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into the mortal world. They adapt well to the mingled elements of the Material Plane, and they sometimes visit—whether of their own volition or compelled by magic. Some genies can adopt mortal
accustomed to a variety of different people.
GENASI ON ATHAS
Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, invisibility, or some other magic, a beholder can lurk in the dark and shoot any creature it can see within the range of its darkvision. A dark room with a 120-foot ceiling allows it to use this tactic
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
place where evil lurks in the shadows. So you sneak around in the dark? You know most everything but humans can see in the dark, right? We all see you. Tiptoeing doesn’t turn you invisible.
Gloom
Stalker Features Ranger Level Feature 3rd Gloom Stalker Magic, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight 7th Iron Mind 11th Stalker’s Flurry 15th Shadowy Dodge Gloom Stalker Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
their work in the Underdark, but shadows are shadows wherever they occur. As a Gloom Stalker ranger, you find solace and refuge in dark alleys, dimly lit back rooms, and the shadowy corners of any
A Wide Range of Talents No matter whether a ranger ranges in the crowded city streets, the trackless wilderness, or the most desolate and confounding planes, all ranger archetypes can find a place in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
moon), which he blamed for his father’s untimely death. Consumed with bitterness, the Dark Ranger, as Vanrak came to be known, secretly embraced Selûne’s sister: Shar, the Lady of Loss. By the Year of
, and murder. The Lords ordered the immediate capture of the Dark Ranger, but by the time the City Watch had breached the gates of his villa, Vanrak and his followers had already fled through a secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
who refuse mercy or righteousness Ranger Gloom Stalker 3rd Unafraid of the dark, relentlessly stalks and ambushes foes Ranger Horizon Walker 3rd Finds portals to other worlds and channels planar
magic Ranger Monster Slayer 3rd Hunts down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic Rogue Inquisitive 3rd Roots out secrets, akin to a masterful detective Rogue Mastermind 3rd A master tactician
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
talkative owl, the ranger had monitored the drow for several days, curious as to why a dark elf had wandered into the valley. At first, Montolio had assumed that the drow was somehow connected to Graul
, the chief orc of the region, but as time went on, the ranger began to suspect differently.
— R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn
Long have rangers walked the wilds of the Sword Coast and the Savage Frontier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
unless magically compelled to do so.) “Zord has a cabin aboard the Eyecatcher and spends a lot of time there with Margo Verida and Khafeyta Murzan, two of the Faire’s star performers.” “A year ago, the Sea
.” (A sailor won’t divulge Zord’s true identity unless magically compelled to do so.) “The Sea Maidens Faire is based out of Luskan.” Carnies Most of the carnival performers and workers are human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
unfulfilled, so I intend to finish that work. 3 The world is a dark and terrible place. I decided to serve as a beacon of light shining out against the gathering shadows. 4 I served as a paladin’s squire
, learning all I needed to swear my own sacred oath. 5 Evil must be opposed on all fronts. I feel compelled to seek out wickedness and purge it from the world. 6 Becoming a paladin was a natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
that follows a regular route across the land.
5 A temple built to honor a dark god, long abandoned.
6 The final resting place of the ranger who trained you.
7 The shady market known
Ranger All that is gold does not glitter. But frankly, if you’ve got the choice, take the glittering gold every time. That nonshiny stuff loses a ton of resale value. Loving nature, exploring the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Chapter 3: Classes Adventurers are extraordinary people, driven by a thirst for excitement into a life that others would never dare lead. They are heroes, compelled to explore the dark places of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alleys of the Styes that no one will miss. At the same time, the aboleth transformed the underwater pit where the kraken rests into a conduit for dark magic, fashioned to capture the plentiful negative
effect of that emotional darkness, the aboleth chose a local human fisher named Jarme Loveage to be an instrument of murder and fear. Sgothgah enslaved the young man and has compelled him to commit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
eternal torment as victims of malign forces known as the Dark Powers. Ravenloft is a fundamentally magical realm, one that takes its name from its most infamous haunted location, the dreaded Castle
domains’ secrets. Though few in number, such adventurers represent defiant lights that shine like beacons through the darkness, and characters from all lands and worlds may be eager—or compelled—to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
faerie dragon has noticed raiders tracking a defenseless caravan and is eager to warn someone who can help.
