bustling before diffusing create respectively

Dabus

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

minute or if the dabus’s concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell).Among the bustling throngs of Sigil’s streets float gray-skinned, vaguely humanlike figures with curled horns

cobblestone hands. When dabus communicate, rather than speaking or signing words, they create esoteric illusory images and symbols in front of themselves. Scholars have yet to determine the origin of

Skald

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Skald The largest community in Kartakass, Skald presents itself as a bustling hub of commerce and creativity that boasts the best of everything in the land. The lure of overnight celebrity, glowing

and aging celebrities prey on youth and creativity, while critics and struggling performers create a culture of desperate deceptions. Vice, criminality, dark bargains, and supernatural predators flourish in Skald, like a pack of wolves hiding behind glamorous masks.

Settlements

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Settlements The places where people live — bustling cities, prosperous towns, and tiny villages nestled among miles of farmland — help define the nature of civilization in your world. A single

settlement — a home base for your adventurers — is a great place to start a campaign and begin your world building. Consider the following questions as you create any settlement in your world: What purpose

Dabus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

Dabus Among the bustling throngs of Sigil’s streets float gray-skinned, vaguely humanlike figures with curled horns. Where they travel, cracks in the mortar seal shut, stray bricks float back into

edicts, hurling bricks at troublemakers and subduing them by causing the streets to sprout grasping cobblestone hands. When dabus communicate, rather than speaking or signing words, they create esoteric

Reproduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Humanoids and dragons alike understand the transformation to be a transition into a higher state of existence. 6 Divine Origin. Only Bahamut and Tiamat can create dragon eggs—each egg is the

result of divine intervention. 7 Spontaneous Formation. Dragon eggs arise naturally in certain regions, often in underground veins of metal ore or gems for metallic and gem dragons, respectively, or

City of Guilds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

City of Guilds In all their fantastic diversity, the cosmopolitan citizens of Ravnica go about their daily business in bustling markets and shadowy back alleys. Shambling pack animals (mammals

leadership of Prime Speaker Zegana, the biomancers of the Simic Combine apply magic to the life sciences. Striving to create a harmonious future where creatures of all kinds are perfectly adapted to their ever

Dragon Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, the fang, the claw, the wing, and the eye, representing endurance, ruthlessness, savagery, speed, and cunning, respectively. You could also create factions based around the damage types dealt by

necessarily create conflict within a party, though. Rather, those affiliations create a potentially interesting tension between individual goals and the goals of the party as a whole. Dragon Overlords

6. Undertakers' Watch Post

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

have been added in Goblin: Smelly Bottom, Stupid Skull, and Born Toothless, respectively. A detect magic spell reveals the faintest, lingering trace of magic within both fragments of the staff. The

stone box in area 14b. The bandits are unaware of the key’s presence. Uktarl keeps his bedroll inside the stone tub, along with a set of thieves’ tools and enough stolen gear to create one explorer’s

Dragon Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

K’rshinthintl and Claugiyliamatar are called Cyan Bloodbane and Old Gnawbones, respectively. When naming a dragon, take whatever approach appeals to you. But bear in mind that dragons need memorable names

choose from. If you like, you can rearrange these elements and add or drop letters to create a smoother flow or a more dramatic sound. For nicknames, look for inspiration in the dragon’s abilities

Abyss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Azzagrat, which encompasses three interconnected layers of the Abyss. His seat of power is the fantastic Argent Palace in the city of Zelatar, whose bustling markets and pleasure palaces draw visitors

plane allows the Abyss to create tiny pockets of Abyssal evil that can eventually become so corrupted that they’re drawn into the Abyss. Thus, adventurers exploring a desecrated temple or fetid swamp

Maze of Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Sa commissioned an infamous mage named Kordan to create it; Kordan filled the maze’s rooms with bloodthirsty creatures and its halls with a disorienting, rust-orange mist. For each hour the party

creatures and traps within the pyramid All the maze’s exits, including those in this room Where Amun Sa’s staff and star-gem are kept (areas P67 and area P68, respectively) The mummy lord Nafik (see

