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Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the specters get their name. Their work can include driving off people who accidentally wander too close to a secret rooftop meeting, killing those who knowingly infiltrate Dimir property, and
tracking those who have stolen guild secrets, then wiping those secrets from their victims' minds to ensure that they are never shared.
Limited Sentience. A Nightveil specter is created when the mind magic
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
they are often boastful and love to mock their victims, faerie borrowers are quick to dart away from losing battles on their nimble wings.
The throng of faeries flitted from castle to castle, leaving
. While often seen as foolish, ouphes are magically connected to the natural world and know more about the secret lives of trees, mushrooms, and moss than most mortals. While ouphes are related to Eldraine
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. Their work can include driving off people who accidentally wander too close to a secret rooftop meeting, killing those who knowingly infiltrate Dimir property, and tracking those who have stolen guild
secrets, then wiping those secrets from their victims’ minds to ensure that they are never shared.
Limited Sentience. A Nightveil specter is created when the mind magic of House Dimir erases a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
minds are never accepted as part of the collective. For them, death means oblivion.
Lichdom offers salvation and the prospect of being able to pursue knowledge indefinitely. Yet learning the secret of
amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of spellcasting and psionic communion. Upon
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage for every 5 feet it moves on those spikes.Theros’s reclusive medusas often delight in collecting and expanding their galleries of petrified victims
;s victims have dwindled, tales of the medusa queen and the divine secrets she hoards have not. Hythonia eagerly trades the mysteries she knows but demands a constant price: a beautiful individual to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
breath weapon sows weakness, leaving the victims unable to fight back.
Luminous Blue
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the victims unable to fight back.
Luminous Blue
Sapphire dragons’ scales and wing membranes show varied shades of blue, ranging from the light tones of a spring sky to the rich, crystalline
, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no easily accessible entrances or exits at all, and
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
associated with law enforcement to leave and never return; those who defy these instructions become Reigra’s victims. Further, representatives of criminal organizations make regular payments of coins
, valuables, or magic items to the establishment’s manager. In exchange, staff members hide these patrons’ wrongdoings, including holding smuggled goods in secret rooms, destroying evidence of crimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
unnecessarily. If hatchlings are among the characters’ victims, the queen is close to outrage and makes no secret of it. Conversely, if the characters arrive with hatchlings in tow, her estimation of them
audience. Othokent is worldly for a lizardfolk. In her youth, she spent several years exploring the nearby marshes. She found human society interesting and observed caravans and villages in secret. She
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Power of Secrets Wade Acuff Cults of Vecna everywhere are conducting rituals to siphon victims’
secrets, which will fuel the lich’s ritual to remake the multiverse Vecna uses stolen secrets to
“Power of Secrets” section that lists each secret that can be used with these rules. The Secrets Tracker in appendix C helps you keep track of secrets the characters have learned. The Secrets Tracker includes spoilers, so keep it hidden from the players.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
1. Secret Entrances Mantol-Derith is hidden behind 10-foot-square secret doors carved to resemble walls of natural stone. A creature within 5 feet of a secret door can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception
) check to spot it. Each secret door has an arcane lock spell cast on it. Speaking the proper password within 5 feet of a secret door opens it. Opening a secret door by any means other than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
their victims. She is favored by sadists and masochists, and some of her followers form cultish cells of secret adherents. Each of these groups is led by someone who takes pleasure in administering pain
cults sometimes operate secret slavery rings, which can draw the attention of the authorities. The open worship of Loviatar and temples clearly dedicated to her are rarely seen except in lands where slavery is an accepted practice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mind Flayers Brain-Eating Underdark Tyrants Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Arcana Scattered survivors of a world-ruining, multiversal empire, mind flayers lurk in secret conclaves hidden deep within
feared for their psionic powers, which allow them to stun and control other creatures, and for their horrific method of feeding: using their four slimy tentacles to extract the brains of their victims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Amphitheater (DAARKEN) Music, dance, poetry, drama, comedy, and satire are all performed and celebrated in the amphitheaters of Theros. These public spaces are also the scene of secret hand offs
. Below, secret halls include space for the games and drinking one might expect from a typical den of iniquity, but it also disguises the barracks and training hall of a thieves’ guild devoted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Personality Traits d8 Personality Trait 1 I never let pass an opportunity to show my contempt for lesser beings. 2 I like to flavor my meals by engendering positive emotions in my victims before feeding on
convince it. 2 I have a secret I wish to keep even from other mind flayers. 3 The more the colony grows, the more powerful we all become. 4 Nothing is more important than rebuilding our lost empire. 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
dirt around the cave mouth.
Pressed into the dirt are the broken bones of the minotaur’s past victims—unlucky goblins, kobolds, and explorers who stumbled on the monster’s lair. Hoof Tracks. A
accompanied in this way, the character has Advantage on checks to notice secret doors. The beetles don’t leave cave I. I4: Minotaur Maze Hazem Ameen Thick columns hewn from brick and dirt form tunnels in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
eternal torment as victims of malign forces known as the Dark Powers. Ravenloft is a fundamentally magical realm, one that takes its name from its most infamous haunted location, the dreaded Castle
hidden within these supernatural mists, and of these secret realms, the most terrifying are those born of your nightmares and given grim life through your adventures. Although Ravenloft is a setting of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
sites of fallen glory. They often dwell beyond the fringes of civilization or travel in disguise, leaving trails of petrified victims. Some medusas dominate groups of monsters or criminals, controlling
or circumstances afflicted its ancestor.
