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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
attacker.The archons of Eldraine are enigmatic beings who fly over the perimeter where the realm meets the wilds, marking the boundary between safety (for the people of the realm) and danger. The sight of an
archon overhead is a clear signal that one is entering the wilds.
An archon appears as a hooded, spectral rider mounted on a winged elk with glowing antlers and gleaming eyes. Despite this
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
glowing white or pale lavender orbs. Crystalline horns reminiscent of amethyst chunks hover behind their heads, held there by telekinetic force and shifting with their moods.
Cosmological Study
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dragons pay particular attention to intrusions of the Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making them fierce opponents of the Far
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ancient dragon resemble glowing white or pale lavender orbs. Crystalline horns reminiscent of amethyst chunks hover behind their heads, held there by telekinetic force and shifting with their moods
accept it.
Amethyst dragons pay particular attention to intrusions of the Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making them
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
physical power. Their spirits take after the wandering wind, making them nomads who wander from peak to peak. Their hearts are infused with the cold regard of their frigid realm, leaving each goliath with
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an ancient dragon resemble glowing white or pale lavender orbs. Crystalline horns reminiscent of amethyst chunks hover behind their heads, held there by telekinetic force and shifting with their moods
wisdom to accept it.
Amethyst dragons pay particular attention to intrusions of the Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to the extradimensional realm that created him. From the steps of the staircase, Nafas hears the wishes of creatures across the multiverse but cannot act on them. Moved by their stories but barred by
circumstance, Nafas relies on adventurers—whom he considers the living manifestations of a wish granted—to respond to these calls.
To friendly adventurers and weary travelers along the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
that’s both its fiefdom and its prison. It lairs within a grotesque hive dangling from a mountain-size tree of tar and flame called Gorewood.
Aurnozci relies on demonic proxies and mortal
chapter 20 for details about this realm.
The challenge rating of Aurnozci is 23 (50,000 XP) when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rich purple amethyst crystals, refracting light to take on an inner glow. Their pupils fade with age, making the eyes of an ancient dragon resemble glowing white or pale lavender orbs. Crystalline horns
Far Realm into the Material Plane. They loathe the corruption that accompanies such intrusions into the world, making them fierce opponents of the Far Realm and any creatures warped by its touch
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
5th
dominate person
Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you
cast ensnaring strike, for example, the vines created by the spell might appear as rune-inscribed glowing bands that wrap around the target and hold it in place.
Suggested Characteristics
races
shockwaves through the heavens. Cast down to the mortal realm, these former angels found themselves bereft of power and left to live out their now-mortal existence among the people of the world.
In the
absence of the gods, the Arch Seraphs of each deity descended upon the mortal realm, taking upon themselves the burden of imposing order on a world cast into disarray. The Arch Seraphs were the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
subterranean people who plots to manipulate the moon to blot out the sun’s searing light
3 A high priest intent on shifting an entire nation into their god’s otherworldly realm
4 A desperate general
of the consequences, solves an endless war by preventing anyone from dying
7 A member of a cabal of eternal royals who support a war against Mount Celestia, as their immortality relies on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
sometimes takes the form of a black dragon with iridescent scales. Each hourglass within the dragon god’s realm is said to represent the life of a dragon somewhere in the multiverse. Chronepsis prefers to
be left alone, and he seldom leaves his sanctum. In times of great need, he relies on seasoned adventurers to recover stolen hourglasses, speed the sands of a troublesome wyrm, or travel back in time to mend a past wrongdoing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of glowing crystals and mist-filled fissures. Dozens of different species live here, under the seelie Queen Maeve and the unseelie Prince Loht. These siblings jointly rule their hidden realm together
Mount Arak Miles of tunnels run beneath Tepest’s forests and vales, all of which eventually lead to vast hidden caverns beneath the dramatic peaks of Mount Arak. The fey create their homes in a realm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
campaign is the series as a whole. But while it’s worthwhile to compare an adventure to these other forms of storytelling, remember that an adventure isn’t a complete story until you play it. Your players
as you’re planning adventures. If your adventure relies on certain events, plan for multiple ways they might come about, or be prepared for clever players to prevent those events from happening as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
avoid the main blast of a fireball, or does he or she take full damage from the blaze? In cases where the outcome of an action is uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided
.)
Apply circumstantial bonuses and penalties. A class feature, a spell, a particular circumstance, or some other effect might give a bonus or penalty to the check.
Compare the total to a target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
his cosmic might. No bottle, vase, ring, or lamp can contain Nafas. The genie is bound to the Infinite Staircase itself, anchored to the extradimensional realm that created him. From the steps of the
staircase, Nafas hears the wishes of creatures across the multiverse but cannot act on them. Moved by their stories but barred by circumstance, Nafas relies on adventurers—whom he considers the living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Talismans: Animate finger, glowing minerals, preserved limb Life is cheap in Lamordia. As far as the land’s esteemed scholars are concerned, the spark that animates flesh is merely the result of
chemical accidents and the proper formulas. Golems, homunculi, and other constructed beings groan to life to support a populace desperate to survive in this frigid realm. Frozen bogs and glacial expanses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Archon of Boundaries “A winged dawn dispels the terror of night.”
