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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid.
For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and
capable of considering more than their next meal. In these instants, nosferatu recollect glimpses of what they once were, beings who knew pride, intention, and a world beyond the shadows. They might even
Genasi
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Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi leave the Material Plane to find refuge in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions
rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible.
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A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions, many
Prismatic shards rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible.
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A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, frigid regions, many of them are among the friendliest of dragonkind, nurturing and optimistic.
Inner Glow
When they hatch, crystal dragons have dull gray scales, with a few white or clear crystalline
bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can leave the lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in desolate, frigid regions, many of them are among the friendliest of dragonkind, nurturing and optimistic.
Inner Glow
When they hatch, crystal dragons have dull gray scales, with a few white or
the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in “the Great Dialogue” in the dragon’s mountaintop lair. But only the dragon knows that the Great Dialogue has no end, and no one can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
—form a ring around the Material Plane. The border regions between these planes are sometimes described as distinct planes in their own right: the Para-elemental Planes. These realms exemplify the
required) and survive there. As the Elemental Planes extend farther from the Material Plane, they become increasingly unstable and hostile. In the outer regions, the elements exist in their purest form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
that restricts its travel. The area encompassed by the lock is large enough to enable the kraken to feed but prevents these near-immortal beings from raiding densely populated regions. Some stories claim
unique beings, of which the terrifying Tromokratis (described in the “Mythic Monsters” section of this chapter) numbers among the most feared. When a nadir kraken breaks free of its sea lock and rises to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Rainbow storms assail the heights of a mountain so tall it seems to curve over you. You’re floating over a red wasteland, just one in a line of hovering beings. What do you see ahead?
5 You
knew a stranger. You were each other’s comfort against fear and pain. Then they were taken away. What were their final words to you?
6 The figure hovering before you is deemed acceptable. They’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, suspended within a churning realm known as the Elemental Chaos. These planes are all connected, and the border regions between them are sometimes described as distinct planes in their own right. At their
they have access to the magic required) and survive there. As they extend farther from the Material Plane, the Elemental Planes become increasingly alien and hostile. Here, in the outermost regions, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Divine Rank The divine beings of the multiverse are often categorized according to their relative cosmic power. Some gods who are worshiped on multiple worlds have a different rank on each world
of nature and mortal life, such as agriculture, the sun, and death. Greater deities are ultimately beyond mortal understanding, and they’re often known by different names across regions, cultures, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
civilization, protecting each from the other. The Greensingers see the magic of the fey as a part of nature. They honor the archfey that have influence in their regions and try to live in harmony with other
fey creatures. Bards and archfey warlocks are often found among the Greensingers, and the Circles of Dreams works well for Greensinger druids. The Gatekeepers protect the natural world from unnatural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
telepathically and by changing color to reflect their moods. Flumphs dwell in psychically charged regions or near creatures with psionic magic. They harmlessly feed off psychic energies, but in doing so, they
often encounter dangerous beings such as aboleths and mind flayers. While flumphs generally avoid combat, they often help adventurers in peril. Such help might be of doubtful use, but flumphs mean well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Nations of hobgoblins and ogres spread, capitalizing on humanity’s decline and claiming whole regions. Much that survived the Cataclysm was lost in darkness. At length, the worst effects of the
comfort. Some of these new faiths were founded by charlatans, others by zealots. Some claimed the names of the gods, others dismissed them entirely. In this radically changed world bereft of immortal insight, truth became subject to conjecture, even among Krynn’s most dedicated scholars.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Genasi Lands As rare beings, genasi might go their entire lives without encountering another one of their kind. There are no great genasi cities or empires. Genasi seldom have communities of their
. Though far from common, air and fire genasi are more likely to be found in the western regions of Faerûn, along the coast from Calimshan north up to the Sword Coast, and into the Western Heartlands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ magical heritage also expresses itself in other ways; those who become bards preserve the clan’s lore, and firbolg sorcerers defend their communities. Firbolg wizards arise when a clan becomes
enforcers of that god’s will.
Firbolg warlocks are rare, but some clans forge alliances and arcane pacts with powerful fey beings.
Firbolg monks are almost entirely unheard of, though a monastery might take in the young survivors of a devastated firbolg clan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the threat, dismissing reports of vanished regions as rumors and fearmongering. As the domain splits into crumbling islands, ambitious beings vie for Azalin’s power, each claiming to be the lost
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they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
them.
