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Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids

higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight. Outsiders who don&rsquo

Boss Augustus

Monsters The Book of Many Things

few words. He shares leadership of the guild with Boss Delour and has a knack for planning heists. Guild members consider him a brutal but fair leader. Some perceptive guild members—like Kathra

Bitterwind—have noticed he’s become more reclusive recently, and when he does appear, he’s restless. Augustus is a natural-born lycanthrope, born to werewolf parents. His parents

Grung

Species One Grung Above

juvenile to reach maturity. Castes and Colors. Grung society is a caste system. Each caste lays eggs in a separate hatching pool, and juvenile grungs join their caste upon emergence from the hatchery

. All grungs are a dull greenish gray when they are born, but each individual takes on the color of its caste as it grows to adulthood. Green grungs are the tribe’s warriors, hunters, and laborers

Lady Illmarrow

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

child born of dragon and elf could become a godlike avatar of death. Illmarrow Rises. Even as dragons and elves fought to destroy the line of Vol, a child was born to the house: Erandis. A scion of elf

Death. Trapped in Undeath. When Minara restored Erandis as a lich, she hid her daughter’s phylactery, weaving enchantments into it that cause Erandis to be reborn in a random safe haven after she

Goblins

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

and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids. Beast Masters and Slave Drivers Goblins

the tribe’s survival. Families that belong to the higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little

Grungs

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

Grungs Grungs are aggressive frog-like humanoids found in rain forests and jungles. They are fiercely territorial and see themselves as superior to most other creatures. Castes and Colors. Grung

society is a caste system. All grungs are a dull greenish gray when they are born, but each individual takes on the color of its caste as it grows to adulthood. Green grungs are the tribe’s warriors

Important Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Important Members Here are some of the Moonstalkers’ most powerful and respected members. Boss Augustus Augustus is a hulking human werewolf of few words. He shares leadership of the guild with Boss

, and when he does appear, he’s restless. Augustus is a natural-born lycanthrope, born to werewolf parents. His parents were slain by monster hunters when he was young, and he traveled from town to town

Bargaining for a Wish

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Bargaining for a Wish If your characters have access to the Wish spell—for example, because they’ve drawn the Moon card from a Deck of Many Things—Boss Augustus makes them an offer they can’t refuse

them in the guildhall’s audience hall, where Moonstalkers can rush in at a moment’s notice. Augustus explains his condition as a natural-born werewolf and asks the character to wish for the end of his

Grungs

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

takes another six to nine months for a grung juvenile to reach maturity. Sentient, poisonous frogs that live in trees. Truly, the gods hate us. — Volo Castes and Colors. Grung society is a caste

system. Each caste lays eggs in a separate hatching pool, and juvenile grungs join their caste upon emergence from the hatchery. All grungs are a dull greenish gray when they are born, but each individual

A Race Divided

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

, a new elf god was born. One of these beings, although privileged to be elevated above the rest of the primal elves, was not satisfied with being one of Corellon’s trusted underlings. She — for she

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.

Lady Illmarrow

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

born of dragon and elf could become a godlike avatar of death. Illmarrow Rises. Even as dragons and elves fought to destroy the line of Vol, a child was born to the house: Erandis. A scion of elf and

Undeath. When Minara restored Erandis as a lich, she hid her daughter’s phylactery, weaving enchantments into it that cause Erandis to be reborn in a random safe haven after she is destroyed. Thus, even

Chitines

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

an independent chitine colony and want to infiltrate it. If the creation process yields a choldrith, though, the drow destroy the creature immediately. Lolth’s Chosen. Choldriths are born with a

more like social insects such as ants. Chitines are divided into worker and warrior castes, and choldriths occupy the top levels of a colony’s hierarchy. Each chitine has a social position that comes

Factions in the North

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

Purple Rocks otherwise eke out quiet lives, unaware of the kraken’s vast spy network on the mainland. The Kraken Society’s widespread organization wasn’t born at the Purple Rocks, but in the cities of

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

Grimskalle Locations (G8-G14)

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

secret until the Frostmaiden is reborn at the next winter solstice. In addition, Auril’s demise causes the uppermost levels of the fortress to collapse, as described in the “Fall of Grimskalle

holding greataxes. Runes are carved into the door’s surface. The runes on the door, written in the Dwarvish script, read as follows: In ice and blood, our folk are born. To our great queen, we

Criminal Syndicate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

for a job gone wrong, for killing the wrong person, or simply for being born into a family that’s already in conflict with powerful, unscrupulous people. Types of Criminal Syndicates Criminal

for that reason. 4 Bon Vivant. The boss of a local den of vice—whether gambling, narcotics, or other pleasures—aids you when they’re not distracted by their own debauchery. 5 Traitor. You know your

Maglubiyet's Will Be Done

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

’ status to that of hunters and reducing the number of castes in the host to two. Leaders and religious figures of the tribe still maintain some of their authority, but the lowliest hobgoblin or bugbear can

execution, so it is rare for offspring to be born among the host even when it successfully campaigns for years. The taboo doesn’t extend to female goblinoids that come into the host already

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

followed and revered Uthgar. Thus were born the tribes of the Uthgardt, each taking the name of their totem spirit. The sites of Uthgar’s victories are marked even today with the great ancestor-mounds of

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