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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environments abundant with life. They share apes’ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those found in deep
ravines or shallow caves, or hide in ruined sites while waiting for prey to come near. A girallon is surprisingly stealthy, considering its size and its lack of camouflage.
Girallons form loose bands
Half-Elf
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parents.
Diplomats or Wanderers
Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are welcome in human cities and somewhat less welcome in elven forests. In large cities in regions where elves and
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EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS
Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Bands of orphans and runaways band together in the Outer City, running after passersby in ragged throngs to plead for scraps. In the Lower City, urchins are often recruited into the lowest echelons
in, a pet mouse, a token to remember your parents by, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
FEATURE: CITY SECRETS
You know the secret patterns and flow to cities and
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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’ serpent gods into their religions. These victories sent a constant influx of food, ore, and slaves back to the home cities.
The wealth of the empire allowed the ruling elite plenty of time to
some of their conquered enemies finally loosened the yuan-ti’s hold over nearby lands. The serpent people withdrew to their fortified cities and underground temples, ceding the rest of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
archmages Mordenkainen and a version of Tasha from Oerth, though Alustriel and Tasha don’t yet know that Mordenkainen is Kas the Destroyer in disguise. These Wizards Three retreat to a sanctum Alustriel
keeps in Sigil. Using their combined magic, the archmages weave a Wish spell in hopes of sabotaging Vecna’s accumulated power and defusing his ritual. Instead of any expected effect, the Wish spell shunts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Diplomats or Wanderers Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are welcome in human cities and somewhat less welcome in elven forests. In large cities in regions where elves and humans
get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Diplomats or Wanderers Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are welcome in human cities and somewhat less welcome in elven forests. In large cities in regions where elves and humans
get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with Karrnath left farms and cities such as Shadukar devastated and abandoned, home only to the lingering undead left behind after the Karrnathi retreat. For most, these grim reminders of war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the Cataclysm, joining itinerant and nomadic cultures. Human cities are few and usually small, developed around natural structures that sheltered communities following the Cataclysm. As a human, you
, scattered communities claim to be inheritors of the fallen Empire of Ergoth and dwell among the remnants of its cities and fortresses. These Ergothians enjoy a prosperous peace with the kender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. At least two cultists from any group the characters interact with serve as escorts. Driving the Cults into Retreat The cultists learn and adapt as the characters attack their strongholds. The four
is present, and the characters can engage their foe. After one prophet falls, the remaining three prophets retreat to lower levels, leaving their minions to defend the temple dungeons. The characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K63. Wine Cellar Arched frames of stone form a low, wet ceiling over this wine cellar. Great casks line the walls, their bands rusting and their contents long since spilled onto the floor. A few
hungry rats make their home here, but upon your sudden arrival, they retreat to the shadows. The rats are harmless. Cyrus Belview (see area K62) treats them like pets. Characters who search the room find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Dukha Bhatiyali Dukha Bhatiyali is an experienced majhi. Although he appears human, his colleagues and passengers don’t know he’s a weretiger (neutral). While several bands of such lycanthropes
expeditions to endless tales of forest lore.
Personality Trait. “I know everything there is to know about the swamp forests!”
Ideal. “Outside the cities, the land should be held in harmony between
Orc
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who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
— Elminster
Search, Destroy, Repeat
When a tribe is on the move, orc
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Initial Surge The first sign that the orcs have arrived occurs when their scouts appear on the low ridges all around the compound. Soon after, small bands of orcs spread out, surrounding the buildings. With
are within range, they throw javelins at any visible targets. The next round, they charge to close the distance and attack with melee weapons. After two or three rounds, the orcs retreat. The orcs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
temperate or warm forest environments abundant with life. They share apes’ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those
shallow caves, or hide in ruined sites while waiting for prey to come near. A girallon is surprisingly stealthy, considering its size and its lack of camouflage. Girallons form loose bands of several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
forbidding. The heart of mortal civilization lies in and around three poleis—cities and their surrounding territories. Together the three poleis, Akros, Meletis, and Setessa, encompass most of the human
population of Theros. Meletis covers the whole territory of the southwestern peninsula, Akros forms the northern frontier, and Setessa lies at the northern edge of the wild Nessian Wood. Two bands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Waterdeep or south to Baldur’s Gate need escort or guarding, and can offer news of both of those cities (and the settlements between them). Several inns stand ready to accept visitors, except in the busiest
Baldur’s Gate. Lady Belinda Anteos (of the Waterdeep noble house) promises that her business is secure and that the bank’s magical means of communicating precise amounts of currency between cities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
bands, groups of tribesfolk that number between a dozen and a hundred, usually twenty to fifty. These bands generally consist of several family groups, each led by a matriarch or patriarch. In many ways
as nomads.
