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Creating a Deep Dragon Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and Deep Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive deep dragon characters, and use the Deep Dragon Spellcasting table
to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. Deep Dragon Personality Traits d8 Trait
1 I will not risk injury at the hands of weaker creatures—especially while I can turn them against
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Monster Manual
all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Chomp. The death tyrant makes two Bite attacks.
Glare. The death tyrant uses Eye Rays.Death Tyrant Lairs
Death tyrants often lurk deep in the
region containing a death tyrant’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects:
Negative Energy Suffusion. Whenever a creature within 1 mile of the lair regains Hit Points from
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of each of its turns.
Chomp. The beholder makes two Bite attacks.
Glare. The beholder uses Eye Rays.Beholder Lairs
Beholders lurk in cavern complexes they’ve carved using their eye rays deep
in the Underdark or in lairs created for them by their servants.
The region containing a beholder’s lair is twisted by its presence, creating the following effects:
Scopophobia. Creatures
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, forgotten ruins, preferring locations near subterranean bodies of water.
The region containing an adult or ancient deep dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects
they hunt to satisfy their voracious appetites.
Deep Dragons
Deep dragons slither through the wet and lightless places of the Underdark. They are stealthy hunters with an affinity for lost lore and
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
ruins, preferring locations near subterranean bodies of water.
The region containing an adult or ancient deep dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects
’s next turn. Success: Half damage only.Young deep dragons establish lairs in familiar hunting grounds and defend their lairs with twisting passages and traps such as deadfalls. They dominate the
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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
versatile shape-shifting of metallic dragons, deep dragons can assume the form of animals or humanoids and often masquerade as snakes or dragonborn.
Adult deep dragons eliminate challengers with
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
deep dragons often spend years sequestered among individualized libraries, fungal gardens, or collections of esoterica. When these venerable terrors venture forth to hunt, they can remake Underdark
trade routes or coastal communities with their voracious appetites and love of destruction.
Deep Dragons
Deep dragons slither through the wet and lightless places of the Underdark. They are stealthy
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
a deep appreciation for the culture and art of humanoid societies.
Spirit dragons find even the most commonplace melodies moving. A song written in the time and region from which a spirit dragon
of ancient empires.
The region containing an adult or ancient spirit dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects:
Enchanted Acoustics. Creatures within 1 mile of
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep appreciation for the culture and art of humanoid societies.
Spirit dragons find even the most commonplace
, creating the following effects:
Enchanted Acoustics. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Advantage on Charisma (Performance) checks that involve singing or playing music. Creatures other than the
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
spirit dragon’s primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep
empires.
The region containing an adult or ancient spirit dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects:
Enchanted Acoustics. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, Bhaal, and Myrkul has earned her the title Auspice of the Dead Three.Karas Chembryl’s Lair
Karas operates from a hideout deep beneath the city of Baldur’s Gate. The hideout contains
Dead Three into the region she inhabits, creating the following effects:
Creeping Dread. Terror runs rampant in Karas’s domain. Within 1 mile of the lair, creatures other than members of the
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
disastrous confrontations with enemies of her temporary allies, she’s elected to keep her personal lair secret. Deep within her lair is a hidden reading room where she usually keeps her spirit gem
.
The region containing Valindra’s lair is warped by her presence, creating the following effects:
All-Seeing. While in her lair, Valindra can cast Clairvoyance, requiring no spell components
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
primary motivation is to unearth and study the ruins of the ancient realm from which it arose. Spirit dragons share an innate intellectual curiosity, and many have a deep appreciation for the culture and
containing an adult or ancient spirit dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects:
Enchanted Acoustics. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Advantage on Charisma
Sahuagin Baron
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Monster Manual (2014)
, slaughtering the crews of ships and decimating coastal villages.
Devils of the Deep. Sahuagin are a predatory, piscine race that ventures from the ocean’s black depths to hunt the creatures of the
as allies and don’t prey on them.
Elven Enmity. The sahuagin might control the oceans if not for the presence of their mortal enemies, the aquatic elves. Wars between the two races have raged
Sahuagin Priestess
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Monster Manual (2014)
maritime trade and drawing other races into the bloody conflict.
So intense is sahuagin hatred for the aquatic elves that the sea devils have adapted to combat their ancient foes. A sahuagin born near
villages.
