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Despite its overall nutritiousness, the bitter grittiness of the mouse tree nut often precludes it from being eaten as a snack by most folk
. However, the mouse tree nut is beloved across the island because of its shell, which is used to make instruments like castanets or a type of flute called a “mouse kisser.” Mouse tree nuts grow
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the Kagonesti of Dragonlance, as well as the races called wood elves in Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms. In Faerûn, wood elves (also called wild elves, green elves, or forest elves) are
reclusive and distrusting of non-elves.
Wood elves’ skin tends to be copperish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. Their hair tends toward browns and blacks, but it is occasionally blond or copper-colored. Their eyes are green, brown, or hazel.
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valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves. The
other races.
The sun elves of Faerûn (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blond. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves
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Acquisitions Incorporated
world.
Omin Dran built the organization called Acquisitions Incorporated to facilitate and expand his quest to find his true sister, at least in part. For despite his unprecedented success in
adventure. But adventure of the wrong kind came calling for the trio one day, when an underground ruin they had often explored — actually a creature called the Wandering Crypt — took Auspicia from the
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Storm King's Thunder
behind a piece of regalia called the Korolnor Scepter, a magic item that allows its owner to harness the powers of the Wyrmskull Throne. In accordance with her father’s wishes, Serissa has
despite their size, they are capable of great feats of heroism. But Iymrith and Uthor have advised Serissa to steer clear of them. Uthor believes (incorrectly) that an alliance with the small folk
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
none of its class features or other abilities. The transformation is permanent and can be undone only by a wish spell. Despite appearances, the psurlon ringer is still an Aberration, and other psurlons
strongholds, invade Wildspace systems, and indulge in a seven-year-long ceremony called the Feast of Worlds, during which they consume as many sentient life-forms as they can before returning to the Astral
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
liquefied in this way, a demodand has the paralyzed condition despite any immunity to that condition, it has immunity to all damage, and any curse affecting it is suspended.
Magic Resistance. The shator
Carceri’s waiting chains.
Demodands
Demodands, also called gehreleths, are Fiends from the Tarterian Depths of Carceri. Cast into the prison plane long ago for forgotten transgressions
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Curse of Strahd
her beloved boy, who, in her mind, is eternally blessed. Despite the horrors Strahd has wrought, Lysaga still envisions him as the perfect child she delivered into the world. Strahd is the only thing in
witches, Lysaga recently uncovered a potential threat to Strahd: a secret society of wereravens called the Keepers of the Feather, a group that uses ordinary ravens as their spies.
Strahd doesn’t
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capable of flight, and similar objects provoke a great desire for the kenku to acquire the items for themselves.
Despite their lack of wings, kenku love dwelling in towers and other tall structures
groups called flocks. A flock is led by the oldest and most experienced kenku with the widest store of knowledge to draw on, often called Master.
Although kenku can’t create new things, they have
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hot while in the cauldron, then cools naturally after it is removed. The outside of the cauldron remains safe to touch despite the heat of the stew.
If wine is poured into the cauldron and stirred
minute touching the cauldron with a unicorn’s horn while reciting the poem called “The Witch Queen’s Cauldron” (see the accompanying sidebar), all creatures within 1,000 feet of
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and valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves
and other races. The sun elves of Faerûn (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blond. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves (also
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Clad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight despite the dust and grime of long travel, a human lays down her sword and shield and places her hands on a mortally wounded man. Divine radiance
your quests? Perhaps you stumbled into a sacred grove or a hidden elven enclave and found yourself called to protect all such refuges of goodness and beauty. Or you might have known from your
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
residents. Many such communities owe their survival to the insight and acumen of a centaur. Despite their reclusive nature, centaurs trade with elves and with the caravans of other benevolent
Centaur “I hear centaurs make excellent mounts!”
— Batley Summerfoot, a halfling adventurer who never read HOOVES OF FURY,
by Irvil Grayborn of Sundown
Reclusive wanderers and omen-readers of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Greyhawk and the Kagonesti of Dragonlance, as well as the races called wood elves in Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms. In Faerûn, wood elves (also called wild elves, green elves, or forest elves) are
reclusive and distrusting of non-elves. Wood elves’ skin tends to be copperish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. Their hair tends toward browns and blacks, but it is occasionally blond or copper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
and valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvanesti of Dragonlance, and the sun elves of the Forgotten Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves
and other races. The sun elves of Faerûn (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blond. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves (also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Greyhawk and the Kagonesti of Dragonlance, as well as the races called wood elves in Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms. In Faerûn, wood elves (also called wild elves, green elves, or forest elves) are
reclusive and distrusting of non-elves. Wood elves’ skin tends to be copperish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. Their hair tends toward browns and blacks, but it is occasionally blond or copper
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smooth-skins is far greater.
Despite their alien outlook, some lizardfolk make an effort to understand and, in their own manner, befriend people of other races. Such lizardfolk make faithful and
hide in a stand of reeds before ambushing an animal might be called Achuak, which means “green” to describe how she blends into the foliage.
