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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For
other changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of their soul.
The first changelings in the multiverse appeared in the Feywild, and the wondrous, mutable essence of that plane lingers in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
12. Shrine to Olhydra When the characters enter or look into this area, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The coral walls of this chamber shimmer with a light of their own, beautifully
into the face of one of the empty ornate helms on the altar.
This is Shoalar Quanderil, who was reincarnated by Gar to serve him in his new mission. Once jovial and quick to laugh, Shoalar has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Changelings mature slightly faster than humans but share a similar lifespan—typically a century or less. While a changeling can transform to conceal their age, the effects of aging affect them similarly
to humans. Alignment. Changelings tend toward pragmatic neutrality, and few changelings embrace evil. Size. Your size is Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
13. Umberlee’s Chosen Accompanied by two sea lions that he keeps as pets, Gar Shatterkeel resides in this underwater cave while he contemplates his next move and communes with Umberlee. When the
characters enter the chamber, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: Seated on a rough throne made of an odd arrangement of coral, bones, and barnacles, is a man whose right arm has been replaced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher (p. 98) In the final sentence of this subsection, the closing phrase has changed to read as follows: “… unless you’re replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, or 20th level from any school of magic.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
ability score of your choice increases by 1. Age. Changelings mature slightly faster than humans but share a similar lifespan — typically a century or less. While a changeling can transform to conceal
their age, the effects of aging affect them similarly to humans. Alignment. Changelings tend toward pragmatic neutrality, and few changelings embrace evil. Size. Your size is Medium. To set your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
recruit thugs and monsters to join the Cult of the Crushing Wave. When the characters arrive at Rivergard, read the following text: A small castle overlooks the mighty Dessarin River, which is a good half
them. Characters who make use of inside knowledge (asking to see Gar Shatterkeel or Reash, or to sign on with Grimjaw) are considered to be either important guests or spies who know too much. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
3. The Boneyard As the characters emerge into this area, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: This area extends well beyond where you can see, stretching into the darkness. Thousands of
obvious that wasn’t the source of their demise. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check allows a character to recognize that these sailors died by drowning. Development When he arrived, Gar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Tashalar. The characters can be in Candlekeep already doing research of their own, or they might be summoned there if they are known to the library and its scholars. Read or paraphrase the following when
you’re ready to begin the adventure, replacing Great Reader A’lai Aivenmore with another scholar of the characters’ acquaintance if you so choose: A’lai Aivenmore’s mood is dark as they pace before you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
are replacing your race with a lineage, replace any Ability Score Increase you previously had with these. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and
campaign. If you are replacing your race with a lineage, you retain any languages you had and gain no new languages. Creature Type Every creature in D&D, including every player character, has a special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
6. Awaiting the Master’s Orders If any of the characters peer through the hole in the hull of this ship, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The inside of this cabin is fitted with hammock
strewn about the floor of the cabin.
This area is occupied by three drowned ascetics. As they don’t have anything to do until they receive orders from the drowned master, or directly from Gar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
4. Tortle in Torpor As the characters approach this ship, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The coral creates a passageway here that leads directly to another sunken ship which is nearly
the lower decks of the ship.
The area inside the green glow is teeming with life. As the characters approach the opening, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: Within the lighted area, there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The interior of this ship’s hold has been converted into a war room. Water-resistant nautical maps, crafted with the treated hide of some aquatic creature
been created to pose a serious threat to settlements along the coastline. Until then, they await the command of their master, Gar Shatterkeel. The drowned master holds a short, slender metal wand in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Recovery. Both the mind flayers of Bluetspur and the Mists surrounding the domain employ methods similar to the modify memory spell to obscure victims’ memories of their abduction, replacing them with
to their hidden memories, doled out as you deem appropriate. This might take the form of allowing the character to navigate an alien installation, operate an inscrutable device, or read an otherworldly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and provides no impediment. Underwater Passage. If the characters explore beneath the water, read the following: Forty feet beneath the water, the walls are constructed of worked stone. Red and black
crawls up to the landing and joins the battle. P6. Yngukulub the Devourer An aboleth named Yngukulub the Devourer has allied itself with Gar Shatterkeel and the Cult of the Crushing Wave. Deranged kuo-toa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
!” Ingot, a neutral warforged soldier (see chapter 6) with a carved chunk of wood replacing a severed foot, collects a cover fee from creatures that enter the room. Warforged can enter the building for
free, but other humanoids must pay 5 cp each. When the characters enter the Cog Carnival, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: Smoky, low flames in a fireplace barely illuminate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
intend to impersonate, studying them and probing their minds for secrets. A doppelganger can read a creature’s surface thoughts, allowing it to glean that creature’s name, desires, and fears, along with a
merchant or noble, the others take on a number of identities as circumstances warrant, playing the parts of family or servants while they live off the victim’s riches. Changelings. Doppelgangers are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
Most of the monsters that appear in
adventure as written, up to the monastery. Then forgo a second laboratory location, instead replacing the final brain in a jar in the treasury (area M10) with Kwalish, and conclude the adventure there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the players to introduce their characters and describe them to the group. Once they have completed their introductions, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: After swimming for half the day, you
hazards. To this end, the sahuagin are most likely to attack the characters just after the party enters combat with the undead in area 2. EXTERIOR FEATURES
The presence of Gar Shatterkeel and the rift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
10. The Kraken As the characters approach this area, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The coral in this area is equally as beautiful as what you’ve seen elsewhere. The space opens up
the mountain, and let them know that the master of the mountain also resides that way. They’ll tell the characters his name is Gar Shatterkeel, and that he’s a very powerful ocean dweller with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
perch. This caused the entire arch to collapse atop the shrine, damaging it. Crime Scene When the characters investigate this crime scene, read the following: Once a striking cairn of colorful rocks
stones fell, Tamara figures that someone must have taken the centerpiece of the shrine’s rock archway without replacing it. She remarks that the stone was a very pretty, shimmery black color. Being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
increasing the diversity of options for a particular race, rather than replacing some options with other ones. The following example walks through the creation of an elf subrace: the eladrin. This
, replacing the tiefling’s spells with spells of similar levels that more closely match the aasimar’s celestial ancestry. However, the aasimar’s expanded resistance might require limiting this trait to basic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Areas of the Water Temple C1. Lake Landing If the characters arrive by boat from the stream, read the following text: Firelight shines from a large cavern ahead. The stream opens into a large
, a twenty-foot wide canal leads north from the large lake. The lake stretches westward into darkness.
