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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
adult amethyst dragon;adult amethyst dragon's lair.
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The Enlightened Dragon Master of an isolated monastery is, in fact, an adult amethyst dragon.
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An adult amethyst dragon is at war
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Fisherfolk are at constant war with these plants, which snare fishing lines. It is commonly believed that tangle weed is not natural but is a
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A psychoactive liquid that smells and tastes like your favorite beverage, essence of dreamlily is a Sarlonan opiate. First imported to help manage pain during the Last War, it’s now the most
commonly abused substance in Sharn. Though dreamlily isn’t illegal if used for medicinal purposes, it’s heavily taxed, and thus most dreamlily is smuggled in and sold on the black market
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Blood War Balance A planar faction known as the Fixers aims to restore balance to the Blood War (the eternal feud between demons and devils) by obtaining the true names of a pit fiend commonly known
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
political intrigue, tenuous alliances, and brutal conflicts. Consider these ways to make the Last War a present reality in your campaign: The players create new characters who live during a specific phase of
Playing During the Last War In your campaign, you might want to take a look back at the war as it unfolds. Setting an adventure during the Last War puts the characters in a tumultuous time of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Minotaurs In Eberron, minotaurs are found in the monstrous nation of Droaam. Most minotaurs worship an entity commonly called the Horned Prince, but each clan has its own personal interpretation and
name for the Prince. Some present the Horned Prince as a savage demon who must be satiated with the blood of enemies. Other clans see the prince as a noble war god—analogous to Dol Dorn and Dol Arrah
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, green, gray, and death slaadi requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Defusing Slaad Confrontations. Writing short essays about commonly accepted ways to keep slaadi calm during
fireballs and magical flames at its foes.
Death slaadi are rumored to have a stench so bad it can be deadly. In reality, they can cast the cloudkill spell.
Inexperienced scholars and adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Reactivating X01 Jane Katsubo In one possible reality, modrons
enter the fray in the endless Blood
War between demons and devils Should the characters reactivate X01 by embedding their mimir in
” section. Accurate If the characters’ mimir largely details the Outlands in an unbiased way, X01 realizes reality is behaving within expected parameters. It reactivates as a calm, logical modron that is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
first iteration of physical reality, which was subsequently sundered into the innumerable realities that now make up the Material Plane. The first inhabitant of this First World was Sardior, a ruby
hordes of creatures overran this fledgling world, waging war on the dragons and colonizing the realm in the names of their gods. Bahamut and Tiamat were defeated, and Sardior disappeared. Sometime after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
embodying a concept. Their final work was the Material Plane, where all ideas would become manifest: a realm that could know war and peace, life and death, order and chaos. But cruel Khyber sought ultimate
dominion over this new reality. She struck Siberys without warning and tore him apart. Eberron wrestled with Khyber and bound the traitor in her coils but could not defeat her. So Eberron became a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
passes through the tangle of soldiers to the field beyond the walls.
There, thousands of soldiers in red and black raise the Dragon Army’s camp beyond the reach of Kalaman’s defenders. War machines roll
, Vendri supports them. Use her suggestions and orders to guide the characters toward infiltrating the flying citadel once they have the help of Clystran’s dragonnels—a plan that becomes reality in the “Dragonnel Reinforcements” section.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reconquest by the dwarves. Living in a near-constant state of war for generations, shield dwarves are a hardy people, slow to trust, with long memories and often an equally long list of grievances against
traits of mountain dwarves in the Player’s Handbook. Their skin is usually fair, eyes green, hazel, or silver-blue, and they have brown, blond, or red hair. Full beards and mustaches are commonly seen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
jaguars, overgrown with misshapen cacti
10 A string of skulls riddled with too many eye sockets, their jaws replaced by carved gemstones
CYAN BLOODBANE
K’rshinthintl—commonly known as
Cyan Bloodbane—is a deeply cunning ancient green dragon with an exacting sense of malice. He is a charismatic creature, but flattery is only one of his many weapons.
During the War of the Lance on the
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, kobold females aren’t exempted from war or work. Furthermore, kobolds can slowly change sex. If most males or females of a tribe are killed, some survivors change over several months until the
rock outcroppings, creating warrens above the water line.
