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Earth Genasi
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genasi always have bits of dust falling from their bodies and mud clinging to their clothes, never getting clean no matter how often they bathe. Others are as shiny and polished as gemstones, with skin
tones of deep brown or black, eyes sparkling like agates. Earth genasi can also have smooth metallic flesh, dull iron skin spotted with rust, a pebbled and rough hide, or even a coating of tiny embedded crystals. The most arresting have fissures in their flesh, from which faint light shines.
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stare, then appeared to go back to sleep.
— Richard Lee Byers, The Black Bouquet
A constant hum of busy activity pervades the warrens and neighborhoods where gnomes form their close-knit
unlikely to find the burrows in the first place.
Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12. Ghaunadaur Shrine Intelligent Oozes. Clinging to the 20-foot-high ceiling are three intelligent black puddings that were once drow worshipers of Ghaunadaur (see “Intelligent Black Puddings
. Staring out from it is a 1-foot-diameter purple disk inscribed with a black, glaring eye. Looming behind the altar is a 9-foot-tall statue carved in the form of an amorphous, forward-lurching pillar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
earth genasi always have bits of dust falling from their bodies and mud clinging to their clothes, never getting clean no matter how often they bathe. Others are as shiny and polished as gemstones
, with skin tones of deep brown or black, eyes sparkling like agates. Earth genasi can also have smooth metallic flesh, dull iron skin spotted with rust, a pebbled and rough hide, or even a coating of tiny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
heresy, while clinging to the power and prestige they’ve wrested from other houses. A dark elf who challenges another for superiority and fails, or who fails to respect the hierarchy in some other way
traitorous drow spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders, hoping to spy the black hood and flashing blade of a bounty-hunting drow assassin before it’s too late.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
. Characters who approach the statue see a creature clinging to the ceiling behind it: Clinging to the ceiling behind the statue is a nine-foot-long slug with glistening black skin and tentacles sprouting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
similar magic. Behind the secret door is a chute of polished black marble that slants upward (area K82). K74f. Empty Cell This cell contains nothing of interest. K74g. Gray Ooze Clinging to the floor of
hangs three feet above the still, black water that fills this dungeon corridor. The water is five feet deep. Ten-foot-square cells, their entrances blocked by iron bars, line both sides of the hall. One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
smaller, weaker male drow, each one with 6 hit points remaining.
Fresco and Spiders. The eastern wall bears a cracked fresco of a drow city in the Underdark. Clinging to this wall are four giant spiders
spiders while the contest rages. Treasure. Drinrith wears an obsidian scarab engraved with the insignia of House Auvryndar (25 gp) and a platinum-inlaid helm of black metal molded in the likeness of a spider with carnelians for eyes (750 gp).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Guards Corroded, broken weapons litter this hall, as if a battle had been fought here long ago. Clinging to the ceiling above the eastern door are three vampire spawn named Darvanos, Hekella, and Tozu
. They guard the prisoner in area 25b and attack anyone they don’t recognize. Hekella carries the key that unlocks the prisoner’s shackles in area 25b. 25b. Pantry Mold. Black mold clings to the walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
stone rivals that of the greatest dwarf artisans, yet their structures retain a decidedly elven aesthetic. Though appearing delicate, drow settlements are structurally sound and remarkably resilient
mages sometimes imbue items with magic to enhance their effectiveness. However, such magic fades when exposed to sunlight, so that magical drow weapons and armor rarely retain their enhancement bonuses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
cycle; the two can intersect, and at that nexus the liches find immense power, which commands the awe, envy, and fear of other Golgari. Unlike the shambling zombies they command, liches retain their
memories, their personalities, and especially their ambition. They also retain the grace and stature of living elves, but their bodies are in a constant state of slow decay. Various forms of fungus grow in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the Rod of Seven Parts The walls and floor of this massive chamber alternate between gray, petrified stone and flexing muscle and flesh. Clinging to the ceiling is a serpentine monstrosity, like a
heart through this passage leads to the area above the Lambent Zenith’s prow (area Z19). A3: Flooded Atrium The air here is humid. Pooled on the floor is black sludge that shimmers like an oil slick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Deathlock Mastermind Though deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising particular tactics and carrying out their plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit
, scorching ray, stinking cloud, wall of fire
Great Old One patron: clairvoyance, detect thoughts, dissonant whispers, dominate person, Evard’s black tentacles, hunger of Hadar, phantasmal force, sending, Tasha’s hideous laughter, telekinesis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
several comfortable black cushions at the center. She orders Lulu to rest on the cushions, which the hollyphant does with a bit of trepidation. Maggie then places two skulls on the circle, noting that she’s
characters succeed, the sunny meadow fades to black as the dream sequence progresses toward the next dream. If all the characters fail the saving throw, each character takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Basilisk Gate Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to your players to begin the adventure: Welcome to Baldur’s Gate, a veritable nest of rats and vipers clinging to the rocky slopes
description of Captain Zodge — a tall man with long black hair and a leather eye patch — it takes you a while to find him. A fight breaks out between soldiers and commoners, and you finally spot the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and sinks toward a fifteen-foot-diameter hole in the floor that seems to be the upper end of a tunnel.
