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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
neighbors take precedence.
Dragon Turtle Lair Features
The underwater caves inhabited by dragon turtles are structurally similar to the seaside caverns where bronze and topaz dragons lair. When
. The waterâs edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below.
Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that
Axe of the Dwarvish Lords
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great tools: the Brutal Pick, the Earthheart Forge, the Anvil of Songs, and the Shaping Hammer. With them, he forged the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords.
Armed with the artifact, the prince returned to the
as the First King. When he became old, he passed the weapon, which had become his badge of office, to his heir. The rightful inheritors passed the axe on for many generations.
Later, in a dark era
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Hellsâcourted a mighty fey in hopes of luring him into trading away his soul. The attempt failed, but not before a troop of satyrs were corrupted by the dark delights of Phlegethos. The satyrs were
, chaotic, and temperamental nature they all share. When its diabolical aspect shines through, a forlarren is a cunning, calculating, and brutal enemy. It might use its natural charm to worm its way
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
Mountain Door. The Mountain Door comprises the uppermost level of the cavern complex. It is currently inhabited by a tribe of fierce orcs, led by a brutal ogre known as Great Ulfe. The Glitterhame. The
come to the Stone Tooth in search of a reputed cache of Durgeddinâs superior blades and find the stronghold inhabited by dangerous monsters. The complex consists of the following five sections: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, influence, and foreign trade. Most of the empire is arid and difficult to cultivate, so the regions between the city-states are sparsely inhabited and often lack the resources available in
that claimed the lives of her husband and eldest son. When the grieving empress announced she would appoint her successor from among the royal families of Anisa, Niba, or Tarikh as tradition dictated, the rulers of the city-states began to fight for favorâand competition for that favor is brutal.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
nature. People. Siabsungkoh is a cosmopolitan area inhabited mainly by humans with dark, wavy-to-curly hair, brown eyes, and skin tones varying from medium tan to deep brown. Alongside humans
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daask Operations Violence and intimidation are Daaskâs most used tools. Rather than using bribery, Daask manipulates the Sharn Watch through displays of force and brutal reprisals against officers
sells a highly addictive drug called dragonâs blood. Daask has another, perhaps surprising area of operation: religion. The organization has brought priests of the Dark Six to Sharn and has restored a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
. Alternatively, the setting might exhibit the effects of a disasterâperhaps an event that gave rise to brutal powers. Such scars appear both upon the setting and upon its inhabitants. Dark Fantasy Settings d8
Dark Fantasy Settings Sinister individuals leave their marks upon dark fantasy domains, whether as oppressive architecture, unavoidable propaganda, or scars upon an exploited environment
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
jut from the walls as if driven into them by some tremendous force. Two doors stand opposite one another in the center of the north wall and the south wall. A dark archway leads out through the east
wall.
