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Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it.Stone guards are elite troops deployed in small numbers to bolster war bands of

;re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families, or crafting bold new works. The bonds of friendship and kinship are strong, though navigating the inevitable

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

, defending their offspring, and sharing a lifetime of knowledge before they die. When the children are old enough to leave the compound, they pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left behind and

Yondalla relate to tortles most of all. Tortles believe that night and day watch over them and other creatures. The moon is the eye of night that watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Memories table to inspire its details. Lost Memories d6 Memory 1 You recall a physically painful moment. What mark or scar on your body does it relate to? 2 A memory brings

itchy straw stuffing inside you. Reborn in the Domains of Dread When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

versatility. Many bards prefer to stick to the sidelines in combat, using their magic to inspire their allies and hinder their foes from a distance. But bards are capable of defending themselves in melee if

. Creating a Bard Bards thrive on stories, whether those stories are true or not. Your character’s background and motivations are not as important as the stories that he or she tells about them

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

invasion and oppression. Although individually they are timid and shy away from conflict, kobolds are dangerous if cornered, vicious when defending their eggs, and notorious for the dangerous

creatures wouldn’t feel safe. Kobolds take advantage of their size by creating small-diameter tunnels that they can easily pass through, but that require larger creatures to hunch over or even

The Maze Engine

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

chapter 2, “Creating a Multiverse,” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). It’s a 20-foot-diameter sphere built of 1-foot-wide bands of magically hardened and shaped bronze, engraved with arcane symbols. Gaps

in the bands show various gears and articulation arms within the sphere, which rotate and shift to represent the relationships between the various known planes of existence. Characters might learn

Chapter 2: Dungeon Master's Tools

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

you. It gives you new rules options, as well as some refined tools for creating and running adventures and campaigns. It is a supplement to the tools and advice offered in the Dungeon Master’s Guide

, traps, magic items, and downtime — which largely relate to how you create and stage your adventures. The material in this chapter is meant to make your life easier. Ignore anything you find here that

Eldeen Characters

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

Eldeen Characters When creating an Eldeen character or NPC, consider the following: Farm or Forest? Did you grow up on one of the farms of the eastern Reaches, or did you spend your childhood in the

Towering Wood? Are you comfortable in buildings, or do you prefer the open air? As a child of the forest, you might take the outlander background, or perhaps you became a folk hero by defending

Imp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

pass unseen make them skillful spies and adept at fleeing danger. Imps sent to surveil other creatures relate what they discover to their masters, but they frequently omit important details or cast

take over bands of weaker monsters, or they might pose as helpful spirits and trick influential individuals into pursuing nefarious ends. I can tell you what I know, but wouldn’t you rather I tell you

Chapter 9: Dungeon Master's Workshop

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

. You can let your imagination run wild. This chapter contains optional rules that you can use to customize your campaign, as well as guidelines on creating your own material, such as monsters and

magic items. The options in this chapter relate to many different parts of the game. Some of them are variants of rules, and others are entirely new rules. Each option represents a different genre, style

Location Overview

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

a horde of goblinoids broke out near the keep, it angered Iniarv. The lich called the ocean forth to destroy both armies, creating the Mere of Dead Men. He has not been seen since the incident. Over

the centuries, various bandits, thieves, orc war bands, and others used the tower as a temporary base while it fell further and further into ruin. The Chimera Crew, a group of bandits, currently

Mogis as Campaign Villain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

d4 Scheme 1 A champion of Mogis unites the minotaur bands and cyclops tribes of Phoberos under her banner, creating a terrifying army. At Mogis’s command, she leads the army in an all-out

8. Sculptors' Workroom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

8. Sculptors’ Workroom This workspace is used by a number of neutral human sculptors creating objects for use in the tomb. Five are present when the characters first enter this area, watched over and

found themselves unable to leave. The sculptors seek assistance to escape the tomb, and provide whatever information they know in exchange for aid. They can relate how the rest of the sculptors (in

Preparation Time

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

another hour to prepare, add these steps: Step 6. Carefully review each “possible” encounter. Step 7. Devote any time you have left to creating improvisational aids (see the “Improvising Answers” section in

player, or alter an existing encounter to relate to the goals and motivations of that player’s character. Over the course of several sessions, do this for all your players and their characters.

