before being dying combatant realms

Star Spawn Seer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

star spawn hulk;star spawn hulks. Not only is a hulk a powerful combatant, but when a seer deals psychic damage to a hulk, the hulk isn’t hurt, and the effect ricochets off and expands to assault

other creatures. Star Spawn The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that

The Undying

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

and the Eye; the dread Iuz; the lich-queen Vol; the Undying Court of Aerenal; Vlaakith, lich-queen of the githyanki; and the deathless wizard Fistandantalus. In the Realms, Undying patrons include

, speak with dead 4th aura of life, death ward 5th contagion, legend lore Among the Dead Starting at 1st level, you learn the spare the dying cantrip, which counts as a warlock cantrip for you. You

Ferocity

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

companion to build up their ferocity during a fight. However, a too-easy target doesn’t rile up a companion the way being threatened by an enemy combatant in a battle for survival does. As such, the GM

rampage. End of Combat. When a combat encounter involving a companion ends and the companion isn’t dying, the companion regains hit points equal to their ferocity, and their ferocity drops to 0. The GM

Monastic Orders

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

Monastic Orders The following orders can be found in various parts of the Forgotten Realms. The Dark Moon A monastic order devoted to Shar, the Dark Moon works openly in lands where her worship is

monasteries are full of decaying, dying, and dead animal and plant specimens, which they study with detached interest. They frequently purchase rare specimens from adventurers and merchants that they

Adventure Summary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Adventure Summary The adventure text consists of five parts. In A Dying District,” basic information is provided about the geography, atmosphere, and major personages in the Styes, as a backdrop for

district could be part of a free city that has fallen into despair and decay. In the world of Greyhawk, the city of Prymp in Ahlissa is an excellent choice. In the Forgotten Realms, the Styes fits

Oracle

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

Oracle You possess a precious gift coveted not just by mortals but by the gods themselves: the gift of clear communication between the mortal and divine realms. As an oracle, you can perceive the

people can’t perceive. 5 A horrible monster in Nyx watches me constantly, and I see it every time I venture outdoors. 6 Any time I grow close to someone, I see them aged, dying, or dead

Echoes

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

experienced adventurers and heroes, and for the players to interact with some of their favorite characters from the Forgotten Realms. An echo is a quasi-real duplicate of the original creature, except it

adventures and heroes, and for the adventurers to meet some of their favorite characters from the world of the Forgotten Realms. The echoes belong to those who managed to find Gravenhollow, coming there to

Adventure Models

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

there serve them while they recover. 2 A dragon and a giant, in the middle of a fierce battle, suddenly fall from the sky into a town square. Neither combatant is concerned about protecting the people

known, but you can still build adventures that lead characters to explore the realms of past giants. An expedition into giants’ ruins might involve a confrontation with giants, or it might mean facing

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

magic armor with no obvious effects, the villagers are unlikely to notice. The fight continues until one contestant is unconscious and dying. (Allow Orcaheart to make death saving throws if he drops to 0

hit points.) At that point, the match ends and each combatant’s allies can step in to provide healing and assistance. During the fight, a combatant forfeits if he or she gains assistance of any kind

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

armor with no obvious effects, the villagers are unlikely to notice. The fight continues until one contestant is unconscious and dying. (Allow Orcaheart to make death saving throws if he drops to 0 hit

points.) At that point, the match ends and each combatant’s allies can step in to provide healing and assistance. During the fight, a combatant forfeits if he or she gains assistance of any kind from

Warlock Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

. Celestial Patron Call on the Power of the Heavens Your pact draws on the Upper Planes, the realms of everlasting bliss. You might enter an agreement with an empyrean, a couatl, a sphinx, a unicorn

with the Lower Planes Your pact draws on the Lower Planes, the realms of perdition. You might forge a bargain with a demon lord such as Demogorgon or Orcus; an archdevil such as Asmodeus; or a pit

Yan-C-Bin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

concern is the annihilation of the material realms as they are ripped apart by the superior elemental might of air and wind. Yan-C-Bin Huge elemental, neutral evil Armor Class 22 (natural armor) Hit

-Bin steals the air of one breathing creature he can see within 60 feet of him. The target must make a DC 21 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target drops to 0 hit points and is dying. On

Camp Vengeance

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

These tents are filled with sick and dying soldiers of the Order. At any given time, each tent holds 2d6 patients suffering from a range of maladies. The acolytes tending the sick are themselves so

, they’ll be marked for death by the Order of the Gauntlet wherever they go in Chult (and potentially elsewhere in the Realms). If characters escorted Undril Silvertusk to the camp and gained her

Waterdeep

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

. The recent disruptions began when the gods walked the Realms and slew each other before the eyes of mortals, until they walked back to their divine domains through the very streets of Waterdeep itself

. Decades later, more deities began dying off, magic failed, and all manner of catastrophes started altering the very nature of the city. Lord Neverember wasted the city’s navy and then, instead of

Star Spawn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

. Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to

these realms: entities that are ever hungering, searching, warring, and sometimes dreaming. These Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal peoples and always inimical to such creatures’ minds

Other Religious Systems

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

footsteps in order to share the god’s ultimate fate. In the case of dying and rising gods, the symbolic death of the initiate represents the idea of death to the old life and rebirth into a transformed

planes. Some lesser deities live in the Material Plane, as does the unicorn-goddess Lurue of the Forgotten Realms and the titanic shark-god Sekolah revered by the sahuagin. Others live on the Outer

Stone Giants

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

the chamber inside each stone giant settlement where they “reside.” A dead (or sometimes merely dying) stone giant is carried into the ancestors’ chamber and leaned upright against the end of one of

realms of the storm giants, which maintain a constant watch for the all-important signs. In ages past, when giant dynasties reigned, the signs that accompanied the leader of them all were clear and

Lower Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

. Statues and roofs erode in a few decades unless protected by magic or alchemical treatment, and locals often bear scars from exposure to these portals and the deadly realms beyond. Lower Ward Encounters

guarded. Lothar is a capable combatant in his own right and can animate a host of skulls in his collection as flameskulls. To combat larger threats, the Master of Bones relies on a ghoul-shaped stone

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

great pleasure in lording its power over humanoids and other lesser creatures. A blue dragon is a patient and methodical combatant. When fighting on its own terms, it turns combat into an extended affair

, so that by the time it is old, it is mottled by patches of pale blue and light gray. This patterning helps the dragon blend into the realms of ice and stone in which it hunts, and to fade from view

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