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Lizardfolk
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pleasurable creatures and things are ones that allow lizardfolk to assess more situations as benign rather than fearsome.
Cold and Calculating
Most humanoids describe cold-blooded people as lacking in
into the future. This approach allows them to maintain their current level of influence in the world, but it limits their growth. Lizardfolk have no interest in developing writing, making long-term
Hobgoblin
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two and the more frequently honored. He is seen as a stoic, cold-blooded, and tyrannical leader, and hobgoblins believe he expects the same behavior from them. Bargrivyek is a god of duty, unity, and
a powerful magic item), by fine performances (writing and performing a great ballad about the legion), by designing and constructing a great defense or monument, and through other means. But the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dzaan’s side as his faithful, undead bodyguard. Dzaan’s ultimate goal is to plunder Ythryn. Without his spellbook, however, the wizard is woefully underpowered. Concealed under layers of cold weather
clothing, Dzaan and Krintaas must travel to Bryn Shander to obtain a blank spellbook, as well as writing supplies and provisions. In the meantime, Dzaan urges the characters to seek out and destroy his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
made of black crystal inscribed with strange writing rests on the table. The tablet is cold to the touch, and its writing appears to writhe. Treasure. Xerrion Shadowdusk originally used the tablet to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
covered wagon, where she took to writing this book to pass the time. Although a dozen Vistani are colorfully described in the tome, only two are mentioned by name: Drasha, a teenage girl who applied
wagon. The author describes rough roads, days of travel through impenetrable mist and thick forest, crackling fires on cold nights, wolves howling in the dead of night, and ravens pecking at the roof of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
respond to the summons and commands of the spurs’ wearer. Magic Item: Infernal Tack Wondrous Item, Legendary (Requires Attunement by a Creature of Evil Alignment) A rider binds a nightmare to its
service with infernal tack, which consists of a bridle, bit, reins, saddle, and stirrups, along with spurs that are worn by the rider. A nightmare equipped with infernal tack must serve whoever wears the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
officer (see appendix B) named Ardlic Vanse is seated at a desk, writing a report. He commands the forces here. He is terrified of his commander, Kansaldi Fire-Eyes, and will sacrifice his life and the
its rider, a Dragon Army officer, are in this stable (see appendix B for both stat blocks). If the characters enter, the dragonnel recognizes them as intruders and attacks. This is likely the first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-feathered ravens tear into the flesh of the desolate creature caged within. Underneath the bridge is a worg with a rider on its back. The rider, swathed in cold weather clothing, appears to be a rather fat
. Four goblins dressed in cold weather clothing stand guard atop each tower. The rampart battlements grant them half cover against attacks from outside the fort. They are supposed to be looking outward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Avarice’s Quarters This room is the private quarters of an albino tiefling who sits at a small desk in the dark, writing in a book with white leather covers. An ink-black crow perches on one of her
characters slay or capture Avarice, the gargoyles attack them as they leave the keep. Treasure. Avarice keeps her staff of frost within easy reach. When she’s not writing in her spellbook, she sticks it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Yagnoloth Anyone who would contract yugoloths for a task usually ends up dealing with a yagnoloth. Cunning negotiators, these strange Fiends handle the writing of contracts for their fellow yugoloths
15 (+2)
CHA
18 (+4)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Int +7, Wis +6, Cha +8
Skills Deception +8, Insight +6, Perception +6, Persuasion +8
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rider is considered one creature, and they are inseparable. The golems will not leave the room under any circumstances, and they attack only under specific conditions (see the “Development” section
, causing the sand within it to fall to the floor. The magic writing on the base of the hourglass reads as follows: Cast a stone into the fire:
Violet leads to the mountain spire
Orange to the castle’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a crushed black pearl worth 500 gp (circle of death) 7 A pouch of soot and a pouch of salt (comprehend languages) 8 Three shards of pale white crystal (cone of cold) 9 A small clay pot filled with
writing quill (dream) 12 Eight squid tentacles (Evard’s black tentacles) 13 Ten feathers (feather fall or fly) 14 Nine tiny balls of bat guano and sulfur (fireball) 15 A block of incense worth 250 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rider 9 Trinket 10 Hidden bundle 11 1d4 swarm of ravens (50%) or 1 wereraven (see appendix D) in raven form (50%) 12 1d6 dire wolves 13 3d6 wolves 14 1d4 berserkers 15 Corpse 16 1d6 werewolves in human
Corpse 7 Hidden bundle 8 Skeletal rider 9 1d8 swarm of bats 10 1d6 dire wolves 11 3d6 wolves 12 1d4 berserkers 13 1 druid and 2d6 twig blights 14 2d4 needle blights 15 1d6 werewolves in wolf form 16 3d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (4d10 + 7) bludgeoning damage.