The ice slide descends to area H36. H27. West Observation Platform Clinging to the thirty-foot
-high ceiling of this cavern is a forest of icicles, some of which have grown to a length of five feet or more. Embedded in the south wall is a cylindrical, domed building made of seamless black stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and is 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. The contents of the sarcophagi are as follows: The northern sarcophagus contains the moldy bones of a dwarf with corroded bits of armor clinging to it
in “Treasure” below. Treasure. Lorlynn wears a black gold ring set with bloodstones (250 gp) on the index finger of her right hand and carries a bone wand (her arcane focus), a pouch containing two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
translucent gemstones that come in different colors, including pale green, blue, pink, red, brown, and black. Mining Discoveries d100 Discovery
01–80 Nothing
81–95 Pebble-sized tourmaline
kobolds (see appendix C) that are clinging to the underside of the walkway. These kobolds, named Scorp and Thwip, are using saws to weaken the wooden struts so that the walkway will collapse if a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
meet Qarbo. Development If the characters attack the monastery and then leave, when they return the guards here are replaced by two minotaurs sent here from the Temple of Black Earth, supervised by one
Black Earth priest Qarbo uses this space as his personal quarters. Qarbo keeps two Black Earth guards at his beck and call to serve as bodyguards. See chapter 7 for the cultists’ statistics. Qarbo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
when pirates attacked the merchant ship. During the fighting, Gar was knocked overboard. For days he survived by clinging to the ship’s wreckage, until a shark ripped off his left arm. Death seemed
with the Cult of the Black Earth. The earth cultists are deliberate and dependable, if perhaps too inflexible for their own good.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
empire’s fall, they retain a spiritual and physical connection to the darkness below. Umbragen shadow walkers weave shadow magic to confound foes. Jordan Kerbow Vulkoori and Umbragen drow battle in a
scattered creations of the giant wizard-king Addis-Ro, a necromancer who experimented with powers drawn from the depths of Khyber. This huge monolith formed of unbreakable black glass supposedly marks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
suspended in the air.
In the west side of the room is a black gate, and on the wall near it is a contact stone.
