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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Harengons originated in the Feywild, where they spoke Sylvan and embodied the spirit of freedom and travel. In time, these rabbitfolk hopped into other worlds, bringing the fey realm’s
themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Using the Poster Map Sigil and the Outlands contains a fold-out, double-sided poster map intended to be shared with the players at certain points in the adventure. One side of the poster map depicts
the scope of traditional cartographic methods. Nevertheless, the location of places relative to one another prove useful as characters navigate these surreal locales. The adventure tells you when to show these maps to your players.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, animating a handful of these creatures. Since then, he’s managed to dupe a pair of kraken priests into bringing a young kraken into the coral mountain, where they might “nurture it into maturity in
relative seclusion.” Gar’s intent, of course, is to use the blood from the young creature in a much larger ritual, to animate what will certainly be a terrifying army of undead to assault the coastline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
associate with different houses but have a common purpose. (See the “Building a Party” section below for suggestions on bringing together a party from different houses.) If the characters work for a single
Agent and various house heir backgrounds in chapter 2 suit characters in this campaign, giving them benefits and capabilities related to their house affiliation. Certain other backgrounds can reflect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Childhood Much has been made of the relative fecundity of humans compared to elves. Ignorant folk wonder how elves can live so long, yet have so few children. They cannot know what it means to an elf
. Mortal elves cannot know if it is the soul of someone recently dead or someone who died millennia ago. They cannot even be certain it is an elf of the same world. The only assurance they have is that it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
exempted certain creatures and objects from its shrinking effect. The spindle itself is unaffected, as is Maddgoth’s homunculus. Faerie dragons are also immune to the shrinking effect, and there might
creature that is reduced to one-twelfth its normal size falls from the castle, it will travel over 600 relative feet before hitting the cavern floor due to the reducing effect around the castle, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
intruders. This does not mean that you, as Dungeon Master, must surrender your creativity and become a mere script reader. You will have to make up certain details for areas and items that characters
guards present on the second and subsequent visits.) The time has come to see what is afoot! If the party decides to retire between forays against the steading, they can retreat to the relative safety of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
for bringing it back. You have the freedom to chart your own destiny, while still letting the patron shape the nature of your group and the adventures you undertake. It might help to think of the
you assignments or reward you for achieving certain objectives, but it doesn’t dictate your activities. Adventurers’ guilds, heads of state, immortal beings, inquisitive agencies, religious orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
bolsters other troops. Emerald Enclave. Druids and rangers of the Emerald Enclave answer the call to arms by bringing their treant and griffon allies from the forests and mountains of the Sword Coast
cousins. However, they cooperate with allies better than the evil dragons do, giving them a greater impact on the battlefield. Devils. Certain powerful devils don’t want to see Tiamat unleashed on Faerûn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
enter his realm remain there for all time. Within the Underworld, only the relative paradise of Ilysia is sheltered from his influence. In the other four realms of the dead, his will is law. Mortals
, certain that his lesser brother can’t possibly prevail within Erebos’s own territory. Erebos holds a special grudge against Phenax. Phenax readily teaches others how to escape the Underworld as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the player characters. Here are some ways to keep the party feeling like heroes, even when the cast of characters grows. Sometimes our paths cross with others’ in the most fortuitous ways, bringing us
tag along for only a session or two, or limit the encounters they appear in. Maybe the ally helps the characters in only a certain region or part of town and then leaves to attend to other duties
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
ideas never fully expressed in Tyranny of Dragons, while others reveal deeper depths to adventure elements hiding whole conceptual icebergs. Certain components central to the adventure also see extensive
like more vital inhabitants of a wider world, while nuances of dragons and other can creatures aid in bringing these terrors to life. These pages might also be shared with players as you see fit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
offered for bringing her in alive for questioning. A killer is stalking the streets of the North Ward, murdering people in broad daylight. The victims’ feet are chopped off, as if by a powerful blow
, but some say it means the destruction of the City of Splendors is imminent! Others are certain it’s a sign of great fortune on the horizon. Still others say it’s just the humidity. Members of the Guild
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
the gods has no clear explanation, the priests might have to meditate for hours or days to get a vision of its meaning.