Fire giants shun cold as much as their cousins the frost giants hate heat. They can adapt to cold environments with effort
livestock and harvesting fields whose bounty is almost entirely tithed to the fire giant kings.
Fire giant crafters work through insight and experience rather than writing or arithmetic. Though most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
+0 +0
Con 22 +6 +11
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 19 +4 +9
Wis 12 +1 +6
Cha 15 +2 +7
Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities Poison; Frightened
Cha 16 +3 +3
Skills Deception +6, Insight +5, Perception +5, Stealth +5
Resistances Cold, Fire
Immunities Charmed
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Languages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
materials are the carpets and tapestries, and a portable writing desk that appears to have been taken from a sailing ship.
If this is the characters’ first meeting with Maccath the Crimson, add: Seated
at the writing desk is a female tiefling wearing a blazing crimson cloak over tailored furs. The cloak is fastened with a silver-and-ivory brooch bearing a design reminiscent of a stylized, branching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
materials are the carpets and tapestries, and a portable writing desk that appears to have been taken from a sailing ship.
If this is the characters’ first meeting with Maccath the Crimson, add: Seated
at the writing desk is a female tiefling wearing a blazing crimson cloak over tailored furs. The cloak is fastened with a silver-and-ivory brooch bearing a design reminiscent of a stylized, branching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
village of Fireshear is home to a griffon rider and trainer, Dasharra Keldabar. Characters seeking flying mounts in Waterdeep, Neverwinter, or Luskan are directed to Dasharra. They can pay her for griffon
of 8 miles per hour and can travel roughly 64 miles per day when flying against the wind. The flight to Svardborg takes five days, with strong, cold headwinds the entire way. Thanks to a stiff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
about until someone grabs them and starts writing on them. As an action, a character can try to snatch a sheet out of the air, doing so with a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. Folding a sheet of
appear on the horizon immediately and take 20 minutes to reach the tower, where they alight on the balcony. Each bird waits patiently for a rider to climb on its back. The giant cranes deliver the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
sell the elven crafts to others, which has given the Halfway Inn an undeserved reputation as Evereska’s trading post. Permit me to state this in as clear a fashion as writing allows: don’t venture into
, when I followed a haunting song or a wisp of light among the roiling fogs of the Greycloaks, picked sweet berries in the hollows of the hills, and swam in the cold streams that flowed out of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
grill helps keep the deck crew warm on cold days and nights. An iron wheel on the starboard side of the furnace opens and closes a bronze valve at the top of the cylinder, which has the effect of
successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. Each cabin contains two hammocks (one above the other), a writing desk, a chair, a footlocker, and a porthole. The portholes’ windows are latched shut from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
desk sits a spectral cloud giant wearing a fancy housecoat. It appears to be in the act of writing something, but without paper or pen—the act is just a mime.