—Chulane, Teller of Tales
Chris Rahn The archons of Eldraine are enigmatic beings who fly over the perimeter where the realm
meets the wilds, marking the boundary between safety (for the people of the realm) and danger. The sight of an archon overhead is a clear signal that one is entering the wilds. An archon appears as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Incorporated character is shaded purple-black, its eyes glowing yellow-gold. A Far Realm friend has all the information about the characters that Head Office knows, and uses that knowledge to be as effective
clockwork components spinning rapidly, glowing with power. Behind Splugoth is a rift in reality — a purple wound in the world, beyond which you can see goblins with purple eyes, extra limbs, and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
compare that check to the DC. Determine how many of the group’s checks succeeded — the officers’ and the crew’s — then consult the Whirlpool Check Results table. Whirlpool Checks Officer Check
hazard that drags things into the depths, they might also serve as a violent passage to another realm. In such cases, things dragged into a whirlpool are deposited elsewhere, be it through a crack in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Glowing quartz pillars stand around the temple perimeter, carved to look like natural columns. The glowing pillars have the appearance of buttresses, but only the four stone pillars in the middle of
. (The statues are impressive-looking but harmless.)
Basalt Doors. At the back of the dais stands a set of double doors made of carved black basalt, flanked by two glowing quartz pillars. Above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
signature traits? In the case of a new subrace, what sets it apart from the other subraces of the parent race? Compare the race you have in mind with the other race options available to players, to
twilight realm of the Feywild. Their cities sometimes cross over to the Material Plane, appearing briefly in mountain valleys or deep forest glades before fading back into the Feywild. The elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
trickery. Shalghast asks the characters whether they’ve come “to worship Ilvaash, who bleeds from the Far Realm,” or whether they are bringing more “obelisk pieces for the masters.” The mind flayers don’t
goblins drank in a recent game of drink-or-dare. Rift in Reality. The rift leads into the Far Realm to a location called the Feeder Trenches. The Feeder Trenches are described in the “Far Realm Rifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
magic there. In the Far Realm Cysts, the creatures of chaos keep intruders away from a powerful shrine. In the Forests of Slaughter, the most cunning hunters seek to steal glyph keys. In the Forests of
Slaughter, magic pools can heal creatures that drink from them. In the Golem Laboratories, no Red Wizard will enter the glowing green archways. In the Masters’ Domain, the Temples of Despair are used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
bargain with the Archfey of that realm for power. Noteworthy Archfey patrons include the following: Titania, the Summer Queen, is perhaps the mightiest of the archfey. With a smile, she can ripen a
to advise and tutor them for long after the Descent. The Great Old One Beyond the planes known to great wizards and sages lies the Far Realm of the Great Old Ones, beings outside time, space, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
deal only with events in the Underdark and the history of giants. Like most stone giants, the librarians consider the surface world a realm of dreams, and what happens there is deemed less important
. Urmas and Ustova compare notes often to validate their visions. The prophecies in these rooms are limited to the future of giantkind — and the trials still to come for those once-great races — because this is Ustova’s sole interest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Control. The greatest sign of a demon lord’s power is its ability to reshape an abyssal realm. A layer of the Abyss controlled by a demon lord becomes a twisted reflection of that fiend’s vile
matriarch when she manifests to her followers in the mortal realm, which she does with unusual frequency. When battle breaks out — or if she has a reason to remind her followers to fear her — Lolth’s lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and forms a canopy that hides the ruined realm even from above. The area covered by the mist is a shadowy, muffled region devoid of life, sunlight, and sound. The wall of mist ranges in thickness from
Mournland, but the worst effects of the mist are confined to the border region. Glowing Chasm. The northern part of the Mournland is dominated by a great crack in the ground that emits a cold purple light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
wide entryway, framed by slowly undulating tentacles. The arches over this area form a high ceiling. Chains dangle from the ceiling and hold glowing, violet orbs.
Four or Five Fragments. If the
the mind flayer fanatics from completing their
ritual and transforming Phandalin into a nightmarish realm Stone arches reminiscent of tentacles reach over this vast space. Standing on a dais is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
represent the inhabitants of this realm and the unfortunate people they have taken into their care.
In the center of the room, the floor rises to form a small hill. A group of small figures seem to be
struggling to roll a boulder up the hill, while a devil drives them on. Above the hill in the ceiling is a glowing spot that illuminates the entire chamber with an eerie silver light.
A cobblestone path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided die, a d20, to determine success or failure.
Every character and monster in the game has capabilities defined by six ability
effect might give a bonus or penalty to the check.
3. Compare the total to a target number. If the total equals or exceeds the target number, the ability check, attack roll, or saving throw is a success
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
families to give to dwarves and merchants. This faction relies on two council members for representation. Eda Oweland leads the faction and can count on Gellan Primewater to back her up. Anders Solmor
, Gellan has cultivated relationships with a number of contacts among the Sea Princes. His ships move illicit goods, including slaves, between their realm and Keoland. Gellan takes care to keep this side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Read the following text aloud, making adjustments as necessary if the characters have not met Sovereign Basidia. A soft, glowing light rises from ahead, emanating from a vast cavern. The entire
perhaps in all the world. There, the two will be bonded in a demonic ceremony, giving Zuggtmoy dominion over a fungal kingdom larger and greater than any surface-world realm. To that end, she and her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
are taxable in this realm. A warlock can be an authoritative asset to an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise, as their known association with powerful otherworldly forces makes for a great starting
for is making sure your work-life balance is in order. You want to be seen by your staff as the suave, fashionable master of your franchise’s occult services, not the creepy weirdo with the glowing eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
bureaucratic empire, or a remote realm ruled by an iron-fisted tyrant. Consider how your settlement fits into the bigger picture of your world or region — who rules its ruler, and what other
ruler could be immortal or undead. Aundair and Karrnath, two kingdoms in the Eberron campaign setting, have autocrats with royal blood in their veins. Whereas Queen Aurala of Aundair relies on wizards