These zombies were created by the magical devastation when Mount Hotenow erupted thirty years ago.
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it can make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) bludgeoning damage.
Ash Puff. The first time the zombie takes damage, any living creature within 5 feet of the zombie must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or gain disadvantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on it early with a successful save.
Commoners include peasants and serfs, slaves and servants, pilgrims, merchants, artisans, and hermits.
Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) bludgeoning damage.
Cultists swear allegiance to dark powers. They conceal their activities to avoid being ostracized, imprisoned, or executed for their beliefs.
Devotion. The cultist has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) slashing damage.
Evil mages hunger for arcane power and dwell in isolated places, where they can perform terrible magical experiments without interference.
Spellcasting. The mage is a 4th-level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as its spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). The mage knows the following spells from the wizard's spell list:
- Cantrips (at will): light, mage hand, shocking grasp.
- 1st Level (4 slots): charm person, magic missile.
- 2nd Level (3 slots): hold person, misty step.
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d8 - 1) bludgeoning damage.
Spellcasters fashion flameskulls from the remains of dead wizards. When the ritual is complete, green flames erupt from the skull to complete its ghastly transformation.
Illumination. The flameskull sheds either dim light in a 15-ft. radius, or a bright light in a 15-ft. radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. It can switch between the options as an action.
Magic Resistance. The flameskull has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Rejuvenation.The the flameskull is destroyed, it regains all its hit points in 1 hour unless holy water is sprikled on its remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them.
Multiattack. The flameskull makes two attacks with its Fire Ray.
Fire Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 30 ft., one target.
Hit: 10 (3d6) fire damage.
Spellcasting. The flameskull is a 5th-level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as its spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). The flameskull knows the following spells from the wizard's spell list:
- Cantrips (at will): mage hand.
- 1st Level (3 slots): magic missile, shield.
- 2nd Level (2 slots): blur, flaming sphere.
- 3rd level (1 slot): fireball
Ghouls roam the night in packs, driven by an insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh. Like the maggots or carrion beetles, they thrive in places rank with decay and death.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) slashing damage. If the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect early on a success.
Usually found underground, the lair of a giant spider is often festooned with webs holding helpless victims.
Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing of any sort.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.
Web (Recharge 5–6). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft., one creature.
Hit: The target is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a DC 12 Strength check, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10, hp 5, vulnerability to fire damage, immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).
The wormlike grick blends in with the stonework of its lair. Only when prey comes near does it rear up, its four tentacles unfurling to reveal a hungry, snapping beak.
Stone Camouflage. The grick has advantage on its dexterity (Stealth) check when it attempts to hide in rocky terrain.
Multiattack. The grick makes one attack with its tentacles. If that attack hits, the grick can make one beak attack against the same target.
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) slashing damage.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 5 (id6 + 2) piercing damage.
A wraith is the incorporeal remnant of a particularly hateful being. Most wraiths can transform those they have slain into spectral undead servitors. Mormesk chooses not to, preferring to let the dead stay dead.
Incorporeal Movement. The wraith can move through an object or another creature, but cannot stop there.
Sunlight Sensitivity. Whilke in sunlight, the wraith has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 16 (3d8 + 3) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. If this attack reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target dies. This reduction to the target's hit point maximum lasts until the target finishes a long rest.
Drow (dark elves) are a devious, scheming subterranean race that worships Loth, the Demon Queen of Spiders. Drow society is strictly matriarchal. Male drow are relegated to servitor roles, and while most train as warriors, a few, such as Nezznar, become skilled wizards.
Special Equipment. Nezznar has a spider staff.
Fey Ancestry. Nezznar has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put him to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. Nezznar has disadvantage on attack rolls when he or his target is in sunlight.
Innate Spellcasting. Nezznar can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
- At will: dancing lights
- 1/day each: darkness, faerie fire (save DC 12)
Spider Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2 (1d6 - 1) bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6) poison damage.
Spellcasting. Nezznar is a 4th-level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as its spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). Nezznar has the following spells from prepared from the wizard's spell list:
- Cantrips (at will): mage hand, ray of frost, shocking grasp
- 1st Level (4 slots): mage armor, magic missile, shield
- 2nd Level (3 slots): invisibility, suggestion
Redbrand ruffians are petty thugs and ruthless enforcers skilled at intimidation and violence. They work for money and have no scruples.
Multiattack. The ruffian makes two melee attacks.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Sildar Hallwinter is a retired soldier and sellsword who hails from the city of Neverwinter. He is a loyal member of the Lord's Alliance, a political organization that unites the various free cities and towns of the North.
Multiattack. Sildar makes two melee attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 5 (1d8+1) slashing damage.
Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target.
Hit: 5 (1d10) piercing damage.
A spectator is a spherical monster that can be tasked with guarding a treasure for a period not exceeding 101 years. If the treasure is stolen or destroyed before the spectator's period of service has ended, the creature returns to its home dimension. Otherwise, it never abandons its post.
Hover. The spectator hovers as long as it is alive.
Telepathy. The spectator can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet of it that can understand a language.
Create Food and Water. The spectator creates enought food and water to sustain itself for 24 hours.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2 (1d4 - 1) piercing damage.
Eye Rays. The spectator uses two of the following eye rays. It can use each ray only once per turn. Each ray targets a creature the spectator can see within 90 feet of it.
1. Confusion Ray. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw, or it can't take reactions until the end of its next turn. On its turn, the target can't move, and it uses its action to make a melee or ranged attack agains a randomly determined creature within range. If the target can't attack, it does nothing on its turn.
2. Paralyzing Ray. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect early on a success.
3. Fear Ray. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect early on a success.
4. Wounding Ray. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 16 (3d10) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Spell Reflection. If the spectator makes a successful saving throw against a spell, or a spell misses it, the spectator can choose another creature within 30 feet of it that it can see. The spell affects the chosen creature instead of the spectator.
A stirge is a winged pest that feeds on the blood of living creatures, drawing sustenance through its proboscis, which it uses to pierce a victim's flesh while clutching onto its prey with hooked claws.
Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage, and the stirge attaches to the target. While attached, the stirge doesn’t attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge’s turns, the target loses 5 (1d4 + 3) hit points due to blood loss. The stirge can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the stirge.
This skittering creature resembles a small, leafless, walking plant. Twig blights hide by rooting themselves among ordinary plants.
Damage Vulnerabilities. fire.
False Appearance. The blight resembles a dead shrub. While it remains motionless among vegetation, it can hide without being out of sight.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage.
Wolves are found in subarctic and temperate regions of the world, running in packs through hills and forests.
Keen Hearing and Smell. The wolf has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Pack Tactics. The wolf has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the wolf's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 7 (2d4+2) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11 Strenght saving throw or be knocked prone.
Thoroughly evil, green dragons delight in subverting and corrupting the good-hearted. They prefer to dwell in ancient forests.
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Multiattack. The dragon makes three attacks, one with its bite and two with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.
Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Poison Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon breathes poisonous gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in the cone must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.