birds branch diffusing call reborn

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

. Beak and Feather From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing

people forced to live and toil on the ground. Avian Mannerisms The resemblance of aarakocra to birds isn’t limited to physical features. Aarakocra display many of the same mannerisms as

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

birdfolk. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that

Arasta

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

is a formidable enemy under normal circumstances, but to give characters a truly mythic challenge, you can have her call on her Armor of Spiders. Her use of this trait signals a drastic turn in the

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

Aarakocra

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

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 birdfolk

. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to

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 make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the

Reeva

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

reborn as an arcanaloth, a state that horrifies her. When frustrated, she vents her rage by instructing her servants to abduct someone she considers beautiful and then overseeing that beauty’s

again. Many of Arijani’s allies don’t trust Reeva. Behind her back, they mockingly call her charismatic Arijani’s opposite, or “Inajira.” Arijani and Reeva Vasavadan conspire in a courtyard of the Cerulean Citadel

The Pudding King

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

dissolves into a dense puddle of goo. Read the following boxed text as he expires: “You haven’t won! No! We will rise from our children! We will be reborn from the Faceless Lord! Juiblex will consume

the banquet of the Queen of Fungi and we … will … all … grow … !” With the Pudding King gone, the oozes lose their organization, but they are still too many and the svirfneblin sound the call to

Faunel

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

, 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

thirty days to digest a single leaf.” –A mimir spouting animal facts Eagles’ Aerie High in Faunel’s golden canopies, a conference of birds convenes. Rickety tree houses and intricate nests, held

The Draakhorn Sounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

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

sounding alerts dragons across Faerûn that great events are unfolding. It’s impossible to say what the sounding means, but the dragons hear it clearly and will eventually answer its call.” Lady

The Draakhorn Sounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

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

whose sounding alerts dragons across Faerûn that great events are unfolding. It’s impossible to say what the sounding means, but the dragons hear it clearly and will eventually answer its call.” Lady

H'Catha Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

, characters can see numerous caves in the Spindle’s base. Sounds. Nothing stirs in the shallow water. In the distance, sea birds call to each other, swooping and diving for food in the deeper waters

Topolah's Tower

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

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

King's Dark Lanterns

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

leader of the Dark Lanterns, with four subordinate knights marshal leading branch offices across Breland, in Sharn, Starilaskur, and Xandrar. A much smaller branch office keeps an eye on Brelish

, possibly including Oargev himself, call for the establishment of an independent nation in what is now Brelish territory, but Boranel is determined to hold on to every acre of his land. The Dark Lanterns actively infiltrate the Cyran refugee community, rooting out those who would act against the king.

53. Crypt of the Sun Queen

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

53. Crypt of the Sun Queen The walls of this room are adorned with tile mosaics of a jungle city intermingled with frescoes of flowering plants, birds, insects, and humans wearing gold skirts and

unaware that the aarakocra are sheltering her great-grandchildren at Kir Sabal. Napaka knows that her grandmother, Zalkoré, languishes in the ruins of Nangalore. Even in death, Napaka pines for Omu to be reborn and repopulated. However, what she desires above all is the destruction of Acererak.

A Race Divided

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

flame, or a crackling bolt of lightning. On nothing more than a whim, Corellon’s body could become a school of fish, a swarm of bees, or a flock of birds. When consorting with other gods, Corellon often

creator’s disappointment. Then the soul emerges from Arvandor, to be reborn into a lissome, graceful body that lives for an incredibly long time — evidence that their creator holds a love for them that, deep down, is boundless.

Travel-Montage Approach

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

than describe everything down to the last blade of grass. Call attention to unusual terrain features: a waterfall, a rocky outcropping that offers a breathtaking view over the tops of the surrounding

fantasy world. Once in a while, spice up your descriptions with some truly magical element. A forest might be home to tiny dragonets instead of birds, or its trees might be festooned with giant webs or

Unicorn

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

spins its cocoon, each leaf and branch upon which a bright butterfly rests its tired wings. In a unicorn’s forest, a sense of calm pervades. From wolves and foxes to birds, squirrels, and tiny insects

Communication

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

look for signs in the stars, in the patterns of flocks of birds in flight, in the shapes of clouds, in the organs of sacrificed animals, in the sounds of thunder, in the designs left by waves on sand

identity of a villain. Nylea might cause a flock of birds to suddenly rush eastward, inviting her champion to follow in that direction, or an animal might snarl whenever the villain’s name is spoken

Forest Gnomes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

. Speedy squirrels run through the treetops, each trying to be the first to warn the gnomes and earn a sweet treat. Birds trill a special call that alerts the gnomes to danger. At night, nocturnal animals

Biblioplex Locations (B1-B9)

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

effect. The magic also prompts painted squirrels to run up and down the mural’s roots, and painted birds to chirp among the leaves. Up to ten students are typically present here during the day

, members of the Live-Action Roleplaying Guild are pulling costumes and props from a half dozen old trunks. The guild is preparing for an event later on the Biblioplex’s lawn: a game they call Beholders

Rigus

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

stacked rings festooned with banners of war. Advanced siege weapons are anchored to their angular battlements. Soldiers rise at the crack of dawn to the punctual call of brass horns, filling the gate

death brings, others refuse to rest, joining a shadowy cabal of Undead warriors. Reborn as ghosts, liches, and mummy lords, they guide the Crown Generals from beyond the grave. The most feared and

