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Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; Elminster The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might

The Overlook (Area L12)

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

wander the gardens, pick mushrooms, and enjoy the views. Characters can use the control consoles in areas L6 and area L12 to raise and lower the bridges that connect the Overlook to the districts of

hit points, her jet pack explodes in a 20-foot-radius sphere, blowing Tockworth to smithereens. Every other creature within that sphere must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 16 (3d10

Vaeve's Offer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

with a vampire. Vaeve and her identical twin sister, Naxa, are adventurers from Neverwinter who came here to retrieve potent magical components for their arcane rituals. They were using the chaos of

Camlash’s forces, and the lower entrance is guarded by spyder-fiends. Vaeve points out both entrances to the cliffside redoubt, two miles distant and barely visible through the blowing fog. If the

Expert Tunnelers

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

opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature

heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might erect a railing or a wall that prevents them from

Humans Transformed

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

, becoming like the gods in body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race

advisor in human society. The very rare offspring of such a union are always purebloods, although they may appear fully human at birth and for several years afterward. The yuan-ti know rituals that

Chaos Incarnate

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

be obsolete. Getting Around Portals connect various locations in the Abyss, but these passages are as unreliable as anything else in this environment. Most of them fluctuate, sometimes winking in and

out of existence or connecting to different layers at random. Rituals exist that travelers can use to attune a portal to a certain domain. However, the exact specifications of such a ritual vary for

Feywild Features

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

) Gloaming Court (Unseelie Fey) Favors gloom, twilight, cobwebs, fireflies, hooting owls, and croaking frogs Values the intuitive and instinctual (for example, mystical rituals, visionaries, and

firelit parties) Shuns the constraints of civilization (instead wearing only unfinished natural materials and sleeping under the stars) Dabbles in mysterious magic and rituals (adventurers can run afoul of

Longsaddle

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

. Their own behavior sometimes borders on the bizarre and can be disturbing — they once turned two rival sects of Malarites into rabbits for disturbing Longsaddle with their squabbles, leaving them at the

, except when the booming reverberation of a Harpell-crafted spell breaks the silence. The family is constantly researching magic both old and new, and twisting spells and rituals into interesting (to them

Life in the Domains of Dread

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

. Religion In many domains, locals maintain chilly relationships with aloof deities, knowing “the gods” only through hollow rituals and clergy with scant supernatural powers. Conversely, some people

about the nature of their domains or what lies beyond the Mists. This preoccupation, along with the lack of shared borders or reliable travel, means that mercantile ventures and military conquests

Wilderness Survival

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

due to blowing snow. Any creature that is concentrating on a spell in a blizzard must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw at the end of its turn or lose its concentration on the spell unless

across Icewind Dale’s rough, snowy tundra is given in the Overland Travel table. Travel is less time-consuming on the snowy roads and trails that connect the settlements of Ten-Towns, as discussed in

Faerûn

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

of Five are fairly unified and tight-fisted in their control of Amn, but their ability to affect events outside their own borders is limited because they can’t agree enough on major matters of foreign

that victory remains strong in Cormyr’s collective consciousness, even as Queen Raedra draws back from plans to permanently welcome into the realm towns that lie beyond Cormyr’s traditional borders

Barbarian Subclasses

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

Speaker You can cast the Beast Sense and Speak with Animals spells but only as Rituals. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for them. Level 3: Rage of the Wilds Your Rage taps into the primal power of

Tree MARCELA MEDEIROS Path of the World Tree Subclass Trace the Roots and Branches of the Multiverse Barbarians who follow the Path of the World Tree connect with the cosmic tree Yggdrasil through

City Celebrations

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

season that lasts a tenday. Among the rituals in homage to the goddess of wealth and trade are these: Caravance (Tarsahk 1). This gift-giving holiday commemorates the traditional arrival of the first

merchandise — and it doesn’t matter if you can’t afford what you see, because you can’t buy it that day anyway. Kythorn 20: Dragondown This day in Kythorn is celebrated with bonfires and rituals to “tame” or

