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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Over the course of centuries, those descended from both humans and elves have developed their own communities and traditions in Khorvaire. The rise of House Lyrandar and House Medani has strengthened
philosophy often become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the
sensitive cilia that cover its skin. It can also absorb life through its tentacles, allowing it to drain the vitality out of any creature it touches.
Warped by Chaos. When the daelkyr emerged from
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
related to vrock;vrocks, vulturelike demons known for their covetousness and their capricious violence. According to these scholars, a flock of vrocks descended on a Material Plane world through a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
with duties related to that rank, and all are expected to sacrifice themselves to protect the colony’s choldriths. Every chitine has spinnerets and slowly produces webbing that is used to build
tasked to dig pit traps and cover them with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
attack, the veil keeper surrounds the creature with illusory mist, granting the creature half cover until the start of the veil keeper’s next turn.Masters of their innate illusory powers, irda
philosophies of other deities. Those irda who don’t serve the Dragon Queen live in hidden communities across Krynn, avoiding the eyes of their creator and her minions.
Distantly related to oni, ogre
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and powerful. Most
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
restrained condition, has total cover, and can’t breathe. As an action, a creature buried in this way, or another creature within 5 feet of it that isn’t buried, can make a DC 17 Strength
farming: sunny and warm with occasional showers.
If the scion dies, these effects end immediately.
Scions of Giants’ Gods
Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
condition, has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the scion, and takes 24 (7d6);{"diceNotation":"7d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Inhale", "rollDamageType":"force"} force
dies, these effects end immediately.
Scions of Giants’ Gods
Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
hatch also opens it until the start of the caster’s next turn.
A creature can enter or exit through the hatch by spending 10 feet of movement. Those inside the servant have total cover from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Khoravar Daarken Over the course of centuries, those descended from both humans and elves have developed their own communities and traditions in Khorvaire. The rise of House Lyrandar and House
become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of Thelanis. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
communication and cooperation between members of different cultures or species. Such Khoravar often become mediators, diplomats, translators, or bards. Others are fascinated by their distant connection to
. House Medani holds the Mark of Detection, and offers services related to investigation, threat assessment, and security. House Lyrandar carries the Mark of Storms. Lyrandar has long dominated the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
world to world and from one teller to another. Most tellings make a distinction between the main families of giants who are descended from the sons of Annam and the various other creatures whose
Giant type, who are not included in the category of “giants,” are connected to Annam but not descended from him. Trolls and Ogres. The monstrous god Vaprak is connected to Annam in some myths, though he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
3. Parlor Dozens of faded portraits cover this parlor’s walls, the subjects’ eyes fixed on a circular table that bears an ornate spirit board. A wide mirror hangs over a tall fireplace set in the
these books gains advantage on their next Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check related to the undead or the history of the House of Lament. These books can also be used to identify the Mark of the Raven, the symbol of the god Ezra, and the symbol of the priests of Osybus (see chapter 3).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dolgaunt Dolgaunts are emaciated hobgoblins with disease-hued flesh. Their eye sockets gape open and empty above a mouth with a wormlike tongue. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer
tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the sensitive cilia that cover its skin. It can also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Planes. This chapter describes dozens of giants and related creatures for use in your game. For guidance on how to use a creature’s stat block, consult the introduction of the Monster Manual. Herein
). Elemental Hulks. Withered branches of the giant family tree, the elemental hulks (cinder hulks, dust hulks, lightning hulks, mist hulks, mud hulks, and rime hulks) are Elemental creatures descended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
about it. A legend lore spell provides no clues as to its origin, since the coin isn’t legendary. Any character who has a background, a bond, or a flaw related to gambling or festhalls knows that the
, and bribe local guilds for information. A character must spend a certain amount of gold per day to cover expenses. After 1d4 + 1 days, the character can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check. On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to it, so it can't be behind total cover. If you place an area of effect at a point that you can't see and an obstruction, such as a wall, is between you and that point, the point of origin comes into
magic depends on the Weave, though different kinds of magic access it in a variety of ways. The spells of wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, and bards are commonly called arcane magic. These spells rely on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Investigator or a Confiscator right under a target’s nose—or provide cover to agents with different specialties as they do their jobs. A high Charisma, proficiency with the disguise kit (or access to spells that
cloak or disguise one’s appearance), and proficiency with skills such as Deception, Performance, and Sleight of Hand all greatly benefit the Chameleon. Bards and rogues, as well as characters with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
duties related to that rank, and all are expected to sacrifice themselves to protect the colony’s choldriths. Every chitine has spinnerets and slowly produces webbing that is used to build floors, walls
traps and cover them with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface. Chitine
Small Monstrosity, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
edge, between the vale proper and the northern Ice Spires, and another fed by the lakes on its southern edge. Originally the home of giant clans and ragtag barbarian tribespeople related to the
not go stand titanic menhirs, likely erected by stone giants. The folk of Hartsvale are ruled by House Hartwick, a line of royals supposedly descended from Hartkiller. Though human, House Hartwick’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
research here. Books. The books in this room cover topics related to alchemy, geometry, and metallurgy. They are hard to parse, and none of them are valuable to the characters. Iron Tome. The open tome
leather-bound books line stone shelves carved into the walls of this underground library. A tome with an iron-plated cover lies open on a table near the north wall.
