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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
birdfolk. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder. Many aarakocra aren’t even native to the Material Plane. They hail from a world
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Beak and Feather
From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Tying a dead frog or toad to the end of an ordinary branch and dipping it in the water-filled cauldron transforms the branch into a wand of polymorph
minute touching the cauldron with a unicorn’s horn while reciting the poem called “The Witch Queen’s Cauldron” (see the accompanying sidebar), all creatures within 1,000 feet of
Druid
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out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on the cultists&rsquo
, animals, or elemental forces. The ancient druidic traditions are sometimes called the Old Faith, in contrast to the worship of gods in temples and shrines.
Druid spells are oriented toward nature and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power. From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called birdfolk
. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Night of Terror As dusk approaches, the defenders on Kalaman’s western walls sound an alarm: the Red Dragon Army and its flying citadel draw near. All of Kalaman’s soldiers are called to defensive
Gate are abuzz with soldiers rushing reports in and orders out. Amid the activity stands Marshal Vendri, issuing sharp commands to an endless array of lieutenants. Every so often, the marshal’s gaze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
receive aid from the Zhents who are opposed to him. The leaders of this branch of the Black Network are retired adventurers who have become business entrepreneurs. Their adventuring party was called
the Doom Raiders because their specialty was plundering lich lairs (which are called “dooms”). They are desperately trying to gain a legitimate economic foothold in Waterdeep, which requires making
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
keep mischief-makers at bay. Glen Priseil Glen Priseil is a secluded valley boasting a rushing waterfall and idyllic pond. The self-proclaimed faerie queen Oura lives here, and she hopes to become as
Elendra (see the “Other Locations” section in “Shadowmoor”). Grave of Nath The deceased elf Nath, a zealous and wicked hunter, was interred in a forest grove. The area, now called the Grave of Nath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
figure wearing a cloak of moth wings and bearing a branch burning with torches. Using her control of the land as Tepest’s Darklord, Mother brings bounty to fields and flocks, or curses farms with
art, and small sacrifices. The most devout, called Mother’s Minders, each undertake a ritual in which they pluck out their left eye, gifting its sight to Mother. Lorinda can see through her followers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
branch under the leadership of Isperia, the sphinx Supreme Judge. Boros Legion. Led by the angel Aurelia, the Boros Legion pursues the cause of justice, not merely law enforcement. Boros serves as
spirits often called the Ghost Council. Cult of Rakdos. The demonic Cult of Rakdos is the jester in Ravnica’s culture, using satire and performance to skewer the powerful and embolden the weak. But it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
scents; the moonlight painted the flowers in iridescent blue, silver, and violet; and the rushing of the river became a complex symphony.
— James Wyatt, Oath of Vigilance
The Feywild, also called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
soldiers of Falkovnia force every commoner into grueling labor, rushing them to raise fortifications and scrape scrawny roots from the dirt. Every lash strike, every day of meager rations is necessary—or so
of an attack, the Falkovnians burn their dead, repair what they can, and whisper that now might be the time to flee. Invariably, though, someone speaks too loudly and a so-called traitor is impaled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
rotten, waterlogged planks. Bank of Abbathor Headquartered in the city of Sigil, the Bank of Abbathor (detailed in chapter 2) services customers across the planes. Account holders can visit a branch of
crime. Fraud, money laundering, and forgery run rampant within the once-shining branch, whose crumbling roof collapsed long ago. Pummeled and melted by fiery rockslides, the statue of Abbathor in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
someone uses an action to shake or slap it. Once used, this property of the cauldron can’t be used again until the next dawn. Tying a dead frog or toad to the end of an ordinary branch and dipping it in
the water-filled cauldron transforms the branch into a wand of polymorph with 3 charges. This wand can’t recharge and crumbles to ashes when its final charge is expended. Once used, this property of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
behind the walls of the High City. Elmandar’s Star Charts is run by a retired elf adventurer who once served as the
spelljammer aboard a space galleon called the Eclipse (shown here as a model) The
gaudily decorated building tucked away in a cluster of residences is a branch office of the Sindiath Line, a charter service that ferries passengers from Bral to destinations throughout Wildspace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
attuned to every bough of each tree and each branch of every stream in the forests of the Feywild. If Oberon has a weakness, it is the wild nature of his heart. His mood swings like a weather vane in
, seeking revenge. Errtu the balor has plagued Drizzt Do’Urden for more than a century, largely over possession of an artifact called the Crenshinibon. Having lost the last battle and been banished
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
like a wave rushing up onto the shore, but only great anger or desperation would drive Olhydra to move more than a few hundred feet from her native element. Olhydra surges forth tirelessly and
the black depths of vast seas or enthroned among jagged reefs. Olhydra waits for the chance to enter the Material Plane through elemental water nodes or when called by the proper rituals. Whether she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
gate-town’s roads, which branch from the Bone Plinth in the town center. The courts of the Lightcaller and Nightwhisperer face each other opposite the ivory fountain. Moondark Tower The gates of
, petitioners, and priests from harming one another, ensuring only ideas clashed under its marble roof. However, the ward fell away when the court’s last moderator—Kagorious, the so-called Philosopher King
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
downward. The floor has been cut into hundreds of shallow steps, but the walls and ceiling are still natural rock. About sixty feet down, a rushing stream spills from a narrow crack to the south and
, occupying three caves that branch off the warren’s central area to the northwest, southwest, and southeast. The passage opens into a long, low cavern that has three narrow, twisting passages leading off into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sometimes called the Ghostwood for two reasons. First, its proximity to the Ice Mountains leaves it constantly shrouded in cold mists. Second, undead are known to haunt the Vordrorn Forest, particularly
enclosed by a 20-foot-tall wall of mortared granite with wooden gates to the north and south along the road. A large two-story inn, also called the Way Inn, dominates the village and has long been a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
swaying reeds, There rose a hairy villain, A troll called Snobble Sweed.
