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the creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of
defense. This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
teems with life. Rumors of this land’s rare abundance often escape the domain, enticing traders, herbalists, beast tamers, and seekers of magical reagents to search it out. But visitors must tread lightly
and take their plunder sparingly, or the wrath of the Darklord will surely find them. Valachan has no established roads, but well-traveled game trails snake through the dense forest, marked out by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
—the Mazes swallow their prisoners in an instant. The Mazes resemble a dense labyrinth of empty streets and alleys in Sigil but are devoid of life and repeat endlessly. No magic allows a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Siabsungkoh Gazetteer Amid a vivid patchwork of rural farms and dense mountain jungles stands the bustling, unforgettable Dyn Singh Night Market. The heart of the valley of Siabsungkoh, this regional
with one another; their conflicts typically take the form of insults and rumor-mongering, but sometimes escalate to violent scuffles. Some traditionalists fear losing their cultural identity and connection to the natural world, and they wish to disrupt the growing impact of mercantilism on local life.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Noteworthy Features Those familiar with Barovia know the following facts: Barovia is a gloomy realm of valleys isolated by wolf-prowled forests and treacherous mountains. Dense clouds cast the land
.
What was your life like in Barovia? Were you the child of a shepherd, vintner, or burgomaster? Was your life humble, or were you spared scarcity of coin and food? Did someone in your life vanish, or did
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
hurt, and true criminals are exiled from the Skola Vale for life. Satyrs quickly bury negative thoughts, though, and the loss of one friend merely leads them to redouble efforts to make more
Favored A circle of satyr druids, Nylea’s Favored protect the Skola Vale, restoring nature after damage by wildfires or too rowdy satyr parties. They also defend the vale by growing dense underbrush and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
underground or in dense forests where they can make the most of their spiderlike traits. Driders with non-drow features are uncommon but possible. Roll on or choose a result from the Drider
, dangerous wildernesses, or the Underdark. 2 A curse from a powerful hag, vengeful witch, or strange Artifact. 3 An experiment by an aboleth, a mind flayer, or another life-shaping magic-user. 4 A magical
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
failed to slay the kraken, it was so badly wounded in the fight that the rest of the sea life around it began to strike at it, taking advantage of its greatly weakened state. Just before passing away
, though, it transformed Fhenimore and Whymsee into kraken priests so they could protect its only offspring. Thankful for another chance at some kind of life, the two have embarked on this mission with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the dense jungle nearby. RUSSET MOLD
The
Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample obscuring plant life.
Regeneration. The vegepygmy regains 3 hit points at the start of its turn. If it takes cold, fire, or necrotic damage
Kobold
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all life except for kobolds. He especially hates Garl Glittergold, gnomes, and fey creatures that enjoy playing pranks. He taught the first kobolds how to mine, tunnel, hide, and ambush. He is
by orange garb (usually just a roughly torn sash or cloak) decorated with an image of a gnome’s skull.
Life and Outlook
Kobolds have a tribal society in which they all take on specialized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
shambler consists of the rotting heap that it simultaneously accumulates and feeds on, which protects the root-stem and animates to smash and smother the life from any creature.
The dense mass of a
natural environments of plant and animal life, and an unsettling quiet pervades the swamps and woods haunted by these ever-hungry horrors. Unseen Hunters. Composed of decaying leaves, vines, roots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the road.
A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check realizes two groups are moving through the fields, one in pursuit of the other, though the dense crops block their view
. Personality Trait. “If I can’t get it done, I know someone who can.” Ideal. “Everyone’s life is worth saving.” Bond. “I understand what it is to survive the Rattle—and what you can leave behind there.” Flaw
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Life in the Styes In better days, the fact that the Styes was sheltered from offshore winds was one of its more desirable qualities. Now, the Alchemists’ Quarter spews a permanent miasma of acrid
, rancid yellow vapor that hangs above the district and coats its walls and roofs with a greasy film. The dense population of the decaying district makes the waters around the port swirl with sewage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a life-threatening situation. The following rules determine how far a character or monster can move in a minute, an hour, or a day. Travel Pace While traveling, a group of adventurers can move at a
: roads, open plains, or clear dungeon corridors. But adventurers often face dense forests, deep swamps, rubble-filled ruins, steep mountains, and ice-covered ground — all considered difficult terrain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a life-threatening situation. The following rules determine how far a character or monster can move in a minute, an hour, or a day. Travel Pace While traveling, a group of adventurers can move at a
dungeon corridors. But adventurers often face dense forests, deep swamps, rubble-filled ruins, steep mountains, and ice-covered ground--all considered difficult terrain. You move at half speed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throughout the shrine. These plants can come to life as guardians if the shrine’s protectors call upon them. An old, twisted lemon tree grows near the hunters’ quarters. Bows, spears, and other hunting
weapons hang from the tree’s branches alongside a beehive. South of the tree is a firepit with a few boulders surrounding it for seats. Nearby, a dense, flowering bush shaped as an altar stands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. As if on cue, one of the lumps closest to the characters bubbles up and bursts. A dense cloud of spores and dark, reeking fluid explodes outward, even as the characters hear a piercing scream of
other fungal life forms infested with Zuggtmoy’s spores. The dancing creatures pay no attention to trespassers unless they are attacked. In that event, 1d6 drow spore servants and 1d6 hook horror spore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the following: The path ends at a clearing before an immense waterfall. It cascades down the tepui’s cliffs into a pool coated with oily, gray slime. Dense mist hangs above the pool.
