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Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
and is obsessed with stories. In fact, he has amassed quite a collection of storybooks, which he keeps in silk sacks for easy transport.
When Yarnspinner dreams, he projects a harmless, ghost-like
thicket by whistling a tune while walking backward.
Fablerise is a small Domain of Delightâroughly three square miles nestled in a forest called Thither, which is part of a much larger Domain of
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands.
Monster Hunter. The half-elf ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van
Richtenâs tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid, and together they had a son, Erasmus. When he was fourteen, Erasmus was
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
witches, Lysaga recently uncovered a potential threat to Strahd: a secret society of wereravens called the Keepers of the Feather, a group that uses ordinary ravens as their spies.
Strahd doesnât
matter of seconds.
Baba Lysagaâs Traits
Ideal. âNo love is greater than a motherâs love for her son.â
Bond. âI am the mother of Strahd. Anyone who disputes this fact
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
any combination of such qualities. Some of these piscine body parts provide them with special abilities.
The Sea Spawn of Purple Rocks
Visitors to a string of islands called the Purple Rocks (in
the Forgotten Realms setting) might notice one curious fact about the islandsâ human inhabitants: no infants or elderly are among them. This is because babies born to the Rocklanders are claimed
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
position of leadership normally held by an elder brain. Regardless, all such arcanists face the same stark fact: when they die, they will not join the host of minds in the elder brainâdeviant
reality, a group of nine mind flayer arcanists used their arcane magic and psionics to weave a new truth. These nine called themselves the Alhoon, and those who follow in their footsteps are referred to by
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
psionic powers and built a great city called Tuânarath. They have since spread throughout the multiverse, starting in outposts outside the Astral Plane, called creches, where time passes and their
centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the raceâs description.
Height and Weight
Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their mastersâ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters canât fully change shape, but
elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the raceâs description.
Height and Weight
Player characters, regardless of
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
on the spur of the moment, with no depth or historyâis called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then might never be used again. However, many
end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the raceâs
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
own, which giff have learned to channel through their weapons. Most giff have no idea where this so-called astral spark comes from, but they feel its presence most strongly when they are in Wildspace
about a century, assuming the character doesnât meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuriesâa fact noted in the description
Backgrounds
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
scientific fact, if you donât know that information, you know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a Simic laboratory, or sometimes from an Izzet facility, a
abundant connections among the Simic. The guild members live in watery sinkholes called zonots, and their isolation shelters them from much contact with outsiders. Nonetheless, a fair number of Simic
Lizardfolk
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
If youâre considering taking a scaled one along on an adventure, remember this important fact. The strange, inhuman glint in its eyes as it looks you over is the same look you might give a
hide in a stand of reeds before ambushing an animal might be called Achuak, which means âgreenâ to describe how she blends into the foliage.
Lizardfolk make no distinction between male and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Grudd Haug The hill giantsâ den is called Grudd Haug, which means âriver moundâ in Giant. Resembling a beaver dam, it straddles a river. The lower level of the den is lodged between two rocky
. The structure is an impressive feat of engineering, well beyond the ability of hill giants to fabricate on their own. In fact, Grudd Haugâs design is the work of hobgoblin and goblin engineers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Chapter 3: Treacherous Salvage The characters escaped their endangered world with the help of Captain Sartell and her ship, the Moondancer, and ran afoul of an astral elf ship called a star moth
!
What at first appeared to be a dangerous mind flayer ship turns out to be a derelict vessel. Closer investigation turns up a single member of a pirate crew. In fact, this âsurvivorâ is a psurlon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
The Far Realm The Far Realm is outside the known multiverse. In fact, it might be an entirely separate universe with its own physical and magical laws. Where stray energies from the Far Realm leak
elves once opened a vast portal to the Far Realm within a mountain called Firestorm Peak, but their civilization imploded in bloody terror and the portalâs location â even its home world â is long forgotten. Lost portals might still exist, marked by an alien magic that mutates the area around them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
parallel dimensions occupying the same cosmological space, so they are often called echo planes or mirror planes to the Material Plane. The worlds and landscapes of these planes mirror the natural
, also called the Plane of Faerie, is a land of soft lights and wonder, a country of little people with great desires, a place of music and death. It is a realm of eternal twilight, with slow lanterns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
who dare to stand in the way. Coupled with the fact that Daask primarily targets businesses with ties to the Boromars, this means that many of the Watch officers of the lower wards will step aside and
sells a highly addictive drug called dragonâs blood. Daask has another, perhaps surprising area of operation: religion. The organization has brought priests of the Dark Six to Sharn and has restored a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
experience heâd had as a young man. Upon entering a creature called the Wandering Crypt, Omin saw a vision of the heroes who would deliver his sister from that same creature years hence â and later
. The fact that the proprietor of this inn is one Prophetess âProphaâ Dran, mother of Omin Dran, is entirely coincidental but a totally excellent strategic and cost-saving move.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
(1d12) damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease called super-tetanus (see below). The walls, ceiling, and floor of the area between the pits are covered with a
seemingly disappear. This fact tends to frustrate (at least initially) any scheme for attaching a rope to the west wall from afar. In fact, however, one way to get safely across is to get a rope strung
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
Section 3. The Far Realm THE FAR REALM
The Far Realm is outside the known multiverse. In fact, it might be an entirely separate universe with its own physical and magical laws. Where stray energies
that are still viable. Ancient elves once opened a vast portal to the Far Realm within a mountain called Firestorm Peak, but their civilization imploded in bloody terror and the portal's location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
a ship called The Monsoon. She was the first mortal to decipher the secret patterns of the winds (provoking Thassaâs ire), and she sailed over the edge of the world and into Nyx to claim her place
champion of Heliod who is never named but simply called âthe Champion.â A closer read, though, reveals that the tales take place over the span of centuries and the identity of the Champion changes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
the enmity between Bahamut and Tiamat (Bahamut is often called the King of Metallic Dragons in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and Tiamat the Queen of Chromatic Dragons. In other worlds they have
different names, and like all gods, they are beyond gender.) The origin of Dragonâs Rest is rooted in that animosity. Ages ago, a fire-breathing red dragon called Sharruth rampaged up and down the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check knows that the desolation is attributed to the long-ago rampage of a dragon named Ashardalon. A few locals also know this fact. Cattle herders donât graze their
wizard (Sharwyn Hucrele), a paladin of Pelor (Sir Braford), and a ranger (KaraÂkas). Sir Braford was not a local, and he had a magic sword called Shatterspike. Sometimes the goblins offer a different
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
altar is a serene priest in sunny robes.
