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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
magical might make them well suited to leadership positions in the cults of Elemental Evil. A cult with a cloud giant at its head can be a formidable force of corruption and destruction in the world
. As if that weren’t enough, cloud giants often bring tremendous wealth with them, swelling the cult’s coffers to finance more far-reaching operations.
A cloud giant dedicated to Evil Air
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Shapechanger. If Keresta isn't in sunlight or running water, she can use her action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into her true form.
While in bat form, Keresta
can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. When she drops to 0 hit points outside her resting place, Keresta transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
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A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm
domain of an aboleth the dragon has been seeking to eliminate.
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A young amethyst dragon and a cloud giant regularly host each other to play strategy games.
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Pegasus;Pegasi nesting in the mountain heights are under the protection of a young amethyst dragon.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 22 (4d10
artist so as to maintain an adoring cult of drow and duergar admirers.
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A rather snooty bone naga serves as a young deep dragon;young deep dragon's loyal butler, as it did for the dragon’s
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the cult. The whole thing can be hidden under a veil of fog and cloud, or set to move slowly with the wind. See area 19 for details.
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
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the cult. The whole thing can be hidden under a veil of fog and cloud, or set to move slowly with the wind. See area 19 for details.
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
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black energy run between the pillars and the cloud.
The cult fanatics are named Abberoch, Belora, Liana, Shanzo, Torfiana, and Uzalyn. They are performing a ritual designed to anchor one of
10. Ritual Chamber Purple Flames. Black wax candles set in niches along the walls of this 20-foot-high room burn with a purple flame, filling the room with dim light.
Cult Ritual. Six cult fanatics
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Important Nonplayer Characters Skyreach Castle is home to the cloud giant Blagothkus, a pair of stone giants named Wiglof and Hulde (allies of the cloud giant), Wyrmspeaker Rezmir of the Cult of the
cultists search the castle for the killers. Negotiating with the Cloud Giant Blagothkus the cloud giant is not a particularly enthusiastic supporter of the Cult of the Dragon, but he sees it as a way to
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Important Nonplayer Characters Skyreach Castle is home to the cloud giant Blagothkus, a pair of stone giants named Wiglof and Hulde (allies of the cloud giant), Wyrmspeaker Rezmir of the Cult of the
cultists search the castle for the killers. Negotiating with the Cloud Giant Blagothkus the cloud giant is not a particularly enthusiastic supporter of the Cult of the Dragon, but he sees it as a way to
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Chapter 8: Castle in the Clouds The cult has acquired a friendly roost in Skyreach Castle, a flying fortress built by cloud giants. This castle is docked near the village of Parnast and guarded by
mists, magic, and monsters. The fortress contains much of the treasure and valuables that the cult has looted from the surrounding region—treasure that will be added to an even more monstrous hoard at
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Path.” The shattering of the ordning has the following effects on Blagothkus: The cloud giant is eager to dispose of his Cult of the Dragon allies, use their money to buy the loyalty of lesser giants
flying fortress belonging to a cloud giant named Blagothkus. You can make him a pivotal figure in this adventure by having his castle appear when the characters are around 7th or 8th level, giving
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Overview During the time covered by the first half of this adventure, the cult already has several of the five dragon masks. While the cult works to gain more, Severin initiates the second part of
his plan to release Tiamat: recruiting dragons and assembling a treasure hoard worthy of the queen of evil dragons. These efforts draw the characters’ attention to the cult. The action begins when a
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Chapter 8: Castle in the Clouds The cult has acquired a friendly roost in Skyreach Castle, a flying fortress built by cloud giants. This castle is docked near the village of Parnast and guarded by
mists, magic, and monsters. The fortress contains much of the treasure and valuables that the cult has looted from the surrounding region — treasure that will be added to an even more monstrous hoard
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Overview During the time covered by the first half of this adventure, the cult already has several of the five dragon masks. While the cult works to gain more, Severin initiates the second part of
his plan to release Tiamat: recruiting dragons and assembling a treasure hoard worthy of the queen of evil dragons. These efforts draw the characters’ attention to the cult. The action begins when a
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Overview During the time covered by the first half of this adventure, the cult already has several of the five dragon masks. While the cult works to gain more, Severin initiates the second part of
his plan to release Tiamat: recruiting dragons and assembling a treasure hoard worthy of the queen of evil dragons. These efforts draw the characters’ attention to the cult. The action begins when a
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Day 3: The Howling Hatred On the third day of the party’s journey, representatives of an evil elemental cult called the Howling Hatred arrive at Zephyros’s tower, hoping to find a powerful cloud
giant ally whose goals coincide with those of Yan-C-Bin, the Prince of Evil Air. The cultists use giant vultures as flying mounts. When they spot the cloud giant’s tower, they investigate. The cultists
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’ cunning, charisma, and sheer physical and magical might make them well suited to leadership positions in the cults of Elemental Evil. A cult with a cloud giant at its head can be a formidable force of
Cloud Giant of Evil Air Given their inherent link to elemental air, cloud giants who turn from the gods of the Ordning often gravitate to the service of Yan-C-Bin, Prince of Evil Air. These giants
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, is best.”
If the characters haven’t run into any cult leaders yet, Nighthill takes them onto the parapet and points out what he means. This is an ideal time for everyone to catch a glimpse of
can answer his questions. Leaving the keep through the front gate is out of the question—too many raiders watch it. Other options are waiting for a cloud to cover the moon before climbing down ropes
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, is best.” If the characters haven’t run into any cult leaders yet, Nighthill takes them onto the parapet and points out what he means. This is an ideal time for everyone to catch a glimpse of Frulam
can answer his questions. Leaving the keep through the front gate is out of the question—too many raiders watch it. Other options are waiting for a cloud to cover the moon before climbing down ropes
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windswept courtyard. Characters landing here need to be prepared to either show a banner or token of the cult immediately; otherwise, the ogres or vampire on watch will sound the alarm and attack them. The
ogres in area 20 investigate any loud disturbance in the courtyard. Developments If the characters arrive in disguise or fast-talk their way through the courtyard, they are taken to meet Blagothkus the cloud giant (if caught by the ogres), or Rezmir (if caught by the vampire).
