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Volo's Guide to Monsters
lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye.
— Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper
Hailing from a strange and distant land
tabaxi rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost.
Wandering Outcasts
Most tabaxi remain in their distant
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword Coast to justify the use of this background.
Evermeet. The fabled elven islands far to the west are home to elves who have never
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retains its name, alignment, and personality. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains.
If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
reward anyone who can impress them with a riveting tale of love and adventure from each of the archipelago’s largest islands. 3 A storm giant has claimed a skybridge as her domain and refuses to let
anyone cross, trapping the residents of an island to which the bridge connects. 4 A foreign trader has found a bakunawa egg and is waiting for severe weather to pass before leaving the islands with it. A bonesinger entreats the characters to rescue the egg.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
cavern. Some of the crystal faces reflect distorted images of the cavern, while others flicker with scenes of the lich-god Vecna visiting destruction on distant worlds.
Three tunnels branch off the
against the evil god. Characters who cross the threshold appear in the unreality described in the “Torment of Kas” section. E2b. Hazy scenes of civil unrest—peasants rioting, buildings burning, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fighting, and Vaeve worries that Naxa is brazen enough to attempt the retrieval on her own. Assistance Needed. Vaeve doesn’t know why the characters are here, but she assumes they’re planning to cross
Camlash’s forces, and the lower entrance is guarded by spyder-fiends. Vaeve points out both entrances to the cliffside redoubt, two miles distant and barely visible through the blowing fog. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Dead Gods Luca Bancone An astral dreadnought consumes a dead god in Vecna’s new reality When the characters cross the threshold in area E2c, they appear in an unreality where Vecna has usurped the
distant silvery lights. All around you are the floating remains of enormous stone corpses. Nearby, a monstrous behemoth resembling a horned, serpentine lobster drifts slowly through a patch of debris. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Draakhorn Sounds Shortly after the crash or capture of Skyreach Castle, operatives of the Cult of the Dragon sounded the Draakhorn at the distant Well of Dragons. An ancient magic relic, the
council meeting. She flatly refuses to tell anyone the source of her knowledge if asked. This makes Ulder Ravengard, King Connerad, and Ontharr Frume suspicious, but others take the secrecy in stride
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Draakhorn Sounds Shortly after the crash or capture of Skyreach Castle, operatives of the Cult of the Dragon sounded the Draakhorn at the distant Well of Dragons. An ancient magic relic, the
first council meeting. She flatly refuses to tell anyone the source of her knowledge if asked. This makes Ulder Ravengard, King Conneerad, and Ontharr Frume suspicious, but others take the secrecy in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
include druids and paladins who fight to defend the world from demons and aberrations. The Valenar elves are fierce warriors, and the Talenta halflings are brave nomads who cross the plains on dinosaur
plane of dreams, imbued with wisdom and telepathic talent. Shifters draw on their distant lycanthropic heritage to manifest bestial traits for short periods of time. A diverse race shaped by the beasts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
was born in a distant land but has been traveling abroad for nearly twenty years. He arrived in Oztocan a few months ago and is working on a play inspired by the town’s local legends. As a playwright
refuses to touch it. In the course of a conversation, Leandro shares the following information with the characters: Earthquakes. “Oztocan hasn’t felt earthquakes in years, but quakes have become common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
leaps onto one of the characters. It is terrified and refuses to leave them during the invasion. 4–5 Airborne Assassin (see below) 6–7 Direct Attack (see below) 8 Ominous Riders (see below) 9–10
the invasion: A distant flash of light catches your attention. Atop the cliffs north of town, three figures on motionless horses sit in the shadows of the trees. You make out the glint of light on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
evil, depending on their personal history. A gold dragon, a beholder, a halfling; you can’t make automatic assumptions about any of them. In part this is because of Eberron’s distant gods. Orcs aren’t
Deneith. In Karrnath and Aerenal, undead are used as tools. You certainly could find yourself fighting a merciless minotaur in the slums of Sharn… but you’re just as likely to cross swords with a cruel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, and shelter to visitors. A stranger with pointed ears is staying there. He came to Barovia from a distant land, riding into town on a carnival wagon. The burgomaster, Baron Vargas Vallakovich, has
wizard, locals recommend that they use the fishing boats on the south shore to cross the lake, because it’s shorter and a lot less dangerous than walking around the lake.) There’s a Vistani camp in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
miles distant from Snurre’s sooty palace. This hidden site should initially prove to be safe from detection as long as the characters leave no plain trail to it and as long as they are not followed to it
, and some guard will be watching for attackers in order to alert the hall. The plain around the stronghold is most evil and drab in appearance. The sky is gray and filled with sooty clouds. A distant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Where Are You From? The most important decision in creating a far traveler background is determining your homeland. The places discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword
distant parts of Faerûn. Those who leave behind Mulhorand’s sweltering deserts and ancient pyramids for a glimpse at a different life do so for many reasons. You might be in the North simply to see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Danger in the Hills Jabari Weathers To get to the Rattle, the characters must cross the stretch of farmland called the Ribbon. Read or paraphrase the following to describe the journey into the
13 Charisma (Persuasion) check. On a success, the attitude of the giant shifts to Indifferent. The other giants demand similar payment; if the character refuses, the Hostile giants begin combat. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
messenger, Fifel Amberhoof, to lead you to the shores of Loch Wynnis, so that you may cross into the Feywild with great haste. The winter solstice is nearly upon us, and I fear evil forces are as well
before. All her warmth is gone. When I look into her eyes, I see a cold and spiteful woman staring back at me.
