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Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
from the relics of their respective courts.
In the wake of the Phyrexian invasion, whole orders of knights have journeyed deep into the wilds, searching for a magical remedy to restore the kingdom to
former oaths, the knights of the Verdant Order retain their focus on the five virtues of the courts, so their Knightly Virtue trait remains unchanged.
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Basic Rules (2014)
unlikely to find the burrows in the first place.
Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
University Contacts With a university as your patron, you are part of a sprawling bureaucracy—maybe deep in the tangles of it or, more likely, lingering at the edges. Wherever you sit in the network
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Military Contacts Your group’s primary contact within your hierarchy is generally your superior officer—the person who gives you orders and is responsible for your success or failure. The Commanding
A kindly officer who is hesitant to send you into danger and constantly reminds you to be careful 6 A bitter officer who carries deep grudges against your nation’s enemies in the Last War and leaps at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
you’ll need a job that will help you prove your worth.
Today is your lucky day. This afternoon, you received a brief note from one of your contacts: “I heard today from someone who is looking for
the characters to identify or discover personal connections that might link them, such as common acquaintances or contacts, a shared background, or living in the same neighborhood. Once the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
that creates skum, though Dory’s condition is not as severe, and he has managed to retain his free will. Mr. Dory
Medium aberration, chaotic evil
Armor Class 18 (leather armor and shield)
Hit
Skills Athletics +5, Perception +6, Stealth +9
Damage Immunities necrotic
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Abyssal, Common, Deep Speech, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the navy. You easily recognize and determine the quality of such items. 5 Low Places. You have contacts in the smuggling outfits along the coast; you occasionally repair the criminals’ ships in exchange
for coin and favors. 6 Mysteries of the Deep. You experienced an encounter with a possibly divine being while sailing alone. Work with your DM to determine the secret about the deep waters of the sea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, the tiefling paladin occultant of the Fellowship of the Golden Mongoose. On the way, Omin Dran contacts them with a request. He wants them to stop in Neverwinter to check on a cache of Acquisitions
Sound. But even as the lighthouse comes into view, they spot a small boat under attack by creatures from the deep. If they rescue the crew, the characters might find a business opportunity that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
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 original cultist’s personality survives
Perception 16
Languages Deep Speech
Challenge 16 (15,000 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The larva mage’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). It can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
their treasures. They retain no memory of their previous existence as ettins. Ettin Ceremorph Large Aberration, Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 104 (11d10 + 44
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, stunned, unconscious
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18
Languages Deep Speech, Giant, Undercommon, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
lifestyle choice can have consequences. Maintaining a wealthy lifestyle might help you make contacts with the rich and powerful, though you run the risk of attracting thieves. Likewise, living frugally might
finest inn. You dine at the best restaurants, retain the most skilled and fashionable tailor, and have servants attending to your every need. You receive invitations to the social gatherings of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
lifestyle choice can have consequences. Maintaining a wealthy lifestyle might help you make contacts with the rich and powerful, though you run the risk of attracting thieves. Likewise, living frugally might
, retain the most skilled and fashionable tailor, and have servants attending to your every need. You receive invitations to the social gatherings of the rich and powerful, and spend evenings in the company
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
city of Mantol-Derith deep in the Underdark. A deep gnome sage named Lunicifer dwells in the city, living in a crumbling home on the shores of the Darklake. A half-mad servant of a forgotten deity named
, but pockets of blue spellfire and the warping effects of planar energy can often still be seen in the area. The characters can make use of contacts from episode 3 to determine that agents of the Six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
eaten alive. A behir’s monstrous form resembles a combination of centipede and crocodile. Its scaled hide ranges from ultramarine to deep blue in color, fading to pale blue on its underside. Cavern
Predators. Behirs lair in places inaccessible to other creatures, favoring locations where would-be intruders must make a harrowing climb to reach them. Deep pits, high caves in cliff walls, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
) in Locthwain. Some knights also wield powerful magic drawn from the relics of their respective courts. In the wake of the Phyrexian invasion, whole orders of knights have journeyed deep into the wilds
they’ve renounced their former oaths, the knights of the Verdant Order retain their focus on the five virtues of the courts, so their Knightly Virtue trait remains unchanged.