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If any ogres are taken prisoner, charmed, or fast-talked, the characters learn relatively little. They serve the cloud giant Blagothkus (whose wife was slain some years ago), they know that the cloud
cult uses the castle to visit important sites without roads or portals. The ogres don’t really know where they are other than “the green forests” and “that stretch of the moors” and “the old mountains
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finds a single pale blue sapphire worth 500 gp wedged into a crevice. Developments If any ogres are taken prisoner, charmed, or fast-talked, the characters learn relatively little. They serve the cloud
giant Blagothkus (whose wife was slain some years ago), they know that the cloud giant has several guests, including “the wizard in red robes” (Rath Modar), “the dragon talker” (Rezmir), and “a big
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(see area 18). Characters landing here need to be prepared to either show a banner or token of the cult immediately; otherwise, the ogres or vampire on watch will sound the alarm and attack them. The
ogres in area 20 investigate any loud disturbance in the courtyard. Developments If the characters arrive in disguise or fast-talk their way through the courtyard, they are taken to meet Blagothkus the cloud giant (if caught by the ogres) or Rezmir (if caught by the vampire).
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defeated temples; one such leader is Haayon the Punisher. Haayon is a cloud giant who hopes to become the next leader of the air cult. Late to answer the call of Elemental Evil, he recently arrived in
the Dessarin Valley to discover the cult broken. The cloud giant believes the air cultists were defeated because they were weak, so he imposes a brutal regime of self-denial and atonement on surviving
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not for long. If pressed for details, Talis reveals that castle belongs to a cloud giant allied with the cult. The castle, she says, is hidden near the village of Parnast, which is under the cult’s
Rezmir’s command are using a cloud giant’s flying castle to expedite the delivery. Talis offers to help the characters get aboard Skyreach Castle before it departs (see chapter 8) and provides them with
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pressed for details, Talis reveals that castle belongs to a cloud giant allied with the cult. The castle, she says, is hidden near the village of Parnast, which is under the cult’s control. If all
under Rezmir’s command are using a cloud giant’s flying castle to expedite the delivery. Talis offers to help the characters get aboard Skyreach Castle before it departs (see chapter 8) and provides them
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Chapter 3: Giant Adventures Diancastra’s divine nature was not revealed to me until our second meeting, when she helped me put an end to a cult dedicated to Elemental Evil and its leader, a truly
vicious cloud giant. I think she appreciated what our fists together could do!
—Bigby
This chapter, intended for the Dungeon Master, is full of tables and inspiration you can use to build encounters
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make any sort of check. If they don’t take such simple precautions, the giants and the aarakocra spot them and sound the alarm. LYN ARMAAL: GENERAL FEATURES
A magical cloud supports the tremendous
weight of Sansuri’s castle, the altitude and movement of which is controlled using a navigation orb (see appendix B) located in area 30. The general features of the castle and the cloud are summarized
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Imix, the Prince of Evil Fire, whom they worship as a god. The Cult of the Howling Hatred, after witnessing several cloud giant castles drifting in the skies over the Sword Coast, sends
(see chapter 9, “Castle of the Cloud Giants”) might encounter a team of air cultists with a devastation orb in their possession. The Cult of the Crushing Wave might help Chief Guh and her hill giants
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concerns that the Cult of the Dragon might try to seize control of the castle. The ogres offer no advice. Clever characters can sow discord by preying on the giant’s fears (see “Negotiating with the Cloud
22. Cloud Giant Tower This 70-foot-tall tower has a parapet rooftop, two unlocked doors at ground level, and no windows. The tower interior is split into two levels, each with a 30-foot-high ceiling
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Cult of the Howling Hatred The followers of elemental air call themselves the Cult of the Howling Hatred. They worship the destructive power of wind and storms, believing that those who venerate
particularly interesting, but destruction as an expression of personal freedom or to earn things wrongfully denied? That's a different story. The Cult of the Howling Hatred appeals to those who deal in
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Cult of the Dragon, to either confirm or assuage the cloud giant’s fears that the cult is planning to betray him. Any attack launched against Wiglof disrupts his ritual and angers him greatly. Hulda is
sits nearby. If the castle alarms have not sounded, the characters gain a surprise round. The two stone giants, Wiglof and Hulda, are guests of the cloud giant. They are worried that Blagothkus’s
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regular basis. You find nothing else until you are about fifteen miles south of Beliard, when you spot a cloud of ravens and vultures circling a mile or so west of the trail.
If the characters
investigate, they find the remains of a pitched battle between the earth cult and the delegation from Mirabar. In a small dell a mile off the road, you find the remains of a battle. A dozen dead soldiers lie
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with the Cult of the Dragon, to either confirm or assuage the cloud giant’s fears that the cult is planning to betray him. Any attack launched against Wiglof disrupts his ritual and angers him greatly
sits nearby.
If the castle alarms have not sounded, the characters gain a surprise round. The two stone giants, Wiglof and Hulda, are guests of the cloud giant. They are worried that Blagothkus’s
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22. Cloud Giant Tower This 70-foot-tall tower has a parapet rooftop, two unlocked doors at ground level, and no windows. The tower interior is split into two levels, each with a 30-foot-high ceiling
walls are sculpted with ice murals depicting an army of hill, frost, fire, stone, and cloud giants. Four ogres guard the lower level. They wear fancy plumed helmets to signify that they are members of