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Gnome
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Basic Rules (2014)
Skinny and flaxen-haired, his skin walnut brown and his eyes a startling turquoise, Burgell stood half as tall as Aeron and had to climb up on a stool to look out the peephole. Like most
. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Their tan or brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses), and their bright eyes shine with
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with
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Great Purpose
Aarakocra enjoy peace and solitude. Most of them have little interest in dealing with other peoples and less interest in spending time on the ground. For this reason, it takes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Vibrant Expression A gnome’s energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of his or her tiny body. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Their tan or brown
expressing the gnome’s insatiable interest in everything around. A gnome’s personality is writ large in his or her appearance. A male gnome’s beard, in contrast to his wild hair, is kept carefully trimmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses), and their bright eyes shine with excitement. Their fair hair has a tendency to stick out in every direction, as if
expressing the gnome’s insatiable interest in everything around. A gnome’s personality is writ large in his or her appearance. A male gnome’s beard, in contrast to his wild hair, is kept carefully trimmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
11–12 Banshee
13–14 Brown bear(s)
15–16 Chwingas
17–18 Fox and hare
19–20 Wolf pack
Banshee This banshee is the spectral remnant of a female elf warrior who was banished
the banshee’s Corrupting Touch. There is only one banshee haunting the forest. If it’s destroyed, it re-forms after 24 hours in a random location in the forest, damned to its eternal exile. Brown Bear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
! If the characters undertake this quest, they must track the verbeeg to his lair, which he shares with a dopey ogre, some stolen livestock, and a sleepy brown bear. To complicate matters, the verbeeg’s
romantic interest—another verbeeg—arrives as the characters are leaving. How the characters learn of the town’s travails depends on whether the adventure began in Good Mead or not. If Good Mead is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Park-and-Ride The duergar searched area 8a for treasure but didn’t find anything of interest. They also failed to detect the secret door to area 8b. 8a. Donkey Dummies Frescoes. The walls are
carved with frescoes depicting dwarves defending their mountain homes against ankhegs, purple worms, umber hulks, and other burrowing monsters. (Hidden behind a fresco of a dwarf battling a bulette is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Rattle The zone of fertile crimson soil known as the Ribbon cuts a wide swath through the gray-brown plains that stretch from the water’s edge to the lands of the Rattle. Most inhabitants of the Ribbon
live on small family farms joined together in pacts—resource-sharing alliances forged by common interest. Inexplicably, the Ribbon’s soil grows less fertile each year, and no living soul in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
associates only with other initiates. The only way the person will talk to the characters is if the characters show (real or feigned) interest in becoming initiates themselves. Perhaps the person has
public sentiment against the characters in retaliation for the characters’ unwanted interest in the cult’s business. The hierophant claims the characters are forces of instability and blames them for all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
encounter nothing of interest” is okay, but far less evocative and memorable than, “A light rain dampens the rolling plains as you travel north. Around midday, you break for lunch under a lonely tree
. In another, sunlight streams through the leaves above and flower-laden vines twine up every trunk. Signs of corruption — rotting wood, foul-smelling water, and rocks covered with slimy brown moss — can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Pseudodragon The elusive pseudodragon dwells in the quiet places of the world, making its home in the hollows of trees and small caves. With its red-brown scales, horns, and a maw filled with sharp
teeth, a pseudodragon resembles a tiny red dragon but its disposition is playful. Quiet and Defensive. Pseudodragons have little interest in other creatures, and they avoid them whenever possible. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the best of mortals. That said, the reason for his initial interest in a champion isn’t always obvious. What made the sun god turn his attention to you? What sets you apart from the masses of people
, you swore an oath to end some great evil.
6 You have no idea why Heliod showed interest in you, and you might sometimes wish he hadn’t.
Devotion to Heliod Following Heliod means devoting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Skull Dunes The Skull Dunes (see map 5.2) lie beyond a beach of coarse brown sand at the southern end of the island. The dunes are desolate; only an occasional bit of scraggly grass grows here
that square). The characters continue to move, one square at a time, awakening skeletons and defending themselves until they navigate their way across the dunes to safety, or slay twenty or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. These monks seek the secrets of life by studying death itself. It is the condition of being dead that concerns them most, and not what lies beyond; the afterlife holds little interest for them. Their
monasteries are full of decaying, dying, and dead animal and plant specimens, which they study with detached interest. They frequently purchase rare specimens from adventurers and merchants that they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
between as you approach the Rattle.After about four miles, the trees give way to rocky hills of a golden-brown hue. The entrance of an old copper mine is blocked with boulders and serves as a
sounds of loud belching and guttural laughter.
The copper mine contains nothing of interest. A character can take the Study action and make a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) check to identify the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
replaced by respectable, local guards who have a personal interest in the defense of Neverwinter. This public sentiment has led to some neighborhoods organizing their own makeshift militias, and the Lord
defending the makeshift Wall from threats out of the Chasm prove themselves capable of becoming a proper military force. Both Baldur’s Gate and Waterdeep have offered to help train the new guards of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
interest and responsibility), suggested domains for clerics who serve the god, and a common symbol of the god. Several of the gods in the table are described below. Avatar of Moradin Dwarf Deities (The
lead from the front. When defending a stronghold, they guard the walls and lead sorties against enemy positions. When an external threat is near, the priests plan guerrilla raids to disrupt invaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Places of Interest Most of Vermeillon’s buildings contain nothing but decaying furniture and whatever belongings were left behind when the inhabitants fled, but a few locations hold treasure or hints
The front door of the stonemason’s home and workshop gapes open, with the remains of the door lying several feet away and covered in long brown grass. The roof has caved in, and remnants of rotting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
defending him when the Six operatives arrive — as they do only moments later. See “Operatives of the Six” below for more information on the fight with the mind flayer Szorrulax and its minions. Right
, making sure that Bracus is in the blast if the lizardfolk is alive. The mind flayer prioritizes killing Bracus before turning to other targets, but it has no interest in a fair fight. It uses plane shift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
channel is stained and traces of a brown liquid shine wetly.
