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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hours.When a gnollâs ravenous hunger is so great that it craves flesh and blood even after death, it can rise as a vampire to continue its feeding frenzy.
A gnoll vampire is a savage predator
-li was a fang of Yeenoghu, a powerful gnoll whose pack invaded Icewind Dale more than a century ago. When the gnollsâ wanton slaughter of reindeer herds threatened the survival of the Reghed
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
character might be nocturnal. Or perhaps your character is simply prone to rise later, embodying the common nickname of night owl.
Creating Your Character
If you create an owlin character, follow these
Construct type.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in D&D is about a century, assuming the character doesnât meet a violent end on an adventure.
Height and Weight
Player
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
inhabited before Maglubiyetâs rise. Now many goblins pursue their own destinies, escaping the plots of both archfey and gods.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your
Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesnât meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
become Great Xing. The area in which the city of Yongjing would one day rise was originally populated by nomadic dwarf shepherds. As humans immigrated to the region, conflict between the races broke
out. Legends say that the violence persisted for a century, until the Dragon of Heavenly Blessings who had founded Great Xing returned. Descending from the clouds, the great dragon bowed before a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Strixhaven Stadium Locations Built less than a century ago, Strixhaven Stadium is a monument to the status and legacy of the university. Important games of Mage Tower are played here, including the
View Player Version X1. Strixhaven Field Strixhaven Stadium is enormous. The circular, bright-green field is covered with small hills, and forty-foot towers rise up at either end of the field. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
early days of the Last War, they declared their independence and the sovereignty of the Mror Holds. That declaration was less than a century ago and that makes it fresh in the mind of many dwarves
by aberrations and other dark things. Nonetheless, these ruins are another source of pride for the Mror. Theyâre heirs of a mighty empire that may one day rise again. The Mror Holds are a loose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
been destroyed. It is not known if and when the Mezroans and their city will return. One of the barae, a human paladin named Alisanda, is wed to Artus Cimber. The two fell in love more than a century
, vine-covered buildings rise above the flooded streets that are now more like canals than roadways. The site is eerily quiet. The ruins have been thoroughly ransacked by the Flaming Fist in the name of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to cause the rise and the ruin of dynasties Adult Dragons A dragonâs transition to adulthood is measured by two milestones: a century of life and a hoard worth around 15,000 gp or more. A hoard of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Acererak, who is fond of deathtraps, marveled at the trials concocted by the Omuans. They inspired him to create his own dungeon below the city. A little over a century ago, Acererak entered Omu and
fell into ruin. Rise of Ras Nsi Fifty years ago, a brood of yuan-ti from Hisari (see chapter 2) slithered into Omu and made it their new home. They built an underground temple beneath the old palace and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-foot-diameter circular lozenge of crystal (the Runestone) embedded at the peak of a 120-foot-tall stalagmite.
Stalactites. The cavern walls taper inward as they rise, becoming a curved, 200-foot-high
chasm by the mad golem in area 2), four dead gargoyles in pieces, and the bones of a dwarf (a miner who slipped and fell into the chasm over a century ago). The minerâs pick lies near the bones.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
catastrophic pain, or magical blasphemies, wraiths spread suffering and the torment of undeath. Humanoids that die near a wraith might be entrapped by the foul spirit and rise as specters bound to the
villain.
3 A legendary villain who returns once a century.
4 Localsâ fear of a superstition or legend.
5 The memory of a tragedy.
6 A profane idea or foul piece of lore.
7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
where you began. The Mror Holds demonstrate this mystery. Over the past century, the dwarves discovered a vast subterranean kingdom within the Ironroot Mountains. Most of these halls rest in the
world; the portals to the worlds within defy natural law. These connections impact the world in a number of ways. Dark forces can rise anywhere in the world, bursting out of a previously unknown portal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
renegotiated, but in the intervening century, the dragon has fallen to shadow.
