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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, colonies can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies.
The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith
tasked to dig pit traps and cover them with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish outside their homes and fiercely
fond of camouflage, attaching leaves and twigs to their cloaks, making brown paint to cover their skin, and weaving grass nets under which they can hide. They use such camouflage while hunting in the
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
upright, aarakocra might reach 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to sharp talons.
Feathers cover their bodies. Their plumage typically denotes membership in a tribe. Males are
it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An aarakocra who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses.
Confinement terrifies the
Lightfoot Halfling
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Basic Rules (2014)
As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You’re inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot
halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety.
Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life. In the world of Greyhawk, these halflings are called hairfeet or tallfellows.
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles.
Creating Your Character
violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries. If typical members of a race can live longer than a century, that fact is mentioned in the race
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
moment’s contact with such a place is enough to plunge a mortal mind into madness. Yet beings do exist that are native to these realms: beings that are eternally hungering, searching, warring, sometimes
dreaming. These Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal races and always horrific to humanoid minds. However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
moment’s contact with such a place is enough to plunge a mortal mind into madness. Yet beings do exist that are native to these realms: beings that are eternally hungering, searching, warring, sometimes
dreaming. These Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal races and always horrific to humanoid minds. However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Lightfoot As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You’re inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot
halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety. Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Lightfoot As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You’re inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot
halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety. Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Lightfoot As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You’re inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot
halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety. Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Lightfoot As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You’re inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot
halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety. Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods.
Booming Birth Rate
In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
courtyard climb to the tops of these walls, which are unmanned. Arrow slits in the outer walls of the guard towers and central keep provide three-quarters cover to those standing behind them. Most of the
for one cult member to sound the alarm simply by yelling. If an alarm is raised, the following cult members are tasked with defending the castle: Twelve cultists of various races and genders, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
courtyard climb to the tops of these walls, which are unmanned. Arrow slits in the outer walls of the guard towers and central keep provide three-quarters cover to those standing behind them. Most of the
for one cult member to sound the alarm simply by yelling. If an alarm is raised, the following cult members are tasked with defending the castle: Twelve cultists of various races and genders, who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies. The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith, chitines
traps and cover them with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface. Chitine
Small Monstrosity, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
other humanoid races. At 6 years old a kobold is considered an adult. Most succumb to violence, accidents, or disease by age 20, but a kobold can live for up to 120 years — a longevity they attribute to
skirmish with each other every few days. Eventually the leader of one warring tribe realizes it is losing due to attrition and moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies. The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith, chitines
traps and cover them with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface. Chitine
Small Monstrosity, Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
on nightspiders. The Ebonsnare is crewed by eight neogi pirates (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) and twenty commoners of various races and alignments, whom the neogi have enslaved. The neogi also keep
bolts and mangonel stones, forcing it to break off its attack and make for the cover of the asteroids.
The newly arrived space galleons are the Stalwart and the Incorrigible, both under the command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
other humanoid races. At 6 years old a kobold is considered an adult. Most succumb to violence, accidents, or disease by age 20, but a kobold can live for up to 120 years — a longevity they attribute to
skirmish with each other every few days. Eventually the leader of one warring tribe realizes it is losing due to attrition and moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
on nightspiders. The Ebonsnare is crewed by eight neogi pirates (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) and twenty commoners of various races and alignments, whom the neogi have enslaved. The neogi also keep
bolts and mangonel stones, forcing it to break off its attack and make for the cover of the asteroids.
The newly arrived space galleons are the Stalwart and the Incorrigible, both under the command
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
races have little good to say about kobolds, but they do admit that the little reptilians do respectable tunnel work using simple tools. If a band of kobolds is enslaved by more powerful creatures
, sorcerer, miner, or crafter is as likely to be female as male.