To your left, along the west wall, dozens of manacles hang from the wall at waist height.
The slaves that have been toiling to enlarge
Thadrah. Food for the slaves, in the form of a light brown, watery gruel, is poured into the trough from time to time, though the slaves are not given utensils of any sort and must do their best with their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the warforged were, though, House Cannith never lost interest in building a better titan. Cyre didn’t lose its desire for deadly weapons that could give it an edge over its enemies, and tremendous
twisted will, defending the interior of the colossus and giving voice and form to the docent’s otherwise disembodied intelligence. A Deadly Dungeon. House Cannith’s artisans lined the interior of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
to warehouses, caravan yards, and workspace. It includes the Mirabar Shield, the fortified compound that represents Mirabar’s trading interest in Luskan. Mirabar uses it as a base to trade with the
, barracks, an armory, and little else of interest. Closeguard Island is the home of High Captain Kurth. Cutlass Island has two rocky heights split by a pebble-strewn beach. The southern peak is surmounted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
skeletons guard this curved hallway. Beyond them, heavy, round metal doors seal five doorways. A brown stain covers the ground in front of the northernmost door.
The two minotaur skeletons attack
belongings, including his leather armor, a Potion of Healing (greater), a Spell Scroll of Stoneskin, and a brilliant-blue cloak emblazoned with the holy symbol of Habbakuk. V13: Ruined Vault Fuzzy brown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
even the northern metropolises of Baldur’s Gate and Waterdeep, its influence is curtailed by the unwillingness of its rulers to work together in the nation’s best interest. The members of the Council
cultivated. The elves have no interest in looting the cities of fallen Lapaliiya, but neither are they willing to allow “adventurers” free access to those lands through their territory. Halruaa. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
maintain strongholds along the border with Ket, most of their energy is spent defending against giants and dragons in the western mountains. The Watchers are sworn to an ascetic and disciplined code
guise, appearing as a dirt-covered farmer, a wanderer robed in brown and green, or an elderly tinker. And of the many quasi-deities that appear on Oerth, most prominent among them is Iuz, a demigod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
standest amidst the monument to his life A skeleton draped in rags lies atop a marble slab in the center of the crypt. This crypt contains nothing of interest. Crypt 20 Sasha Ivliskova—Wife Webs as thick
crypt seem as if it stands in an evergreen forest, surrounded by snow. The plaster has peeled and fallen away in many places, shattering the illusion. This crypt contains nothing of interest. Crypt 25
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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If the cave bear has not been summoned elsewhere by the verbeeg, it sleeps in the western niche of this chamber until it detects intruders. It has brown fur and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet
chamber. Niches cut in the north end of the outer ring hold nothing of interest. Duhg the verbeeg marauder (see appendix C) is here if he hasn’t been encountered somewhere else. Duhg is sitting cross-legged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
value or possible interest. The second chest opened contains an ear collection, and the fourth holds 1,300 cp, 1,000 sp, 150 ep, and 1,000 gp. The ninth sack examined contains six pieces of silver
southwest, the walls appear to be crusted with rough old ivory—in fact, this is an infestation of brown mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The floor is dotted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
southeastern wall of area T5. If the characters investigate, they find cloth wrapped around the body of a young human man with short brown hair and deep cuts across his neck. This corpse belongs to Werth
vestry writing a love song. Drule keeps two Chaotic Evil Gray Oozes here as guards. They see Drule as an ally thanks to the cult’s influence. As an Influence action, characters can show interest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The revenant is clad in tattered chain mail that affords the same protection as leather armor. The revenant was a knight of the Order of the Silver Dragon, which was annihilated defending the valley
they leave it alone, read: More ravens begin to take an interest in you. Before long, their numbers swell, and soon hundreds of them are watching you. The ravens fly away if attacked. If they are left
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
(see appendix C) and a handful of apprentice mages. Apart from their ability to fly, the tressym behave like normal house cats. If one or more characters show an interest in the tressym, Krowen offers to
gains the benefit of Grandfather Tree’s bless spell. It disappears after 1 hour, or when it drops to 0 hit points, or when it is dispelled (DC 15). Avenging Animals d4 Animal(s) 1 2 brown bears 2 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
ensures that the paper is useful enough to the government that it’s never in their interest to shut it down, yet devotes the rest of the paper to news the government might prefer hushed up, from
interest in Chult, outfitting droves of green adventurers and directing them aboard ships headed south. Most never returned — leaving her uncertain of whether any of her “jungle-proof” or “dinosaur-deterring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
wriggle out of the window and drop to the garden below (area M14). Hellenrae flees by this route if she is cornered and doesn’t believe she can defeat her enemies. Treasure Hellenrae has little interest
. Copper tubing in long coils leads from one kettle to the next. Several large wooden casks stand at the south end of the room, and shelves on the eastern wall hold scores of brown bottles sealed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
of several small rooms linked by low archways. Brown curtains offer some amount of privacy for the different rooms, and martial displays cover the walls — shields and crossed swords, tattered banners
create elemental devices. The master of the forge is a dao named Xharva Deem. Two duergar assist her. Roleplaying the Dao. Xharva Deem has no interest in fighting, because her bargain with Marlos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
from business prospectors interested in buying the couple out and expanding the business. The Shores have no interest in selling, despite numerous offers from patriar families and anonymous buyers. As a
waving this donation for those who suffer grievous wounds in the course of defending other. This leads to all manner of unlikely stories being told at the Watchful Shield’s gates, explaining how






