before body diffusing colors reside

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light

Grung

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

-level pools. About three months after hatching, a grung tadpole takes on the shape of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity. Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often

feels a desperate need to soak itself in liquid or mud. It can’t take actions or move except to do so or to reach a body of liquid or mud. Red Grung. The poisoned creature must use its action to eat if food is within reach.Poison

Grung Elite Warrior

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity. Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often appear in shades of green, blue, purple, red, orange, and gold. All grungs

actions or move except to do so or to reach a body of liquid or mud. Red Grung. The poisoned creature must use its action to eat if food is within reach.Poison

Grung Wildling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

takes on the shape of an adult, and after another six months, the grung reaches maturity. Born in a wide range of colors, grungs most often appear in shades of green, blue, purple, red, orange, and

can’t take actions or move except to do so or to reach a body of liquid or mud. Red Grung. The poisoned creature must use its action to eat if food is within reach.Poison

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

Baernaloth

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

has the charmed condition until the end of its next turn. A creature charmed in this way treats its allies as foes, and the colors of its body and equipment become shades of gray. On a successful save

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

they displease Maglubiyet, but the few priests among them do tend small shrines and interpret the body of legends about their gods. Nomog-Geaya’s priests always wield his favored weapons, a

but is nearly destroyed, the handful of members who remain are welcomed into another banner, taking their banner’s name and colors along with them, and assuming places of leadership in the group

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods. The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the

rangers might be familiar with many of these symbols, enabling them to keep their charges from inadvertently stumbling into a tribe’s territory. Colors of Conquest Three colors have special meaning

Features of Zorzula's Rest

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

Features of Zorzula’s Rest Zorzula’s Rest has the following noteworthy features. Sulfuric Lava The outpost is built atop a sulfuric lava spring. The sulfur colors the lava bluish-purple and fills the

to poison damage automatically succeed on this saving throw. A creature who succeeds on this saving throw is immune to the effects of the area’s toxic fumes for 24 hours. All creatures that reside in

Slender and Graceful

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

gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry.

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with

the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaos’s monstrous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider. When plunged into Miska’s body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its

Slender and Graceful

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

gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry.

Across the Fungal Fields

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

colors of fungi transform the caverns you pass through into softly glowing meadows. The floor is spongy, and the myconid spores are making you start to feel drowsy — at least, you hope that’s what’s

, whereupon each bursts into a cloud of sweet-smelling spores as its body dissolves back into the larger mass of fungi filling the cavern. Read the following to the players when the final creature is

Domain Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

they’ve heard to their masters. 5 Kaleidoscopic. This domain is a riot of everchanging colors. Plants come in a dazzling array of colors, flowers change color to suit the prevailing mood, and Fey wear

. 8 Poisonous. Almost every plant here has spines or thorns that cause anything from itchy welts to damage or out-of-body experiences. Other sources of poison might be present as well (for example

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches. Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s body is burned or disposed of in

rock outcroppings, creating warrens above the water line. Kobolds reside most commonly in hilly or mountainous terrain. Such locations usually have natural caves suitable for living space, plenty of

Dock Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

some respects this area has never truly deserved its bad reputation. Yes, aside from the Field Ward, this is the area where most of Waterdeep’s poor reside. Yes, it is home to some of the least

most of the year, locals are forced to carry their own light when traveling these streets at night. The colors of the Dock Ward are burgundy and orange, and its mascot is a swordfish that has always been

Plasmoid Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

initiate or escape a grapple. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of yourself as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as

. Shape Self. As an action, you can reshape your body to give yourself a head, one or two arms, one or two legs, and makeshift hands and feet, or you can revert to a limbless blob. While you have a

Giant Ox

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

covered in thick, shaggy hide, often in vibrant colors, such as sky blue or deep violet. Giant Ox Huge Fey, Unaligned Armor Class 12 (natural armor) Hit Points 105 (10d12 + 40) Speed 40 ft

bigger than you tries to drain every drop of blood from your body. Nope, nope, nope. Time to go home. —Bigby

Lost Treasures

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

gods reside — turn to dust and are destroyed as soon as they exit the tomb. These items include Obo’laka’s ring of protection (area 10), Moa’s staff of the python (area 14), Wongo’s mace of terror (area

of the bards (area 48), and Unkh’s robe of scintillating colors (area 55). If, in your estimation, a player did an extraordinary job roleplaying a trickster god’s flaw, the god’s spirit might reward

Castle Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

above the city on a great bluff that extends out from the mountain, its towers soaring hundreds of feet into the sky. It surprises many to learn that this isn’t where Waterdeep’s rulers reside, nor

many splendors to list them all here. The Castle Ward’s colors are blue and purple, and its mascot is a griffon, typically depicted in gold. These borrow colors from the city’s flag and reference the

