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Dungeon Master’s Guide
if the target is a Construct, an Elemental, or a Giant. Immediately after hitting or missing, the weapon flies back to your hand.
Shock Wave. You can take a Magic action to strike the ground with
, a Wisdom of 12, and a Charisma of 15. It has hearing and Darkvision out to 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and speaks Dwarvish, Giant, and Goblin.
Personality
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
you have no memories except for a single name.
4
You were a necromancer’s undead servant for years. One day, your consciousness returned.
5
You awoke in an abandoned laboratory
alongside complex designs for clockwork organs.
6
You were released after being petrified for generations. Your memories have faded, though, and your body isn’t what it once was.
7
Your
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
turns. The memory web can grapple only one creature at a time.A memory web is a living web that resembles an ordinary web spun by an ettercap, a giant spider, or another oversized arachnid. Memory
seeds that might be released by a slain memory web.
Memory Web Memories
d4
Memory
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The location of a powerful magic item
2
A secret betrayal by a beloved public figure
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
’s march of progress.
Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Athletics
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: Choose one of Draconic, Giant, Goblin, or Sylvan
.
2
A Boros soldier gives me gifts in exchange for information about other clans’ movements.
3
I once caught and released a Dimir spy.
4
I consult with a Golgari shaman for
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
attack using it, the target takes an extra 1d8 bludgeoning damage, or an extra 2d8 bludgeoning damage if the target is a giant. Each time you throw the weapon, it flies back to your hand after the
. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Dwarvish, Giant, and Goblin. It shouts battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, pseudammas turn tragedy into horror by snatching mortal children and attempting to raise them. However, the Returned have forgotten the needs of the living and they have no concept of how to care for a child.
The Returned Walking the Path of Phenax doesn’t restore a soul to its life. Those who return from the Underworld are hollow shells inhabited by grim and purposeless spirits. These Returned are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Against the Giants The three linked adventures that make up Against the Giants were created and originally released in 1978, during the time when Gary Gygax was still writing the Player’s Handbook
compilation of Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, and Hall of the Fire Giant King was published in 1981 as Against the Giants. The version presented here is designed to be undertaken by characters of 11th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
-forged sentinel
Fiend Abhorrent overlord
Eater of hope
Nightmare shepherd
Fey Alseid
Lampad
Naiad
Oread
Satyr reveler
Satyr thornbearer
Giant Doomwake giant
Hundred-handed one
harpy
Fleecemane lion
Hippocamp
Hythonia*
Ironscale hydra
Nyx-fleece ram
Polukranos
Theran chimera
Tromokratis*
Two-headed cerberus
Typhon
Underworld cerberus
Undead Flitterstep eidolon
Ghostblade eidolon
Phylaskia
Returned drifter
Returned palamnite
Returned sentry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
.
3 After clawing free from your grave, you realized you have no memories except for a single name.
4 You were a necromancer’s undead servant for years. One day, your consciousness returned
.
5 You awoke in an abandoned laboratory alongside complex designs for clockwork organs.
6 You were released after being petrified for generations. Your memories have faded, though, and your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Smithy Characters who listen at the doors to this room hear loud hammering from beyond. The 30-foot-high room is warm and contains the following features: Fire Giant. In the middle of the room, a
male fire giant uses a massive hammer and anvil to pound a heated iron fragment into a rounded shape.
