been bring diffusing concept reaches

Burnished Hart

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

":"Hooves","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Among the first anvilwroughts to be forged by Purphoros, elegant burnished harts wander the mortal realm in search of new sights to bring back to the god of

the forge. On every trip from Mount Velus, where Purphoros has his forge, they seek out the far reaches of the world so they can witness beauty in all its forms, then later reunite with their creator

Jarl Storvald

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

the spellcasting ability: 1/day each: jump, locate animals or plants, locate object, water breathing, water walkStorvald, a fierce and adventurous frost giant jarl, traveled to the coldest reaches

immortality to its wearer, was last seen in the possession of a human adventurer (and former Harper) named Artus Cimber. Guided by magical runes of tracking, Storvald plans to find the ring and bring about the

Githyanki Xenomancer

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

the farthest reaches of Wildspace and the Astral Sea, even visiting worlds of the Material Plane from time to time, to study and catalog creatures it has never encountered before. Friendly contact with

sapient creatures can bring the xenomancer’s diplomatic skills to the forefront, while hostile contact becomes a test of the xenomancer’s survival skills. Sometimes a xenomancer’s

Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

regulars or organized into elite strike forces for specific missions. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have

some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they&rsquo

Duergar Kavalrachni

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have been deeply impacted by their ancestors’ captivity and torment by mind flayers

if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they’re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have been deeply impacted by their ancestors’ captivity and torment by mind flayers; they

that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they’re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families, or

Duergar Soulblade

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have been deeply impacted by their ancestors’ captivity and torment by mind flayers; they were infused with

manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they’re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families, or crafting bold new works

Duergar Xarrorn

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

dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts. Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

the responsibility to earn a place in the tribe or die trying. Driven Competitors Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A

single mistake can bring doom to an entire tribe, while an individual’s heroic effort can ensure the entire group’s survival. Goliaths thus place a premium on self-sufficiency and

Duergar Mind Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and shrink down to miniature size to spy on their targets. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have been

as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they’re

Duergar Warlord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have been deeply impacted by their ancestors’ captivity and torment by mind flayers; they were

passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they’re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families, or crafting

Flaws Legacy

Rules

Your character's flaw represents some vice, compulsion, fear, or weakness—in particular, anything that someone else could exploit to bring you to ruin or cause you to act against your best interests

. More significant than negative personality traits, a flaw might answer any of these questions: What enrages you? What's the one person, concept, or event that you are terrified of? What are your vices?

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, rewriting their thoughts and authoring their dreams. An elder brain sustains itself by consuming the brains of other creatures. If its mind flayer servants don’t bring meals directly to it, the

elder brain reaches out with tendrils of thought, compelling creatures to come to it so that it can feed on them. When a mind flayer perishes, the elder brain’s servants feed its brain to their

Character Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

designed to take 2 hours, the character reaches 3 checkpoints. Playing time might seem like an odd way to measure experience awards, but the concept is in keeping with how a shared campaign is meant to

taking part in a play session. A character reaches 1 checkpoint for each hour an adventure is designed to last. Note that the award is based on the adventure’s projected playing time, rather than the

Driven Competitors

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

Driven Competitors Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A single mistake can bring doom to an entire tribe, while an

Evil Inchoate

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

absolute evil, demons have no concept of empathy. Each demon believes that only its needs and desires matter. This self-centeredness applies even with regard to other demons. These fiends have no

bend to its will, shifting to bring about its vision of a world of absolute perfection with the demon at its center. One Cosmos, Infinite Visions All demons seek to satisfy their whims and force others

The Cauldron Caper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

The Cauldron Caper If the characters bring the cauldron of plenty to Easthaven and its properties become known to Captain Arlaggath or other townsfolk, word gets around that the characters possess a

magic item that could help feed the hungry in Ten-Towns. This news quickly reaches Speaker Danneth Waylen, who invites the characters to a private meeting at the Town Hall. During this meeting

Chapter 5: The Northern Wastes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Chapter 5: The Northern Wastes Buried beneath the magically scarred reaches of the Northern Wastes lies an ancient ruin now known as the City of Lost Names. In a bygone age, the city was named Onyari

depths of Castle Kalaman to raise the dead dragons buried in Onyari’s foundations and bring them to her service. Soldiers from Kalaman struggle to survive amid the treacherous canyons of the Northern Wastes

The Balance

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

concept they espouse as the Balance, and they seek to maintain equilibrium across the cosmos above all. Mordenkainen and his compatriots are among its most notable devotees. Since a true appreciation of

the Material Plane from the devils’ taint, but doesn’t appreciate that it also would bring a grievous setback to the forces that had been keeping the demons from overrunning Avernus. Those who vow to

Describing Horror

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

moves? What parts do characters see before the whole comes into view? Up Close. What does it smell like? How does it breathe? Does it cool the air around it or bring heat wherever it goes? How does it

stand? When it reaches out to grab a character, what does it feel like? Attacks. How does it attack? Does it have weapons, or does it use its body to fight? Does it have sharp claws that rake across

The Great Dance

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

positions with each passing day. About once every thousand years, the demons close in on the lower reaches of the Styx and portals leading deeper into the Hells. Invariably, the legions of the Nine Hells

other planes are little more than skirmishes in the Blood War, even a small number of demons and devils can wreak havoc and bring destruction wherever they see fit to do battle.

