Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'both being dark courts ranger'.
Other Suggestions:
both being days count range
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
disadvantage if it can see the rider, ending the condition on itself on a success.Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the deathless riders serve a warlock-queen, known simply as the Shadow
called lich-knights or fell horsemen.
In stark contrast to the knights of Eldraine, the deathless riders are without virtue of any kind. They are few in number—unless many more lurk in the dark
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
nuances of royal courts half a continent away and shockingly ignorant of what life is like for the poor outside their own doorsteps.
This combination of worldly savvy and local blindness characterizes
unquestioned, and impress those on the lookout for wealthy patrons. You are welcome in the Upper City and may stay there after dark without being harassed or evicted. Your word is accepted over others&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
shining fruit you ate from a talking tree, the magic spring you swam in, or some other auspicious event. However you acquired your fey magic, you are now a Fey Wanderer, a ranger who represents both the
. Each spell counts as a ranger spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of ranger spells you know. Fey Wanderer Spells Ranger Level Spell 3rd charm person 5th misty step 9th dispel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
place where evil lurks in the shadows. So you sneak around in the dark? You know most everything but humans can see in the dark, right? We all see you. Tiptoeing doesn’t turn you invisible.
Gloom
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
their work in the Underdark, but shadows are shadows wherever they occur. As a Gloom Stalker ranger, you find solace and refuge in dark alleys, dimly lit back rooms, and the shadowy corners of any
A Wide Range of Talents No matter whether a ranger ranges in the crowded city streets, the trackless wilderness, or the most desolate and confounding planes, all ranger archetypes can find a place in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
moon), which he blamed for his father’s untimely death. Consumed with bitterness, the Dark Ranger, as Vanrak came to be known, secretly embraced Selûne’s sister: Shar, the Lady of Loss. By the Year of
, and murder. The Lords ordered the immediate capture of the Dark Ranger, but by the time the City Watch had breached the gates of his villa, Vanrak and his followers had already fled through a secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
who refuse mercy or righteousness Ranger Gloom Stalker 3rd Unafraid of the dark, relentlessly stalks and ambushes foes Ranger Horizon Walker 3rd Finds portals to other worlds and channels planar
magic Ranger Monster Slayer 3rd Hunts down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic Rogue Inquisitive 3rd Roots out secrets, akin to a masterful detective Rogue Mastermind 3rd A master tactician
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, many patriars are at once acutely attuned to the nuances of royal courts half a continent away and shockingly ignorant of what life is like for the poor outside their own doorsteps. This combination of
lookout for wealthy patrons. You are welcome in the Upper City and may stay there after dark without being harassed or evicted. Your word is accepted over others’ without question, and any corruption
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Har’Akir Domain of the Ancient Dead Darklord: Ankhtepot Genre: Dark fantasy Hallmarks: Ancient tombs, desert perils, lost gods, mummies Mist Talismans: Canopic jar, lapis lazuli scarab, scroll of
fractured soul. As the pharaoh obsesses over his lost treasure and thoughts of escaping his impossibly long undead existence, his servants plague the domain in his name. In hidden tomb-courts, withered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, many patriars are at once acutely attuned to the nuances of royal courts half a continent away and shockingly ignorant of what life is like for the poor outside their own doorsteps. This combination of
lookout for wealthy patrons. You are welcome in the Upper City and may stay there after dark without being harassed or evicted. Your word is accepted over others’ without question, and any corruption
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
talkative owl, the ranger had monitored the drow for several days, curious as to why a dark elf had wandered into the valley. At first, Montolio had assumed that the drow was somehow connected to Graul
, the chief orc of the region, but as time went on, the ranger began to suspect differently.
— R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn
Long have rangers walked the wilds of the Sword Coast and the Savage Frontier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
that follows a regular route across the land.
5 A temple built to honor a dark god, long abandoned.
6 The final resting place of the ranger who trained you.
7 The shady market known
Ranger All that is gold does not glitter. But frankly, if you’ve got the choice, take the glittering gold every time. That nonshiny stuff loses a ton of resale value. Loving nature, exploring the
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
, Lawrence and David Cook. Star Frontiers: Alpha Dawn. 1982.
