before beneath defusing crushing refer

Darkling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

refer to the house’s descendants as dubh sith—“darklings.” Darklings dwell in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins.

Iarno “Glasstaff” Albrek

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

,” and referring to sordid acts such as kidnapping or arson as “that unpleasant little business” or “those unfortunate events.” He may refer to the characters as his &ldquo

;honored guests,” and expresses regret that he cannot provide suitable entertainment for the occasion of their visit. Beneath his genteel demeanor, however, Glasstaff is just as violent and

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

that she cursed every member of his house. Other fey refer to the descendants of Dubh Catha's house as the dubh sith-or, in Common, "darklings." Darklings most often settle in secluded caverns and

chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath that she cursed every member of his house. Other fey refer to the descendants of Dubh Catha's house as the dubh sith-or

, in Common, "darklings." Darklings most often settle in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins

Geryon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

to feel flesh and steel sundered beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy

abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Indomitable Strength trait. Crushing Blow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the

Geryon (Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

; he loves to feel flesh and steel sundered beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective

abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Indomitable Strength trait. Crushing Blow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

unleashed its mightiest creations: the warforged colossi. These enormous mechanical warriors thundered across Cyre, crushing everything in their paths and leaving ruin behind them. Meant to end the war

decisively, the colossi pulverized hundreds of soldiers beneath their feet and incinerated whole legions with beams of fiery light that shot from their mouths. This rampage was cut short on the Day of

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

the dwarf could see of the man’s face beneath a green hood was tan skin and a brownish-red beard. A longbow was slung over one shoulder and a sword hung at his left side. He was dressed in soft

. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Members of the Selesnya Conclave refer to their magic as “doruvati,” a Sylvan word meaning “gift.” When you use these gifts of Mat’Selesnya, graceful swirls of green and

always straining to peer into another reality that seems to be just beyond my senses. 5 I’m uneasy if I can’t see plants growing or feel soil beneath my feet. 6 Seeing illness

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

structures that would collapse beneath a human or an orc. Some thieves’ guilds use kenku as lookouts and messengers. The kenku dwell in the tallest buildings and towers the guild controls

clang of a mace against armor or the sound made by a breaking bone. Non-kenku refer to the kenku by describing this noise. Examples of this type of name include Smasher, Clanger, Slicer, and Basher

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

Ah, the tritons. Imagine if the elves spent a few centuries far beneath the sea, where their arrogance and pretension could grow undisturbed. At least the tritons spent that time fighting sahuagin

, driving them into the Darkened Depths where they escaped into the crushing pressure and utter darkness. In time, the tritons noticed that their ancient elemental foes had grown quiet. Expeditions to

Creeping Hut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

animate and attack them. If this happens, read: The giant roots beneath the hut come to life and pull themselves up out of the mire. The hut and the roots lurch and groan, becoming a lumbering mass that

cracks as it walks, crushing all in its path. Baba Lysaga’s creeping hut (see appendix D) is a ponderous construct that heeds Baba Lysaga’s instructions and no one else’s. It fights until destroyed

Cult of the Crushing Wave

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

Cult of the Crushing Wave Cultists of the Crushing Wave worship the awesome power of water, from the surging tides and deadly maelstroms of the sea to the raging torrents of rivers in flood and the

rock crushing power of ice and glaciers. Crushing Wave cultists see all living creatures as nothing more than trapped water that could one day be free to return to the seas or skies in a new form. The

Setting

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

’ travel through the wilderness. One good example is the Great Alluvial Sand Wastes. The long-lost dwarven citadel of Tyar-Besil lies beneath the rocky badlands about 30 to 40 miles northwest of the village

of Kled. The buried city does not have to change much at all; a 5,000-year old dwarven stronghold forgotten beneath the desert sands might easily date back to the Green Age, a time when the world of

The Temple of Elemental Evil

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

The Temple of Elemental Evil The four elemental cults maintain their chief stronghold in the ancient dwarven citadel of Tyar-Besil beneath the Sumber Hills. Each cult controls a portion of the old

surface. Knifepoint Gully near Feathergale Spire leads to the Temple of Howling Hatred. The Dark Stream flows under Rivergard Keep, leading to the Temple of the Crushing Wave. The Ancient Stair

Cult of the Eternal Flame

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

Eternal Flame cult. Beneath her refined exterior is a steel edge of scorned pride. And underneath her hard pride lies a desire for murder and mayhem. Vanifer harbors a fierce hatred for all who think

themselves superior to her, and she stops at nothing to make them see her as a figure to be feared and respected. Vanifer was born and raised in the crushing poverty of Calimport’s poorest quarters, armed

History

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

city beneath the Sumber Hills was abandoned by −4160 DR and then forgotten. Tyar-Besil slumbered in darkness for many long centuries, occasionally discovered and occupied by monsters or ambitious miners

set in 1491 DR, the Year of the Scarlet Witch. Each month consists of three ten-day long weeks called tendays. People refer to tendays the way people in other worlds refer to weeks.

