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Dayawlongon Gazetteer

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

Dayawlongon Gazetteer For any first-time visitor to the archipelago of Dayawlongon, the skybridges are a stunning sight. Both roadways and refuges, with whole communities dwelling along some of the

ages past, bakunawa served as mediators and defenders of the islands, but successive waves of invasion targeted the creatures, drastically reducing their numbers. Today, the islands’ residents fiercely defend their home and seek to honor the history stolen by centuries of war.

Lairs and Hoards

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

connection manifests in each dragon’s lair and hoard. “Dragon Lairs” discusses how the magic that suffuses dragons spills out into the world around the locations these creatures call home. This section

section. “Dragon Hoards” explores the relationship between the size of a dragon’s hoard and the dragon’s magical might. This section discusses dragons’ practice of dividing their hoards into multiple caches

Elysium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Elysium Elysium is home to creatures of unfettered kindness and a refuge for planar travelers seeking a safe haven. The plane’s bucolic landscapes glimmer with life and beauty. The River Oceanus

, are among the most hospitable refuges on the Outer Planes. Eronia Steep hills, craggy mountains, and white granite valleys offer a rugged home for hardy souls. Belierin Lighthouses pierce the fog and

Mortuary Campaigns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

to their work, such as burial sites on other worlds and magical furnaces on the Plane of Elemental Fire for cremating fire-resistant creatures. Characters can use the Path of Graves to reach the same

campaign centered on the Mortuary. Mortuary Adventure Hooks d4 Adventure Hook 1 A wrongfully interred death knight launches a campaign against Factol Skall, fomenting dissent and dividing the Heralds of

Creature Size

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

wide. If a Medium hobgoblin stands in a 5‐foot-wide doorway, other creatures can't get through unless the hobgoblin lets them. A creature's space also reflects the area it needs to fight effectively. For

that reason, there's a limit to the number of creatures that can surround another creature in combat. Assuming Medium combatants, eight creatures can fit in a 5-foot radius around another one

Paladin Orders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

against dangerous and wild forces, particularly unnatural creatures. Of the options in the Sacred Oath class feature, the Oath of the Crown (described below) and the Oath of Devotion (described in the

for travelers. The Order of the Gilded Eye safeguards the hold and serves the surrounding community, but their mission has a much broader focus: to guard the world from dangers originating on other

32. Rotating Crawlways

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

connected to the rest of the crawlway have no clear means of escape. The tunnel is airtight. A single creature consumes the available air supply in 24 hours, with multiple creatures dividing that time up

sink 5 feet as it turns. Both ends of the tunnel are immediately cut off, trapping creatures inside. At the same time, a second crawlway perpendicular to the first (marked “Tunnel B” on map 5.3) rotates

Life in Dayawlongon

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

pious descendants or curses upon those who put their own needs over those of the family and broader community. Bonesingers Artisan-warriors, bonesingers dedicate their lives to maintaining the skybridges

. In the ancient past, bonesingers oversaw the final rites when great bakunawa died, then infused the creatures’ bones into the magical bridges that unite Dayawlongon as one land. During the days of

Moving Around Other Creatures

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

Moving Around Other Creatures You can move through a nonhostile creature’s space. In contrast, you can move through a hostile creature’s space only if the creature is at least two sizes larger or

hostile creature’s reach during your move, you provoke an opportunity attack, as explained later in the chapter. Flying Movement Flying creatures enjoy many benefits of mobility, but they must also deal

Gloom Stalker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

trepidation, but a Gloom Stalker ventures boldly into the darkness, seeking to ambush threats before they can reach the broader world. Such rangers are often found in the Underdark, but they will go any

evading creatures that rely on darkvision. While in darkness, you are invisible to any creature that relies on darkvision to see you in that darkness. Iron Mind By 7th level, you have honed your ability

Movement and Position

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

Movement and Position IGOR GRECHANYI Creatures occupy spaces of varying sizes. This Displacer Beast occupies a 10-by-10-foot space, while the adventurers occupy 5-by-5-foot spaces On your turn

moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid, using your Speed in 5-foot segments. You can translate your Speed into squares by dividing it by 5. For example, a Speed of 30 feet translates into

Storm Giant

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

of a storm giant can affect the fate of thousands. Distant Prophet-Kings. Storm giants live in isolated refuges so far above the surface of the world or below the sea that they are beyond the reach

of most other creatures. Some make their abodes in cloud-top castles so high that flying dragons appear as specks below. Others live atop mountain peaks that pierce the clouds. Some occupy palaces

Movement and Position

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

represents 5 feet. Speed. Rather than moving foot by foot, move square by square on the grid, using your Speed in 5-foot segments. You can translate your Speed into squares by dividing it by 5. For

. Ranges. To determine the range on a grid between two things—whether creatures or objects—count squares from a square adjacent to one of them and stop counting in the space of the other one. Count by

Where Do Monsters Dwell?