2 A faerie dragon seeks revenge on the monsters that killed the dragon’s ranger
crucial warning for the centaur’s community.
8 A faerie dragon has been magically compelled to work as an invisible assassin and is desperate for someone to break the compulsion.
Connected
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
, Lawrence and David Cook. Star Frontiers: Alpha Dawn. 1982.
TSR, Inc. Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix. 1992.
———. Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr. 1993
Gerard shows Minsc the ranger and his stalwart companion, Boo the space hamster, flying through Wildspace on the back of a solar dragon.
On the Alt-Cover
Hydro74 captures the fierce, no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
minions. A paladin might have no qualms about putting a hag coven to the sword, but her conviction falters if she must first fight through a crowd of innocent farmers that the hag has compelled to defend
presence, becoming twisted versions of their former selves (in a dark fey sort of way), but still recognizable as what they once were. She might alter them with magic, making them tireless, resistant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Death Knight When a paladin that falls from grace dies without seeking atonement, dark powers can transform the once-mortal knight into a hateful undead creature. A death knight is a skeletal warrior
-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18, +10 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following paladin spells prepared:
1st level (4 slots): command, compelled duel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
sits in the middle of the chamber. A sliver of light streaming down on it from a hole in the cavern’s ceiling gives it a dark-blue sheen. Hovering near the meteorite are two identical creatures, each
through cracks in the ceiling. Meteorite. The meteorite looks like it was dropped in the middle of the floor. The 500-pound hunk of blackened metal takes on a dark-blue sheen when its surface is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
used the last vestiges of her personal power to pull dead memories from the Shadowfell about her, creating a cloak of identities that sustained her. Over centuries, those dark memories accumulated and
are astral travelers who are caught and trapped within the Shadowfell by her magic — but a rare few come of their own volition, seeking knowledge or freedom from a dark past. Many of these daring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
doesn’t know how long she is expected to wait, but her patience has limits. A Cold Reception A blizzard is tearing through Mistshore, turning its rotten tenements into dark, looming shapes behind veils of
party’s favor, Grinda Garloth (see area D2) appears and uses her magic to aid them. Next Encounter Armed with information from Agorn Fuoco or his hire-coach driver, the characters might feel compelled to pay a visit to Yellowspire in the Castle Ward. Proceed with encounter 7, “Old Tower.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
their habitats. The Dreadwood Long a home of horrid monsters and vicious raiders, the Dreadwood hides within its borders a multitude of terrors. Keoland maintains ranger patrols that sweep through the
creatures and villainous monsters that seek to tap into the essence of the Shadowfell thrive deep in the forest. Its innermost reaches mingle with that dark realm, forming a warped mirror version of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
careful not to emerge from his hiding place beneath the docks unless it’s dark and rainy, and even then he hides under a bulky cloak. He and Unferth serve as the Kraken Society’s top operatives in this
powerful elemental weapon (see the “Dark Dealings in Yartar” side trek in chapter 6), Ghald and Unferth make sure the Kraken Society comes in with the top bid. They then make sure that no one else
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Wizards’ dark ooze experiments are found here. 64. White Maw This area is unlit. The cavern walls here are dry white stone, as is the clean floor. Toward the center, a massive, cracked black pillar rises
to the dark ceiling.
Creature. The cavern is occupied by White Maw (see appendix B), a gray ooze so enormous that it covers the entire floor and much of the walls. Unlike the other sentient oozes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
punchline. Baron Vallakovich has convinced himself that if he can make everyone in Vallaki happy, the town will slip free of Strahd’s dark grasp. The baron has a brittle ego, and he lashes out at
ghost: Magic mirror on the wall,
Summon forth your shade;
Night’s dark vengeance, heed my call
And wield your murderous blade.
