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Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
encounter, as Arasta summons her arachnid children to protect her. While she has temporary hit points from this trait, she can choose one of her mythic actions when she uses a legendary action.
Read or
and ears. Birds and other flying creatures are absent from the skies and occasionally found trapped in webs.
Within 1 mile of Arasta’s lair, webs fill all 10-foot cubes of open space, so long as
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Sea elves fell in love with the wild beauty of the ocean in the earliest days of the multiverse. While other elves traveled from realm to realm, sea elves navigated the currents and explored the
increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
on map 10.1 is flexible but shouldn’t be more than a mile or two. Francesca Baerald Map 10.1: Pandesmos Battlefield View Player Version Read the following to present the scene: You arrive on a
bear banners featuring a spider with a woman’s head. The forces surging from the redoubt are enormous spiders with the heads of wolves. The spider-wolves carry banners with snarling wolf heads.
Four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started To begin, read the following boxed text aloud: Mosquitoes buzz about the stands of cattails and gnarled trees in these squashy, stagnant fens. Croaking frogs, chirping cicadas, and squawking birds create an incessant din.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
shelters emergency resources, municipal chambers, and the keep’s armed forces. Militaristic banners and upholstered furniture decorate its dignified interior. When the characters arrive at the keep
fortress, read the following boxed text aloud: Two round towers with pointed roofs flank this tiered stronghold. Archers march along its stone parapets, watching for signs of trouble. Two guards stand outside the fortress’s iron doors; they acknowledge passersby with stern nods.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Vermeillon When the characters enter Vermeillon, read the following boxed text to the players: The village is eerily quiet. Plants and wildlife have overtaken the crumbling houses. Leafless vines
climb rotting walls, birds and other small creatures nest in the exposed rafters, and gnarled trees protrude from the fallen roofs of a few buildings. The overcast sky adds an air of oppression to the scene, seeming to envelop the village.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the Ruins of Caerdoon. They have organized a fete, or something like it, to send you off. Banners that read “We Believe in You!” and “Heroes of Strixhaven!” hang all about the tavern. Friends
ready to begin this event, read or paraphrase the following: Inside the normally raucous Bow’s End Tavern, the mood is somber. Your peers are here, and they’ve heard about your dire mission to head into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Falling Star After the characters have a moment to process the memories they’ve received, they witness the foretold falling star. Read or paraphrase the following text: Your surroundings momentarily
brighten as a brilliant light streaks across the heavens and plummets to the earth. As the falling star lands in the mountains ahead, a distant rumble accompanies the impact, causing flocks of birds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Kollema Hall and step inside, read or paraphrase the following text: Kollema Hall has been transformed. Music, color, and laughter fill the airy space as masked and impeccably dressed students and faculty
has been turned into a dance floor. Above it all, banners depicting Strixhaven heroes hang amid drifting lanterns glowing with soft light.
Students don’t need to present their invitations to gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Entering the City When the characters see Omu for the first time, read: The jungle parts to reveal a dead city enclosed by sheer cliffs. Ruined buildings and stone boulevards rise like ghosts from
the floor of the misty basin. Colorful birds glide overhead.
A waterfall pours into the basin, creating a swollen river that floods much of the city before draining into a deep rift filled with molten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Sea Elf Sea elves fell in love with the wild beauty of the ocean in the earliest days of the multiverse. While other elves traveled from realm to realm, the sea elves navigated the deepest currents
any beast that has an innate swimming speed. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Aquan. SAHUAGIN: DANGER FROM THE DEPTHS
The sea elves face as many perils in their watery world as other elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
positions. When the alarms ring out, Darrett finds the characters and takes them to the Trade Gate’s ramparts. When they arrive, read the following description: The west-facing ramparts of the Trade
into position between crimson banners bearing the Dragon Queen’s claw-like symbol. Above, dragonnels soar in rigid formations alongside the Dragon Army’s most terrifying weapon, the flying citadel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Beginning the Adventure The adventurers are traveling through a canyon when they receive a telepathic distress signal. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: You’re traveling through a
silent canyon with no sign of birds or animals. Even the mineral-rich river, with its turquoise water, is still. Striations of coppery red and slate blue decorate the canyon’s walls. Sometimes, a patch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Approaching the Dock As Krux and the characters make their way to the dock, read: Scores of pelicans, mollymawks, and smaller birds nesting on the asteroid squawk as you approach the rickety dock. At the
plane intersects it horizontally at the level of the docks and the base of the tower. Topalah’s Tower View Player Version As the tower comes into view, read: A crooked tower perches atop a small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. If this glyph is defaced using the point of a dagger or some other tool, the magic is negated, and the door can be opened safely. When the characters can see into the room, read the following boxed
entrance are two alcoves, one containing a bare table, the other holding a wooden chest with tiny, clawed feet. Deeper in the room, you see a wicker basket surrounded by miniature toy birds.
Scores of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Arrival in Hither When the characters first arrive in Hither, read the following boxed text aloud: You stand at the edge of a raised and broken causeway under a hazy, twilit sky. The causeway, which
—a discordant symphony of croaking frogs and singing birds.