6 A group of shadar-kai (elves native to the Shadowfell) arrive at a cityâs gates, seeking refuge. They are fleeing the
an army of assassins and Undead shadows.
8 Night after night, innocent folk are drained of their lifeâs energy and rise as shadows. A shadow dragon living in the area is suspected of the foul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
stretch between stands of snow-dusted pine treesâso many trees, in fact, as to constitute a forest. To the northeast, gray cliffs rise sharply, and the road winding up to the abbey is easy to see from
a century ago and hasnât aged a day since. He occasionally visits the Shrine of the White Sun but doesnât talk much, and he demands tribute in the form of wine. No one knows his true name or where he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
guarding nobility, to investigating a ruin or rumor of monsters anywhere in the North. Though it has stood for hundreds of years, Waterdeep is only now returning to its status of a century and a half ago
century claim she is more reserved than she once was. The new Open Lord doesnât speak of her family â any mention of her children, her late husband (the fabled Blackstaff, Khelben Arunsun), or any of her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
has the wisdom to see how lone heroes can change the course of history.
-Fizban
Some dragons can live for over a thousand years, outlasting the rise and fall of nationsâor even whole civilizations
with a more powerful creature for safety
6 Find a good spot for a first independent lair
Young Dragons Young dragons in their first century of life are similar in many ways to adventurers in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
necessary to clear threats away from roads, investigate sabotage, and otherwise protect its vital trade. With the rise of Mithral Hall in the last century, and now Gauntlgrym, Mirabar fears its place as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
their city. Nearly half a century ago, Mount Hotenow (the nearby volcano that perpetually heats the river flowing through the city) violently erupted, destroying much of Neverwinter, killing
the rise, and talented craftfolk returning to ply their trades, that Neverwinter will someday again be worthy of its former epithet: the City of Skilled Hands. Opposition to Neveremberâs authority
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Gnoll Vampire When a gnollâs ravenous hunger is so great that it craves flesh and blood even after death, it can rise as a vampire to continue its feeding frenzy. A gnoll vampire is a savage predator
gnoll whose pack invaded Icewind Dale more than a century ago. When the gnollsâ wanton slaughter of reindeer herds threatened the survival of the Reghed tribes, the tribes banded together against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
connections, as well as to learn what has changed of the world in their century of absence. The Lake of Steam. Far to the south and east of the Sword Coast, the Lake of Steam is more accurately an
Spellplague to a great inundation of the sea. In the century since that great disaster, the waters receded, and now stories told by travelers from the south tell of halfling communities that survived as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
Floshin, an elf older than Daggerford itself. He longs to see a rise in cooperation between humans, dwarves, and elves in the region, such as was once embodied in the realm of Phalorm. Darfin has been
Moor. Phalorm lasted barely a century before repeated orc and goblin attacks overcame it.
Kingdom of Man. When Phalorm fell, the surviving humans of the kingdom established the Kingdom of Man
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Uthgardt tribes will unite against a common enemy. The Uthgardt hate giants most of allâUthgardt legends are replete with tales of how evil giants slew their ancestors and threatened Uthgarâs rise to
was thought destroyed more than a century ago. Recently, clans haunting the High Forest have emerged and begun to spread throughout Delimbiyr Vale, from the Nether Mountains to the northern edge of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
those roads have endured a century of neglect, in the vicinity of the forge they were of dwarven construction, and not even a century of disrepair can erase a dwarven road. The roads are buried under
ash in the Valley of Lost Honor, but where the mountains rise above the ash plain, the road can be spotted easily and followed to the forge entrance. A character who makes a successful DC 13 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
century ago, the city of Elturel was a petty power. It had claimed its neighborsâ territory under various excuses, putting them under âElturelâs Guard.â Then, the cityâs leader, its High Rider, was revealed
, it has given rise in other parts of Elturgard to the expression âas holy as a Berduskan priestâ â which is to say, not very. Scornubel. Known far and wide as the City of Caravans, Scornubel is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
effect you want to bring to bear in your game. The Korranberg
Chronicle
Cataclysm in Cyre!
