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Curse of Strahd
whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For
fond of camouflage, attaching leaves and twigs to their cloaks, making brown paint to cover their skin, and weaving grass nets under which they can hide. They use such camouflage while hunting in the
Gnome
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
Skinny and flaxen-haired, his skin walnut brown and his eyes a startling turquoise, Burgell stood half as tall as Aeron and had to climb up on a stool to look out the peephole. Like most
. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Their tan or brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses), and their bright eyes shine with
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
— yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers.
— Elminster
The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their
odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
best at everything in my legal training, and now I work with the person who was always just a little bit better.
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A good friend was promoted into work they can’t tell me about.
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I’m friends with an Orzhov advokist; we compare notes on different forms of law magic.
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I was ridiculed once in a Rakdos performance; the performer was impressed with my good humor about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. To determine a hazard’s deadliness relative to the characters, think of the hazard as a trap and compare the damage it deals with the party’s level using the Damage Severity by Level table later in
the chapter (the table also appears in chapter 8). Brown Mold Brown mold feeds on warmth, drawing heat from anything around it. A patch of brown mold typically covers a 10-foot square, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. VALACHANI CHARACTERS
Characters from Valachan typically hail from small, rain forest communities. The domain’s people are predominantly humans with dark hair and a range of warm, brown skin tones. Some
of the outlying villages, like Shuaran? Were you adopted? Were you born without the gift, or do you display a different manifestation?
What secret of the land do you know better than anyone else? Is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
to win Snapjaw’s trust or they’ve treated him no better than bullywugs would have, then he tells the guards that the characters are nothing but trouble, and the lizardfolk attack. If Snapjaw is not
Dexterity (Stealth) check for the lizardfolk guards, with advantage (they’ve had plenty of time to conceal themselves). Compare their result to the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
to win Snapjaw’s trust or they’ve treated him no better than bullywugs would have, then he tells the guards that the characters are nothing but trouble, and the lizardfolk attack. If Snapjaw is not
Dexterity (Stealth) check for the lizardfolk guards, with advantage (they’ve had plenty of time to conceal themselves). Compare their result to the characters’ passive Wisdom (Perception) scores to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
large realm of their own since the kingdom of Eaerlann was destroyed millennia ago. Instead they maintain a number of smaller settlements, the better to keep those communities hidden or protected. Wood
variety of folk. Wood elves in Faerûn have the racial traits of wood elves in the Player’s Handbook. They have tan or coppery skin, with hair of wood brown, golden blond, black, or a shining metallic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the most severe wrongs, offenders are banished to uninhabited islands, though they retain the right to travel to the Meet each year to seek reconciliation with the larger community. The Gods’ Tale The
better. Although this sometimes encourages exaggeration, Godsbreath’s people believe you can hear truth in the telling of any tale, and all enjoy the art of a well-crafted boast. Stories of all kinds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
boulder is five feet tall and colored brown with dark streaks and spots. Leaning against it is what appears to be a bamboo staff.
In the mud around the base of the boulder is a moving shape, looking like
? Who dares to enter the chamber of the guardian? You had better go, or I will have to discharge my sacred duty! Be off with you before I lose my temper!” If the party retreats, the crayfish will not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
mathematics to better understand nature. She places an emphasis on practical magic that improves daily life through applied calculations. She rolls her eyes at Dean Imbraham’s theories, dismissing them as
are thrilling sights on campus. Ruxa, Patient Professor Ruxa (neutral good Quandrix professor of substance) looks like a bipedal brown bear and knows that wild new theories, though exciting, are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
town openly are met by a haggard orchardist named Jendon (a human commoner), who wears a cloak with a brown patch made of the same fabric as the robes the earth cultists wear. Jendon tries to persuade
clearing. They each wear a brown patch on their cloaks or tunics as they stand listening to a trio of hooded priests who are leading them in strange prayer to “the Black Earth.”
The three hooded priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
automatic. As the day wears on and the commotion winds down, the camp becomes calmer and better organized. Guards resume their normal routines. If characters haven’t entered the camp before sundown of the
—then compare their Charisma (Deception) checks to Mondath’s Wisdom check to determine whether she believes them. You can allow advantage or disadvantage on the roll when someone’s lies are especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
until circumstances warrant otherwise, as discussed below. Armor Class. When characters make attacks against a creature, you compare those attacks to the creature’s Armor Class to determine whether the
the characters have hit the creature at least once, allowing players to know without asking if attacks made against the creature hit or miss. Hit Points. It’s better not to tell players how many hit
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
turn. They are encrusted with sand but unhindered by it, so they retain their normal speed while in the dunes. For example: The characters enter a numbered square marked “7.” Seven skeletons rise and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Mongrelfolk Mongrelfolk are humanoids that have undergone, or whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being
thin dwarves. They are fond of camouflage, attaching leaves and twigs to their cloaks, making brown paint to cover their skin, and weaving grass nets under which they can hide. They use such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
they visit those sites in the future, or to better understand some of the events that occurred during a previous visit. For example, they can learn more information about Themberchaud, about the drow
. Urmas and Ustova compare notes often to validate their visions. The prophecies in these rooms are limited to the future of giantkind — and the trials still to come for those once-great races — because this is Ustova’s sole interest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
automatic. As the day wears on and the commotion winds down, the camp becomes calmer and better organized. Guards resume their normal routines. If characters haven’t entered the camp before sundown of the
whether to join — then compare their Charisma (Deception) checks to Mondath’s Wisdom check to determine whether she believes them. You can allow advantage or disadvantage on the roll when someone’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
modify existing classes to better serve your game’s needs. Changing Proficiencies Changing a class’s proficiencies is a safe and simple way to modify a class to better reflect your world. Swapping
traditions? Can a dwarf stumble into a warlock pact despite having no connection to a culture that normally produces warlocks? As always, it’s better to say yes and use the player’s desire as an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, and relying on the good graces of people better off than you. A wretched lifestyle presents abundant dangers. Violence, disease, and hunger follow you wherever you go. Other wretched people covet
finest inn. You dine at the best restaurants, retain the most skilled and fashionable tailor, and have servants attending to your every need. You receive invitations to the social gatherings of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
minimum
Wretched. You live in inhumane conditions. With no place to call home, you shelter wherever you can, sneaking into barns, huddling in old crates, and relying on the good graces of people better
, retain the most skilled and fashionable tailor, and have servants attending to your every need. You receive invitations to the social gatherings of the rich and powerful, and spend evenings in the company
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
rests on the hilt of a longsword. The other pulls back a cowl to reveal the face of a teenager with brown skin, red hair, and a haunting gaze.