Creatures. One reduced-threat aboleth (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above) dwells
feet in diameter. Red Wizards use them to hold aquatic creatures for transport through the black gates. As an action, a creature that is within 5 feet of a globe and has an Intelligence score of 10 or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
brood mates and a couple of interesting new creations or discoveries. They retain their gnomish curiosity and love of tinkering, now blended with the illithids’ drive for control and experimentation
remains sticky even in the extreme cold. The ship’s interior is a mess. The walls are crusted with patches of flaky plaque, and the floor is splattered with sticky blots of an inky-black substance that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
middle. 2nd-Level Characters. If the characters are 2nd level, two stirges clinging to the tunnel ceiling are disturbed if fighting breaks out in this area and join the battle. The stirges ignore the spore
, shriveled, and blotched with black patches of decay. The blight has no obvious source. Treasure. The fungus farm contains heart cap mushrooms ready for harvest. A character who spends 15 minutes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
flattery festered with poisonous vanity in Zalkoré’s mind until she bargained with an erinyes to retain her youth and beauty forever. The erinyes fulfilled the deal by transforming the queen into a medusa
top of the dome has been weakened by time and collapses under the weight of a creature weighing 200 pounds or more. Any creature standing on or clinging to the roof when it collapses falls, taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
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
, Everlund, and numerous smaller settlements along the way. Raven Rock On the icy slopes of the Spine of the World stands the spirit mound of the Black Raven and Gray Wolf tribes. Raven Rock gets its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Small humanoids to squeeze through. The wall encircling the garden is 40 feet high and is easily climbed due to the vegetation clinging to it. Concealed Inscription. Characters who search the gate for
white and black specimens among them. Glistening spiderwebs cover the rosebushes.
The webs belong to three ettercaps that recently crawled up from the forest of Thither. They lurk under the soil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
moon Ghaunadaur CE Oozes, slimes, outcasts War Purple eye with black sclera Keptolo CE Beauty, hedonism, fertility Nature, Trickery Mushroom Kiaransalee CE Necromancy Arcana,* Death Drow hand wearing
, slaughter War Spider over crossed sword and mace Vhaeraun CE Arrogance, thieves Trickery, War Black mask with blue glass lenses inset over eyes Zinzerena CN Assassination, illusion, lies Trickery Shortsword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters encounter. d20 Encounter 1–2 1 chuul lurking in a pool of water 3 1d6 giant spiders clinging to the walls or ceiling 4–5 1 grell floating near the high ceiling 6–9 1d4 gricks hiding in a
ranger with two gleaming scimitars and a black, quadrupedal animal companion Giant Fire Beetles The characters encounter 3d6 giant fire beetles scouring tunnels and caves for food. Characters in need
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
findings. The Zhentarim also have a black market network in the city that provides guides. Jobal is aware that this network exists and makes it abundantly clear that guides who fail to register with
guide characters to Firefinger and Dungrunglung. They’ve also heard stories about an old woman in Mbala who can animate the dead in such a way that the zombies retain the abilities and memories they had
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
+ 1 gargoyles cling to the outside of it. (The other gargoyles clinging to the tower are inanimate statues.) Living gargoyles swoop down to attack anyone who crosses the gantry approaching the tower
. Chain Lightning Stadium The air around this amphitheater is charged with static. Cracked steps descend to the stadium floor, where a tiny glittering object rests on a pedestal of black stone. Three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clothing, as it were. His assignment is to determine how easy it would be for the Black Network to gain control of Goldenfields, and report his findings to Nalaskur Thaelond in Bargewright Inn. Shalvus
, often humorous tales of heroes and monsters, as well as legends about the gods, Chauntea in particular. The tree allows children to climb it while it walks about cautiously with hosts of them clinging to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
thick fog clings to the floor, which is covered in putrid waste. The black ceiling is moving. The catacombs fill an area roughly 110 feet east to west by 180 feet north to south, and the floor is covered
lies atop a marble slab in the center of the crypt. The skull has black opals set in its eye sockets and shards of amber where its teeth should be. Khazan was a powerful archmage who unlocked the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
include the heads of local militias, gangs, and other martial organizations. At the broadest scale, a criminal or underworld leader wields power through a network of spies, bribes, and black-market trade
might be a tyrant, a fiend, or black-hearted villain, and the era that just ended could have been one of peace, tranquility, and justice. A new leader shakes the foundations of your campaign world and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
glowing fungus reveals the eastern niche, which holds a pallet of matted furs, a wide wooden board on which a variety of weapons are affixed, and a great cloak of patchy black fur hung on a slender pole
human woman in a robe fit for a noble; and a middle-aged, bearded human male wearing a hooded brown robe and armed with a staff and sickle. The younger humans have black eyes and gray skin with the