The entity in the mirror is the spirit of a nameless assassin who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move
for resale (at regular wholesale discounts) and for franchise parties (at full cost; less drinking, more working, okay?):
War Priest Dark Ale • Red Larch Regular • Velvet Curtain • Waelvur’s Wood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ranger who knows the forest pretty well and has friends among the wood elves who live there. Weathercote Forest For reasons unknown, no divination spell or scrying sensor can penetrate the dry patch of
looms atop a hill. Womforders lock and bar their doors and shutter their windows at night, for fear of the so-called Womford Bat, a nocturnal predator that snatches folk it can catch outside after dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ranger. The vampire has long been imprisoned within a magical iron coffin mounted atop animated golem legs (an early Kwalish design), forced to atone for his evil deeds by working for the Cartophile
been made with those ancestors’ spirits, but she manages her relationship with them carefully, lest she fall too far under their dark influence. She also claims past tutelage by Thingizzard, a witch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Joster who’s allowed to enter this area. Dark curtains cover the windows of this room, which looks like it might have been a chapel, though most of the decor is gone, leaving empty niches and pedestals. A
spell (save DC 14). On a successful saving throw, the creature resists the spell. On a failed saving throw, the creature is compelled to leave the room empty-handed and not return for 8 hours (the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
killed the puny runt for it. When the ogre attuned to it, the headband grew in size, enabling him to wear it. With an improved ability to reason and ponder, the ogre felt compelled to appreciate the
dark green stone that glows with an inner light. An arcane lock spell seals the door, which is further warded against all damage. Here, a Keeper of the Emerald Door (a mage) stands at all times to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
, let’s say you’re a warlock with the Dark One’s Blessing feature, which gives you temporary hit points when you reduce a creature to 0 hit points. You currently have 2 temporary hit points remaining from
armor of Agathys, you just slew a monster, and your Dark One’s Blessing can now give you 4 temporary hit points. If you take those temporary hit points, they replace the ones from armor of Agathys and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
organization into something stronger than before. The man to whom this new Zhentarim owed fealty was a dark knight known only as the Pereghost. The Pereghost had long led the armed forces of the Zhentarim at
, bred and trained to defend Darkhold and to obey the Pereghost. Their trainer is a ranger named Grigarr, whose body is pocked with myriad scars from wyvern stings. The man is a greedy wretch who claims he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Wind howls as it climbs this dark shaft.
After 80 feet, the pit tapers into a tunnel (area N1 of the Howling Caves, described later in this chapter). Chaotic gusts blow up and down the shaft, too
those whom the harpies lured to destruction. When the harpies spot intruders, they begin to sing. Those who are affected by the harpies’ song are compelled to climb. The nests are 80 feet above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with fire-hurling catapults aimed toward the Evermoors. Mornbryn was a ranger of some fame in the North centuries ago, and legend has it that his treasure-filled tomb is hidden somewhere close by. The
Zhentarim failed to ensure the safety of the meeting site. She ends the negotiation with no agreement reached. Nether Mountains The dark, brooding peaks of the Nether Mountains are the source of many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
finish a long rest — a miracle celebrated by elves of all sorts except drow. (The DM decides whether an elf can manifest this miracle.) Dark elves find this ability to be terrifying and characterize
, Rillifane takes the appearance of an uncommonly tall and strong wood elf with dark skin, handsome features, and twigs and leaves protruding from his hair. In either guise, his main concerns are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
human commoner). She is the fortyish matriarch of her family and a pleasant, sturdy woman. She is increasingly worried about “what’s gathering in the dark” in Red Larch and brings up her concerns with
seen his boss Ilmeth Waelvur disappear into a hidden tunnel in the back of the work yard. He’s also seen other people sneak in after dark and follow Ilmeth to wherever they go, although everyone else