been before divided change remote

Chitine

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, colonies can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies. The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith

social insects such as ants. They are divided into worker and warrior castes; choldriths, when present, occupy the top levels of a colony’s hierarchy. Each chitine has a social position that comes

Ancient Silver Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its

abandoned mines, silver dragons covet the lost outposts of humanoid civilization. An abandoned mountaintop citadel or a remote tower raised by a long-dead wizard is the sort of lair that every silver

Adult Silver Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form

mines, silver dragons covet the lost outposts of humanoid civilization. An abandoned mountaintop citadel or a remote tower raised by a long-dead wizard is the sort of lair that every silver dragon

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

"} to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spawned Ranged Weapon","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. Change Shape. Rak

divided among a group of Khyber shards spread through the underworld and is confined to those shards by the light of the Silver Flame. While shattered and bound, the Rage of War can't bring his full power

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

. Goliaths see females and males as equal in all things, and they find societies with roles divided by gender to be puzzling or worthy of mockery. To a goliath, the person who is best at a job should be

the one tasked with doing it. A goliath’s nickname is a description that can change on the whim of a chieftain or tribal elder. It refers to a notable deed, either a success or failure

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tail", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Change Shape

away in a more remote chamber, draped in illusion spells and protected by traps and magical alarms. When triggered, those alarms summon the dragon’s minions and allies first, followed by the

Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

their kind fell from glory long ago. However, even divided among secluded clans scattered throughout the world, the giants maintain the customs and traditions of old. “And here is where Angerroth the

barbarian fell against the giant horde. His bones are under that boulder over there.” — Elder Zelane of Istivin, recounting the Giant Wars Old as Legend. In remote regions of the world, the last

Continuing the Adventure

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

Small Settlements Buaza - This remote village borders a former battlefield, bringing pride and sorrow to its history. Meander - A tranquil resting point for those travelling north, offering multiple

. Greystone - Energy from nearby volcanoes powers the creations of generations of tinkerers. Rylgan - Regularly used by those travelling to and from the desert as a place to change steeds. Jacaranda

Goliath Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

roles divided by gender to be puzzling or worthy of mockery. To a goliath, the person who is best at a job should be the one tasked with doing it. A goliath’s nickname is a description that can change

change them to refer to an individual’s notable deeds. Goliaths present all three names when identifying themselves, in the order of birth name, nickname, and clan name. In casual conversation, they

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Change Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0

the rest of the lair, this chamber is lit by phosphorescent fungal blooms that give off soft green, blue, and purple light. Hoard Chamber. The dragon’s hoard is hidden away in a more remote

Misty Vale

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

Misty Vale The Misty Vale is a remote mountain valley that exists simultaneously in many places across different worlds of the Material Plane. Aside from the perpetual fog that encloses it, the

valley looks much like any other at first glance. A closer investigation reveals its anomalies: terrain features and structures in the valley that don’t make sense, many of which change from one visit to

The Planes of Eberron

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

influence. When the influence of a plane is especially strong it is said to be coterminous. When its influence is weak, a plane is remote. These states can be important for epic rituals, the creation of

experiences of dreamers. There is a dark core at the heart of the plane, shaped by the nightmare force known as the Dreaming Dark. For reasons unknown to the general populace, Dal Quor is always remote

Ivan's Powers and Dominion

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

monstrous guardians, could be clockwork devices or stuffed toys. This doesn’t change the creatures’ statistics and is revealed only in dramatic moments. Individuals the characters have known for years

mansion lies at the heart of the estate, and is divided into multiple structures, including the Laughing House, a playhouse where life-sized toys enact brutal operas, and Ivan’s Playroom, a wing

Dragon as Monster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, perhaps burning farmland and devouring livestock, demanding tribute from a village, or holding captives for ransom. Alternatively, a dragon might have established a new lair in the remote wilderness

. It might be possible to drive the dragon off or somehow change the dragon’s behavior, but sometimes killing the dragon is the only option. Reclaim the Dragon’s Lair. A dragon has displaced an entire

It's Your World

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each

remote, and even angels never make contact with mortals? In the Dark Sun setting, the gods are extremely distant — perhaps nonexistent — and clerics rely instead on elemental power for their magic.

Glory of the Giants

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

, and the relatively small stature of present-day humans is a mark of their degeneracy. Others imagine remote realms—cloud castles or lost continents—where Brobdingnagian people dwell, set apart from

live apart in remote steadings, undersea palaces, subterranean realms, and flying citadels. Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants explores giants’ role in D&D and their realms across the worlds. It delves

Chitine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies. The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith, chitines

insects such as ants. They are divided into worker and warrior castes; choldriths, when present, occupy the top levels of a colony’s hierarchy. Each chitine has a social position that comes with

Franchise Costs

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

expenditures of double or triple the baseline cost. A franchise’s baseline costs might also change during the course of the campaign. A party might initially start out headquartered in an abandoned

enterprise 20 gp Settlement enterprise (guildhall, inn, tavern, shop, and so forth) 120 gp Sailing ship, including all port fees 200 gp Remote enterprise (fort, lighthouse, trading

Coming and Going

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

some other remote location. When certain stars align and the proper ritual is performed, the fey crossing appears as a portal above the altar. 2 Crystal Cave. This cave is filled with natural

of a maze that might change configuration from time to time. To use the crossing, one must walk or run from the maze’s entrance to its center. Creatures who circumvent the maze using magic or flight

