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the signs written in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace
crystal dragon has ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
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Crystal dragons are among the
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sky and tracking the signs written in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to
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A crystal dragon has ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
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Crystal dragons
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might be a wagon jostling along a dirt road or a raft floating downriver.
Small and Practical
The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring
;s going on behind their smiling faces—surely more than they ever let on.”
Humans. “Humans are a lot like us, really. At least some of them are. Step out of the castles and keeps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
About Eldraine Eldraine is a storybook world of quests and castles, knights and wizards, wicked warlocks and fantastical creatures. Once, valiant knights would venture from five royal courts to
: The Gathering with 2019’s Throne of Eldraine set. The new Wilds of Eldraine set presents the world in the wake of the Phyrexian invasion, leaving behind the knights and castles and delving deep into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Siege Equipment Siege equipment includes objects designed to assail castles and other walled fortifications. Most siege weapons require creatures to move them, as well as to load, aim, and fire them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dark Fantasy Vampires brood on the battlements of their accursed castles. Necromancers toil in dark dungeons to create horrid servants made of dead flesh. Devils corrupt the innocent, and werewolves
full of creatures that perfectly suit a storyline of supernatural horror. The most important element of such a campaign, though, isn’t covered by the rules. A dark-fantasy setting requires an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
, the wilds are unpredictable and not united under any one system of government. The lands of the wilds are just as untamed and diverse as the creatures that live there. Magic runs rampant, manifesting
in strange and often beautiful ways. It can be alluring, empowering, and restorative. It can also be repellent, enervating, and destructive. Countless species of sapient creatures dwell in the wilds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the openness, many covered with lush vegetation. These earth motes serve as homes for djinn and other natives of the plane. Other creatures live on cloud banks infused with magic to become solid
surfaces, supporting towns and castles. Drifting clouds can obscure visibility in any direction in the plane. Storms are frequent, ranging from strong thunderstorms to fierce tornadoes or mighty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
snow, and on and on in an endless, unpredictable process of change. Fragments of more ordinary landscapes — bits of forest, meadow, ruined castles, and even burbling streams — drift through the disorder
. The whole plane is a nightmarish riot. Limbo has no gravity, so creatures visiting the plane float in place. A creature can move up to its walking speed in any direction by merely thinking of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
giant who took on a better thrower will stumble away, nursing its injuries, as a lesson that arrogance has a price. In battle against puny creatures, giants use boulders that fit in one hand. When
giants fight enormous foes (such as dragons) or enormous targets (such as castles), they prefer to hurl stones so large that even a giant must use both arms to lift and throw one. Giants throw just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Gargoyle The inanimate gargoyles that perch atop great buildings are inspired by these malevolent creatures of elemental earth that resemble grotesque, fiendish statues. A gargoyle lurks among
cling to rocky cliffs and mountains, or roost on ledges in underground caves. They haunt city rooftops, perching vulture-like among the high stone arches and buttresses of castles and cathedrals, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Equipment
Siege equipment includes objects designed to assail or defend castles and other walled fortifications. Most siege weapons require creatures to move them, as well as to load, aim, and fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the Plane of Earth. These earth motes serve as homes for the creatures of elemental air, and many motes are covered with lush vegetation. Other creatures live on cloud banks infused with enough magic
to become solid surfaces, strong enough to support towns and castles. Drifting cloud banks can obscure visibility in any direction in the plane. Storms are frequent, mostly on par with a strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
beneath the surface, and ruined castles. The “Dungeons” section in chapter 3 can help you craft a dungeon environment for an adventure. Of course, not every adventure takes place in a dungeon. A
images that can inspire your mapmaking. Bringing a Location to Life An inhabited adventure location has its own ecosystem. The creatures that live there need to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Slaadi In the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo, bits of forest and meadow, ruined castles, and isolated islands drift through a tumult of fire, water, earth, and wind. The foremost inhabitants of this
of that plane and halt the spread of chaos to other planes. As the stone’s power grew, it became possible for creatures with ordered minds, such as modrons and githzerai, to create enclaves in Limbo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and goblinoids, or mighty creatures such as giants and dragons. Ruins dot the landscape and the caverns that wind beneath the surface. In these places, treasures of every living race — and a number of
entertain people in taverns, inns, and castles. Adventurers also spread news — while also creating it! The common folk of Faerûn look on adventurers with a mixture of admiration, envy, and mistrust. Folk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, called the Sea of Light because of the sunlight filtering down into the water. Aquatic humanoids craft castles and fortresses in the coral reefs. The marids are the distant stewards of this region
deeper extents of the plane, where no sunlight reaches, are called the Darkened Depths. Horrid creatures dwell here, and the absolute cold and crushing pressure mean a swift end to creatures accustomed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
extents of the plane, where no sunlight reaches, are called the Darkened Depths. Horrid creatures dwell here, and the absolute cold and crushing pressure mean a swift end to creatures accustomed to the
Bordering the Para-elemental Plane of Ice is the Sea of Ice. The frigid water is choked with icebergs and sheet ice, which are inhabited by cold-loving creatures from the Plane of Ice. Drifting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
honor, glory, or individual achievement. They care only for the raw number of creatures they can slay. In the face of a gnoll incursion, it is best for refugees to seek shelter in castles and other
numerous they rush forward in waves. The creatures will crawl over their own dead to climb a castle’s walls and kill all within it. A commonly held belief is that a fortress besieged by gnolls needs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Small and Practical
The diminutive halflings survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear
.”
