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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
around an ancient monument to an elven ranger. Residences and the village temple are built into the upper boughs of the forest. The elves string rope bridges between these sites and construct circular
occasionally enter the forest as an alternative to raiding human settlements along the Trade Way. However, those defenses proved a deathtrap against the flying green dragon, leaving many elves unable to reach the ground quickly enough to escape.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
around an ancient monument to an elven ranger. Residences and the village temple are built into the upper boughs of the forest. The elves string rope bridges between these sites and construct circular
occasionally enter the forest as an alternative to raiding human settlements along the Trade Way. However, those defenses proved a deathtrap against the flying green dragon, leaving many elves unable to reach the ground quickly enough to escape.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
protects those who venture too close to Eileanar’s edge. Hidden Quarter. Visually obscured by tunnels and illusions, the Hidden Quarter is the dismal dwelling place and industrial center for Low Netherese
servants. Underpeak. Gravity inversions allow mages to construct upside-down palaces on the surface of the rock below the city. However, the Underpeak’s cave systems are home to monsters as well as escaped magical experimentations.
Kobold
Legacy
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hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them.
Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow
room to dig, and ready sources of food. Although lairing in these locations puts kobolds in competition with surface-dwelling humanoids, their ability to avoid detection often means their warrens go
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Metallic Peacekeeper When a metallic dragon grows attached to a settlement of smaller folk—often after dwelling there for a time in Humanoid form—the dragon might decide to create a metallic
peacekeeper to protect the place. The peacekeeper can ward a community for centuries, standing in the place of its dragon creator and maintaining peace and order. Metallic Peacekeeper
Medium Construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
as much of a threat to a colony. Although the mind flayers and their elder brain are incredibly powerful, they aren’t invincible: highly accomplished heroes, drow raiding parties, rampant demons, and
suitable spot, its followers construct a new lair while it transforms into an elder brain. Although a creature as arrogant and ambitious as an elder brain might resent an ulitharid’s rise, it understands
Orc
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battle or illness, but an orc can live to about 40, remaining healthy almost up until the end. Luthic’s divine blessing can further extend an orc’s life, though Gruumsh is never happy when
,” or “go this way.” A orc raiding party might leave such a sign in its wake, as an aid to other warriors that travel through the same area later on. Mountain guides, druids, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
black dragon recently took control of a band of pirates and their backwater hideout. Emboldened, the pirates have started raiding nearby shipping lanes.
2 A conflict-averse black dragon is secretly
butchering.
5 Kobolds dwelling under a tropical city serve as safecrackers and tunneling burglars to amass treasure for their beloved black dragon wyrmling master.
6 A gnome relic hunter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
looks like you. Your statistics are the same, but you are a Construct with vulnerability to fire damage, and you don’t require air, food, or drink. Items worn or carried by you are unaffected. 8
her “fair blessing.” 5 After filling your pockets with fool’s gold, you must flap your arms and quack like a duck. 6 You must bury an executioner’s hood (a black-capped mushroom found in the Feywild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
north of the Spine of the World. The long nights and sunless days are a blessing to Xardorok Sunblight, a duergar who longs to carve out a domain for himself on the surface and enslave the people of Ten
chardalyn—a crystalline substance known to exist only in Icewind Dale. Once he gathers enough of it, Xardorok plans to construct a chardalyn dragon and unleash it upon Ten-Towns. Despite Auril’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
githyanki raise their young in hidden crèches that they construct in far-flung places on the Material Plane. Such measures are necessary because birth and growth are impossible on the Astral Plane
immortal warriors dwelling in the silvery void. The young are told they are on the verge of entering the queen’s realm, each one of them destined to take a special place in the society. Their skills
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
exiles. They are the destined rulers of the darkness, and when Lolth commands them to rise up and destroy their surface-dwelling kin, they will.
