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Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
overshadow their original race, if any, becoming their new race. A character might choose a lineage during character creation, their transformation having occurred before play begins. Or, events might
unfold during adventures that lead your character to replacing their race with this new lineage. Work with your DM to establish if you’re amenable to such a development and how such stories
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level)
1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater RestorationThe medusa can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one
filling books, scrolls, tablets, or stranger archives—such as magical crystals that hold captured memories or the voices of those long dead. You can use this lair and the lair actions described for
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
emotions captured in the Feywild in the form of seasons—affinities that affect the eladrin’s mood and appearance. An eladrin’s season can change, though some remain in one season
Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Beast Masters and Slave Drivers
Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god
two hunters viciously attack. A captured group of invaders might hang in a net while dozens of goblins pass by and pay them no heed until a group of gatherers shows up.
Lashers. The closest thing a
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
subterranean cities or settlements, you are probably a member of the race that occupies the place—but you might also have grown up there after being captured and brought below when you were a child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
overshadow their original race, if any, becoming their new race. A character might choose a lineage during character creation, their transformation having occurred before play begins. Or, events might
unfold during adventures that lead your character to replacing their race with this new lineage. Work with your DM to establish if you’re amenable to such a development and how such stories unfold. WHAT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
following hooks to get them to Icespire Hold: Captured Orc. A dozen orcs attack Phandalin. If the characters are not present during the attack, the townsfolk repel the orcs but suffer losses. One wounded orc
is captured alive. This orc speaks Common and knows where the dragon’s lair is. The characters can also capture an orc themselves and get the information they need from it. Tymora’s Luck. A sidekick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Master Sage Medium humanoid (any race)
Armor Class 10 (13 with mage armor)
Hit Points 54 (12d8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
8 (-1)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
20 (+5
Reactions
Shield (1st-Level Spell; 3/Day). When the sage is hit by an attack or targeted by a magic missile spell, it calls forth an invisible barrier of magical force that protects it. Until the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
More Monastery The original Expedition to the Barrier Peaks mapped out six levels of the adventure’s crashed ship: “a large exploration-colonization expedition of human origin.” This adventure
craft’s engines might also be found there if the monastery is in imminent danger of dropping from the sky. As an added challenge to the task of rescuing characters captured by the monks (including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
githyanki and githzerai who seek to reunify the gith races. By helping the githyanki defeat a common foe, Yrlakka hopes to demonstrate the merits of a single unified gith race — not only to the evil
githyanki, but also to the younger githzerai zerths who follow him. Yrlakka is concerned because his most headstrong pupil, a githzerai named Ezria, has disappeared. He fears (correctly) that Ezria was captured by the githyanki on level 16 while trying to find weak spots in their defenses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
captured an orc warrior left for dead by its comrades and brought it back for questioning. Under the influence of a charm person spell, the orc divulged the location of the monsters’ lair, a lonely
the caverns.
The town’s population of around 2,000 is quite diverse; although humans are the largest group, almost any player character race can be found here.
The town’s mayor is Sir Miles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Extremiton is also gathering thralls of every race to help defend the colony if the neothelid is destroyed or fails in its task. City of the Mind Extremiton can sense intelligent creatures within 2 miles of it
and is able to communicate with them telepathically. Using this ability judiciously, the ulitharid has learned a great deal about the city above and its inhabitants. Waterdeep has, in a way, captured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
male vampire Once a dwarven warrior, Ctenmiir was transformed into a vampire and hidden away within White Plume Mountain (see Tales from the Yawning Portal) until captured there by an Emerald Enclave
can earn his release from the coffin along the way — by any means possible. Value to the Party. Originally native to an area near the Barrier Peaks, Ctenmiir has much experience with the initial route
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
duel, Halaster captured Manshoon and amputated his left arm at the elbow for reasons unknown. Manshoon escaped imprisonment and fled Undermountain, taking refuge in the city above. Attempts to
years ago by the two wizards who built it. The edifice is surrounded by a magical barrier that has the properties of a wall of force. Manshoon rarely leaves the towers and uses a teleportation circle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
much greater depth. Cleansing Chambers Freshly captured victims are processed in the cleansing chambers. Their gear is removed and either destroyed or kept if it is of interest, their hair is shaved
illusion, or some other barrier. Illithid Quarters Each member of the colony claims a single room or a small series of chambers at its own and uses the space to conduct its personal research. One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
flayers treat thralls made from captured humanoids, an elder brain expects perfect obedience from the illithids that dwell in its colony. If a single mind flayer in a colony sees or hears something, the
also sees itself as a savior of the mind flayer race and a living memorial that preserves the memories of the mind flayers’ prey. By its twisted logic, humanoids whose brains are devoured by the colony
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
great subterranean cities or settlements, you are probably a member of the race that occupies the place—but you might also have grown up there after being captured and brought below when you were a child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
— some lost city farther into the Barrier Peaks. The devil has seen Kwalish’s notes (found in the treasury, area M10), which confirm that the inventor was intent on seeking the legendary city of Daoine
during the commotion of a fight. If the characters are overwhelmed, the Grand Master looks to have them captured rather than killed, as the devil is ever in need of fresh servants. Captured characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Dwarves of the Multiverse Like any race, dwarves display a wide array of skin tones, hair colors, and other physical traits. Adding to this diversity, they have a variety of cultural identities from
form bonds with neighbors. Mountain Dwarves. As tough and strong as the natural stoneworks they dwell among, mountain dwarves see themselves as the true progenitors of their race and the exemplars of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
. A crystal barrier, its curved surface swirling with light and colors, forms a strange sky overhead.
