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Storm King's Thunder
Built by dwarven gods and entrusted to the rulers of Shanatar, an ancient dwarven empire, the Wyrmskull Throne was a symbol of dwarven power and pride for ages untold. The throne hovers a foot off
the aquatic elf tyrant Gantar Kraok and sold it to the storm giant Neri for a considerable fortune. Neri had the throne magically enlarged and gave it to her husband, King Hekaton, as a gift, along
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terms of absolutes and a sense of underlying duality. Day or night. Acceptance or rejection. Friend or foe. Their culture is also entwined along the line between life and death. They commune with
greater status.
Laneshi warriors skirmish constantly with their deep-dwelling neighbors. But at the same time, the rulers of the Llana’Shi Empire have begun to focus on the surface world for
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
infesting the target.Assassin bugs plague the frontier and the wilderness, where they seek to hatch their voracious maggots within incapacitated hosts. Resembling giant bluebottle flies, these insectile
infest and overwhelm an unprepared population. Desperate rulers discovering that settlements are at risk often order entire neighborhoods or whole villages burned at the first sign of infestation. Within
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
— yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers.
— Elminster
The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their
human society, so they gain influence by controlling enemy rulers — and those close to them — through blackmail, drugs, magic, and the subterfuge of disguised purebloods.
From Calimshan and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
keep all the loot they find, plus the possibility of reward from the rulers of the lands being ravaged by the giant bands. And now the adventurers stand before the black and smoking slag hill that
Hall of the Fire Giant King Just as the trail led from the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief to the frozen wastes wherein was found the Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, so the adventure in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
keep all the loot they find, plus the possibility of reward from the rulers of the lands being ravaged by the giant bands. And now the adventurers stand before the black and smoking slag hill that
Hall of the Fire Giant King Just as the trail led from the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief to the frozen wastes wherein was found the Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, so the adventure in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each
, but they’re not the only set of assumptions that can do so. You can build an interesting campaign concept by altering one or more of those core assumptions, just as well-established D&D worlds have done
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
monsters have visited. This has caused great anger in high places, for life and property loss means failure of the vows of noble rulers to protect the life and goods of each and every subject—and possible
lean times for the rulers as well as the ruled. Therefore, a party of the bravest and most powerful adventurers has been assembled and given the charge to punish the miscreant giants. Characters whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
monsters have visited. This has caused great anger in high places, for life and property loss means failure of the vows of noble rulers to protect the life and goods of each and every subject—and possible
lean times for the rulers as well as the ruled. Therefore, a party of the bravest and most powerful adventurers has been assembled and given the charge to punish the miscreant giants. Characters whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
It’s Your World In creating your campaign world, it helps to start with the core assumptions and consider how your setting might change them. The subsequent sections of this chapter address each
, but they’re not the only set of assumptions that can do so. You can build an interesting campaign concept by altering one or more of those core assumptions, just as well-established D&D worlds have done
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
similar. A cylindrical core holds containers for goods, including livestock. Surrounding the core is seating for passengers. The Citadel employs official operators called Clavigers to pilot the Jewels
incandescent constellation. Each Jewel corresponds to one of the founding civilizations and resembles a giant gemstone of the type noted for that civilization on the Concord Jewels table. Missing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
strong and impenetrable as granite, thanks to ancient cloud giant wizardry. Towers and walls surround an iceberg core that’s been hollowed out to serve as the lair of a powerful white dragon allied with
Skyreach Castle Eons ago, cloud giants built this flying fortress to take their ancient battle against dragonkind into the skies. The spirit of a giant enables it to fly—this ancient bond dates back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
similar. A cylindrical core holds containers for goods, including livestock. Surrounding the core is seating for passengers. The Citadel employs official operators called Clavigers to pilot the Jewels
incandescent constellation. Each Jewel corresponds to one of the founding civilizations and resembles a giant gemstone of the type noted for that civilization on the Concord Jewels table. Missing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
strong and impenetrable as granite, thanks to ancient cloud giant wizardry. Towers and walls surround an iceberg core that’s been hollowed out to serve as the lair of a powerful white dragon allied with
Skyreach Castle Eons ago, cloud giants built this flying fortress to take their ancient battle against dragonkind into the skies. The spirit of a giant enables it to fly—this ancient bond dates back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Rejecting the Ordning Some giants reject the ordning, in part or entirely. This rejection most commonly takes one of three forms. First are giants who hold themselves to a different standard than the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
The Ordning Each of the main giant races — the cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, and storm giants — are related by common elements of history, religion, and culture. They
, the ordning assigns a social rank to each giant. By understanding its place in the ordning, a giant knows which other giants are inferior or superior to it, since no two giants are equal. Each of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
recorded storm giant prophecies. Mind flayers and their dominated minions from the Fomorian Encounters table (see chapter 3) race the characters to the prize. Shipyard A fire giant shipwright is studying
the records in the circle with her apprentices and minions from the Fire Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3), puzzling out the secret of creating the flying ships used by the civilization that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Giant but can't speak
Challenge 20 (25,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6
