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Monsters
Lorwyn: First Light
spectral existence in material reality. Each incarnation resembles a saurian behemoth with an axolotl face, a many-frilled tail, and a hulking back covered in bright-orange pustules. In Lorwyn
—untamable, primal, and awe inspiring.
In the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, these beings take the forms of chimeric behemoths that combine the features of three or more creatures. In Lorwyn
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
—wanders by. While trading riddles or witticisms, a cat often decides to reveal its grin, its tail, or sometimes its whole head to confuse or intimidate the creature it’s talking to.
A
grinning cat is slain, 2d12;{"diceNotation":"2d12", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Whiskers"} of its whiskers can be retrieved for this purpose.Fade Back. The grinning cat becomes visible or makes part of
Half-Elf
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
, Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Dimir agent.
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I know a disgruntled Golgari assassin who is ripe for recruitment.
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I’m friendly with a Gruul centaur who almost joined us a few years back.
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I once had a heated
public argument with an Izzet chemister, and neither of us is allowed back into that restaurant.
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I paid off my debt to the Orzhov Syndicate, but my good friend was not so lucky and remains
Cleric
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions.
Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the
spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes.
Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. They can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
poisons detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide as a baseline for the effects Ivana creates and combine them with the effects of enchantment and illusion spells to design custom, nonmagical toxins for her
her message, predicting her target’s reactions, and chemically encoding in her responses. She wears this poison as a perfume or hides it within gift bouquets, allowing it to convey her message later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
further. This section defines two optional sets of rules for customizing your character: multiclassing and feats. Multiclassing lets you combine classes together, and feats are special options you can
choose instead of increasing your ability scores as you gain levels. Your DM decides whether these options are available in a campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
go a step further. This chapter defines two optional sets of rules for customizing your character: multiclassing and feats. Multiclassing lets you combine classes together, and feats are special
options you can choose instead of increasing your ability scores as you gain levels. Your DM decides whether these options are available in a campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
go back without performing some act of contrition. Your DM decides whether your new god will accept you as a champion and what you might have to do to prove your commitment. When you change gods, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
City of Guilds In all their fantastic diversity, the cosmopolitan citizens of Ravnica go about their daily business in bustling markets and shadowy back alleys. Shambling pack animals (mammals
dryads who are fused together with one another and with Mat’Selesnya, a manifestation of the soul of the world. The guild seeks to bring nature and the city into balance. Simic Combine. Under the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
on any guise, are considered harbingers of good luck. Meanwhile, unfathomable beings called incarnations of nature combine the forms of many creatures to embody abstract concepts. (See chapter 3 for
residents often sport bright-tinted hair or deep-hued eyes, and most prefer colorful clothing. Lorwyn’s people furthermore tend toward optimism and look back on memories through a positive lens. Their personalities are capricious, playful, and devoid of malice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
ship, a lightning rail cart, or even an airship. The DM decides whether to allow characters to establish a mobile Bastion, which uses the following alterations to the normal Bastion rules. A mobile
this chapter fulfill that requirement.) If multiple characters combine their Bastions into a single vehicle, each Bastion must include the same kind of special facility that allows for propulsion, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
sinkhole. Lady Dre decides to stay and figure out a way to get the wagon unstuck—she has rope in the back that might prove helpful. She insists the characters go on ahead. Proclaimer Ward stays to help Lady Dre if they’re both with the party.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
need to show ordinary merchants that the Long Road is still safe. Later on, the alliance decides that it’s time for the legendary weapon of King Torhild Flametongue, long buried in the Halls of the
Hunting Axe, to be brought back into the light of day. The Order of the Gauntlet is worried about the Iceshield orc raids. They also want to make sure the hidden shrine in the Vale of Dancing Waters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pinned, face down, by rocks placed atop his arms, legs, and back. He is barefoot and wears ragged clothes.
Depending on what has happened in area T3, Grund (male half-orc thug) might be standing by
as responses to the characters’ questions. The Believers put him here as punishment for being disobedient. He failed to deliver a message from his father, Rotharr Hatherhand, to Ilmeth Waelvur. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
giff, reporting on his activities and contacts. When word of the recent altercation between the characters and the astral elves gets back to Hastain, the reigar decides to punish the characters for
wizard the reigar knows by reputation, Hastain decides to put an end to the characters’ meddling: Closing in from behind is a gigantic, bioluminescent, jellyfish-like creature with a flamboyantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
while a second examines an esoteric symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. The players don’t need to take turns, but the DM listens to every player and decides how to resolve
might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens, often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Half-Elf Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
few escape plans ready, and has nutrient caches hidden along exit tunnels in case Basidia decides it is better to abandon the grove and return to a nomadic lifestyle. Characters can climb the eastern
adventurers’ best hope of finding a way back to the surface. Rasharoo knows many promising paths, but since myconids have no interest in the sunlit world, it has never followed them all the way there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
stronghold’s most effective defenders and decides to sabotage the siege weapon, then kill the characters. Read or paraphrase the following about an hour after their previous encounter (after the
back away while we work.”
