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Worg
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.A worg is an evil predator that delights in hunting and devouring creatures weaker than itself. Cunning and malevolent, worgs roam across
the remote wilderness or are raised by goblins and hobgoblins. Those creatures use worgs as mounts, but a worg will turn on its rider if it feels mistreated or malnourished. Worgs speak in their own language and Goblin, and a few learn to speak Common as well.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword Coast to justify the use of this background.
Evermeet. The fabled elven islands far to the west are home to elves who have never
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
concentration of them hailing from the regions surrounding the Sea of Fallen Stars.
The distant land of Zakhara is known only in legends to most inhabitants of Faerûn. There, genies and
Shifter
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
personality: a feline shifter may be cool and distant, driven by predatory instincts, while a shifter with a lupine spirit might be drawn to find and protect a pack. When a shifter fully embraces this beast
also be a cunning rat who darts through the shadows.
Wildhunt shifters are born from any creature that tracks its prey.
While the beast within certainly has a physical impact on a shifter, it has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Appendix A: Genasi Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
more than a few miles from where they were born. You aren’t one of those folk. You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
cunning drow in the depths of a primordial jungle. In the distant past, Xen’drik was home to the civilizations of the giants. Now it is a place of mysteries and ruins. The giants were destroyed by the
chapter is that explorers can discover mystical secrets in distant lands. But what does that mean? How do you give the Aereni elves or giants of Xen’drik spells no one has seen before?
Spells and magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
personality takes shape. The beast within is a pool of powerful instincts, and its influence is revealed by a shifter’s personality: a feline shifter may be cool and distant, driven by predatory instincts
traits and prefer to run with a pack. Swiftstride are often predatory and feline, but a swiftstride could also be a cunning rat who darts through the shadows. Wildhunt shifters are born from any creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
takes shape. The beast within is a pool of powerful instincts, and its influence is revealed by a shifter’s personality: a feline shifter may be cool and distant, driven by predatory instincts, while
with a pack. Swiftstride are often predatory and feline, but a swiftstride could also be a cunning rat who darts through the shadows. Wildhunt shifters are born from any creature that tracks its prey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Dragon, and can be counted on to be present at the Well of Dragons when Tiamat makes her triumphant return from the Nine Hells. Arauthator’s chief lair is beneath a remote peak known as Lonefang
tribes known as the Ice Hunters, because of the many enemies Arauthator has frozen into the icy walls of the berg’s hollowed interior. In addition to his size, cunning, and ferocity, Arauthator wields
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
remote, and even angels never make contact with mortals? In the Dark Sun setting, the gods are extremely distant — perhaps nonexistent — and clerics rely instead on elemental power for their magic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Dragon, and can be counted on to be present at the Well of Dragons when Tiamat makes her triumphant return from the Nine Hells. Arauthator’s chief lair is beneath a remote peak known as Lonefang
tribes known as the Ice Hunters, because of the many enemies Arauthator has frozen into the icy walls of the berg’s hollowed interior. In addition to his size, cunning, and ferocity, Arauthator wields
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
stat block to represent these scholars, if necessary. Despite their meager resources, the astronomers who work at this remote observatory don’t charge adventurers for most services. Instead, the
the library. DISTANT WONDERS
Magical telescopes can see things an ordinary spyglass can’t, from far-off worlds to incoming comets. Some astronomers, such as scholars of the Solar Bastion or the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
goals, you may still prefer to use trickery and cunning instead of relying on honesty or brute force. Zil gnomes typically use the forest gnome subrace. The natural illusionist trait is a part of
controlling stake in a distant dragonshard mine, but the mine was abandoned centuries ago due to “problems.” Kobolds? Aberrations? There’s only one way to find out.
9 Your family is facing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
walls in the lair can conceal cunning hidden passages or might be stone or clay thin enough for the dragon to burst through them. The narrowest tunnels in a copper dragon’s lair are just barely wide
. Regional Effects Either of these effects might appear in the area around a copper dragon’s lair, in addition to or instead of the effects described in the Monster Manual: Distant Melodies. The ethereal music
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
study and surveying, and these places are typically remote. Several are located in Argonnessen; those in Khorvaire are usually found in mountain ranges and hidden forest clearings. Many have crystal
eventual destruction of a humanoid city. A disguised silver dragon, cunning and subtle, works to destabilize the city and bring about its ruin. 3 A local librarian is a disguised gold dragon in the service
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the North Kingdoms, and the Flan nomads of the Hunting Lands. Northern Flanaess Locations Location Ruler Description Arn, the Archbarony of Archbaron of Arn (identity unknown) Remote and little
scattered trading outposts that welcome visitors from neighboring and distant lands. The steppe nomads have a rich storytelling tradition that reinforces a strong sense of clan identity and family line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
have no interest in a fair fight, and they never attack unless they have a clear advantage. If a fight turns against a harpy, it lacks the cunning to adapt and will flee and go hungry rather than risk
right to claim the choicest prizes. When no valuable objects can be found, a harpy takes hair, bones, or body parts to line its nest. A harpy’s lair is usually hidden in remote ruins, where adventurers can discover valuable treasure and magic hidden beneath foul piles of offal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Adventure Types An adventure can be location-based or event-based, as discussed in the sections that follow.
