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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced
adventurers in the hopes of pitting them against fire giant rivals.
Hoarded Histories
Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals. They usually
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced adventurers in the hopes
of pitting them against fire giant rivals.
Hoarded Histories
Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals. They usually know of places
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
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Feature: Rubblebelt Refuge
You are intimately familiar with areas of the city that most people shun: ruined neighborhoods where wurms rampaged, overgrown parks that no hand has tended in decades, and the
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
takes effect. You must draw each card you declared no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. Unless a card states otherwise, if you fail to draw the chosen number, the remaining number of cards fly
Donjon*
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Door
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Dragon
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Elemental
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Euryale*
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Expert
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Fates*
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Fey
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Fiend
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Flames*
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Fool*
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Gem*
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Giant
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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
has additional protection in the form of a giant crystal heart hidden inside Castle Ravenloft.
Any damage that Strahd takes is transferred to the Heart of Sorrow (see chapter 4, area K20). If the
, provided it has at least 1 hit point remaining. Strahd can, as a bonus action on his turn, break his link to the Heart of Sorrow so that it no longer absorbs damage dealt to him. Strahd can
Staff of Swarming Insects
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Basic Rules (2014)
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Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC: giant insect (4 charges) or insect plague (5
for 10 minutes, making the area heavily obscured for creatures other than you. The swarm moves with you, remaining centered on you. A wind of at least 10 miles per hour disperses the swarm and ends the effect.
Drow Arachnomancer
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Change Shape (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The drow can use a bonus action to magically polymorph into a giant spider, remaining in that form for up to 1 hour. It can revert to its true
form as a bonus action. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. It can speak and cast spells while in giant spider form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying in humanoid form
Firbolg
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
We spent three months tracking the green dragon before locating the forest in which it sought refuge. On our second day in that place, we woke to find the dragon’s head placed in the center
offering food and other supplies to aid their departure. If those who insist on remaining respect nature, take only what they need, and live in harmony with the wood, firbolgs explore the possibility
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
twenty giant spider eggs in the northeast corner. Half of the eggs are empty sacs left behind by spiders that have already hatched. (If left alone, the remaining eggs here will hatch in a few days.)
21. Giant Spider Hatchery Webs. Thick webs fill the corners, shroud the ceiling, and smother the rotted remains of old furnishings.
Spiders and Eggs. Four giant spiders guard a large cluster of
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->Curse of Strahd
points remaining and is grateful for any healing the characters can provide. Savid lives with the other dusk elves of Barovia in the Vistani camp outside Vallaki (chapter 5, area N9). He was searching the
woods for a missing Vistani girl named Arabelle when a wandering mob of needle blights accosted him. He was forced to take refuge in the mansion. Savid, who is more than four hundred years old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
designed to take 2 hours, the character reaches 3 checkpoints. Playing time might seem like an odd way to measure experience awards, but the concept is in keeping with how a shared campaign is meant to
checkpoints to do so. The required number of checkpoints is expended, and any remaining checkpoints are applied toward the next opportunity for advancement.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
dangers—a land shaped by hundreds of riverines who were indifferent to the newcomers and their fates. Then the elven leader Kubjhatika killed a giant mollusk that attacked her people. After the battle
them for refuge amid the unforgiving land. The four greatest riverines—Adirohit, Iravati, Mehul, and Joltara—each wished to claim the Riverine’s Shankha as their own. Kubjhatika proposed the Shankha
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Eye of the All-Father The Eye of the All-Father is an underground complex built by giants (see map 4.1), which has survived for tens of thousands of years. The giant lords of Ostoria came here for
divine wisdom and also for refuge. Harshnag is one of only a handful of giants who know about the temple. A few ancient dragons — including Iymrith, Claugiyliamatar, and Klauth — also know of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
remaining plinths, monoliths, and statues of the great giant empires bow their heads in desolate obscurity. Where once those empires sprawled across all lands, now the giants dwell in isolated tribes and
barbarian fell against the giant horde. His bones are under that boulder over there.”
— Elder Zelane of Istivin, recounting the Giant Wars
Old as Legend. In remote regions of the world, the last
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Third Level: General Features Map 6.7 shows the layout of the lowest level of the fire giant stronghold. This place is entirely natural, the tunnels and caverns showing no marks of being hollowed out
, except for the entranceway to the level from above and around the exit beyond the River of Lava. Map 6.7: Hall of the Fire Giant King - Third Level View Player Version As is usual with natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
moss that grows on weird rock formations along the walls. A dozen giant fire beetles that primarily feast on carrion dwell here, adding to the illumination.
Fungi Forest. Half the cavern is a
wildlife, including bats, fish, and non-biting insects. For characters who reach it safely, the cavern provides a secure, idyllic refuge from the perils of Undermountain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
“giant vultures” circling above the wreck are six vrocks that attack anyone who gets within 50 feet of the command deck. If three vrocks are killed, the remaining ones flee and don’t return.
