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Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the

animate dead, plant growth 4th giant insect, grasping vine 5th cloudkill, insect plague Golgari magic is often accompanied by a sickly green glow and a rotting

Gauth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

six eyestalks, a central eye (sometimes surrounded by multiple smaller eyes), and four small grasping tentacles near its mouth. It has color and texture variations similar to a true beholder. A gauth

connection, arriving immediately or several minutes later. It might present itself as a beholder to ignorant creatures in an attempt to intimidate them, or as a spectator to its summoner in order to drain

The Dreaming Dark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

The Dreaming Dark In the spaces between sleeping and waking, nightmares wait with grasping claws. The quori spirits that rule Dal Quor spent a thousand years seizing control of the continent of

infiltrate other organizations. Anyone could become an Inspired vessel, or be prompted into taking foolish action by a dream. Its agents are scattered across the world and have no obvious connection to one another, until they reveal their true nature and purpose.

Dwarves of the Five Nations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

connection to the towers of Sharn or the great walls of Wroat; the typical dwarf is actually more patriotic than the average human of the Five Nations. This passion caused most dwarves to serve their

to your relatives or have you had a falling out—or potentially lost your kin in the Last War? Likewise, consider what you did in the war and how that reflects on your current actions. Were you a

Vine Blight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

foes before attacking. Vine blights are the only blights capable of speech. Through its connection to the evil spirit of the Gulthias tree it serves, a vine blight speaks in a fractured version of its

target is restrained, and the blight can’t constrict another target. Entangling Plants (Recharge 5–6). Grasping roots and vines sprout in a 15-foot radius centered on the blight, withering away

Black Dragon Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the following features: Swampy Lake. Abutting the chapel is a swampy lake where the dragon sleeps. The foul water stinks of dead fish and rot, while the dense foliage and scraggly trees along the

DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The cylinder is difficult terrain. Grasping Muck. Tendrils of roiling muck

Gardens of Decay Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Scarlet Mire are caused by the glut of decaying bodies beneath the marsh’s surface. Crawling claws skitter through the marsh, grasping at any who pass through. Scarlet Mire is also inhabited by roving

hulking masses of rotting foliage (use the vine blight stat block, but these creatures’ type is Undead instead of Plant). House of Rot. A ramshackle farmhouse known as the House of Rot stands atop a squat

Inside the Conclave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

toward the pursuit of the common good. At the same time, the guild’s connection with the natural world gives the conclave a fervent appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. Selesnya doesn’t

of curbing this grasping selfishness has always been to outnumber the other guilds. Its members aren’t naive; they fully realize that the ambitions of other guilds will lead to violence. And they aim

Wandslingers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

wandslinger training as opposed to the usual source. If you’re playing a sorcerer or warlock, you could say that your choice of Sorcerous Origin or Otherworldly Patron reflects specialized military

training. This doesn’t change the way these features function; it means that instead of making a pact with a fiend, your warlock has a connection to an elite order of arcaniers that share these abilities

Gauth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

eyestalks, a central eye (sometimes surrounded by multiple smaller eyes), and four small grasping tentacles near its mouth. It has color and texture variations similar to a true beholder. A gauth can

gauth might employ creatures to bring it items that can provide it with sustenance. When the ritual to summon a spectator goes wrong, a gauth might push itself through the flawed connection, arriving

Solitary but Social

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

such a connection, and a young hag born of a grandmother begins her existence already benefiting from a greater measure of respect and status. Want to know a dark secret? Ask a hag. The trick lies in

): entangle, speak with animals 2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, moonbeam, spike growth 3rd level (3 slots): call lightning, plant growth 4th level (3 slots): dominate beast, grasping vine 5th level

Abyss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

environment that is harsh and inhospitable to mortals. Each layer also reflects the entropic nature of the Abyss. Much of the plane seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state, and its corruption

is the Demon Queen of Fungi and the Lady of Rot and Decay. Her primary desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her servants and, eventually, into decomposing hosts for the

Temple of Tharizdun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

for it to use a lair action to send forth a grasping tide, pulling the characters into the water in an attempt to infect and enslave them. Dark Altar. The shark hanging above the stairs serves as the

will rot to the point where it tears loose from the ropes and falls into the water to be eaten by scavengers. When that happens, the cult members celebrate the occasion, hunt down a replacement shark

NPCs by Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

, rotting environments, the Golgari Swarm appeals to those who are comfortable in a world of fungus, rot, and monsters. Every member of the Golgari Swarm has a function, working together like the

. Jarad’s Traits Ideal: “Death. There’s wisdom to be gained in it, whether it be your own or someone else’s.” Bond: “Ravnica, with all its structures and institutions, will eventually rot away

Beholders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

anything weaker than itself. Its body is about 4 feet in diameter, with six eyestalks, a central eye (sometimes surrounded by multiple smaller eyes), and four small grasping tentacles near its mouth. It

. Accidental Summoning. When the ritual to summon a spectator goes wrong, a gauth might push itself through the flawed connection, arriving immediately or several minutes later. It might present itself as a

Orcs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

. He is a horrifying abomination covered in rot and infection, except for his perfect, smooth white hands. Orc priests that oversee the line between life and death are known by the others in the tribe as

bleached skin of other humanoids (preferably elves), symbolizing their connection with Yurtrus, and are sometimes called “white hands” as a result. Every orc knows that the hands of Yurtrus are the tribe’s

Gods of the Orcs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

population. Yurtrus, “the White Hand” Yurtrus is often depicted as consumed by rot and covered in oozing pustules, utterly repulsive except for his hands, which are pure white and free of any blemish

symbolize their connection to the power of Yurtrus. The necromancy practiced by the shamans of Yurtrus is a force considered taboo by orcs, which makes them both revered and feared by the rest of the

Guild Membership

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

of guild spells that epitomize the type of magic the guild favors. The Boros Legion, for example, tends to prefer using spells of fire magic and holy light, and its guild spell list reflects that

face can be more valuable than gold. As stated in the Player’s Handbook, bonds represent your connections to people, places, and events in the world. Contacts are people you have a connection to, but

Platinum Room Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

conclude an eons-long struggle: Bowolg the Cosmic Rot and Volsheez the Ever-Empty. Amber notes that a character can place a bet of 1 platinum chip on either of these primordials. If the chosen

activated, creating a connection with area P1 (see the “Guards” section earlier in this chapter). On entering this area, read the following description: Colorful silks and mosaic patterns cover the

Mr. Dory's Warehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

appearance, but he must spend as much time as possible in a hot, wet environment to maintain his physical form. Otherwise, he develops lesions as the aboleth’s magic causes his body to rot away. After a few

foul crimes. Still more scraps of parchment contain scribbles and crude drawings of tentacled monsters — mad visions induced by Dory’s connection to the Whisperer. If the characters saw the drawings on

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