TSR, Inc. Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix. 1992.
———. Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr. 1993
Gerard shows Minsc the ranger and his stalwart companion, Boo the space hamster, flying through Wildspace on the back of a solar dragon.
On the Alt-Cover
Hydro74 captures the fierce, no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Locations” section). 4 A desperate commoner from a faction of your choice has an impending trial in the High Courts of Sigil (see the “Lady’s Ward Locations” section). Unable to secure an advocate
judges, lawyers, and legislators, the Fraternity of Order abides by the letter of the law—and exploits it to further their interests. Dispassionate and impartial, Guvners run the city courts, ruling on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, invisibility, or some other magic, a beholder can lurk in the dark and shoot any creature it can see within the range of its darkvision. A dark room with a 120-foot ceiling allows it to use this tactic
example, if a beholder intends to shoot charm, slowing, and sleep rays at a ranger, and the ranger succumbs to the charm, the beholder could use its remaining rays against other targets. Use Legendary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Deathless Rider Igor Krstic “Headed to the wilds? Beware the dead riders who serve the Shadow Queen.”
—Scalan, Edgewall innkeeper
Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the
few in number—unless many more lurk in the dark heart of the forest than anyone is aware. But when mortal knights meet them in the wilds, the encounter rarely ends well for the living. The deathless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and order, civilization and discipline. It is filled with perfect cities and carefully ordered fields, with immortal courts and endless archives holding every law ever imagined. Dal Quor: The Region
experiences of dreamers. There is a dark core at the heart of the plane, shaped by the nightmare force known as the Dreaming Dark. For reasons unknown to the general populace, Dal Quor is always remote
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
unfulfilled, so I intend to finish that work. 3 The world is a dark and terrible place. I decided to serve as a beacon of light shining out against the gathering shadows. 4 I served as a paladin’s squire
consequence of my unwavering faith. In taking my vows, I became the holy sword of my religion. Ranger d6 I became a ranger because … 1 I found purpose while I honed my hunting skills by bringing down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
courts and other settings of power. Speak up! It’s really hard to hear you over the screaming. Nope. It’s no use. I’ll have to stop the screaming. Disintegrations all around, then.
College of
capture another one with it until you finish a short or long rest. Shadow Lore At 14th level, you gain the ability to weave dark magic into your words and tap into a creature’s deepest fears. As an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Intrigue Intrigue adventures are event-based adventures that revolve around power struggles. Intrigues are common in the courts of the nobility, but power struggles can play out just as easily in
merchants’ guilds, crime syndicates, and temple hierarchies. Rather than dark events and villainous plots, an intrigue adventure typically revolves around the exchange of favors, the rise and fall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
effect as drinking antitoxin. Pricklenoggin. Each of these mushrooms has short, prickly spines growing out of its red cap. Hats made from pricklenoggin caps are popular in the fey courts and considered
Plant Beds. Many plants grow in Granny Nightshade’s garden—licorice, sugarcane, marshmallow, and more. Characters who examine the plant beds discover a dark secret: each bed is nourished by the buried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
their habitats. The Dreadwood Long a home of horrid monsters and vicious raiders, the Dreadwood hides within its borders a multitude of terrors. Keoland maintains ranger patrols that sweep through the
creatures and villainous monsters that seek to tap into the essence of the Shadowfell thrive deep in the forest. Its innermost reaches mingle with that dark realm, forming a warped mirror version of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
wind, choking smoke, and volcanic ash. Within the fire-filled caldera of Phlegethos’s largest volcano rises Abriymoch, a fortress city made of obsidian and dark glass. With rivers of molten lava
the infernal courts. No one is certain whether Asmodeus had some secret cause to dismiss the archdevil or whether he is testing Geryon’s allegiance for some greater purpose. Malbolge Malbolge, the sixth
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
plans to award the dwarves rulership of Saltmarsh as compensation. 11–12 The Brotherhood blackmails Ingo the Drover and Keledek the Unspoken, two people in town with dark pasts, into their service
