Chapter 7: Monsters and Magic Items - Princes of the Apocalypse

Chapter 7: Monsters and Magic Items. This chapter presents new monsters, villains, and magic items. The monster section concludes with descriptions of the Princes of Elemental Evil, beings of overwhelming power and malice. After the monster and villain descriptions are magic items the characters find during the adventure. Some of these are much like the magic items described in the Dungeon Master's Guide. Others are elemental items, made using the power of the elemental nodes. Cultists of Elemental Evil make extensive use of these quasi-magical devices. The item descriptions conclude with descriptions of the four elemental weapons carried by the prophets of Elemental Evil. These weapons are unique magic items offering great power to those who wield them. Monsters Power-hungry humanoids see Elemental Evil as a principle deserving of worship and form cults around the destructive magic Elemental Evil offers. Evil creatures that come from the elemental planes are likewise ready servants of Elemental Evil. Finally, monsters of the Material Plane that have an affinity for one of the elements also fall under the sway of Elemental Evil, especially in areas where a strong elemental node is present. Earth cults easily ally with creatures such as bulettes or umber hulks, water cults ally with merrow and sea hags, and so on. Monsters and NPCs by Challenge Rating Howling Hatred initiate 1/8 Crushing Wave reaver 1/2 Sacred Stone monk 1/2 Feathergale knight 1 Crushing Wave priest 2 Black Earth guard 2 Eternal Flame guardian 2 Fathomer 2 Howling Hatred priest 2 Hurricane 2 Oreioth 2 Wiggan Nettlebee 2 Black Earth priest 3 Dark Tide knight 3 Eternal Flame priest 3 One-eyed shiver 3 Skyweaver 3 Thurl Merosska 3 Windharrow 3 Burrowshark 4 Grumink the Renegade 4 Shoalar Quanderil 4 Stonemelder 4 Elizar Dryflagon 5 Hellenrae 5 Razerblast 5 Flamewrath 6 Miraj Vizann 6 Aerisi Kalinoth 7 (9 with lair actions) Drannin Splithelm 7 Elemental myrmidon (Air Elemental Myrmidon, Earth Elementa...