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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the
, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
In the Land of the Mists, power and dread lie in the simple question “What happened to me?” The following lineages are races that characters might gain through remarkable events. These
overshadow their original race, if any, becoming their new race. A character might choose a lineage during character creation, their transformation having occurred before play begins. Or, events might
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dark eyes
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Starkly colored hair
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An unusual hue tinting your shadow
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A ghostly halo crowning your head
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Rainbows gleaming on your skin
Creating Your Character
At
1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dangerous those dragons can be and help others defend against draconic destruction.
Whatever their relationship to dragons, kobold scales tend to be rust colored, although the occasional kobold sports
, their cry resonates with draconic power.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the fighting skill they possessed in life.
No race is immune from being transformed into a dread warrior. Once set upon a task, these undead will do nothing—will not pause or turn aside—until they’ve fulfilled their orders.
Dread Warriors
Created from the freshly dead bodies of skilled warriors, dread warriors are especially formidable zombie-like creatures, retaining some of their intelligence and much of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the fighting skill they possessed in life.
No race is immune from being transformed into a dread warrior. Once set upon a task, these undead will do nothing—will not pause or turn aside—until they’ve fulfilled their orders.
Dread Warriors
Created from the freshly dead bodies of skilled warriors, dread warriors are especially formidable zombie-like creatures, retaining some of their intelligence and much of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
possessed in life.
No race is immune from being transformed into a dread warrior. Once set upon a task, these undead will do nothing—will not pause or turn aside—until they’ve fulfilled their orders.
Dread warriors make up the terrifying undead army of the Red Wizards.
Dread Warrior
another. A winged snake is trained to serve a particular master. If its master dies, the snake has been known to remain nearby and starve to death. Zhentarim agent and winged snake Dread Warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Lineages In the Land of the Mists, power and dread lie in the simple question “What happened to me?” The following lineages are races that characters might gain through remarkable events. These
overshadow their original race, if any, becoming their new race. A character might choose a lineage during character creation, their transformation having occurred before play begins. Or, events might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nightmares. This chapter explores how to create a character prepared to face the horrors of Ravenloft, while also forging ties to the haunted pedigrees and grim fates common to the Domains of Dread
adventures. Lineages. Consider an origin that ties you to a grim progenitor or inexplicable experience. Lineages can serve as your character’s race or overshadow your previous race. Dark Gifts. Determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
three pixies to prepare it for a race. The snails are unusually fast, wear colored caparisons, and have numbered saddles strapped to their shells. Their racing numbers, names, and team colors are given in
, fast-paced sport that draws a lively crowd. Characters can participate in the race as snail jockeys, but it costs 1 ticket punch to enter. On the Story Tracker, jot down the names of any characters who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
originate from. The DM can provide details from chapter 3 to help inform your decision. Although humans predominate many of the Domains of Dread, adventurers in Ravenloft can belong to any race in the
atmosphere of the adventure. Don’t consider fear a tactical disadvantage or something to be avoided. As part of playing a frightening game, you’re a participant in building and reinforcing a sense of dread
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
players as follows: A collection of brightly colored tents stands clustered together, creating an oasis of comfort amid the dread landscape of Avernus. Huge infernal war machines form a horseshoe about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
To the Coast The journey to Dread Wolf Cove takes five days—fewer if the characters have Clystran’s guidance or other methods of conveyance. Consult the “Movement in the Wastes” section in chapter 5
for details on moving through the region, but play the trek briskly; reporting to Kalaman about the flying citadel should feel like a race against time. If you wish, run one or more random encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Shadowlands (detailed in “Other Domains of Dread”) in search of evil to vanquish. Bold and proud, many members of the Circle inadvertently race toward dramatic tragedies. The more successful
immortality, they work to unshackle the first Darklord, Strahd von Zarovich, from the Domains of Dread. This inspires them to learn all they can about the nature of the Mists and its deepest mysteries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Stalker Features Ranger Level Feature 3rd Gloom Stalker Magic, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight 7th Iron Mind 11th Stalker’s Flurry 15th Shadowy Dodge Gloom Stalker Magic Starting at 3rd level, you learn
