blazing before diffusing child realms

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

skill with sword, bow, and strategy. Hidden Woodland Realms Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and

time after the hundredth birthday, and before this period they are called by child names. On declaring adulthood, an elf selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs—these common threads unite all dwarves. Short and Stout Bold

. For example, some of the oldest dwarves living in Citadel Felbarr (in the world of the Forgotten Realms) can recall the day, more than three centuries ago, when orcs conquered the fortress and drove

Tiefling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

“But you do see the way people look at you, devil’s child.” Those black eyes, cold as a winter storm, were staring right into her heart and the sudden seriousness in his voice

tieflings, assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. The reality is that a tiefling’s bloodline doesn’t affect their personality. They are gifted with magic from the infernal realms but chart their own course in life.

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Faerûn’s great institutes of learning , where you

personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease. Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as

Children of Prismeer

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

not creatures disguised as children). The hags of the Hourglass Coven are aware of this magic and unable to dispel it. Any child in Prismeer who would take damage as a consequence of another creature’s

actions vanishes in a burst of multicolored light and is spirited away to a safe corner of Prismeer, unharmed and unreachable from the domain’s splinter-realms or the palace, until Zybilna wills the

Star Spawn

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

Star Spawn The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms that are lethal to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a

moment’s contact with such a place is enough to plunge a mortal mind into madness. Yet beings do exist that are native to these realms: beings that are eternally hungering, searching, warring, sometimes

Friendly Guides

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

Friendly Guides In each of Prismeer’s splinter-realms, the characters can find a guide—a disloyal minion of the Hourglass Coven—who is willing and able to lead them from one splinter-realm to another

. While in the company of one or more of these guides, the characters can move through the mist separating Prismeer’s splinter-realms without being turned back. These guides are as follows

Cosmic Horror Plots

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

Cosmic Horror Plots Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but

players may aspire to temporarily seal it away. Cosmic Horror Plots d8 Plot 1 Help a parent recover a child who’s gone missing in the impossibly vast space underneath their bed. 2 Stop a

Inner Planes

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

—form a ring around the Material Plane. The border regions between these planes are sometimes described as distinct planes in their own right: the Para-elemental Planes. These realms exemplify the

: great expanses of solid earth, blazing fire, crystal-clear water, and unsullied air. Any foreign substance is extremely rare; little air can be found in the outer reaches of the Plane of Earth, and

Salamander Inferno Master

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

Blazing Movement. The salamander moves up to its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks. During this movement, fire fills a 5-foot Emanation originating from the salamander. When the Emanation

from other realms. For them, every stranger is a potential addition to their fiery artistry. Don’t fall for their flattery, no matter how beautifully they say you’ll burn. —Filiag Highthumbs, Planes and Travel

A Wide Range of Talents

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

ready to travel at a moment’s notice, with franchisees always rushing headlong into the next amazing opportunity. As a Horizon Walker, you’re a master of travel, blazing trails into unknown realms by

passing through the even-more-unknown realms of the planes. Whatever path your franchise walks, your combat and magical skill helps ensure a safe journey for you and your companions. Moreover, the

Adventures in Tepest

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

domain—or beneath it in the realms of Arak. Even whimsical fey take on a malicious tinge in Tepest, whether as thieves, kidnappers, deal-makers, or collectors of eerie trophies. Like the land itself, the

heirloom she left behind. But she warns that the Avanc, a dangerous lake monster, swims nearby. 3 A shepherd’s youngest child went missing after a sinkhole opened in a nearby pasture, revealing a

Locations in Realmspace

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

dragons. The lizardfolk, in particular, are accustomed to trading with spacefaring folk. Toril Toril, the locale of the Forgotten Realms setting, is the most populous world in Realmspace and home to

of them linked to the others by the roots of an unimaginably large plant sometimes referred to as Yggdrasil’s Child. Wildspace travelers sometimes come to Garden to restock their food, water, and air

