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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. Other Swarmkeepers enjoy building vibrant communities that work for the mutual benefit of all those they consider part of their swarm.
A Swarmkeeper’s swarm and spells are reflections of the
into the swarm, instead of a cloud of mist, or the arcane eye spell could create an extension of your swarm that spies for you. Such descriptions don’t change the effects of spells, but they are
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. Other Swarmkeepers enjoy building vibrant communities that work for the mutual benefit of all those they consider part of their swarm.
A Swarmkeeper’s swarm and spells are reflections of the
into the swarm, instead of a cloud of mist, or the arcane eye spell could create an extension of your swarm that spies for you. Such descriptions don’t change the effects of spells, but they are
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
can use its action to polymorph into a Large hyena or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form.
While in hyena form, the vampire can’t speak, and its walking speed is 50 feet. Its
gnolls. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to.
Unlike
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
solar eclipse or while she is within 60 feet of a symbolic representation of one. Otherwise, Endelyn disappears in a cloud of inky smoke when she drops to 0 hit points, along with anything she was
of a symbolic depiction of one. See the stat block for details.
Hourglass Coven
The Hourglass Coven is a group of three hags, each one bound to an aspect of time: one reflects the past, another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
example.” The harsher, the better. Use these exaggerated and opposite reflections as inspirations for creating your Darklord. By basing your Darklord on intimate details drawn from the players’ characters
Sinister Reflections A Darklord’s memories, desires, mistakes, and evil deeds shape the domain’s twisted lands, inhabitants, and features. You need not create these in a vacuum, though. When creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the cult. The whole thing can be hidden under a veil of fog and cloud, or set to move slowly with the wind. See area 19 for details.
Skyreach Castle Eons ago, cloud giants built this flying fortress to take their ancient battle against dragonkind into the skies. The spirit of a giant enables it to fly—this ancient bond dates back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the cult. The whole thing can be hidden under a veil of fog and cloud, or set to move slowly with the wind. See area 19 for details.
Skyreach Castle Eons ago, cloud giants built this flying fortress to take their ancient battle against dragonkind into the skies. The spirit of a giant enables it to fly — this ancient bond dates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
laden with supplies and treasure to the castle’s main gate (see area 6 for details). Ceilings. All castle ceilings are 30 feet tall to accommodate the cloud giants who built it. Doors. All doors in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
laden with supplies and treasure to the castle’s main gate (see area 6 for details). Map 8.2: Skyreach CastleView Player Version Ceilings. All castle ceilings are 30 feet tall to accommodate the
cloud giants who built it. Doors. All doors in the castle are made of 1-foot-thick ice as hard and tough as stone, but only half the weight. They are fitted with iron hinges and handles, and sized for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
tower floating on a billowy cloud a thousand feet overhead. The tower must be hundreds of feet tall, and its spire looks strangely like a pointy wizard’s hat. As the tower drifts closer, stairs made of
clouds begin to form underneath it and descend toward you.
Map 1.3 shows the tower. The stairs are made of firm cloud stuff and spiral downward, stopping just short of the ground. They are sized for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
dragon disappears behind a cloud, taking its strange caravan with it, and is seen no more. But sometimes the dragon makes a gentle, spiraling descent into a forest or another secluded area. Those who seek
calls out to the characters in their dreams, giving them directions to the market but no further details.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Gods and Religion The myths of giants across the Material Plane differ in many details, but most of them portray giants as descendants of a progenitor god, typically Annam, the All-Father. Giants
N Knowledge Stalactite Stronmaus NG Life, Tempest Forked lightning bolt descending from a cloud partly obscuring the sun Surtur LE Forge,** Knowledge, War Flaming sword Thrym CE War White double
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
22. Cloud Giant Tower This 70-foot-tall tower has a parapet rooftop, two unlocked doors at ground level, and no windows. The tower interior is split into two levels, each with a 30-foot-high ceiling
, which is furnished with a ballista. See area 6B for details. Ground Floor A chime attached to the inside of each door rings when the door is opened, alerting the tower’s inhabitants. A staircase hugs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
22. Cloud Giant Tower This 70-foot-tall tower has a parapet rooftop, two unlocked doors at ground level, and no windows. The tower interior is split into two levels, each with a 30-foot-high ceiling
guard the tower rooftop, which is furnished with a ballista. See area 6B for details. Ground Floor A silver chime attached to the inside of each door rings whenever the door is opened, alerting the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
territory marked by the Cloud Peaks and the Troll Mountains to the Trade Way. The Savage Frontier is the name given to the rest of the unsettled or sparsely settled territory in the North, not including the
subterranean environs of the Underdark. Each category is discussed briefly here; more details can be found in chapter 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, adding details as appropriate depending on whether Lynx or Sir Ursas is the one coming for the Infernal Machine, and whether or not the characters have met the other agent: A sudden shattering crash is
heard as the wall of the workshop collapses to rubble! A fighting force advances through a cloud of dust, led by a most unusual-looking figure.
The other agent arrives with a full complement of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Behaviors table suggests some ways you can communicate a giant’s age in an encounter. Life Spans Giant Kind Life Span Hill 200 years Frost 250 years Fire 350 years Cloud 400 years Storm 600 years Stone
conversation with irrelevant historical context. 3 The giant is curious about minute details of fashion, slang, and popular culture among Humanoids. 4 The giant is a hopeless procrastinator, always convinced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, she provides valuable clues about Prismeer. For details, see “Catching Kettlesteam” later in the chapter. Thieves of the Coven Each member of the Hourglass Coven employs a thief that visits the
these thieves. Some characters might catch glimpses of these spooky figures as reflections in mirrors, shadows in doorways, or out-of-place figures standing motionless in the moving crowd. Use these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
leader. Realizing that the village couldn’t defend itself against the cloud giants’ bombardment, he led his fellow villagers to the Dripping Caves. In the confusion and panic, Morak left behind his
only guest at the time: Kella Darkhope, a Zhentarim spy posing as a traveling monk. Kella has nefarious plans for Nightstone and has no intention of abandoning the settlement (see area 8f for details
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
chapter 3) to flesh out the details of encounters with these giants. Giant Children
Generally, it’s a good idea to avoid situations where you treat a giant child as a monster. While even giant
as you see fit.
