continuing rather grinding to have recorded

Dwarves

races

Ancient and dauntless as the mountains they call home, the dwarves first appeared in Etharis long before recorded history. As talented and diligent crafters, the dwarves forged their kingdoms in the

Empire. The dwarven kingdom of Stehlenwald endured. Rather than share the fate of their northern cousins, the Stehlenwald dwarves dug deeper into the heart of the mountain. There, miners laid eyes upon

Human

races

frozen and inhospitable tundra of the North to the scorched plains of the South. First recorded emerging from temperate forests in the lands that are now the Bürach Empire, humans were not considered

homelands. The period written in history as the Era of Expansion is often portrayed as an endless eruption of violence that lasted centuries as humans spread to every corner of Etharis. Rather, the

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

region surrounding Varkenbluff, continuing her occult research in secret. By age twenty-four, Dr. Dannell had earned her doctorate in anthropology from Varkenbluff University, a prestigious institution

with a gemstone-like sheen, this ovoid stone was covered in strange furrows. The stone seemed ritualistic in nature, but it matched no recorded historical practices, and no one could identify its

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, they might build a warren and make a permanent home there, while continuing to expand the town’s sewers as the community grows. These so-called “city kobolds” live underground but

other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation

Gravity Planes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

smaller objects, such as spacecraft, gravity doesn’t radiate from a point but rather from a plane that cuts horizontally through the object and extends out as far as its air envelope. An object’s gravity

gravity plane is that an object that falls off the side of a ship can end up oscillating back and forth across the gravity plane. It drops in one direction until it crosses the plane, then reverses direction back toward the plane again, continuing until something causes it to stop.

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

magic button to bring things back to the way they should be, this person you love so much restored to who they really are rather than what cancer is grinding them down into. It’s easy to give in to

Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

experience, the characters can become overly cautious, and you run the risk of the action grinding to a halt as the players search every square inch of the dungeon for trip wires and pressure plates

characters discover a trap, be open to adjudicating their ideas for defeating it. The trap’s description is a starting point for countermeasures, rather than a complete definition. To make it easier

Mammon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

capital of Minauros, the Sinking City, and is recorded. The soul is then distributed to whoever should claim it, according to contracts in force and laws in effect. Mammon appropriates any extra lemures for

frustration by grinding the offending party into a thick, bloody sludge. Financier of the Hells Mammon’s wealth is his primary way of exerting power and influence. He offers monetary loans to other devils in

Gods of the Yuan-ti

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

. Many of the cults devoted to these lesser gods are unique to a particular city, and followers of the three main yuan-ti deities usually consider these religious practices quaint rather than

threatening. Dendar The Night Serpent came into being before recorded history, spawned from the feverish dreams of the first intelligent creatures. She subsists and grows stronger by feeding on the fears that

Barrow Mound

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the following text: Sunlight coming through the barrow’s entry hall dims, as if a shadow has been cast on the entrance. Right afterward, a grinding of stone is followed by cascade of dirt and stone in

from the earth in the main chamber. It attacks those it can see, rather than pursuing Javor. While the party fights the elemental, Javor works with supernatural fervor to clear the rubble choking the

Sample Guild Representatives

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

lamenting the burdens of being a father of nine, he is quick to point out that the characters’ continued compliance with guild rules and regulations makes his rather difficult life “just a bitty bit

the one-time payments and continuing expenses associated with running the tavern in Trollskull Alley, as well as providing rules for determining how much coin the business makes or loses. One-Time

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Random Encounters As the characters travel toward Araumycos, use the Creature Encounters table in this section rather than the Creature Encounters table in chapter 2. Once the characters enter

magic on a creature also ends the effect on it. The myconids and their spore servants attack only if they’re attacked or prevented from continuing on their march. Oozes The characters encounter one or

Staff

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

, who slowly applies those features to the headquarters. A majordomo of a franchise modeling itself after a spy organization might constantly invent devices for the franchise, making continuing progress

(sailors for a seagoing franchise, engineers for a giant hollow statue, and so on). Crew do not leave a franchise and cannot perform franchise tasks. They typically run rather than fight back when attacked

Dock Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

magic spell shows that they are indeed magical, though that magic is of the transmutation school rather than conjuration. Each day, a kindly druid who thinks Jerr is an honest soul gives the gnome a

goodberry for his health. Rather than eat the berry, Jerr crushes it up and adds a drop of juice to each pot. Jerr sells maps for 1 gp and the potions for 10 gp. He also tries to sell other useless or

Uthgardt Lands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

size that near the ancient ancestral mound of the Red Tiger tribe. The settlement was founded some time ago by members of the Black Lion tribe, who put down roots here rather than continuing to live

call themselves “children of Uthgar.” Though the Uthgardt each belong to a given tribe, these are markers of identity, rather than coherent populations. In my experience, it is rare outside of

Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

note is the Chanter, who is responsible for continuing the ongoing recitation of the prophecies of the great seer Alaundo, who once made his home here. I remember the first time I came upon the Endless

great library. The Keeper’s word is law, quite literally — each Keeper’s edicts are recorded for the edification of future Keepers, and all are maintained as ongoing traditions until changed by the word

Zorzula's Rest Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

minute of effort, though a knock spell or similar magic opens it with ease. Pulling a lever in area Z2 causes the doors to swing inward, stone grinding against stone. Arrow Slits. Two goblin psi

). Long ago, duergar miners captured and brought several otyughs from the Underdark to serve as a convenient way to dispose of the outpost’s waste. The otyughs survived the mind flayers’ attack, continuing

Dragon Organizations

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

prophecy’s old interpretation, continuing their efforts to create dracoliches. Adventure Hooks. The Tyranny of Dragons adventure details the cult’s efforts to bring Tiamat’s avatar into the world. Beyond

is not a single collection of oracular sayings, nor is it any kind of organized prediction of future events. Rather, the Prophecy is a map of possible futures—an outline of the complex relationships

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

died, the kenku raised her in undeath to prolong their cult, continuing to fill their city with glass statues. After Kwalish fled his first laboratory, he used the initial research of his expedition to

poses and petrified (or, rather, vitrified) by the cult of the medusa. Many of the statues above the ooze show chips and cracks from long years of weathering. But below the ooze, most of the well

Areas of the Air Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, you hear the grinding of enormous gears hidden deep below the stone floor. Two Howling Hatred priests (see chapter 7) supervise as five commoners slowly turn the westernmost wheel (see “Stone

creature is either disguised in plain sight as a cloak or hiding on the ceiling. The cloaker uses hit-and-run tactics against the characters, rather than risking itself in a drawn-out fight. Treasure The

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

to be the easternmost extent of the Spine of the World, rather than being mountain ranges in their own right. The difference is academic, since all three areas have soaring peaks, permanent snowpack

in an endless tumult, like winter grinding its teeth in anticipation of its next freezing assault. Between these formidable obstacles lies windswept tundra dotted with settlements and the occasional

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