back blessings diffusing child respectively

Clapperclaw the Scarecrow

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

child’s soul she found in Gehenna, it ran away from home so that it wouldn’t have to perform evil tasks for her. After fleeing Thither, Clapperclaw was waylaid by Agdon Longscarf and his

harengon brigands, who stole its head, which the scarecrow describes as a most glorious stag skull. It desperately wants its head back, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a

Orok

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

antagonizes him. Orok's siblings bullied him mercilessly, so he ran away from his tribe. Although he's clearly an Uthgardt child, he carries nothing that identifies him as a member of the Blue Bear tribe, nor does he disclose his tribal affiliation for fear of being delivered back to the tribe.

Satyr Thornbearer

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, these satyr skirmishers cooperate in loose teams, using guerrilla tactics to harass foes then melt back into the forest. The blessings of Nylea aid the satyrs in protecting their home, and a single arrow

Broken King Antigonos

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, and one of his horns ends in a jagged stump. He drags a rusty greataxe in the dirt, and tied to his back is a 30-pound, clay amphora painted with images of warring hoplites—all of whom have had

after he defied his war advisors by making his sickly but beloved child his heir. He was cast out and has since become tragically obsessed with finding a worthy heir.

Gray Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Shapechanger. The slaad can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it

fragment of itself in the slaad’s brain. This fragment takes the form of a magic gem roughly the size and shape of a human child’s fist. The gem is the same color as the slaad. Another

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

dwarf clans and brought peace. His axe ended grudges and answered slights. The clans became allies, and they threw back their enemies and enjoyed an era of prosperity. This young dwarf is remembered

beneficial properties 1 major beneficial property 2 minor detrimental properties Blessings of Moradin If you are a dwarf attuned to the axe, you gain the following benefits: You have immunity

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords

magic-items Dungeon Master’s Guide

deals an extra 1d8 Force damage, or an extra 2d8 Force damage if the target is a creature of the Giant type. Immediately after hitting or missing, the weapon flies back to your hand. Blessings of

, and they threw back their enemies and enjoyed an era of prosperity. This young dwarf is remembered as the First King. When he became old, he passed the weapon, which had become his badge of office

Baba Lysaga

Monsters Curse of Strahd

Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or back into her true form. While in swarm form, she has a walking speed of 5 feet and a flying speed of 30

her beloved boy, who, in her mind, is eternally blessed. Despite the horrors Strahd has wrought, Lysaga still envisions him as the perfect child she delivered into the world. Strahd is the only thing in

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back

I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly. 2 I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness. 3 I like

Witchlight Hand

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

You crept into the Witchlight Carnival as a child or youth and never looked back, earning a place among those who work behind the scenes to keep the carnival in business. As a hand, you work hard and

party hard. The carnival has borne you to many fantastic worlds, circling back around to your home world once every eight years, but you know almost nothing about these worlds because you spend all

Feylost

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

You grew up in the Feywild after disappearing from your home plane as a child. Perhaps you were spirited away by kindly Fey who thought you were destined for great things. Perhaps you stumbled

under the Feywild’s spell and learned a little about the nature of the mercurial tricksters that dwell there. When you finally returned to your home plane, you did not come back unchanged. You

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant

spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood. Clever Concealment The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples

1 I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly. 2 I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness. 3 I

Folk Hero - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Origins table for an event that started you down your heroic path.. d10 Origin 1 You helped get healing for a sick child. Now the sick come to you, knowing you’ll help them

dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for a meal. 3 Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you guided the wayward noble through back streets to safety. The patriar repaid your

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

in the presence of Skiggaret. Talking about such acts might call him back. Blessings of the Bugbear Gods Bugbears have no use for priests or shamans. No one needs to tell them what their gods want

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge. 2 The

ranks hoping to find out what happened to them. 7 You’ve always wanted to be a member of the Guild. As a child, you looked up to the Guild members’ swagger, their flashy dress, and

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

fraught with tests of strength, fierce competition and nothing in the way of maternal or paternal love. From the time a child can wield a stick or a crude knife, it asserts itself and defends itself

raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the

Changing Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

go back without performing some act of contrition. Your DM decides whether your new god will accept you as a champion and what you might have to do to prove your commitment. When you change gods, you

lose all the benefits granted by your old one, including rewards for piety and any other divine blessings. You no longer have a piety score to your old god, and your piety score to your new god starts at 1.

