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Monsters
Lorwyn: First Light
rest. They are deeply in tune with nature but care little for the smaller denizens around them. At best, this makes a giant aloof and disinterested in the squabbles of boggarts, kithkin, elves, and
uninterrupted.
Smart adventurers avoid these archways for fear of evoking the sleeping giant’s ire. Treasure hunters might search for the archways in hopes of finding the place abandoned but still
Monsters
Lorwyn: First Light
disinterested in the squabbles of boggarts, kithkin, elves, and others. At worst, giants might be wrathful toward smaller folk, seeing them as invasive pests to be squashed.
When a giant in the realm of
with enormous stone archways to ensure their respites go uninterrupted.
Smart adventurers avoid these archways for fear of evoking the sleeping giant’s ire. Treasure hunters might search for
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
uses its magic to walk disguised among people. A dragon might hire adventurers to undertake quests into the ruins of its lost homeland.
Spirit Dragons
Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons
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Evermeet, a mythical realm of the elves.
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Imaskar, a southern empire of artificers.
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Jhaamdath, a prehistoric psiocracy.
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Myth Drannor, a legendary city of
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, Kasimir and his fellow dusk elves stoned Patrina to death. As punishment for depriving him of his bride, Strahd butchered all the women in the dusk elf tribe, and Kasimir's ears were cut off to punish him
spying on the temple for years, but he needs adventurers to help him survive its perils. He thinks that the secret to breaking Strahd's pact and freeing Barovia from its curse might be hidden there, but
Half-Elf
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Basic Rules (2014)
, wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in
leather, carefully tooled in the intricate designs the elves loved. But no elf in the world of Krynn could grow a beard . . . no elf, but . . .
“Tanis?” said Flint hesitantly as the man
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
own laws.
Firbolgs use their magic to keep their presence in a forest secret. This approach allows them to avoid the politics and struggles of elves, humans, and orcs. Such events concern the
overwhelming attack.
Outcast Adventurers
As guardians of the wood, few firbolgs would dream of leaving their homes or attempting to fit into human society. An exiled firbolg, or one whose clan has been
races
significant influence on the subsequent oozekin’s values, habits, and memories. Tales abound of oozey doppelgangers, facsimiles of fallen adventurers that believe themselves to be the deceased
the reconciliation of schisms between historically antagonistic species, such as grey dwarves and dark elves, even if only vicariously through their oozekin adoptees.
Most oozekin are more than
Halfling
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Curious
Halflings are an affable and cheerful people. They cherish the bonds of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers
are adept at fitting into a community of humans, dwarves, or elves, making themselves valuable and welcome. The combination of their inherent stealth and their unassuming nature helps halflings to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Elf Adventurers Most surface elves embark on a period of adventuring during their early adulthood. An adventure to an elf, however, isn’t always the same as what humans mean when they think of
adventure. Humans tend to equate adventurers with people who battle monsters, explore dangerous ruins, delve into deep caverns, and generally stir up trouble, usually in pursuit of gold and glory. Elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
of adventurers who make up typical parties. Dragonborn, gnomes, half-elves, half-orcs, and tieflings are less common as adventurers. Drow, a subrace of elves, are also uncommon. Your choice of race
Choosing a Race Humans are the most common people in the worlds of D&D, but they live and work alongside dwarves, elves, halflings, and countless other fantastic species. Your character belongs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
with them. Aside from the secretive dusk elves of Vallaki (see chapter 5), the only nonhumans most Barovians are familiar with are the adventurers that Strahd has lured to his dark realm. Barovians
Barovians and Nonhumans Barovians are human. Although they know that dwarves, elves, halflings and other civilized races exist, few living Barovians have seen such “creatures,” let alone interacted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of adventurers who make up typical parties. Dragonborn, gnomes, half-elves, half-orcs, and tieflings are less common as adventurers. Drow, a subrace of elves, are also uncommon. Your choice of race
Choosing a Race Humans are the most common people in the worlds of D&D, but they live and work alongside dwarves, elves, halflings, and countless other fantastic species. Your character belongs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in contrast
Diplomats or Wanderers Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are welcome in human cities and somewhat less welcome in elven forests. In large cities in regions where elves and humans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
various shades of blue. Their eyes are blue or green and have gold flecks. Given the race’s love of travel, exploration, and new experiences, many moon elves become adventurers, utilizing their talents for warfare, woodcraft, and wizardry in different measures.
Moon Elves Also called silver elves, or Teu’Tel’Quessir, moon elves are more tolerant and adventurous than elves of other sorts. In ancient times, the dissolution of their empires dispersed moon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Sun Elves Sun elves, also known as gold elves, or Ar’Tel’Quessir, have a reputation for being arrogant and self-important. Many of them believe they are Corellon’s chosen people and that other races
— even other elves — are subordinate to them in skill, significance, and sophistication. They claim the title of “high elves” with pride, and indeed their race is responsible for great, and sometimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in contrast
Diplomats or Wanderers Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are welcome in human cities and somewhat less welcome in elven forests. In large cities in regions where elves and humans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
largest village is Caer Flur, a relatively young settlement that’s home to five hundred residents. Elves are most of the population, alongside a small number of kithkin. Structures are interspersed
with artistry from different elven clans, giving the village an eclectic, charming appearance. Farmers and builders of all sorts bustle to keep the new village in good order. Shadowmoor elves have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
elves pose the greatest risk for adventurers. The elves won’t interfere with peaceful caravans, but a well-armed group of travelers invites challenges.
Valenar Capital: Taer Valaestas Hallmarks: Elves, horses, mercenaries In the midst of the Last War, an army of Tairnadal warrior elves from Aerenal seized this region from Cyre, invoking a claim to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
sunlight.