Grow Fast, Die Early
Kobolds grow and mature much more swiftly than members of other humanoid races. At 6 years old a kobold is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(predominantly cloud and storm giants), but some orders have been known to accept goliaths, firbolgs, and members of other peoples into their ranks. (Goliaths and firbolgs appear as character races in
, especially with beings they regard as near equals in age and importance, including dwarves, elves, and dragons. If a fundamental sin of the ancient giants was warring with these folk in the early years of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(predominantly cloud and storm giants), but some orders have been known to accept goliaths, firbolgs, and members of other peoples into their ranks. (Goliaths and firbolgs appear as character races in
, especially with beings they regard as near equals in age and importance, including dwarves, elves, and dragons. If a fundamental sin of the ancient giants was warring with these folk in the early years of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in exchange for stories from the old country. Graywall, Middle Tavick’s Landing The Cornerstone A massive arena that hosts a wide array of sporting events. These include jousts and races, both on foot
addition to standard games, it’s said that the host can cover a wide range of unusual wagers. Dragoneyes, Lower Tavick’s Landing Terminus Station An enclave of House Orien, this site contains the lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in exchange for stories from the old country. Graywall, Middle Tavick’s Landing The Cornerstone A massive arena that hosts a wide array of sporting events. These include jousts and races, both on foot
addition to standard games, it’s said that the host can cover a wide range of unusual wagers. Dragoneyes, Lower Tavick’s Landing Terminus Station An enclave of House Orien, this site contains the lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to replenish the casualties of their endless warring, orcs breed prodigiously (and they aren’t choosy about what they breed with, which is why such creatures as half-orcs and ogrillons are found in
the chief can plan where to send raiders next. The territory that orc war parties cover can extend for many miles around the lair, and any encampment or settlement of elves, dwarves, or humans in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
in a city or town dominated by another race. Everything Has a Story As do many other races, halflings enjoy accumulating personal possessions. But unlike with most other races, a halfling’s idea of
villagers and teaches them what to do if goblin raiders find the village. For the most part, halflings aren’t the targets of warring nations. Their villages are of little tactical value, nor are they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
in a city or town dominated by another race. Everything Has a Story As do many other races, halflings enjoy accumulating personal possessions. But unlike with most other races, a halfling’s idea of
villagers and teaches them what to do if goblin raiders find the village. For the most part, halflings aren’t the targets of warring nations. Their villages are of little tactical value, nor are they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to replenish the casualties of their endless warring, orcs breed prodigiously (and they aren’t choosy about what they breed with, which is why such creatures as half-orcs and ogrillons are found in
the chief can plan where to send raiders next. The territory that orc war parties cover can extend for many miles around the lair, and any encampment or settlement of elves, dwarves, or humans in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Over the centuries, the methods of these elf archers have been learned by members of other races who can also balance arcane aptitude with archery. Arrows are the worst. They go much farther than
the attack. Instead, the arrow shoots forward in a line, which is 1 foot wide and 30 feet long, before disappearing. The arrow passes harmlessly through objects, ignoring cover. Each creature in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, oblivious to their presence. Though it might step on characters who don’t get out of its way, it fights only in self-defense. Deinonychus. A wild boar races across the party’s path, followed closely by
Survival skill, all the characters’ checks are made with advantage. Velociraptor. A pack of 3d6 velociraptors (see appendix D) burst out from behind cover and attack. Make a single Dexterity (Stealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, or shunned. They typically live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish
thin dwarves. They are fond of camouflage, attaching leaves and twigs to their cloaks, making brown paint to cover their skin, and weaving grass nets under which they can hide. They use such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Over the centuries, the methods of these elf archers have been learned by members of other races who can also balance arcane aptitude with archery. Arrows are the worst. They go much farther than
the attack. Instead, the arrow shoots forward in a line, which is 1 foot wide and 30 feet long, before disappearing. The arrow passes harmlessly through objects, ignoring cover. Each creature in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, oblivious to their presence. Though it might step on characters who don’t get out of its way, it fights only in self-defense. Deinonychus. A wild boar races across the party’s path, followed closely by
Survival skill, all the characters’ checks are made with advantage. Velociraptor. A pack of 3d6 velociraptors (see appendix D) burst out from behind cover and attack. Make a single Dexterity (Stealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, or shunned. They typically live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish
thin dwarves. They are fond of camouflage, attaching leaves and twigs to their cloaks, making brown paint to cover their skin, and weaving grass nets under which they can hide. They use such