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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
different mannerisms, but they are all Tiamat. Once unleashed, the aspect of Tiamat rampages across the world, acquiring any treasure she can find and destroying any creature that dares to cross her
the end of its next turn.The five-headed progenitor of chromatic dragons, Tiamat embodies the vices of evil dragons. Since the destruction of the First World, she has dwelled in the Nine Hells&mdash
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
beneath the earth can easily find themselves at odds with a sapphire dragon if they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge peaceful relationships with rock gnomes
or wars and won’t rest until my hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
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I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
alien influence before it spreads.
People who dwell or delve deep beneath the earth can easily find themselves at odds with a sapphire dragon if they cross into the dragon’s territory. But
call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
themselves at odds with a sapphire dragon if they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge peaceful relationships with rock gnomes or deep gnomes, relying on these folk
hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
they cross into the dragon’s territory. But sapphire dragons sometimes forge peaceful relationships with rock gnomes or deep gnomes, relying on these folk to help protect the territory
significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
, built for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly
be a cross between a lizard and insect. They emerge from the Ethereal Plane to fall upon their victims with their vicious claws, but their aim is no to kill. Instead, a xill injects its victim with a
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
We get things where they need to go. It doesn’t matter if it’s a letter, a person, or a hundred tons of steel. Whether we have to cross mountains, rivers, or the Mournland itself, Orien
this gift of the Mark of Passage. Orien heirs might be caught up in these experiments or in the rivalry with House Lyrandar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Traversing the Darklake The adventurers need to find a way to cross the Darklake on the way to their ultimate destination — out of the Underdark and back to the surface world. They might attempt to find a guide or hire passage in Sloobludop, but other possibilities could also present themselves.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Ideal
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Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
2
Creativity. Half the world’s troubles come from stodgy thinking, stuck in the past. We need innovative
communication with an instructor who set me on the course of my life and research.
6
I had a romance with a chemister working in the Blistercoils.
7
As an attendant, I had a fierce rivalry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
escape the Underworld by sacrificing his identity to the memory-draining waters therein. He was able to cross the Rivers That Ring the World wrapped in a shred of Athreos’s cloak. Since he had no
’ rivalry drew Phenax’s attention. Assuming the form of a dryad, Phenax goaded and taunted the hunters. Though amusing at first, Phenax’s words cut deep, making the hunters careless. Thus, when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Travel between Systems A creature or ship that wants to travel from one Wildspace system to another must cross the Astral Sea unless it has some other magical means of traveling from one world in the
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the Lake of Steam out along the trade routes to cross the world, yuan-ti poisons and potent liquors are covertly sold. Beware! Some of the latter slowly and subtly bring imbibers under the sway of
advancement and expanding their territory. They believed themselves to be the most enlightened mortals in the world, and in their hubris they sought to become ever greater.
The serpent gods of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
C2. Enhanced Sphinx Sitting regally on the metallic dock, this Enhanced Sphinx protects the approach to the monastery. It intervenes in any attempt to fly or otherwise cross to the floating island
creature’s eyes are now glowing blue lenses, and its head is orbited by a number of spinning metallic devices. “Entreat with me,” the sphinx says, “if you wish to cross to the monastery. You do not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Upside Down touch each other, the Upside Down looks like our world — the same buildings, trees, and other structures — but they’re always broken and ruined. These are the places where you can cross
The Upside Down The Upside Down is a kind of alternate dimension — an echo of the Material Plane (where we all live). That means in some ways it’s very similar to our world, but in others it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and stand largely outside existing power structures. And with so many mysteries of Eberron waiting to be discovered, those organizations are out in the dangerous places of the world quite a bit — just
Lords’ Alliance The Twelve or the Aurum The Twelve serves as the defender of civilization much as the Lords’ Alliance does, and its members are similarly vulnerable to occasional bouts of rivalry and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
that rises from the center of the disk-shaped world H’Catha), the characters encounter beholder-like creatures and might have to fight them to claim the meteorite. Part 2: Journey Interrupted. As the
characters travel back to Toril, they cross paths with an asteroid and run into a githyanki agent of Vocath looking to retrieve Miken. Part 3: Homecoming. The characters return to the Spelljammer Academy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon as Schemer Most of the adventure hooks in this book involve the schemes a dragon might put into motion over the course of a long life, potentially using followers as agents in the world. In
, advancing the cause of a draconic faction, building the dragon’s prestige, working for the well-being of dragonkind as a whole, or altering the nature of the world and its magic. A dragon’s schemes become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
left their young world vulnerable to dangers from both inside and out. Putting their rivalry aside, the pair agreed it was better to share and have something than let their struggles destroy all creation
of destiny by defying nature’s order. (MAGALI VILLENEUVE) MYTHS OF KLOTHYS
Klothys is barely remembered in the mortal world, having sequestered herself in the Underworld while human civilization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Material Plane. During his rampage across the world eons ago, the race of gnolls sprang up in his wake. Every gnoll is a miniature embodiment of Yeenoghu’s rage and hunger. They mimic their creator