After Strahd was transformed into a vampire, several of the castle guards retreated to this room, but Strahd caught them and slaughtered them in a brutal show of violence. Removing one of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
slip over a wall undetected with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check. At dusk, hundreds of driftglobes make their way from the inhabited part of the city and congregate in the City of the
of the dead), patrols the cemetery from sunset to sunrise, chasing off grave robbers and making sure the dead stay buried. Characters who creep around the cemetery in the dark have a 30 percent chance
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Graywall, and House Tharashk governs the Calabas, the foreign quarter inhabited by humans and other people from elsewhere in Khorvaire. The Great Crag Built atop ancient goblin ruins, the Crag is the
city is ruled by families of tiefling warlocks who wield powerful magic and craft dark wonders. If youâre playing a tiefling or a warlock, you could have ties to the Venomous Demesne.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, Khyber spawns demons and monsters to plague the children of Eberron. This might be myth and metaphor, but itâs also a description of fact: there are worlds within the world, realms inhabited by
, networks of tunnels and caverns formed from stone and soil. These passages are dark and dangerous, but theyâre exactly what you expect to find in an underground realm. Such passages might be home to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Old Sharn Sharn was built on the foundations of an older city, which was itself built atop goblin ruins. This old city was destroyed by dark magic, courtesy of the elemental powers of the infamous
. In olden times, the Lady of the Plague had power over vermin and disease, and a fanciful tale says that even today the undercity is inhabited by swarms of sentient rats and beetles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
wild minotaurs haunt these badlands, and for centuries these brutal marauders were the only minotaurs the human poleis ever knewâwhich contributed to the minotaursâ reputation as bloodthirsty brutes. But
land, and two idealsâthe nobility of heroic struggle and victory versus the brutality of savage slaughter in warâcompeted for a place in the mortal mind. Just as Mogis is the dark shadow of everything
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
loathes leaving his estate, but the Dark Powers have granted him the ability to have his letters delivered anywhere he pleases. See âIntrigue in Borcaâ later in this section for details on Ivanâs
, disguises, and conveyances that further mask his true ability. Toy Maker. The Dark Powers provide Ivan with any toy he desires. Creatures of many sorts serve Ivan, and any of them, from maids to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
from the depths of Khyber. A handful of primordial ruins sustained by dark magic dot the bleak landscapeâruins that may still be home to fiends and their treasures. The Stone Cage, Shadowcrags, and
mortal inhabitants of the Demon Wastes include a brutal people known as the Carrion Tribes. Each tribe is devoted to an archfiend, and they engage in endless battles against the Ghaashâkala and the other
Orc
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who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
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The Brutal
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Let This Be Their Battlefield The players can choose where their characters confront the demon lords by deciding where to set the dark heart talisman. Vizeranâs preference is anywhere in
, you can add some action for those who remain behind by having a small number of the demons summoned by the ritual attracted to the site of the ritual rather than the location of the dark heart
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
strongholds, afraid to venture out into the streets â even invisibly. Rumors abound of creatures active in the Darklake, and of secret rituals and offerings made to the dark waters to appease them. A
agents of that order use increasingly brutal methods to ferret out and eliminate the Gray Ghosts â or anyone believed to associate with them. Whether due to the intervention of the adventurers, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
of brutal military campaigning, he defeated his rivals and forged a nation. Retiring from war, Strahd settled in the beautiful valley where heâd won his greatest victory. There, in the way of his
Temple. There, amid hidden lore and the imprisoned vestiges of ancient evil, Strahd first encountered the Dark Powersâand made a bargain with them to regain his vitality and ensnare Tatyanaâs heart
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alleys of the Styes that no one will miss. At the same time, the aboleth transformed the underwater pit where the kraken rests into a conduit for dark magic, fashioned to capture the plentiful negative
brutal murders, fueling dread in the district. Jarme carries a lantern on all his grisly nocturnal harvests, and his horrible work has long been attributed to a faceless terror called âthe Lantern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
The Returned Walking the Path of Phenax doesnât restore a soul to its life. Those who return from the Underworld are hollow shells inhabited by grim and purposeless spirits. These Returned are
. Their second life is theirs to do with as they please, but itâs typically a confused, cursed life, plagued by frustration, bitterness, loneliness, and melancholy. Such leads many Returned along dark paths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Empty Bridge This location is presented on map 8.3. Mike Schley Map 8.3: Empty Bridge A river of dark water, thirty feet wide, flows around this floating nodule like a ring. A flat stone bridge
the strange environment. Both creatures are concealed by the dark, churning water and make attacks against anyone who gets close, particularly creatures affected by the magical symbol on the bridge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
. With the aid of Moradin, the dwarven god of creation, he first crafted four great tools: the Brutal Pick, the Earthheart Forge, the Anvil of Songs, and the Shaping Hammer. With them, he forged the Axe
, to his heir. The rightful inheritors passed the axe on for many generations. Later, in a dark era marked by treachery and wickedness, the axe was lost in a bloody civil war fomented by greed for its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
she and her soldiers kept the orcs of the Sword Mountains in check. When supply lines were cut off by heavy snow and blizzards during a brutal winter, Delsendra and her followers starved to death. Orcs
.