Location-Based Adventures Adventures set in crumbling dungeons and remote wilderness
a destination without being seen by the villain’s forces. 5 Stop monsters from raiding caravans and farms. 6 Establish trade with a distant town. 7 Protect a caravan traveling to a distant town. 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
: fierceness, cunning, courage, strength, and sailing skill.
Gundarlun The fisherfolk and merchants of Gundarlun are more like their mainland cousins than most island folk. Unlike other Northlanders, they are
nearest neighbor, the remote island of Tuern is host to violent folk who raid and pillage at will and seek to enslave any outlanders they capture on or near their island. They trust no magic of any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
zodiac phenomenon might sweep over an entire planet once in a generation, or it might occur monthly in a remote village. The DM decides when and where zodiac phenomena occur as well as their impact
distant green star of Euryale’s constellation. And then, no matter where I am in the multiverse, I feel like I’m home with my sister.
Zodiac Phenomena d12 Effect 1 Skull. The unliving surge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of a storm giant can affect the fate of thousands.
Distant Prophet-Kings. Storm giants live in isolated refuges so far above the surface of the world or below the sea that they are beyond the reach
many lifetimes, and they know it is pointless to intervene. Even so, a storm giant might willingly disclose certain secrets to benevolent beings that visit its remote domain with specific purpose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Yuan-ti Yuan-ti are devious serpent folk devoid of compassion. From remote temples in jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant and dominate all other races and to make themselves
-ti that acts honorably or lends aid in a time of trouble does so only as part of a grander design. Yuan-ti leaders are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
about 3 feet tall. Xvarts live in remote hills, forests, and caves. Each tribe is led by a speaker, who is usually the brightest one among them. The speaker serves as the tribe’s ambassador, and often
darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 8
Languages Abyssal
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Low Cunning. The xvart can take the Disengage action as a bonus action on each of its turns.
Overbearing Pack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giant society. The head of the pantheon is the All-Father, but most giants view him as a remote, disinterested, or deeply disappointed father who has little role to play in giant life any more. The other
firbolgs, who claim a distant kinship with giants. Hiatea’s priests adopt one of two roles, reflecting the god’s dual areas of concern. Some live within the giants’ enclaves and focus their efforts on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
; portals are always of concern to the Red Wizards. Adventurers appearing at this remote, secret site also interest him. If Azbara Jos sees the characters or learns of their presence, he arranges a
they do, they coordinate so they are never seen together or seen in two distant places at precisely the same time. Rezmir persuaded the twins to pledge their aid to the cult, but so far, the pledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Jos’s interest, however; portals are always of concern to the Red Wizards. Adventurers appearing at this remote, secret site also interest him. If Azbara Jos sees the characters or learns of their
lairs, but when they do, they coordinate so they are never seen together or seen in two distant places at precisely the same time. Rezmir persuaded the twins to pledge their aid to the cult, but so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
that was more spider than elf, resembling Lolth in her spider form, and more cunning than a chitine, that the drow dubbed a choldrith. At first, the drow were unaware that the new creatures were signs
colony’s entire course of action. At such times, chitines have emerged from the Underdark to settle in remote, gloomy places on the surface, from where they can wage war on other species, especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
across the world. Already its assassins have slain those who might oppose their sinister plans. In almost every court in the land, from the most remote backwater barony to the imperial courts of world
destabilize the region, weaken the crown, and clear the way for the Scarlet Brotherhood to seize control. The Brotherhood arranges for the Solmor ships to meet with eager merchants in distant ports who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
have the magic, cunning, and courage needed to loot them. (The sites are not marked on the map, giving you the flexibility to place them where you want and change any of their particulars.) Sinker
in search of a meal. Curiosity. This galleon belonged to the mage Mordenkainen, who dispatched it to a distant shore in search of treasure. The ship sank in a mysterious and especially ferocious storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
weaklings, all of them unfit for true roles in tribal life. These outsiders live in the most remote, deepest parts of the tribe’s domain. The elite among Shargaas’s followers are the assassins and
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Cunning Action. On each of its turns, the orc can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Hand of Shargaas. The orc deals an 2 extra dice of damage when it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. As a rule, the Uthgardt engage in raiding only in remote areas — meaning that the closer a potential target is to civilization, the less likely it will be set upon. The raiders prefer to strike
mighty hero Uthgar, a warrior without compare. During my time with his tribe, Gyrt spoke freely of the tales of Uthgar that have been passed down among his people. The saga begins in the distant past
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Bane, foot soldiers who obey all orders without hesitation. They are led by iron consuls, cunning field officers who excel at coordinating the fists in combat. The black gauntlets are the priests
bleeding. Killers from the Shadows. Bhaal’s followers are cunning murderers who kill to strike fear and thrive on sowing terror in the cities they inhabit. They can call upon their god’s power to blend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
escape, and I know he has done likewise for others in the past. I owe him a debt I intend to repay one day. Another figure of note in the court is the cunning green dragon Emikaiwufeg, often called the
Ss’thar’tiss’ssun, an ancient temple-city, lie in the northern fringes of the forest. At some point in the distant past, humans built a small settlement, once called Serpent’s Cowl, above these ruins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
more interesting than an old vine-covered wizard’s tower in the woods? Is the headquarters remote or within a settlement — perhaps an old tavern or caravansary the characters can restore? It can be
helpful to think ahead as well. Acquisitions Incorporated is known for mobile franchises, helping to bring goods and adventuring services to distant locations. When a franchise headquarters becomes






