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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, disguise selfLike giant priests of Hiatea, firbolgs who serve her fall into two distinct roles that parallel Hiatea’s dual nature. At home, primeval wardens tend the hearths and tutor the young
. Primeval wardens who patrol the borders of firbolg communities are fierce hunters who guard against external threats and incursions.
Firbolgs
Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
carries is invisible with it.Xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics.
Duergar
Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless
guard against the raids and plots of their neighbors. To this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often marrying their fury in battle with their psionic abilities or training
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Aura of Nightmares. Undead creatures within 30 feet of the shepherd gain a +5 bonus to attack and damage rolls. When any other creature that isn’t undead or a construct starts its turn within
distant nightmarish planes. A pit fiend might be interpreted by Theros’s mortals as one of the Underworld’s countless demonic denizens, while a balor meeting a Theros demon on some other
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Distant kin of giant owls from the Feywild, owlin come in many shapes and sizes, from petite and fluffy to wide-winged and majestic. Owlin have arms and legs like other Humanoids, as well as wings
Construct type.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in D&D is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure.
Height and Weight
Player
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Centuries later, that
you what your character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and
character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
something useful. These creations become thrulls, obedient slaves that serve in a variety of menial roles: laborers, messengers, beasts of burden, and even fashion accessories for the elite. Whatever
tasks they perform, they wear faceplates forged from devalued coinage to conceal their ghastly features. Construct Nature. A thrull doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Who Dwells Here? This version of the Tomb of Horrors takes place in the distant past, when various legendary figures of in-game history (Acererak included) still operate as mere mortals. Several of
. Alternatively, if you prefer not to populate the adventure with such prominent names, you can substitute those characters with unnamed general NPCs who can fill the same roles. Some of the NPCs in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Who Dwells Here? As with the Tomb of Horrors, this version of the temple takes place in a period of the distant past, and incorporates rare elements of D&D lore. You are, of course, free to use or
campaign, or with general NPCs who can fill the same roles. Several of the temple’s residents (including Thessalar, his thessalkraken, and the eidolon) are a much more potent threat than characters of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Mortuary Features The Mortuary has the following features: Ambience. The Mortuary is cold and gloomy. The sounds of distant funerary ceremonies, mourners’ laments, and moaning Undead can be heard
menial tasks. These mindless Undead workers are indifferent toward passersby unless treated with hostility. More intelligent Undead have greater autonomy and fill specialized roles in the faction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. This section also presents other playable races that have performed important roles in the world’s evolution: Changelings are clever shapechangers who can disguise themselves as other people
-threatening evils for centuries. Shifters draw on their distant lycanthropic heritage to manifest bestial traits for short periods of time. Warforged are artificial lifeforms built to fight in the Last War. Created as tools of battle, they now seek a place and purpose beyond war.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
of roles for numerous individuals, ranging from research colleagues to martial tacticians. Regardless, their appearance is so common around the Lorehold campus that they have become the college’s
mascots. Spirit Statue Mascot
Medium Construct, Any Alignment
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
14 (+2)
DEX
9 (−1)
CON
15 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
temple. Ursas is aware that Lynx has knowledge of other missing components that might relate to the Tomb of Horrors. Mechanical Guide Sir Ursas offers the characters the services of a magical construct
built to resemble a smaller version of the Mighty Servant of Leuk-O, and which is nicknamed Luke. The construct is powered by one of the Infernal Machine components Ursas has collected. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Worker Robot Worker robots are built for physical labor such as hauling cargo, construction, and maintenance, though some worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and
Worker Robot Medium Construct, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
STR
20 (+5)
DEX
9 (−1)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Dhakaan The Empire of Dhakaan, ruled by hobgoblin kings for thousands of years in Khorvaire’s distant past, united several rival nations to create the continent’s first significant empire. Its reign
dangers lurking there range from ancient traps and Construct guardians crafted by long-dead goblinoids to subterranean monsters that lair in the ruins. Adventures involving the remnants of the Daelkyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are curious cat folk, who have journeyed from their distant homeland in search of interesting treasures and lore. Tritons are guardians of the ocean depths, who sometimes join people on land in the
the DM, including any of these races in your campaign is a storytelling opportunity, a chance for you to decide the roles that different peoples play in the tales you weave. You might decide that a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Death. Undead fill the ranks of the Heralds of Dust, from skeletons and zombies in menial roles to the sapient Undead who comprise the upper echelons of its leadership. At first glance, these Undead are
off-putting and sometimes mistake the Dusters’ distant stoicism for callousness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In their own way, the Heralds of Dust are one of the most altruistic groups in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Guides” section below for information on Eludecia’s statistics. The construct travels with the characters, and can magically teleport them to either the Tomb of Horrors or the Temple of Moloch, transporting the party to either location in the distant past.
