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travelling, observing and creating maps that guide others along safe paths.
All tarandus possess antlers that rise roughly a foot above their heads. Their dark-red noses can emit a gentle glow
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
might make occasional nighttime forays up to the surface. Roughly one quarter of the towns and cities in the world have kobold communities living under them, but the kobolds are so good at staying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Giant Four-Armed Gargoyle Only Acererak knows the secret of creating these creatures. A giant four-armed gargoyle stands 8 to 9 feet tall and weighs roughly five thousand pounds. It is typically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Darguul Characters Darguun is a logical point of origin for goblin, hobgoblin, or bugbear characters. When creating a Ghaal’dar character from Darguun, consider the following: Constant Struggle
glory. The Dhakaani were renowned for their martial skill and their discipline. Muut roughly translates to “duty”—your duty to your empire, your clan, and your commander. Muut is expected; if you have
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack
their lives are best spent travelling, observing and creating maps that guide others along safe paths. All tarandus possess antlers that rise roughly a foot above their heads. Their dark-red noses can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
fade and fail. An expression in Qualith is made up of four-line stanzas packed into interlocking blocks, creating complex patterns that are indecipherable by other creatures. Someone that touches a
, its intended meaning, and its intended audience. A failed attempt results in a crushing headache and, in extreme cases, madness. A comprehend languages spell provides understanding of the inscription roughly equivalent to what a mind flayer would get from it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Darguul Characters Darguun is a logical point of origin for goblin, hobgoblin, or bugbear characters. When creating a Ghaal’dar character from Darguun, consider the following. Constant Struggle
people can reclaim this lost glory. The Dhakaani were renowned for their martial skill, but also for their discipline. Muut roughly translates to “duty”—your duty to your empire, your clan, your commander
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
their own use. Within the central caldera, they raised a ritual space for creating dracoliches from dragons drawn to the site knowing they would soon die. Under Severin’s leadership, the caldera and
dragons, mounded into immense, tangled heaps. The caldera of the Well of Dragons is roughly oval-shaped, with high, steep walls. The dragons flying above it are not scouting for infiltrators, thankfully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
their own use. Within the central caldera, they raised a ritual space for creating dracoliches from dragons drawn to the site knowing they would soon die. Under Severin’s leadership, the caldera and
dragons, mounded into immense, tangled heaps. The caldera of the Well of Dragons is roughly oval-shaped, with high, steep walls. The dragons flying above it are not scouting for infiltrators, thankfully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
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 crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel
expand the town’s sewers as the community grows. These so-called “city kobolds” live underground but might make occasional nighttime forays up to the surface. Roughly one quarter of the towns and cities in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
creating nonplayer characters in chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to detail the majordomo, giving this individual a vibrant personality and backstory. The majordomo’s goals should be aligned
up as part of the characters’ adventures time and time again, revealing aspects of their past and creating story continuity. JOB TITLE AND BENEFITS
What the Player’s Handbook calls untrained
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
in the village circle. Assess how many ships the village has and roughly how many villagers they can carry. Instruct the villagers how to get to safety. Keep the villagers calm. Mayor Raven and
small boats to corral floating masses of logs, creating several large rafts capable of holding two hundred more villagers. With the help of locals, this simple plan takes three hours to complete
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Ankheg Burrowing Insectile Predator Habitat: Forest, Grassland; Treasure: None Oversize insects, ankhegs burrow close to the surface, creating sprawling underground labyrinths. From these tunnels
unless the monsters’ tunnels are cleared out and their eggs destroyed. Ankheg tunnels are roughly cylindrical and are often littered with the remains of ankhegs’ meals and subterranean treasures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
rating (CR) to use for a legendary creature opposing a party of four to six characters, creating a satisfying but difficult battle. For example, for a party of five 9th-level characters, a CR 12
. If you want to create an easier encounter that will challenge characters but not threaten to defeat them, you can treat the party as if it were roughly one-third smaller than it is. For example, to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dragon Army corpses are lodged 20 feet up in the branches of nearby trees. Each body has a longsword, a suit of scale mail, and 10 gp. P3: Lake Inside the ring of trees, the ground lowers, creating a
flooded bowl. Here, a roughly triangular temple rises from the water, its north side largely crumbled and its belfry leaning. The temple’s doors, half covered with water, have begun succumbing to rot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
arthritis, blinded by cataracts. Her dark face and bald pate are outlined with streaks of yellow clay suggesting the shape of a skull — or perhaps it’s her shriveled flesh creating that illusion
through. After worming down 30 feet, it drops into the back of the pterafolk cave, which is roughly triangular in floor plan: 30 feet wide at the mouth, 60 feet deep, and 20 feet high. The pterafolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
through the floor of the lodge to reach the ice underneath, creating a 50-foot-diameter, water-filled tunnel. Thin ice covers the hole. For more information on thin ice and swimming in frigid water, see
caves in the cliffs. (The mast is submerged at high tide.) The cave is roughly 30 feet in diameter with a 20-foot-high ceiling. In the cave is the wreckage of a rowboat that two harpies have made into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Creating a Monster Stat Block If you want a full monster stat block, use the following method to create your new monster. The introduction to the Monster Manual explains all the components of a
monster’s stat block. Familiarize yourself with that material before you begin. In the course of creating your monster, if you find yourself unable to make a decision, let the examples in the Monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of clawed footprints amid the camp. Some are roughly human-sized, while others are twice that size. Characters who have seen draconian footprints before recognize the smaller prints as draconian. The
earnest prayer to Sirrion causes flames to spring to life within the altar’s candle sconces and a thick, red liquid to fill its basin. This liquid is a potion of fire breath. After creating this potion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
areas, creating a hodgepodge appearance. A flat area in the center of the roof provides a platform for defense, with the surrounding roof peaks providing cover.
