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Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Winds (Fiend Form Only; Recharge 5–6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Plague Winds"}). The tlacatecolo emits a chilling, disease-ridden wind in a 60-foot line that is 10 feet
mortals. These fiends spread an affliction that leaches heat and life from the living, dispersing it upon winds that rattle like a gasp from a frozen body. Sunlight staves off the disease, but those affected rarely survive the dark of night.Cold, Poison
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23):
1/day each: control water, gust of wind, wall of stoneGalazeth can take 3 legendary actions
teachings emphasize that magic’s beauty must contribute to unfolding culture and personal emotional growth. Galazeth views dynamic expression and precise perfection as necessarily competing forces, both within individuals and the world at large.Cold, FireLightning
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Degenerate creatures are likely to take up residence near a catoblepas’s territory, as are those seeking to avoid notice.
Catoblepases in Folklore
Ordinary folk rarely see a catoblepas, but
the creature has such a feared reputation that stories about it are ingrained in the popular culture. Any rumor of a catoblepas taking up residence nearby is taken to be a bad omen, even if the rumor is
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
be dispersed by wind. It does not move with him.
Each creature that enters the fog for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 28 (8d6
, rasping to himself. Skall appears as little more than a floating, disembodied head and two hands, his tattered cloak fluttering behind them. Notorious among the factols of Sigil but rarely seen in the
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
action), Gust of Wind, Mirror Image, Nondetection
1/day each: Greater Invisibility, Polymorph, Scrying (as an action)Strahd can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
. Little happens there without the Darklord’s knowledge, although Strahd rarely pays attention to what he considers the uninteresting dealings of lesser beings.
History
In life, Strahd von
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
: banishment, calm emotions, create food and water, greater restoration, plane shift, protection from evil and good, revivify, wind walkThe ki-rin can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
toward an idealized form. Such creatures are rarely aggressive toward others that aren’t normally prey.
Controlled Weather. A ki-rin can cast control weather while it is within 3 miles of its
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
physical power. Their spirits take after the wandering wind, making them nomads who wander from peak to peak. Their hearts are infused with the cold regard of their frigid realm, leaving each goliath with
Ki-rin
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
form, major image (6th-level version), wind walk
1/day: create food and water
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the ki-rin fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The ki
idealized form. Such creatures are rarely aggressive toward others that aren't normally prey. Evil creatures can't tolerate the holy atmosphere within the same distance, and usually choose to live much
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of elf, orc, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.
Variety in All Things
Humans are the most
build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
social niceties. But they do have cherished traditions and values, just as important to them as the different values held by the urban, cosmopolitan culture of Ravnica.
Personality Traits
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smear the blood of my enemies over my skin.
7
I was, in fact, raised by maaka.
8
HarrRRAAGGHH! [I rarely form a coherent sentence and prefer to express myself by breaking things
Aarakocra
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changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen.
Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air
have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by
Triton
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
remote even merfolk and sea elves rarely encounter them.
Haughty Nobles
As a result of their isolation and limited understanding of the Material Plane, tritons can come across as haughty and
variety of social institutions, kingdoms, and other customs bewildering. For all their proud culture, they remain innocent of the surface world. The typical triton protectorate is tightly regimented
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
warriors produced by a culture that centers around perfecting the mind and body for war. Their armies have rarely tasted defeat as they expand the borders of Akros, seizing new lands and bounty.
Kenku
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were minions of Grazz’t, while others say that they were scouts and explorers for the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Whatever the truth, according to legend, the kenku betrayed their master. Unable to
city, alerting their allies to the approach of a guard patrol or signaling a prime opportunity for a robbery.
Since kenku can precisely reproduce any sound, the messages they carry rarely suffer
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
stand against the wave.
Orc Culture and Beliefs
Orcs live in constant fear of their gods, and their behavior is rooted in that mentality. They believe that they can see the influence of the gods
of crows, or a sudden gust of wind — might be a communication from the gods. If the tribe has encountered a similar omen before, the priests understand how to interpret it, but if a sign from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Languages in Eberron In Eberron, languages are tied to culture and geography as opposed to biology. A dwarf raised in Breland might not actually know Dwarvish, while the language of the giants is
regions or cultures. The DM may change the languages assigned to a monster or NPC to reflect this.
