before barriers divinity came resound

Valin Sarnaster

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

energy. Creatures within 60 feet of Valin, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can’t regain hit points until the end of Valin’s next turn. Whirlwind of Sand (Costs 2 Actions

as the immortal heir of Savras’s realm. The Canopic Being came into her possession years ago, and an obsession with the dark rituals therein set the oracle on her present course. Valin has

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly

course, you followed an equally long route when you came north from your place of birth. Though it isn’t unusual for Zakharans to visit the southern extremes of Faerûn for trading purposes, few

Ankhtepot

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

ascended to the throne. The new pharaoh quickly became unpopular among the people and priests. Seeking a remedy for this, Ankhtepot came to believe that the gods wanted another to take the pharaoh’s

together the dead conquered the souls of Har’Akir. The ages have marched ever on. Ankhtepot has known treachery and conquest. He has known divinity and rule. But now he knows only boredom and despair

The Emerald Claw and the War

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

civilians so they could be raised as skeletons or zombies — behavior that was strictly forbidden by the Karrnath commanders. When King Kaius III came to power near the end of the war, he turned

will grant them personal power. They believe that she is poised to become a god of death, and that when she ascends to divinity, they will be granted immortality or at least the eternal life of undeath.

Nyxborn

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

make mortal existence worthwhile? A Nyxborn is like a fragment of divinity, an idea or a dream that is incarnate. You embody an idea—like the way leaves turn toward the sun or the feeling of ocean

caused by a confluence of supernatural forces. The Nyxborn Origin table offers a handful of suggestions that might explain how you came to be, and the Nyxborn Quirks table describes some special

Last Stop

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

, though: Growls and excited yipping resound from the field surrounding a nearby farm. The source isn’t clear, but from the motion of the tall crops, something moves swiftly through the fields parallel to

others of her pact came to Uncle Polder’s pact a couple weeks ago to trade for tools, she seemed to be embracing life in the Rattle. She spoke of how happy she was that someone named Culley was coming

Where Are You From?

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

the north and bounded on its other sides by hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing

south some more.” Of course, you followed an equally long route when you came north from your place of birth. Though it isn’t unusual for Zakharans to visit the southern extremes of Faerûn for trading

The Present Age

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

their divinity, they warred among themselves. Magic became unpredictable, and the prayers of the faithful went unanswered. Some of the gods-turned-mortal were slain, while a handful of mortals ascended to

first indication of new turmoil came in 1482 DR, when Bhaal, the long-dead god of murder, was reborn in Baldur’s Gate amid chaos and bloodshed, leaving two of the city’s dukes and many of its citizens

Jergal

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

and take his power. Instead, Jergal calmly abdicated his throne of bones and allowed each of the three mortals to take part of his divinity. Thus it was that Bane assumed the portfolio of strife, Myrkul

beings slew each other in their quest for power or in their hatred, he welcomed them into his shadowy kingdom of eternal gloom. As all things died, everything came to him eventually, and over time he

Silent Sound Lighthouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

order came into possession of a piece of the Orrery of the Wanderer called the rotor of return, and just over a month ago that their search for lore on the rotor came to the attention of the Six. The

within the lens. A successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check subtly sabotages the runes scribed into the lens. A character can expend one use of Channel Divinity to force divine power into

Halfling Gods and Myths

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

halfling gods are viewed as folk heroes — mortal beings who ascended to divinity, rather than divine entities who descend from their realms to influence the world. Because of this outlook, halflings

up into the mountains. When the troll came near the town and found the trail, it began to gobble up pie after pie, following the delightful smells up the mountain path until it walked right into the

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

knight of Oghma vowed to follow the line of the statue’s gaze as far as necessary to learn the truth. His journey was shorter than expected. In a wood just a few miles west of the city, he came upon

it’s the citizens themselves who should be nervous, for the slaughterhouse recently came under new management. Seeking to spread fear and chaos, cultists of the Dead Three have infiltrated the

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

. In a wood just a few miles west of the city, he came upon a cylindrical stone building, its open doorway revealing stairs leading down into the forest floor. Atop the building, a smaller statue of

omnipresent smell of blood makes their animals nervous. Yet it’s the citizens themselves who should be nervous, for the slaughterhouse recently came under new management. Seeking to spread fear and

Tyrant's Spiral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

endless loop. The modrons are indifferent to other creatures and ignore creatures they trample or creatures that try to communicate. If faced with barriers, the modrons create simple structures (like

overlooking the path taken by the modrons trapped in Tyrant’s Spiral. The arch here is a duplicate of the portal the characters used to reach Tyrant’s Spiral and connects to where they came from. A 50-foot

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

slaadi came through the rift from a Far Realm site they call Spawn Hollow. The denizens of Illithinoch don’t have much interest in this room and thus leave the slaadi alone. The slaadi mistake this

this rift. Only the fanatics are allowed to enter the maze. Threat Neutralized. Golcuus came out only once, and the fanatics did something horrid to the creature. Ahooshathan doesn’t know any

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

of orcs lie strewn on either side of the road — grisly evidence of how close Silverymoon came to suffering the same fate as Sundabar. Southwood Hemmed in by the Delimbiyr Vale to the north and west

or barriers, so anyone traversing it is at the mercy of the wind. Suggested Encounter The first time the adventurers approach the midpoint of the bridge, they see a fire giant and a hell hound

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