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Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. For example, humans confronted by an angry troll experience fear on a basic level. Their limbs shake, their thinking becomes panicked and jumbled, and they react by instinct. The emotion of fear takes
utility and importance. Nowhere does this come through as strongly as when lizardfolk deal with the dead. To a lizardfolk, a comrade who dies becomes a potential source of food. That companion might have
Satyr
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
song of a bird, a warm breeze, the smell of a tasty pie, relaxing by a river in the sunshine. Life freely offers these gifts, and for a satyr, they are more valuable than gold or glory. To revel means
importantly—it feels really good. Driven by instinct and intuition, most satyrs prove unpredictable, following their sense of wonder wherever it leads.
Very Odd Indeed
Satyrs are known for their
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
only when everything is acting in harmony, whether it wants to or not.
Heralds of Dust. Everyone is already dead; the entirety of the multiverse is an afterlife. Undeath holds the key to the next
the multiverse, one must act on instinct alone.
Feature: Conviction
You gain the Scion of the Outer Planes feat. In addition, members of your organization provide you free, modest lodging and food at any of their holdings or the homes of other faction members.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
seems to go on to the horizon in every direction. Regular travelers through the area speak of the “whispers of the dead,” the popular term for the sound that results when a breeze rustles the grass. The
Fields of the Dead The expanse known as the Fields of the Dead has been the battleground for myriad wars and skirmishes over the centuries. It is said that the hills that dot the countryside here all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
missing enough stones that they appear pockmarked. The sky is corpse gray, and the breeze blows cold and humid, bringing a chill to the skin.
The city’s living residents include necromancers, corrupt
bulk of the population consists of the shambling dead. Zombies, wights, vampires, and other undead make the city their home, all under the watchful eyes of the ruling caste: intelligent, flesh-eating ghouls.
Rumors abound that this foul place mirrors one city on every world.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
befell those who came near Cradlelace Lake, as if the buried dead sought to add to their number. Among those lost was a young man named Culley, who vanished into the water in front of his friend
seed of its being. It also remembered the last living person Culley ever saw, his dear friend Kianna. Driven by instinct, shattered memories, and the discordant urges of dozens of tiny Undead, the soul shaker grew in power, then sought out its old friend.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the gallows. Where there was nothing before now hangs a lifeless, gray body. The breeze turns the hanged figure slowly, so that it can fix its dead eyes upon you. One random character sees him- or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Burning Sugar As the Sarire sugar mill comes into view, the smell of cooking sugarcane rises on the breeze. Read or paraphrase the following text when the characters are about a quarter mile from the
Intelligence (Nature) check sees that the earth of its walls is dry and dead, like it’s from somewhere else entirely. Whistlers. A moment after a character looks in the hole, two large, gaunt, bipedal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
shells rattle in the breeze, and smoke drifts from hut.
A creature shuffles slowly around the hut, hunched over in an animal-like posture. You realize it’s a human woman: impossibly old, crippled by
attack. Rite of Stolen Life Nanny Pu’pu is a worshiper of Myrkul, the Lord of Bones, and knows a ritual of transformation that can turn a dead humanoid into a zombielike creature. Characters who bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
breeze, the smell of a tasty pie, relaxing by a river in the sunshine. Life freely offers these gifts, and for a satyr, they are more valuable than gold or glory. To revel means to forget the
. Driven by instinct and intuition, most satyrs prove unpredictable, following their sense of wonder wherever it leads. Very Odd Indeed Satyrs are known for their eccentricities. Some people spend too
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
) check hears distant chittering. Light. None. The sunken floor of this huge hall is covered in dead insects, their dried shells shifting and whispering in a faint breeze. Dozens of demonic faces are
are set like oversized stepping stones.