The Vanishing Gnome

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

brimming with gold. Recently, Flizzlebin vanished to the Dungeon of Shadows, a maze that borders a gloomy, monster-infested realm. There, his calls to adventurers awakened a foul creature: a spawn of

entrance and make one of the following checks to recall lore about the dungeon and the gloomy realm it borders: DC 12 Intelligence (History). Monsters infest this dungeon, which is suffused with shadowy

Platinum Room Locations

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

god of misfortune floating at a far-flung edge of the Astral Plane. From here, portals connect to locations across the multiverse. Colcook. Colcook (lawful evil, tiefling assassin) is friendly and eager

, Colcook encourages them to play and win at the Platinum Rooms’ games to gain access to Shemeshka’s chambers with minimum disruption. Platinum Room Portals. Three portals here connect to the gaming events

The Greyhawk Setting

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

temples of its many gods, several organizations operate across national borders in pursuit of their goals. Some of these organizations could serve as patrons or allies of adventurers in a Greyhawk

whole of Eastern Oerik. Adventurers and Organizations Factions and organizations aimed at player characters can connect adventurers to your world, providing ties to key NPCs and a clear agenda beyond

Druid Subclasses

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

Forms to Guard the Wilds Druids of the Circle of the Moon draw on lunar magic to transform themselves. Their order gathers under the moon to share news and perform rituals. Changeable as the moon, a

starry form rather than shape-shifting. While in your starry form, you retain your game statistics, but your body becomes luminous, your joints glimmer like stars, and glowing lines connect them as on a

Vault Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

outer hallway is eerily empty, but you can hear chanting coming from beyond the archways. Three archways, each shrouded by a black curtain, connect the two spaces in this area. Once the characters

chamber to conduct necromantic rituals and create Undead soldiers for Lord Soth’s army. Akaazi is accompanied by a black rose bearer (see appendix A). As soon as she’s aware of intruders, Akaazi

Masters' Domain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

that exit this area to the north and the east have white gates that connect with the Temples of Despair and the Hall of Necromancy. 30. Training Floor An arsenal of weapons and armor hangs from the

channel the energy of life and undeath. They aid in rituals and spells to create undead. With the proper knowledge, a creature can use the stone tables to transform a soul-bound character back into a normal

Kir Sabal

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

Kir Sabal An ancient monastery overlooks the jungle from its perch on the cliff of a tall plateau. Stone steps and rickety walkways connect the various buildings, the lowest of which is 500 feet

behavior laid down by tradition and the Teacher. To a large extent, the rules and rituals have taken on a life of their own irrespective of any religious observance. If the characters approach peacefully

Areas of the Air Temple

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

moat and connect the plaza to other parts of the ruined dwarven enclave. A short bridge spans the moat to the south. Holding up the bridge and colonnades are enormous statues of dwarves submerged up

. Etchings of cloudy landscapes encircle the horn, where a pyramid palace seems to float upon a cloud bank among groves of palm, fig, and date trees. Blowing the horn calls forth the djinni Ahtayir, who

Maelstrom Level 2

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

wave — all carved from stone. The walls of this temple are etched with images of storm giants riding whales, battling dragon turtles, and blowing conch shells to summon giant crabs, giant octopi

cautionary tales about the fall of ancient Ostoria and accounts of the giants’ ancient war against dragonkind. Other stones have prayers and ancient rituals inscribed on them, most having to do with the

Locations A - D

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

. They refuse to leave their woods, guarding relics and ruins of ages past, and they want nothing to do with the world beyond their borders. Arn Forest This stretch of pine trees and muskeg bogs lies on

battle that unfolds in the cavern, eager for its fair share of meat. Black Road Long ago, the Zhentarim built this trade route to connect its established footholds in the east with its lucrative

Chromatic Dragons

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

innate right to rule, and this belief is the cornerstone of every chromatic dragon’s personality and worldview. Trying to humble a chromatic dragon is like trying to convince the wind to stop blowing. To

territory. Evil lizardfolk venerate and serve black dragons, raiding humanoid settlements for treasure and food to give as tribute and building crude draconic effigies along the borders of their

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