Human, Male, 35 (Commoner) A skilled stonemason who would give anything to have his beloved daughter back in his arms. “Clearly anxious, his calloused hands shake and his voice wobbles with raw emotion.”

On the Elemental Plane of Earth, galaxies of gemstones twinkle over vaults of treasure. If dao are there, so is wealth worth hunting. —Gundren Rockseeker, Dwarf Treasure Hunter Genies of minerals and gemstones, dao embody the resolve of rock. Using innate magic, they move through the earth unimpeded, exploring depths inaccessible to most. Dao delight in the treasures of the earth, whether raw…

Once the undisputed regent of Thay, Szass Tam is an old and powerful lich who plots to regain control over the nation. Although he still wields great power as the zulkir of necromancy and the tharchion of Thaymount (see chapter 1), Szass Tam believes it’s his destiny to rule Thay and use its living people as fodder for his undead armies. History An eloquent and inventive wizard, Szass Tam rose…

Large Beast (Thyreophoran), Unaligned AC 20 (Extensive Osteoderms) Initiative -3 (7) HP 72 (10d10 + 22) Speed 20 ft.

List of Stat Block from the Dr Dhrolin’s Dictionary of Dinosaurs.

Devas are emissaries of divine will. These immortal messengers adopt the shapes of mystical beasts or idealized, winged mortals. As with all angels, their true forms are known only to the gods they serve. Rather than literal correspondence from a god, a deva conveys an allegory or quest to mortals, tasking them with delivering something to its rightful place. While the angel might be called on in…

Armor (ring mail), legendary You have a +3 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.

Sconces and braziers with Continual Flame spells cast on them illuminate the sanctum with green-tinted Dim Light. The exception is area Z13, where the green lava’s glow creates eerie Bright Light.

*Spell of the Divination school

You take control of the weather within 5 miles of you for the duration. You must be outdoors to cast this spell, and it ends early if you go indoors. When you cast the spell, you change the current weather conditions, which are determined by the DM. You can change precipitation, temperature, and wind. It takes 1d4 × 10 minutes for the new conditions to take effect. Once they do so, you can change…

You wave your hand and four alabaster feathers, magically sharpened to a razor’s edge, appear and orbit around you until the spell ends. When you cast this spell and as Bonus Action on your later turns, you can expend one of the feathers and make a ranged spell attack using it against a creature you can see within 120 feet of yourself. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Force damage. Using a…

Ez d’Avenir first encountered monsters among her manipulative family, the Radanaviches, who posed as Vistani to prey on travelers. Among their foul deeds, the Radanavich family kidnapped Erasmus van Richten, the son of Rudolph van Richten (detailed in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within) and sold him to his death at the hands of the vampire Baron Metus. In the brief time Ez knew Erasmus, the youth…

Zlan has an affinity for enchantment and corrupting minds. During the time he was working to create the Crystal Shard, Zlan was a devotee of a god of darkness, confusion, and pain. Zlan likes to subtly twist minds to confusion and paranoia and doesn’t take direct action when an oblique or hidden action will suffice. Its plans always contain fallbacks and contingencies. One of these…

Arbour, V.M., and Evans, D.C. 2017. A new ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA, based on an exceptional skeleton with soft tissue preservation. Royal Society Open Science, 4(5), 161086. Arbour, V.M., Zanno, L.E., and Evans, D.C. 2022. Palaeopathological evidence for intraspecific combat in ankylosaurid dinosaurs. Biology Letters, 18(12), 20220404. Botfalvai,…

Scheming Lich in a Monstrous, Frozen Form Zlan is a horrid, icy amalgamation of the seven liches who created the Artifact Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and black crystal called chardalyn, fragments of the shattered Crystal Shard.…

Huge Undead (Wizard), Chaotic Evil AC 18 Initiative +7 (17) HP 199 (19d12 + 76) Speed 30 ft.

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Origin Feat You gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once. Notes: Proficiency in three skills or tools

Armor (scale mail), legendary You have a +3 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor consists of a coat and leggings (and perhaps a separate skirt) of leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, much like the scales of a fish. The suit includes gauntlets.

Zlan desires nothing less than the death of every person in Icewind Dale. To do this, Zlan has created easy access to the Underdark and awoken a trio of deep dragons. As Ten-Towners explore the Underdark, they wake frozen aberrations, spread deadly environmental dangers, and slowly seal their own doom.

Wrin’s primary purpose is to motivate the characters’ initial explorations and to give them a focal point to gather around. Wrin is a contact the characters have in common, so when she notices a strange buildup of eerie light atop distant Gauntlight, it’s natural for her to confide her fears in the party. Wrin can help the characters in other ways, such as by performing astrology readings to aid…

Type: Gemstone Cost: 50 GP Weight: -- A pale blue green gemstone worth 50 gold pieces.

Weapon (greataxe), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Greataxe allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Cleave. If you hit a creature with a melee attack roll…