2 Created by a god and tasked with guarding a treasure or secret.
3 A cultist who made a fiendish bargain and enjoyed rewards that have since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Secret Basement The original builder of the lighthouse was a kindly old wizard who enjoyed the romantic idea of living rustic by the sea in his final years. He wanted a laboratory inaccessible to the
just another item on the franchise’s to-do list, and no one ever discovered the super-secret basement beyond. After Hoobur Gran’Shoop led his undead minions in the attack on the lighthouse, the gnome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to turn them into thralls and illithids. Operating individually or in small groups, its members use stealth and deception to infiltrate the humanoid community while keeping their presence secret
methods to bring about famine and other natural disasters. A mind flayer colony using this strategy collects and feeds on humanoids mainly to use the knowledge they gain to understand their victims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
speak. The method remains shrouded in secrecy, and each member of the Fetid Gaze knows only one part of the procedure. Each hag guards her knowledge zealously, fearing that giving up her secret would
takes effect immediately. Over the last ten years, the hags have cursed hundreds of victims, most of whom have perished as a result of their dark bargains. Magic Treatments The magical benefits that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Secret Door. A character who searches the south wall for secret doors finds one with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Once found, the
door can be slid sideways to reveal a short passage with an identical secret door at the far end. No check is needed to find the second secret door, as both doors are obvious to anyone in the short
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
an elder brain. The illithids have lost the secret of manufacturing nautiloids, meaning that the loss of any vessel brings them one step closer to remaining trapped on the Material Plane. Ships that
of victims. These immense vessels invariably have protections that enable them to survive in extreme environments. As such, the illithids typically locate their lair on a mountaintop, beneath the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
by appearance and don’t attack them, but they attack anyone else. The older Hallix corpses once buried here were fed to the cult’s ghouls. Secret Door. One of the empty coffins contains no evidence of
(Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check finds this secret door. Neither the cultists nor the wights are aware of it. The passageway beyond ends at another secret door that is easily spotted and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Secret Grotto Locations The following locations are keyed to map 13.2. Map 13.2: secret grottoView Player Version S1: Jade Golem Tomb Characters who pass through the portal appear in the center of
12 Wisdom (Medicine) check determines that most of the victims were killed by giant blades. A Final Courtesy. As the characters get their bearings, read or paraphrase the following: A shimmering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dead, many of them victims of tragedies of their own making. Endelyn foreshadows her own doom quite often, noting that it will occur during an eclipse. Characters who spend at least 1 hour perusing
sight unfold:
The hourglass broken, the sisters three
Meeting our hellish destiny.
Bav and Skab will never know
That Time has always been our foe.
Skabatha’s Secret. Endelyn knows that her sister
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
secret of achieving lichdom requires an arcane spellcaster to be at the apex of power—a significant challenge for mind flayers, given the scarcity of available mentors and training. Confronting this
amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of spellcasting and psionic communion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
visitor likely had to approach the hag in secret for fear of causing an uproar in town, and is probably eager to return home before being missed, which adds time pressure to the process and tips the
can’t be perverted, or that the earlier victims got too greedy when they were proposing a deal. Even if only one or two people make deals with a hag every year, over time many unfortunates can come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
interests of that guild — particularly the neighborhood of Nightveil, from which the specters get their name. Their work can include driving off people who accidentally wander too close to a secret
rooftop meeting, killing those who knowingly infiltrate Dimir property, and tracking those who have stolen guild secrets, then wiping those secrets from their victims’ minds to ensure that they are never
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
public appearances, or even frame innocents to secure power. The victims of these plots, and officials who want a fair and honest legal system, must resort to hiring their own agents to unearth
all its dangers, Baldur’s Gate is an adventurer’s city, a place where a sword-for-hire can find a rich patron, join a secret guild, stalk killers for a bounty, or come to the aid of desperate citizens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
terrible monster and mighty champions. Initiates do all they can to help the characters prepare to face the monster. Innocent Victims. Several initiates run a hospital on the outskirts of a city, where
. Inside Job. A newly inducted hierophant is appalled to learn the cult’s secret teachings. While posing as a devout leader, the hierophant asks the characters to help bring down the organization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
much greater depth. Cleansing Chambers Freshly captured victims are processed in the cleansing chambers. Their gear is removed and either destroyed or kept if it is of interest, their hair is shaved
staffed by heavily armed thralls, constructs, and other watchers. The inhabitants of these rooms attack strangers on sight and sound an alarm. Any entrance to a lair is always hidden by a secret door, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, sabotage public appearances, or even frame innocents to secure power. The victims of these plots, and officials who want a fair and honest legal system, must resort to hiring their own agents to unearth
harmed. Beyond all its dangers, Baldur’s Gate is an adventurer’s city, a place where a sword-for-hire can find a rich patron, join a secret guild, stalk killers for a bounty, or come to the aid of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Tresendar Manor Dungeon Although the Fellowship of the Golden Mongoose didn’t find the secret door leading into the hidden basement beneath the manor, the agents of the Six did. They then made
Dexterity check using thieves’ tools to open it. A locked door can also be smashed open with a successful DC 15 Strength check. A character looking for a secret door finds one with a successful DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Hythonia the Cruel Theros’s reclusive medusas often delight in collecting and expanding their galleries of petrified victims. Unlike other medusas, Hythonia isn’t merely a collector; she’s an artist
, weaving their forms to create a grisly throne made of their petrified bodies. While the medusa’s victims have dwindled, tales of the medusa queen and the divine secrets she hoards have not. Hythonia