If the characters find their way here from other parts of the dungeon, read the following text
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, and can be read only by you or someone casting Identify. You determine the book’s appearance and materials, such as a gilt-edged tome or a collection of vellum bound with twine. The book contains the
Prepared Spells. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change your list of prepared spells, replacing any of the spells there with spells from your spellbook. Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
can be read only by you or someone casting Identify. You determine the book’s appearance and materials, such as a gilt-edged tome or a collection of vellum bound with twine. The book contains the
Prepared Spells. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change your list of prepared spells, replacing any of the spells there with spells from your spellbook. Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
obvious entrance, but a character can slide between any two overlapping tapestries to emerge inside the shelter. When the characters step inside, read or paraphrase the following. The interior of the
her grief over the death of the wizard she once served. Replacing that wizard with a member of the Arcane Brotherhood seemed a perfect solution. Maccath was smart enough to convince the dragon that his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
obvious entrance, but a character can slide between any two overlapping tapestries to emerge inside the shelter. When the characters step inside, read or paraphrase the following. The interior of the
her grief over the death of the wizard she once served. Replacing that wizard with a member of the Arcane Brotherhood seemed a perfect solution. Maccath was smart enough to convince the dragon that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
choice. Spellbook. Your wizardly apprenticeship culminated in the creation of a unique book: your spellbook. It is a Tiny object that weighs 3 pounds, contains 100 pages, and can be read only by you
of prepared spells, replacing any of the spells there with spells from your spellbook. Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Wizard spells. Spellcasting Focus. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
slit is a tunnel leading to area E6. Read the following text when the characters reach the chamber at the top of the stairs: The passage widens at this point, with two large alcoves flanking the
hobgoblins in area E10 within an hour or two. E2. Columned Chamber If the characters come here without raising an alarm, read the following text: The hall widens to form a domed chamber supported by four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
witnessed the characters’ spontaneous resurrection. The Guvners deploy a cadre of Harmonium officers to place the characters under arrest. When you’re ready to end the exploration, read or paraphrase the
disguises. Faces of Farrow. In addition to their true form (a neutral, elf spy), Farrow regularly dons the following disguises, replacing their game statistics with those of a Sigil faction agent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Tresendar Manor, read the following: Many of the crumbled walls of the manor show signs of having been recently rebuilt, but even that newer stonework has been toppled and smashed, coating everything in the
stand, but most have been burned or smashed to the ground. The older masonry of the manor walls had been crumbling for some time. New stonework was replacing the old, but everything has been smashed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
cellar by descending the stairs from area V7, or they might enter through the eastern door. Read the following boxed text to establish what they see from either direction: Four stone pillars brace
, moving in the same direction while swinging their censers gently. You can make the encounter harder by replacing the cultists with cult fanatics, or adding one or more invisible imps as escorts. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to be a better fit for a particular district. The events on the tables are phrased so they can be read aloud or summarized to players. Lower Sharn Street Events d100 Event 01–02 A minotaur holding
at a table with a sign attached to it that reads, "I say Breland would have won the Last War. Change my mind." 63–64 Two changelings sit on a bench in front of a tavern, sharing a flask. They take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
many changelings use their gifts to entertain and amuse travelers. Some say that it’s the home of the Tyrants criminal guild, but if so, that place is well hidden. Lower Tavick’s Landing High Walls
the 60 Families
If you’ve read more than two issues of the Sharn Inquisitive, you’ve seen at least two stories about the ir’Tain family. King Boranel might rule Breland, and the Lord Mayor might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
abilities of changelings to develop doppelgangers, while implanting a desire to cause chaos in the communities around them.—even when there’s no benefit in it for the doppelganger. Some doppelgangers
, frightened, poisoned, prone
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive perception 23
Languages Deep Speech, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 22 (41,000 XP)
Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read