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. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight); males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. A lot of humans have a
, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.
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Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost.First Form
In her first form, Auril appears as a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down
, motionless sheets of ice. Umberlee brought Talos and Malar into an alliance against Auril, who retreated to the coldest corner of Toril to escape their fury.
After a world-shaking event known as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Lords
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but e’er changing eternally
—Riddle of White Plume Mountain
Answer to the riddle of White Plume Mountain The Moon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Stairs to the north and south descend twenty feet to an obsidian lectern, behind which a slab of black slate hangs from chains. Between the stairs are descending rows of red marble benches. The hanging
lanthorns have continual flame spells cast on them. The black slate slab once served as a chalkboard and has a few chalk marks on it. Vilnius and Quasit Hiding behind the lectern is Vilnius (NE male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
their race. The spell succeeded, but it rippled backward and forward in time, and the land was sundered, changing the face of the world. The largest continent of this new world is now called Faerûn
Wars and cursed the dark elves so that they might never dwell comfortably under the sun. Now finding themselves pained by exposure to daylight, the drow — in a mere two months’ time — retreated from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
descends from Sacred Stone Monastery to the Temple of Black Earth. Finally, the Path of Frozen Fire leads from the cellars below Scarlet Moon Hall to the Temple of Eternal Flame. Each elemental cult
Black Earth: area B23 Temple of Eternal Flame: area E17 Counterattack It’s dangerous to linger in a stronghold without defeating that dungeon’s prophet. If the characters try to camp in any of the four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
from dark brown to black. Social Mores Umizu is a matrilineal culture with a preference for succession by women. Most families live in multigenerational homes, and the wealthiest favor polyamorous
consult ancestral spirits before making life-changing decisions, but the perspectives of the dead can be just as flawed as those of the living. Disagreements in large family clans sometimes result in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
black leather armor and robes. He clutches a black staff with a carved spider at the top and frowns as he sees you.
“It seems that I must deal with you myself. A pity it must end this way
.”
Nezznar the Black Spider is joined by four giant spiders that defend their master to the death. If they are expecting trouble, the spiders hide behind pillars, and Nezznar casts invisibility on himself and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, called Solamnia in his honor. King Solamnus sought above all to rule this new society justly. On the Isle of Sancrist, at a black granite stone in a secluded glade, he prayed to the gods for guidance
Isle in the west or retreated to the protection of their strongholds and keeps, while others disguised themselves to continue their work. Their power waning, the knights today are locked in a bitter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
every few seconds (see “Morphing Statue” below).
Cassiok and Pet. Facing the statue with its back to the rest of the room is a black-robed creature (Cassiok Shadowdusk) leaning heavily on a staff
inside it. Without significantly changing its mass, the statue shifts form every few seconds, becoming various members of the Shadowdusk family and, every so often, depicting Halaster Blackcloak or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
activate them. Most of the svirfneblin have retreated to their residential niches. Gabble Dripskillet is the only one at floor level, and she’s prepared to negotiate with whoever or whatever breaks
Master’s Guide). Gabble keeps a crystal coffer in her niche. The coffer is worth 100 gp, and it contains a black sapphire pendant on a silver chain worth 5,000 gp. She offers the pendant as a reward to the party for saving her enclave.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the tomb stands an opaque crystal sarcophagus that is constantly changing color. Minotaur murals adorn the walls on the lower level of the tomb.
The walls of the tomb are lined with secret doors that
configuration ever-changing. The maze has no exits, and its corridors are lit by tiny torches and clouded by fog.
Any non-undead creature that touches the wall carving vanishes and reappears in a demiplanar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
exploding out of a spellbook and changing a wizard into a gibbering mouther. 11b. Master of the Unseen Flickering torchlight created by continual flame spells spills out of this room into the hall. The 15
shaped like a gold coin (the symbol of Waukeen, god of trade), the other a black disk outlined in purple (the symbol of Shar, god of darkness and loss).