He came to gobble children, To line his lair with bones, And pick his teeth with talons, And grind their flesh with stones
not dozing off and dreaming of chasing butterflies, halflings spend time on simple creative activities, such as whittling a pipe from a branch, braiding yarn into a thick rope, or composing a jaunty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
time, but if asked, Yalme says she named the crabs Fancy and Gorgeous George. Four short halls branch off the common room, each lined with rooms for rent. The Fishbowl After a long day on the river
resident tinker gnome, Than, built an elaborate catapult-like contraption on the roof of the keep. A friend of Becklin and Darrett, Than occasionally drops by to fine-tune this device, called a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
visitors, inquire about their business, and keep an eye out for any clearly hostile intruders. T2: Hostel Visitors stay in this small hostel while they wait to be called for their answering ceremony
block (see appendix B) plus the following: Color Spray, Find Familiar, Locate Object, Magic Missile, and Sleep. T19: Bridge of Faith The thunder of rushing water fills this loud room. The room is divided
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
at all but the lowest elevations, and monster infestations. White dragons commonly vie for dominion in this region. Iceshield Lands Where a branch of the Dessarin Valley meets the western High Forest
small forest or stand of trees. A singular mountain called Kelvin’s Cairn rises from the heart of Icewind Dale. During the summer, snow from Kelvin’s Cairn flows into three mineral-rich lakes: Maer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Tier 1 Locations The first tier, the ground floor of the gardens, appears on Map: Garden of Sacred Repose. This tier is called the Garden of Sacred Repose. G1: Hall of the Dragon This wide, vaulted
wings in a different position in each scene. The land below the knight and dragon is depicted as a raging inferno. G2: Hall of Desolation Four chambers branch from a central hub. Frescoes cover the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
townspeople from the larger group. The side passage splits after several feet. One branch leads steeply upward while the other abruptly ends at a chasm (area J2). J2: Tunnel Chasm This passage drops
rumors of rising mind flayer activity beneath the Sword Mountains. The journal’s author plans to spy on a mind flayer stronghold called Illithinoch deep underground. The author hopes this information will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
: The passage fills with a mighty roar as a huge surge of rushing water pours from above!
The flood threatens all creatures in the tunnel. (The goblin on the bridge is out of danger, as are any
leader of the Cragmaws at a place called Cragmaw Castle. Sildar doesn’t know where that might be but suggests someone in Phandalin might know. (It doesn’t occur to Sildar immediately, but a captured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
after hours except in the direst circumstances, and each drudach is instead patrolled by a militia of young unmarried warriors (guards with scimitars instead of spears) called amlakkars. While
Calimshan. Seeing the Guild as fundamentally an outsider organization, a Calishite gang called the Right Pashas seeks to oust Guild agents from Little Calimshan’s underworld. The Guild’s popular half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
(guards with scimitars instead of spears) called amlakkars. Mike Schley Little Calimshan While Little Calimshan presents a unified face to the rest of the city, it has all the problems of any settlement
with the wider city. Yet by far the largest issue is the gang war currently ravaging Little Calimshan. Seeing the Guild as fundamentally an outsider organization, a Calishite gang called the Right
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of a much older settlement, sometimes called Old Saltmarsh or the Old Harbor. One sign of this is that the town has a small stretch of wall and a single town gate secured by two or three guards. The
looking to carouse find this the best place for a rowdy night of drinking and brawling. The town guard comes here only if called. Kreb works with Gellan Primewater to screen prospective buyers and sellers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
only under the cover of night. Stone Stand (see map 3.12) is situated upon a lonely hill north of the High Forest. Atop this hill, the Blue Bears built a mound upon which they planted a branch of the
Grandfather Tree. This branch grew into a towering oak tree, which today is surrounded by a raised inner ring of cairns and a broken outer ring of mounds with more cairns atop them. Beneath these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
figure dozing in one of the beds is the spirit of Alamar-Vatashi, a soldier who overslept on the Day of Mourning. In life, Alamar-Vatashi was a kalashtar, a Humanoid bound to a dream-spirit called a quori
appendix A). It attacks any creature it sees and fights until destroyed. L15: Overhang Two tunnels branch off opposite sides of this thirty-foot-high cavern. The tunnels reconvene at an overhang fifteen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
romantics, taking the god Lurue as their inspiration, have called themselves the Knights of the Unicorn. Over time, what began as a light-hearted lark became a real force for good in the world, and several
siblings but no children, and faces the prospect of leaving her family home to a detested branch of the family when she dies. To prevent this, she has asked the librarians of the High Hall to search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
romantics, taking the god Lurue as their inspiration, have called themselves the Knights of the Unicorn. Over time, what began as a light-hearted lark became a real force for good in the world, and several
. Lutecia has estranged siblings but no children, and faces the prospect of leaving her family home to a detested branch of the family when she dies. To prevent this, she has asked the librarians of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
out of the wall of this large cave, filling a swirling pool and then coursing through a passage to the north. A winding footpath follows the rushing stream. In addition to the stream’s passage, there
knows that these weapons are important and somehow connected to places of elemental power called “nodes.” If he is set free, Darreth is brave enough to accompany the characters if they so wish, and also