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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to return.
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wyrmling has befriended a white dragon wyrmling. The wyrmlings’ parents, who are ancient rivals, regard the relationship with concern.
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A crystal dragon wyrmling encourages nearby farmers to
Elf
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Basic Rules (2014)
“I have never imagined such beauty existed,” Goldmoon said softly. The day’s march had been difficult, but the reward at the end was beyond their dreams. The companions stood on a
. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society, which is regimented from day to day but constantly changing over decades, so
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
own laws.
Firbolgs use their magic to keep their presence in a forest secret. This approach allows them to avoid the politics and struggles of elves, humans, and orcs. Such events concern the
world.
A few rare firbolgs are entrusted by their clan with an important mission that takes them beyond their homes. These firbolgs feel like pilgrims in a strange land, and usually they wish only to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
indeed, legends suggest that many unwitting sailors wrecked at sea have mistaken slumbering dragon turtles for solid ground.
Ancient dragon turtles might sleep for years or decades while floating
, including deep-sea trenches or underwater volcanoes.
Dragon turtles are largely unconcerned with the design of their lairs and seldom work to improve them. A dragon turtle’s primary concern when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
T2. Stone Sentinels Sixty feet beyond the stone door, the tunnel levels out. Two stone reliefs of stern dwarves in chain mail and carrying battleaxes face each other across the tunnel. The carvings
long stone tunnel that ends in a pit covered by a stone bench with a hole in it (a privy unused for decades). The door on the north side of the hall guards a passage leading to area T5.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
special significance beyond that is imparted to it.
At 4 years old an orc is considered a juvenile, and by age 12 it is a fully functioning adult. Most orcs don’t live past the age of 25 due to
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
its limits—including a level of disorganization that results in texts being randomly lost in the stacks for decades—it is the most extensive collection in Breland. Below the Library lie the Vaults
rooftop garden serves as a space for reflection, public events, and meals; vendors at the edge of the Commons offer a wide range of culinary options. A wide bridge connects the Commons to Dalannan Proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
knowledge of Abyssal to leave messages. In most cases, though, a gnoll war band has little use for written notes or signs. Gnolls simply wander, attack, kill, and feed. Anything more sophisticated is beyond the band’s concern.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
The Keening Gloom Just beyond the light of the Radiant Citadel rages the Keening Gloom, a massive ethereal cyclone. Nothing that enters the cyclone is seen again. When explorers rediscovered the
cyclone was driven back. But in times of turmoil within the Citadel, the cyclone ominously draws closer. Scholars have studied the Keening Gloom for decades but have only theories about its nature, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
The Keening Gloom Just beyond the light of the Radiant Citadel rages the Keening Gloom, a massive ethereal cyclone. Nothing that enters the cyclone is seen again. When explorers rediscovered the
cyclone was driven back. But in times of turmoil within the Citadel, the cyclone ominously draws closer. Scholars have studied the Keening Gloom for decades but have only theories about its nature, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
and planned expansion across the multiverse, Acquisitions Incorporated shows no signs of slowing down. (Because that would likely require self-reflection and measured responses that are historically
off-brand.) And that expansion means new franchises. The first step was Ravnica, a city run by guilds and simply overflowing at the practicability of acquisition for hire. But beyond that? Infinite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
beyond, reaching distant Zakhara, Kara-Tur, and even Maztica. His work focused on conjuration and elemental evocation, so he often kept elementals and genies for company. Xonthal prized solitude, so he
been up to in the intervening decades, or whether he’s even still alive. Some think he must have become a lich, while others believe he’s just dead. All that’s certain is that the hedge maze remains a frustrating barrier, and the spells and wards protecting the tower against entry remain as powerful as ever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
they act on agendas beyond human reasoning. While some keep to themselves, others force weaker creatures into their service. Still others cultivate grand ambitions, creating networks of minions to
and intellectual pinnacle of its species. To them, all other beholders are aberrant rivals to be dominated or destroyed. Conflicts between beholders can last for decades and lay waste to vast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
beyond, reaching distant Zakhara, Kara-Tur, and even Maztica. His work focused on conjuration and elemental evocation, so he often kept elementals and genies for company. Xonthal prized solitude, so he
been up to in the intervening decades, or whether he’s even still alive. Some think he must have become a lich, while others believe he’s just dead. All that’s certain is that the hedge maze remains a frustrating barrier, and the spells and wards protecting the tower against entry remain as powerful as ever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the town of Blasingdell and established a small, secret stronghold somewhere in the trackless wilderness.
