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Adult Deep Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

magic pervading the Underdark twists deep dragons as they grow, so few adult deep dragons look alike. Their skin is usually pitted by fungal growths that spread across the body. Although lacking the

dragons’ sinuous forms. Many deep dragons collect forgotten tomes or works of art and bully, cajole, or steal collections from drow or duergar sages. Deep dragons are excellent swimmers. They

Drow Arachnomancer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drow to sleep. Spider Climb. The drow can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down

on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight

Elf

races Player’s Handbook

, including worlds in the Material Plane. Elves have pointed ears and lack facial and body hair. They live for around 750 years, and they don’t sleep but instead enter a trance when they need

more, and it grants them certain kinds of magic. Drow, high elves, and wood elves are examples of elves who have been transformed thus. Drow Drow typically dwell in the Underdark and have been

Choker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

method for luring prey involves positioning the body of its latest catch just outside its hiding spot. Whenever it gets hungry, it tears off a few chunks of flesh to feed itself. In the meantime, the

corpse serves to entice other curious folk—explorers from the surface world, drow, duergar, or the choker’s favorite prey, goblins—to come within reach. When a target presents itself

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they

insults with vengeance. Like the branches of a young tree, elves are flexible in the face of danger. They trust in diplomacy and compromise to resolve differences before they escalate to violence. They

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

sparkles. If you use an arcane focus, it probably takes the form of an intricate device that could include metal gauntlets, glass canisters, copper tubing, and leather straps attaching it to your body

I’m incapable of admitting a flaw in my logic. Contacts The laboratories of the Izzet League are constantly starting up new projects and dissolving old ones, so it’s easy for

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, enjoying every moment of invention, exploration, investigation, creation, and play. Vibrant Expression A gnome’s energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of his or her tiny body

or one from another source. DEEP GNOMES A third subrace of gnomes, the deep gnomes (or svirfneblin), live in small communities scattered in the Underdark. Unlike the duergar and the drow

Star Spawn Larva Mage

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

"} necrotic damage, and the mage gains 6 temporary hit points.A larva mage is a nightmarish combination of a mortal body and otherworldly substance. When a powerful cultist of a wormlike entity such as Kyuss

or Kezef—usually a warlock or other spellcaster—contacts the comet-borne emissary of an Elder Evil, the emissary can merge with a mortal consciousness to create a larva mage. None of the

Bavlorna Blightstraw

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

these visitors enter into an agreement with Bavlorna, she’ll use her powers to resolve their pressing problem in exchange for something of use to her. Alignment. Neutral evil. Personality

extraordinarily long, spindly limbs. She must submerge herself in a briny concoction for an hour each day, or her body will dry out until it locks up in a kind of living rictus, and she remains that way until

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

skin, especially around the head and neck. Their wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in

":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels. Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge

"} Adventure Hook 1 Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve. 2 Svirfneblin hire the

The Tyrants

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

life. If you have a contact in the Tyrants, you might know someone on the Tyrants Contacts table. Tyrants Contacts d4 Contact 1 Korryn (elf) maintains Korryn’s Quill, a shop in the Bazaar of Dura

maintain many different personas tied to their schemes. 4 Weave (changeling) is a body artist who runs a salon in the Dragoneyes district.

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along

visits from a drow mage who corrects what the dragon has learned about the history of the elven schism. 5 A young emerald dragon attempts to drive off a clan of cyclops;cyclopes who have taken up

Kuo-toa

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

archpriest, Noolgaloop, creates an idol of a new god. The archpriest hopes the god will come to life and destroy the aboleth. Noolgaloop is using random items and the body parts of various creatures

to craft the idol. The kuo-toa don’t trust drow and attack them on sight, but they tolerate non-drow adventurers who agree to help bring Noolgaloop’s vile god to life or are willing to face the aboleth in battle.

Guiding Aspect

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

die and the new spring forth. 2 Oak trees represent strength and vitality. Meditating under an oak fills your body and mind with resolve and fortitude. 3 The river’s endless flow reminds you of the

Guiding Aspect Many druids feel a strong link to a specific aspect of the natural world, such as a body of water, an animal, a type of tree, or some other sort of plant. You identify with your chosen

3. Glabbagool

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

body of a drow. It will disgorge the items for the characters if they win its trust. The mace is a common magic item. While attuned the weapon, its wielder can use an action to make the head of the

3. Glabbagool This area contains the skeletal remains of a drow, along with a dark metal mace and a scattering of coins. However, the characters are quick to notice that these items appear to hover

The Enemy of Our Enemy

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

The Enemy of Our Enemy As the characters explore the library, ideally after encountering an echo or two, they meet the venerable drow archmage Vizeran DeVir, accompanied by Kleve, a death slaad

characters first encounter Vizeran and Kleve, read the following boxed text to the players. Two figures approach — a withered drow clad in dark flowing robes, and a hulking gray-skinned monster resembling a

Drow Arachnomancer

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

Drow Arachnomancer Drow spellcasters who seek to devote themselves wholly to Lolth, the Spider Queen, sometimes walk the sinister path of the arachnomancer. By offering up body and soul to Lolth

, they gain tremendous power and a supernatural connection to the ancient spiders of the Demonweb Pits, channeling magic from that dread place. Drow Arachnomancer Medium Humanoid (Elf), Typically

Muiral the Misshapen

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

body of a giant scorpion. With no hope of repelling the drow on his own and no help coming from Halaster, Muiral does his best to hold on to what he has left. Any intrusion into his domain is met with