Demonic Faces. The mouths of these relief carvings are the source of the magical breeze. Insect Floor. The floor is 2 feet below the level of the doors and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
multiverse will be perfect only when everything is acting in harmony, whether it wants to or not. Heralds of Dust. Everyone is already dead; the entirety of the multiverse is an afterlife. Undeath holds
step with the multiverse, one must act on instinct alone. Creating Your Own Faction
In Sigil, ideologies wax and wane over time, gaining popularity and drawing like-minded philosophers from one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
easier time identifying. For example, each pair of unicorns might have names that are synonymous with each other, such as Jolly/Merry (M E _ _ _), Breeze/Gust (G _ _ T), Tale/Yarn (_ _ R N), and Dawn
cottage on stilts in a fey swamp, Skabatha’s lair is a dead, hollowed-out tree in a sylvan forest, and Endelyn’s lair is a mountaintop theater. The character learns a useful secret tied to the hag in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
instinct supersedes its hunger, prompting it to surrender telepathically. The mind flayer apologizes for its assault and proposes an end to hostilities. Given a chance, it recounts how the Scavenger was
, relying on their darkvision to keep watch. 13b. Cargo Hold Ladder. A ladder bolted to a wall climbs to the upper deck (area 13a). Hanging upside down on the ladder is a dead orog in plate armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
defenses the Six have set up around the ritual. They might choose a stealthy incursion in the dead of night, to roar straight in aboard a mobile franchise headquarters at midday, or any approach in between
the absence of any breeze. Purple light continues to seep out through roof tiles, shuttered windows, and the closed front door.
Even in daylight, the building is shrouded by shadows, as if every part
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
2 Lizardfolk Swamp 3 Spy’s Campsite 4 Sword Ferns Flock of Stirges Your journey halts at a narrow creek bed stained with blood. Near the shore, a giant river rat lies dead in the mud. The carcass
The air is still in this corner of the fens. Just ahead, a curved stand of reeds conceals a secluded campsite with a still-smoldering firepit. The reeds sway and rustle in the muggy breeze.
This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
any creature that isn’t a drow.
Drow. Four male drow elite warriors hide in the dead-end tunnels to the south. Any character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 20 or higher spots these
creates 200 feet of web cable, the spider can’t produce any more cable until the next dawn. The iron spider exists solely to produce web cables. It has no attacks and no instinct for self
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
bottom of the gloomy basin, its pinnacle an elongated hand extending skyward. Known as Sablereach, the tower is rumored to be the petrified arm of a forgotten, dead god. Inside its palm dwells the
creature’s capture or extermination. 3 Orbys Bumblewing asks the characters to test a dubious new flying machine. During their flight, Nimbus Knife bandits attempt to steal it. 4 A wave of murder sweeps through Midtown, caused by a malevolent breeze (use the ghost stat block) that possesses the townsfolk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, so the young man leaves her alone. For months, Teocín’s ghouls have killed animals, hunters, prospectors, and others wandering the borderlands so Teocín can study and raise the dead using profane
health to avoid the threat of disease that comes from working with the dead. H3: Corpse Disposal The stench here is horrendous. Hundreds of humanoid and animal bones fill the chamber in charnel heaps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
gather in the Shattered Temple, a place once dedicated to Aoskar, a now-dead god of portals. Rather than serve in Sigil’s government, the Athar’s self-appointed spy network closely surveils the city’s
razorvine that is Sigil. Faction Attire. Members of the Doomguard garb themselves in the bones of long-dead creatures and deliberately allow their weapons and gear to rust. Sinkers display their scars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rise from the pool. Bobbing among the breaking ice, the bloated bodies of small humanoids stare up with wide, dead eyes.
The shift to extreme heat, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s
. Breathless Cave Giant spiders are seized in death among dead cave lizards, giant bats, a carrion crawler, and a female drow decked in fine chain mail, with ruby-pommeled knives at her hips. No injuries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
cloud of dead-gray mist.
Maps of Cyre from before the Day of Mourning are of limited use nowadays. The land beyond the gray mist has been twisted and warped, and distances seem to expand and shrink
become iridescent glass or semiliquid sludge. Trees in one place turned to crystalline onyx; the flowers in another place begin eerily buzzing when touched by a breeze. Nothing in the Mournland is as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
haphazardly stacked atop one another to conserve space. The crooked high-rises darken cramped alleys, many of which are dead ends in more ways than one. Many residents of the city avoid the ward when
distilled spirit constantly shifts in color. Made from a plant harvested on Limbo, each bottle contains a dead slaad tadpole. Eight Squared. This small-batch, amber hooch comes in a rectangular bottle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. B47: Treasure Room A subterranean breeze stirs in this room. A large, padlocked chest sits near the north wall. Behind it hangs a tapestry of a desert scene.
