before beast dwelling crafting resolve

Ironscale Hydra

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the multiverse to massive ironscale hydras that lurk in deep wildernesses. Beyond even these exist serpentine horrors born of the whims of foul gods, like the

lore of a people that, even after a hydra’s defeat, the beast might reappear as a Nyxborn being and begin its legend anew.Acid

Polukranos

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the multiverse to massive ironscale hydra;ironscale hydras that lurk in deep wildernesses. Beyond even these exist serpentine horrors born of the whims of foul

the minds and lore of a people that, even after a hydra’s defeat, the beast might reappear as a Nyxborn being and begin its legend anew.Acid

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

insults with vengeance. Like the branches of a young tree, elves are flexible in the face of danger. They trust in diplomacy and compromise to resolve differences before they escalate to violence. They

magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is

Theran Chimera

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

the god Keranos sought to test Nylea’s favorite champion, Renata of Setessa, by creating a beast so deadly that even she would balk at trying to hunt it. When Renata slayed this lion-ram-dragon

creation effortlessly, Keranos created another combination of deadlier beasts to challenge her. She slayed that beast, too. Despite countless attempts, Keranos was unable to create a beast that Renata

Mark of Shadow Elf

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. —Lady Elara d’Thuranni, shadow dancer The Mark of Shadow lets an elf weave illusions, crafting magic to distract or delight. It also allows its bearer to sculpt shadows, making it easy to

accompanied by a shadowy pair, rumored to be embodiments of shadow itself. The displacer beast serves as the young house’s emblem. The lands of House Phiarlan, known as the Demesnes, are the

Kobold

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a scale color more akin to that of a chromatic or a metallic dragon. A kobold’s cry can express a range of emotion: anger, resolve, elation, fear, and more. Regardless of the emotion expressed

, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

changelings develop identities that have more depth, crafting whole personas complete with histories and beliefs. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation

character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid

The Sleeping Beast

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

The Sleeping Beast Overgrown with bizarrely warped forests, this jagged mountain range stretches for miles along the domain’s southern border. A blanket of eerie calm hangs over its peaks, the result

miners. The mountains’ name stems from the legends originating with the bog-dwelling precursors of Lamordia’s people who believed that the range was actually a single unfathomably large creature, and the

Body Horror Torments

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

Darklord suffers ever-growing, tumorous organs, the mass expanding beyond them to choke their dwelling. 3 The Darklord possesses a second starving mouth in their torso, one that howls unless fed

. 4 The Darklord can’t control their transformation into a beast and back. 5 The voices of those the Darklord have wronged scream endlessly from inside them. 6 The Darklord aches daily

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves. Despite their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures

. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes. Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any

Tritons of the Siren Sea

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

Thassa who rigorously protect her domain, often treating surface-dwelling sailors as trespassers. Tritons make most of their goods from materials harvested from the deep, but have also developed

ingenious forms of metallurgy—largely based around volcanic sea vents—and chemical etching, crafting wares that rival those made on land. The endless array of life and unpredictable changes of the sea make

Appendix A: Animals

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

Appendix A: Animals This appendix provides stat blocks for animals of the Beast type—along with many of their gigantic or mythologized kin—in alphabetical order. Most represent versions of animals

trained to serve as messengers Giant Eagle: Mighty eagles that aid heroes Giant Elk: Mystical guardians of the forest Giant Fire Beetle: Glowing, cave-dwelling beetles Giant Owl: Avian sages and soothsayers Giant Vulture: Vicious vultures that serve villains

Recluse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

decades as other creatures crowd too close to the giant’s dwelling. 3 Adventurers are hired to deal with a rampaging wild beast, but they discover the beast has a collar. The beast’s owner is a giant who

was forced to move recently, and the beast got lost trying to find its new home. 4 A wandering giant comes to a city looking for people who are knowledgeable about the world and might possess maps of

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them. Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow

roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so

Jaculi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

and cool dungeons. The shed skin of the jaculi is coveted for use in crafting boots of striding and springing and cloak of invisibility. Jaculi Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor

Steeders

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

Steeders Duergar breed and train these giant Underdark-dwelling tarantulas. Male steeders are as big as ponies and used by the duergar as beasts of burden. The larger females are trained and used as

mounts. Steeders don’t spin webs, but they exude a sticky substance from their legs that lets them walk on walls and ceilings without trouble, as well as snare prey. Female Steeder Large beast

Horns of the Beast

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

Horns of the Beast Adventure for Level 5 Characters Situation. A long-forgotten ruin is rumored to hold a fiendish Artifact called the Horns of the Beast. A villain hopes to claim the Artifact and

leading to the lower levels. Dwelling in the ruins are six Minotaurs of Baphomet who are Hostile to all intruders. They are spread out around the ruins but come quickly when they hear combat. The

Celebrate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

. This devastation can still be seen today in the district now known as Fallen. On 9 Olarune, people gather to commemorate this tragedy. There’s a tradition of crafting elaborate ice sculptures and

Sovereign Balinor, a fierce beast is brought to the city and released into an isolated section of the Depths. Anyone can participate in the Hunt by making a donation of 5 gp; the hunter (or hunting

Cities and Sites

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

Kaius II was newly seated on the steel throne and lacked the resolve to bring the dwarf lords to heel. Now we see the harvest we have sown, and it is horrifying. Without the firm hand of Karrnath to

what springs from our mercy and forbearance. Who knows what horrors the dwarves are crafting — or breeding — in their mountain halls? We cannot stand by and let this vileness continue. For the good of

Ranger

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

members of your franchise might panic when that crate of figurines of wondrous power you acquired turns out to all be self-activating obsidian steeds. But you have the steady nerves and earnest resolve