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Faerûn’s great institutes of learning , where you

great deeds and win it back. d6 Flaw 1 I am easily distracted by the promise of information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on

2. Trench

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

2. Trench This 20-foot-wide, 50-foot-deep trench bisects Mantol-Derith from north to south, with a secret door at each end (areas 1b and 1d, respectively). A shattered platform of crystal sits in the

middle of the trench — an old magic device once used to lift caravans up into the main cavern of the outpost and back down into the trench. It now lies broken, its magic spent. The duergar and drow

Mother Lorinda

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

bountiful crops, potent medicines, or the children that fate denied them. The hags sowed blessings and despair in equal measure. Numerous hexblood children originated from the hags’ cauldron. In time

, the hag Lorinda asked her sisters to help create a child of their own. But Laveeda and Leticia refused, loathing the idea of sharing their magic and secrets. In secret, Lorinda assembled a creature

Ancient Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail to mirror the

said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly. 2 I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness. 3 I like to impress visitors by

Quest for the Sword

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

are flowcharts that show the two paths characters can take through Avernus to reach the Bleeding Citadel: the Path of Demons and the Path of Devils, respectively. Neither is literally a “path,” but

rather a sequence of locations that the characters must visit in order. If the characters wander off these paths, use optional encounters to pull them back (see “Other Locations,” and “Roaming

Annam's Cradle Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

allosaurus. Before any hostilities erupt, the child delightedly shouts, “Fluffy!” The allosaurus wags its tail and rolls on its back for belly rubs. However, creatures from the Giant Kin Encounters table

forehead. Little Fluffy Lost A distraught giant child lost their pet and begs for help retrieving it before it comes to harm. The child leads the characters into the jungle, where they find a menacing

Adult Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail

what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly. 2 I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness. 3 I like to impress

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

power manifests visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with

dragon to tolerate the djinni’s presence by driving off a clan of cyclops;cyclopes harassing the dragon. 4 Reunited after years apart, an adult topaz dragon parent and young dragon child

The Cataclysm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

destruction, none were spared divine wrath. The gods and their blessings then faded from the world, and in time, even their names were all but forgotten. The Cataclysm! It looms larger than any other

millennia before, stretching back into shrouded myth, are Pre-Cataclysm (PC). Many records of the time before the Cataclysm are lost to us. Those that do survive are often perplexing, referencing nations

Ongoing Mutations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind the head with a single ring to keep them from flapping

about. Changes in gender are also a known and accepted part of verdan life. These fluid aspects of form and identity are seen as blessings, allowing an individual to experience more of the world and grow

Glorium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

patron deities of fire and frost giants, respectively—regularly send hulking subjects to pillage the wintry camp, darkening its skies with ash and snow. Meanwhile, nomadic groups of mountain bariaurs hold

back the alien armies of Gzemnid, a gaseous beholder god. CoupleOfKooks “Glory? Ha! What do any of us know of glory? We’re still alive! You seek a reward that can be attained only in death

L5. Granny Nightshade's Garden

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

(see “Skabatha’s Ring of Keys” earlier in the chapter). Three balconies overlooking the garden connect to areas area L8, area L9, and L12, respectively. The balcony outside area L9 is only 5 feet above

back. If the root is brought back and given to it, the shambling mound goes on a rampage through the garden, destroying and devouring everything it can while leaving the characters and their allies

2. All Work, No Play

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

run-up to the holiday have been and gone. The only people left on the streets are hurrying home to their families. All except a small dwarven child who reaches up on tiptoes to pin a handwritten note

factory, and yesterday her older brother went to fetch them and didn’t come back. Earlier today, Freylie got a note saying none of them would be home for Winterfest. She begs the party to visit the factory

Friendly Guides

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. While in the company of one or more of these guides, the characters can move through the mist separating Prismeer’s splinter-realms without being turned back. These guides are as follows

: Clapperclaw, a child-sized scarecrow, lives in Hither and can safely guide creatures from Hither to Thither or vice versa. The characters find Clapperclaw in Downfall (described later in this chapter). Squirt

Sailor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

chance to take to the open sea. 3 When you were a child, you served as a deckhand on a ship that explored the coast of Xen’drik. You saw many wondrous things… including a secret location you’ve

never forgotten. Now you’re a capable adventurer in your own right. Someday you’ll lead a ship back to that forgotten cove! 4 You’re an infamous pirate. You never harmed a Brelish vessel, but you

Erebos's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

involve themselves in. Erebos’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal 1 Capture a hero who came back to Theros as a Returned and send them back to the Underworld. 2 Find out why those who die in a

together to oppose an overreach by a champion of Heliod. Or maybe they’re united by some common plight such as plague or war, as Erebos grants his blessings to those who determinedly face fate. From

Erebos's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

populace. Some become death-crazed killers or dispassionate murderers, unable to see the difference between dying now and dying later. Others abuse their blessings to cheat death for themselves or their

entire family, then publicly turns to Erebos in hopes of being reunited with loved ones in the Underworld. 3 An acolyte convinces Erebos to bring her murdered daughter back to life, but the

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