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Halfling
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Basic Rules (2014)
, even by the standards of his diminutive race, with the fluff of his curly brown locks barely cresting the three-foot mark, but his belly was amply thickened by his love of a good meal, or several, as
. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds.
Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups.
Human Names and Ethnicities
Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents
members, can be used as inspiration no matter which world your human is in.
Calishite
Shorter and slighter in build than most other humans, Calishites have dusky brown skin, hair, and eyes. They&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
four rotting sofas, a couple of throne-like chairs, and a jumble of stands, small tables, and vases and urns that are dented, chipped, and broken. Only the rather plain tapestries hanging on the east
. Tapestries. The wall hangings, which depict weed-grown rocks and green and golden tan scenes of undersea life, are special, antimagic-treated creations made of green slime and brown mold (see “Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare
basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL
Dave J. Brown and Don Turnbull continued the Saltmarsh series in this classic. Doubling down on TSR UK’s penchant for exploration and interaction in their work, this scenario
challenges the characters to act as ambassadors to a colony of lizardfolk.
While such roleplay-focused adventures are the norm today, at the time of its publication (in 1982) this adventure was the first to make interaction an absolute requirement for success, rather than one option among many.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in Umizu Umizu is a welcoming city, and many citizens hail from far-flung lands. Humans are the most numerous, with skin tones ranging from pale to medium brown, and with hair and eyes ranging
from dark brown to black. Social Mores Umizu is a matrilineal culture with a preference for succession by women. Most families live in multigenerational homes, and the wealthiest favor polyamorous
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Amberdune Pack The jackalweres of the Amberdune Pack were the servants of Nidalia, an unusually kind and learned lamia. The jackalweres’ alignment is neutral evil rather than chaotic evil, and their
goals are self-serving, not actively malicious. Because the pack originally resided in the nation of Amn, their humanoid forms have dusky brown skin, brown or blue eyes, and varying shades of brown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
.
Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are
concerned with basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in the Tayyib Empire The Tayyib Empire is a cosmopolitan mix of the native peoples of Suristhanam, immigrants, and various invading groups. Nearly half the population are brown-skinned humans
worshiping the source of divinity rather than its fallible manifestations. Its adherents are called Muwahhid. Some erudite worshipers join the Imperial Ulema, an order of Muwahhid scholars sponsored by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation where the townsfolk would try to
they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat. In a couple of situations, kobolds might abandon this careful approach. First, because of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
cult symbol. Roleplaying Shoalar Shoalar appears jovial, but he has a biting sense of humor and tends to laugh at people rather than with them. If questioned, he denies any knowledge of books or
river a couple of tendays ago, and how they paid was no worry of mine.” Characters who threaten or act suspiciously trigger an attack from Shoalar and his crew. Treasure Shoalar wears a leather belt pouch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
that best describe the creature. Knowing the creature’s alignment can also help with your portrayal. The classic advice for writers holds true: show, don’t tell. For example, rather than describe an
focuses attention on that character. Some NPCs might pay particular attention to characters with whom they feel kinship. If a couple of players are doing most of the talking in a social interaction, take a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
that reflect her braided red-brown hair, and her skin is freckled. She is friendly toward the characters and asks to speak with them privately: “My city is in trouble,” Naevys says. “It deteriorates
with every passing second, and my king is part of it. Or rather, his stolen heart is.
“Ghalasine is slowly being reduced to ash, and its people are dying and can’t escape. King Jhaeros would do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. There, the rogue finds a small rock that looks like a grinning face, but otherwise you encounter nothing out of the ordinary.” The trick is to focus on a few details that reinforce the desired mood rather
. In another, sunlight streams through the leaves above and flower-laden vines twine up every trunk. Signs of corruption — rotting wood, foul-smelling water, and rocks covered with slimy brown moss — can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
couple of mugs and plates sit on a small circular table in the center of the space. A tattered and faded rug decorates the wooden floor.
The jackalweres like to relax and chat with each other in this
jackalwere Korvala sits at the desk in her humanoid form: a woman with brown skin, sun-streaked brown hair, and piercing hazel eyes. If she has been alerted to the characters’ presence by the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
with the second wave of villagers. With their livelihood drying up before their eyes and the hidden danger lurking in the village, the couple made the regretful decision to abandon their shop, buying
The front door of the stonemason’s home and workshop gapes open, with the remains of the door lying several feet away and covered in long brown grass. The roof has caved in, and remnants of rotting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
case in one of their tents. Hc2. Cult Camp Two human men in robes stand before the bonfire. On the other side of it, leashed to a peg pounded into the ground, is a brown bear.