Efreeti

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

coal-black skin, and they bedeck themselves in brass and gold torcs, chains, and rings, all glittering with jewels. When an efreeti flies, its lower body transforms into a column of smoke and embers

oppressive tyrants toward those they force to labor for them. Planar Raiders. Most efreet reside on the Elemental Plane of Fire, either in great domed fortresses of black glass and basalt surrounded by

Gem Dragonborn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

colors and mysterious powers of gem dragons—amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphire, and topaz—gleam in these dragonborn’s scaled skin and course through their veins. Theirs are the wonders of the mind

manifest spectral wings on your body. These wings last for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed and can hover. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again

Darklings

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

darkling’s body to absorb light, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every part of their body with clothing when exposure to light is a

, darklings retain a fondness for the beauty of art. A darkling might risk taking a peek at a sunset or lighting a tiny candle to glimpse the colors in a painting or a jewel. Elder Transformation. A wise

Marid

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

treacherous coasts. Marids vary in appearance, their bodies reflecting the colors of the waves while distinctive fins and scales accent their features. Marids lend their powers and knowledge of the

marid can breathe air and water. Elemental Restoration. If the marid dies outside the Elemental Plane of Water, its body dissolves into brine, and it gains a new body in 1d4 days, reviving with all

Way of the Open Hand

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

. Wholeness of Body At 6th level, you gain the ability to heal yourself. As an action, you can regain hit points equal to three times your monk level. You must finish a long rest before you can use this

level, you gain the ability to set up lethal vibrations in someone’s body. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 3 ki points to start these imperceptible vibrations, which last

Sea Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Sea Ward The Sea Ward stands proud on the high ground above Mount Waterdeep’s sunset shadow. The rich and the powerful (or those who wish you to think such of them, and can afford the rent) reside or

walls, go to where Diamond Street and Delzorin Street cross, nigh to Mystra’s House of Wonder, and simply spin in a circle. Blue and gold are the Sea Ward’s colors in competitions, and the ward’s mascot

Nyx

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

relief against the starry sky of Nyx, culminating in a golden orb that can be seen from a great distance. Some speculate that this orb is the source of Nyx’s vibrant colors and lights, and that without

there within an ancient, knotted wood. Mystic Sea This body of mist and water hides endless secrets within its depths—both literal secrets that manifest from mortal minds and unimagined concepts not yet

Fire Elemental

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

typically burn in shades of orange and red, but other colors are possible. Most on the Material Plane are summoned by magical means, or they might appear near rifts amid desert depths, volcanoes

features. Chris Cold Fire Elemental Compositions 1d8 The Fire Elemental’s Body Features... 1 Colorful, superheated gases. 2 A column of diabolical or divine flame. 3

Navigating the Drought Elder

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

to be alive. Eggs. A heap of oblong insect eggs filled with swirling, psychedelic colors fills the center of the room. These eggs are a manifestation of the dream energy the Drought Elder is stealing

falls away, opening into a void filled with floating chunks of insectile parts. Hundreds of feet away, a similar opening gapes in the other half of the massive body. That segment ends at a wide, cave-like

Orc Lairs

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

living space and do other menial tasks. Most of Luthic’s faithful reside in this area, close to the whelping pens where young orcs are kept until they grow old enough to contribute to the tribe. When

in a nearby cavern that holds the tribe’s shrine to Luthic. She is represented by a crude stone statue with claws covered in charcoal and a body smeared with red ochre. Caves for Followers of Yurtrus

Council Massacre

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the following scene: A scene of slaughter spills across the council chamber. Several guards wearing the colors of Kalaman soldiers lie tangled amid skeletal remains in tarnished Solamnic armor. The

bloody bodies of Kalaman’s council members slump in high-backed chairs and across the room’s large table. At a position of honor opposite the door, Governor Calof Miat’s body is transfixed to his chair

55. Unkh's Tomb

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

colors. The robe turns to dust and is destroyed if it leaves the Tomb of the Nine Gods (but see "Lost Treasures"). Unkh’s Spirit. The spirit of Unkh tries to inhabit any character who touches the robe

of scintillating colors (see "Spirits of the Nine Trickster Gods"). When Unkh’s spirit manifests, read: Slime pours from the folds of the scintillating robe to take the form of multiple flail-like

Underworld Crossing

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

body of a lost hero lies entombed. 6 Get information from a soul waiting to be ferried to the Underworld. 7 Pay for a stranded soul to cross the Tartyx River. 8 Steal a specific

instruments in sight. It’s said that living creatures that hear this song are driven to the depths of despair. A massive statue of Athreos watches over this chamber and the guardians who reside there

Marid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

mighty and majestic coral fortresses located in the Elemental Plane of Water. These citadels float in the depths of the plane and contain opulent, air-filled chambers where servants and guests reside

) Amphibious. The marid can breathe air and water. Elemental Demise. If the marid dies, its body disintegrates into a burst of water and foam, leaving behind only equipment the marid was wearing or

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