now exists in a state of undeath — yet its fear of being killed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
-saving help to those on the brink of death. All the while, Pharika watches with interest to see how mortals contend with both good fortune and misfortune, gleaning new knowledge through every cry of
elation and every death rattle. On occasion, Pharika’s followers might seem to be beneficent when they ease others’ suffering or cure a pandemic. Yet they do so indiscriminately, meaning that these cures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
40. Netherskull’s Chasm The death tyrant carved out this immense chasm using its Disintegration Ray, and Halaster added his own touches by flooding it with lava and confounding magical flight within
they’ll either kill Netherskull or die in the attempt. The mephits detest the death tyrant and care only about their own well-being. 40b. Lava Children’s Pool Eight lava children (see appendix A) swim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
chasm or disintegrated by the death tyrant. What remains is an empty chamber with a crumbling ledge that overlooks a lava pool 30 feet below. Characters who make no effort to conceal themselves as they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Villain
1 A medium who feeds victims to spirits in exchange for power over them
2 The spirit of a long-dead murderer who stalks the same types of victims in death as in life
3 The
haunted home of a cruel patriarch, who refuses to relinquish control of his descendants
4 A priest who marks the unworthy for death at the hands of the cathedral’s hungry spirits
5 A phantom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
: once while they are traveling, and again while they are camped or resting. Creature Encounters d20 Encounter 1 Death tyrant 2–6 Demons 7–8 Gnoll pack 9–10 Gricks 11–14 Myconid parade 15–18 Oozes 19–20
Two-headed trolls Araumycos Encounters d20 Encounter 1–5 No encounter 6–10 Fungi 11–14 Mold pit 15–17 Myconid parade 18–20 Oozes Death Tyrant Characters within 1 mile of the death tyrant’s lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
appear in an unreality where Vecna commands control over the city of Neverwinter in Faerûn. In this unreality, Vecna turned Lord Neverember into a loyal death knight and iron-fisted tyrant. Neverember
Neverwinter’s New King Craig J Spearing Vecna plans to turn Lord Neverember into a death knight who will subjugate the city’s population When the characters cross the threshold in area E2b, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
giants 69–70 1d10 mind flayers 71–73 2d4 stone giants 74–76 1d12 cyclopes 77–80 A large cave in which stands a 50-foot-tall idol of Blibdoolpoolp 81–85 1d3 dao 86–90 1d4 beholders 91–93 1d4 behirs 94–96 1 death tyrant 97–99 1d3 purple worms 00 2d4 aboleths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
war chiefs 57–59 6d6 quaggoths 60–65 10d10 + 50 troglodytes 66–00 Roll twice, ignoring results above 65 * For death tyrant lairs, use this table, but replace approximately half of its humanoid minions
, ignoring results above 75 * For death tyrant lairs, use this table, but replace approximately half of its living minions with ogre zombies. Beholder Pets d100 Pets * See chapter 3 of this book for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Erebos seeks to uphold is a brutal one, based on the tragic fact that every life ends in death. Followers of Erebos might become villains when they follow their god’s orders, sowing despair among the
populace. Some become death-crazed killers or dispassionate murderers, unable to see the difference between dying now and dying later. Others abuse their blessings to cheat death for themselves or their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
inspired and equipped two human heroes, Kynaios and Tiro, to overthrow the archon Agnomakhos. Divergent tales describe their history following the defeat of the tyrant. Some claim that they warred with each
other for control over the region and that only their eventual death paved the way for the peace that allowed the new polis of Meletis to flourish. The truth is that they ruled Meletis peacefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
tower in the village might see the characters as a path to earning Mekkalath’s goodwill. Heroes might confront the death tyrant trapped within the abbey’s tower, draw it into a fight with Mekkalath, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
ancient rituals into powerful undead dracoliches. Only the most narcissistic dragons choose this path, knowing that by doing so, they sever all ties to their kin and the dragon gods. Beyond Death. A
, driven to rule over all. A dracolich is a fiendishly intelligent tyrant that crafts complex webs of foul schemes, attracting servants motivated by greed and a lust for power. Acting from the shadows