Preparation Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

. Carefully review each “possible” encounter. Step 7. Devote any time you have left to creating improvisational aids. Three-Hour Preparation If you have three hours to prepare, add these steps: Step 8. Skim

each “unlikely” encounter. Step 9. Create a new encounter designed to appeal specifically to one player, or alter an existing encounter to relate to the goals and motivations of that player’s character. Over the course of several sessions, do this for all your players and their characters.

Folk Horror

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

traditions have ways of excising blasphemers. Consider the following genre tropes when creating your folk horror domain: Strange and potentially dangerous traditions flourish in isolated or otherwise private

relate to some sort of ancient lore. Art, symbols, tools, celebrations, and other trappings of belief help make a community’s traditions more specific and eerie. Community members typically hide their

Doppelganger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

-reading abilities aid them in creating near-perfect disguises and plucking secrets from unguarded minds. Occasionally, doppelgangers use their shape-shifting ability in more overt ways, transforming into

unsettling forms to frighten foes. A doppelganger’s agenda might relate to its mysterious magical origins or to more mercenary goals. Roll on or choose a result from the Doppelganger Deceptions table

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

warriors are commanded to scour the surrounding landscape for any opportunity to spill blood and bring glory to their gods. Often, bands of warriors work on a rotation, with one group heading out on a

laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order. All Are Fighters Most of the orcs that stay behind when the

5. Raucous Mesa

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

. Its stacked levels resemble steps in a staircase, but a ramp running from top to bottom provides an easy way up. Climbing the mesa reveals that its steps aren’t concentric circles but the bands of a

snatches of conversations. The faerzress in this place echoes the sounds produced in Gracklstugh above, creating a storm of noise. A character can use an action to focus on specific sounds but must make

People of Akros

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

martial bands, holding strong in the face of unbeatable odds. It sings of a great yearly competition that crowns the preeminent warrior-athlete in Akros, and—by extension—the world. The majority of

Akroan military. Stratians The Akroan military is formed of wandering bands of warriors (drawn from the lektoi families) known as stratians. Outside the walls of the Kolophon, the stratians camp in the

Adventures in Falkovnia

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

civilization. Whether they move in a single wave or scatter into smaller bands, this surge brings a monthly threat to besiege the walls of Lekar. When creating zombie encounters, consider the average level

—attacks work bands from Lekar and survivors upon the roads. The characters are enlisted to serve as guards. 5 The characters are sent to investigate a fallen star that crashed near the village

Into the Doomvault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

ignorance is an intentional part of the dungeon’s security structure. If given time, however, she can confirm Doomvault lore that the characters learn. Syranna can relate the following information to

Doomvault is a vast, active complex of laboratories and menageries dedicated to creating the monstrous armies with which the Red Wizards plan to conquer first the North, then all of Faerûn. The dungeon is

The Wilds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

. Scions of a once-mighty empire, the elves of Eldraine have found new purpose in their role as guardians of nature. Most elves move through the woods in small bands of hunters, gatherers, and druids

werefox in this collection. Dwarves. The dwarves of Eldraine include miners, blacksmiths, and other artisans who value hard work and independence. These artisans take pride in creating intricate

Creating a Gnoll War Band

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

Creating a Gnoll War Band To include a gnoll war band in your campaign, or if you need to generate one quickly for use in an encounter, use the tables in this section. Roll on each one in turn to

determine the war band’s name, components, and unique traits. The War Band Name table is set up to create two-word names. Some war bands become infamous enough to earn an epithet from their enemies, but

