before blue drives construct realms

Frost Giant (variant)

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

the net (AC 12) destroys the net and frees the target.Frost giants are creatures of ice and snow, with hair and beards of pale white or light blue, and flesh as blue as glacial ice. They respect only

brute strength and skill in battle. Some adult frost giants are skilled hunters who construct and hurl nets weighted down with fragments of metal or bone.Cold

High Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves. The

other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans and

Duergar Xarrorn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

carries is invisible with it.Xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless

realms. Their personalities and abilities have been deeply impacted by their ancestors’ captivity and torment by mind flayers; they were infused with powerful psionic abilities but also a

Hobgoblin

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creates a mystical bond between the giver and the receiver of a gift. On some worlds, such bonds lead hobgoblins to form communities with deep ties to one another. In Eberron and the Forgotten Realms, vast

, pointed ears and noses that turn bright red or blue during displays of emotion. Creating Your Character At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds. A Broad Spectrum With their penchant for migration

naming traditions of their ancestors. The material culture and physical characteristics of humans can change wildly from region to region. In the Forgotten Realms, for example, the clothing, architecture

Chromatic Dragonborn

Species Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Dragonborn with chromatic ancestry claim the raw elemental power of chromatic dragons. The vibrant colors of black, blue, green, red, and white dragons gleam in those dragonborn’s scaled skin

your character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they

skill with sword, bow, and strategy. Hidden Woodland Realms Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and

Kender

Species Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

diminutive Humanoids who look like humans with pointed ears and diverse appearances. Kender have a supernatural curiosity that drives them to adventure. Due to this inquisitiveness, many kender find

example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature that has the Construct type. Life Span The typical life span of a player character in the D&D

Artus Cimber

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

following properties while attuned to the dagger, provided he has the weapon drawn: Cause a blue gem set into the dagger’s pommel to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an

must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with

Water Genasi

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

skin is often shades of blue or green, sometimes a blend of the two. If they have a human skin tone, there is a glistening texture that catches the light, like water droplets or nearly invisible fish

type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze

Young Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

out of arrow range, so they know I am watching. 8 I am fascinated by the politics of surface realms and talk endlessly with sailors and adventurers to stay current on the latest happenings on

plunder. 2 A young blue dragon is teaching a young dragon turtle to terrorize nearby settlements so the inhabitants will propitiate the dragon turtle with gold. 3 A young dragon turtle

Tiefling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, blue, or purple. Self-Reliant and Suspicious Tieflings subsist in small minorities found mostly in human cities or towns, often in the roughest quarters of those places, where they grow up to be

tieflings, assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. The reality is that a tiefling’s bloodline doesn’t affect their personality. They are gifted with magic from the infernal realms but chart their own course in life.

Air Genasi

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

winds. Air genasi’s skin tones include many shades of blue, along with the full range of human skin tones, with bluish or ashen casts. Sometimes their skin is marked by lines that seem like cracks

your character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth

Genasi inherit something from both sides of their dual nature. They resemble humans but have unusual skin color (red, green, blue, or gray), and there is something odd about them. The elemental blood

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

its secrets and nature have been laid bare. Tinkers and Minstrels Curiosity drives most of the tabaxi found outside their homeland, but not all of them become adventurers. Tabaxi who seek a safer

wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to bargain instead of pursuing more dangerous methods of sating their curiosity. However, they aren’t above a little discreet theft to get their claws

Centaur

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Centaurs gallop throughout the multiverse and trace their origins to many different realms. The centaurs presented here hail from the Feywild and mystically resonate with the natural world. From the

. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead

Chapter 4: Escape From the Past

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

Chapter 4: Escape From the Past Chapter 4 Escape From the Past SAMUEL PERIN The cosmos-shaking magic of Karsus’s Folly drives a caldron magen into a violent frenzy Experimentation with temporal

period in the Forgotten Realms or beyond into ancient Netheril, where they can adventure before discovering a way back home.

Cult Forces

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Cult Forces The assailants the cult throws against the characters should be adjusted for the strength of the party. Using foes from the First Attack Cult Forces table, construct this first attack as

a hard encounter using the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. First Attack Cult Forces Creature XP Value Dragonclaw 200 Dragonwing 450 Dragonfang 1,100 Half-blue dragon gladiator* 1,800

Cult Forces

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Cult Forces The assailants the cult throws against the characters should be adjusted for the strength of the party. Using foes from the First Attack Cult Forces table, construct this first attack as

a hard encounter using the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. First Attack Cult Forces Creature XP Value Dragonclaw 200 Dragonwing 450 Dragonfang 1,100 Half-blue dragon gladiator* 1,800

2. All Work, No Play

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

Toy Soldier Sentries Wooden Construct (Animated Armor) These magical constructs have no emotions and can’t talk. They only obey orders to guard the yard. "The wooden guards have painted-on black boots, scarlet uniforms, perfectly circular rosy-pink cheeks and unblinking blue eyes."