The humans are two
Eternal Flame priests (see chapter 7) claiming to be Aylbrith and Ingulf, posing as druids of the Circle of the Scarlet Moon. They have a captured brown bear with them to improve their disguise. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
couple their privacy. Treasure. The decanters hold sweet wine, and the fruit is fresh and scrumptious. The two decanters are worth 50 gp each, and the ten glasses are worth 10 gp each. As long as they
spell granted in the tomb (see area P12)—they won’t entertain any notion of leaving. If the effect on them is broken, the couple entertains reasonable arguments to return home and speak to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
of kobolds. These small, reptilian folk eye you curiously while a couple of humans watch from a distance. All the cloister’s residents are dressed in simple clothes, and no one carries a visible
into view, descending gracefully from the upper part of the cloister. She’s an elderly human woman with weathered brown skin, white hair in tight braids, and kindly hazel eyes, dressed in a simple white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the party’s wizard with grave suspicion. However you roleplay a character or monster, the classic advice for writers holds true: show, don’t tell. For example, rather than describe an NPC as shallow
kinship with. Creating a sense of importance can be a great way to get specific players engaged, but don’t shut out players who are already roleplaying. If a couple of players are dominating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
by physical eyes, their colors are understood rather than seen.) Traveling to another plane requires locating a color pool that leads to the desired plane. These gateways can be identified by color
Gold 17 Nine Hells Ruby 18 Outlands Leather brown 19 Pandemonium Magenta 20 Ysgard Indigo Wildspace Bobbing in the Astral Plane like corks in an ocean are vast, airless expanses called Wildspace systems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
civilizations and believes the fate of the Citadel depends on it.
Known affectionately (or derisively) as the Old Lady, she often takes the form of an older, brown-skinned human woman. Quick to anger
complex relationship with her homeland. While she loves Akharin Sangar, she refuses to bend to the will of its angelic ruler, Atash. Rather than oppose him directly, she plays a delicate political game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Skilled hirelings can be fired and hired as needed. A franchise might bring on a couple of thugs to act as distraction during a street fair, then release those NPCs to hire a different set of skilled
(sailors for a seagoing franchise, engineers for a giant hollow statue, and so on). Crew do not leave a franchise and cannot perform franchise tasks. They typically run rather than fight back when attacked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
civilizations and believes the fate of the Citadel depends on it.
Known affectionately (or derisively) as the Old Lady, she often takes the form of an older, brown-skinned human woman. Quick to anger
complex relationship with her homeland. While she loves Akharin Sangar, she refuses to bend to the will of its angelic ruler, Atash. Rather than oppose him directly, she plays a delicate political game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Skull Dunes The Skull Dunes (see map 5.2) lie beyond a beach of coarse brown sand at the southern end of the island. The dunes are desolate; only an occasional bit of scraggly grass grows here
skeletons. Once they slay twenty or more skeletons, phase two begins. Phase Two. All the skeletons within 2 squares of the party animate and attack. Rather than assail the characters individually, half the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, several NPCs have secrets triggered by events rather than a specific time. For example, you would provide Tannus’s player with the groom’s secret if at any time Tannus is about to swing a weapon to
the families are being placed in the wedding vault, a dwarf wizard with a steel-gray beard appears. Ironbeard (LN male dwarf mage) introduces himself and wishes the happy couple well. He then inspects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Roots of Bathalang Puno The swamps grow drier and more densely forested within a couple miles of Bathalang Puno, with vines and mangroves ensnaring ancient, overgrown ruins. A character who succeeds
there and are about to attack. Unless the characters have previously convinced Paolo to hold back, the dragon hunters immediately attack. Rather than rolling for the dragon hunters’ attacks, assume any of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
massive pair of cathedral doors open onto a long nave. Rows of balconies line the walls, occupied by a couple of dozen hooded monks seemingly come to watch the audience about to take place.
At the far
protection of its bodyguards rather than making any physical threats. If asked about Kwalish, the Grand Master gladly recounts how it took over the floating island and drove Kwalish to a second location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a few hours, a day, or a couple of days to the current stage of the journey), here are some other consequences you can impose if characters fail to overcome or bypass an obstacle: Combat Encounter
gain 1d4 Exhaustion levels. Another Condition. The obstacle imposes another condition on the characters. For example, wading through a fetid swamp rather than skirting around it might impose the Poisoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
area with a thick layer of dust. Temporary structures seemingly set up to aid the reconstruction have been badly damaged by force and fire, though a couple of wooden buildings still stand amid the
courtyard of Tresendar Manor, they find they are not alone. Numerous brown-and-gray jackals prowl the ruins. Some gnaw on bones, while others sniff and dig at a pile of stones at the center of the manor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
around its neck tethers it in place. The agitated creature twists in frustration, its tail lashing.
Behind the lizard lie a couple of iron chests.
Creature. The cavern holds the troglodytes’ secret
opportune moment to attack intruders with surprise. The other moves east to the gate and opens it to release a brown bear, which attacks any non-troglodyte in the next round (roll initiative for the bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
to indicate specific numbers or types of foes. A careful look shows that brown and red dots are Miska’s, while green and gray dots are Lolth’s. A character who succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence
(Investigation) check realizes that brown and green dots indicate fresh troops, and red and gray dots indicate injured or flagging ones. Indication of Status. The distribution of dots shows the overall state
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Nature reigns on wild islands. The creatures on the island respond to the ebb and flow of the natural world rather than trying to tame the environment. Wild Island Features d6 Feature 1 A waterfall
Island Encounters d20 Encounter 1 2d8 baboons 2 1d4 brown bears 3 1 owlbear 4 2d6 giant toads 5 2d10 giant wasps 6 2d4 giant spiders 7 4d4 pixies or 4d4 sprites 8 1d4 blink dogs 9 1 pirate captain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Rings piercing crest or wing edges
11 Draped in some semblance of clothing, from a stole to a full robe
12 Unusual coloration (for example, a red dragon with an orange, brown, or purple cast
Given the opportunity, I eat to excess and then fall into a long, deep sleep.
4 I would rather let my fearsome reputation scare away intruders than fight them off.
5 Other dragons would