Example Observatory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

stat block to represent these scholars, if necessary. Despite their meager resources, the astronomers who work at this remote observatory don’t charge adventurers for most services. Instead, the

nap) to watch the stars in peace. Using a crystal orb in an adjacent room, resident astronomers can change the illusion to simulate the view of the night sky from any point on the planet at any time of

Tracking Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

calendar tells you when the seasons change and the lunar cycle. More importantly, you can use your calendar to track important festivals and holidays, as well as key events that shape your campaign. This

world of the Forgotten Realms uses the Calendar of Harptos, named after the long-dead wizard who invented it. Each year of 365 days is divided into twelve months of thirty days each, which roughly

Tips for Dungeon Masters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble

Tips for Dungeon Masters Rule 0. Rule 0 of D&D is simple: Have fun. It’s fine if everyone agrees to change the rules as long as doing so means the game is more fun for everyone. Be Supportive. The

an idea, suggest options that might work. Use Your Imagination. Adventures are an outline for your game. Change or add anything that makes the game more fun. What does a monster smell like? That’s up

Battle Tactics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

essential to many of its defenses and habits. Portions of its lair — especially the remote part where it sleeps — usually aren’t reachable on foot, which makes it harder for its minions to take over the

magical effects is useful to a beholder for determining if a minion has been charmed or compelled to act against its master; the creature might change its behavior when inside the cone, or it might

Chitines

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

more like social insects such as ants. Chitines are divided into worker and warrior castes, and choldriths occupy the top levels of a colony’s hierarchy. Each chitine has a social position that comes

that determines which colony members perform which tasks, including whether she or any other choldrith is permitted to lay eggs. If this supreme ruler receives a vision from Lolth, she might change her

When Clans Collapse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

. The quarreling factions might segregate themselves in different parts of the stronghold; in an extreme case, some clan members might leave to found a new community. In either event, a divided clan is

neighbors brings unpredictability and change, things dwarves prefer to avoid. Circumstances cease to be normal when a clan faces an external threat. When word gets out that one of their own is in danger

Franchise Downtime

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

to officially change territories, nothing prevents them from quietly checking out the commercial landscape in the area. Characters searching the sea caves along the cliffs near the lighthouse might

authorities in Luskan and Neverwinter struggled to entice anyone to live at the remote lighthouse, given the amount of dangerous bandit and pirate activity in the area. If the characters take over the

Inside the Combine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Speakers’ Chamber, and they elect a Prime Speaker from among them to serve as the Simic guildmaster. Zegana, the current Prime Speaker, is the Speaker of Zonot One, which is located in a remote

change in order to survive, and slow, small steps in pursuit of an ideal vision aren’t enough. The future of the guild is in imminent danger, and the Simic need to focus on survival. Adaptationists

Orc Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

adapt and thrive in almost any environment. Every encampment is divided along lines of worship. Those who revere Gruumsh, Ilneval, Bahgtru, and Luthic are given the best parts of the lair, while the

Followers of Shargaas Followers of Shargaas dwell within the most remote area of the stronghold, immersed in darkness and feared by the rest of the tribe. The tribe’s altar to Shargaas is a bloodstained

Adventure Models

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

around them. 3 Hired to guard a caravan heading to a remote mountain town, adventurers find the pass blocked with rockslides caused by stone giants at play. 4 A group of giants (perhaps members of the

finances an expedition to a remote ruin to retrieve giant-made art and artifacts. 4 The characters’ research suggests the last known location of the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords (or some other artifact

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

concentration can be concentrated on by a remote user. The Infernal Machine’s effects have a spell save DC of 14 or the attuned user’s spell save DC, whichever is higher. Summon Monster. When first

you desire that could be performed by a prestidigitation spell. You break out into song whenever you roll a 1 on any die. 41 Your possessions change their state or appearance at the DM’s

Overlords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him. Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh’s soul is divided

damage. Change Shape. Rak Tulkhesh magically polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than his own, or back into his true form. He reverts to his true form

Ki-rin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Common folk consider ki-rins to be rare and remote heralds of good fortune. Seeing a ki-rin fly overhead is a blessing, and events that happen on such a day are especially auspicious. If a ki-rin

change in weather to persist. Within 3 miles of the lair, winds buoy non-evil creatures that fall due to no act of the ki-rin or its allies. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and

The Present Age

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

float in the air. The Second Sundering A century after the Spellplague, the lands and peoples of Faerûn had become accustomed to the state of things — just in time for everything to change again. The

Marches was disbanded in 1488, as former allies blamed one another for failures in the war. Sembia divided into separate city-states only nominally allied with one another. While a handful of

Waterdeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

among the Lords of Waterdeep to not only reverse it, but to restore titles and lands to noble families who lost them through folly. The change has won her much support among the nobles. Now Zhents and

doing so. THE WARDS OF WATERDEEP Waterdeep has long been divided into several large regions called wards. To locals these are essential to Waterdeep, but outsiders often lose track of which ward

Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

: +12 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 30 (4d10 + 8) bludgeoning damage. The attack deals an extra 14 (4d6) damage if the giant has advantage on the attack roll. Change Shape. The giant

, the vortex that swirls around a remote island, or the thunderstorm that howls ceaselessly up and down a rugged coastline could, in fact, be the undying form of a storm giant clinging to existence

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