Humans. “Humans are a lot like us, really. At least some of them are. Step out of the castles and keeps, go talk to the farmers and herders and you’ll find good, solid folk. Not that there’s anything wrong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Siege Equipment Siege weapons are designed to assail castles and other walled fortifications. They see much use in campaigns that feature war. Most siege weapons don’t move around a battlefield on
their own; they require creatures to move them, as well as to load, aim, and fire them. Ballista Large object Armor Class: 15 Hit Points: 50 Damage Immunities: poison, psychic A ballista is a massive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, they can seldom do so quickly.
Attuned to the magic of their airy domains, cloud giants are able to turn into mist and create clouds of billowing fog. They dwell in castles on high mountain peaks
, so do cloud giants keep griffons, perytons, and wyverns as their own flying beasts of prey. Such creatures also patrol the cloud giants’ gardens by night, along with trained predators such as owlbears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
snow, and on and on in an endless, unpredictable process of change. Fragments of more ordinary landscapes—bits of forest, meadow, ruined castles, and even burbling streams—drift through the disorder
. The whole plane is a nightmarish riot. Limbo has no gravity, so creatures visiting the plane float in place. A creature can move up to its Speed in any direction by merely thinking of the desired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of most other creatures. Some make their abodes in cloud-top castles so high that flying dragons appear as specks below. Others live atop mountain peaks that pierce the clouds. Some occupy palaces
. Such creatures must speak and act respectfully, however, for a storm giant roused to anger is a force of utter destruction.
Solitary Lives. Storm giants communicate infrequently with others of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, and the relatively small stature of present-day humans is a mark of their degeneracy. Others imagine remote realms—cloud castles or lost continents—where Brobdingnagian people dwell, set apart from
variations on the giants found in the Monster Manual. A range of other enormous creatures, from towering dinosaurs to magical giant geese, can help DMs populate a giant-sized environment. Dear reader
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
demons embody senseless anarchy and nihilistic destruction, and they take special offense at creatures or structures that rival them in size. Castles, towers, giants, and beasts of war are all common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
civilization as if they were castles in the sand. Its devastating attacks can destroy ocean trade and halt communication between coastal cities. An ominous darkness presages a kraken’s attack, and a
regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the kraken. If the kraken dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
both below and above. They held sway over the oceans from undersea fortresses and lorded over the land from castles in the sky. Cloud giants built immense floating cities and served the storm giants
. Frost giants defended Ostoria with the might of their arms, not just on the chilly peaks and glaciers but on every frontier. Hill giants sprawled over all other lands, subjugating lesser creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are no great castles to covet here, nor ruins to pillage. All told, the place seems dull and unremarkable. That, of course, is just the way its residents like it. They enjoy their solitude, which is
newness of the world as a contrast to the familiarity of their homeland. Few dangerous creatures lurk in the hills — they are so densely settled (on and beneath the surface) that there is little space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Lyn Armaal, Level 1 Map 9.1: Lyn Armaal, Level 1 View Player Version 1. Audience Chamber This opulent hall features lapis lazuli tile work and murals depicting castles in the clouds as well as cloud
sapphire triggers a glyph of warding (explosive runes) spell placed on the throne. The effect deals 36 (8d8) cold damage to all creatures in the spell’s area. 2. Workshop and Meeting Room Sansuri uses this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
miners out, then send their own azer servants to plunder the mineral-rich mines. The miners seek help to reclaim their mines. 5 A clever cloud giant plays several other powerful creatures against each
has taken shelter in the ruins—potentially including enormous creatures, such as dragons, that appreciate the roomy chambers crafted by ancient giants. You can use the Delve into the Past table to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Factions in the North The giants’ plots have far-reaching consequences for the Savage Frontier and the peoples who live there. Giant castles in the clouds have been seen drifting overhead, casting
the North. The psychic abilities of the kraken are so great that it can reach out to creatures on land up and down the Sword Coast. Over the years, it has telepathically lured exiles, outcasts, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
make my way among the lesser creatures of the world. 6 Humans have proven their worth in the world and earned a measure of respect from giantkind. Giant Flaws d6 Flaw 1 The ordning is too restrictive
for the likes of me. 2 The lesser creatures of the world have no souls; they exist only to be fodder for the ambitions and appetites of giants. 3 Unity among giants is a myth; anyone not of my clan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
other creatures are within its reach, the giant flies into a rage and gains advantage on all attack rolls until the end of its next turn.
4–5. The giant makes one attack with its fist against every
creature within its reach. If no other creatures are within its reach, the giant makes one fist attack against itself.
6–7. The giant makes one attack with its bite against one random target within its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
neighboring realms where these evils are active. Scarlet Order The Scarlet Order is a monastic order of Suloise militarists whose spies and assassins have infiltrated many courts and castles throughout the
, those touched by the gods, creatures born with supernatural power, and individuals who study the secrets of the multiverse. Histories and fireside tales are filled with the exploits of those who