Creatures of Darkness. The drow have lived underground
for so long that they have evolved to their surroundings and can see in the dark. However, they can no longer stand sunlight. When laborers are in short supply in the Underdark, the drow send raiding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creatures A dragon’s presence can alter the behavior or physical characteristics of creatures dwelling near the dragon’s lair. The presence of a gem dragon draws specific kinds of creatures to dwell
. Pervasive Influence. People dwelling within 12 miles of the dragon’s lair develop personality traits inspired by the dragon—heightened suspicion, garrulousness, greed, placidity, or the like. Individuals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, other elves. To the dark elves, raiding the surface for captives and treasure isn’t just a cultural and military tradition, but also an economic necessity. Some raids are major operations that involve
without appreciable value as status symbols are used for strenuous or dangerous jobs such as tending farms, hauling cargo, or hollowing out giant stalagmites and stalactites to make new dwelling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Faerie Dragon Lairs Faerie dragons go where the fun is. For many, this means dwelling near portals to the Feywild, enjoying that realm’s unpredictable magic and boisterous revels. Yet it can just as
a manor or convincing pixies to construct them a silken bower. The most elaborate faerie dragon lairs are modeled off those of larger dragons, featuring multiple chambers and cunning traps. Faerie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
corrupted these warriors over time, turning them into chardalyn berserkers. Their cruelty forced the king to banish them from the tribe. These outcasts have since begun raiding Bear Tribe camps for
enemies believe she has actual ice flowing through her veins. She has no living children that she knows of, but with Auril’s blessing, she won’t need any heirs to preserve her legacy. Bjornhild intends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
mines leads them into frequent clashes with Underdark monsters. Creatures or raiding parties that enter the mines from below invite retributive raids by dwarf war parties. The dwarves will mount an
. Hill dwarves view their mountain cousins as overly grim shut-ins who refuse to believe that life is anything but a constant battle for survival. Mountain dwarves view their hill-dwelling relatives as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
City Watch (veterans) arrive as the fight ends. Drawn by the commotion, the Watch couldn’t care less about the nimblewright and believes any plausible story the characters tell them. (As a construct
. He’s a lamplighter with an alley dwelling. The X marks the alley.) If Manshoon is the villain, “Thrakkus” is written by the X on a map of the Field Ward. (The X marks the location of Thrakkus’s butcher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
separated from their clan mates, they can’t avoid dwelling on unpleasant memories. It’s the wise traveler who leaves alone the sole, drunken dwarf in the corner.
Giants Giants have no special enmity toward
any clan. Although the duergar don’t come near the surface in sufficient numbers to invade and occupy a stronghold, they send out raiding parties to set upon any dwarves they find on the loose and to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of the Barrens by their neighbors) have a history of raiding the outskirts of Furyondy, the Bandit Kingdoms, Tenh, and Wegwiur, which hasn’t won them many allies. The nomads’ legendary dominance of
been forced to defend itself against frequent raids from the North Kingdoms and the Sea Baronies, as well as attacks from mountain-dwelling monsters. Baron Lexnol Haarkof’s emissaries hope to forge an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Tethyr, is a land of raiding pirates. Farther south, some three hundred miles from the Moonshaes, is the fabled island of Lantan, birthplace of many odd inventions. Well south of there, beyond the
, the Nelanther. Here, all manner of seafaring or sea-dwelling creatures live, from lizardfolk and minotaurs to orcs and ogres, with a smattering of humans and others thrown in for variety. Where some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, stone melting compound, stirge repellent, and glow-in-the-dark paint. Artificers Rock gnome artificers construct exquisitely tooled and enameled pieces of machinery, often weaving magical properties
-dwelling gnomes can fall prey to this sort of obsession as they pursue their projects, and in such cases it’s much safer for them to stay in their homes, since a gnome wandering the streets deep in thought is liable to walk into a moat or be run over by a wagon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
between two low peaks. The dragon has been raiding the surrounding lands in ever-widening sweeps, expanding her territory. Berythrach soars overhead, scouring the mountains for prey. The characters can
mountain-dwelling gnomes. The gnomes raise goats and sheep in the valley and mine metals in the surrounding bluffs. Five guards (lawful neutral, gnome scouts) watch the canyon entrance at all hours. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the gods prepare their prayers in this area, meditating on the blessing they want. A salamander and four fire snakes are in this room. The salamander stands guard before the door to area I5, while