The priest is, in fact, a gray slaad using its Change Shape ability to fool the characters. The slaad was sent here to kill them, plain and simple. It
killed the real priest, stole his robes, and threw his body and holy symbol off the train. The slaad works for an evil, multiverse-spanning organization called the Syndicate of Terror, Extortion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
of Rakdos; in fact, the demons of Ravnica might have been created by Rakdos in the same way that angels were created by the Boros Legionâs founder. As a demon lord who has chosen to live in Ravnica
riots that raze entire city blocks. The only thing demons fear is Rakdos himself, who doesnât tolerate rivals and hates to be upstaged. Demonic âDevils.â The creatures called âdevilsâ in Ravnica are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
â simultaneously concordant and in opposition. The plane has varied terrain, with prairies, mountains, and shallow rivers. The Outlands is circular, like a great disk. In fact, those who envision the Outer
sharing a fine bottle of wine. Given the fact that you can ride a horse in the Outlands from a heaven to a hell, a planar-themed campaign can be set there without the need for planar travel. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Far Realm Alfven Ato When the Dragonâs Tear comet appears above Firestorm Peak, the Vast Gate forms a bridge to the Far Realm The Far Realm is outside the known multiverse. In fact, it might be an
, tentacles, and horror. The Far Realm has no well-known portals, or at least none that are still viable. Ancient elves once opened a vast portal to the Far Realm within a mountain called Firestorm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, called the wheel of stars. They also know that Horn Enclave is all but impossible to get into. Thankfully, Acquisitions Incorporated has the partyâs back. With the help of Acq Inc fixer Flabbergast
the Six. The characters get their first glimpse of Splugoth the Returned, one of the Sixâs mysterious members, and the point goblin for the plan to claim the orrery. In fact, the attack is only a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Returned. If he succeeds, the balance of life and death will be shattered.
3 Phenax vanishes. For a time, itâs believe the god has been killed or grew bored and left Theros. In fact, though, Phenax
managed to imprison another god and has since taken their place.
4 Phenax dispatches a powerful agent to find a lost relic called Deceptionâs Edge, a dagger that enables the wielder to warp the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
spy stat block), members of a group called the Ashen Heirs, have interrupted the festivities to antagonize the Brightguard. As they do so, their attempts to stand atop stalls cause booths and tents to
collapse, disrupting trade and imperiling vendors. Each anarchist wears an intimidating mask sculpted to look like an efreeti and carries a device called a boomhailer. These sound-amplifying, clockwork
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
impact on certain magical powers, and the risk of addiction and deadly overdose with every use. Thatâs the thrill of the drug called dragonâs blood, which currently enjoys skyrocketing popularity in
order of highly skilled assassins and thieves in Sharn. Less well known is the fact that this guild consists primarily of criminals who bear aberrant dragonmarksâhence its choice of namesake, as Lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
leader of a diverse range of druids spread across the region. Another interesting fact about Oalian? Heâs a tree! Some say heâs a child of Eberron herself, while others assert that heâs the spirit of an
ancient druid trapped in tree form. Whatever the truth, the Great Druid Oalian appears as a massive greatpine in a grove called Greenheart, deep in the Towering Wood.
We, the Ashbound, are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Hill Giants Hill giants live to eat. Anyone who understands this one fact about them knows everything there is to know. Ordning of Gluttony Hill giants are the weakest of the true giants. They have
, but most of them recover and donât learn anything from the experience. The rare exceptions are called mouths of Grolantor â giants that are confined and starved to the point of emaciation before being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
served by the Dungsweepersâ Guild â a fact that will be quite evident to your nose if you venture here. I donât recommend that you spend any more time here than it takes to pass through from one gate to
obliges them to help you reach the city proper in safety. THE WONDERS OF THE WAYMOOT
The place where the High Road and the Way of the Dragon meet in the south of the city is called the Waymoot. At the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
Icewind Dale Go far enough north, and you will come to the mountains rightly called the Spine of the World. Turn west and go toward the Sea of Moving Ice, and you might eventually come upon one of
the scattered communities of Icewind Dale. You can also travel up the ever-narrowing road from Luskan called the Northern Means, and eventually come upon the frozen tundra beyond. Why travel so far