The characters are on an isolated section of the Queen’s Way (shown on the accompanying map of Hither), which once was an elevated highway
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
2. What Is Dead May Never Die As the characters descend into the lower decks of this ship, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: As you proceed belowdecks, it becomes much easier to swim as
the hull protects you from the the strong currents outside. Many boxes and barrels are present here, somewhat waterlogged but largely intact.
This ship served as a tender vessel, bringing supplies to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
he sees no need for outsiders to be involved in sacred matters. The archpriest dismisses his son’s concerns with a negligent wave, telling Glooglugogg that he must flow with the currents of the
, where Bloppblippodd awaits them. Describe the scene to the players as given in that area, then read the following boxed text; if none of the characters speak Undercommon, the exchange is gibberish to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
on one’s familiarity with its intricate network of caverns, passages, and currents. Experienced navigators know how to find and read ancient duergar runes carved along the Darklake’s tunnels, though
Underdark, all water travel involves either rowing at 1½ miles per hour, or floating with prevailing currents at 1 mile per hour. Characters can work in shifts to row more than 8 hours per day, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the players to introduce their characters and describe them to the group. Once they have completed their introductions, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: After swimming for half the day, you
he opened (Umberlee’s Maw) have created an area in the ocean that acts like a beacon for strong, irregular currents and bad weather. Underwater, the effect manifests as a general darkness in an oddly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
3.2: Derwyth's Homestead View Player Version H1: Yard Whether led by the eagles or by forging a path through the thicket, the characters likely enter the homestead via the yard. When they arrive, read
or paraphrase the following text: This serene homestead is perfectly quiet, save for a babbling brook and the gentle chirping of birds. A rustic wooden fence encloses three simple buildings with walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
grandmother hag’s lair is warped by the creature’s fell magic, which creates one or more of the following effects: Birds, rodents, snakes, spiders, or toads (or some other creatures appropriate to the
1 mile of her lair: Most surfaces are covered by a thin film of slime, which is slick and sticks to anything that touches it. Currents and tides are exceptionally strong and treacherous. Any ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
characters either to Moghadam or onward to Phenex in response to any other questions. Murals If the murals are examined, read the following (from the original Tomb of Horrors): The scenes painted show
. Certain of the frescoes show the rooms of some building: a library filled with many books and scrolls, a torture chamber, a wizard’s workroom. Chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
help others. If the characters help the druid without reservation, read the following. It takes all your effort to lift the tree, knowing that you put yourselves at risk if it shifts against you. But
among them. A character with a torch can use an action to clear the webs within reach. As the characters advance, the webbing becomes thicker and shows birds and animals trapped within it. Any movement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
characters help the druid without reservation, read the following. It takes all your effort to lift the tree, knowing that you put yourselves at risk if it shifts against you. But then even as you
with a torch can use an action to clear the webs within reach. As the characters advance, the webbing becomes thicker and shows birds and animals trapped within it. Any movement through the webbing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
the center of the cliff face, read: Bright, brilliant colors are to be seen everywhere, the stones and pigments undimmed by the passage of decades. The floor of the corridor is a colorful mosaic of
of a torture chamber, and a wizard’s work room. There are chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats, spiders, and all manner of things shown on the walls.
This corridor contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
can direct the characters to the nearby wildernesses where these groups dwell. Heart Delta Heart Delta lies a few miles away from Camp Greenbriar. When the characters visit there, read or paraphrase
spireward from Camp Greenbriar. Read or paraphrase the following description as the characters approach: An arid land of stark rock formations and rugged cliffs stretches ahead. Amid the dust, brush, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Danger in the Hills Jabari Weathers To get to the Rattle, the characters must cross the stretch of farmland called the Ribbon. Read or paraphrase the following to describe the journey into the
hills, read or paraphrase the following: Six hill giants relax in a clearing between rocky outcroppings. Crystalline deposits in the rock glitter brightly, but the giants seem oblivious to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
which is written: “There’s a Fortune to Be Made in Fortune!”, “Choose Fortune and Win!”, and “Tokens! Lowest Prices!” The grass, trees, and other plants in the area appear normal. Birds and rodents can
provides no mechanical benefits. It shrinks away to nothing after 1 hour. Gambling Fever After the characters have had time to look around, or if they make for the cavern straight away, read: A murmur of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Anything might strike a githyanki’s fancy, from a jewel taken from the pommel of a fallen opponent’s sword to colorful banners taken from a plundered castle that, preserved by the timeless nature of the
with Tiamat, the githyanki are forbidden from using psionics or magic to compel their dragon allies’ actions or read their minds. A dragon remains a loyal ally as long as its riders and handlers treat it with respect and it gets plenty of opportunities to pillage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
room holds piles of armor, weapons, and banners amid mounds of webbing. Tiny spiders scuttle across the mounds.
The spyder-fiends dump their spoils of war here. The room’s only occupant is a neutral
don’t know about the cloak’s history, Vaeve tells them the full truth about the item. Piles of Spoils. Amid the detritus are several bloodstained and tattered banners depicting Lolth’s symbol of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
knocker shaped like a sheep’s head. The door’s stone frame is decorated with carvings of flowers and small birds. Engraved above the door are the words “Enter in Peace” in Common.
Close inspection of the
died after ingesting some kind of poison within the past 12 hours. The monk can confirm that the birds were well yesterday. He believes they died from eating poisoned meat but doesn’t know who fed it