, killing any creatures that cross them and respecting only those that can withstand their fury. Cultists. Yeenoghu rarely acquires cultists other than gnolls, leucrottas, and the other creatures spawned by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
exists beneath them. Knights templar are free to wander the world in pursuit of the order’s aims. When leaving the jurisdiction of one commander and entering that of another, it is a knight’s
—ministers and friars—staunchly support the knights templar. Even when there is rivalry among the leaders of these orders and other officials of the church, the rank and file members support each other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
include druids and paladins who fight to defend the world from demons and aberrations. The Valenar elves are fierce warriors, and the Talenta halflings are brave nomads who cross the plains on dinosaur
mounts. This chapter provides an overview of the common races and their role in the world. It also presents four new races that were originally developed for the Eberron campaign setting. Changelings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
If It Exists In D&D, There’s A Place for It in Eberron … But It May Not Be the Place You’re Used To. Eberron draws on the core elements of D&D. It’s a world of wizards and rogues, a setting with
Deneith. In Karrnath and Aerenal, undead are used as tools. You certainly could find yourself fighting a merciless minotaur in the slums of Sharn… but you’re just as likely to cross swords with a cruel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of frogs and crickets on shore, the evening bustle of the town behind him. ...A moment later, the world erupted into vibrant life. Frogs and night birds sang a chorus; the air was awash with autumn
their prey. The Feywild exists in parallel to the Material Plane, an alternate dimension that occupies the same cosmological space. The landscape of the Feywild mirrors the natural world but turns its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Realms In the world of Toril, between the windswept Sea of Swords to the west and the mysterious lands of Kara-Tur to the east, lies the continent of Faerûn. A place of
routes between cities and nations often cross into the territory of brigands or marauding humanoids. Every forest, swamp, and mountain range has its own perils, whether lurking bandits, savage orcs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
to allow the characters to trick the sphinx with a logical conundrum, perhaps along the lines of asking: How can we cross to the monastery without paying the toll? The answer to the question is to
advanced intellect and a unique perspective on the world. She might strike a deal with the characters if they agree to find the brains and bring her one, allowing them to summon the ferry without paying her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
wide walkway connecting the rooms dug into the surrounding wall. Bridges cross the well at regular intervals, and also connect to stairs to the levels above and below. No matter how far down visitors
library blocks it off from the real world around it. Though divination magic works normally within the library, no divination effect used outside the library can discern any creature, object, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. They are private creatures, hiding their lives and art away from the world. Inhabitants of a Stone World. Secluded caves are the homes of the stone giants. Cavern networks are their towns, rocky
tunnels their roads, and underground streams their waterways. Isolated mountain ranges are their continents, with the vast spans of land between seen as oceans that the stone giants only rarely cross
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sword. They attack any characters who cross the sword bridge. G3: Horror’s Fissure An wide fissure runs east to west between the sword bridge and a tall shrine.
The fissure is 30 feet deep. As the
emblazoned with the glowing symbol of Vecna.
The statue reflects Habbakuk, a god of animals and druids revered widely on the world of Krynn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, rage, contentment, jealousy, and love in all their extremes are on spectacular display there. Lifelong friends might share a laugh over food and wine, cross blades over a mutual lover, and write songs
feeling engendered by their nearness to Corellon’s magnificence. When an elf’s soul reincarnates, the elf might return to life on any world or on Arvandor. As a result, many elves alive today have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly realities
a cross between a lizard and insect. They emerge from the Ethereal Plane to fall upon their victims with their vicious claws, but their aim is no to kill. Instead, a xill injects its victim with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, they can cross over into the dark realms of the world. Ravenous Lurkers. Shadow mastiffs hunt in packs on the Shadowfell, so when one of them enters a rift between the planes, several more are sure to
from the Shadowfell and then put them to work as temple sentinels, bodyguards, and punishers of nonbelievers, heretics, and apostates. The method for bringing shadow mastiffs into the world is also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
adventurers might cross her path, so she’s prepared for them. Also lurking in the heart of Chult is Ras Nsi, a mythic, villainous figure among Chultans. Ras Nsi was a human paladin and a sworn
secret yuan-ti temple called the Fane of the Night Serpent, where Ras Nsi holds sway and plots to bring about the end of the world. Omu is also home to the Tomb of the Nine Gods. As the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
immeasurably vast catalog that organizes them. When not cross-referencing his expanding collection, he composes epic poetry and is responsible for curating and restoring wall carvings throughout the
the “dream” of the surface world. Urmas exchanges messages with Stonespeaker Hgraam (see chapter 4), keeping abreast of events as they pertain to the stone giant community in the duergar city of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
domain’s Darklord. In time, these poor souls can’t remember which version is the real I’Cath and which one is the dream. In the physical world, I’Cath’s surreal, knotted streets echo with their
emptiness. Within spare, meandering row houses, the majority of the populace slump against walls or sprawl against each other where they fell. These people lie trapped within a collective dream world created
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Underworld Crossing The Tartyx River is dotted with ruined temples of Athreos on either side of its banks that serve as crossing points between the mortal world and the Underworld. Souls of the dead
the waters of the Tartyx River.
4 Escort a Returned sentry (see chapter 6) escaping from the Underworld into the mortal world.
5 Bargain with a lampad (see chapter 6) to learn where the