The slate tiles are strong enough to
his first DC 12 Constitution saving throw against the disease in roughly 20 hours. This means that he is alive for the drowned ones’ second assault. Treasure. The dead chaplain wears a +1 breastplate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
. If smokepowder is set on fire, dropped, or otherwise handled roughly, it explodes and deals fire damage to each creature or object within 20 feet of it: 1d6 for a handful, 9d6 for a keg. A successful
creating soft lawns and thickets shot through with small recesses and tunnels where the old refuse had piled high. This revamped space he dedicated as a public park, arguing that the poor need to feel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
track down and recover the missing kegs of smokepowder before it’s too late. If smokepowder is set on fire, dropped, or otherwise handled roughly, it explodes and deals fire damage to each creature or
forest of green to grow up over the garbage, rusting away debris and creating soft lawns and thickets shot through with small recesses and tunnels where the old refuse had piled high. This revamped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
stone in this room was badly weakened in the mind flayer assault. The statues fall to pieces if disturbed, creating difficult terrain across the southern half or northern half of the room, depending on
“relics of the dead,” also in Dwarvish. Any character who examines the skull next to the crooked door recognizes it as that of a mind flayer. The skull crumbles if roughly handled. There is a crypt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
characters first enter the area: This roughly circular room is made of pitted bone. Along its perimeter stand several alcoves, four of which hold swirling portals. Two large hollows provide a view of vast
activated, creating a connection with area P1 (see the “Guards” section earlier in this chapter). On entering this area, read the following description: Colorful silks and mosaic patterns cover the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
programmed illusion spell. The magic triggers when any creature except a member of the Livestock enters through the double door, creating the illusion of a giant silverfish at the east end of the hall
iron safe roughly five feet on a side and a low metal console with a slanted top. The safe’s thick door stands open on its iron hinges. The console, which is securely bolted to the floor, has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can determine that the oldest carvings are roughly 400 years old and the newest ones are quite recent. The earliest carvings tell the story of how
the Akannathi goliaths tamed the mountain—how they dug tunnels and caves to serve their needs, creating a home for their people, and how they tamed the griffons of the mountain, turning these ravenous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clever character can fool the magic on the doors by creating an illusory fire giant and having it speak the pass phrase. Characters can also try to hide and wait for a fire giant to open the doors (see
mounted on the north wall, 10 feet above the floor. Each shut-off valve is a rusty iron wheel roughly 5 feet across that must be turned a full rotation to stop the flow of water into the cistern south of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Perception) score of 14 score or higher find a slit in the wall that peels open when touched, creating an opening. Characters who succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check
from a plucked wire, echoes from within.
One of Ilvaash’s mind flayer followers considered itself an artist. It occupied its time creating elaborate and dangerous wire sculptures. The beholder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
lashed to the bones, creating a makeshift staircase. Several odd backpacks lie in a pile on the floor at the foot of the stairs.
The vertical tunnel leads to area A20 of the Temple of Howling Hatred
nearby. The room was roughly hewn from the surrounding rock but never dressed or finished. In the middle of the floor is a strange symbol shaped like overlapping circles, cut into the stone with two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
cage is worth 400 gp. G7: Stairs to Flooded Passage This wide passage is inlaid with roughly cut stairs that descend into murky flood waters.
A subterranean waterway flooded this passage several
decades ago, and it’s now completely submerged. Part of the tunnel has collapsed, creating an opening to the negotiation chamber (area G16). G8: Intersection Stalactites hang from the ceiling of this 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
: Trapped Hall This area was part of Tresendar Manor’s original cellars. The Redbrands dug out the dirt beneath the stone floor, creating a hidden pit trap. Thick dust covers the flagstones of this somber
(Perception) check hears several gruff voices issuing commands in the Goblin tongue. Even if the character doesn’t speak Goblin, it’s clear the commands are cruel. This barrack contains four roughly built
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, creating giant wheels.
Two robed figures whip five sorry-looking humans into pushing against the crossbeams of the westernmost wheel with all their might. As the wheel turns slowly counterclockwise
is 75 feet above the walkway and roughly hewn. The step pyramid once served as the dwarven palace of Tyar-Besil. It has two levels (areas A18 and area A19), and each level is 20 feet tall. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the Far Realm. It is pure evil and can’t be allowed to escape.” Extradimensional Rift. The rocks that float in the extradimensional rift are flat on top and suspended in the air at roughly the same
out a terrible howl as it disperses. Creating these stalkers takes energy the entity needs to free itself from the extradimensional rift, so it won’t create more than three of them. Escaping the Rift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
diligently dig a staired tunnel up into the mountain, decorating its walls with carvings This tunnel has been worked recently, judging by the stone chips and dust covering the floor. Roughly carved
taken from the chamber turn out to be flat stones and obvious counterfeits. L18: Black-Water Lake The river flows into a flooded cavern, creating a small lake. The surface of the water is glossy and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, a mute stone giant named Zorkh has begun stacking the stones in pleasing ways, creating a veritable forest of piled-up stones, some as much as 20 feet tall, on the slopes where Orlbar once stood
smaller wrecked ships in the harbor roughly 60 feet from shore. Frost giants have already attacked the town once in the past month; this is their second raid. Twenty frost giants have descended upon