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

dungeon, images of dark cells with iron bars and shackles spring to mind. In the D&D game, the word “dungeon” takes on a broader meaning to include any enclosed, monster-infested location. Most dungeons

cultists gather to perform sacrifices A temple, vault, or museum watched day and night by animated constructs Underwater Not all adventures take place on land. This book casts light on several creatures

Loremonger

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

raucous applause, which you play back liberally Need to Know At rank 2, your insight grants you preternatural knowledge of the creatures around you. As an action, select one humanoid you can see

, your whisper jar becomes an uncommon magic item that can tap into the broader lore of Acquisitions Incorporated. As a bonus action, you ask the jar for information on a specific subject and make a DC 15

Event 1: Quarantined

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

them. If asked about what she’s been doing lately, she explains that she has been dividing her time between fixing up the balcony level and working in the bindery repairing books. She is able to

(2d8) psychic damage on a failed save. 6 Choose three creatures in the Firefly Cellar. Each one must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw, or it takes 7 (1d8 + 3) psychic damage and makes a melee weapon attack against one creature of your choice as a reaction.

Military Force

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

defending against fiendish incursion. 6 Sky Warriors. This military force consists of winged creatures, employs magical flight, or sails airships as a sky navy. Traditional defenses are ineffective against

bridge or seaport. 3 Special Forces. You are assigned to a covert operation behind enemy lines. This is similar to the work of a spy or an assassin but with a broader scope. You engage in equipment

Threshold Locations

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

) patrol near the tower. They ignore creatures wearing Dragon Army armor but confront anyone else on the floating island. If the tower’s guards are attacked, this patrol arrives to aid their allies in

stops the island from falling, returns the rune to its original orange color, and disables the console. The experience is startling, but it doesn’t harm the tower or creatures on the island. If the tower

Gauntlet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

west alcoves of this landing. They are loyal to Nafik and fight to the death. Center Landing. A 30-foot-tall, 50-foot-wide wall of flame erupts from the floor in the middle of this landing, dividing

places a hand into the impression, the water column flows backward for the next 10 minutes. Creatures that enter the column are gently ushered up to area P65. P58: Reading Room The walls, ceiling, and

Annam and the Ordning

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

what they want, without regard for the needs of weaker creatures. The ordning holds no meaning for hill giants—who are on the bottom rung—or ogres and ettins, who are even lower. The only social order

pray to Stonebones, the Great Creator, in a much broader range of circumstances, eager for divine insight as they carry out their daily lives. His priests undertake frequent pilgrimages into the

The Greyhawk Setting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

, those touched by the gods, creatures born with supernatural power, and individuals who study the secrets of the multiverse. Histories and fireside tales are filled with the exploits of those who

have also transcended their origin on this world to impact the broader multiverse. Two of these, Tharizdun and Vecna, are described in appendix A. The greater gods of Greyhawk rarely get directly

Dragon Organizations

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

center around goals broader than a single dragon’s territory or concerns. This section discusses several organizations whose plots can unfold across small regions, whole worlds, or even multiple

Draconic Prophecy. Most other creatures are merely pawns in the dragons’ centuries-long schemes, their needs and lives relevant only insofar as they intersect with the Prophecy. The Draconic Prophecy

Areas of the Water Temple

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

link their city’s mercantile district with the world above. The water is 15 feet deep. A character can pole a boat through a canal at a speed of 10 feet. Random Encounters. Aquatic creatures wander the

call themselves the Blackmaws. These creatures have degenerated into savagery despite their use of human-style arms and armor. The carcasses by the brazier include the remains of a fire cultist spy

Guildhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

alcove is Constantori’s Portrait (described at the end of the adventure). Guildmaster Dusk is attuned to the painting and has commanded it to defend itself against all creatures except her. As an action

beyond. G34: Cell Block Characters who have darkvision or a light source can see the following: Vertical iron bars stretch from floor to ceiling, dividing this room into six cells. The two

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