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
wind, choking smoke, and pyroclastic ash. Within the fire-filled caldera of Phlegethos’s largest volcano rises Abriymoch, a fortress city cast of obsidian and dark glass. With rivers of molten lava
debate within the infernal courts. No one is certain whether Asmodeus had some secret cause to dismiss the archdevil or whether he is testing Geryon’s allegiance for some greater purpose. Malbolge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ranger who knows the forest pretty well and has friends among the wood elves who live there. Weathercote Forest For reasons unknown, no divination spell or scrying sensor can penetrate the dry patch of
looms atop a hill. Womforders lock and bar their doors and shutter their windows at night, for fear of the so-called Womford Bat, a nocturnal predator that snatches folk it can catch outside after dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ranger. The vampire has long been imprisoned within a magical iron coffin mounted atop animated golem legs (an early Kwalish design), forced to atone for his evil deeds by working for the Cartophile
been made with those ancestors’ spirits, but she manages her relationship with them carefully, lest she fall too far under their dark influence. She also claims past tutelage by Thingizzard, a witch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
neighboring realms where these evils are active. Scarlet Order The Scarlet Order is a monastic order of Suloise militarists whose spies and assassins have infiltrated many courts and castles throughout the
-white ice, there is an endless landscape of deep-blue ice partially covered in snow. Strange arctic monsters prowl these fields of dark ice. Stranger still, a verdant land is rumored to exist beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dark clouds churns below. A marble tower rising from the maelstrom is encircled by seven turrets. Four stone staircases extend from the outer areas of the palace to the tower, each one part of a
wishes you well in your dark dealings with mort
Kalimanzaros’s quill ran dry before he could finish writing the word “mortals.” Treasure. Kalimanzaros keeps a spellbook on his person. This spellbook
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
her parties. Lacking Watch tokens, Nysene’s guests face a night in the Citadel’s cells or worse if they’re caught in the Upper City after dark. They therefore have little choice but to let her and her
suspect. Bribery and influence-peddling run rife through the courts, where honest judges are rare and widely feared. In addition to hosting trials, the High Hall holds libraries containing all local
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
organization into something stronger than before. The man to whom this new Zhentarim owed fealty was a dark knight known only as the Pereghost. The Pereghost had long led the armed forces of the Zhentarim at
, bred and trained to defend Darkhold and to obey the Pereghost. Their trainer is a ranger named Grigarr, whose body is pocked with myriad scars from wyvern stings. The man is a greedy wretch who claims he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
her parties. Lacking Watch tokens, Nysene’s guests face a night in the Citadel’s cells or worse if they’re caught in the Upper City after dark. They therefore have little choice but to let her and her
suspect. Bribery and influence-peddling run rife through the courts, where honest judges are rare and widely feared. In addition to hosting trials, the High Hall holds libraries containing all local
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with fire-hurling catapults aimed toward the Evermoors. Mornbryn was a ranger of some fame in the North centuries ago, and legend has it that his treasure-filled tomb is hidden somewhere close by. The
Zhentarim failed to ensure the safety of the meeting site. She ends the negotiation with no agreement reached. Nether Mountains The dark, brooding peaks of the Nether Mountains are the source of many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
human commoner). She is the fortyish matriarch of her family and a pleasant, sturdy woman. She is increasingly worried about “what’s gathering in the dark” in Red Larch and brings up her concerns with
seen his boss Ilmeth Waelvur disappear into a hidden tunnel in the back of the work yard. He’s also seen other people sneak in after dark and follow Ilmeth to wherever they go, although everyone else
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with coin to spend. Village law is whatever the local Council of Elders says it is. The current head of the council is a retired ranger and active member of the Emerald Enclave named Quinn Nardrosz (NG
forest critters) warn her of their presence. She decides on a whim to leave her lair and confront them. The characters hear something enormous approaching them through the dark woods and tangled






