better both down crops replaced

Northlanders (p. 64)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Northlanders (p. 64) In the first paragraph, the sentence “A few tribes of Northlanders ... the present-day denizens of Icewind Dale.” has been replaced with “A few clans of Northlanders explored the

: Northlanders farm, fish, and mine their rugged lands, then shrewdly trade their goods with foreign buyers. Many once-feared tribes have become merchants whose bartering skills are equal to or better

Mother Lorinda

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

brutish father and brothers resented the girls, whose sufferings grew worse after their mother died. Desiring a better life, the sisters began preying upon travelers who passed by their secluded home

bountiful crops, potent medicines, or the children that fate denied them. The hags sowed blessings and despair in equal measure. Numerous hexblood children originated from the hags’ cauldron. In time

Cultural Specifics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Darklord? Don’t get bogged down with the particulars of a working society. It doesn’t matter how a village in a domain of endless night grows crops, but it does matter that the supplies are about to run

relocate, nor can they imagine living anywhere else. Life is as it’s always been and could never be better, but it’s constantly threatened with becoming worse.

Pharika's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Villain 1 A druid seeds deadly herbs into a village’s fields, coaxing the plants to resemble farmers’ crops. 2 The life of a tyrant (knight) is central to one of Pharika’s experiments in

Basilisk* MM 6 Medusa* MM 8 Assassin MM 8 Hydra MM 8 Spirit naga MM 17 Hythonia MOoT * See chapter 6 for details about these creatures in Theros. Pharika’s clerics believe that they are better healers because they are so well acquainted with death (CHASE STONE)

Beginning the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

into her home. Read or paraphrase the following aloud to begin the adventure: The heat is impossible to ignore. Across the land, crops have withered, streams have turned to dust, and the locals swelter

ritual, I’ll throw in a magic item from my own adventuring days. What do you say?” The magic item Grahlista offers is a pair of Boots of the Winterlands. If the characters negotiate for a better

Beastlands

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

Charisma saving throw or shape-shift into the type of Beast that was slain. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by the Beast’s stat block, but the creature retains its alignment, personality

invigorated and more vital—their minds more alert, their reflexes sharpened, and their strides quickened. Hunger pangs are acute, but food and drink taste better than ever before. Sleep is always deep and

Yakfolk Neighbors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

tend crops for the giants. In exchange, the giants leave them alone. The two kinds of yakfolk, warriors and priests, are described in appendix C. Also present in the village are Humanoid prisoners that

Adbar know better than to trust the yakfolk, and they occasionally send patrols north to spy on the village. One of those patrols was ambushed by yakfolk and the survivors taken prisoner. The yakfolk used

Modifying a Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

modify existing classes to better serve your game’s needs. Changing Proficiencies Changing a class’s proficiencies is a safe and simple way to modify a class to better reflect your world. Swapping

traditions? Can a dwarf stumble into a warlock pact despite having no connection to a culture that normally produces warlocks? As always, it’s better to say yes and use the player’s desire as an

Xvarts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

dons short wooden stilts and heavy robes to look taller and more imperious. The rest of the tribe hunts for food, plundering crops and livestock from nearby farms if the hunt goes poorly. Xvarts

. They lack the physical equipment to reproduce, as well as the inclination to do so. They are greedy, conniving, and obsessed with the acquisition of valuables — the more ornate or bizarre, the better

Lulu the Hollyphant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

better companion for Traxigor, given his eccentricity and good nature. Lulu is integral to the characters’ future success, though they shouldn’t know that yet. Lulu can speak Celestial but prefers to

friend there. His name was Mahadi. Maybe he can help us.” 5 “The Zariel I knew is gone, replaced by a devil with a halo of fire and vengeance. ‘This is who I am,’ she told me. ‘When demons die

Telemy Hill

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. One of the keys in Jingle Jangle’s collection is the silver key that unlocks Sir Talavar’s birdcage. If the characters want this key, Jingle Jangle offers it freely, saying, “Better you should have

removed the goblin’s ability to perceive that fear and replaced it with an insatiable and overwhelming need to collect keys. So great is this obsession that Jingle Jangle has lost her own sense of self and