Giant is the common tongue of Xen’drik. It is rarely encountered on Khorvaire. Monsters in Khorvaire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
have a written language adapted from that of the dwarves, but they aren’t a literate culture and rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use
Orc Culture and Beliefs Orcs live in constant fear of their gods, and their behavior is rooted in that mentality. They believe that they can see the influence of the gods everywhere in the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aftermath of the Last War There’s a popular saying in Taer Valaestas: “The shadow of war hangs long over Valenar.” War defines Valenar culture. The Treaty of Thronehold recognized Valenar as a
Valenar are rarely cruel overlords. As long as a village can meet its quotas, the elves leave it alone, though villages that fall below expectations are more likely to receive assistance from druidic advisors than punishment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. In dragonborn culture, the family is made up of one’s direct relations, while a clan is a collection of families brought together by alliance, intermarriage, or shared history. Although they are
rarely forced to choose one over the other, the clan’s welfare is more important to most dragonborn than the family’s. The promise of honor within the clan drives them to acts of heroism, daring, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Air Genasi As an air genasi, you are descended from the djinn. As changeable as the weather, your moods shift from calm to wild and violent with little warning, but these storms rarely last long. Air
indefinitely while you’re not incapacitated. Mingle with the Wind. You can cast the levitate spell once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
name of their demon-goddess. Almost always, dark elves who reject the ways of their people are exiled, or executed for being rebels, heretics, and insurrectionists who have turned against drow culture
the city-states. Most of these individuals live as outcasts and wanderers, though a rare few find new homes with another race or culture. Drow have the racial traits of dark elves in the Player’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
their people are as varied in color, culture, and outlook as the human races of the surface. Land folk and merfolk rarely meet except by chance, though starry-eyed mariners tell tales of romance with
. Only rarely do merfolk venture into the darkest depths of the ocean. In such depths and in their undersea caverns, merfolk rely on the light of bioluminescent flora and fauna, such as jellyfish, whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
strongholds. Moon elves are sometimes seen as frivolous, especially by other elves. But it is the easygoing, fluid nature of their culture, philosophy, and personality that has enabled them to survive and
, provided that the moon elves’ whims and adventuresome urges don’t cause serious disruption. Given that the moon elves usually move on before wearing out their welcome, such unrest rarely occurs. Moon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Smoke Mephit Smoke mephits are crude, lazy creatures of air and fire that billow smoke constantly. They rarely speak the truth and love to mock and mislead other creatures. Smoke Mephit
Small
1/4 (50 XP)
Death Burst. When the mephit dies, it leaves behind a cloud of smoke that fills a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on its space. The sphere is heavily obscured. Wind disperses the cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
), Vyth (steel) LIZARDFOLK SPEECH
Lizardfolk can master Common, but their mindset results in a speech pattern distinct from other humanoids. Lizardfolk rarely use metaphors. Their speech is almost
Common words.
Lizardfolk use active verbs to describe the world. A lizardfolk in cold weather might say, “This wind brings cold” rather than “I feel cold.”
Lizardfolk tend to define things in terms of actions, rather than effects.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
culture, in which there is a right and proper way to do everything. Tradition dictates every aspect of a gold dwarf’s life, from one’s place in society, to prospects for marriage, to what careers are
acceptable. Gold dwarves who take up a life of adventuring, away from the clan, rarely forsake their traditions when doing so. Even though they might have to live as outsiders for a time, they hope to ultimately improve their standing in their society.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
relentlessly pursue their quarry, and they rarely leave evidence of their crimes. Kent Davis
In rare cases, an invisible stalker lingers in the world without a spellcaster controlling it. Roll on or
expending extra movement to do so.
Invisibility. The stalker has the Invisible condition.
Actions
Multiattack. The stalker makes three Wind Swipe attacks. It can replace one attack with a use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the Storm Kings: the Cloud King, the Wind Queen, the Lightning King, and the Rain Queen. Each one lives in a castle surrounded by the type of weather that ruler controls. Arcadia is suffused with a
lawfully inclined adventurers rarely conform neatly to social expectations, and a visit to this plane can highlight that conflict.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
those seeking to avoid notice. Catoblepases in Folklore Ordinary folk rarely see a catoblepas, but the creature has such a feared reputation that stories about it are ingrained in the popular culture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
domains they call the Land of the Mists. Culture and Technology Each domain boasts its own culture, either drawn from the Material Plane or a parody manufactured to torment a Darklord. As such, a domain
science or inventions such as firearms (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide), feel free to do so. Regardless of a domain’s culture and innovations, the Mists prevent knowledge of them from spreading. Even if an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
single domain, the Mists, or any terror. Vistani Culture Unlike the denizens of individual domains, Vistani are inhabitants of the Land of the Mist as a whole. Although they trace their origins to the
now are full-fledged members of Vistani culture (see the “Vistani Characters” sidebar for details). As they travel, members of a Vistani band walk, ride on horseback, and drive ledge wagons, stopping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, one step below the storm giants, rarely condescend to deal with lesser giants or small folk. Extravagance defines their culture and their place in the ordning. Below them are the tyrannical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
relegated to pure practicality. His teachings emphasize that magic’s beauty must contribute to unfolding culture and personal emotional growth. Galazeth views dynamic expression and precise perfection as
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23):
1/day each: control water, gust of wind, wall of stone
Legendary Actions
Galazeth can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
their visitors sleep, the yakfolk beat them unconscious, strip them of their gear and weapons, and consign them to a life of menial labor. Deprived of food and warmth, prisoners rarely survive more
than a week. To untrained eyes, the yakfolk village looks like a peaceful, idyllic hideaway perched atop a mountain cliff, with granite walls to keep the howling wind at bay. The dwarves of Citadel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
.
Lizardfolk rarely use metaphors or complex sentences. Their speech is almost always literal — halting, but not primitive. They might pick up the meaning of an idiom, but only with some difficulty.
Names
in cold weather might say, “This wind brings cold” rather than “I feel cold.” Lizardfolk tend to express concepts in terms of actions, rather than effects.
Parley and Surrender The lizardfolk are