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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
The humanoid elephants called loxodons are often oases of calm in the busy streets of Ravnica. They hum or chant in sonorous tones and move slowly or sit in perfect stillness. If provoked to action
in any capacity, loxodons devote themselves to maintaining that bond. They coordinate their efforts and are often willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the group. They expect reciprocal
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
authority and cause the tribe to collapse into chaos, with the survivors scattering either to join new tribes or to strike out on their own. At the other extreme, warriors that return home with a heavily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
ruins, they devote their time to developing new spells and enslaving the mortals with which they surround themselves. A spirit naga likes to charm its foes, drawing them close so that it can sink its
poisonous fangs into their flesh. “If you destroy me, I will return, and everyone you care about will suffer for it.”
— Explictica Defilus, spirit naga
Spirit Naga
Large monstrosity, chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
emotion and deep faith. The Ghaash’kala orcs of the Demon Wastes are servants of the Silver Flame who devote their lives to battling the fiends of the Wastes. The Gatekeeper druids of the Shadow
Tharashk operations. As an orc, you could be a Ghaash’kala paladin seeking to protect the innocent from evil. You might be a Gatekeeper druid or ranger hunting aberrations working to prevent the return of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
place, Ubbalux begins to chant. The air fills with ozone as lightning courses over the standing stones. Each character who participates in the experiment takes 22 (5d8) lightning damage and suffers an
the characters to seek out Mephistopheles and return with an answer to his puzzle. The barlgura then gives them directions to a magic mirror (the Mirror of Mephistar) that can be used to gaze into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
can while preserving their front-row views of the battle. Xedalli’s Favor If the characters swayed the crowd in favor of Princess Xedalli, the princess leads the crowd in a chant before the battle
steps toward you, a wide smile on her face. “My ring, if you please.”
If the characters return Xedalli’s ring of shooting stars, she slides it onto her finger, clenches her fist, and gazes at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Loxodon
ZACK STELLA
The humanoid elephants called loxodons are often oases of calm in the busy streets of Ravnica. They hum or chant in sonorous tones and move slowly or sit in perfect stillness
capacity, loxodons devote themselves to maintaining that bond. They coordinate their efforts and are often willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the group. They expect reciprocal loyalty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, and many hope he can be convinced to return to his divine throne if the giants restore their ancient glory. But some giants believe that Annam is dead, that he is petulant and unworthy of worship, or
or personal bodyguards of cult leaders. Examples of giants serving each of the Elemental Evil cults appear in chapter 6. Cult of Evil Earth. Giants who devote themselves to Ogrémoch and his earth cult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
other eggs deliberately laid so that all hatch at the same time. Since githyanki adults must return to the Astral Plane to keep from aging significantly, the roster of instructors continually changes
of passage before they are permitted to join their people on the Astral Plane. When the victors enter Tu’narath for the first time, they carry the bounty of their hunt directly to Vlaakith. She accepts the gift and intones a ritual chant that marks the youngsters’ induction into githyanki society.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Githzerai in the World Zerthimon does not expect us to wait in patience for his return. Instead, we must pave the way for his efforts, so that we can hasten the coming of our golden age.
— The
used to collect foodstuffs and other material goods for transport to Limbo. When the githzerai are finished with a citadel, they vacate it and return to Limbo. Immediately after the last anarch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
), two are type 2 (human head and body, with snakes for arms), and one is type 3 (human head and upper body with a serpentine lower body instead of legs). The yuan-ti chant a vile prayer, at the end of
sarcophagi in her treasure vault (area 4). The cultists suspect that the blue dragon keeps her most precious baubles in these sarcophagi. A yuan-ti shares this information in return for the promise of safe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Ironmaster’s only secret, however. My friend Storn wielded two silvered axes, as befits any devote follower of Clangeddin Silverbeard, but when I returned to him an axe he had thrown in the heat of battle
adamantite mined from their island to the smiths of Ironmaster, and they render finished works of adamantine back to the Northlanders in return. Of course, not all the adamantine makes it back to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
large chamber. The light of campfires shows a natural platform where five derro are droning a cacophonous chant. A two-headed dog stirs inside a cage, while another derro nearby plays with a crossbow and
fails its Dexterity saving throw to avoid the slime. Treasure If the characters return the broken statue (or, at the very least, its second head) to Stonespeaker Hgraam, he gives them an emerald
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Chant. It starts at the edge of one’s hearing (I was one of the first in the courtyard to sense it), and slowly grows closer and louder. As it does so, everything else falls silent around you. In