“I want you to steal the necklace, which Zorhanna now refuses to remove. I can’t safely do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
sparsely populated, the area is so vital to the city’s survival that drow patrols are common here. Roll for random encounters as the characters cross this district. You can roll a d20 and consult the
commoner or student of the Academy who refuses to obey a priestess can be punished as the offended priestess sees fit, up to and including death. If the offender is the property of another house and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with chapter 5, “Den of the Hill Giants.” Thane Kayalithica
“Travel southeast, o’er lands high and low. Cross the great forest to the gray peaks, and search for Deadstone Cleft, canyon of the stone
, to distant spires. There, on a cold mountainside, you’ll find a village of yakfolk and below that, Ironslag — the forge of the fire giant duke. The conch you seek is in his quarters.”
“Distant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
influence in nations as distant as Calimshan and Cormyr. Be assured that any slighting of a noble will not be forgotten or easily forgiven. If you’re not certain whether someone is a noble, address the
, comportment, love — these things are practiced with an art and a zest in the city uncommon elsewhere. Visit a festhall or festival and see for yourself! And don’t miss the cross-dressing performers who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
sympathetic. A few in a more distant row yell, “What? I couldn’t hear what they said!”
The bridge is in decent condition and safe to cross. Beheaded Bullywugs. Deposed bullywug monarchs of the Soggy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and its waist-high ramparts are thicker than some castle walls. On most days of the summer and even during seasons less suitable for travel, merchant caravans cross the bridge and pilgrims come to pay
keeping watch with other travelers. Then in the midst of a crisis of leadership in distant Elturel, one of the heirs apparent for the post of High Observer, a paladin named Tamal Thent, went missing with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
assassinated the entire family line. Baron Morrikan d’Kundarak and Lord Tolar Paelion were blood brothers, and Morrikan refuses to believe the accusations made against the Paelions. He has sworn to
distinct territories. When their agents cross paths, rivalries can trigger confrontation—which manifests in artistic competitions or duels between assassins. Internal Tensions The schism of House Phiarlan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
to deactivate the disks if anyone other than the Grand Master attempts to cross them. They also reveal the existence of the antimagic field surrounding the treasury (see area M10 for more information
it refuses to disconnect. The modron thereafter integrates its consciousness into the monastery’s, running its systems as its new integrated mind. Brains in Jars Brain (Name) Disks Knowledge Area of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains. If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10 days, regaining all his hit points and appearing in a random safe location on the
role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
resident owns a weapon and knows how to use it. A tight-knit fellowship of hardened warriors, locals revere gods of war and are distant toward visitors who have yet to prove themselves in combat or
resurgence creates headaches when the spirit of Flatnose Grim expects to be reinstated as the town’s ruler. 2 After an argument with Tyrza, Jek Thanol refuses to shield Glorium from the armies of Gzemnid. With
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
wisps of white and gray streaking among motes of light—the distant stars of far-flung Wildspace systems. Most of the Astral Sea is a vast, empty expanse. Visitors occasionally stumble upon the
enables creatures to use spells such as Teleport to travel from Wildspace to a nearby world, or vice versa. A creature or ship traveling from one Wildspace system to another must cross the Astral Plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
stop them. In Eberron, the gods are distant and don’t directly intervene. The Silver Flame is a divine force of light, but it can only act through mortal champions. The few powerful benevolent NPCs
some other benefit. The rogue needs to cross a room full of enemies and wants to swing on the chandelier? As the DM, I’d let them make a simple Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to avoid opportunity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
painted purple, and every dusty knickknack on the shelves is dyed a deep violet. The hairless old gnome sitting cross-legged on the counter wears plum-colored robes. His cheeks are decorated with nine
dark as a dungeon — and as odorous as one, too. Nearly all the streetlamps have been smashed. The only light that pierces the darkness is a faint flickering from down the lane, like a distant candle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
bardic colleges of the distant past, particularly the seven elder colleges: Fochlucan, Mac-Fuirmidh, Doss, Canaith, Cli, Anstruth, and Ollamh. These seven are said to be the origin of the instrument of
Moonstars worked in concert at times with the Harpers, they also worked at cross purposes, and the Moonstars membership included many whom the Harpers considered too evil, such as a vampire. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
strung between them like barbed wire to hinder creatures attempting to cross over. For the effects of sticky webs, see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Each tower has a
overseer. The vrocks in area 17b and 17c swoop down and attack any slave that refuses to work or any creatures that threaten the overseer.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
merchant stalls, where the duergar hands the gem to a svirfneblin for appraisal. The gnome refuses to return the gem, instead giving it to one of her svirfneblin apprentices. The young apprentice skulks
once more, telling them that Orcus has saved Cyrog, and commanding them to follow it into undeath.
The librarians of Gravenhollow know that Cyrog is the name of distant mind flayer settlement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
all the time. Pirates affiliated with the Sea Princes, along with independent marauders, prey on ships that attempt to cross the ocean. Strange monsters, including vicious dinosaurs from the Amedio
in search of a meal. Curiosity. This galleon belonged to the mage Mordenkainen, who dispatched it to a distant shore in search of treasure. The ship sank in a mysterious and especially ferocious storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters toward area G6 if he believes them to be cultists and also reminds them of the pass phrase to cross the stone bridge (area G9) safely: “We walk in the shadow of Ogrémoch!” If the characters refuse
helm to the king’s tomb. Characters who agree find that Reulek accompanies them through his connection to the relic, although he manifests only when you wish him to do so. If the party refuses to help