Khyber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

for details.) Whether one takes this myth literally or figuratively, one cannot deny that untold alien worlds exist within the subterranean reaches that bear the imprisoned dragon’s name—not just the

substantial profits. Aside from assisting in such profit-driven expeditions, Morgrave University doesn’t often sponsor independent missions into Khyber. Such missions rarely bring back physical objects of any

A Bard's Muse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who

. You are on a quest to identify the essence of true love. Though you do not disdain the superficial love of flesh and form, the deeper form of love that can inspire thousands or bring joy to one’s

Force Grey (Gray Hands)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Force Grey (Gray Hands) The Blackstaff, Vajra Safahr (see appendix B), is friends with Renaer Neverember, and word of his rescue quickly reaches her ears. She uses a sending spell to deliver the

following short message to one of the characters: “I am Vajra Safahr, the Blackstaff. Come to Blackstaff Tower in the Castle Ward at once. Bring your friends.” Despite her insistent tone, Vajra doesn’t

Hide-and-Seek Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

challenge is simple: descend the ladder and bring back four caterpillars within 1 minute. Any number of characters may participate, and they may use magical assistance as long as the caterpillars aren’t

. When the last character reaches the bottom of the ladder, Madam Kulp shouts, “Ready? Go!” At this point, the characters should roll initiative. Finding Caterpillars. Four tut-krogh caterpillars hide

Droaam

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

Sora Kell, this land grows stronger with each passing year. The Voice of BRELAND Boranel Cedes Western Reaches In a shocking move, King Boranel has ordered that all Brelish citizens who live west

until medical attention can be obtained. Harpies in the taverns of Droaam use their hypnotic songs to entertain rather than to harm. When you bring creatures from Droaam into the campaign, consider how

Group Patron Benefits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

per day (enough to sustain a Modest lifestyle). Or you might be paid a bounty (at least 250 GP) for each ancient relic you bring back from your adventures and give to the university. Documentation Each

can (as a group) issue the Research order to the university as if it were a Library special facility in your Bastion. Once your group reaches level 13, you instead can issue the Research order to the

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

you receive a cancer diagnosis or a similar health news, you probably appreciate that concept a little more than other people. Watching someone you love waste away is a terrible thing. You want a

magic button to bring things back to the way they should be, this person you love so much restored to who they really are rather than what cancer is grinding them down into. It’s easy to give in to

Githyanki Xenomancer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Githyanki Xenomancer A githyanki xenomancer travels to the farthest reaches of Wildspace and the Astral Sea, even visiting worlds of the Material Plane from time to time, to study and catalog

creatures it has never encountered before. Friendly contact with sapient creatures can bring the xenomancer’s diplomatic skills to the forefront, while hostile contact becomes a test of the xenomancer’s

Cities and Sites

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

defeat Aundairian champions. Only time will tell if the Nine can bring us together as it once did, or if it will drive us further apart. The Eldeen Reaches seceded from Aundair halfway through the

Last War. The western farmers rebelled over high taxes and neglect, allying with the druids of the Towering Wood. Aundair was forced to accept the sovereignty of the Reaches under the terms of the

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Realms

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

others. News and gossip are carried between population centers by caravans and ships that bring in supplies for trade and by traveling bards and minstrels who recount (or invent) stories to inform and

extraplanar exploration, “Faerûn” is more than large enough of a concept for them to comprehend. Except in the most remote or insular places, Faerûnians are accustomed to seeing people of different

Personal Characteristics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Personal Characteristics Fleshing out your character’s personality — the array of traits, mannerisms, habits, beliefs, and flaws that give a person a unique identity — will help you bring him or her

flaw for your character. Your character’s flaw represents some vice, compulsion, fear, or weakness — in particular, anything that someone else could exploit to bring you to ruin or cause you to act

Pursuit Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Pursuit Level The closeness of the drow pursuit is measured by a pursuit level. It begins at 4, with the drow not far behind the characters. If the pursuit level reaches 5, the drow forward scouts

catch up to them, and the drow leaders arrive not long thereafter (see “Catching Up”). If the pursuit level drops to 0, the party has eluded the drow until circumstances bring both factions into contact

Mage Tower Practice

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

place over three phases that each last twenty minutes; when she gives the signal, the teams should dash toward the opposing team’s mascot, grab it, and try to bring it back to their own team’s end of the

checks wins the scrimmage (ties are possible). After Practice Regardless which team wins, Rosie slaps her thigh with glee, declaring that she hasn’t had so much fun in ages. She reaches into one of her

The Mission

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

thought they were, and he leaves the meeting more than a little bit angry. Erlanthar stays and makes one more appeal to their sense of honor and duty. If the characters still turn him down, he reaches

, regardless of whether it takes three days or two. The characters can bring their horses along on the boat if they wish. The horses won’t like it, but they’ll manage.

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