Arrival at the Wreck When the characters arrive at the wreck, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: A towering wreck rises from the scorched hellscape. It looks like a giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
mountainside, creating a refuge for the heroes and their people. The giant harnessed earth magic to create a protective ward around the settlement, but the devastation proved unstoppable. As the
Adventure Background Long ago, a giant named Xeluan was attacked by his ruthless kin and left to die. After a group of heroes found him and nursed him back to health, the grateful giant pledged his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
and others who have reason to leave. For those individuals, a monastery might serve as a refuge between excursions to the world or as a source of support in times of need. What sort of place was your
it looms over a treacherous pass. 2 Your monastery is high in the branches of an immense tree in the Feywild. 3 Your monastery was founded long ago by a cloud giant and is inside a cloud castle that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
her or deal any damage to her, she tries to kill them, ignoring those who slip away and any who take refuge in the narrow ice spider tunnels (area 9). To reach the Eye of Annam, she assumes the form of
a storm giant and uses Stronmaus’s trident to activate the temple’s portal (see area 6). If Harshnag is with the party, he attacks the dragon. He hopes to distract her long enough for the characters to escape. Ideally, this scene unfolds in area 6.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
spool of catgut to sew up one of the openings. A second bullywug stands at the foot of the ladder to steady it. Huddled nearby are three giant frogs whose long tongues snap up passing insects.
The two
bullywugs (neutral) watch the characters warily but pose no threat. The three giant frogs are here to prevent anyone from stealing the balloon. (Another one of Bavlorna’s balloons was stolen recently
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->The Book of Many Things
frost giant lies in a heap next to a smashed stasis pod. A character who succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check finds deep claw marks in the walls leading to area 18b, just like those in area 11. A
monstrous corpses lie on the floor of this room: an especially large owlbear and the umber hulk that broke the pods and killed the frost giant, chuul, and owlbear in the other rooms. After breaking a second
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->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
looking for the sword. 4 When the characters’ enemies take refuge in a giant-built ruin, an ambitious fire giant offers to help the characters get inside in return for a share of the treasure. 5 A fire
creatures of the Giant type—such as ettins, fomorians, and trolls—are not counted as part of the ordning, placing them functionally below the hill giants. At a smaller scale, every giant has a precise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
many as two dozen Humanoids might live alongside the giants. Animal companions, elementals, and even a dragon might also dwell in a giant steading. Any of the locations described in chapter 4 might
serve as a giant steading, and you can use the tables in chapter 3 to help you populate the site. The Steadings table suggests adventure hooks you might use to bring characters to such a place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
centuries, but the Netherese who mastered the power of the Nether Scrolls became a ruling class, living on great flying cities or taking refuge in remote, subterranean lairs.
Despite their great
magic or simply unable to control it.
Without great magic to keep them aloft, the remaining flying cities of Netheril crashed to the ground, and many arcanists who survived were driven mad. Once magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
temperate forests. Carrion crawlers, ettercaps, giant spiders, and owlbears make occasional forays into the woods as well. If your game session needs a jolt, try using one of the following encounters or an
archdruid, the other werebats drove Vool out of their village. He found a secluded cave nearby (see area 17) and took refuge there. He ventures out once a day to feed but avoids contact with his kin. If Vool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, isolated homesteads, and wilderness. Four evil elemental cults have taken refuge there and are building secret temples in the ruins of a dungeon complex beneath the hills. By the time the characters reach
characters from Princes of the Apocalypse to this adventure by having them defend the town of Triboar from a giant attack. In this scenario, Triboar becomes the starting point for this adventure (see chapter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
information, Hekaton (or Serissa) leaves Imperator Uthor in charge of Maelstrom and sets out with four storm giant bodyguards named Nimir, Orlekto, Shaldoor, and Vaasha (see appendix D for statistics
) to confront Iymrith. The characters are invited to join them. King Hekaton has 330 hit points at full health but otherwise has the statistics of a typical storm giant. If Serissa leads the attackers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Granny Nightshade’s tyranny have no easy way to return home, but they can take refuge at Little Oak’s treehouse or be left in the care of the unicorn Lamorna at Wayward Pool. The dwarf Elkhorn (see
area L13) insists on remaining in Thither to care for the children if no one else will. If Zybilna is freed from her stasis, she returns the children to their proper homes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
9. Boss Hark’s Cave This 10-foot-high cave contains Hark, the goblin boss, two female goblins (bodyguards) named Ratcha and Zukluk, and seven giant rats (Hark’s beloved pets). When the characters
clubs, two daggers, and six wooden shields. Hark’s Larder At the north end of the cave is a smaller cave where Boss Hark keeps prisoners before feeding them to his giant rats. Cowering in the back of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L15. Redcap Patch To one side of the giant, toppled tree is a grove of bearded willows on the bank of a murky woodland pond. A patch of tilled earth spreads beneath their boughs. The caps of several
stops turning, 1d3 redcaps emerge fully grown from this patch, leaving any remaining redcaps under the soil, still not fully formed. The risen redcaps loiter here until they see something they can kill