Fire Beetles. Resting on the floor next to the oversized anvil is an iron cage containing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants, 2 winter wolves These creatures fight to the death to guard the dragon eggs. 1H 1 giant owl The owl is caged until released. If released, it flies off to find the Krigvind. 2A 3 frost giants
Nilraun Dhaerlost, the evil Zhentarim mage who is plotting with Jarl Storvald to find the Ring of Winter. Characters who interrogate Nilraun can learn where Storvald is and what the frost giant jarl is up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
above the peak to the clouds (cloud giants) and the storm (storm giants). These myths depict the ordning as an inherent part of what it means to be a giant, as natural as the geography of the land
the ordning in some mythic future. Giants on some worlds (including Eberron) have no concept of the ordning at all. Such giants might think of themselves as a single species, with the differences
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
rune’s magic lowers the room’s temperature to 0 degrees Fahrenheit. When a spell is cast in this room (including one cast from a magic item), the giant rune flashes and deals 36 (8d8) cold damage to
all creatures in the room. Once the rune has released this cold energy, it can’t do so again for 1 hour.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
can be released from her sojourn here if any volumes from the lost library are returned (see area 11). Although Ilda is not evil, the confrontation with her should still be harrowing. This is a
as a thief when one of his prize tomes was misplaced. Ilda died not long after Diderius, and her spirit returned here to act as caretaker to his great stores of knowledge. Ilda is not violent except
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
areas 19 and 23. 22a. Giant Frogs Six giant frogs hop through shallow water in this cavern, croaking loudly while four bullywugs dump food (mostly vermin) into a trough along the northwest wall. 22b
carrion crawler eggs to the hydra in area 21a. The carrion crawlers are not treated well. If released, they are as likely to attack the bullywugs as they are the characters. Wood scraps gathered from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Soul’s Shape Before tasking characters with retrieving it, determine what form the pharaoh’s ka takes. It might be a physical object, a living creature, or a spiritual concept that needs to be
summoned into being. Roll or choose an option from the Ankhtepot’s Soul table to determine the form of the Darklord’s ka. Ankhtepot’s Soul d8 The Ka’s Form
1 A hawk or giant eagle that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
A veteran bargains with Erebos to allow him to remain in the living world as a Returned in exchange for a steady stream of mortal sacrifices.
2 A prominent knight of another god loses their
daughter is restored as a potent Returned who now terrorizes the polis.
4 A wealthy noble drives tenants out of a poor part of a polis so he can build a temple to Erebos.
5 The queen of a remote
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the work of some ancient giant sculptor or rampaging titanic beast—or is itself a sleeping giant. You seek to discover the truth of the land’s origin. 5 A relative once returned home claiming to have
provides ideas for legends of—or encounters with—giant creatures that may have inspired your character to begin adventuring. Tall Tales d6 Tall Tale Connection 1 You stumbled into a giant castle in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The mine has a cavern devoted to keeping the giant cave lizards the svirfneblin use as beasts of burden. The deep gnome Perigrog Scrapedust runs the mine with a fair but demanding hand. He believes
that the more the mine produces, the more he can export, and the quicker Blingdenstone can be returned to its former glory.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Devourer. Roleplay a conversation with the queen, or summarize the conversation using the following information: When the lizardfolk returned to this long-abandoned lair, they soon discovered that a giant
dangerous. Their complacency was shattered when the giant crocodile attacked and devoured three members of a lizardfolk patrol that had paused near its lair. The difficulty facing the lizardfolk is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
concept of how long they’ve lived, how many times they’ve died, or why they returned to life. Should a Darklord fall, the temporary defeat lasts until they’re restored by the Dark Powers. In their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
closed. 6 1 killer whale The whale waits here for Nym. 7 1 roper The roper doesn’t leave this area under any circumstances. 8 1 killer whale The whale waits here for Mirran. 10 1 storm giant The giant
disturbance in area 11 and otherwise obey Serissa’s or Uthor’s commands. 14 Mirran, Nym, 1 hulking crab (pipe organ), 2 storm giants, 1 cloud giant, 1 fire giant, 1 frost giant, 1 stone giant The storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
The Ordning Each of the main giant races — the cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, and storm giants — are related by common elements of history, religion, and culture. They
, the ordning assigns a social rank to each giant. By understanding its place in the ordning, a giant knows which other giants are inferior or superior to it, since no two giants are equal. Each of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
properties. The command words are also written in the spellbook found in area 28. Destroying the Mirror If the mirror is destroyed, all creatures trapped within it are released at once. (See chapter 7 of
against them. Prisoners of the Mirror Cell Prisoner Notes Reaction if Released 1 A’tan (CN male Chultan human commoner) Omuan merchant trapped shortly after the fall of Omu; driven insane by his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Chapter 8: Forge of the Fire Giants Zalto’s followers are spread throughout the North, searching for pieces of an adamantine colossus called the Vonindod. The fire giant duke has also struck an
of Citadel Adbar and Citadel Felbarr are aware that fire giants have returned to Ironslag; however, the dwarves are still recovering from the War of the Silver Marches and aren’t prepared to mount an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
result, Athreos’s followers make grim opponents when they prioritize the needs of the dead over the living. Their mission also makes them ready foes of the Returned and their allies. Some seek to achieve
Returned and threatens to claim their leader’s life to restore the balance.