A magical catastrophe of unknown origin engulfed the nation of Cyre yesterday, bringing a century of war to
where they died, and the corpses that litter an abandoned battlefield might rise up to continue fighting whenever a living creature comes near. Some of these entities are similar to undead that might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
assimilated other folk, adding new blood to their dwindling ranks. There used to be more than four Reghed tribes, but the others have all disbanded over the past century, with many of their former members
nearly fifty years oldâancient by tribal standards. He has led the Elk Tribe for over half his life, and age has made him cautious. He has seen other kings and queens rise and fall, has made war with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dimernesti group in their priestâs absence, is pious, curious, and insightful. Having survived in the deadliest depths of the Turbidus Ocean for over a century, he knows better than to venture into
hours, three water weirds rise from the water between the pillars. They are hostile toward any Humanoid who doesnât openly bear the symbol of Habbakuk. The water weirds cease attacking and vanish if a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
the Uthgardt tribes today.
Blue Bear. The easternmost of the Uthgardt are the Blue Bear â thought destroyed more than a century ago â who have recently emerged from inside the High Forest and
when the humans of the North lived in fear and isolation. Great spirits roamed the forests of the North, preventing humans from banding together to rise up against them. Into this turmoil came Uthgar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
stringy mucus float atop the surface of the murky pool. Three rows of shallow bleachers littered with garbage rise west of the pool.
In addition to providing recreation, this swimming pool hosted
, hypnotic beat.
Four androids (aerialist design) boogie in this trendy disco. The malfunctioning androids have been dancing here for nearly a century. Friction has frayed their outfits at the seams. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the power of Xoriat and the daelkyr at bay, and as long as those seals remain intact, the lords of madness canât rise from the depths. Today, those seals are thousands of years old and the Gatekeepers
create the curse of lycanthropy. Whatever the origin of lycanthropy, in the ninth century YK, the power of the curse surged dramatically, and all lycanthropes were drawn toward evil. The Church of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
). ARUNDIL'S ANIMATED OBJECTS
A century ago, the dwarf mage Arundil animated a number of objects to defend the Foundry against intruders other than dwarves. Many of these creations remain in place today
, burned and hacked by pillagers, and half a dozen skeletal dwarves lie here and there on the floor. With clicking and scraping sounds, the skeletons rise and advance on you.
Creatures. The six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
flames, the cult slices the corpses across the wrists and inflicts a heart-piercing wound, giving rise to rumors that the murders are the result of a supernaturally deadly serial killer. Pasque Enrial
century as an all-gnome artistâs commune. Though only gnomes are invited to rent one of the rambling manorâs thirty-seven studio apartments, Baldurians of all races are welcome to socialize at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
trust earlier, you can use these visitors to spur the plot forward. Hostel Visitors d4 Visitor 1 Jurgen and Gorvis, two dwarf men, have been happily married for a century. Theyâve come to the tower
rise from the Tower of the Heavens. Six members of the Griswill Garrison (lawful neutral, gnome guards) are stationed at each watchtower, for a total of thirty-six guards. The guards constantly watch for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
inflicts a heart-piercing wound, giving rise to rumors that the murders are the result of a supernaturally deadly serial killer. Pasque Enrial, a black gauntlet of Bane, is the cultâs mastermind. He
now spent most of a century as an all-gnome artistâs commune. Though only gnomes are invited to rent one of the rambling manorâs thirty-seven studio apartments, Baldurians of all races are welcome to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
believe the vote was orchestrated by the Zoar family, a group of influential nobles that moved to Everlund from Waterdeep over a century ago amid some scandal. The Zoars have gained considerable
veins of copper and silver ore. In the years that followed, miners settled nearby, giving rise to the town of Fireshear. The miners work for a consortium of three allied merchant companies: Hammaver