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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
ruins. You are part of a savage society that clings desperately to the Old Ways — attuned to nature, full of primal rage, and given short shrift by a world consumed with continuing civilization
effects, such as flames smoldering behind your eyes or dancing over your hands.
Suggested Characteristics
Gruul ways aren’t the ways of civilized folk, and the Gruul have little patience for
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind.
Deep dragons’ black
accidentally insulted a deep dragon is tormented by the dragon’s servants in ways that can’t be tied to the dragon conclusively.
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A group of cyclops;cyclopes wants a deep dragon to protect
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; attentiveness to unusual events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons
, or crumbling ruins designed to disorient intruders. Circuitous routes within the lair provide the dragon with numerous ways to evade pursuit, while strategically designed choke points allow them to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons often work
’s lair is a maze of twisting tunnels, interconnected caverns, or crumbling ruins designed to disorient intruders. Circuitous routes within the lair provide the dragon with numerous ways to evade
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces. Long ago
. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or
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races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Orcs trace their creation to the one-eyed god Gruumsh, an unstoppable warrior and powerful leader. The divine qualities of Gruumsh resonate within orcs, granting them a reflection of his toughness
in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks of devoted soldiers famed for their unity.
Hobgoblins are generally taller than their goblin cousins but not quite as big as bugbears. They have curved
some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Once members of a people who escaped servitude to mind flayers, githyanki split from their cousins, githzerai, and fled to the Astral Plane. In that timeless, silvery realm, githyanki honed their
rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Centuries later, that
, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Githzerai migrated to the Everchanging Chaos of Limbo after the ancient schism that split their ancestors from their cousins, githyanki. Limbo is a roiling maelstrom of matter and energy, collapsing
, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and
, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Age Barovia is the grim reflection of its undead master. Almost everything here is old and timeworn. Everywhere the adventurers go, they should be reminded of death, decay, and their own mortality
. Here are a couple of ways to reinforce these pervasive themes: Take time to describe the rotting timbers of buildings, the faded and moth-eaten clothing of the Barovian peasantry, the worm-ridden pages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ramya’s Torment The Dark Powers endlessly conspire to confound Ramya, most persistently in the following ways: Ramya’s treacherous siblings, Arijani and Reeva, endlessly contest her reign and sow
her seat of power. An illusion masks Ramya’s Undead state. Her true nature is revealed only by the chill of her skin and in her withered reflection. Ramya permits no mirrors in her presence, lest her curse be revealed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
untold generations, the aloof Silvanesti elves lived in a stratified society closed to outsiders. They don’t hate their cousins in Qualinesti, but they consider their ways misguided. In recent years
reconciliation. In the even more distant past, both high elf nations separated from their Kagonesti kin, while the waves themselves isolate Dargonesti and Dimernesti from their surface-dwelling cousins. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, gold dwarves tend to be more optimistic than their shield dwarf cousins, but they’re still standoffish and prideful as only a dwarf can be. They believe their race’s stable history is the result of their
artisans toil over items for years, getting their etchings and fine details just right before being satisfied with their efforts. That deliberate, perfectionist approach is a reflection of gold dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
before marching on the Cave of Shattered Reflection and confronting Vecna. The characters need to travel northwest from Pandesmos Outlook to reach Carapace Ridge. There are several ways the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Castle Ravenloft the night of Strahd von Zarovich’s transformation. Ages later, the siblings Boris and Camille Dilisnya each plotted to steal the prestige of their cousins, the Boritsis. Camille
childish toys and behaviors. He encouraged his sister to indulge his idealized visions of their childhood, going so far as to affect childlike behaviors and ways of speaking. Although his family
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
raiding, handing down less-desirable opportunities to Fourth Ship Taerl. Fifth Ship Rethnor acts as the city’s guard — an unprofitable enough duty that many of its members look for other ways to earn
maintains its original name as a reflection of its past power — and as a sign that it seeks to restore that power once again. If you want to make Luskan a bigger part of your campaign, more information about the city can be found in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Walking a Different Path Acquisitions Incorporated barbarians walk a different path than their kin of the wild lands. Or, more precisely, they walk familiar paths in unique and novel ways. Path of
known as Mistress Leafwind
Path of the Totem Warrior Unlike your wilder cousins, your connection to the spirit world is a little less woodsy and a little more civilized. However, that doesn’t mean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Demogorgon The Prince of Demons is a being of unfettered violence and rage, the mightiest of the demon lords. His twin heads, Aameul and Hathradiah, compete in some ways and cooperate in others. The
thought that, by looking at it through a mirror, I might avoid its effects. If anything, viewing its reflection made its effect more potent and more subtle. It was Rary who saved me, and I thought he had
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Every fiend spawned from Khyber owes fealty to one of these overlords. In many ways the Lords of Dust are a reflection of the Chamber. Each group is trying to steer the fulfillment of the Prophecy to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Talenta Halflings The halflings who migrated across Khorvaire in the company of humans ended up looking very human in dress, manners, and customs. Their cousins who remain in the Talenta Plains could
of place, both attracting curious stares and expressing plenty of curiosity of their own about the strange ways of Khorvaire’s cities and towns. As you make a Talenta halfling character, give some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Life in Yeonido The people of Yeonido are proud of their traditions and welcoming to those who respect their ways. Structured Society Yeonido’s residents believe in sacrifice for the good of the
typically have two syllables. Within each clan, siblings and cousins of the same generation often share one syllable of their name. For example, a couple might have a son named Ji-Min and a daughter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, beholders, and other iconic creatures took root on world after world, like seeds scattered by a cosmic wind. If the musings of these great sages are true, every world is a reflection—and in some cases, a
distortion—of the First World.