short order, a procession of Avowed arrive on the scene, and the only sound anyone can perceive is their echoing, sonorous chant. The Chanter or one of his subordinates (called “voices”) leads this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Young stone giants practice tirelessly, hoping to prove themselves worthy of assisting the tribe’s best carvers. A stone giant master carver might devote years to finding the best stone before
yet, since the revelation of that fact would herald Annam’s return. Ever since Ostoria fell and Annam abandoned his children, no sole king or emperor has ruled over giantkind. According to legend, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons share a common territory and hoard, live under a strict code of discipline, and devote themselves to a common goal. Their most notable feature, though, is their practice of carving arcane sigils of
the Inheritors of the First World is that a reborn Sardior will ultimately inspire Bahamut and Tiamat to join forces once again and return to the task of creation. Many members of the sect are gem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. They know that the cultists always chant when they are inside the temple, and so they interpret any voiceless movement in this hallway as a sign of intruders. The chuuls have a number of options for
will return to the unfathomable depths of the ocean and never bother humanity again. If the characters have put together a sense of the aboleth’s plots, Sgothgah admits that it is raising a kraken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
initiation ritual. The foundation myth of a mystery cult is usually simple and often involves a god’s death and rising, or a journey to the underworld and a return. Mystery cults often revere sun and
rather than from a specific nature deity, some clerics devote themselves to ideals rather than to a god. Paladins might serve a philosophy of justice and chivalry rather than a specific deity. Forces and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
stripped of their spellbooks and magic items (including any teleporter rings they obtained in Kolat Towers). They then awaken in a back alley of Waterdeep with 1 hit point each. If the characters return
now, saying that he will reward them for their discretion “when the time comes.” In exchange, he allows the characters to return to Waterdeep and promises them positions of power in his organization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
uninterrupted while seven other aarakocra chant prayers to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. When the dance concludes, Asharra’s wings disappear and she loses the ability to fly. The ritual’s beneficiaries each gain a
welcome her return and gladly hand over rulership of the city to their rightful monarch. The world as she understands it is tiny and hungry for her leadership. Mwaxanaré isn’t a fool; for the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the algae trade might fail to return from the Mere of Dead Men one day. The characters need to find out what happened if they want to keep employee morale from tanking — and to keep the business
lackey. Fair or foul? Weal or woe? Chant or howl? Friend or foe?”
This unfortunate wanderer is named Carkuss (N male human priest). A character who has an appropriate background or who succeeds on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
picked clean of flesh by the giant spiders that lurk in the web-draped stalactites overhead. In return for victims and adoration, Lolth grants signs of her favor, such as great success during a slave
even the Queen of Spiders is sometimes tricked when Zinzerena shifts blame for her actions onto others. Not many female drow devote their lives to the study of magic, because it’s held to be a low-status
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Claugiyliamatar. The dragon devoured bandits attacking Argina when she was a young girl. Argina sees Claugiyliamatar as a savior of those who devote themselves to the dragon and is fanatical in her loyalty
characters cannot mention a rumor Claugiyliamatar believes or likes, she tells them to go away and return when they have some gossip for her. Once the characters offer the dragon an appropriate rumor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
draws merchants and travelers from across reality. Syrania is home to a host of angels that devote their immortal lives to serene contemplation. Each angel seeks to achieve mastery of one pure concept
wanders into Thelanis might never return — or might leave after a few days to discover that weeks, months, or years have passed back home. Thelanis Manifest Zone Features d4 Feature 1 Fey trees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
monsters attack any characters who return to this zone. White Gates. A white gate stands at the junction in the corridor to the south, which leads to the Augmentation Chambers and to the Blood Pools
north.
Creatures. Four sahuagin stand and chant along with a sahuagin priestess on the altar pillar. Another five sahuagin and two hunter sharks dwell in the pool. A commoner is bound on the altar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
lizardfolk commoners (see appendix C) fight only if they are cornered. Otherwise, they escape to the nearest barracks (area 9), whose occupants return to the kitchen in the shortest possible time. If the
they are cornered. Otherwise, they escape to the nearest barracks (area 29), whose occupants return to the banquet hall in the shortest possible time. The cupboards contain extra mugs, platters, bowls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
initiates (see chapter 7 for statistics) guard this room, levitating three feet above the floor as they chant a hymn to Yan-C-Bin. The levitation effect ends on a cultist if he or she moves or takes damage
must then perform a single task for the one who summoned him. Once that task is complete, Ahtayir is free to return to his estate on the Elemental Plane of Air and can’t be summoned again in this