Though the Red Tigers are less than comfortable with the present situation, they consider Beorunna’s Well their holy site, so they make the best of things. Bands of Red Tiger tribespeople
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
bound by any contract emerge from the River Styx as lemures. Roving bands of soul-mongers patrol the river’s banks, harvesting the newly created devils. On its arrival, each soul passes through the
any other Lord of the Nine. A Shabby Kingdom The layer of Minauros teeters on the edge of ruin. The realm is a great swamp, interspersed with cities and fortresses that are in constant need of repair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sites and Ruins Of all the bizarre and horrific spectacles of the Mournland, perhaps the greatest tragedy is represented by the ruins of the once-glittering cities of Cyre. Some have been reduced to
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
a life of adventure are emboldened by the stories told by their elders — tales of halfling heroes slinking through human cities, plundering dungeons laden with treasure, and being received in the hall
live on the move in traveling bands, and their members are most likely to take to a life of adventuring. Stronghearts are homebodies by nature, most of them likely to spend their lives tucked away in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, and other cities, families, and trading houses of the Sword Coast might never set aside their differences, but they can pull together when the survival of all depends on it. The Lords’ Alliance
member cities don’t cooperate and help each other in times of crisis. But if a crisis rearranges the power structure of the Sword Coast, all the players involved hope that the new order leaves them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, and other cities, families, and trading houses of the Sword Coast might never set aside their differences, but they can pull together when the survival of all depends on it. The Lords’ Alliance
member cities don’t cooperate and help each other in times of crisis. But if a crisis rearranges the power structure of the Sword Coast, all the players involved hope that the new order leaves them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, and other cities, families, and trading houses of the Sword Coast might never set aside their differences, but they can pull together when the survival of all depends on it. The Lords’ Alliance
member cities don’t cooperate and help each other in times of crisis. But if a crisis rearranges the power structure of the Sword Coast, all the players involved hope that the new order leaves them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
end of the day and retreat into reverie, I do not revisit the wonders of ancient ruins and majestic creatures I have seen on my wanderings. At those times, I recall the Evereska I wandered as a youth
. Yet should such approach Evereska, its guardians mounted on giant eagles would ensure no ill befell the vale. Unlike cramped and crowded human cities, Evereska is composed of clusters of buildings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
decrepit wooden gateway. The gates that sealed this entrance are rotted away; only their rusted iron hinges and reinforcing bands remain. In their place are heaps of human skulls. Picked clean of all
are unaware that this back entrance to their cave exists. The pterafolk keep no watch, believing their cliffside retreat is impregnable. Stealthy characters can enter the cave unnoticed. At any given
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
bursting the orcs apart. If it was not for the followers of Luthic, it is possible that the race of orcs would be no more than small bands of warrior-nomads, scratching out a meager existence, rather
commodity that the cult prizes. Not all orc weaklings are taken by those who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
— Elminster
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of Fisher’s Delight d20 Fish Color Magical Property
1–10 Green with copper bands This tasty fish provides a day’s worth of nourishment to one creature that eats it. The fish loses this
creature the thrower can see. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. The fish then disappears.
15–18 Blue with white bands When released from the hook
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult of the Black Earth, viewing its members as stubborn, unenlightened drones without vision or imagination. Feathergale Knight The Feathergale Knights are ambitious, wealthy folk from cities such
the following sorcerer spells (an asterisked spell is from appendix B):
Cantrips (at will): gust,* light, message, ray of frost
1st level (2 slots): expeditious retreat, feather fall
Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
door of thick timbers reinforced by iron bands.
The gate is barred from the inside. It can’t be forced open by any means short of a siege engine. The bar can be raised from inside the gatehouse passage
commands. If a fight breaks out here, Drosnin defends the chapel to the death. Once she falls, any surviving reavers retreat to area K14 or K16 to raise the alarm. K16. Great Hall The great hall becomes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
unusual amounts of undead in the neighborhood. In the event that the outer wall is breached and the main enclosure overrun, the garrison would retreat to this redoubt for its final defense. 10A
with iron bands (AC 17, 20 hit points, immunity to poison and psychic damage), and its lock can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. The types of supplies stored here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
inside a hollow red triangle.
Patrols. Four bands of hobgoblins patrol Azrok’s Hold. Each patrol consists of three hobgoblins and a hobgoblin captain, who interrogates visitors and demands to see
of them, and fill out papers with their names, races, ages, heights, eye color, skills, and home cities. The same information is also entered in a large ledger. Inquiries about other visitors are met
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
information on this location. Fallen Lands Countless ruins dot this rugged, barren land, where ancient cities once stood and great battles once raged. Strange witchlights float around the ruins at night
across ice or wading through frigid waist-deep water toward the docks, eager to raid and pillage. The remaining eight frost giants remain aboard the ship. As townsfolk retreat to the mines or flee across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
after they entered but aged by however long they spent in the arena. P4: Fiend’s Ante A lone archway stands atop a cliff overlooking the scorched cities and scourged terrain of a war-wracked world. Nearby
it beneath her. However, she won’t retreat and uses defensive spells, her Teleport bonus action, and her Fell Counterspell reaction while she mocks intruders and uses her domain to act against foes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
clamps shut. The mouth similarly damages tools or weapons inserted into it without its permission. L2: Slate Chamber Alternating blue and gray bands of slate and shale compose the walls of this cave
fomorians in area L11. The cave morays retreat into their burrows when the fomorians arrive. L11: Fomorian Cave This cave stinks of sweat, smoke, and spoiled meat. Old, cracked bones and skulls lie