The nothic occasionally performs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
villagers had fled, four pale-skinned giants descended from the sky, uprooted the nightstone in the village square, and took it back to their castle. The cloud castle left soon thereafter, drifting
. Master Bedroom This room is the only one of three bedchambers to survive the cloud giants’ attack. Tapestries and oil lamps are mounted on the walls, and wolfskin rugs cover the wooden floor. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Swords Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and
lives. One blade might use a circus troupe as cover for nefarious deeds such as assassination, robbery, and blackmail. Other blades strike at the wicked, bringing justice to bear against the cruel and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that protected ancient elven cities. It has since been expanded to cover all manner of similar protections, from the immense floating cities of fallen Netheril to the wards of Silverymoon to the
Glaurach, Myth Nantar, and others) has, or had, a mythal protecting it. The ruins of such places are certain to have unpredictable effects related to their damaged or destroyed mythals. WEAVE-AFFECTING
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, Goldor, Iriphawa, Kellordrai, Lalajar, Qahtan, Yethtai, Zazalaar Ffolk The Ffolk of the Moonshae Isles are descended from Tethyrian settlers who came to the isles a thousand years ago. The Ffolk have a
; (surnames) Archer, Gareth, Leed, Kendrick, Morgan, Waters Gur Related to the Rashemi, Gurs are stout, dusky-skinned, and dark-haired. They consider themselves “children of Selûne,” and most of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
Dragon Queen live in hidden communities across Krynn, avoiding the eyes of their creator and her minions. Distantly related to oni, ogres, and other giant folk, irda have shimmering skin that ranges
targeted by an attack, the veil keeper surrounds the creature with illusory mist, granting the creature half cover until the start of the veil keeper’s next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
find a map either related to your current mission or inspiring a new one. On a success, you find a map with a prominent landmark. The map has information on the natural terrain within one mile of the
advantage on Intelligence or Wisdom checks related to geographical features or locations.
CARTOGRAPHER’S MAP CASE
Greater Tale of Safe Travel Also at rank 4, your Tale of Safe Travel feature can now span
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, revere these entities for remaining true to Corellon. In practice, this reverence is expressed more as the honoring of an ancestor than the worshiping of a god, for all the elves are descended from the
their own problems and not pray for aid in every crisis. These precepts are instilled within every elf, since all elves are ultimately descended from fragments of Corellon. When elves ask their priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
chapter 4, NPCs speaking to the characters might assume the trouble in the mine is related to these toughs and their bullying.
Levels 5–10. You might use the adventure “Horns of the Beast” from chapter
17–20. Finally, the characters discover that Iuz’s assault is merely a cover to distract the southern realms from his true aim: retrieving the Eye and Hand of Vecna from an ancient keep on Lake Quag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
of unstoppable destruction. Tales of the servant’s origins involve more conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related
the servant have total cover from effects originating outside it. The controls within it allow creatures to see outside without obstruction. While you are inside the servant, you can command it by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The crack in the floor by the east wall is surrounded by a thick fungus patch that is difficult terrain for Small and Medium characters, and provides half cover for Tiny creatures. Growing among the
Dwarvish into its back. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check allows a character to recognize the profane symbols as being related to Demogorgon. A search of the platform uncovers a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
townsfolk. Chaotic Neutral. (CN) creatures follow their whims, holding their personal freedom above all else. Many rogues and bards are chaotic neutral. Lawful Evil. (LE) creatures methodically take
lowest ability scores and define one trait related to each. Either one could be positive or negative: you might work hard to overcome a low score, for example, or be cocky about your high score.
Ideals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
of the D&D game.
Schick related in the 2013 compilation Dungeons of Dread that he wrote the adventure as a way of persuading Gary Gygax to hire him as a game designer.
THE LEGEND OF KERAPTIS
In the original publication of White Plume Mountain, "The Legend of Keraptis" was presented on the inside back cover. Although these details of the wizard's former life don't play a direct part in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ballroom’s stage is filled with set pieces, props, and costumes. Treasure. Among the many other instruments stored here is Quill’s instrument of the bards (Cli lyre), which is kept in an ornate wooden case
books on the desk cover research about the Underdark and beholders, with notes written by Quill scribbled in the margins. The statue is actually a stone golem. If a character attempts to take Quill’s