The tapestry behind the chest is a hostile
mimic. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 or higher notice that despite the breeze, the tapestry remains unnaturally still. As an action, a character can open the padlocked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
out that my avocados went bad. What a mess.”
–Digny Vots, Market Ward shopper
Market Ward Encounters d8 Encounter 1 A Transcendent Order instinct (see Morte’s Planar Parade) asks to spar with
flow of magic throughout the multiverse on an array of planar orreries, scanning them for arcane anomalies—hotspots, dead zones, and areas teeming with antimagic. The collective seeks to maintain a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
) score of 15 or higher detect a cool, fresh breeze from the east. P14e. The words “Knock First” have been carved in Common into a heavy plank door. The bandits in the room beyond (see area P16) wrote
this to try to dupe intruders into announcing their presence. P14f. A cool, fresh breeze flows out from under the door, and a character listening at the door hears tumbling torrents of water. P14g
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
temple below. The man’s eyes suddenly widen, and he grasps at the air. He turns away from some imagined horror. “The teeth… teeth in the temple,” he wails, before collapsing dead on the stone floor
the northeast corner.
Unless work has been stopped and the slaves that were working in area 19 have been confined in that area, the characters hear hammering coming from the east. By instinct or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
tiefling says. “I’m Colcook, your concierge. If there’s anything I can do to make your stay more comfortable, please let me know.”
The portal from Fortune’s Wheel connects to the hollow skull of a dead
Liars Faint music and sharp perfume drift on the breeze blowing amid the columns and alcoves of this lavish chamber. Gemstone mosaics and platinum gilding glimmer amid hanging silks and furnishings heaped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Othovir to learn the truth. Urlam is convinced that Tolmara Hysstryn (see area T14) has a secret, and he wants to know what it is. The characters can complete this quest by finding Tolmara’s dead
discover that Tolmara isn’t shy about spying on them through keyholes and listening at doors while chuckling to herself. Locked in the Six Windows’ attic are the bones of Tolmara’s dead husband, Mirak, of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
determined attackers. Six zombies guard this place, lying among the remains of the long-dead priests and monks who first built it. The creatures obey Renwick, who ordered them to defend the crypt against
body (currently interred with the Knights of Samular in Summit Hall). Stashed inside the sarcophagus is the body of a dead human knight that the Mirabar delegation was transporting to Summit Hall. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
any who dare to defile the honorable dead.
The names on these three sepulchers are those of Borgol the Old, Gharin Orc-Doom, and Numik the Unlucky.
Treasure. Each tomb is a marble vault 6 feet
old bones and no undead. The three dwarves were buried with little funerary wealth; Durgeddin’s folk believed in honoring their dead with stone, not riches. Borgol’s remains include a ring of gold in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
difficult to gauge the chamber’s true size. Slumped against one of the columns is a dead man wearing a stone breastplate.
Any creature entering the cave for the first time on a turn or starting its turn
crystals that grow elsewhere in these caverns, and a chill, fetid breeze wafts up from its depths.
This tunnel runs for miles, eventually branching off into the caves of the Underdark. G6. Mudflow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
narcotic, lotus dreams can she conjure up the face of her dead love. Characters can discover Zalkoré’s tragic story by interpreting carvings throughout the garden. If that makes them sympathetic toward
an eblis. Scrawled on the east wall in Old Omuan are the words “To dream, to dance.” 6. Pagoda This crumbling pagoda must have been lovely once, with its wide, graceful arches inviting the breeze to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
fight if he is freed. Treasure. Thutai wears bracers of defense and has spell scrolls of remove curse and speak with dead . Keys. Thutai has a glyph key attuned to every zone in this sector, as well as a
move as if in a breeze, though you feel no such thing.
Creatures. A wraith and three will-o’-wisps guard this chamber. The wisps start out invisible. Clutching Vines. While on the ground, a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
break it, but they’ve carved gouges into the iron spheres with their claws. Dead Tadpoles. Far Realm energy sustains the slaadi tadpoles in Spawn Hollow without the usual need for Humanoid hosts. The
practicing arcane magic. It’s obvious that this rejection still stings Oshundo, who refers to Illithinoch’s long-dead leaders as “ignorant fools” who are “closed to the flexibility and power of arcane magic