Darklings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha (“Dark Crow” in Common), and other Fey refer to the house’s descendants as dubh sith—“darklings.” Darklings dwell in secluded caverns and chambers beneath

Stone Juggernaut

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

dungeon corridors, crushing anyone in its path. Every stone juggernaut has a unique shape and appearance. One might resemble an elephant with bejeweled tusks, while another might look like a scowling demon

beneath its rollers. Its best tactic is to slam into a creature, knock it prone, and then roll over it. Stone Juggernaut Large construct, unaligned Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 157

Ankheg

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

prey, and its powerful mandibles can snap a small tree in half. Lurkers in the Earth. The ankheg uses its powerful mandibles to dig winding tunnels deep beneath the ground. When it hunts, an ankheg

burrows upward, waiting below the surface until its antennae detect movement from above. Then it bursts from the earth and seizes prey in its mandibles, crushing and grinding while it secretes acidic

Acheron

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

Acheron Acheron is made of immense iron blocks whose metallic surfaces ring beneath the marching feet of endless armies. These blocks drift through an airy void, sometimes colliding with a fearsome

clang, crushing all between them and sending shudders through the plane. Acheron has four layers, with the largest blocks gravitating to the top layer. Some scholars have theorized that the crashing

Keep Locations

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

river laps just beneath the arrow slits of the tower. Three Crushing Wave reavers and a fathomer named Reash (see chapter 7 for both) occupy this tower. Reash is in command and does most of the talking

random encounter occurs. To determine the encounter, roll a d6 and consult the following table: d6 Encounter 1 1d3 commoners (see area K17) 2 1d4 bandits (see area K8) 3 1d3 Crushing Wave reavers

Torrents Locations

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

. Treasure Beneath the water are 230 ep and 563 gp. P9. Crushing Wave Outpost The ceiling of this large, water-filled cavern is 30 feet above the water’s surface. In the middle of the cavern, two rocky

engraved above the northeast passageway. The stairs descend 5 feet beneath the lake surface, ending at a rough underwater ledge 15 feet above the submerged cavern floor. The stairs ascend to area F8

Dragon Turtle

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

, steaming breath, and crushing tail. A dragon turtle’s rough shell is the same dark green color as the deep water where this monster dwells. Silver highlights lining the shell resemble light dancing on

dwell in caves hidden in coral reefs or beneath the seafloor, or along rugged stretches of coastline. If a choice cave is already inhabited, a dragon turtle attacks its current residents in an attempt to

The Kraken Cometh

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

unannounced visit. The kraken announces its arrival by wrapping its gigantic tentacles around the hull of the Morkoth. All creatures aboard the ship are surprised unless they are swimming beneath the

kraken’s siege monster feature. Assuming the ship has all its hit points when Slarkrethel attacks, the vessel is destroyed after the kraken’s second turn in combat. While crushing the ship, the kraken

Haunted Keeps

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

functions as the guarded entrance to the Temple of the Black Earth beneath it. All of the monks are earth cultists who are well aware of the true nature of the monastery. Scarlet Moon Hall Deep in the wild

, Grimjaw and his followers are themselves the bandits, and Rivergard Keep is secretly the stronghold of the Cult of the Crushing Wave.

Mausoleum: Winter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Mausoleum: Winter The Stone of Golorr has revealed that the Vault of Dragons lies beneath the Brandath family mausoleum in the City of the Dead. The characters are unlikely to know it, but the

Uld, crushing him.) Guarding his remains are six crawling claws made from the hands of murderers who were sentenced to death by Uld. These undead hands spring out and attack when the lid is lifted or

Dwarfholds of the North

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

, every fine blade or crushing warhammer forged, every kingdom and battle — won or lost — in defense of their people and the folk around them. The name is as much a battle cry and a badge of honor as

: A mountain, with a left-facing fish, surmounted by a seven-pointed star. Gharraghaur. The dwarves of Gharraghaur were the original delvers beneath the earth at the site of present-day Mirabar. The

Darklings

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

history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha (“Dark Crow” in Common), and other Fey refer to the house’s descendants as dubh sith—“darklings.” Darklings dwell in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the

Outer Planes

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

, only to form anew, again and again. Beneath the ruby glow lay a dark nightmare land of bare rock and flumes of sparks and gouting flame, where things slithered and scrambled half-seen in the shadows

, the Outer Planes provide the direction, thought, and purpose for its construction. Accordingly, many sages refer to the Outer Planes as divine planes, spiritual planes, or godly planes, for the Outer

Cult of the Black Earth

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

cruel, an extreme narcissist who delights in surrounding himself with objects of beauty and luxurious comforts. Beneath this sneering self-assurance lies a bitter being who loathes himself and holds

Heartlands, Marlos felt drawn to the desolate Sumber Hills by troubling dreams and visions. A long stairway beneath a ruined monastery brought him to an ancient cavern with a hideous altar, upon which lay a

Adventure Hooks

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

The character knows that unsavory sorts have occupied Rivergard Keep, and that there’s a secret way into the castle. Using the secret entrance earns inspiration, as does clearing the Crushing Wave

inspiration for defeating Jolliver Grimjaw and again for recovering the sword in area C14 of the Temple of the Crushing Wave. Rescue Your People Raiders from the fire cult have abducted people the

Geryon

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

beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe the battle for

, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Cultists of Geryon Geryon grants his cultists special abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the

Adventure Start

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

the mountain, but none of them are large enough to allow entry. Map 4.1 depicts a cross-section of the mountain, showing the lava pool and the shaft of the geyser. The numbers refer to key areas inside

successful DC 20 Strength check is required to pull up the encrusted door. Magic such as knock or passwall can also help open or bypass the door. Directly beneath the door is a 20-foot-square

Warforged Colossus

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

Warforged Colossus In the final days of the Last War, House Cannith unleashed its mightiest creations: the warforged colossi. These enormous mechanical warriors thundered across Cyre, crushing

everything in their paths and leaving ruin behind them. Meant to end the war decisively, the colossi pulverized hundreds of soldiers beneath their feet and incinerated whole legions with beams of fiery

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