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Orc

Species Player’s Handbook

, and churning seas and to face the monsters that lurk there. Even when they turn their devotion to other gods, orcs retain Gruumsh’s gifts: endurance, determination, and the ability to see in

Mist Hulk

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

embody their ancestors’ mixed elemental nature of Air and Water. After countless ages of isolation—often on one of the Elemental Planes or some hidden demiplane—they retain the barest

, but these parts are transparent enough that the churning vapors of the hulk’s substance are visible inside. Wisps of cloud constantly leak from the creature, as if it might dissolve completely

Dust Hulk

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, barely maintaining a cohesive form. When a dust hulk dies, it disperses into a cloud of dust. Dust hulks retain their ancestors’ passion for artistry, but instead of carving stone, they view

their bodies as living works of art. As they fly, coursing along wind currents or blowing through underground tunnels like living sandstorms, they create mesmerizing dances with their ever-shifting forms.Poison

Centaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

In the sprawling city of Ravnica, where “open road” seems like a contradiction and “open plain” is sheer nonsense, centaurs nevertheless retain a love of wide spaces and the

, until the next wall looms in their path and brings them to a stop. Nature’s Cavalry Centaurs have the upper bodies, down to the waist, of muscular humans, displaying all the human variety of skin

Mongrelfolk

Monsters Curse of Strahd

whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

— yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers. — Elminster The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their

Orc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

, and churning seas and to face the monsters that lurk there. Even when they turn their devotion to other gods, orcs retain Gruumsh’s gifts: endurance, determination, and the ability to see in

Orc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

, vast caverns, and churning seas and to face the monsters that lurk there. Even when they turn their devotion to other gods, orcs retain Gruumsh’s gifts: endurance, determination, and the ability to see

Centaur

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Centaur RYAN PANCOAST In the sprawling city of Ravnica, where “open road” seems like a contradiction and “open plain” is sheer nonsense, centaurs nevertheless retain a love of wide spaces and

the next wall looms in their path and brings them to a stop. Nature’s Cavalry Centaurs have the upper bodies, down to the waist, of muscular humans, displaying all the human variety of skin tones and

Dust Hulk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

transformed them into Elementals. They are little more than clouds of gravel and dust, barely maintaining a cohesive form. When a dust hulk dies, it disperses into a cloud of dust. Dust hulks retain

their ancestors’ passion for artistry, but instead of carving stone, they view their bodies as living works of art. As they fly, coursing along wind currents or blowing through underground tunnels

Mist Hulk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

hulks are Elementals that embody their ancestors’ mixed elemental nature of Air and Water. After countless ages of isolation—often on one of the Elemental Planes or some hidden demiplane—they retain

, but these parts are transparent enough that the churning vapors of the hulk’s substance are visible inside. Wisps of cloud constantly leak from the creature, as if it might dissolve completely at any

Devkarin Lich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

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

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

Centaur

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

speed. They usually have coats of a single color, often with a shine that can look metallic in bright light. Pheres band centaurs typically have long, nimble legs and lean bodies, and are often marked

with natural color patterns on their hide. Pheres centaurs sometimes paint or tattoo their upper bodies to match the patterns on their lower half. Occasionally, a Pheres centaur is born with vertical

Mongrelfolk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Mongrelfolk Mongrelfolk are humanoids that have undergone, or whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being

. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For example, one mongrelfolk might have the basic body shape of a dwarf with a head that combines the features of a cat and a lizard, one

Mortals and Minions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Mortals and Minions Devils and demons are far from the only combatants in the Blood War. Both sides exploit the Material Plane’s most abundant resource — mortal creatures, whose bodies and souls are

creature of all its memories. Fiends don’t fear being momentarily exposed to the Styx, but — with the notable exception of hydroloths, merrenoloths, and amnizus — even they can’t retain their memories if

Mournland Environment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Mishann. Our reporters are still sifting through accounts of what has happened, but it is clear at this point that beautiful Cyre, the jewel of Galifar’s vast holdings, has disappeared behind a churning

forest have been turned to objects of glossy white stone with blood-red flecks. 4 The battlefield before the characters contains no bodies, only the clothing and weapons of thousands of missing soldiers

Lulu's Dream Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

between themselves, the hag, and Lulu. Their eyes still closed, the characters sense a brilliant flash of light, then darkness. A tingling sensation sweeps over the characters’ bodies as vibrant rainbows

characters’ choice, to assist in battles with devils and lycanthropes Two weeks of rations per character (the rations taste awful but retain their nutritional value) Warnings about other warlords (see

Wedding Itinerary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

players, but do not divulge any NPC’s secret until it is triggered as described in each itinerary section. While the ritual is in play, characters have full control of their host bodies and enjoy all

, for the storage of any additional gifts during the celebration. After that time, Thoman Dhargun will retain one key and Horn Enclave shall retain the other.” Rizwin then grows suddenly stern. “Please

Howling Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

rise from the pool. Bobbing among the breaking ice, the bloated bodies of small humanoids stare up with wide, dead eyes. The shift to extreme heat, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s

. The bodies are the boiled remains of svirfneblin that lived in area N5. N3. Oubliette Gore spatters the floor and walls of this windy cave, and the floor is strewn with dismembered humanoid corpses. A

Ruinous Citadel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

demons with crablike bodies and wolflike heads flank the door. Two phisarazu spyder-fiends (see appendix A) flank the open door that leads to area Y3. The phisarazus don’t leave this chamber, but they

model with magical glowing dots that represent troop locations. The map shows the terrain within several miles, including Carapace Ridge to the west and the cliffside redoubt to the east. Churning smoke

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

minute, spreading from the churning water toppling down the cliffs. A character must succeed on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to climb up or down the slippery cliffs. On a failure, the character

, Poison, and Psychic damage. Breaking them releases the corpses within. Two of the bodies possess silver armbands worth 300 GP each, and another holds a Berserker Axe. The bodies’ other gear is worthless

Zorzula's Rest Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

in the mind flayers’ takeover. The ashenwights are hostile and attack immediately. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlook a churning lava sea. Three large, blackened anvils stand in a row, and

skulls shattered and caved in. The bones are the remains of three duergar, ghastly remnants of the illithids’ invasion long ago. A character who studies the bodies and succeeds on a DC 16

Tour of the Planes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

notwithstanding, Dolurrh is a gloomy plane filled with the lingering traces of the dead. Dolurrh Manifest Zone Features d4 Feature 1 Bodies buried here reanimate in 1d4 days, possessed by restless spirits

. Kythri, the Churning Chaos The plane of chaos and change, Kythri is a realm in constant flux. The elements collide in fantastic explosions of unbridled power, motes of earth careen erratically through

The Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

beautiful, with or without having bathed in this fountain. Mortal elves who are invited to join Hanali in the pool are said to retain their youthfulness and to delay the onset of Transcendence by at

-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

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

facility running and control the crew’s several guardian beasts, including a number of sweet-smelling shambling mounds that live in the tanks, churning them as part of the purification process

halfling commoner, ever intended. For the past six months, bodies have been appearing in the alley just behind the halfling’s café. More than a dozen have appeared so far, never with any witnesses as to

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

shambling mounds that live in the tanks, churning them as part of the purification process. Mortlock Vanthampur (for more information on Mortlock Vanthampur, see chapter 1 of Baldur’s Gate: Descent

. For the past six months, bodies have been appearing in the alley just behind the halfling’s café. More than a dozen have appeared so far, never with any witnesses as to how they go there. The victims

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