Furnishings. Empty bookshelves and desks line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
gargoyles if they have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher. The gargoyles ignore groups exiting the Temple of Black Earth. They attack any strangers approaching from the north unless
the strangers pause at the bridge to either give the hand sign of the cult (a triangle formed with thumbs and forefingers of both hands) or call out, “I serve the Black Earth!” In combat, the gargoyles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
engulfs the valley. Dark thunderclouds roll overhead.
You see an elk standing on a rocky spur about sixty feet away. Suddenly, it assumes the form of a man in tattered black robes. His hair and beard are
long, black, and streaked with gray, and his eyes crackle with eldritch power.
The Mad Mage of Mount Baratok (CN male human archmage) came to Barovia more than a year ago to free its people from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
flanked by a pair of twenty-foot tall stone statues of rough-hewn humanoids, their faces grim masks of forbiddance. Next to each statue is a human guard encased in stone armor.
Two Black Earth
10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage. Corpse. The corpse belongs to a Black Earth guard killed by one of his fellow cultists. The guard carries nothing of value. Secret Passage. The “secret” entrance to area G5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
troll Ooze Grottos d4 Encounter 1 1 black pudding* 2 1 gelatinous cube* 3–4 1d4 gray oozes Predator Pools d4 Encounter 1 2d4 giant crabs* 2 2d4 kuo-toa 3 1d2 merrow* (in water globes) 4 1
. Changing Treasure. Feel free to change the treasure in the Doomvault or add more. It’s especially appropriate to change treasure to something characters in the party can use, and it’s satisfying to let
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
one corner of the town square stands the Great Shalarn, a black stone statue of a famous war stallion bred in Amphail long ago. Gelded by a prankster, the rearing stone horse is often painted in
. The three Waterdhavian families with the most influence in Amphail are Houses Amcathra, Ilzimmer, and Roaringhorn. These houses rule the town, with the controlling family changing each Shieldmeet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
doesn’t require air, food, or water. Items worn or carried by the creature are unaffected. A wish spell can end the curse. The creature can end the curse on itself by giving a bouquet of eight black
roses to Iggwilv, but only Iggwilv and Iggrik (the quasit in area P51) know that the curse can be ended in this way. The black roses can be harvested from the rose garden (area P7). P34. Hall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to trap the Knights of the Black Sword in their self-made prison (not unlike the fate of their dark master, Levistus). Casualties. If he’s still alive and confined to his castle, Speaker Siever
, its residents having retreated to the woods or sailed to Targos. The dragon takes 2 hours to lay waste to the empty town, leveling every building and destroying every dock. Casualties. None as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
fly off. Warriors of the Black Raven tribe sometimes ride these giant ravens into battle. Surrounding Raven Rock are four 50-foot-tall menhirs that the Uthgardt shamans use to track the changing of the
dwarf spy), a retired adventurer on the Black Network’s payroll, runs the Sleeping Dragon and keeps an eye on the activities of the City Guard and any Lords’ Alliance members that come through. Anyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
skeleton 4 Toppled jar of ashes 5 A wight that won’t stop crying 6 Skeleton of an unidentifiable Beast 7 A black pudding 8 Gouged stone and a Humanoid skeleton with worn-down finger bones 9 Perfectly
a robed figure with a grim skull for a face. Before the statue, a pair of skeletons kneel, holding an altar of polished black stone between them.