The village of Lys Alana is home to about five hundred residents, most of whom are elves. Overseeing the village with detached fairness is the elf Perfect Gecoran (Medium Noble). While many
elves in Lys Alana are distrustful of outsiders, Perfect Gecoran understands the value of diversity in both society and trade. As a result, some members of other species who are allies of the elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
elves don’t come across members of other races. Adventurers, diplomats, couriers, and those who pursue similar professions are the exceptions, traveling far outside their sylvan domains and meeting a wide
Wood Elves Also called copper elves, or Sy’Tel’Quessir, wood elves are the most common elves remaining in Faerûn. Their ancestors left behind the strife of the Crown Wars millennia ago to found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Dark Elves (Drow) The drow are descended from the dark elves who retreated into the Underdark after the Crown Wars. They are infamous for their cruelty, evilness, and drive to dominate. For much of
name of their demon-goddess. Almost always, dark elves who reject the ways of their people are exiled, or executed for being rebels, heretics, and insurrectionists who have turned against drow culture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
lonely wooden signpost, standing where the trail to Nightstone meets the High Road, points the way to the settlement. Nightstone’s closest neighbors are the elves of the Ardeep Forest. Hunters from
Nightstone have incurred the elves’ wrath on multiple occasions. However, elves are the least of the settlement’s problems, as fledgling heroes who come to Nightstone in search of adventure quickly discover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
extremely active and dangerous lives, such as adventurers, seem to be affected earlier than those who pursue more sedate occupations. Notably, elves who have been revived from death by magical means seem
Elder Elves At some point during adulthood, the reverie of an elf’s trance is first interrupted by a new form of unbidden thought. This seemingly errant memory arises not from the elf’s personal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of magic unknown in Khorvaire. The massive island of Aerenal is the ancient kingdom of the elves. Its jungles provide strange and valuable lumbers: soarwood used for the hulls of airships, tough
. Dangerous, dark forces creep in from the plane known as the Endless Night, but that planar resonance also enables the elves to perform feats of necromancy unmatched elsewhere in Eberron. Among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
easily be based around a party of adventurers gaining a principality. The Wind Whisperer principality includes a number of half-elves with the Mark of Storm—foundlings with no tie to House Lyrandar. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Protanther Male Gold Dragon Protanther is the leader of the council. A former King of Justice—a royal title among the gold dragons—he does not care for humanoids, particularly humans and elves
even recognize their own evil. The elves, however, live for long years and possess great knowledge—and have used that knowledge to the detriment of dragonkind in the past. It was the elves who shaped the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Protanther Male Gold Dragon Protanther is the leader of the council. A former King of Justice — a royal title among the gold dragons — he does not care for humanoids, particularly humans and elves
not even recognize their own evil. The elves, however, live for long years and possess great knowledge — and have used that knowledge to the detriment of dragonkind in the past. It was the elves who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
entertainment in the dark elves’ subterranean cities. The adventurers have all had the misfortune of falling to such a fate. Captured by the drow, they are prisoners at one of the dark elves’ outposts
races and creatures too numerous to count or list, and foremost among these are the dark elves — the drow. Hated and feared even by their fellow dwellers in darkness, the drow raid other settlements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
more dangerous than any place in Arvandor. All kinds of elves live in the Feywild, but one subrace — the eladrin — has adopted it as their home. Of all the elves, eladrin are closest in form and ability
to the first generation of elves. Some could pass for high elves, but most are distinctly eladrin in appearance: very slender, with hair and skin color determined by the season with which they feel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
adventurers: Blademarks Guild. House Deneith manages mercenary activities across Khorvaire through its Blademarks Guild, with house members serving as officers, trainers, and strategists. The rank-and-file
soldiers of the guild are largely human mercenaries but also includes significant numbers of hobgoblins from Darguun, elves from Valenar, and Cyran soldiers who no longer have a nation to fight for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
elves of Shae Lias are experts in funerary customs and embalming. In addition, Mayne Jhaelian of the Gates of Passage is one of the few people in Sharn capable of raising the dead. Find a Patron. There
are many eccentric nobles in Upper Northedge. A patron of the arts could take an interest in the career of a bard or entertainer. A collector might keep capable adventurers on retainer with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
priest counsels the characters to negotiate peace with militaristic elves in the nearby forest, while a veteran warrior urges them to prove their strength with a decisive first strike. The adventurers
conscience for which the adventurers must make a single choice — but never a simple one. Moral Quandaries d20 Quandary 1–3 Ally quandary 4–6 Friend quandary 7–12 Honor quandary 13–16 Rescue quandary 17–20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
launched several raids against the elves of the Misty Forest, led by Wyrmspeaker Neronvain and his companion, the green dragon Chuth.
Neronvain
Having fulfilled their quota for the cult, wyrmspeaker
has so far kept secret his oath to Neronvain, though he feels tremendous guilt over his actions. Under King Melandrach’s command, the elves of the Misty Forest have stepped up their defenses, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
launched several raids against the elves of the Misty Forest, led by Wyrmspeaker Neronvain and his companion, the green dragon Chuth. Neronvain Having fulfilled their quota for the cult, wyrmspeaker and
kept secret his oath to Neronvain, though he feels tremendous guilt over his actions. Under King Melandrach’s command, the elves of the Misty Forest have stepped up their defenses, and the cult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
his breath weapon if doing so might hurt or hinder his allies. The dragon’s roar signals the start of the fight for the servants of Chuth and Neronvain lying in wait for the adventurers. The elves fire
characters might be able to bluff or roleplay past them. The elves demand the characters’ names and ask questions they believe only true cultists would know the answers to, including knowing the