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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
horns and spines shift slightly with the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their
protect against psychic damage or mental intrusion. The centerpiece of a sapphire dragon’s hoard is usually a cataloged, orderly collection of war gear, which can contain ancient relics of
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the moon and sold it for twice its value in the morning. In your more charitable times, you have transported innocents out of war zones or helped guide herd animals to safety on the banks of a
burning river.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Deception
Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water)
Equipment: A fancy leather vest or a pair of leather boots, a set of common clothes, and a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Two Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility
underground river. Whatever the setup, a deep dragon festoons the narrow, twisting passages between the lair’s fungal walls with magical and mundane traps. A typical lair has the following
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility.
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network growing near an underground river. Whatever the setup, a deep dragon festoons the narrow, twisting passages between the lair’s fungal walls with magical and mundane traps. A typical
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
served or the outer plane most closely tied to its alignment (DM’s choice). The souls of lawful evil creatures released from soul coins typically emerge from the River Styx as lemure;lemure devils
hellfire weapon or an infernal war machine’s furnace (see "Soul Fuel").
Freeing a soul from a soul coin is considered a good act, even if the soul belongs to an evil creature.
Hellish Currency
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A
intrusion. The centerpiece of a sapphire dragon’s hoard is usually a cataloged, orderly collection of war gear, which can contain ancient relics of immense power.
Creating a Sapphire Dragon
Use
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
grieving as the elf approaches the end of life.
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A pair of adult crystal dragon;adult crystal dragons lairing on neighboring mountaintops have enjoyed a decades-long snowball war, but their
take in the breathtaking view.A Crystal Dragon’s Lair
Crystal dragons dwell in cold regions, where they construct ice and snow structures reminiscent of castles but open to the sky. Glittering
monsters
the target is a creature that isn’t an Undead or Construct, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 11. Failure: The target’s Hit Point maximum is
EnfeeblementFrom the moment they are born, urdefhans prepare for war. Urdefhan warriors are among the least powerful urdefhans one might encounter outside of their eerie underground cities.
Urdefhans
monsters
Construct, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15. Failure: The target’s Hit Point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"roll
urdefhan war champion who leads the largest and most active group of adversaries the characters will face in the Abomination Vaults. His confrontation with the characters is inevitable, because he
races
beautiful, these ancient folk believe they are descended from the nature spirits who cultivated the mortal realm. The elves claim the forests and river lands of Caer Neiada as their ancestral home, in what
unable to repel war-hungry armies burning and lumbering their sheltering woodlands. They instead retreated deep into their forests on the outskirts of human civilization, where they believed the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Chapter 4: Shadow of War Vogler is gone, devastated by the Red Dragon Army. After escaping the village by following the Vingaard River, the characters and other survivors seek refuge in the city of
Kalaman. They carry with them a warning: war is coming for Kalaman. The city’s leaders recruit the characters to help identify and resist the threat of the Red Dragon Army. As the characters travel the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
during the pre-Cataclysm Age of Might? Before or during the War of Lance? Where on Krynn will Elemental Evil arise: the hills and mountains of Solamnia? Ergoth? Or the soon-to-be destroyed Istar? We
suggest setting the campaign when and where the Dragonlance saga began: in the lands of Abanasinia, near Solace and Haven, at the end of the Time of Darkness in the year or two preceding the War of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Chapter 4: Shadow of War Vogler is gone, devastated by the Red Dragon Army. After escaping the village by following the Vingaard River, the characters and other survivors seek refuge in the city of
Kalaman. They carry with them a warning: war is coming for Kalaman. The city’s leaders recruit the characters to help identify and resist the threat of the Red Dragon Army. As the characters travel the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
during the pre-Cataclysm Age of Might? Before or during the War of Lance? Where on Krynn will Elemental Evil arise: the hills and mountains of Solamnia? Ergoth? Or the soon-to-be destroyed Istar? We
suggest setting the campaign when and where the Dragonlance saga began: in the lands of Abanasinia, near Solace and Haven, at the end of the Time of Darkness in the year or two preceding the War of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
agents to the headwaters of the Tartyx River, seeking the cause of the problem before whatever the river had kept drowned emerges.
4 War between Heliod and Erebos is inevitable. Rather than
of stasis, he might pursue it. Alternatively, wittingly or otherwise, Athreos might allow some less reliable being to take over his labors. Regardless of the circumstances, any change in the River
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
agents to the headwaters of the Tartyx River, seeking the cause of the problem before whatever the river had kept drowned emerges.
4 War between Heliod and Erebos is inevitable. Rather than
of stasis, he might pursue it. Alternatively, wittingly or otherwise, Athreos might allow some less reliable being to take over his labors. Regardless of the circumstances, any change in the River
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
around. These locations are summarized below and described in the sections that follow. Stygian Dock. A river dock where flying fortresses can undergo repairs while siphoning souls from the Styx. Styx
Watchtower. One of several fortifications along the River Styx used by devils to guard against invasion. Sundered Chains. Broken chains of Avernus that tried and failed to bind other cities before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Great Dance We measure ourselves by those we fight, and my company faces the greatest threat to the cosmos.
— Veritus Wrath, commander, Flawless Execution
The battle lines in the Blood War
undulate like a writhing snake. Each time one side gains an advantage, invariably its lines weaken somewhere else. Demons enter the Nine Hells by following the River Styx from the Abyss into Avernus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Great Dance We measure ourselves by those we fight, and my company faces the greatest threat to the cosmos.
