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Dungeon Master’s Guide
vanish, and the pot of pigment is wasted.
When the work is done, all the painted objects and terrain features become real. Thus, painting a door on a wall creates an actual door, which can be opened to
elements you create), during which time you must remain in the Cube, and requires Concentration. If your Concentration is broken or you leave the Cube before the work is done, all the painted elements
Adult Copper Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
valuable ores, art objects, and other oddities it has collected over its lifetime. Worthless items are put on display in open caves to tantalize treasure seekers and distract them from where the real
the next round, the mud hardens, and the Strength DC to work free increases to 20.
Regional Effects
The region containing a legendary copper dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic
Ancient Copper Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
seekers and distract them from where the real treasure is hidden.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects
2 feet of movement. On initiative count 20 on the next round, the mud hardens, and the Strength DC to work free increases to 20.
Regional Effects
The region containing a legendary copper dragon
Charlatan
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
city that just happens to be for sale. These marvels sound implausible, but you make them sound like the real deal.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of HandTool Proficiencies
friendship last forever. (Good)
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Aspiration. I’m determined to make something of myself. (Any)
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Bond
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I fleeced the wrong person and must work to ensure that
Dwarf
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
ye in trouble if I came out an’ looked for ye!”
— R. A. Salvatore, The Crystal Shard
Kingdoms rich in ancient grandeur, halls carved into the roots of mountains, the echoing of
frivolous. Two things to be said for them, though: They don’t have many smiths, but the ones they have do very fine work. And when orcs or goblins come streaming down out of the mountains, an elf
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a collection of religious texts stuffed into an attic and forgotten when a believer’s patron deity died. In this solitary work, you’ve learned secrets no one else knows.
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You killed
past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society.
Work with your DM to
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
glow. Earth genasi hair can appear carved of stone or crystal or resemble strands of spun metal.
Genasi
Tracing their ancestry to the genies of the Elemental Planes, each genasi can tap into the
, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and reforming without purpose or direction, until a creature exerts deliberate will to stabilize it. Through their potent psionic power, githzerai carved a home for themselves amid the chaos. As the
work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
20. Wall of Gemstones Carved into the northeast wall is a fresco that depicts dwarves tossing gems into the mouth of a giant xorn. Treasure The gemstones in the fresco are real and can be pried from
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
you make them sound like the real deal.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of HandTool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, Forgery kitEquipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit
work to ensure that this individual never crosses paths with me or those I care about.
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I owe everything to my mentor—a horrible person who’s probably rotting in jail somewhere
Ancient Deep Dragon
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, they use local settlements—and any competent visitors—as pawns in their struggle.
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An ancient deep dragon has put the folk of a city to work building the dragon a metropolis to rule
alliances or enmities. Their lairs are highly individual. Some are woven from networks of living fungus. Others are built upon the ruins of ancient cities or carved into caves near underground lakes.
Deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
The Afterlife Casino The Afterlife Casino lies three miles north of the nearest town. It’s an architectural marvel built into a natural cavern carved by a river nicknamed the River Styx. Since the
real River Styx is a route to the afterlife, Quentin Togglepocket named his establishment the Afterlife Casino. After passing through the casino, the river pours over a waterfall into a larger body of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the lowest level (area P16), because this room’s magic can transform an illusory creature or object into a real one (within limits). The simulacrum thinks it can use the rune chamber to turn itself
return and quash the simulacrum’s efforts to test the rune chamber. Neither the simulacrum nor Krintaas is aware that the real Dzaan is dead (see “Toil and Trouble”). When the characters show up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
before the work is done, all the painted elements vanish, and the pot of pigment is wasted. When the work is done, all the painted objects and terrain features become real. Thus, painting a door on a
wall creates an actual door, which can be opened to whatever is beyond. Painting a pit creates a real pit, the entire depth of which must lie within the 20-foot Cube. No object created by a pot of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
delivered him a partner, a ventriloquist’s dummy carved in the likeness of Strahd von Zarovich. The eerie dummy has a mind of its own, insisting that it is the real Strahd and that the creature currently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
your work will help them rise through the ranks 4 A senior reporter obsessed with their own supposedly groundbreaking work, making you run down the day-to-day stories they don’t consider “real
printed page. Depending on the editor, you might not even recognize the stories when they’re printed, and your editor’s personality and goals can have a tremendous impact on your work for the paper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Arch Gate to Level 15 Ceiling. This chamber soars to a height of 30 feet.
Arch. A stone arch set into the south wall is decorated with gold-inlaid images of dragons in flight. Carved into the
wall above the arch are the following words in Draconic: “Only a dragon can unlock this gate.”
Fountains. Alcoves to the west and east contain stone fountains, each carved to look like a perched
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Cube before the work is done, all the painted elements vanish, and the pot of pigment is wasted.
When the work is done, all the painted objects and terrain features become real. Thus, painting a door
on a wall creates an actual door, which can be opened to whatever is beyond. Painting a pit creates a real pit, the entire depth of which must lie within the 20-foot Cube.
