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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
deep in the Underworld. Terrifying and cunning, they guard portals between the wards of the Underworld, Erebos’s greatest treasures, and noteworthy souls who might attempt to escape the realm of
living and the dead, cerberi patrol both banks of the Tartyx River. These multiheaded hounds of the Underworld breathe gouts of molten rock that sear and imprison those who trespass upon the borders of
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
been given dominion over a small aspect of the natural world; there are dukes and duchesses for each of the seasons, and noble archivists track every promise made and broken within the borders of
other complex games of wits against one another.
Most high fae remain secluded deep within the wilds of Eldraine. They draw power from motes of light found throughout the wilds, and they use their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
guards, all designed to make the entrance to a settlement uninviting. But inside its borders, a deep gnome settlement is a warren shaped and decorated by the svirfneblin to make the place welcoming and
Deep Gnomes Deep gnomes, or svirfneblin, are the pragmatic and often grumpy cousins of the gnome family, who live deep underground. The Underdark is full of danger, meaning that deep gnomes spend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. While slaadi aren’t inherently evil, their impulses are wild and often destructive. Many are driven to propagate through supernatural processes. Unfortunately, these processes typically are fatal for
powerful slaadi have connections to the Spawning Stone, a source of chaotic magic from which the first slaadi originated. The Spawning Stone is hidden deep within Limbo, and legends tie its origins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
depths of the Ironroot Mountains. The orcs of Eberron weren’t formed by Gruumsh, and they aren’t inherently driven to evil. However, they are an extremely passionate and primal race, given to powerful
emotion and deep faith. The Ghaash’kala orcs of the Demon Wastes are servants of the Silver Flame who devote their lives to battling the fiends of the Wastes. The Gatekeeper druids of the Shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Citadel Defenses The Radiant Citadel’s location within the Deep Ethereal makes it difficult to assault. It keeps no standing army, but its council for defense has contingency plans it frequently
Diamond’s illumination also provides strong protection. It radiates bright light throughout the city and dim light 1,000 feet beyond the city’s borders. This light is akin to sunlight, which many natives of the Ethereal Plane and evil Undead abhor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
paradise created by two lovers ages ago. Legend states the entrance to the garden lies deep within a crystal cave that whispers secrets of the future to those brave or foolish enough to enter. More recently
leave. None of the garden’s denizens are inherently malicious, but they defend their own. Wits, clever words, and compassion are more effective weapons here than swords or spells. The paramours’ families
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
Citadel Defenses The Radiant Citadel’s location within the Deep Ethereal makes it difficult to assault. It keeps no standing army, but its council for defense has contingency plans it frequently
Diamond’s illumination also provides strong protection. It radiates bright light throughout the city and dim light 1,000 feet beyond the city’s borders. This light is akin to sunlight, which many natives of the Ethereal Plane and evil Undead abhor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The southwest edge of the cave borders a 30-foot-deep, yawning pit with nothing in it.
Secret Door. The north wall contains a secret door that swivels on a central axis. The secret door can be seen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of “you go over there, and you go over there.” True intentional crimes, however, are violations known deep in the satyr soul. If needs be, revelry can halt in an instant to help someone who’s been
supporting populations of wild beasts at their territory’s borders. Sibyls The closest people satyrs have to leaders are their sibyls, who are blessed with limited ability to see into the future
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
blames Iroas for stirring up the conflict and puts Setessa under her protection, expanding the borders of the Nessian Wood to encompass all of Setessa, creating a near-impenetrable fortress filled
with dangerous creatures.