“Corlie” is actually a Doppelganger, and the three human squires (Medium, Neutral Evil Scouts) are loyal to the Red Wizards. Characters suspicious of this unexpected change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Merrow Ogreish Undersea Abductor Habitat: Coastal, Underwater; Treasure: Any Vicious aquatic hunters, merrow combine the features of ogres with those of primeval, predatory fish. They lurk in coastal
waters, hoping to snare unsuspecting prey by bursting from the water and grabbing their quarry or by skewering victims with deadly harpoons. These hunters then drag land dwellers back to dismal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Half-Elf Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the polis of Meletis expands, clearing new land for houses and crops, Nylea decides to punish the polis and destroy it if necessary. Animated trees topple the walls, and Nyxborn beasts invade the city
.
2 Nylea refuses to turn winter into spring unless Karametra agrees to abolish agriculture and yield all cropland back to the forest.
3 When tensions between Akros and Setessa peak, Nylea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Fey type, has Intelligence 7, and can speak and understand simple phrases and concepts in Common. Nene has a boisterous personality but is easily distracted. He can mime straightforward responses to
questions, tap objects to get his point across, scratch simple images in the dirt, and so forth. The macaw is confused by the process of passing through the rift but is eager to get back to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers are in a living world. Strive for responses and actions that introduce twists into the game. For example, an old woman whose family was killed at the hands of an evil wizard might regard
expressions to help show a character’s emotions. Scowl, smile, grin, snarl, pout, cross your eyes — do whatever it takes to make the character or monster memorable to the players. When you combine facial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, and they intend to keep it. Ghald waits and watches to see if the adventurers can be scared away. When he decides conflict is likely, he attacks without warning. This act forces the others to join the
battle. Unferth hangs back and uses his spells to support his allies. If the characters accepted Nareen’s offer to guide them here, and she is uninjured from Haliyra’s attack, she and one of her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
game back to step 1. This pattern holds during every game session (each time you sit down to play D&D), whether the adventurers are talking to a noble, exploring a ruin, or fighting a dragon. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
supporting characters, breathing life into them. And as a referee, the DM interprets the rules and decides when to abide by them and when to change them. Inventing, writing, storytelling, improvising, acting
to slaughter the adventurers but to create a campaign world that revolves around their actions and decisions, and to keep your players coming back for more! If you’re lucky, the events of your campaign will echo in the memories of your players long after the final game session is concluded.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Mantlemorn decides to stay in Elturel and help Ravengard protect the city, fighting back tears as she bids farewell to the characters.
threatened to devour the woman, she plunged the sword into the ground while the winged elephant made a trumpet sound with its trunk. The demon was hurled back as an alabaster palace rose up around the sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
treasure chest while a second examines a mysterious symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. Outside combat, the DM ensures that every character has a chance to act and decides how to
game back to step 1. This pattern holds during every game session (each time you sit down to play D&D), whether the adventurers are talking to a noble, exploring a ruin, or fighting a dragon. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the smart thing to do, both because it negates a damaging fight and because if the rearguard is wiped out, leaders in the cult will wonder why it never reported back. The best result for the
stop any small party of intruders coming up the trail, or harass and delay a larger group while sending word to the camp that trouble approaches. The veteran decides that he has enough of an advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
fact, that would be the smart thing to do, both because it negates a damaging fight and because if the rearguard is wiped out, leaders in the cult will wonder why it never reported back. The best
stop any small party of intruders coming up the trail, or harass and delay a larger group while sending word to the camp that trouble approaches. The veteran decides that he has enough of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
adventuring career warrant it, you can abandon membership in one guild and join a different one. Once you leave a guild, you can rarely go back. Your DM decides what requirements you must meet to join a new
they don’t, they join groups of another sort, such as mercenary companies or cults. Simic hybrids are all created within the Simic Combine, so it’s rare for them not to be part of it.
Renown As you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
warriors as the demons savagely tear into each other. The drow move to engage the demons and defend the outpost, leaving the characters with an opportunity to escape. You can combine this event with
wing and launches itself back into the fight overhead. If the adventurers take on the fallen vrock and defeat or escape from it, award them a quarter of its usual XP value, or 575 XP, given its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on the table reflect the characteristics of a dungeon’s creator, its intended purpose, its location, or some (often catastrophic) event in its history. You can use a single quirk or combine quirks as
crystal formations 85–87 On an island in an underground sea 88–90 On the back of a Gargantuan creature 91–93 Originally constructed as a mine but abandoned when tunnels connected to dangerous Underdark