Kobolds reside most commonly in hilly or mountainous terrain. Such locations usually have natural caves suitable for living space, plenty of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, and you will see reality through new eyes. The Korranberg
Chronicle
Raid Reveals Cult Chaos
The people of Fairhaven were shocked by the revelation of bizarre cult activity in the center of one of
, not from faith. Cults driven by madness have a warped view of reality. A cultist might believe aberrations are a higher form of life and that the daelkyr will elevate mortals. Other cultists may not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
deity or her worshipers. Since many of Ephara’s most devout followers are scholars, they commonly use magically constructed creatures in their plans. The vast majority of villains associated with Ephara
3 Meletian hoplite MOoT
9 War priest VGtM
11 Gynosphinx* MM
15 Hundred-handed one MOoT
17 Androsphinx* MM
23 Empyrean MM
* See chapter 6 for details about these creatures in Theros.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
decide to create a campaign where the conflicts among the ancients, like the Thousand-Year War between giants and dragons in the Forgotten Realms, are not a matter of ancient history but a present reality
Thousand-Year War that devastated their ancient empires millennia ago. Even for such long-lived creatures, twenty-five thousand years is a long time to hold a grudge. In your world, there might never have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, the password needed to enter a sealed dungeon level, the spells commonly prepared by an order of wizards, and so on. As DM, you are the final arbiter concerning exactly what a character learns. For a
would have opened it. 4 A sage becomes obsessed with convincing you of a number of strange theories about reality.* 5 Your actions cause you to be banned from a library until you make reparations.* 6 You uncovered useful lore, but only by promising to complete a dangerous task in return. *Might involve a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
seeking. If they did, the arcanaloth enjoys increased business selling weapons to demons, devils, and modrons embroiled in the Blood War. Shemeshka sends the characters polite thank-you notes, each
attention of their faction’s leaders. If the characters’ mimir changed the multiverse in a way that their faction is in favor of or opposed to, a character’s faction leader might have work for the party, either capitalizing on changes to reality or seeking to set things right.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, becoming a living prison that could forever hold the darkness within. And this is the foundation of our reality. Eberron is the Dragon Between, the world on which we stand. Khyber is the Dragon Below
fortresses, and these may still hold aberrant threats from the war that destroyed their civilization. Older still are the ruins once inhabited by rakshasa and other fiends, and these may hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
battlefields. Thuldanin Pitted, hollow cubes are filled with the cast-off machinery of war. Tintibulus Jagged blocks tumble in darkness, holding frozen memories sapped by the River Styx and crystallized into
with the bleak nihilism of unending conflict, the harsh reality of authoritarian rule, and the uncaring pressures of social conformity. It’s also an opportunity for characters to grapple with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
repeatedly rewritten the laws of reality. The Time of Troubles In 1358 DR, the gods were cast out of their otherworldly domain and made to wander the land incarnated as mortals. In seeking to recover
godhood, assuming the responsibilities of the dead deities. The Return of Netheril In 1374 DR, the Empire of Netheril rose again when the floating city of Thultanthar, commonly known as Shade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Hope is a temple district; although the city’s most impressive churches and shrines are located in Upper Central, it’s commonly known that if you’re looking for a truly devoted priest, you should go to
spiritual cost of war. It’s brutal, painful, and true—which is why it was all the more shocking when it first opened at the Diamond Theater. The Downstairs district of Lower Menthis is mainly known for its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Akros’s inhabitants, though, aren’t members of its martial elite. The famed warriors of Akros have the means to devote their lives to studying and training in the ways of war because they rest atop a
Akros’s first king, Elektes, is commonly used as a symbol for the lektoi as a whole and for Akroan strength, determination, and resilience. It is a popular theme in clothing, jewelry, and weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
numerous they rush forward in waves. The creatures will crawl over their own dead to climb a castle’s walls and kill all within it. A commonly held belief is that a fortress besieged by gnolls needs
their jaws. Leave No Survivors A band of gnolls lives in a state of eternal war with everything it encounters, aside from fellow worshipers of Yeenoghu. To keep from being detected between major raids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
opiate. First imported to manage pain during the Last War, it’s now the most commonly abused illegal substance in Sharn. Dreamlily dens can be found across the lower wards.
Dreamlily causes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
region. Gnolls, orcs, and goblins commonly sought haven here, as well as ogres, trolls, harpies, minotaurs, medusas, tieflings, changelings, lycanthropes, and other races unwelcome in civilized lands. In
and war trolls to maintain order. To date, the other nations of Khorvaire have refused to recognize Droaam, and the region was not acknowledged in the Treaty of Thronehold. Most people believe that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
varieties commonly used by Talenta halflings as mounts. Clawfoot Clawfoot dinosaurs are two-legged saurians with sharp teeth and toe claws that resemble deadly sickles. They are imposing creatures, about
. Their instinct for pack structure has made these dinosaurs a traditional war mount for the halflings of the Talenta Plains, with clawfoots quickly and eagerly responding to training and control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
leader wielded a magic sword that S’slaar, the troglodyte chieftain, claimed as a trophy. However, S’slaar’s war marshal, H’slaat, was the one who killed the drow leader, and who now claims the right to
. TROGLODYTE LAIR: GENERAL FEATURES
Characters notice commonly recurring features as they explore the troglodyte lair.
Light. Nightlights (see “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2) and other luminous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the ideas that can be embodied by them. Shavarath: The Battleground. This is the plane of war, and it is gripped by a conflict that will never end. Armies of fiends and celestials have fought in
Shavarath since the dawn of time, asserting that their struggles are reflected in the balance of good and evil across all reality. Syrania: The Azure Sky. Crystal spires float in a perfect blue sky. Farms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
survivors of their attack on the colony to Undermountain. Having recently secured the nearby Crystal Labyrinth (level 16), the githyanki now wage war against the mind flayers in Seadeeps. Uncertainty
Waterdeep, but the city they see and experience around them is a fabrication created wholly by the ulitharid. Within this alternate reality Waterdeep, or “Alterdeep,” Extremiton appears as any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
gods also exist as the result of war, monster attacks, natural disasters, mass migration, neglect, or the wrath of deities. Every abandoned temple is distinctive, combining aspects of its patron god
than one piece
8 Floating in an unstable parallel reality
(SAM BURLEY) Abandoned Temple Adventures An abandoned temple might contain records, special items, and humanoid remains, any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
to navigate opposing principles. For example, a student pursuing historical studies in Lorehold College might have one counselor who focuses on the unpredictable, war-filled chaos of historical reality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
development. The time of the first generation precedes the presence of what are commonly understood to be “gods.” Before mortals dreamed the gods into being, before they could even imagine beings as
almost certainly don’t imagine Kruphix and Klothys in that role. The other eight deities, the fourth generation, represent the application of abstract principles to the reality of mortal life. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Eastern Reach
During the great war between the mind flayers and the gith, one of the githyanki’s greatest achievements was their discovery of the magic that mind flayers used to produce and
return with the spoils of war. The githyanki sky ships attack from above in the dead of night, gaining an instant advantage since communities on the surface rarely offer strong defenses against