No object created by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Plane of Earth. Giants of an ancient civilization sought to harvest the rockslide’s magic and endless mineral resources. To aid their work, they carved walkways around the rockslide and built stone
bridges spanning the fissure it pours into. The Giant runes these folk carved into the bridges still glimmer with crystalline light as they harness elemental earth magic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Mad Mage’s Puzzle Indentation. A 4-inch-deep, 8-foot-wide, 10-foot-long rectangular indentation is carved into the floor of this 20-foot-high cavern.
Jigsaw Pieces. A loose pile of carved
, painted stones stands near the south wall.
The pile contains ninety-nine chunks of stone, each weighing 25 pounds and carved in the shape of a jigsaw puzzle piece. The pieces form an image of Halaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
at a table in area E7. Her fellow gamblers don’t realize she cheats. “Tarina” is not a real name, of course. Before retiring to Baldur’s Gate, Tarina was a pirate known as Rhonda Thunderbell (also
not her real name). After serving Captain Murosko Sessprin of the Uncivil Serpent faithfully for months, she stole loot from her fellow pirates and fled before they could stop her. Most of that loot has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Settlements and Sites The lands of Mordent are carved into estates passed down through hereditary lines, accompanied by minor titles of nobility. These estates—including Gryphon Hill, Heather House
, and Westcote Manor—number among the most notable landmarks in the domain. The tenant farmers who work the land pay a portion of their crops to the landowners as rent. A small but relatively well-off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
images of soaring dragons is embedded in the middle of the north wall, atop a 3-foot-high red marble dais. Carved into the wall above the arch are the following words in Draconic: “Only a dragon can
denied admittance to Dweomercore (level 9), and Halaster robbed him of his spellbook. The Mad Mage has promised to return the book once Kavil completes his work. (In fact, Halaster has misplaced the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
26. Spider Queen’s Temple Years of neglect have left this temple in a terrible state. Work has begun to repair the damage. Web Curtain A web curtain separates a 50-foot-high arched narthex to the
a giant spider. Whether Vlonwelv and her entourage are here or not, the temple nave contains the following features: Decor. Six cracked pillars carved with intertwining demons stretch to a 50-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
collapsed 40,000 years ago. From Shadow, Substance. This speculative work discusses how one might harness the Weave to turn an illusory object or creature into its real counterpart, with commentary and
wizard’s words as follows: “Behold my masterpiece! Here can illusions be made real, shadows become substance! Create your illusion, let it stand atop the crystal disk, and watch my rune chamber do its work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
when the orcs stormed the mines. The dead still lie where they fell. Many tunnels intersect at this natural, thirty-foot-high cavern. The walls are carved with simple reliefs showing dwarf and gnome
miners hard at work. Below them, nearly two dozen skeletons in rusted scraps of armor are scattered across the cavern floor. Some are dwarf skeletons, while others are orc remains. Half a dozen large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Droaam. 6 An ogre warlord is accused of destroying a village just outside the borders of Droaam. The characters must bring the warlord to justice or work with the ogre to find the real culprit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Bytopia Creatures influenced by Bytopia appear carved, constructed, or sculpted by an expert artisan. A creature influenced by Bytopia also gains one or more of following traits of your choice
sound (wind, waves, chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon is perceivable up to 10 feet away.
The magical property lasts for 24 hours.
Sounds of Work. Whenever the creature casts a spell or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Campaign Tracking Consistent details bring your campaign to life, and continuity helps players imagine that their characters are living in a real world. If the adventurers frequent a particular
notes might differentiate important people in a town by their different voices, as well as their names, the places where they live and work, the names of their family members and associates, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
D3. Courtyard This courtyard is open to the sky, and its walls have been carved with scenes of dwarves engaged in rituals, often in pairs, of a friendly or amorous nature. A twenty-foot-tall statue
of a female dwarf in a gown stands atop a stone dais in the middle of the courtyard, her arms outstretched in a welcoming gesture, her face carved with a warm smile. Unlit stone braziers stand in each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and her priests bless anyone they see wearing such adornments. Lliira’s followers aren’t frivolous, however. To them, divine joy is a very real gift to the world of mortals, and one much needed. To
that end, they fight those who would bring misery to others. They are fierce against their foes, and joyous revelers when their work is done.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Signature Case Inquisitives occupy a significant place in the popular imagination, both in their real-life exploits (as reported in the newspapers) and in many fictionalized accounts. As romanticized
against you. 2 The Set Up. You uncovered evidence of a high-profile figure’s misdeeds. At trial, that evidence was deemed false, but by then the accused’s career was ruined. 3 Scandal. Your work uncovered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
their goals, the characters might need to work with Fiends. Environment. Avernus is a hellscape in the most literal sense: a ravaged battlefield littered with decaying carcasses and wrecked war machines
landscape, reeking of ash and brimstone. Due to this perpetual smoky twilight, there are no real days or nights in Avernus. Time passes as usual, though, and can be tracked in hour increments. History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
how to magically replicate those creatures’ sounds. Black Dragon Prop. “Someone wants to summon and control a real young black dragon on stage. No way will that work!” Students keep the biblioplex assistants busy with their many requests while studying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
before work on the adventure was scheduled to begin. Matthew Mercer, whom you might know from the livestreamed show Critical Role, lent us his boundless imagination and helped flesh out the villains and
Waterdeep, I wish to thank Ed Greenwood for making the City of Splendors what it is: the kind of magical place you wish in your heart was real.
Chris Perkins
December 2017