Infernal Machine and installed it in a magical construct resembling a silvery skeleton with decorative wings, nicknamed Eludecia. (If you connect this adventure to Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, the construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. Each guide can return to its agent’s manor at any time. Each guide is an unaligned Medium construct with AC 20, 50 hit points, and a speed of 20 feet. It has no attacks, and has a +0 modifier for all
mending spell or similar magic. If reduced to 0 hit points, the guide is destroyed and no longer functions—possibly stranding the characters in the distant past. Chapter 3 and chapter 4 each offer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
large, linked metal medallions and enormous sun hats. A traveling priest of Gond offers services to distant villages as a tinker, a carpenter, and a civil engineer rolled into one, ready to help build
in their travels, and take great delight in meeting fellow priests and sharing their finds. In large cities, the Gondar construct temples that serve as great workshops and inventors’ labs. Wandering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
the City of Doors, animated coffins serve similar—albeit less industrial—roles. Natural ambushers and tireless sentries, animated coffins guard ancient necropolises, family crypts, and the lairs of
(detailed earlier in this supplement) Animated Coffin Large Construct, Unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 60 (8d10 + 16)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
exposed insides.
4 Parts serving unintended roles, like a body composed of dozens of hands.
5 Perfect features accented by beautiful stitching.
6 Visible mechanisms, bellows, and
engines.
Bjorn Hurri
Flesh Golem Medium Construct, Neutral
AC 9 Initiative −1 (9)
HP 127 (15d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 19 +4 +4
Dex 9 −1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Firbolgs Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Ages later, that magic
serve her fall into two distinct roles that parallel Hiatea’s dual nature. At home, primeval wardens tend the hearths and tutor the young. Primeval wardens who patrol the borders of firbolg communities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
lieutenant and lover, and Asha’s distant cousin Jorlan Duskryn Maimed drow elite warrior. Ilvara’s former lieutenant and lover. Ilvara Mizzrym The commander of Velkynvelve is an ambitious drow priestess
benefits that came with both roles. Jorlan thought that Lolth favored him, or at least that his charms had deflected her malice, until he had the misfortune of a run-in with a black pudding on an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
to the campaign—and record them in your campaign journal. What Roles, If Any, Do the Gods Play? What greater gods, lesser gods, and quasi-deities are present or worshiped in your world? If there are
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->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
personal gift. 5 Spectral Fragment. A haunted piece of the academy’s collection compels you to complete its secret research. 6 Distant Observer. A mysterious sponsor encourages your research from
Factotum Roles table provides suggestions for functions you perform within an academy and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role. Academy Factotum Roles Role Backgrounds Student
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
potential and try to push you to greatness? 5 Golem Guide. Your guild contact is the soul of a long-dead artisan preserved in a construct body. This golem is wise and knowledgeable, but it has
operates entirely within the law and how public its interests are also influences which of your skills it deems most valuable. The Guild Representative Roles table suggests positions you might fill in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
around you sounds out with the roar of battle. Beyond the doors, armies fight under a blood-red sky that has an iron cube floating in it like a huge, distant moon. Clouds of ash suddenly fly out of
is opened, read: Enormous interlocking gears and cogs stretch as far as you can see. Suddenly, a spherical construct with spindly legs and small wings tumbles through the open doorway.
Opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
sympathetic. A few in a more distant row yell, “What? I couldn’t hear what they said!”
The bridge is in decent condition and safe to cross. Beheaded Bullywugs. Deposed bullywug monarchs of the Soggy
matter. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Clapperclaw. Clapperclaw the Scarecrow
Small Construct, Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 14 (4d6)
Speed 25 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
to understand
their place in the cosmos
Giant Construct Encounters Use the Giant Construct Encounters table to populate ancient giants’ ruins that have been sealed from the outside world for
ancient giants. You can alter the appearance of any Construct on this table to reflect the nature of its creators. An iron golem built by fire giants might spew embers and sooty smoke between its iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
species or distant nightmarish planes. A pit fiend might be interpreted by Theros’s mortals as one of the Underworld’s countless demonic denizens, while a balor meeting a Theros demon on some other
undead or a construct starts its turn within 30 feet of the shepherd, that creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or take 11 (2d10) psychic damage.
Innate Spellcasting. The shepherd’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
firbolgs, who claim a distant kinship with giants. Hiatea’s priests adopt one of two roles, reflecting the god’s dual areas of concern. Some live within the giants’ enclaves and focus their efforts on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
), which are taken to a huge chest on the far side of the room. Any nonliving matter placed into the chest is teleported to secret vaults located in a distant land. 3. Club Lounge This club lounge is
creature lunges toward you.
Creature. The clockwork behir uses the behir stat block with these changes: It is a construct. It has immunity to poison and psychic damage. It has immunity to the charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
players to embrace the roles and enjoy the concept of momentarily placing their NPC’s secret goal as a top priority. Players might be more willing to take this on if you let them know that the scenario
shaping a massive mosaic. Not far from the dwarves is a large metallic construct with a terrifying number of appendages ending in blades and saws. It is thankfully unmoving.
A female dwarf with sharp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
is the franchisees’ responsibility). But over time, characters in an Acq Inc campaign are granted resources to help construct the headquarters of their dreams! Each franchise rank affords the
helpful to think ahead as well. Acquisitions Incorporated is known for mobile franchises, helping to bring goods and adventuring services to distant locations. When a franchise headquarters becomes