Eastmyr

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

. The shrine contains 1d4 shadow demons as well as 2d4 drow cultists, each of whom has a “second head” (in the form of a severed drow head on a pole) that the cultist has lashed to his or her body

formerly high-profile drow forced out of their homes and holdings. If you want a random encounter to occur as the characters make their way through the Eastmyr district, roll a d20 and consult the Eastmyr

6. Temple of Dumathoin

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

wall of the temple is carved with a towering bas-relief of a mountain. Lashed to the mountain with sticky webs is a struggling and gagged male drow with sacks of spider eggs clinging to his body

Auvryndar, a drow priestess of Lolth, stands atop a raised dais at the back of the hall, presiding over a group of four drow (two females named Ardulace and Dhessril, and two males named Izzatlab and

Chapter 3: The Darklake

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

Chapter 3: The Darklake Though its name might evoke images of a single subterranean body of water, the Darklake is a network of underground rivers, natural tunnels, and canals that connect

destinations in the Underdark. More importantly, water travel makes it difficult for their drow pursuers to track them. The kuo-toa town of Sloobludop is located on the eastern edge of the Darklake, and

4. Drow Enclave

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

4. Drow Enclave The drow use Mantol-Derith to trade exquisite and exotic goods according to their rarefied tastes. Rare perfumes, potions, distilled beverages, and other alchemical products are some

is the current drow representative. A sophisticated merchant, she deals in luxury items from drow artisans: gems of high value, incense, art objects, various magical treasures, and exotic spices and

Death

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

body is lost or left behind, the party’s drow pursuers find it. The drow high priestess casts raise dead on the corpse so that the character can be questioned. The character might escape later, or can

be reunited with the other adventurers in a later chapter of the adventure when the drow catch up to them. If a player character is permanently slain, think about the ways a player might introduce a

Waterdeep

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

. Some merchants have termed Waterdeep “the best supply center in the world,” with the largest collection of superb craft workers, experts, useful contacts, and potential hirelings to be found anywhere

identities are largely unknown. The public face of this ruling body is the Open Lord of Waterdeep. The current Open Lord, Laeral Silverhand, has held the position for only a few months, and many of the city’s

Drow Arachnomancer

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

Drow Arachnomancer Drow spellcasters who seek to devote themselves wholly to the Spider Queen sometimes walk the dark path of the arachnomancer. By offering up body and soul to Lolth, they gain

tremendous power and a supernatural connection to the ancient spiders of the Demonweb Pits, channeling magic from that dread place. Drow mages can be quite learned and skilled in magic. Some of them can

Elf

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

, including worlds in the Material Plane. Elves have pointed ears and lack facial and body hair. They live for around 750 years, and they don’t sleep but instead enter a trance when they need to rest. In

it grants them certain kinds of magic. Drow, high elves, and wood elves are examples of elves who have been transformed thus. Drow Drow typically dwell in the Underdark and have been shaped by it. Some

Elf

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

worlds in the Material Plane. Elves have pointed ears and lack facial and body hair. They live for around 750 years, and they don’t sleep but instead enter a trance when they need to rest. In that state

them certain kinds of magic. Drow, high elves, and wood elves are examples of elves who have been transformed thus. Drow Drow typically dwell in the Underdark and have been shaped by it. Some drow

3. Haunted Temple of Lolth

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

. This statue depicts Lolth in her monstrous form, with the upper body of a female drow and the lower body of a bloated spider. From its upraised hands, the statue casts forth stone webs that fan

across the ceiling. East Statue. This statue depicts Lolth in her drow form, kissing a scourge as stone spiders crawl across her body. 3b. Nave Altar. An altar of pale gray stone carved to look like a

Aurum NPCs

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

body. 2 An Aurum Concordian is renowned for having the finest arcane library in Khorvaire. Adventurers might help them collect more tome, but when a number of prominent wizards are murdered and their

research goes missing, is the Concordian to blame? 3 A member of the Gold Concord is on the run from the Aurum after learning a terrible secret. 4 An imprisoned Concordian mobilizes a network of contacts and well-placed Aurum members in order to secure their own release.

Resolving the Character Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

exploring the stronghold, they might find another map, perhaps on the body of an adventurer from the previous expedition, or in the library in area 49. It could lead to a different dungeon, a city in

to collect the bounty for orcs they kill or capture. If the characters eliminate all the orcs in the stronghold, the mayor honors them with a celebration attended by the eminent citizens of the town. The characters have established valuable contacts who can aid them in their later endeavors.

Alley: Autumn

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

climate in Waterdeep, as well as juicy bits of news overheard on his nightly rounds through the Trades Ward. He has no clue that his contacts are drow members of Bregan D’aerthe, since they wear cloaks

Waterdeep and joined the Guild of Chandlers and Lamplighters. Until recently, Fenerus supplemented his income by spying for the city of Luskan and providing his contacts with information on the political

The Dark Seldarine

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

they die, as the body dissolves into pale light and leaves no clue to where the soul has gone. Vulkoor Drow of the world of Eberron worship a scorpion-god named Vulkoor, which is their world’s

equivalent of Lolth. Vulkoor is often portrayed or envisioned as a giant scorpion or as a hybrid creature with the head, arms, and upper torso of a strong male drow and the lower body of a scorpion. The dark

Poisons

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

Poisons Given their insidious and deadly nature, poisons are illegal in most societies but are a favorite tool among assassins, drow, and other evil creatures. Poisons come in the following four

, and other parts of the body. Injury. Injury poison can be applied to weapons, ammunition, trap components, and other objects that deal piercing or slashing damage and remains potent until delivered

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