The cloaked figure is Reya Mantlemorn, a lawful good
wounded the soldier with her longsword, fled down an alley, and stole a cloak to better conceal her armor and weapons. She’s been a wanted fugitive ever since. Reya hasn’t been in Baldur’s Gate long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Thundertree Areas 1. Westernmost Cottage This cottage has seen better days. Cowering in the shadow of an old tree is a crumbled stone cottage with no roof. Weeds are rampant here.
Two twig blights
hide among the weeds that flank the cottage’s open doorway. Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check for the blights, and compare the result to the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
their victims happen to be in league with devils, so much the better. A casual observer might suppose that two forces of evil bent on exterminating each other would be an advantageous situation for
creature of all its memories. Fiends don’t fear being momentarily exposed to the Styx, but — with the notable exception of hydroloths, merrenoloths, and amnizus — even they can’t retain their memories if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
relics of the ancient giants weren’t meant for the eyes of prying adventurers. No one knows better than the scholars of Morgrave University how to circumvent those barriers and plunder the continent’s
empire’s fall, they retain a spiritual and physical connection to the darkness below. Umbragen shadow walkers weave shadow magic to confound foes. Jordan Kerbow Vulkoori and Umbragen drow battle in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
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
better shape than the smaller houses. Heavy wooden double doors are flanked by dark windows, and chimneys anchor the building at each corner, their masonry crumbling. In front of the house looms a wide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
on each head that direct the beast by controlling the view of its blinkered eyes. Former slaves, often soldiers who once fought against the host, who now fight alongside the host to gain better
might be accepted as auxiliary units in the host, if they prove to be capable and trustworthy. Typically, a goblinoid host seeks to retain enough of the population in a conquered settlement for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
roots of a tree growing in the house. The chest contains 1,400 cp, 160 sp, and 90 gp. U3: The Brown Horse This was formerly the Brown Horse, a taproom renowned for its excellent ale. A weathered signboard
better condition than the dilapidated structures nearby. The doors are reinforced with heavy iron bands, and thick shutters protect the windows.
Robson Michel Reidoth the Druid This is where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, crave violence, and fight to the bitter end. The berserkers retain vestiges of their former lives, including the thick clothing they wore as Reghed nomads, but their garments are torn and in need of
the encounter and compare the result to the passive (Wisdom) Perception scores of the party. Any character whose score equals or exceeds the crag cats’ check result is not surprised when the cats
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
: Ingeloakastimizilian, Imvaernarhro, K’rshinthintl, Claugiyliamatar. Commonly known as “Old Gnawbone,”
Claugiyliamatar is often seen with a
mangled corpse hanging from her mouth Many dragons are better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the svirfneblin provided better product. The door at the rear of the mine was installed later as an escape route that let many duergar flee the mind flayers during the attack. G10: Collapsed Tunnel
metal cabinet out of the way is necessary to open the shrine door, although the yochlol from area G20 can seep under the door and the cabinet in mist form. Everything here is much cleaner and better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
beneath the forest canopy. Growths of green, brown, and gray lichen cover the cave mouth, and a small stream flows deeper into the yawning darkness.
The character who has the highest passive Wisdom
this cave. The door is covered with what is obviously a patch of brown mold (see "Brown Mold" in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Any intruder who opens or otherwise disturbs the door causes the mold to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
off, the beans are dark brown and have a rich chocolate scent. They have the same magical aura as the trees. Kaga will pay the party 2,500 gp for the magical cocoa beans. Ignis won’t stop the party from
cheese wheels Arthur intended to sell to Kaga. To do so, they must compare Arthur’s seasonal reports and Cheese Sample Observations table in the almanac with the cheese wheels on this shelf: In the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
heresy, when it is expressed openly, is liable to be savagely crushed by the priestesses of Lolth. So most of Vhaeraun’s male followers honor him simply by trying to carve out better lives for themselves
to trick her way into the company of the gods. Regardless, Zinzerena always has some element of illusion magic about her, and she uses it and other deceptions to get the better of more powerful