Every group of orcs has particular superstitions and recognizes certain omens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
ideas never fully expressed in Tyranny of Dragons, while others reveal deeper depths to adventure elements hiding whole conceptual icebergs. Certain components central to the adventure also see extensive
like more vital inhabitants of a wider world, while nuances of dragons and other can creatures aid in bringing these terrors to life. These pages might also be shared with players as you see fit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
ideas never fully expressed in Tyranny of Dragons, while others reveal deeper depths to adventure elements hiding whole conceptual icebergs. Certain components central to the adventure also see extensive
like more vital inhabitants of a wider world, while nuances of dragons and other can creatures aid in bringing these terrors to life. These pages might also be shared with players as you see fit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
bring law and order to Phandalin. As such, he wants to find the lost mine of Wave Echo Cave and help the Rockseeker brothers put it back into production, believing that bringing prosperity to the region
’ Alliance If the party eliminates the goblin threat from Cragmaw Castle or uncovers Iarno’s treachery, Sildar Hallwinter privately approaches certain members of the group to urge them to join the Lords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
All for One: The Clan So the barman isn’t a relative, and you don’t even know the names of any of the folk here? How can you possibly sleep peacefully in this inn, surrounded by strangers? We’ll be
clan, bringing security and stability to its members and greater glory to the group. The most important clan members to any dwarf are the members of one’s immediate family, because the instinctive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
riding horse. 4 You found some money. You have 1d20 gp in addition to your regular starting funds. 5 A relative bequeathed you a simple weapon of your choice. 6 You found something interesting. You gain
with a potion of healing or a flask of acid, as you choose. 9 You found a treasure map. 10 A distant relative left you a stipend that enables you to live at the comfortable lifestyle for 1d20 years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
beneath the caldera. Certain matchups are obvious. The metallic dragons are instinctive foes of the chromatic dragons, and those two forces can be expected to keep each other occupied during the battle
Enclave answer the call to arms by bringing their treant and griffon allies from the forests and mountains of the Sword Coast. Zhentarim Assassins. These silent killers stalk and kill enemy leaders and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Elder Evil Blessings Through generations of study and grim practice, the disciples of certain Elder Evils have mastered the ability to bestow supernatural gifts on minions they select for the
their relative strength. But they are all forces of corruption and evil. Nothing good can come from their influence. No bargain made with them ends in anything other than madness, plague, death, or worse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their weakness relative to the dragon or treated fairly because of the dragon’s kindness. Employees who don’t perform up to the dragon’s standards are released from service—whether that means being
sent off to find other jobs or becoming the dragon’s next meal. Depending on the size of the commercial enterprise, the dragon might have subordinates who are responsible for certain aspects of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
physical prowess widely revered by lizardfolk. The lizardfolk are tired from their years-long jog and would appreciate a lift to Semuanya’s Bog. The lizardfolk can’t offer much, but they’re certain
lizardfolk engaged in competition.
Sesspech thanks the characters for bringing her group home and invites them to relax in Semuanya’s Bog. If the characters decline, she thanks them again, and she and her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
circumstances about.
The currency of favors that defines most patronage relationships is tricky when your group’s patron is a series of vague oracular verses rather than a person. However, bringing
about the fulfillment of the Prophecy in a certain way often has immediate or long-term benefits that are equivalent to the favors another patron might grant your group. Toppling the Crown in the Bear King’s domain might give you access to a spell inscribed in the ancient tree’s rings, for example.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character. One way to handle influence is to treat it like inspiration. A character gains influence in a certain situation only if you grant it, and bringing influence into play requires spending it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
common example of this type of villain, your villain could be a serial arsonist favoring a certain type of building, a magical sickness that affects spellcasters who cast a specific spell, a thief that
targets a certain kind of merchant, or a doppelganger kidnapping and impersonating one noble after another. Step by Step. In pursuit of its goal, the villain carries out a specific set of actions in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the whereabouts of one. The Lost Giant Relics table summarizes which relics are buried where, and which enemy the characters can choose to defeat if a certain relic is offered up as tribute to the
locations of all nine spirit mounds. He can take an hour to draw a crude map that shows where the spirit mounds are located relative to key landmarks and terrain features. He doesn’t know what relics are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
immediately, and spirits of the ancestors animate the creature and it attacks. These beings are constructs, but otherwise function according to the statistics for a certain kind of creature, as noted
costume is blessing the fields. Niche C. The display portrays a temple upon a tiered pyramid. Seven commoners are bringing small offerings of gold and jade. Before the temple stands a cult fanatic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
villagers will have to weigh their fear of White Plume Mountain against their certain belief that the party will never be seen again.) The cave is easily barricaded to keep out unintelligent wandering
.
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Well over a millennium ago, the wizard Keraptis rose to power in the valleys of the northern mountains, bringing the local warlords under his thumb with gruesome threats-threats that were fulfilled just
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on Greek myth or the Epic of Gilgamesh, and so on. Heroic Fantasy Heroic fantasy features adventurers bringing magic to bear against monstrous threats—the default subgenre presented in the core D&D
hidden chambers. Swashbuckling Conflicts. Conflicts like these highlight the themes of a swashbuckling campaign: Inherited Antagonists. A character inherits a magic item from a deceased relative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
somehow weave new souls for her followers, in the way that Moradin forges new spirits for dwarves? Only those entities know for certain.
Ghaunadaur This entity is most often referred to as That Which
birth of gods can never be known for certain. Keptolo Keptolo shows the way. Feed the vanity of your mistress, and all her treasures shall be yours. Be careful whom you offend, and keep an expendable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
surviving in the dungeon for a certain amount of time. 18 Parley with a villain in the dungeon. 19 Hide from a threat outside the dungeon. 20 Roll twice, ignoring results of 20. Wilderness Goals d20
a cataclysmic event that the adventurers must escape. 4 The adventurers race to the site where the villain is bringing a master plan to its conclusion, arriving just as that plan is about to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
party’s progress along the way, in the hope of finally mapping the route to Daoine Gloine, and has specific value to the party in certain areas of expertise. However, each hireling also has one or more
secret agendas that might work against the characters’ interests. You can let the party’s size and the players’ interest in bringing NPCs into their group determine whether more than one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
their emotions and instincts rather than out of reason and logic. Only certain charismatic orcs, those who have been directly touched by the will and might of Gruumsh, have the capacity to control the
of battle and bringing a measure of strategy to the assault. Blades of Ilneval are fearsome opponents, seeming to have an uncanny sense of when to move and when to strike, able to exploit the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragonmarks that appear on the skin of certain Humanoids on Eberron as manifestations of the Prophecy. These marks reveal nuances of the Prophecy to those who can understand them and lend symbolic weight to
serve as “the Child of Winter” (or some similar title) mentioned in the Prophecy and tries to manipulate the character into bringing the terms of the Prophecy to pass.
6 A Fiend tries to trick the