continuing resultant guise to have related

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

use for healing magic, and a sorcerer can meet most of the tribe’s other magic-related needs. Kobold shamans are very rare; priests of Kurtulmak, when they reveal themselves, are easily recognized

Students

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

students, having chosen a college, spend virtually all their remaining school years on that campus and study with those professors, diving into their preferred area of study and related fields. Other

students take as many as a third of their classes in other colleges, continuing the breadth of their first-year education and looking for places where the perspectives of other disciplines can bring

Shape-Shifting

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

Shape-Shifting The time a dragon spends in a humanoid form is not directly related to our opinion of said form. In fact, dragons generally disagree with mortals about visual taste. Most of you are

metallic dragons also believe they are following the example of Bahamut, who is known to wander the worlds of the Material Plane in Humanoid guise, appearing sometimes as an elderly sage or wizard, other

Skill Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

feature, the player defines aspects of his or her background to which the benefit applies. Continuing the noble example, the player might decide to apply Expertise to “situations where courtly manners

proficiencies. Instead, a character can add his or her proficiency bonus to any ability check directly related to the character’s positive personality traits. For example, a character with a positive

Life and Outlook

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

being distantly related to dragons. A female can lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches. Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s

rest and carefully protected. Once it hatches, the resultant young kobold is groomed to fill a position of importance. Food and Cannibalism Although their sharp teeth would suggest they are

Levistus

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

seek out knowledge that could free Levistus or allow Geryon to vanquish him and ascend to the lordship. Geryon fulfills his responsibilities in the soul trade by continuing to court mortals through his

agents, offering them superior strength and great physical prowess in return for their allegiance. A Frozen Wasteland Every other layer of the Nine Hells has a function related to warfare, industry

Dragon Relationships

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

business. These subordinates might be related to the dragon (younger dragons or perhaps half-dragons), or simply employees who have proven trustworthy and resourceful. Companion Dragons sometimes

lieutenants—which might include younger dragons or half-dragons related to the boss—might hold responsibility over particular segments of the criminal enterprise. Emperor Rather than existing on the

Temple Locations T1-T9

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

asked of them. Both are disguised scarecrows (see “Coven Minions” earlier in the adventure). The music is a permanent auditory illusion. During the day, the hag Dread Morgan is often here in the guise of

of trees, flower bushes, and stone benches. Various iron weights, wooden poles, and heavy sacks are strewn about the place. In the guise of Azirssa, one of the elf sisters, Vile Sazha uses the

Cave Locations

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

western half of the cavern, watching for any Undead incursions. A doppelganger named Vhalak supervises the operation in the guise of a drow. If a fight breaks out in the main cavern, the two bugbears in

guise of Nundro Rockseeker so that Nezznar can use the dwarf as leverage to force the party’s surrender (although the Spider won’t actually harm the doppelganger). See “Roleplaying Nezznar” for more

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

careful manipulation. Adventure Hooks. Eberron: Rising from the Last War contains abundant ideas for adventures related to the Chamber’s activities on Eberron. The Chamber Adventure Hooks table here

The Seldarine

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

Hanali perform weddings between elves and preside over most other family-related ceremonies. Other than nuptials and a spate of spring celebrations, the priests conduct few observances. Pools of Beauty

, Rillifane takes the appearance of an uncommonly tall and strong wood elf with dark skin, handsome features, and twigs and leaves protruding from his hair. In either guise, his main concerns are the

Metallic Dragons

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

opinions of humanoids based on previous contact with related humanoids. Good dragons can recognize humanoid bloodlines by smell, sniffing out each person they meet and remembering any relatives they have

dragons is Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon. He dwells in the Seven Heavens of Mount Celestia, but often wanders the Material Plane in the magical guise of a venerable human male in peasant robes. In this

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