Berserk. If the core inside the colossus is destroyed, the colossus goes
adamantine skeleton, creating a grisly colossal construct. Inside the flesh colossus’s chest is a stone sphere infused with spirits from each elemental plane acting as its core. To this day, some of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Giant but can't speak
Challenge 20 (25,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6
Berserk. If the core inside the colossus is destroyed, the colossus goes
adamantine skeleton, creating a grisly colossal construct. Inside the flesh colossus’s chest is a stone sphere infused with spirits from each elemental plane acting as its core. To this day, some of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
The Ordning Each of the main giant races — the cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, and storm giants — are related by common elements of history, religion, and culture. They
, the ordning assigns a social rank to each giant. By understanding its place in the ordning, a giant knows which other giants are inferior or superior to it, since no two giants are equal. Each of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
recorded storm giant prophecies. Mind flayers and their dominated minions from the Fomorian Encounters table (see chapter 3) race the characters to the prize. Shipyard A fire giant shipwright is studying
the records in the circle with her apprentices and minions from the Fire Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3), puzzling out the secret of creating the flying ships used by the civilization that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Rejecting the Ordning Some giants reject the ordning, in part or entirely. This rejection most commonly takes one of three forms. First are giants who hold themselves to a different standard than the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ruby in Ghazrim’s ring has a white, star-shaped core that guides its wearer along the safest, shortest route to Gravenhollow. Society of Brilliance If one or more members of the Society of Brilliance
contemplation. Stone Giant Guide If the characters don’t have the ring to guide them, a duergar NPC (for example, Ghuldur Flagonfist in Mantol-Derith) might suggest that they talk to Stonespeaker Hgraam in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ruby in Ghazrim’s ring has a white, star-shaped core that guides its wearer along the safest, shortest route to Gravenhollow. Society of Brilliance If one or more members of the Society of Brilliance
contemplation. Stone Giant Guide If the characters don’t have the ring to guide them, a duergar NPC (for example, Ghuldur Flagonfist in Mantol-Derith) might suggest that they talk to Stonespeaker Hgraam in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fomorian Cursed Giant of the Dark Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any DAARKEN Once infamous for their magical aptitude, fomorians are giants afflicted with a fey curse. In their pride, they were
tricked into invading the Feywild to claim its magic for their own. When the archfey rulers of that realm united, the fomorians were turned back and cursed with supernatural strangeness to make their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of the spacecraft’s core systems, including its arsenal of robots. Depending on how the characters respond, the computer can be a useful temporary ally or a dangerous enemy. Eventually, the party
learns Aphelion is fixated on a single goal: eliminating a scientist frozen in stasis deep within the ship. Foiled in its attempts by a giant, territorial amphibian barring the only path to the scientist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of the spacecraft’s core systems, including its arsenal of robots. Depending on how the characters respond, the computer can be a useful temporary ally or a dangerous enemy. Eventually, the party
learns Aphelion is fixated on a single goal: eliminating a scientist frozen in stasis deep within the ship. Foiled in its attempts by a giant, territorial amphibian barring the only path to the scientist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Frost Giant Gigantic reavers from the freezing lands beyond civilization, frost giants are fierce, hardy warriors that survive on the spoils of their raids and pillaging. They respect only brute
most often saved for trading opportunities with other giants more adept at crafting metal weapons and armor.
Rulers by Might. Frost giants respect brute strength above all else, and a frost giant’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fomorian Cursed Giant of the Dark Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any DAARKEN Once infamous for their magical aptitude, fomorians are giants afflicted with a fey curse. In their pride, they were
tricked into invading the Feywild to claim its magic for their own. When the archfey rulers of that realm united, the fomorians were turned back and cursed with supernatural strangeness to make their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Frost Giant Gigantic reavers from the freezing lands beyond civilization, frost giants are fierce, hardy warriors that survive on the spoils of their raids and pillaging. They respect only brute
most often saved for trading opportunities with other giants more adept at crafting metal weapons and armor.
Rulers by Might. Frost giants respect brute strength above all else, and a frost giant’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
stone giant who wants to carve the stone. 4 A stone giant traveler hones their skills by carving a relief into a city’s walls. The city’s rulers and masons beg for help. 5 Characters traveling
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
stone giant who wants to carve the stone. 4 A stone giant traveler hones their skills by carving a relief into a city’s walls. The city’s rulers and masons beg for help. 5 Characters traveling
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->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Garenbrig and Embereth, fire giants and stone giants served as mighty knights and strong laborers. In the wilds, hill giants have always been hostile to the rulers of the realm, even when elves governed
the land. Cloud and storm giants live far above the wilds on islands made of magical cloud. (See the tempest hart entry in this collection for more on Stormkeld and its giant inhabitants.) Bigby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Garenbrig and Embereth, fire giants and stone giants served as mighty knights and strong laborers. In the wilds, hill giants have always been hostile to the rulers of the realm, even when elves governed
the land. Cloud and storm giants live far above the wilds on islands made of magical cloud. (See the tempest hart entry in this collection for more on Stormkeld and its giant inhabitants.) Bigby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
appearance of loyalty toward rival terrors. Every part of Kalakeri holds secrets and dangers, and nowhere is untouched by its rulers’ war for dominance. When planning adventures in Kalakeri, consider
secrets of lost rulers to the practices of forbidden magical sects. Without a steady, reliable presence on the throne, ancient cults, deadly beasts, and opportunistic demagogues are free to unleash