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traditions, minor prayers or blessings are inscribed in the wax. When a candle made from pink wax is lit, it is believed that the magic is released, increasing the likelihood that the prayer will be
fulfilled. The practice remains common in rural communities, while brewers across Obojima seek the wax for their own trade. Pink candle wax is found in most herbalist and wizarding shops.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator.
Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest
forests and jungles, seem to attract girallons. They see a city’s buildings as a superior sort of forest whose uppermost “branches” can safely support them. The creatures can easily
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
forms results in its having a slow, awkward gait.
Sound Mimicry. Mongrelfolk have misshapen mouths and vocal cords. They speak fragmented Common mixed with various animal cries and nonsense. They
live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish outside their homes and fiercely
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Intelligence of 22, a Wisdom of 18, and a Charisma of 24, as well as hearing and truesight out to a range of 120 feet.
The shield can speak, read, and understand Common and Infernal, and it can communicate
released from the shield, the pit fiend honors the terms of whatever bargain it struck to facilitate its escape.
While trapped in the shield, Gargauth carefully steers the shield’s current owner
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
and twisted remains of a failed experiment, a hammer, a block and tackle, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Urban Infrastructure
The popular
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Layout of the District Map 8.1 shows the layout of the district and the locations of important buildings and land features. The islands that support the buildings are almost all artificial. Some were
consists mainly of slum tenements, dubious taverns, rickety warehouses, hovel-crowded alleys, and decommissioned ships converted into buildings. This entire area is slowly sinking into the sea. As old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
exterminators rid buildings of cranium rats, curses, and dangerous afflictions. Clandestine agencies offer escape from infernal debt collectors or other looming perils by killing their clients, keeping the
diverse clientele. Taverns and inns are common, their taprooms shaped by the fantastical folk who own them—angels, githzerai, and a host of friendly monsters who scrape by in the City of Doors. No matter where a visitor is from, they can find familiar comforts in Sigil.
Kenku
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
structures that would collapse beneath a human or an orc.
Some thieves’ guilds use kenku as lookouts and messengers. The kenku dwell in the tallest buildings and towers the guild controls
.
Kenku thieves, con artists, and burglars adopt animal noises, typically those common in urban settings. In this manner, kenku can call out to each other while those who overhear them mistake them for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Jadurai This city is thousands of years old. Here ancient structures with the architecture of previous dynasties stand alongside modern buildings. Hardly a month passes without locals rediscovering a
forgotten chamber or catacomb. The colorfully canopied Lakshma Market trades in everything from betel leaves to the eggs of wyverns, which are common near the mountain spires known as the Lesser and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Exploring the Ruins As the characters explore the necropolis, call the players’ attention to any numbered locations their characters can see; these are typically the most intact buildings. Unless the
objects (250 gp each)
12–14 1d4 pieces of jewelry (100 gp each)
15 A driftglobe (or another common magic item of your choice)
16–20 A frieze that reveals one piece of Ythryn lore
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
broodguards and exceedingly rare anathemas have their place in the hierarchy as well.
All yuan-ti can interbreed. Females usually lay clutches of eggs, which are stored in a common hatchery, although
common apes. Although some purebloods are able to reproduce with humans, most are disgusted by the idea and would do so only if seduction is necessary for a pureblood to preserve a role as a confidant or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Siren Imprisoned inside a mist-filled chamber in the Tomb of Horrors, Siren serves as evidence of Acererak’s heartless sense of humor. This mysterious fey creature yearns to be released, but an
+3, Stealth +6, Survival +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Amphibious. Siren can breathe air and water.
Innate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-relief sculpture of a humanoid skull with a black sapphire embedded in each eye socket.
Words of Unwelcome. Carved into the frame above the door are the words “GO AWAY!” written in Common.
Alarm
of a tiny black spider etched into each one. Two drow vampires are trapped in the gemstones and are magically released the first time a creature other than Ezzat opens the door or pries either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
side on the floor.
The beholder has been here longer than the Shadowdusks. If released from its petrified state with a greater restoration spell or similar magic, it attacks other creatures
indiscriminately. Arch Gate to Level 23 The arch is one of Halaster’s gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: If any creature touches the arch, the face shouts out in Common: “Yield magic for safe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
that parts to reveal distant cliffs. A port emerges from the mist, nestled among mangroves. Elaborate mud-brick buildings in chalky pastel colors line the shore. A grand mud-brick castle bristling with
. Each is given a private room, and delicious meals are prepared and served in the common room. Anadoua is happy to share details from the “Djaynai and Janya Gazetteer” section or direct the characters toward the market for any mundane items they require.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Stealth +5
Resistances Cold, Fire
Immunities Charmed
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal, Primordial
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Coven
Nightmare Haunting action.
The bag has AC 15, HP 20, and Resistance to all damage. The bag turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points. If the bag is destroyed, any souls the bag is holding are released. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
out of buildings and launch those when their ammunition runs low. Ogre Bolt Launcher
Large giant, chaotic evil
Armor Class 13 (hide armor)
Hit Points 59 (7d10 + 21)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
19(+4
)
DEX
12(+1)
CON
16(+3)
INT
5(−3)
WIS
7(−2)
CHA
7(−2)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 8
Languages Common, Giant
Challenge 2 (450 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Voices chatter in countless different languages. The smells of cooking in dozens of different cuisines mingle with the odors of crowded streets and poor sanitation. Buildings in myriad architectural styles
races, from diminutive halflings and stout dwarves to majestically beautiful elves, mingling among a variety of human ethnicities. Scattered among these common peoples are less numerous folk: a hulking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Many of the stalls in the town’s paved central market are closed as locals shore up buildings damaged by the recent earthquake or reinforce the town walls.