A single path leads away from this area toward the clearing in area C2. Portal. The portal
his size is Small. Bullywugs captured Nosey outside the demiplane and were planning to offer the puppy to their king as a gift, but Nosey escaped from them. Nosey suffers from a bad cold and sneezes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
empty, though captured characters might end up here (see the “Imprisoned Characters” sidebar). If you need to introduce a new party member to replace one who died, that character can begin the adventure
Candlekeep (see “Knights of the Shield”). V30. Barrier of Iron Bars This sewer tunnel slopes down gradually toward the south, channeling water and sewage into the city’s sewer system. The tunnel is blocked by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
. Characters can break through this barrier with some effort; it has AC 16 and 50 hit points per 5-foot segment. 18. Troglodyte Warren Most of the troglodytes dwell in a group of dismal caverns
hatchery first, all the troglodytes from the other chambers come to join the fight. 19. Chieftain’s Cave The door leading north from area 18 is a mud-and-wattle barrier wedged in place; a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Daoine Gloine The city of Daoine Gloine has long been thought of as mere legend — just another strange tale from the already-strange Barrier Peaks. Occasionally, travelers would return from the
that inhabited the city captured a unique medusa — Gloine Nathair-Nathair, whose gaze could transform victims into glass instead of stone. A cult of the medusa arose to worship the creature, which was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
for 1d6 years. 4 A dragon held you as a prisoner for 1d4 months until adventurers killed it. 5 You were taken captive by a race of evil humanoids such as drow, kuo-toa, or quaggoths. You lived as a
dragon. 9 You were captured by a cult and nearly sacrificed on an altar to the foul being the cultists served. You escaped, but you fear they will find you. 10 You met a demigod, an archdevil, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god was conquered by Maglubiyet, after all
dozen gatherers, only to be shocked when two hunters viciously attack. A captured group of invaders might hang in a net while dozens of goblins pass by and pay them no heed until a group of gatherers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
legs. It turns 180 degrees whenever it hits a barrier, reversing its course. U5. Stonky’s Missing Ring A five-foot-diameter well enclosed by a two-foot-high stone rim stands in the center of this room
areas U2 and U3. See “Treasure” below for his other possessions. Stonky’s Plots. If he’s captured and interrogated, Stonky is delighted to share his master plan with his captors. That plan entails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
round the pit until it smashes into the barrier at the bottom of the track. Everyone in the cart when it hits takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 20 vertical feet the cart descended. Those who bail out
race out and prepare to yank this rope, timing it so the boulder smashes down on the cart. They make an attack roll (+4 to hit) against the cart’s AC, which depends on its speed. Rolling at top speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the forests north of Blasingdell. They keep their captives in a small pen until they put them to death or ransom them. A row of rough-hewn sapling trunks forms a crude but serviceable barrier across the
chance to prepare for the next assault. Development. Any characters captured by the orcs eventually wind up in the cage, unless they demonstrate that they’re too much trouble to be left alive. Their gear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
character who approaches the door can smell the stench of what lies beyond. If the door is opened, read: Rats fill the room, trapped among their own waste. A small half-barrier prevents the rats from
rats, and in the meantime the rodents have chewed away the fastenings of the barrier. One round after someone opens the door, the rats knock the barrier over and rush out, attacking as a swarm of rats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
mastery of our traditional crafts. (Good) 3 Strength. No other race can match the strength of giants, and none should dare to try. (Evil) 4 Lordship. Giants are the rightful rulers of the world. All
. If an ambitious fire giant ever became a master of strategic planning (or captured and enslaved a cooperative general), little could stop a tribe of fire giants that enjoyed this additional advantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tunnels beneath the warehouse were dug as smugglers’ byways. Later, worshipers of That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the “New Race: Verdan” section in chapter 3) excavated chambers beneath the ground
reached a long tentacle through the weak planar barrier here. The creature’s tremorsense allows it to detect the presence of creatures in this room, at which point it attacks. Each character must succeed on