This shrine is under the effect of a hallow spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
crew’s harrowing encounter with a group of neogi. The tale is not entirely fanciful—a band of neogi did recently board the Lucent Edict in search of salvage, but they retreated once they realized the
captain’s chair and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a secret compartment in the left armrest. This compartment contains a black metal tube containing a spell scroll of wall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
bead of curing, one bead of summons, and one bead of wind walking. N8. Wind Chorus Wind rushes through this curving natural passage and off into the darkness beyond, howling in a changing pitch as it
(Athletics) checks. A creature that fails such a check falls from the chasm wall. N15. Windhuggers A warm wind swirls through this smooth cave, seemingly changing course at random. Nine cultists wearing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and unimaginable joy. THE BLESSED OF CORELLON
Ever changing, mirthful, and beautiful, the primal elves could assume whatever sex they liked. When they bowed to Lolth’s influence and chose to fix
-changing sky and the setting sun can be seen and contemplated. Along with the setting sun, images of clouds are a major motif for followers of Labelas, who often tattoo such designs on their bodies or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
cookery and plates has begun to rot. Chimney. A fireplace in the middle of the east wall contains a black iron pot hung on a hook. The chimney is too narrow for Medium or Small characters to climb, but
. D11b: Markos’s Office This room contains a black wooden desk with a cushioned, high-backed chair behind it. Two smaller chairs face the desk with their backs to the door. A niche in the northeast corner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and provides no impediment. Underwater Passage. If the characters explore beneath the water, read the following: Forty feet beneath the water, the walls are constructed of worked stone. Red and black
mosaics of tentacles flank a set of black marble doors in the south wall. Reliefs of long, curving fangs line the arc of the door frame.
The double doors push open to reveal an underwater passage to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the table, flanking a drow dressed in black leather armor and robes. The drow clutches a black staff with a carved spider at the top and frowns when he sees you. “It seems that I must deal with you
myself. A pity it must end this way.”
Nezznar the Spider is accompanied by two bugbears who defend their leader to the death. If the doppelganger from area W18 retreated to this area, it assumes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
exclusively and never walk along the cart track past area 5. 5. Haunted Forge This was the dwarves’ forge and workshop. Many of the miners retreated here when Tinder attacked, but the dragon
incinerated their barricades and then burned them out with her breath. The entire area from the bottom of the steps to the backs of the chambers is scorched and black. A dozen or more (it’s difficult to sort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
chief’s chamber is strewn with trophies, including the skulls, bones, hides, and weapons of defeated foes. Amid the mess, a small square of black silk hides a ruby worth 300 gp. It can be found with a
here if they retreated to attack characters who got past them. Treasure. The gricks discarded the inedible portions of their victims in the back of the cave. Rooting through the grisly remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Auril’s frigid cold transformed her chaotic, unpredictable tides into rigid, motionless sheets of ice. Umberlee brought Talos and Malar into an alliance against Auril, who retreated to the coldest corner
with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down. Protruding from her feathery owl’s head is a pair of curved goat horns. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, uneven causeway of natural rock leads out into the middle, to a point where two crooked pillars of glassy black rock jut up on either side of a great altar of the same stone. Just beyond the altar, a
other than Vanifer who approaches the portal. If Vanifer has retreated to this cavern and the characters have defeated two other prophets, use the “Encounter with Vanifer” section. Use the “Encounter with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
injured wizards retreated here to rest, but the maze entrapped them. All five died while being absorbed. B5: Tumor Garden Several fleshy lumps in the floor rise like stalagmites to heights of two or
death cries and the ruptured wall. Though Varakkta was reluctant to leave her valued greatsword behind, she elected for discretion and retreated to rejoin her followers. Greatsword. The greatsword is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
small pools, each about 3 feet wide and filled to the brim with black, stinking water. Several large stones lie on the floor near the pools, each wrapped several times around by lengths of old rope. A
north to area B11 of the Temple of Black Earth. C11. Court of the Merfolk An ancient fountain shaped like three dancing merfolk stands in the middle of this court. The fountain is dry, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
padded chairs and a low stone shelf holding four crystal pitchers, a large bowl, and several glasses. A pale mind flayer sits in one of the chairs wearing a black, tattered robe.
The sitting creature
fanatics. The alhoon can describe each fanatic (as mentioned in “Mind Flayer Fanatics” section earlier), but Oshundo doesn’t regard them very highly. Fanatics’ Problem. The fanatics retreated to the