saving throw as a minor blessing. Destroying these offerings undermines Izel’s plan, as the offerings are consecrated to the gods and can’t be used to coax forth other tlexolotls. I6: Caldera The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
to understand
their place in the cosmos
Giant Construct Encounters Use the Giant Construct Encounters table to populate ancient giants’ ruins that have been sealed from the outside world for
ancient giants. You can alter the appearance of any Construct on this table to reflect the nature of its creators. An iron golem built by fire giants might spew embers and sooty smoke between its iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
takes 42 (12d6) acid damage. 3: Iron Shelter This massive iron dwelling sports large doors, furniture, and fixtures. The building is divided into two chambers: a long bedchamber to the north and a
free Theldin, he insists they help him destroy the runic colossus Brimskarda was building. He explains that the half-finished Construct is a weapon of war capable of cataclysmic destruction, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, with the additional effect that creatures other than Undead that attempt to ascend the dais are subject to the spell’s fear effect (save DC 16). Chemosh’s Blessing. The first character who succeeds on
the character refuses the offer, the altar emits smoke that coalesces into a hulking figure. This hostile figure uses the clay golem stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Construct. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
: Stoneshar Stoneshar is an all-faiths day during which folk strive not to be idle. Even children at play are encouraged to dig holes, build sand castles, or construct crude models. Waterdavians
wields the Wand of the Four Moons in a ceremony blessing all navigators. This holy relic is said to be the mace wielded by Selûne in her first battle against Shar, and again in a fight with her sister
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the same character is submerged in all four pools, that character receives the blessing of That-Which-Endures. This blessing comes in handy later in area 7. Key. To make the key appear, one or more
. Any low-challenge cavern-dwelling beasts are perfect for prodding the adventurers along.
3. Traps This part of the underground complex contains a number of traps installed by the previous occupants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
area T6, hoping to draw the characters to the false tomb and the other golems waiting there. Canopic Golem Large construct
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 252 (24d10 + 120)
Speed 30 ft
(History or Religion) check, understands that once its corruption is undone, the pool can bestow a blessing on anyone who meditates here. A character who finishes a long rest in this area can roll a d20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
13 Intelligence (Arcana) check. They also describe Kwalish’s desire to construct a final laboratory hidden within an extradimensional space, and how he experimented with the city’s materials to
construct such spaces within baubles of glass and crystal. These notes explain how the apparatus’s biomechanical umbilicus (an atropal’s augmented umbilical cord) can be used to connect with the baubles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
palm-size dose of paste. A creature can take 1 minute to apply a dose of the paste to a Construct to grant it 10 temporary hit points. Once dispensed, a dose of paste loses its magic if not applied
beast that resembles a bear with three long, fleshy tentacles sprouting from its skull. Each tentacle is topped with a glowing, knobby lump of flesh.
The monster dwelling here is a blazebear (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
with stars are vitality’s bane.
Blue is neither blessing nor curse.
Moon cleanses you of illness or worse.
Green’s neighbor is never boring—
Drink deep; pass through the flooring.”
The
but is a Construct. This central statue controls the two cobra statues; each cobra statue uses the spirit naga stat block but is a Construct. The statues speak Common. The statues are hostile toward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Handbook. As with damage immunities, condition immunities should be intuitive and logical. For example, it makes sense that a stone golem can’t be poisoned, since it’s a construct without a nervous
— Fiendish Blessing Cambion Apply the monster’s Charisma modifier to its actual AC. Flyby Peryton — Frightful Presence Ancient black dragon Increase the monster’s effective hit points by 25% if the monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
territory.
Evil lizardfolk venerate and serve black dragons, raiding humanoid settlements for treasure and food to give as tribute and building crude draconic effigies along the borders of their
survey their domain. Their preference for mountains brings them into conflict with the hill-dwelling copper dragons from time to time. Arrogant Tyrants. Red dragons fly into destructive rages and act on