Knight of Eldraine Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
brood mates and a couple of interesting new creations or discoveries. They retain their gnomish curiosity and love of tinkering, now blended with the illithids’ drive for control and experimentation
detect it and set out for the source can feel it guiding them toward the downed nautiloid. The signal is a sequence of words in Deep Speech with a buzzing undertone. Any creature that understands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
as a newer addition that houses the mad and deformed who have been brought up from the catacombs. The settlement enjoys prosperity today, but such benefit was hard-won and requires vigilance to retain
hiring adventurers to explore the tunnels deep under Helm’s Hold for some clue of what those visions might portend.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
15 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes Fel is bluffing—the tiefling secretly reckons she would be lucky to clear 1,000 gp—but she has always suspected Krux of having deep pockets and has no qualms about
, and further attempts by that character to sway her fall on deaf ears. If the party doesn’t have any spellcasters, Krux points out that they will need to hire a spelljammer. If the party tries to retain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
take in the sights and move on: Eight columns of rock reach skyward, forming a ring around a deep crater lake. Rough-hewn steps spiral up each of the columns, and a rowboat is moored on the lakeshore
from the top of any column or by a creature flying at that elevation or higher. The lake is 400 feet in diameter and 100 feet deep at its center. The figure is Alagarthas, a wood elf prince from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
dwarf-like human can live so deep below ground for only so long. Almost all of its citizens, regardless of race, honor Moradin and the dwarven gods, making Mirabar a dwarven city in spirit and ethics
costers and merchants, taking care to avoid exclusivity or cultivate too narrow a range of business partners and contacts, so they control their own destinies and fortunes. They abhor the thought of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Tilvenar LN Fire, earth, metalwork Forge,* Light Flame between hands
Deep Sashelas CG Creativity, knowledge, sea Knowledge, Nature, Tempest Dolphin
Elebrin Liothiel CG Abundance
forgive and forget. The god loves magic, artistry, nature, and freedom. Anyone who has felt the mystical presence of Corellon describes it as a joy like no other, followed by a deep melancholy when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
have the guros travel. A courser explores new trade territory for their guros. They are expert trackers and navigators, able to venture deep into unexplored territory and unerringly return to their
restlessness in their soul that nothing else can soothe. Though renegades build their own life away from the band, most retain some connection with their past. Some stories tell of renegades returning to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
psychic
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Deep Speech
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Aura of Shrieks. Creatures within 20 feet of the grue that aren’t Aberrations
, frightened
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Deep Speech
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Psychic Mirror. If the hulk takes psychic damage, each creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
flattery festered with poisonous vanity in Zalkoré’s mind until she bargained with an erinyes to retain her youth and beauty forever. The erinyes fulfilled the deal by transforming the queen into a medusa
is 25 feet above ground level, with a crumbled 10-foot-high balcony (35 feet above ground level) and a 20-foot-deep pit (5 feet above ground level). Throughout Nangalore are inscriptions written in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
into their grotto. The grotto is roughly circular, 40 feet in diameter, and filled with water 20 feet deep. The surface of the water is 5 feet below the floor of area T4. A submerged tunnel connects
Nadir, and it tries to keep at least three of the characters alive if it can. If the battle appears to be turning against the characters, Sgothgah contacts one of them telepathically (without identifying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
waste toward area V30. These trenches are 4 feet wide and 3 feet deep, with arching stone bridges spanning them at irregular intervals. The ledge on either side of a trench is 3 feet wide. Wandering
bars are embedded deep into the stone of the floor and ceiling. A character can bend the bars with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check, creating a gap wide enough for a Medium or smaller
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Request Omin Dran contacts the characters via the franchise documancer’s documancy satchel or some other form of magic. When he does, read the following to detail his request: “Yeah, so I’m going to need
, allowing her to offer them the quartz while she used legerdemain to retain the valuable ones. Characters who don’t know this might sweat a bit as they try to figure out how to explain the situation to Omin.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters decide to call in the favor, Dral contacts his employers, and High Captain Horix Zoar does everything in his power to give the characters what they want, provided it’s within his power and isn’t
, their domes good at supporting the weight of snow and deflecting the cold wind. Most homes are dug out of the rock and include deep cellars laden with preserves. The miners of Fireshear dwell here all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
noisy activity that attracts the attention of the Redbrands in area R2. Cistern. This rectangular reservoir is clean and filled with cold, fresh water. It is 10 feet deep with a rim 2 feet higher than
distance to the south. You can make out several passages that open off the larger cavern, and what looks like a deep pit or crevasse in the floor.
This room contains two secret doors, one leading to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Kiaransalee was driven mad by returning from death as a god so many times, but her followers aren’t discouraged by this assessment. Despite her madness, her actions are guided by a deep and devious
retain them for the sake of remaining aware of the enemy they describe: a drow god who would spirit away all of Lolth’s worshipers to the surface world. The matron mothers warn those who go to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
eyes and deep red hair tied in braids calls out a greeting as she approaches the caravan. “Welcome, guests and friends of Clan Dhargun and Clan Thunderwind! Horn Enclave is at your disposal for the
, for the storage of any additional gifts during the celebration. After that time, Thoman Dhargun will retain one key and Horn Enclave shall retain the other.”
Rizwin then grows suddenly stern. “Please
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
dwell in the High Moor and demand tribute several times a year. Secomber has no defense against the Urshani. Its residents give the hobgoblins food, homemade ale, and ore to retain their freedom. The
the area. Deep in the Starmetal Hills, a group of dwarves devoted to Marthammor Duin (the dwarven god of explorers, travelers, and outcasts) established the village of Twilight Tor, on the shores of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
buried deep under the glacial ice. This, Vellynne says, is exactly what the characters need to reach the lost city of Ythryn under the Reghed Glacier. Once the characters have the poem or a transcription
B) or a character who passed all four of Auril’s tests enters the room, the Frostmaiden contacts the character telepathically and asks, “Will you court death to receive my blessing?” She makes this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
retired sailors, the bar’s regulars are in fact contacts for a variety of unsavory organizations, from smugglers and bandits to fences, drug dealers, and panderers. Some work for the Guild, others
enormous pier like a monster of the deep, its stone walls trailing over the side and descending down beneath the waves and river mud. At the pier’s tip, a huge fountain in the shape of a sinking ship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
retired sailors, the bar’s regulars are in fact contacts for a variety of unsavory organizations, from smugglers and bandits to fences and drug dealers. Some work for the Guild, others for operations
the deep, its stone walls trailing over the side and descending down beneath the waves and river mud. At the pier’s tip, a huge fountain in the shape of a sinking ship sprays water high, reminding