Transit between these worlds is rare but not impossible and can be accomplished in various ways. One such method is called the Great Journey, an epic voyage fraught with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
example of Corellon’s wild, ever-shifting ways. As these primal reflections of Corellon changed their nature and defined themselves, they came to see Corellon and Lolth in new lights. They now viewed
prevent her onslaught. This act rent the elves asunder. Lolth and Corellon parted ways, Lolth to become a demon lord in the Abyss and Corellon to become the de facto leader of a pantheon that could no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
area around a legendary dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s presence. The regional effects described in the Monster Manual and chapters 5 and 6 of this book are not the only ways a dragon’s
manifest these tendencies in different ways and to different degrees. If the dragon dies or leaves the area, these traits fade over 1d10 days. Planar Connections The powerful magic bound up in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
weaker creatures. Some eladrin trade haughtiness for a tender kindness toward their elf cousins, knowing that many elves have never felt the ecstasies of a life amid the fey and of years spent near the
waterfalls, gardens and copses, and structures of stone and wood are commingled in ways that are original and yet completely natural-looking. Eladrin culture is older than any other elven civilization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
the contract forms as soon as the gift is received. Accidental Fey Contracts A creature can accidentally stumble into a fey contract in a number of ways. The one bit of good news for the novice
Seelie and Unseelie Courts, and other powerful archfey. Such contracts usually require a wish spell or an elaborate ritual to negate. Here are a few ways one might become unwittingly bound to a fey
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
fail a Charisma (Persuasion) check, the subject of the check becomes irrationally resentful of you, seeking to undermine you in ways determined by the DM.
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You can cast the control weather
duplicate. You control this force as if it were the product of an unseen servant spell, except that it is visible.
Each time you see your own reflection, you must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the Material Plane after death, they either dwell in the Astral Plane as spirits or are pulled toward one of the Outer Planes to continue their journey. But some entities find ways to travel beyond
) checks made against those creatures have disadvantage, and the creatures have disadvantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks made against anyone who notices their lack of reflection. When they leave the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
assassination, illusions, and lies, Zinzerena personifies cruelty, stealth, misdirection, and survival by any means necessary. In some ways, Malyk is her reflection, and in many interpretations of
, sometimes behave in ways that seem consistent with reverence for That Which Lurks. Those who are faithful to Lolth often oppose Ghaunadaur’s cultists, driving them into hiding or forcing them into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their physical forms can’t be fully perceived by mortals. Viewers perceive the same general impression of a daelkyr, but the details vary in ways that can’t be controlled. For example, Belashyrra might
accumulated their own followings among the Cults of the Dragon Below. A few have abandoned the path of aggression in favor of solitary philosophy and reflection. A beholder philosopher might manipulate events
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
case those inside want to order food and drink during their gathering. Shrines. Each of the shrines is outfitted with a simple wooden altar, tables and benches for study and reflection, and suitable
error of his ways and seek out a better life. He adopted the name Little One, to honor the halfling whose life he cut short.
Shunned by polite society, Little One came to Candlekeep hoping to learn as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
after the galeb duhr. T3: Lesser Chapel The walls of this room are carved with images of dwarven miners kneeling in pious reflection. Three statues of humans kneel in the room’s corners. An altar against
reflection as shown in the carvings, then tries to petrify them. T4: Priest Quarters Most of this small room collapsed long ago, forming a narrow passage through the earth into the area beyond. A stone bed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
objects and can’t be broken. Reflections. Reflections in this room take on a life of their own, taunting the creatures who cast them. A creature that converses with its own reflection must succeed on a
the Fool card.
This room is a version of the Surface of the Sun trap in chapter 4, but it differs from that trap in the following ways: Hotter Ceiling. Characters inside the room take 11 (2d10) fire