Trielta Hills

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

crops (such as pumpkins and strawberries) or grazing small herds of the large-horned sheep many of the halfling families keep, or the ornery braid-bearded goats favored by gnome goatherds. Most of these

small communities aren’t exclusively populated by halflings or gnomes, since such groups seem to prosper better when members of both races are in residence. Halfling families often focus on

1. Goblin Bazaar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Detritus. Trash and debris litter the floor. Bas-Reliefs. The walls are adorned with bas-reliefs that once depicted dwarves carrying supplies. The dwarves’ faces have been chipped away and replaced with

stairs leading down to level 3. Glom eagerly betrays her liberators if someone with more food and the promise of a better life comes along. The lock on Glom’s gibbet can be picked with thieves' tools

Wilderness Survival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

clothes are taken off and replaced with dry ones. Frigid Water Rules for frigid water appear in the Dungeon Master’s Guide but are repeated here for your convenience. A creature can be immersed in frigid

”). But dogs are expensive and require food, water, and shelter. Unless they have more equipment than they can carry, adventurers are better off traveling on foot. The speed that characters can travel

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

accept is in the form of livestock and crops, but this isn’t their only source of food. Cloud giants are avid gardeners. Almost all cloud giant strongholds devote space to a garden that produces

be displayed, and the more ostentatious the display, the better. In a cloud giant family’s home, extravagance is omnipresent. One might boast windows framed in gold leaf, rare perfume stored in vials

The Walking Statues

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

assume it to be a monument to Waterdeep’s Griffon Cavalry, but Waterdavians know better. The Sahuagin Humbled For years, the only visible walking statue of Waterdeep was known simply as “the walking

its jaw and mouth have been replaced by a door, which leads into the shop known as Thort’s Findings. Undevvur Thort is a wizened ex-adventurer who leans on a cane (which some locals insist is more than

Eternal Flame Cultists

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

supposed subtleties and ruses. Often it’s better put the target to the torch, then sift through the ashes afterward. Eternal Flame Guardian Eternal Flame guardians are dullards fascinated by the power

+ 2) piercing damage. Razerblast A razerblast seethes with hate for the enemies of the fire cult. The razerblast’s elemental overlords have replaced its heart with a flaming orb that detonates if

Daelkyr

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. Daelkyr Modifications d10 Modification 1 The creature is fused with another creature or object. 2 The creature has additional eyes, or its existing eyes are replaced with the eyes of a

different creature. 3 The creature produces eerie music instead of speech. 4 The creature’s skin has an unusual texture or color. 5 The creature’s hair is replaced by spines or tentacles. 6 The creature’s

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

, although by the time it reaches Ice Peak, such news is often out of date and wildly exaggerated, little better than idle rumor. Still, the isolated inhabitants of Aurilssbarg eat it up all the same

(elk) 16–17 Ten-Towners (scouts) 18–19 1d6 yeti 20 1 young remorhaz Ancient White Dragon. Arveiaturace, better known to Northfolk as Iceclaws, claims Icewind Dale as part of her domain. The characters

Encounter Locations

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

only they experience: The cave disappears and is replaced by a field carpeted in spongy moss and pockmarked with pools of ooze. A colossal palace constructed of giant mushrooms with interconnecting

vivisected deer splayed across a moss-covered table. Ten feet away, a young boy bounces excitedly in an iron cage, swinging it to get a better view of what the robed figure is working on. He is not

Areas of the Water Temple

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

these cultists and then leave this part of the dungeon, the guards are replaced by the cultists in area C7 within an hour. C2. Canals A twenty-foot wide canal leads between ancient masonry walls into

. Reinforcements. If the bugbears are defeated, they are replaced within a day by the trolls from area C12. C19. Cavern Lakeshore This natural cavern widens and descends toward a pebble-covered lakeshore

Paliset Hall Locations

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

of information: Zorhanna’s Simulacrum. “I’m now convinced that my wife has been replaced by a simulacrum—a lookalike invested with her knowledge and spellcasting ability. I dimly recall Zorhanna

you can see, is highly unstable. I thought I could keep the diamond safe, but I couldn’t resist showing it off from time to time. I let my vanity get the better of me.” The Entity. “Something alien and

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