4 Nylea abruptly vanishes. Explorers deep in the Nessian Wood discover her sacred grove abandoned, and the giant chrysalis at its heart empty. What was in the chrysalis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
nations shut their borders. The dwarves of Thorbardin withdrew to their deep tunnels, refusing entrance to refugees from the surface. Many societies turned on one another or fell to disease and war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Mourning No one knows the reason for what happened on 20 Olarune 994 YK. Though it had been battered, Cyre stood defiant; Cyran soldiers had recently driven deep into Karrnathi territory and were
the disaster in time to flee. Others survived because they were already beyond the borders of Cyre; the mist stopped mere feet away from the camps of Cyran soldiers holding sections of the Brelish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
relationships with people other than your kin. Qualinesti High Elves In Qualinesti, a scout warns of threats encroaching on the elven city’s borders Long ago, a group of high elves left Silvanesti, desiring
, Qualinesti elves even enjoyed good relations with the dwarves of Thorbardin. Since the Cataclysm, however, they’ve withdrawn from the world, and few outsiders dare approach their well-guarded borders. As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Life in the Big City Ravnica is a vast city, covering the entirety of the world in many layers of construction, from deep sewers and catacombs to sky-raking spires. No single map can encompass the
tremendous scope of its sprawl, and its borders (if it has any) are unknown, except possibly to those who live near the edges. The story of Ravnica focuses on its core. Sometimes called the city proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The Age of Humanity For millennia following the end of the Crown Wars, humans spread and settled throughout Faerûn as the elven and dwarven nations stagnated and then began a long, slow decline. Deep
deep bay in the shadow of a great mountain was named Nimoar’s Hold, after the Uthgardt chieftain who claimed the area and fortified it. The place became known to sea captains as “Waterdeep,” a name
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
turned back, but no one should rely on the mercy of a dwarf of Ironmaster. If you were to pass beyond the borders and into Ironmaster itself, you would behold one of the wonders of the world. The
great Shaengarne river rushes through a deep canyon of rock and ice in a series of cascades and waterfalls, throwing up freezing froth as it bashes against massive spires of rock that rise from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
trespass upon the borders of life and death. Most cerberi have a boundless hunger for fresh meat, especially the flesh of humanoids. Villains have been known to exploit that hunger by luring cerberi away
to the Underworld’s borders. Two-Headed Cerberus
Medium monstrosity, lawful evil
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 39 (6d8 + 12)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
superior cavalry and bold knights pushed the kingdom’s borders outward to the north, west, and east. Each successful campaign increased both the crown’s wealth and power, and each one in turn drew the
to support their growing realm, and Saltmarsh suffered heavily. The memories of those times loom heavily over the area, and the locals’ hatred of the Sea Princes runs deep. In time, Keoland’s victories
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
see the “darkening” up ahead. It’s difficult to see anything clearly within its borders, though you can vaguely make out the outline of a mountain of sunken ships resting on the sea floor, grown over
sahuagin deep divers, and a giant shark are circling this area, giving the characters a wide berth. These creatures, which have darkvision, can see quite well into the “darkening.” While their baron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
were drawn; for example, Thrane retains control of the ancient Aundairian city of Thaliost, seized during the war. Physical Damage The borders between nations demonstrate the impact of generations of
forces all struck deep within enemy territory, and the cities of Khorvaire suffered. Wherever you go, you might see the scorch marks of fireballs or wreckage from siege weapons. Every nation is working
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Entity. A 30-foot-diameter depression surrounds the amber monolith. The sloped sides and the 2-foot-deep, polluted water at the bottom make the entirety of the crater difficult terrain. The water
amulets bearing the Mark of the Raven (each worth 5 gp). Development. If Mara is destroyed, the cavern releases a mighty sigh. The house remains awakened, but the domain’s borders open. Mara re-forms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
borders between the realms, as she draws horrors into the mortal realm with her and thereby raises Athreos’s ire. Of course, Klothys trusts no other god as much as she does Kruphix, who also recalls Theros’s earliest hours. The two have a deep respect for one another.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fantastic celebration ensues, involving dancing, feasting, singing, public professions of deep feelings, and trading oaths. Traditionally, the speaker reigns for a single year. As the leonin have
speaker, he is broadminded, humble, and determined, with a deep connection to the land. He is quick to seek opinions from the matriarchs of the leonin prides, and often defers to their wisdom. While his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
was once easy to doubt their veracity, for what nation didn’t patrol its borders or establish communication (amicable or otherwise) with other nations? The stories of naga and yuan-ti were easy enough
Serpent Hills, where we were taken prisoner by yuan-ti patrolling the borders of their domain. The half-elf was hauled away in slaver’s chains, but for some reason I was taken to the court of Jarant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
tribes of wood elves — and a few moon elf tribes — still roam the wood protecting these ruins, the monuments to their golden age. Few beyond the borders of the High Forest know much about these elves, who
often goes awry here, and the caverns deep beneath the site are rumored to contain all manner of magical portals. If it isn’t the elves, the fey, or the trees themselves watching visitors, it might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
blame each other for their transformation.