High Elf

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

and valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves

. The other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans

High Elf

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

and valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves

. The other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans

Salamanders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Salamanders Serpentine Artists of the Inferno Habitat: Planar (Elemental Plane of Fire), Underdark; Treasure: Armaments Brian Valenzuela A salamander inferno master drives its salamander and fire

typically content to dwell on the Elemental Plane of Fire, creating strange, temporary art amid the flames. Some travel to other planes of existence and worlds to experience the flames of other realms or create conflagrations of unprecedented scale.

Vorn

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

deactivated shield guardian that once served as a wizard’s bodyguard. The wizard died from extreme bad luck decades ago — he fell out of a tree during a particularly bad bout of blue mist fever, hit his

finds footprints in the dirt — evidence of nomadic tribes of goblins, grungs, and vegepygmies that revere the construct as a lesser god. They trim back the jungle vines and creepers that would

Sage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Sage You’re well versed in history and arcane lore, and you have a gift for uncovering the information you need. What is it that drives your pursuit of knowledge? 1d4 Sage 1 You’re an

cutting edge of arcane theory. House Cannith, Arcanix—they’re all idiots. You’re on the verge of a major discovery (The cause of the Mourning? The nature of warforged souls? Establishing a connection to new realms of existence?) but the pieces you need are out there in the world.

Tinkers and Minstrels

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Tinkers and Minstrels Curiosity drives most of the tabaxi found outside their homeland, but not all of them become adventurers. Tabaxi who seek a safer path to satisfy their obsessions become

trade for items that spark their interest. Tabaxi reluctantly accept gold, but they much prefer interesting objects or pieces of lore as payment. These wanderers keep to civilized realms, preferring to

Cerulean Citadel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Cerulean Citadel The Cerulean Citadel is the palace of the royal family. The jewel in Jadurai’s crown, it derives its name from the sky-blue sandstone used to construct its outer walls. The octagonal

Book Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

shirt but having no effect on his tight pantaloons and shiny boots. He’s depicted looking marvelous in fantastical realms alongside his rugged and ready adventuring companions. Alkazaar’s Appendix is

well as detailed drawings of a stone golem with a brilliant blue sapphire for a heart. One of these illustrations doubles as a portal to Anauroch (see “The Picture Portal” below).

Life in Djaynai and Janya

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

and values, though Janya’s aquatic environment drives some differences. Education and Religion Both realms’ culture is tightly tied to Djaynai’s historical roots as an advanced, influential

Life in Djaynai and Janya The following truths are known to people who dwell in Djaynai or Janya, and to travelers who spend time in those realms. Those above and below the sea share similar cultures

Hobgoblin

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

creates a mystical bond between the giver and the receiver of a gift. On some worlds, such bonds lead hobgoblins to form communities with deep ties to one another. In Eberron and the Forgotten Realms

, vast hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks of devoted soldiers famed for their unity. Hobgoblins are generally taller than their goblin cousins but not quite as big as bugbears. They have curved, pointed ears and noses that turn bright red or blue during displays of emotion.

Ancient Blue Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Ancient Blue Dragon Ancient blue dragons think beyond dominating groups of short-lived servants. Instead, they seek to claim their places above other dragons and their world’s most powerful

inhabitants. If world domination seems too tedious or cliché, these dragons might seek to seize control of extraplanar realms, multiworld empires, or forces of reality—like life, storms, or time itself

15: Metallurgy Lab

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

corner. This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardians; it attacks any creature that enters the room without displaying a key card. It has the Confusion

. A lever on the south wall controls the portcullis north of area 13. 17: Trash Disposal The eastern door to this chamber is blue. Wide chutes along the edges of this room’s floor connect to the

Additional Wizard Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

aberration * (conj.) Summon construct * (conj.) Summon elemental * (conj.) 6th Level Summon fiend * (conj.) Tasha’s otherworldly guise * (trans.) 7th Level Dream of the blue veil * (conj.) 9th Level Blade of disaster * (conj.)

1. Portal Stones

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

, and one leads to the desert of Mulhorand, near a blue dragon lair. These additional portals should not be a major part of the adventure, but they can introduce cultist nonplayer characters coming to

mournful croaking,” and the lands of the “red sun,” but provide no place names. Over time, the stones have been used to reach many sites within the Realms.

Cosmic Horror Plots

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Cosmic Horror Plots Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but

hydrophobic family. 7 Discover what is dragging the people of a hamlet out of their homes, garbing them in silver, and leading them into the surf to drown. 8 Learn why the bakers of a small town have started making pastries filled with a popular, delicious, and faintly glowing blue goo.

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