Mausoleum of Chronepsis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

castle is a mighty, pearl-colored dragon with branch-like horns. Its brilliant eyes fix on you. In a warm, slow voice that sounds as though it were coming from far away, it says, “My old friend. How good

you: “Call, and I’ll be there.” With that, a portal of swirling colors opens around mighty dragon. The great wyrm fades into it, then the portal vanishes. The dragon is Renesnuprah as an ancient

Uthgardt Lands

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

the newly reborn Blue Bear tribe might well be Tree Ghost Uthgardt who are following a call from a revived Blue Bear totem. Great Worm. The Frost Hills, a small southern spike of the Spine of the

were young. They now have children of their own, and all call me auntie. During my time with Gyrt and her kin, the people of the Elk explained much to me about the workings of their tribe — their

Solitary but Social

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

mundane messengers such as birds. In most cases, these relationships with her sisters, though devoid of emotion, are the closest a hag comes to having friends. When a hag is attacked or killed, other hags

): entangle, speak with animals 2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, moonbeam, spike growth 3rd level (3 slots): call lightning, plant growth 4th level (3 slots): dominate beast, grasping vine 5th level

Factions in the North

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

run roughshod over their settlements and plunder their farmsteads. Alliance members call on adventurers of every stripe to attack and kill giants on sight, promising rewards of 200 to 500 gold pieces

1487 DR, the Year of the Rune Lords Triumphant 1488 DR, the Year of Dwarvenkind Reborn 1489 DR, the Year of the Warrior Princess 1490 DR, the Year of the Star Walker’s Return 1491 DR, the

The Doom Raiders

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

indebted to her, and she employs thugs and enforcers to collect on her loans. If those resources prove inadequate, Istrid can call on her old adventuring companions for assistance. Istrid Horn Medium

friends. Skeemo can add “sellout” to his credentials, his services having been bought by House Gralhund and the Black Network operatives loyal to Manshoon. The rock gnome uses paper birds (see appendix A

Life as a Halfling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

not dozing off and dreaming of chasing butterflies, halflings spend time on simple creative activities, such as whittling a pipe from a branch, braiding yarn into a thick rope, or composing a jaunty

call home. Often, they join other halflings who have set up shop and support whatever enterprises their newfound friends have created, making a living as storytellers, bakers, chefs, or shopkeepers

Locations in Vogler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

time, but if asked, Yalme says she named the crabs Fancy and Gorgeous George. Four short halls branch off the common room, each lined with rooms for rent. The Fishbowl After a long day on the river

weak ale. The Fishbowl’s proprietor is the elderly Elthar (neutral good, human commoner), whom most locals call Uncle. High Hill High Hill stands a mile north of Vogler. Centuries ago, Solamnic and

Mbala

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

side of the plateau. She is the only survivor — too stringy or too wily for the predators. She lives on the roots in her garden and the few birds and lizards she catches in snares. If asked her name, she

the villagers. Nanny Pu’pu isn’t entirely alone. With a whistle, she can call forth 2d6 flying monkeys (see appendix D) that live in the trees, and she has a flesh golem buried in a shallow grave

Arasta of the Endless Web

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

warped by her presence, which creates one or more of the following effects: Spiders and insects within 1 mile of Arasta’s lair serve as her eyes and ears. Birds and other flying creatures are absent

characters a truly mythic challenge, you can have her call on her Armor of Spiders. Her use of this trait signals a drastic turn in the encounter, as Arasta summons her arachnid children to protect her

Cultists of the Dead Three

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

allowed them to be reborn. While the Sundering saw the other gods of the Forgotten Realms withdraw their direct influence from the world, the Dead Three remained behind in mortal form as quasi-divine

and disarming when they wish, but in combat their true, bloodthirsty nature comes to the fore. Bloodletters. All cultists of Bhaal learn to call upon their god’s power to leave their victims

Locations V - Z

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

as mounts. The islanders leave treasure for the giants and food for the birds as tribute. Womford A tiny village along the Iron Road was known as Ironford until shortly after a dragon was slain nearby

. Passersby began to call the settlement Wyrm Ford — a name subsequently corrupted, thanks to the thick local accent, into Womford. The village has a dock on the Dessarin River for shipping grain from

High Fae

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

fae kindguards are in direct service to Talion, the Kindly Lord. Nine times nine have these high fae sworn a binding oath to protect the Kindly Lord, each time pricking their hand on a hawthorn branch

with the elemental powers of Eldraine, allowing the mages to call on forces like the eastern wind or the fiery hearth. High Fae Mage Medium Fey (Sorcerer), Any Alignment Armor Class 14 (17 with mage

Locations I - L

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

at all but the lowest elevations, and monster infestations. White dragons commonly vie for dominion in this region. Iceshield Lands Where a branch of the Dessarin Valley meets the western High Forest

Dualdon, Lac Dinneshere, and Redwaters. By midsummer, Icewind Dale shakes off the torpor of winter and comes forth in full flower. Grasses grow two or three feet high in the span of weeks. Birds flock

Lyn Armaal, Level 3

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

library (area 21). Two padded chairs covered in yeti hide with blue-dyed seat cushions are turned to face the table. The chairs flank a marble fireplace carved with images of birds. Above the

, conjure animals, cure wounds, entangle, speak with plants, thunderwave 1/day each: call lightning, conjure elemental (cast as 1 action), freedom of movement, gust of wind Development Thullen isn’t

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