6 A family of deep gnomes adopts a shadow dragon wyrmling, hoping to show the dragon a noble path through gloom and despair.
Young Shadow Dragon
has fallen under the sway of a young shadow dragon, and their obeisance borders on fanaticism.
4 A young shadow dragon shares a lair with a cloaker; the cloaker leaves the dragon alone but hunts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
masters, destroying some of Szass Tam’s lich zulkirs and thinning the ranks of other undead. Little is known of the conflict beyond Thay’s borders, however. In this quiet civil war, both sides fear that
alone, but two or three Red Wizards might join forces for an important assignment. In a public area where their appearance could put them at risk, Red Wizards favor deep hoods and scarves to hide their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
masters, destroying some of Szass Tam’s lich zulkirs and thinning the ranks of other undead. Little is known of the conflict beyond Thay’s borders, however. In this quiet civil war, both sides fear that
alone, but two or three Red Wizards might join forces for an important assignment. In a public area where their appearance could put them at risk, Red Wizards favor deep hoods and scarves to hide their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
undead masters, destroying some of Szass Tam’s lich zulkirs and thinning the ranks of other undead. Little is known of the conflict beyond Thay’s borders, however. In this quiet civil war, both sides
work alone, but two or three Red Wizards might join forces for an important assignment. In a public area where their appearance could put them at risk, Red Wizards favor deep hoods and scarves to hide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
privately worship ancestral gods—deities of their family’s tradition with whom they form deep, personal connections. Divergent faiths abound, and some that begin as charlatanry inexplicably gain the power
about the nature of their domains or what lies beyond the Mists. This preoccupation, along with the lack of shared borders or reliable travel, means that mercantile ventures and military conquests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
King Hekaton and His Daughters Prior to the shattering of the ordning, King Hekaton was arguably the most powerful of all storm giants. From Maelstrom, his citadel deep within the Trackless Sea, he
civilizations of the small folk and leave them alone, if he could not countenance forming alliances with them. Hekaton, inherently distrustful of the small folk, wanted nothing to do with them, but he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
temples of its many gods, several organizations operate across national borders in pursuit of their goals. Some of these organizations could serve as patrons or allies of adventurers in a Greyhawk
-white ice, there is an endless landscape of deep-blue ice partially covered in snow. Strange arctic monsters prowl these fields of dark ice. Stranger still, a verdant land is rumored to exist beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
overlooks the forest it borders. A few farms cluster around it, the locals relying on the royal garrison to keep them safe from marauders. Burle’s most distinctive feature is the small copse of trees
stronghold, but he can’t shake the idea of following the deeper passages for the chance of unearthing Zenopus’s lost secrets. If the characters earn his trust, he might take them into his confidence. The details of the deep dungeons are left to the DM’s invention.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, to serve as guards on the tribe’s most distant borders or as hunters that wander beyond those borders. As such, the stone giants that are first encountered by outsiders are almost always the least
one story when it’s viewed in flat, dim light, but it reveals a second, much deeper tale with the addition of proper illumination. We all know of dwarves who fell so deep in love with their craft, or