Environment
Kobolds are cold-blooded and thus prefer temperate and tropical climates. Kobold tribes in colder regions tend to be smaller in population and more aggressive in their hunting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
abilities are radically different. Chiang shuns them, but doesn’t do them harm. Now these four strange beings wander I’Cath, curious about the city and eager to please their mother. Every dusk they
the daughters from sleeping. If offered comfort and kindness so that the four sisters are all equally at ease, the daughters are able to fall asleep (see “Disrupting the Dream”). Tsien Chiang’s four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
rocks and minerals to form earth elementals. These beings possess powerful limbs and coarse features, sometimes studded with ore, gems, crystals, colorful striations, or living plants. On the
Material Plane, earth elementals often serve those who conjure them, or they appear in regions influenced by their home plane, such as crystalline nodes, energetic fault lines, or veins of magical ore. Earth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
cosmos. Unfortunately, her mutagenic mist causes them to transform into beings they’ve glimpsed from beyond Theros.
2 Seeking to understand more about the Returned, Pharika begins granting them
, Pharika watches with delight as too much of a good medicine inspires distress and conflict that threaten to boil over into surrounding regions.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
lifespan remains a mystery; so far, warforged have shown no signs of deterioration due to age. You are immune to magical aging effects. Alignment. Most warforged take comfort in order and discipline
, tending toward law and neutrality. But some have absorbed the morality, or lack thereof, of the beings with which they served. Size. Your size is Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid. For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and capable
of considering more than their next meal. In these instants, nosferatu recollect glimpses of what they once were, beings who knew pride, intention, and a world beyond the shadows. They might even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
cosmic phenomena. Its power slips into the world in the same form, with star fields filling the shadows of Nyxborn beings that are infused with its power (see chapter 6 for details on Nyxborn). While
Nyx is impossible to map, distinct regions do exist, and some travelers have returned to the mortal realm with tales of these incredible locations. Mount Hiastos This drifting mountain rises in sharp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
terror and subtly manipulating their captives over the course of generations. 3. Domains Imprison Darklords. Ravenloft’s demiplanes range in size from solitary structures to vast regions. These domains
serve as the prisons of Darklords, villainous beings trapped and tormented by the Dark Powers. The specifics of each domain exist to ironically twist its Darklord’s desires, capturing them and their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Undying The undying are undead creatures sustained by positive energy or the devotion of mortal beings. Where strong negative emotions can trap a spirit as a ghost or wraith, the undying are spirits
forming a spectral shadow of the soul. The light shed by an undying doesn’t generate heat, but it provides a sense of warmth and comfort. The most powerful of the undying can separate their spirits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
want it to be. Your players will never know more about the world than you do, which can be both a comfort to you and a source of wonder to your players. Moreover, you don’t need to memorize any source
gods, how involved are they in the world? Are they distant and detached beings, or do they appear before their worshipers and meddle in mortal affairs?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and the regions around their lairs. Hunting dragons typically fly on a more-or-less circular path out to one edge of their territory and back in a day, traveling about 75 miles in total. Young dragons
century of life, adult dragons are mighty beings, akin to characters in the third tier of play (levels 11 to 16). An adult dragon’s influence can extend across a whole region or continent. Most adult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. Such documents grant you special status, such as access to forbidden regions or neutral standing in embattled areas. Such identification isn’t always a boon, though. In a land frequently plundered by
face challenges from their subjects (whether members of lost civilizations or magical beings) or suspicious anti-intellectuals. Not everyone wants to be the subject of scholarly scrutiny or thinks that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against the fringes of a society first test its defenses
large chambers and a few smaller ones, with tunnels connecting them. In such a place, the tribe can protect its most valuable assets while providing for a modicum of comfort. Most lairs have only a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of dealing with the characters honestly, since inferior beings don’t merit such treatment. Using its Probing Telepathy, it discerns each character’s greatest desire, then uses this information
a tightly sewn oilcloth — an instrument of the bards (Cli lyre) found by a cultist years before. The lyre is the cult’s greatest treasure, and has been kept as a gift for the leader that the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at
to door, gaining brief entry into the celebrations in exchange for performing a song or a short play. All adopt the guises of fey beings and the supposed rulers of the Feywild, such as Queen Titania
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Atwert (lawful evil, tiefling assassin) welcomes anyone who enters the room to the Supertemporal Arena. She explains that through the portal behind her, two unfathomably ancient beings are about to
unfathomable distance away, two incredible beings composed of stars and crackling magic are locked in the throes of a cosmos-shaking battle while the audience shouts and cheers. A single gate filled with violet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
and urging them to give voice to their deepest fears Hatred: Appears in volcanic regions and provokes creatures to scream and destroy things Inspiration: Appears around memorials or natural wonders
sobbing and confessions of regret Enchanted Springs Enchanted springs brim with miraculous waters, whether they tap into magical sources hidden beneath the earth or they’re blessed by eldritch beings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
regions of Irian reflect the idea of beginnings and of resurgent life: fertile lands untouched by any tool, glittering crystal forests, and thriving homesteads and communities. Angels dwell in a grand
contains every possible natural environment. It is home to great beasts, lycanthropes, and other beings that reflect the power of nature. The splendor of nature in this place is intoxicating to druids