Sea Elf Traits

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

. Size. You are Medium. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed. Child of the Sea. You can breathe air and water, and you have resistance to cold

acquire these proficiencies by drawing them from shared elven memory, and you retain them until you finish your next long rest. ELVES OF MANY REALMS Created by the god Corellon, the first elves were Fey

Adventures in I'Cath

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

. Working with or undermining them provides paths to disrupting the Dream of I’Cath and ultimately escaping. But Tsien Chiang holds great power over both her realms, and if she is convinced that either her

to infiltrate the jiangshi-haunted park (see chapter 5). 2 A child has gone missing on the streets of I’Cath. The child’s parents plead with the characters to find the youngster before dusk

The Halfling Adventurer

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

stop for many of these plucky souls is a faraway city where they hope to find some like-minded companions. Fancy Feet A halfling’s potential for adventuring usually manifests early in life. When a child

instead of seeking shelter. HALFLINGS OF THE MULTIVERSE In the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, many kinds of halflings exist, and they vary greatly from place to place. In the Forgotten Realms

Genies

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

offspring, as all new genies are born out of the same mysterious fusion of spirit energy and elemental power. A genie with a stronger connection to its mortal soul might choose to sire a child with a

believing they are as powerful as the gods. Some go so far as to demand that mortals of other realms — even whole continents or worlds — bow down before them. VARIANT: GENIE POWERS Genies have a variety

Exploration Example

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

there. JOHN GRELLO The characters are exploring Castle Ravenloft, and the DM describes the room the characters have entered. Jared (as DM): A blazing hearth fire fills this room with warm

book written in Common called On the Habitations of the Divine in the Celestial and Infernal Realms. Russell: Did you just make that up? Jared: I’ll never tell. As you flip through the book, you

N3. Burgomaster's Mansion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

carrying bundles of twigs, which are piled about the mansion’s grand foyer (area N3a) until the construction of the wicker sun for the Festival of the Blazing Sun gets under way. If the characters knock

of the sun (for the Festival of the Blazing Sun). The stairs climb to the upstairs gallery (area N3i). The portraits depict the baron, his family, and their ancestors. Close inspection reveals that

Annam and the Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

serves as an adviser and mediator to scattered groups of giants, traveling extensively to visit far-flung communities. In some places, priests of Annam are great kings who rule over realms comprising

Path of the Pilgrim climbs past shrines to each of Annam’s children to reach the All-Father’s temple Diancastra Diancastra is the youngest child of Annam, born of a mortal giant mother shortly before

Solitary but Social

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

that suggests that if a hag consumes twins or triplets, her offspring might have additional, unusual abilities; similarly, devouring the seventh-born child of a seventh-born is said to be a way to pass

, planar travelers came to recognize that many of the realms and layers of the multiverse are configured in multiples of three. It is possible that plane-traveling hags learned of this planar-based

Holrow Homestead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu

Player Version The main hall’s west wall is lined with shelves. In the northwest corner, a blazing hearth emanates bright light and abundant heat. A pot of water boils on the hearth, and a large

within reach of the door. If Ignis feels her child is in real danger, she breaks through the wall or the glass roof to retrieve Flauma and destroy the threat. If Ignis breaks the glass roof, each

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

: 1d4 + 1) seeking to burn everything in their path 3 1d4 + 1 smoke mephits (attitude: 1d6) following 1 fire elemental (attitude: 1d8) as it cuts a blazing swath 4 1 efreeti and its 1d4 dwarf

have turned from the gods of the Ordning to serve fiends (as described in chapter 2), where the ancient magic of long-fallen realms of giants opened portals to the Lower Planes (either intentionally

Upper Palace Locations

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

. Peering into the water’s depths reveals thin, pale faces staring back, dark monsters swimming past, and glimpses of distant realms. A creature can wade through the water safely, but any creature that

gown for Iggwilv; and more. The following clues can help the characters identify some of Zybilna’s former personas: The name “Natasha” is stitched into the collar of a cape sized for a child. Characters

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