ranger spells you know. Gloom Stalker Spells Ranger Level Spell 3rd disguise self 5th rope trick 9th fear 13th greater invisibility 17th seeming Dread Ambusher At 3rd level, you master the art of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
owe their existence — and their plight — to the Queen of Air and Darkness, the dread ruler of the Gloaming Court. Once a race of lazy and egotistical fey, the creatures that would become the
curse gave quicklings their amazing speed but also accelerated their passage through life — no quickling lives longer than fifteen years. They race themselves to death, and scheme as fast as they run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
righteousness colored by fatalism. Her belief is that death is better than being raised as another of Szass Tam’s undead servants. With the characters, she is honest and forthright, as well as cynical
the vault. Tarul Var’s quarters lie in the Doomvault. Although the lich was defeated, he might have already rematerialized thanks to the power of his phylactery. Protected by his dread warriors, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, wood elves, and dark elves, though there is little physical difference among the three subraces here. Elves share the traits described in the Player’s Handbook for their race and subrace. High Elves
ancestry to the Silhana. Their coloration covers the whole human range, and sometimes extends to green- or copper-colored hair. Dark Elves. The word “drow” isn’t used on Ravnica, but the Devkarin elves are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Horror Atmosphere Atmosphere is the overall mood of your game. It’s the sense of levity, excitement, or dread that stems from a story’s content and players’ perception of it. Atmosphere can be
using colored lights or using patterned cut-outs to cast eerie shadows. Whenever manipulating lighting, though, always ensure players have enough light to read by. Props Props can serve as artifacts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of caverns the same way a stingray glides through water and hides on the ocean floor. Parallel rows of round, black eyespots run along its back like buttons, and the ivory-colored claws on its cowl
most creatures. At higher intensities, a cloaker’s haunting moan becomes audible, evoking sensations of doom and dread in creatures that hear it. Cloaker Conclaves. Cloakers prefer isolation, but they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
legendary silver swords with which they cut through their foes. Since winning their freedom from the mind flayers, the githyanki have become ruthless conquerors under the rulership of their dread
race. When their leader Gith perished, she was replaced by her undead adviser, Vlaakith. The lich-queen forbade worship of all beings except herself.
Of all their enemies, the githyanki most hate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
winning a dinosaur race, stopping a rampaging carnivore, or completing an expedition that made significant discoveries). The exception is Wakanga O’tamu, who welcomes any adventurers traveling in the
concocted from jungle plants, dinosaur skulls and claws, iron, tiger pelts, carved ivory, Batiri and grung handiwork, colored feathers, tropical fruit, monkeys, plesiosaurus meat, and all the other riches of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
rudder is not attached to the ship’s wheel and is instead operated by a team of six vampire spawn, who turn it at the command of its dread captain. Pale Prow doesn’t sail under the sun, and its appearance
a field of blue flaps from the highest boughs of the Salted Glade. Dreadnaught Dreadnaught is a heavy warship covered in scorched iron plates laid over coal-colored wood. No portholes or oar slits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
characters near the ruined tower, read the following text: Ahead, a pale stone tower juts from the rust-colored landscape. Carved with the likenesses of a thousand elven warriors, the tower has
source of magic to the north. He asks the characters to escort him there, not knowing the location is Dread Wolf Cove (area J on map 5.1). If they do, he promises to reward them with whatever they find there and a future favor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
spring is marked by the Crimson Water, a stagnant lake of blood-colored liquid. The shores of the Crimson Water are littered with the remains of animals and travelers that have strayed into the
monsters to reflect this phenomenon. Most warforged were unaffected by the Mourning, and the race as a whole seems immune to many of the lingering effects that plague the Mournland. As such, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
mastery of our traditional crafts. (Good) 3 Strength. No other race can match the strength of giants, and none should dare to try. (Evil) 4 Lordship. Giants are the rightful rulers of the world. All
overt displays of it. 6 Ancient dragons fill me with dread. My knees grow weak in their presence. Cloud Giants Cloud giants are aptly named, or at least were at one time. Few of them live literally on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tunnels beneath the warehouse were dug as smugglers’ byways. Later, worshipers of That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the “New Race: Verdan” section in chapter 3) excavated chambers beneath the ground
it. A small, brass-colored dragon thrashes madly at the far end of the cavern, trapped beneath two large boulders that block a northern tunnel. Two dark creatures resembling flying squids dart just out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
characters parley with Kelek, he sneers that the palace is now his to rule, though any mention of the Hourglass Coven or the jabberwock causes a flush of dread to pass over Kelek’s face. Throughout any
Dazzling Light (Recharge 5–6). Magical, colored light springs from the golem in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the cone must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. A