Devils of the Deep. Sahuagin are a predatory, piscine race that ventures from the ocean's black depths to hunt the creatures of the shallows and shore. Though they dwell in the deepest
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Mountain Born. The goliath is acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet.
Powerful Build. The goliath counts as one size larger when determining its carrying capacity and
Adult Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and
surrounding a legendary deep dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Preservation of Knowledge. Books, letters, and any other physical forms
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Mountain Born. Aruk is acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet.
Powerful Build. Aruk counts as one size larger when determining his carrying capacity and the weight he can
The Archfey
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
Your patron is a lord or lady of the fey, a creature of legend who holds secrets that were forgotten before the mortal races were born. This being’s motivations are often inscrutable, and
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and
poisoned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Making their lairs in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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combat. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality
effects. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Making their lairs in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are
Young Deep Dragon
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.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and Deep Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive deep dragon characters, and use the Deep Dragon Spellcasting table to
in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that
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Curse of Strahd
live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish outside their homes and fiercely
original forms. Mongrelfolk that are born are true mongrelfolk and not the subjects of a spell or an effect that can be undone.
Mongrelfolk can breed with other humanoids, but nearly all children born to
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
some wrong affecting those she’d prefer not to harm, or give a mortal a glimpse of her terrible responsibilities.
Bident of the Deep. Thassa’s signature weapon thrums with the icy
currents of the deep ocean. This weapon functions as a trident that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. When you hit with an attack using the bident, the target takes an extra 2d10
Ancient Red Dragon
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lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.
With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as
hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon
Adult Red Dragon
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, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.
With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as much of its
, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon lairs
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
learn about terrestrial realms, or does it want you to open cosmic floodgates and drown the world?
Perhaps you were born into a generational cult that venerates the Fathomless and its spawn. Or you
.
Entities of the deep that might empower a warlock include krakens, ancient water elementals, godlike hallucinations dreamed into being by kuo-toa, merfolk demigods, and sea hag covens.
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, from the bog-dwelling hydras known across the multiverse to massive ironscale hydras that lurk in deep wildernesses. Beyond even these exist serpentine horrors born of the whims of foul gods, like the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Deep gnomes, or svirfneblin, are natives of the Underdark and are suffused with that subterranean realm’s magic. They can supernaturally camouflage themselves, and their svirfneblin magic
renders them difficult to locate. These abilities have enabled them to survive for generations among the perils of the Underdark.
Like other gnomes, deep gnomes can live for centuries, up to 500 years
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
learn about terrestrial realms, or does it want you to open cosmic floodgates and drown the world?
Perhaps you were born into a generational cult that venerates the Fathomless and its spawn. Or you
.
Entities of the deep that might empower a warlock include krakens, ancient water elementals, godlike hallucinations dreamed into being by kuo-toa, merfolk demigods, and sea hag covens.
Adult Red Dracolich
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to half its flying speed.A Red Dracolich's Lair
Red dracoliches lair in high mountains or hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven
strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dracolich lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
next morning, the creature feels strangely refreshed. Then on the night of the next new moon, the dug-up earth stirs and a pack of mites emerges. Born of frustration and anger, these creatures exist
frustration and antipathy build. When adventurers enter the dungeon, the mites go to work to exploit the added chaos. They use their magic to drag visitors into their web of anger and frustration, luring explorers deeper into the site and into situations and locations that promise to yield up the most havoc.
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Keen Smell. The werebear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Mountain Born. The werebear is acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet.
Powerful
Build (Humanoid Form Only). The werebear counts as one size larger when determining its carrying capacity and the weight it can push, drag, or lift.
Shapechanger. The werebear can use its action to
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
This version of the eladrin originally appeared in the Dungeon Master's Guide as an example for creating your own subraces.
Creatures of magic with strong ties to nature, eladrin live in the
twilight realm of the Feywild. Their cities sometimes cross over to the Material Plane, appearing briefly in mountain valleys or deep forest glades before fading back into the Feywild.
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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
tell that these geese descend from a monstrous many-headed bird that dwells deep within the wilds. Though the knights of Eldraine consider its existence a myth, the folk of the wilds know that the
Goose Mother is real.
Centuries ago, an enterprising witch created a frothy stew composed of hydra’s blood and goose feathers. It is from this noxious slurry that the Goose Mother was born. Within