Characters who observe the cloud giant
pulses with arcane and elemental energy, filling the room with whipping winds and biting cold. Standing next to the crystal is a water genasi with turquoise skin and blue robes. He is guarded by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
never acknowledged his death and still speaks to his body as if he were alive. He was, while he lived, her only friend and confidant. Arveiaturace the White Wyrm and Her Mysterious Rider Running the
Encounter. If this encounter takes place during a blizzard, the dragon is buried under heavy snow, waiting out the storm with her outstretched wings lying flat at her sides. Her rider is visible above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
hold writing in a forgotten language or symbols whose significance is lost to the ages. 20 Undead. The item incorporates symbols of death, such as bones and skulls, and it might be crafted from parts
of corpses. It feels cold to the touch. Magic Item’s History 1d8 History 1 Arcane. This item was created for an ancient order of spellcasters and bears the order’s symbol. 2 Bane. This item was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wall for secret doors finds it automatically. T4. Coat Closet This is the speaker’s personal coat closet. A full set of cold weather clothing is stored in the wooden trunk. T5. Privy This room contains a
wooden chairs face a large, cloth-covered table, behind which the speaker sits while presiding over small claims court cases. Next to this table is a small writing desk for the court clerk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
be moving. 2–4 Human. The item was created during the heyday of a fallen human kingdom, or it is tied to a human of legend. It might hold writing in a forgotten tongue or symbols whose significance
cold to the touch. What Is a Detail from Its History? d8 History 1 Arcane. This item was created for an ancient order of spellcasters and bears the order’s symbol. 2 Bane. This item was created
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the furniture is bolted to the floor, including an unmade bed with a squid-shaped headboard, a writing desk stained with ink, an open trunk, a slender wardrobe stuffed with old robes, and a wooden
level: counterspell, fly, lightning bolt, sending, water breathing
4th level: arcane eye, banishment, fire shield, ice storm, stoneskin
5th level: cone of cold, scrying, seeming, teleportation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Encounters in the Crypt The following descriptions correspond to areas marked on map 3.3. The entire crypt is terribly cold and wreathed in ankle-deep mist. All rooms and passages in the crypt are 10
text to the players: A stack of eight leather-bound journals rests atop a large writing table in this cramped chamber.
The journals belong to Olanthius the death knight and are written in Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
muddy image form the name “Culley.” F4: Bedroom The bedroom holds a bed and writing desk for a single occupant. Most of the space is neat and orderly, but the desk is strewn with art supplies and
the pantry’s floor opens to reveal a 10-foot-tall ladder descending into a darkened cold-storage cellar. The stench of something rotting rises from below. F7: Cellar and Tunnel Shelves bearing root
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
don’t have long to wait before someone arrives (see the “Werebear Visitor” sidebar). Characters in spirit form can convince the new arrival to do what they cannot, perhaps by writing messages in the
of miles to the south. The extreme cold has caused the wine to freeze. Despite its inability to partake of the libations, the spirit of Macreadus reacts poorly toward characters who thaw and drink
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
scrolls (arms of Hadar, bane, and dimension door) and a bag containing six pieces of jewelry worth 100 gp each. D8a: Tower Ground Floor A cold wind descends this tower staircase.
The stairs here
, phantasmal force, shield, and suggestion. D9: Guest Bedrooms These two adjacent rooms are furnished identically: This dusty room contains a bed, a wardrobe, and a writing desk.
The first character to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
suggests that they visit Dasharra Keldabar, a griffon rider and trainer living in the village of Fireshear, and use the gemstones to pay her to train them to ride griffons. (The gemstones aren’t
adventurers. Sir Baric Nylef’s Quest Sir Baric is determined to find the Weevil. At this point, however, he fears that the trail has gone cold. He plans to remain in Bryn Shander only a couple more days
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
writing desk and matching chair, a dresser, a tall wardrobe, and an owlbear throw rug draped over a padded chair with matching ottoman. Coach House The Cassalanters own three carriages — one for their
and either staring dismally out toward the ocean or watching her children in the garden below ( area C25). C26. Cellar This cellar is kept free of dust and cobwebs by servants. It is unsettlingly cold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
writing table with a basalt top rests against another wall. Numerous rugs, many of them singed at the edges, lie scattered on the floor. Wall hangings woven in various shades of scarlet, blood, and
shelves and a writing desk are to the south. A small table is set against the middle the northern wall. There, sheets of parchment and an inkwell sit haphazardly next to two flagons and a stack of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
characters show Zyrian the writing of the scrivener’s mark on them, the ghost immediately understands what has happened to them and becomes kindly and coherent. Zyrian can fill in any details of the
directed at the door to area H8. When the characters are ready, the ghost wishes them luck. As soon as a damage-dealing spell targets the door, the ground trembles and a cold wind gusts through the