For a young adult giant, use the stat block of a giant lower in the ordning. For example, Storm King’s Thunder includes young cloud giants that use the hill giant stat block with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Children of the All-Father In an age before human and elf, when all dragons were young, Annam the All-Father put the first giants upon the world. These giants were reflections of his divine offspring
both below and above. They held sway over the oceans from undersea fortresses and lorded over the land from castles in the sky. Cloud giants built immense floating cities and served the storm giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giantkind The descendants of Annam are the various creatures of the Giant creature type. The precise details of genealogy linking Annam to these Giants are a matter of mythology, and myths vary from
arranges storm giants, cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, stone giants, and hill giants by connecting them to Stronmaus, Memnor, Surtur, Thrym, Skoraeus, and Grolantor, respectively. That neat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to. Unlike normal vampires, gnoll
without invitation. When a gnoll vampire needs to travel quickly, it adopts the form of a giant, emaciated hyena. When it wants to catch its prey by surprise, it takes the form of a cloud of mist. After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Swarmkeepers enjoy building vibrant communities that work for the mutual benefit of all those they consider part of their swarm. IT’S YOUR SWARM
A Swarmkeeper’s swarm and spells are reflections of the
, instead of a cloud of mist, or the arcane eye spell could create an extension of your swarm that spies for you. Such descriptions don’t change the effects of spells, but they are an exciting opportunity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
presence of a symbolic depiction of one. See the stat block for details. Endelyn Moongrave
Medium Fey (Hag), Neutral Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 114 (12d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft., climb
60 feet of a symbolic representation of one. Otherwise, Endelyn disappears in a cloud of inky smoke when she drops to 0 hit points, along with anything she was wearing or carrying, and reappears 24
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
not for long. If pressed for details, Talis reveals that castle belongs to a cloud giant allied with the cult. The castle, she says, is hidden near the village of Parnast, which is under the cult’s
Rezmir’s command are using a cloud giant’s flying castle to expedite the delivery. Talis offers to help the characters get aboard Skyreach Castle before it departs (see chapter 8) and provides them with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
one full rotation in one minute.
Esclarotta Although anyone can trigger command runes, the spirit of the cloud giant Esclarotta actually controls the castle and can “lock out” individuals who misuse
the characters and various NPCs. Crashed by Blagothkus. If the cloud giant is slain, his wife’s spirit in the steering chamber is replaced by his spirit. Enraged, he avenges his death by moving the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
dynasty ruins. The Mountain Cloud Empress is a controversial figure in Yongjing history, both romanticized and reviled. The Yun dynasty ended when the starving common folk stormed the palace and removed
initial 1,000 gp. Deng Bo Huan is also an opportunistic schemer, and he offers the characters an additional 100 gp each if they share with him details of why the Grand Secretary hired them and what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
-foot-tall cloud giants—one male and one female—stand behind the portcullis, facing each other within the covered gateway.
The winches that raise and lower the drawbridge and portcullis are located in
the nearby gate towers; see area 6B for details. The two statues flanking the portcullis inside the gateway are Huge but otherwise have the statistics of stone golems. Anyone who passes through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
moderate, dangerous, or deadly threat, based on its particular details. Trigger. A simple trap activates when an event occurs that triggers it. This entry in a trap’s description gives the location of
the trigger and the activity that causes the trap to activate. Effect. A trap’s effect occurs after it activates. The trap might fire a dart, unleash a cloud of poison gas, cause a hidden enclosure to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
minute.
Esclarotta Although anyone can trigger command runes, the spirit of the cloud giant Esclarotta actually controls the castle and can “lock out” individuals who misuse the command runes
characters and various NPCs. Crashed by Blagothkus. If the cloud giant is slain, his wife’s spirit in the steering chamber is replaced by his spirit. Enraged, he avenges his death by moving the castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
cloud giants — one male and one female — stand behind the portcullis, facing each other within the covered gateway. The winches that raise and lower the drawbridge and portcullis are located in the
nearby gate towers; see area 6B for details. The two statues flanking the portcullis inside the gateway are Huge but otherwise have the statistics of stone golems. Anyone who passes through the gateway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, and the relatively small stature of present-day humans is a mark of their degeneracy. Others imagine remote realms—cloud castles or lost continents—where Brobdingnagian people dwell, set apart from
into the history of the giants and details the places where they live in isolation, as well as the ruins they left behind in their decline. Our guide in this exploration is the wizard Bigby, a former
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
pressed for details, Talis reveals that castle belongs to a cloud giant allied with the cult. The castle, she says, is hidden near the village of Parnast, which is under the cult’s control. If all
under Rezmir’s command are using a cloud giant’s flying castle to expedite the delivery. Talis offers to help the characters get aboard Skyreach Castle before it departs (see chapter 8) and provides them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bronze dragon’s lair, or the crystalline growths common near any gem dragon’s lair. Other examples include the following effects: Deceptive Reflections. At first glance, still water within 6 miles of
the lair shows a reflection of the dragon flying overhead; the image disappears upon further examination. Face in the Clouds. The dragon’s visage appears in cloud formations above the lair, giving