Light. Interior areas with no natural light to illuminate them are completely dark.
Temperature. The temperature is slightly above freezing during the day and plunges at night. Whenever the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, steaming breath, and crushing tail. A dragon turtleâs rough shell is the same dark green color as the deep water where this monster dwells. Silver highlights lining the shell resemble light dancing on
dwell in caves hidden in coral reefs or beneath the seafloor, or along rugged stretches of coastline. If a choice cave is already inhabited, a dragon turtle attacks its current residents in an attempt to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
worthy sacrifice. This chapel was built for that dark ceremony. The Sewn Sisters obtained an appropriate sacrifice and have stitched it inside the leather body bag that rests on the altar. Advice from the
Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Moa or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Kind Moa suggests freeing the shackled creatures. Violent Wongo urges his host to stab the body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
boulder is five feet tall and colored brown with dark streaks and spots. Leaning against it is what appears to be a bamboo staff.
In the mud around the base of the boulder is a moving shape, looking like
companion. Creature. The boulder is in reality a huge shell inhabited by Kalka-Kylla (see appendix B), a giant hermit crab. The bamboo staff is one of its legs; a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
turned on the others, killing noble Siberys and scattering the pieces of his body. Eberron fought Khyber, but couldnât defeat the dark wyrm. And so Eberron wound Khyber in her coils and transformed
fortresses, and these may still hold aberrant threats from the war that destroyed their civilization. Older still are the ruins once inhabited by rakshasa and other fiends, and these may hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Chapter 6: Bestiary At Mordenkainenâs side, I thought of giants as a brutal menace threatening the very existence of the world I knew. Diancastra showed me just how small that world was. My eyes have
, and storm giant tempest caller all wield the traditional rune magic of their kind. They are joined by the death giant shrouded one and the fomorian warlock of the dark, giants outside the ordning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
subsided, its surviving crew members dropped anchor near an uncharted island. When they came ashore to look for food and water, they discovered the island was inhabited by tribes of primitive humans
as a sign of favor from their dark goddess. In time, the islandâs population became fractured into two factions, each of which tried to exterminate the other. One group claimed custody of the ship and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, and through them come horrific fiends that scream, shriek, and howl as they are wrenched from the Abyss and cast into the Underdark.
A womanâs deep, dark laugh echoes in your mind as the drow wizard
Lord. A deep gnome spurned by others of his kind weeps as he wanders the dark tunnels, talking to the things that crawl and seep from the walls. You see him adopt two slick patches of ooze, sensing his
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Shelter and Wyrmdoom Crag are two mountain strongholds inhabited by goliaths. The former is home to the Skytower (Akannathi) clan, the latter to the Wyrmdoom (Thuunlakalaga) clan. The two groups refuse
across, for the weather and the geography of Icewind Dale can be brutal. They know the safest routes across the tundra, and they can help guide travelers through the Sea of Moving Ice and across its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
away his soul. The attempt failed, but not before a troop of satyrs were corrupted by the dark delights of Phlegethos. The satyrs were bound to their fey lord and unable to bargain away their souls. So
diabolical aspect shines through, a forlarren is a cunning, calculating, and brutal enemy. It might use its natural charm to worm its way into earning trust from those it encounters, casting itself as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Bulba-Slopp. Treasure has been piled around the statueâs three stumpy legs.
Before the kuo-toa arrived, this island was inhabited by an otyugh. Halaster turned it to stone and lured kuo-toa to the
Guardianâ). A rune on the back of the amulet matches a similar rune on the construct. 16b. Lake of the Aboleth Monsters. Illuun the aboleth and two chuuls lurk in the water, which is dark, slimy, and