From his hidden redoubt, he waged a decades-long vendetta against all orc-kind, until his
hills rise beyond the town’s outskirts
The characters can spend time interacting with the townsfolk, gathering equipment and provisions, and otherwise preparing before they set out.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Eberron and the wider multiverse, Tu’narath can lie between Eberron and the planes that lie beyond; an incursion by the githyanki could be the first sign of contact with the outer multiverse. On the
from gith stock and turned these monsters against their own people. So it was the mind flayers who destroyed the gith—but worse still, the mind flayers are themselves a twisted reflection of the gith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Conch Overview The dominant industry in Conch is mining. Conch’s mines are sprawling, dangerous, and worked by both locals and prisoners from across the empire. Beyond the mines, Conch exists in a
for decades. But recently, phaerimm attacks on the city’s outskirts have become concerning. Similarly, incidents of Low Netherese resistance against the ruling mages have increased in recent years, with laborers demanding better pay and conditions in the mines. So far, the mages have ignored the laborers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
elements designed to be dropped into your own campaign. And tying those chapters together is a legendary magic item that every player both dreads and longs for: the Deck of Many Things. For decades
of powerful fiends. But they’ve also gained vast wealth or a stronghold of their own, rewound time to reverse disaster, or suddenly advanced in level far beyond the other characters in the group. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
lost decades earlier to Darguun and Valenar. Cyrans who survived the war must now carve out a new destiny in the lands of their enemies or in foreign nations beyond what was once the Kingdom of Galifar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
overtaken by mind flayers. After conquering the outpost, the illithids reigned over the area for decades, even at one point housing an elder brain within the outpost’s underground sanctum. Eventually, the
flayers who also once lived there. Only recently have the goblins ventured beyond the outpost and ransacked nearby areas. This effort is helmed by a goblin named Ruxithid the Chosen, who receives orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
The Truth behind the Legend Ages ago, a human wizard/cleric of surpassing evil took the steps necessary to preserve his life force beyond the centuries he had already lived, and this creature became
undead life force of Acererak began to wane, so for the next eight decades, the lich’s servants labored to create the Tomb of Horrors. Then Acererak destroyed all his servitors, magically hid the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. I look forward to death when it finally comes.” Ideal. “Hard work won’t erase my losses, but it goes a long way toward easing them.” Bond. “I’ve poured decades of hard work into the Bored Weasel. It’s all I have.” Flaw. “I become surly and irritable when confronted with things beyond my control.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Because of the rarity of elf births, siblings might be separated in age by decades, or even a century or more. Thus, few elves grow up playing with brothers or sisters of similar age and instead
, but they aren’t to be discussed with adults until a memory of waking life first intrudes upon a youngster’s trance. This experience, called the First Reflection, marks the end of childhood and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of Arvandor or be able to fully define the longing, but they can’t escape it. Getting to Arvandor, on the other hand, is extraordinarily difficult for most mortal elves, requiring magic far beyond
Evermeet instead. Unlike on Arvandor, elves who visit Evermeet can do so for as long as they like and leave when they want — or can choose to stay, as many elves do in the later decades of their lives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
sites of fallen glory. They often dwell beyond the fringes of civilization or travel in disguise, leaving trails of petrified victims. Some medusas dominate groups of monsters or criminals, controlling
13, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. If the medusa sees its reflection in the Cone, the medusa must make this save. First Failure: The target has the Restrained condition and repeats the save at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
typically small and often nomadic. In part, this is a reflection of the desire to keep the woods untouched, but there are ruins here, such as those of Ascalhorn — now called Hellgate Dell — that
tribes of wood elves — and a few moon elf tribes — still roam the wood protecting these ruins, the monuments to their golden age. Few beyond the borders of the High Forest know much about these elves, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
underground. Led by the Cult of Zargon, the Cynidiceans began to rebuild, constructing a miserable reflection of their former kingdom in the darkness. Above, drifting sands covered the city, and Cynidicea
their kingdom’s lost glory. I must know whether they are beyond saving. Return to me with their story.”
Nafas then teleports the characters to a door along the Infinite Staircase that opens into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mission until the following conditions are met: The chardalyn dragon is no longer an immediate concern. The characters have the experience needed to survive the perils that await them in the first stage of
magic items we find scattered across the world today. It holds magic beyond our wildest dreams. We might even find something there to end this hateful winter. Intrigued?”
If characters want to hear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
portals, or huge explosions — all of which can be useful in their own way. The league’s most grandiose experiments typically concern public works projects and elemental experimentation. These efforts use
, remains its guildmaster, just as the guild continues to fulfill its original mission (even as its experiments go far beyond the guild’s original mandate).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
burgeoning city became known as Bral, in his honor, and its location as the Rock of Bral. For the next several decades, various pirate captains held sway in the city, but none of them demonstrated an
beyond the asteroid’s air envelope. Leadership of the Rock passed to Calar’s younger brother, Andru, who had a group of malcontents arrested and executed for the crime within days. Though his place on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
goes out of his way to avoid stress. He shows well in social situations, but is easily manipulated in the political arena. He is known for listening with concern, showing an earnest desire to help
, making promises to look into things, and then doing nothing. As a result, a great deal of the citizenry’s scorn lies heaped upon Duke Portyr’s shoulders. Duke Portyr expressed concern about Ravengard’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
damage as it passes through them. A fractine can also imprison a creature inside a demiplane contained within its two-dimensional form, the prisoner’s distorted reflection visible in the fractine’s
toward some unknown destination, with a beholder’s distorted reflection in its surface. Initially, I feared it was some kind of vessel. Now I believe the beholder was the mirror’s prisoner.
As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
rat has the incapacitated and prone conditions and is indifferent to the party. If the characters leave the defenseless rat in peace, it gives them a cryptic warning about the tunnels beyond: “Beware
cake are cursed. Over 1d4 hours, a cursed creature’s head takes on fiendish aspects. At the end of this time, the creature dies, and its head tears from its body as a hostile vargouille reflection