3 A warmongering noble rallies the public against a necropolis, encouraging a war between the living and the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
attempt to enter.
In conversation, hill giants are blunt and direct, and they have little concept of deception. A hill giant might be fooled into running from another giant if a number of
Hill Giant Hill giants are selfish brutes that hunt, forage, and raid in constant search of food. They blunder through hills and forests devouring what they can, bullying smaller creatures into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
(Religion) check reveals that Ilda can be released from her sojourn here if any volumes from the lost library are returned (see area 11). Although Ilda is not evil, the confrontation with her should
master, but was mistakenly banished as a thief when one of his prize tomes was misplaced. Ilda died not long after Diderius, and her spirit returned here to act as caretaker to his great stores of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
one their kind traditionally values. These are often giants whose ranking within their kind is low. For example, a contemplative cloud giant might pursue knowledge rather than wealth, or a weak frost
giant might trade in secrets and blackmail to hold onto some measure of power. These giants might avoid the company of their own kind to escape the expectations and customs attached to the ordning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
disastrous experiment, Izzet researchers observed a blistercoil weird expanding to fill a six-story workshop before it released all its excess energy in an enormous explosion and returned to its original
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Rielsbarrow, the town speaker and a giant of a man in his own right, stood his ground against the verbeeg and didn’t fare well. After skewering Kendrick with its spear, the verbeeg grabbed the casks and
disappeared whence he came. The other residents of Good Mead tried to save Kendrick, to no avail; his body lies in a local shrine. Five members of the militia went after the verbeeg but haven’t returned.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
those who turn to the service of interloper gods. It’s not about religion; it’s a betrayal of family.
—Diancastra
Annam’s Children Adventures d12 Adventure Hook 1 A storm giant prophet claims a
adventurers through a perilous dungeon to find an ancient giant queen’s crown. In the end, she reveals herself to be Diancastra and either blesses or curses the adventurers, depending on how they acted. 3 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ship-mounted ballistae. Cloud Castle If the characters gained control of a cloud castle (such as the one in chapter 9), they can fly it over the Trackless Sea and use the castle’s giant telescopes to
, Sharlasta Stormsword (LE female Illuskan human bandit captain). After cooling her heels in prison, Stormsword is visited by Lord Dagult Neverember, who strikes a deal with her. When she is released from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
servants and the young that are found among the giants might not be outfitted with the gear described in the statistics used for them. Servants could use improvised weapons, such as giant-sized tools and
utensils they have available. If you decide to change any giant’s melee weapon to some other giant-sized weapon, adjust its damage accordingly: Huge giants deal three times normal weapon damage, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
hit with a ranged attack roll using Whelm, the target takes an extra 1d8 Force damage, or an extra 4d8 Force damage if the target is a Construct, an Elemental, or a Giant. Immediately after hitting or
communicates telepathically with its wielder and speaks Dwarvish, Giant, and Goblin. Personality. Whelm has ties to the dwarf clan that created it, called the Dankil or the Mightyhammer clan. It longs to