. Urban Beast Friends d10 Beast 1 Rat 2 Pigeon 3 Skunk 4 Crow 5 Raccoon 6 Possum 7 Snake 8 Toad 9 Giant beetle 10 Lizard No Weapons

Tree Cottage of the Three Mothers

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

, three massive trees have grown together, their trunks entwining overhead. A hollow between them forms the interior of a dwelling, with thick branches acting as its roof. Dense patches of mushrooms grow

crowns also intensify the hags’ illusion of themselves as dryads and Olitor as a satyr, make the unicorn Banrion appear to be a fiendish, haggard beast, and make the fey in the unicorn’s care appear as

Holidays

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

crafting elaborate ice sculptures and throwing them into the Dagger River. The Day of Mourning (20 Olarune) The nation of Cyre was destroyed in 994 YK on this date, known as the Day of Mourning

Landing. The Race of Eight Winds (23 Lharvion) This event is an aerial race that takes place around Dura Quarter. The Hunt (4 Barrakas) In honor of the Sovereign Balinor, a fierce beast is brought to the

Seeking the Ritual Site

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

clues leading to the location or nature of the ritual site, or to find instructions for crafting a portalometer. Gaining lore or befriending the monks of the library could reveal that someone else

the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Kryptgarden Forest This dread forest abutting the Sword Mountains is the demesne of the ancient green dragon Claugiyliamatar. That terrible and cruel beast — known

Enemies All Around

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

lifetime of crafting new items for the dragon’s treasure collection. Red Dragons. Even though dwarves and red dragons compete for the same terrain, they don’t come into conflict as often as they once

separated from their clan mates, they can’t avoid dwelling on unpleasant memories. It’s the wise traveler who leaves alone the sole, drunken dwarf in the corner. Giants Giants have no special enmity toward

Encounters (F-H)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

disposition. Roll a d4 and consult the Frost Druid Friends table to determine each creature, or just roll once and assume all the creatures are the same kind of beast or plant. (It’s okay if multiples of the

same kind of creature are present, since the druid might favor a certain kind of beast or plant.) Running the Encounter. The frost druid aims to kill the characters or send them scurrying back to Ten

Chimera

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

, by creating a beast so deadly that even she would balk at trying to hunt it. When Renata slayed this lion-ram-dragon creation effortlessly, Keranos created another combination of deadlier beasts to

challenge her. She slayed that beast, too. Despite countless attempts, Keranos was unable to create a beast that Renata couldn’t best. Chimeras typically roam the deep wilds of the world, constantly

Druid

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

? Running Wild Branding is everything. Whenever you take on a wild shape form, you do so with a unique bit of personal style that lets folks know you’re a beast to be reckoned with. Distinguishing Features

, unsuitable for building, teeming with marsh flora and fauna 4 A large copse containing the habitats of tree-dwelling animals 5 A community garden whose bounty is shared by local residents 6

Finding Droki

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

screams in fright and knocks his feet together, activating his boots of speed. If a chase ensues, resolve the outcome using the chase rules in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Droki has advantage

kind. He sewed two stuffed displacer beast tentacles to the hat in the hopes of them attacking his enemies on their own, a delusion he volunteers if the characters question him. The hat might be worth

Triton

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

of the winds, the rustle of leaves, the ingenuity of land-dwelling inventors, or any of countless other surface-world charms, every triton living beyond the waves does so for their own reasons. In some

was forced to focus. As the beast drew closer, Dalakos sought ways to turn the monstrosity from its path. He worked day and night, but ultimately his plans failed. All that Dalakos knew was destroyed

Hydras

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

Hydras What krakens are to the sea and dragons are to the sky, hydras are to the lands of Theros. Various hydras dwell at the fringes of civilization, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the

defeat, the beast might reappear as a Nyxborn being and begin its legend anew. Ironscale Hydra Five-headed ironscale hydras lurk in the wild places of the world, being common foes for heroes seeking to

Battlefield Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

. Use your judgement to resolve any plans that the players devise and award them appropriately (see “Narrative Combat”). If the gate is demolished, the players must hold the line alongside the defenders

three victories. They see the dragon tear down the House of Thalivar and fly away! To resolve the quest, go to Event 15: “Divine Contention.” The players scored three or more victories. The town’s archers

Roleplaying a Giant

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

weight of the stone above them and enable the giants to harness the heat of rivers of magma to power their forges. A fire giant’s prowess in the occupations of crafting determines its place in the ordning

place in the ordning not to their crafting ability but to their extraordinary physical prowess. They take on a lot of the work of guarding the forges and keeping them stoked — effort without which

Adventure Types

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

Villain 1 Beast or monstrosity with no particular agenda 2 Aberration bent on corruption or domination 3 Fiend bent on corruption or destruction 4 Dragon bent on domination and plunder 5 Giant bent on

features, as well as any encounter that plays out there. The adventure key turns a simple sketch of numbered areas on graph paper into encounters designed to entertain and intrigue your players. See “Creating Encounters” later in this chapter for guidance on crafting individual encounters.

Grungs

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

Grungs Grungs are aggressive froglike humanoids found in rain forests and tropical jungles. They are fiercely territorial and see themselves as superior to most other creatures. Tree-Dwelling

(2d4) poison damage. Mesmerizing Chirr (Recharge 6). The grung makes a chirring noise to which grungs are immune. Each humanoid or beast that is within 15 feet of the grung and able to hear it must

Gnome Gods

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

send an omen to nudge a group of gnomes in a certain direction, or even manifest an avatar in the middle of a gnome burrow. When Garl makes one of these rare appearances, it is to resolve a dispute that

, but also of fire and glass-work and alchemy. Rock gnomes attribute their knack for crafting devices and alchemical objects to Flandal’s superlative skills in those areas. Gaerdal Ironhand The Shield

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