Faerûn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

hope, as tenacious civilizations and peoples rebuild, reclaim, and create anew. Amn. A nation led by the representatives of five noble families, Amn is a place where the wealthy rule, openly and without

of male spellcasters, known as the Old Ones, create magic items and weave arcane rituals for the witches. Rashemi witches revere the Three, a triumvirate of goddesses they call Bhalla (the Den Mother

Paliset Hall Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

mentioning that the shard solitaire has the power to create such a thing.” Secret Vault. “Zorhanna usually keeps her shard solitaire necklace in a vault hidden beneath a pool of frigid water in Paliset

, and the casks contain wine. The staircases lead to areas P6 and area P8, respectively. Storage Closets. Both storage closets are locked. Oren (see area P3) and Anisetta (see area P8) carry keys to

Lambent Zenith Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

conjuration magic within a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts to create portals that allow the ship to quickly traverse the multiverse. The rod piece was stored below the bridge on the ship’s prow. Emergency

form. But when Cirit confronted Ilren about the deception, the death slaad overpowered her. Believing Cirit to be an ordinary halfling spellcaster, Ilren hoped to use her to create a green slaad and

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

the “Giantkind Encounters” section, you can create a series of events with a distinctive flavor. Dinosaur World Encounters Use the Dinosaur World Encounters table to populate “lost worlds” sequestered

from the Material Plane during a long-forgotten era when dinosaurs ruled the world (with or without the presence of giants), or bustling settlements where giants use domesticated dinosaurs as

Cragmaw Castle Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

The chalice, knife, and censer are human-made art objects worth 150 gp, 60 gp, and 120 gp, respectively. Awarding Experience Points Divide 150 XP equally among the characters if the party defeats the

slits here are shuttered, leaving the room dark. The boxed text assumes that the characters have darkvision or a light source. Owlbear The upper floors of this tower have collapsed to create a hollow

Gibbet Crossing Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

until destroyed. This workshop was used to create metal cages of various sizes, all adorned with wicked spikes pointing inward and outward, or both. Cunning hinges and reinforced pins make these cages

its aid. Qunbraxel’s grimlocks know to avoid the grick when they come this way on errands. Although the days when this intersection was a bustling market are gone, it resonates with faint psychic

Cragmaw Castle Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

worth 180 gp and 150 gp, respectively. Lhupo decided the items were of suitable quality for her unnamed rituals. C10: Postern Gate On the south side of the old castle, an overgrown path leads to a

text assumes that the characters have darkvision or a light source. The upper floors of this tower have collapsed to create a hollow silo thirty feet high. The upper reaches of the room are lost in

Cave Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

plan to get past the Undead guardians in this area. W13: Starry Cavern Glittering minerals in the ceiling of this large cavern catch any light and reflect it back to create the impression of a starry

or suit of armor bathed in the green flame for at least 1 minute becomes a +1 weapon or a suit of +1 armor, respectively, for 1d12 hours. Removing the brazier from the Forge of Spells douses the

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. Two gray slaadi use the supplies in this art room to create an abstract mural. The slaadi pause intermittently to criticize each other’s work in muttered croaks. They are hostile toward intruders

two gems worth 450 gp and 125 gp respectively and one spaceship trinket. Roll on the Spaceship Trinkets table to determine the trinket. S18: Operating Theater (Yellow) This large, sterile room is

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

identify the sharks, the giant frog, the giant crayfish, and the sahuagin. VALUABLE NUISANCES The presence of the two lizardfolk hatchlings in the company of the characters might create problems

incense burner are silver, worth 10 gp, 3 gp, and 5 gp respectively. The chest contains 20 gp and a potion of water breathing. 19. Senior Shaman’s Sleeping Quarters A single cot rests by the south wall, an

Guildhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

, respectively. Secret Door. A secret door in the office’s back wall leads to area G6. G6: Basement Staircase A wooden staircase in the northeast corner of this empty, boarded-up room leads to the basement. The

hear the sounds of heavy breathing coming from somewhere ahead. Permanent minor illusion spells create the sounds of heavy breathing. These sounds originate in the two spaces marked T on map 6.2

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

contents. Characters who succeed on a DC 10 Intelligence check realize that the giants are erasing all evidence of the cottage and using its stones to create something artistic and timeless in its place

numerous residences surrounding a central district called the Heartward, wherein the characters can find a roomy tavern (called the Old Dirty Dwarf), several quiet hostels, and a bustling marketplace

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