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Aarakocra

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

Supernatural Hooks

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

suggestions. Supernatural Hooks 1d6 Hook 1 The characters all have a vivid dream that foreshadows elements of the adventure. 2 While preparing spells, one character receives a quest from a god or

patron. 3 A fortune teller’s reading for one of the characters points to a quest and offers hints about challenges that lie ahead. 4 Flames, clouds, smoke, or huge flocks of birds take distinct shapes

Keycharm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Keycharm Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a creature with the Mark of Warding) This small stylized key plays a vital role in the work of House Kundarak. If you cast the alarm, arcane

lock, or glyph of warding spell, you can tie the effect to the keycharm so that whoever holds it receives the notification from the alarm spell, bypasses the lock of the arcane lock spell, or avoids

Keycharm

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

Keycharm Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a creature with the Mark of Warding) This small stylized key plays a vital role in the work of House Kundarak. If you cast the alarm, arcane

lock, or glyph of warding spell, you can tie the effect to the keycharm so that whoever holds it receives the notification from the alarm spell, bypasses the lock of the arcane lock spell, or avoids

Gifts of the Gods

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

Gifts of the Gods Just as the heroes of Theros carry great destinies, so too do many of the magic items they encounter. The common folk don’t typically possess magic items, yet adventurers come

knotted cover or grip depicts colorful birds or stylized herd animals from the plains of Oreskos. 7 The item is at least partially made from the heartwood of a Setessan caryatid (described in chapter

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within

. 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

Dusthawk Hill

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

be off limits to unlicensed hunters. Despite the fences and cliffs that cordon off most of the hill, trespassers remain common, the demand for dusthawk hunting birds having exploded among the wealthy

the last known refuges of the Chionthar dusthawk (use the hawk statistics), a once-common raptor whose numbers precipitously declined over the last century as regional turmoil and the ever-spreading

Dusthawk Hill

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

be off limits to unlicensed hunters. Despite the fences and cliffs that cordon off most of the hill, trespassers remain common, the demand for dusthawk hunting birds having exploded among the wealthy

the last known refuges of the Chionthar dusthawk (use the hawk statistics), a once-common raptor whose numbers precipitously declined over the last century as regional turmoil and the ever-spreading

Eblis

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

eggs as mundane birds do. They can manipulate objects with their beaks and feet. Eblis try to sway other creatures into doing their bidding, and their plots are self-serving. They live to destroy

) DEX 16 (+3) CON 12 (+1) INT 12 (+1) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 11 (+0) Skills Perception +4 Senses passive Perception 14 Languages Auran, Common Challenge 1 (200 XP

Random Magic Item Rarity

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

Levels 17–20 Item’s Rarity 01–54 01–30 01–11 — Common 55–91 31–81 12–34 — Uncommon 92–00 82–98 35–70 01–20 Rare — 99–00 71–93 21–64 Very Rare — — 94–00 65–00 Legendary Magic Items for Starting

. Consider these approaches to determining the items each character receives: DM Choice: Choose items for each character using your own judgment. Player Choice: Let the players choose whatever items they want, within the specified rarity.

Faunel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

of whom speak Common, guide the packs: Ebonclaw (lawful neutral saber-toothed tiger with an Intelligence of 12 and a Charisma of 12), a silken-furred feline with a notch on his fangs for every kill

, steers a flight of birds in the gate-town’s dense, heliotropic canopy. Faunel attracts its share of non-Beast visitors who seek the fruits of nature. Travelers gather in Camp Greenbriar, a tented outpost

Domain Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

personalities are common here, even among the local wildlife. Animated trees swat at passersby, sentient flowers scoff and sneer, and local Fey are grumpy and uncooperative. 2 Crystalline. This domain contains

nosy and hungry for gossip. Animated trees use their branches to pick through backpacks when travelers aren’t looking; pixies spy on strangers; and birds eavesdrop on conversations, repeating what

Tressym

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

, faerie dragons, and the like, but they hate stirges and evil flying monsters such as manticores. They also enjoy teasing dogs. Tressym feed on small rodents, birds, and insects, stalking and pouncing

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages understands Common but can’t speak Challenge 0 (10 XP) Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical invisibility fails

Wandering Monsters

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

Wandering Monsters Wyllowwood is a thriving ecosystem. The woods support awakened shrubs, awakened trees, bats, bears, blink dogs, boars, deer, elk, rodents, small birds, and other denizens of

regularly. Tree Believers As the heroes pass through the forest, two awakened trees interrogate them in Common, demanding to know the reason for their intrusion. If the characters are looking for

Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

Languages Common, plus one of your choice Helpful. The expert can take the Help action as a bonus action, and the creature who receives the help gains a 1d6 bonus to the d20 roll. If that roll is an

6: Trader's Shop

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

deals in wares ranging from common trade goods to curious bric-a-brac. Fastidious. Oleira can’t stand dusty wares. Every item must be spotless. Parental. Oleira sometimes treats her customers like

, Oleira displays armor and weapons under the awning. Warehouse. Behind the shop is a small warehouse, where Oleira receives, sorts, and stores goods. Helder Almeida A suit of armor for sale

Flumph Colors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Flumph Colors A flumph’s extremities change color to reflect its mood. The Flumph Colors and Emotions table summarizes common flumph colors and the human emotions to which they most closely

telepathic communication within 60 feet of it. Prone Deficiency. If the flumph receives the Prone condition, roll a die. On an odd number, it has the Incapacitated condition. At the end of each of its

Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

Common, plus one of your choice Helpful. The expert can take the Help action as a bonus action, and the creature who receives the help gains a 1d6 bonus to the d20 roll. If that roll is an attack

Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

Languages Common, plus one of your choice Helpful. The expert can take the Help action as a bonus action, and the creature who receives the help gains a 1d6 bonus to the d20 roll. If that roll is an

Topolah's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

metal mustache. The indifferent autognomes have the three directives common to all their kind plus the following directive: “Defend Topolah from hostile creatures.” Topolah and Her Birds Birds. Harmless

. 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

Harpers

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

Harpers The Harpers approach good-aligned characters who show promise as spies. One such character receives the following message, written on a paper bird (see appendix A): “Renaer tells us you are a

find Maxeene, a draft horse with an Intelligence score of 10, with a successful DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Maxeene speaks Common, and characters must try to convince her that they’re

Tressym

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

bats, faerie dragons, and the like, but they hate stirges and evil flying monsters such as manticores. They also enjoy teasing dogs. Tressym feed on small rodents, birds, and insects, stalking and

) Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4 Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities poisoned Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages understands Common but can’t speak Challenge 0

Liara Portyr

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

schedules that she passes along to the pirates of Jahaka Anchorage, in exchange for promises to never attack ships flying the flag of Baldur’s Gate. Liara also receives a cut of the pirates’ profits

Perception 12 Languages Common, Draconic, Dwarvish Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Brave. Liara has advantage on saving throws against being frightened. Flaming Fury. Once per turn, when Liara hits a creature

13. Storeroom

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

, giving him an Intelligence of 10 and the ability to speak Common. After serving him for the duration of the enchantment, the serpent slithered off and found its way to Omu. Azi Mas has a good memory; he

poisoned. Even yuan-ti are vulnerable to this effect, which lasts for 1 hour after a creature leaves the cloud, or until it receives a lesser restoration spell or similar magic.

Small Stalls

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

Feathers “Birds of a feather? How about feathers of a bird? Step right up and guess how many feathers festoon this fiendish fowl!” A participant gets three tries to guess the number of feathers on one of a

illusory cyclops. Whoever blinks first loses. To win the game, the contestant must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution check. Someone who wins the game receives a prize, determined by rolling once on the Carnival Prizes table. Outstare the Cyclops

Uthgardt Shaman

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

: beast sense (wolf or dire wolf only), moonbeam, speak with animals (wolf or dire wolf only) Great Worm: crusader’s mantle, hypnotic pattern Griffon: beast sense (birds only), fly Red Tiger

) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 12 (+1) Skills Medicine +4, Nature +4, Perception +4, Survival +6 Senses passive Perception 14 Languages Bothii, Common Challenge 2 (450 XP) Actions

3. Entrance to the Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

fire damage. It has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. It speaks Common and Infernal. A successful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check made by any character looking over the pigments being prepared

. 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

Incubus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

., passive Perception 15 Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal, telepathy 60 ft. Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Telepathic Bond. The fiend ignores the range restriction on its telepathy when communicating with a

receives a suicidal command, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. If the target successfully saves against the effect, or if the effect on it ends, the target is immune to this

The Lost Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things

third one has only one statue. Shelf 1 Statues. A man with a crown and a bag of coins. Shelf 2 Statues. A woman with a crown and a jar of honey. Shelf 3 Statue. A common woman wearing an apron and an

Song of Sixpence.” Clues: 1. It’s based on a nursery rhyme. 2. There are “four-and-twenty” statues of “black birds.” 3. Tell them the name of the nursery rhyme and let them look up the words. The

Hall of Wisdom (T3a-T3e)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

open cave is strewn with the bones of small birds, reptiles, and wild dogs. The animal bones are the remains of Murgaxor’s and Y’demi’s past meals. T3B. Southwest Entrance Books and scroll cases are

annotations, sloppily written in Common, deal with locating sites of large battles and how best to explore those locations. Treasure. Characters who spend at least 10 minutes searching this area find a

Peryton

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

until the woman’s villainy was exposed. She was hanged for her crime, but the lingering magic of her foul ritual caused the carrion birds that feasted on her corpse to transform into the first

nonmagical attacks Senses passive Perception 15 Languages understands Common and Elvish but can’t speak Challenge 2 (450 XP) Dive Attack. If the peryton is flying and dives at least 30 feet

2. Forest

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

2. Forest Between the forest and the underground river are narrow, pebbled beaches upon which Wyllow has planted carved wooden signs that bear the following warning in Common, Draconic, and Elvish

to a grave in the middle of this cavern. The grave stands amid a grove of dead, burned trees. It is marked with a headstone that reads in Common, “Here lies Crissann, human friend and companion.” The

Hobgoblins

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

.; Passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Goblin CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2) Traits Pack Tactics. The hobgoblin has Advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the hobgoblin’s allies

Gear Greatsword, Half-Plate Armor, Longbow Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Goblin CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2) Traits Aura of Authority. While in a 10-foot

Cambion

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

, fire, lightning, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal Challenge 5 (1,800 XP

or another creature or receives a suicidal command from the cambion, the target can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a target’s saving throw is successful, or if the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the cambion’s Fiendish Charm for the next 24 hours.

Cave of Echoes Locations

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

effect of a spell, the cavern targets the creature that requested its aid. A creature that asks a question here receives a truthful, albeit cryptic, answer in Common with clues to its goals. Those who

, inlaid with white marble, is the word “Ask” in Common. The ceiling in this oracular chamber is 80 feet high and smooth like the walls and floor. Loud Echoes. Sounds in this area echo loudly. Noises

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