Enough local shops are still open that the
characters can find any common goods they seek. A local inn called the Jolly Cotinga can also host guests, giving them a place to stay and a delicious meal of rice, fruit, and smoked turkey for 1 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Voices chatter in countless different languages. The smells of cooking in dozens of different cuisines mingle with the odors of crowded streets and poor sanitation. Buildings in myriad architectural
races, from diminutive halflings and stout dwarves to majestically beautiful elves, mingling among a variety of human ethnicities. Scattered among these common peoples are less numerous folk: a hulking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, commemorating a tragic incident in our past.
Today, aberrant dragonmarks are rare. But there was a time long ago when they were far more common. An army of aberrant heirs made their home here in the
district came early in the Last War. A team of Aundairian saboteurs brought down one of Sharn’s floating towers, and the falling spire struck Godsgate. Buildings collapsed, and hundreds died. Untended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
reflects human ideas about art and beauty. Over time this perspective was skewed toward the concept that the snake is the perfect form, so serpents are a common theme in their aesthetic. The major
buildings in a city usually have four sides and a sloped or staggered pyramid-like exterior. It is customary for stone buildings to have a series of tiles or carvings of snakes encircling the ground level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Lower City A crescent of steeply sloping neighborhoods plays home to the common folk of Baldur’s Gate. The Lower City is a chaotic tangle of conjoined, slate-roofed buildings, its narrow cobblestone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, and psychic damage. The fire elemental goes berserk if released, attacking all other creatures it sees. Inside or outside the furnace, it can be banished using a banishment spell or similar magic, or
trapped inside an iron flask or a similar device. If the furnace is destroyed or the elemental released from within it, the air inside the balloon cools, causing the airship to descend at a rate of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
buildings of Good Mead remind folk that many of its original settlers were Chultan. Residents of Ten-Towns tend to remain indoors when they’re not working, since it’s so frightfully cold outside, which
against one another as competition for resources becomes increasingly intense. The alliance of Ten-Towns won’t hold if the mounting tribalism continues to threaten the common good.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. The shield can speak, read, and understand Common and Infernal, and it can communicate telepathically with any creature it can sense within 120 feet of it. Its voice is a deep, hollow whisper. The
suggestions that it is an angel trapped in an unholy prison. If released from the shield, the pit fiend honors the terms of whatever bargain it struck to facilitate its escape. While trapped in the shield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
called the Swords of Leilon. When the House of Thalivar released its monsters, the Swords fought to cover the escape of the townsfolk. They died and became ghosts bound to Leilon’s ruins. They now watch
, new settlers attempt to build docks for barges, made to cross the marsh and meet merchant ships in the sea.
Outside of town, the settlers’ campground becomes ever smaller as new buildings made of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Lower City A crescent of steeply sloping neighborhoods plays home to the common folk of Baldur’s Gate. The Lower City is a chaotic tangle of conjoined, slate-roofed buildings, its narrow cobblestone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
these creatures along the shoals of faraway islands. Merfolk lack the materials and practical means to forge weapons beneath the waves, to write books and keep lore, or to shape stone to raise buildings
face a common threat or to complete a conquest. Such unifications can be the beginning of undersea kingdoms with dynasties lasting hundreds of years. Merfolk Settlements. Merfolk build their settlements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Auvryndar assumed control of it. The cavern has the following features: Ruins. The 30-foot-high cavern is a deathly quiet maze of crumbling stone buildings, many of which have partially collapsed. The
buildings’ walls are 10 feet high, and their roofs have mostly caved in.
Webs and Spiders. Webs are strung between the buildings, but they’re not thick enough to inhibit movement. Nine giant spiders roam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
from thieves, opportunistic merchants, and any local willing to commit a crime of opportunity (which is to say most of them). Bartering is common in the district, and characters will find it difficult
common. The best taverns in the Styes would be considered dives in most cities — and its inns are no better. Visitors are advised to bring their own bedding to avoid bugs, and to move the bed in front
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Pech Pechs are slight, bipedal diggers from the Elemental Plane of Earth. They have a knack for finding weak points in buildings, objects, and raw materials, making them phenomenal excavators—and, if
Skills Athletics +6, Perception +4, Survival +4
Condition Immunities petrified
Senses darkvision 120 ft., tremorsense 120 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Terran
Challenge 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Haunting Revenant Haunting revenants possess ruins and forsaken places connected with their deaths—such as abandoned buildings, wrecked ships, or junk heaps. These revenants lurk in plain sight
Common plus two other languages
CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4)
Traits
Haunted Zone. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17, any creature that casts a spell while inside the revenant’s space. Failure: The spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Abyssal, Common, Infernal, Primordial
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material
Points. If the bag is destroyed, any souls the bag is holding are released. The hag can create a new bag after 7 days.
Actions
Multiattack. The hag makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
subservience or drawn to the beholder by the promise of treasure, food, or power. Treachery within the ranks of the guild is common as servants vie for the beholder’s favor and affection. Such boons are
Undermountain’s third level. The place resembles a ramshackle town, built inside a giant cavern connected to an underground river. Members of the Xanathar Guild haunt Skullport’s dilapidated buildings, and