Lizardfolk make no distinction between male and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants, reclusive by nature, did their best to discourage lesser giants from destroying the civilizations of the small folk. The death of Queen Neri and the disappearance of King Hekaton have left
, despite what Uthor and Iymrith whisper. If the characters convince Serissa that they can help, she shows them a clue found near the corpse of her mother: a wooden coin that leads the characters into
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
becomes less fertile each year, groups of young farmers and adventurers have begun to plant crops along the dangerous borderlands called the Rattle. Despite the constant threat of monstrous predators
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
despite a strained relationship. The inhabitants of Arak resent the people of the surface for ancient slights and view them as dangerous. They avoid the folk of Viktal but eagerly play malicious
followers possess a weapon capable of unleashing a deadly force and that it is locked beneath the three-peaked mountain called Gwydion’s Claw.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
growth, clearly a young tree despite its prodigious size. This is the Worldroot Sapling, a spark of defiant life amid the remnants of dead plants and ashen ground. The sapling is a seedling from the
world tree Yggdrasil, planted and nurtured by an enigmatic group of giants called the Worldroot Circle (described in chapter 2). Some tales speak of the world tree stretching through every plane and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites The Tayyib Empire spans a region called Suristhanam. Its geography includes a great central flood plain, fertile hills, and tropical swamps. Qaragarh A metropolis filled with
the conflict. The city’s struggling reconstruction efforts are chronically understaffed, so a grassroots network of veterans and influential townsfolk called the Old Sickles has taken efforts into its
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
upright. Its face is mostly encased in armor, looking almost humanoid except for its long eyestalks. Despite their frightful appearance, aldani avoid conflict. Reclusive and xenophobic, they hide in
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced
a constant battle against deep gnome miners, who scour the tunnels of the dragon’s lair in search of emeralds.
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An adult silver dragon tries to befriend and draw out a reclusive adult
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
to dispel the collective power of the secrets Vecna gathered, rendering the lich’s Ritual of Remaking useless. Despite looking identical to Mordenkainen, Kas has no significant magical power. This
lack sabotages the Wish spell exactly as the warlord hoped, allowing him to suggest an alternate course of action: reassemble the artifact called the Rod of Seven Parts and use it to defeat Vecna instead
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
house leadership. Names and Ranks. Any heir of the house who develops a dragonmark is allowed to add the d’ prefix to the house name: for example, Merrix d’Cannith. Despite the Korth Edicts
’ proscription against house members holding noble titles, regional leaders within the houses are called barons. Most houses are led by a matriarch or patriarch, though some are led by a council. Emblems. Each
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
’ Guild, Kinsbaile’s largest trade group, and he directs most of the town’s commercial affairs. He’s also the proprietor of a magic item shop called Sundry Curiosities. A trading operation called Maghen’s
Kinsbaile’s guilds is Isla Wandergill (Merrow Haranguer; see chapter 3), a stalwart merrow who, despite her aversion to land, occasionally attends meetings in the town proper. Kinsbaile’s leaders value
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
H’Catha Features H’Catha has the following features: Dimensions and Terrain. H’Catha is a disk-shaped water world with a single large mountain called the Spindle jutting from its center. The disk
veteran. Despite having one of her wing flaps torn away long ago, she remains as capable as ever while on board a ship. Spelljammer Academy has no better person to spearhead the training of raw recruits
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Dead in Thay Near the village of Daggerford on the Sword Coast, the Red Wizards of Thay plotted to extend the evil reach of their land and its master, the lich lord Szass Tam. At a site called
Mennek Ariz, this assault was successful. Bloodgate Keep fell, and Szass Tam’s plans of invasion were crushed. What no one expected, though, was that despite the fall of the keep itself, parts of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
between stands of scattered woods. Eventually, the road dwindles to a track. The stands of trees grow denser and the farms fewer and farther between as you near the lands called the Rattle.
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agriculture in the region has been deteriorating for years, forcing locals to farm the Rattle despite its dangers. If the characters stop at any of the farms they pass in the Ribbon, they see no sign of danger, but no one at the farms knows Kianna.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Winged Kobold Some kobolds are born with wings. Called urds by others of their kind, these kobolds are thought to be blessed by a dragon or Tiamat, the Dragon Queen. Despite their favored status
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Wreck of the Narwhal Through some magical mishap, a seafaring galleon called the Narwhal ended up in the heart of the jungle. It lies upside down, its hull encrusted with barnacles and overgrown with
ivy. The crew is gone without a trace, but the old ship still has occupants: a reclusive weretiger and a small tribe of vegepygmies share it. Since the weretiger kills more than he eats and leaves
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Despite their influence within the city, factions have been erased from the city in the past, and current factions tread carefully to avoid that fate for themselves. They actively recruit new members
aspects of civic governance. Within these areas, both geographical and influential, dedicated midranking faction members called factotums act as officers, furthering the interests of their factions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
called to serve a group, such as the elemental gods Akadi, Grumbar, Kossuth, and Istishia, while others serve deities that are intertwined gods, such as the elves’ Angharradh. Some clerics in Faerûn
belong to an established religious hierarchy, but many do not. The gods choose whomever they will, and sometimes a devoted worshiper is blessed with all the abilities of a cleric, despite not being a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
shook the entire domain: the Hour of Ascension. The Darklord vanished—and Darkon changed. Since Azalin’s disappearance, a strange golden star called the King’s Tear hangs in the heavens, and each night
strange shapes and figures within. What happens to the lands claimed by the Shroud is a mystery, and none who enter it return. Despite facing gradual annihilation, Darkon’s living population largely ignores