Ephara's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

learning new information or creating art. (Any) 5 Civic Duty. It is my responsibility to serve my city. (Lawful) 6 Protection. I must keep my city safe from threats both external and

internal. (Any) Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Ephara when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these: Defending a city from a

Dellmon Ranch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

their land, and they aren’t willing to let a bunch of orcs drive them off. They’ve heard the stories of the rampaging orc war bands and seen the scouts nearby. When the attacks began on the smaller

defending the weak and meting out justice to the Iceshield tribe. He has been trying to bring retribution to the orcs for their depredations, and he just arrived with news that a large orc war band

Xen'drik

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

the waters around Shargon’s Teeth. Some sahuagin bands prove hostile to all travelers, while others sell their services as guides and lead ships through the hard-to-navigate waterways. Successfully

of House Phiarlan suggest a connection between the ancestors of that house and Bazek Mohl, leading scholars to believe that the Mark of Shadow might relate to the shadow magic of this place. Mel-Aqat

Fortitude

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

the rigidity of Automata with the puritanical attitudes of Excelsior, creating a pressure chamber of homogeneous moral rectitude. The gate-town’s residents are charitable people who pursue purity to a

marches, defending their seats from challengers advocating similar platforms of goodliness and law. Nevertheless, even exemplars of decency have sinister secrets, and the Spotless Seven aren’t as clean

One for All: The Stronghold

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

clan and stronghold are inextricably tied together — if one comes undone, the other fails as well. As such, defending the stronghold is a concern that the dwarves address even in the earliest stages

other races that guard their territory by creating features that actively deter invaders, dwarves rarely use arrow traps, pit traps, and other such measures that could cause harm to clan members. They

Sites and Ruins

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

seasoned bands of treasure hunters are loath to enter the Field of Ruins. Eston House Cannith was born in Eston, and the house’s labors transformed the city into a place of wonders. Clockwork birds

that the city of Making was at the epicenter of whatever caused the Mourning. The cataclysm reshaped the terrain around the city, creating the great highland formation known as the Glass Plateau. The

The Elder Brain

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

represents a category or subsection within the library. One mind flayer might specialize in biology, while another is an expert in defending the colony. Given that an individual mind flayer has a near

illithid remains fearful of gith attacks, and likely sets about creating a sort of colony of its own, the better to remain undetected. It gathers minions, establishes a lair, and makes defense of its

Dungeon History

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

guardians in Undermountain. Populating and defending the dungeon became an obsession. Over time, the mage’s preoccupation with Undermountain electrified his eccentricities and infused him with an air of

ancient elven kingdom of Illefarn. When the elves left, they used a powerful spell to erase all traces of their capital. This spell had the unintended side effect of creating a permanent knot in the Weave

Types of Hauntings

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

. Suggested Haunts. Some encounter areas suggest ambient haunts specific to that location. Don’t hesitate to save these haunts for the party’s later visits to an area. Creating Ambient Haunts. The

during a long rest, one of them experiences a waking vision that plays out like an ambient haunt. These nightmares gradually reveal details from the “Story Overview.” Relate these specifics to the

Mirabar

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

couldn’t take advantage of the wealth therein. For millennia the lower city lay empty, until some eight hundred years ago, when Prince Ereskas of Amn settled the same spot, creating the city of Mirabar

, since no one in Mirabar wishes to see the surface city wiped out. It would simply be bad for business. Mirabar spares no expense in defending its wealth, and hires as many mages and adventurers as

Kianna's Farmhouse Locations

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

, wedding bands, and formal jewelry sized for men and women—worth 2d10 gp each. F5: Dining Room A long plain table, a wooden sideboard, and several chairs lie shattered on the floor. The debris is

relate snippets from the “Fractured Soul” section of the adventure’s background. As soon as the soul shaker awakens, if the farmers the soul shaker controls are still in area F6, it summons them to aid

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