Gilitrutt trolls are among the smallest of troll-kind but make up for their diminutive stature by being able to shapeshift into the form of a giant hound. They mostly dwell with other trolls, acting in supporting roles, such as companions, guards, and hunting partners. Gilitrutt trolls have been known to abduct people from other settlements, and they sometimes do so after toying with the…
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…
| 1d4 | To Attract Potential Meals, the Otyugh... |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disguises its tentacles with garbage puppets. |
| 2 | Sings an enticing song in Otyugh. … |
The enormous halls of the jotun are carved in mountains and glaciers throughout the North. As foes of the Northern gods, jotun plot to regain their former status as lords of creation. Many know ancient secrets and snippets of antediluvian arcane lore, and the most powerful among them straddle the line between mortal and demigod. Like many giants, jotun enjoy a challenge. Only the mightiest heroes…
This appendix presents rules player characters may use to create magic items using components harvested from defeated monsters. Here you’ll find: Rules for Harvesting Components from slain foes. The monster descriptions earlier in this book detail the specific monster parts player characters can harvest from each creature. Rules and recipes for creating new magic items found in the world of…
Otyughs live to eat—the more disgusting the meal, the better. They consider all non-otyughs that come within reach dishes in life’s endless buffet. In dumps, sewers, polluted ruins, and similar murky depths, otyughs devour garbage, carcasses, and anything else their tentacles can cram in their expansive maws. Some creatures ply otyughs with trash to recruit them as watchful—if…
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.
The rarity of the Components and workshop used in crafting always determine the highest rarity item they can produce. You can use higher rarity Components and Workshops to produce lower rarity items. For example, if a recipe calls for an Uncommon part, such as monster blood, a character may substitute Rare monster blood to fill the requirements of the Recipe.
Weapon (light hammer), common As a Magic action while touching this weapon, you can transform it into a mundane item or back into its weapon form. It can’t be used to make attacks while transformed into a mundane item. Different Trick Weapons transform into different items. The DM chooses the mundane item or determines it randomly by rolling on the following table. 1d10 Proficiency with a Light…
Weapon (whip), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Whip 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. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to…
Encounter for Level 6 Characters Situation. Two Banshees, Contessa and Confession, are searching a desolate wasteland for the hidden resting place of their lost third sister, Consolation. A Loup Garou and its pack have been hired by a mysterious dark force to apprehend the banshees and find the third sister. Hook. The two banshee sisters have supernatural access to the truths of a creature’s…
Weapon (punch knife), rare This punch knife stands out from others being made of a dark wood that’s harder than iron. You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls with this magic weapon. When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can roll and expend a Hit Point Die. The target takes extra Piercing damage equal to the roll, and you regain the same number of Hit Points. A singular wide…
Production professions allow characters to use resources—whether gathered using gathering professions, found as treasure, or purchased from merchants—to craft nonmagical and magical items. Production professions use the rules for crafting equipment in the Player’s Handbook and the rules for crafting magic items in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, with one key change: Ingredients provide the magic.…
Armor (ring mail), rare You have a +1 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.
Once the characters have collected their items, learned the Recipe, and brought all Components to a suitable Workshop, it’s time to make the item! Creating the item only requires a few hours of diligent work. Set the pace appropriate for the campaign and the part of the narrative: it’s fine for the characters to spend an hour making the item, or a day. An extended period of downtime isn’t…
“Recipe” is a general term that encompasses recipes for alchemy and cooking, plans for blacksmithing, formulas for enchanting, schematics for engineering, techniques for inscription, designs for jewelcrafting, and patterns for leatherworking and tailoring. As characters advance their crafting skills, they learn basic recipes automatically. Basic recipes let a character create mundane items and…
Armor (ring mail), very rare You have a +2 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.
Yochlols embody the pernicious will and infectious philosophies of the Abyss. In their rarely seen true forms, these noxious manipulators appear as ever-shifting masses of dripping tentacles and toxic flesh crowned by a single baleful eye. More often, though, yochlols take the form of spiders or zealous cultists. They use manipulative magic and dangerous rhetoric to spread demonic cults, corrupt…
Weapon, common This unique ammunition’s spiraling design allows it to travel unimpaired through water. When firing the Arrow underwater, you ignore the normal drawbacks of underwater combat. If you fire it while not underwater, the normal and long ranges for the attack are halved.
Loup garou are powerful lycanthropes capable of transforming into hulking dire wolves. They actively seek to spread the curse of lycanthropy, creating packs of subservient werewolves that can reduce communities to ruins and ravage whole regions. The strain of lycanthropy spread by a loup garou is harder to cure than typical varieties. Only slaying a loup garou can free the monster’s victims from…
Darklord: Jacqueline Renier Hallmarks: Martial law, plague, wererats The once-beautiful cities of Richemulot crumble as season after season of the Gnawing Plague afflicts the domain. Countless commoners and aristocrats have died, causing rule to settle with the vain noble Jacqueline Renier. Unbeknownst to the people, Jacqueline is a wererat whose servants create and spread the plague. She loathes…
Wondrous Item, common When you roll a 1 on a saving throw or ability check, you can use this preserved rabbit foot’s magic to reroll the die. You must use the new roll, and the foot disintegrates.
You conjure a mass of sticky webbing at a point within range. The webs fill a 20-foot Cube there for the duration. The webs are Difficult Terrain, and the area within them is Lightly Obscured. If the webs aren’t anchored between two solid masses (such as walls or trees) or layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of your next turn.…
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