— Veritus Wrath, commander, Flawless Execution
The battle lines in the Blood War
undulate like a writhing snake. Each time one side gains an advantage, invariably its lines weaken somewhere else. Demons enter the Nine Hells by following the River Styx from the Abyss into Avernus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
around. These locations are summarized below and described in the sections that follow. Stygian Dock. A river dock where flying fortresses can undergo repairs while siphoning souls from the Styx. Styx
Watchtower. One of several fortifications along the River Styx used by devils to guard against invasion. Sundered Chains. Broken chains of Avernus that tried and failed to bind other cities before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
What Is Avernus? Avernus serves as the front line of the great clash between the evil forces of chaos and law known as the Blood War. Demons from the Abyss use the River Styx to enter Avernus, where
Asmodeus to tempt mortals. The intrusion of the River Styx followed by endless waves of slavering demons destroyed this paradise, leaving layer upon layer of bones, ruins, and shattered war machines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
What Is Avernus? Avernus serves as the front line of the great clash between the evil forces of chaos and law known as the Blood War. Demons from the Abyss use the River Styx to enter Avernus, where
Asmodeus to tempt mortals. The intrusion of the River Styx followed by endless waves of slavering demons destroyed this paradise, leaving layer upon layer of bones, ruins, and shattered war machines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
repair or modify any infernal war machine that the characters currently use. See appendix B for possible weapon replacements, armor upgrades, and magic gadgetry. Instead of payment, the horned devil
requires that they help it complete a test (see “Test Run 221” below). If the characters perform this task well, Bazelsteen agrees to fully repair their infernal war machines. He also offers one free
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Knowledge of Avernus Characters who research Avernus in Sigil can learn the following: Blood War. Avernus is a major battlefield for the Blood War, the raging conflict between demons and devils. It
their goals, the characters might need to work with Fiends. Environment. Avernus is a hellscape in the most literal sense: a ravaged battlefield littered with decaying carcasses and wrecked war machines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
repair or modify any infernal war machine that the characters currently use. See appendix B for possible weapon replacements, armor upgrades, and magic gadgetry. Instead of payment, the horned devil
requires that they help it complete a test (see “Test Run 221” below). If the characters perform this task well, Bazelsteen agrees to fully repair their infernal war machines. He also offers one free
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
resistance to their goals, heedless of consequences that don’t affect them. There are many theories about why it is called the Blood War, but I believe it is because the branches of the River Styx act like
they drink from the River Styx or swim for too long in its waters.
Cosmic Battlefield The Blood War rages along the length of the River Styx. Direct confrontations between demons and devils erupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Knowledge of Avernus Characters who research Avernus in Sigil can learn the following: Blood War. Avernus is a major battlefield for the Blood War, the raging conflict between demons and devils. It
their goals, the characters might need to work with Fiends. Environment. Avernus is a hellscape in the most literal sense: a ravaged battlefield littered with decaying carcasses and wrecked war machines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Cities and Sites Beyond the magnificence of Sharn, Breland hosts a vast spectrum of other wonders. Argonth The floating fortress of Breland, Argonth is one of the marvels of the Last War. The product
of House Cannith ingenuity and Brelish industrial might, Argonth is the largest engine of war ever built. This moving city is home to thousands of soldiers. Currently Argonth patrols the edge of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Cities and Sites Beyond the magnificence of Sharn, Breland hosts a vast spectrum of other wonders. Argonth The floating fortress of Breland, Argonth is one of the marvels of the Last War. The product
of House Cannith ingenuity and Brelish industrial might, Argonth is the largest engine of war ever built. This moving city is home to thousands of soldiers. Currently Argonth patrols the edge of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
resistance to their goals, heedless of consequences that don’t affect them. There are many theories about why it is called the Blood War, but I believe it is because the branches of the River Styx act like
they drink from the River Styx or swim for too long in its waters.
Cosmic Battlefield The Blood War rages along the length of the River Styx. Direct confrontations between demons and devils erupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
point during travel on or very near the Dessarin River, use the “River Travels” table. Roll 1d12 + 1d8 to determine what the adventurers run into. Asterisks. Encounters marked with an asterisk have
raiders* 16 13 1d4 + 1 gnolls 17 — Shepherds* 18 14 1d6 + 2 wolves 19 15 1d3 ogres — 16 1d2 gargoyles — 17 1d3 + 1 ghouls 20 18 1d2 perytons — 19 1d3 wights — 20 The Watchful Knight* River Travels Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
point during travel on or very near the Dessarin River, use the “River Travels” table. Roll 1d12 + 1d8 to determine what the adventurers run into. Asterisks. Encounters marked with an asterisk have
raiders* 16 13 1d4 + 1 gnolls 17 — Shepherds* 18 14 1d6 + 2 wolves 19 15 1d3 ogres — 16 1d2 gargoyles — 17 1d3 + 1 ghouls 20 18 1d2 perytons — 19 1d3 wights — 20 The Watchful Knight* River Travels Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
hopes to use the Star Forge to create a crown that will end a war of succession in their clan, but they need protection to reach the forge and finish their work. The forge is protected by an iron
golem fueled by radiant energy and other creatures from the Giant Construct Encounters table in chapter 3. Guiding Whispers A voice whispers into a character’s dreams, leading the character toward the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
hopes to use the Star Forge to create a crown that will end a war of succession in their clan, but they need protection to reach the forge and finish their work. The forge is protected by an iron
golem fueled by radiant energy and other creatures from the Giant Construct Encounters table in chapter 3. Guiding Whispers A voice whispers into a character’s dreams, leading the character toward the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Avernus. Characters wishing to leave Elturel must find a way to avoid the River Styx and the host of devils and demons waging war below the city. Only then can the characters make their way to the