The water of
platform rises from the edge of the pool, supporting a larger-than-life quartz statue of an elf priest with outstretched arms.
The ruins here belong to an elven tribe that once dwelled in this region. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
: Reliefs on the walls here depict githyanki going about their daily life beneath a silvery, star-studded sky. A row of text runs along the walls’ middle, worn away in places or covered by spreading moss
: Menagerie This chamber reeks of dung. Dense vegetation grows through the northeast corner, which has collapsed. To the southwest, a dragon-headed fountain splashes water into a basin. A large ornate mirror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
The gate to Arborea rests in the dense forest that encircles Sylvania. The woods nearest the town are jovial and bright, but farther out, they fill with darkness, mystery, and even violence. Unlike the
acquaintances. This effect doesn’t pierce magical disguises or false identities. Life of the Party. Music and merriment pervade the town. Flowers and trees bob to the beat, and small birds and sentient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Trielta Hills In the rolling terrain of the Trielta Hills, scattered with small settlements of gnomes and halflings, life seems pastoral and idyllic. Halfling farmers tend to their plots, and gnome
food in such an establishment is odd — a great deal of mushrooms, potatoes, turnips, dense lichens, and stews made of shrews and voles — but filling and tasty in its own way. The chambers in these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the platform stands a stone archway sculpted with sharp runes and the heads of five dragons. Within the arch swirls dense gray mist.
The darkness beyond this room’s broken walls is only an illusion
tower’s edge, drawn by the activity here. Hungry for the characters’ life essence, the creature attacks. It ignores Veriel, who stays out of the fight. The Shadowfell. The Shadowfell is detailed in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
flowers, sickly gray shrubs, and giant mushrooms stand in dense groves around a couple of gravel paths.
Many baskets full of plant matter are stacked on shelves carved into the walls near the doors
ambush any non-undead creature that ventures any farther into the room. Dense Garden. Any area within 5 feet of a pillar and not shown on the map as part of the path is difficult terrain. Pillars. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
forest is infested with a great many serpents of both normal and monstrous varieties. Sages who have studied the serpent-life of the forest claim that some force seems to draw ophidian creatures here and
dragon apparently not aligned with the yuan-ti, makes this forest her lair. It is good terrain for her; tall redwoods and coarse pines create a dense, dark canopy. Dhosun warned me that the ruins of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dense chunk of coal at its core. The Summer Star has lost its luster but not its magic. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals a weak, residual aura of transmutation magic surrounding it. The
party receives a special blessing from Lathander. Any party member who died within the past 24 hours is instantly restored to life at full health, regardless of how the character died. In addition, each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
inspire life to propagate along alien paths. Consider rolling on the Far Realm Effects table when the following circumstances occur in a region touched by the Far Realm: A warlock whose Otherworldly
wisp is put in a container, a creature holding the receptacle can cast the resurrection spell once, requiring no components and causing the wisp to vanish. Any creature returned to life in this way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
This forest is dense and difficult to travel, with only a few worn footpaths connecting its small clearings. Most of the trees here are old, mighty oaks.
Two dryads, Sonna and Yvra, tend to this
100 gp. Yvra uses them to play a solitary card game called patience. G6: Satyrs’ Forest This section of the forest is less dense, allowing light to dapple the ground. Clearings and paths abound, many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
figure dozing in one of the beds is the spirit of Alamar-Vatashi, a soldier who overslept on the Day of Mourning. In life, Alamar-Vatashi was a kalashtar, a Humanoid bound to a dream-spirit called a quori
dense mist of the Mournland, this window would afford a spectacular view.
In this 15-foot-tall room, which is effectively Landro’s mouth, Glaive (see her stat block earlier in this chapter) makes her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
blocked or barred from the inside. The contents of the barrels and tuns have long evaporated. W8: Fungi Cavern Dense carpets of weird fungi cover large sections of the floor in this cavern. The growth
. Mormesk leads the Undead that haunt Wave Echo Cave. The wraith spends his time here because the treasure he had amassed in life lies in the scorched chest. No longer corporeal, he cannot touch or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lifeforms echo from the forest’s canopy.
Flagstone walkways lead from the garden’s round entry chambers and into the dense foliage.
This forested garden is landscaped to give the impression of
. Characters who look through them see fish, snails, turtles, and other marine life in the lake beyond. The observatory is located 50 feet below the surface of the lake. If the froghemoth in area S59 is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Triumvirate members serve for life or until they resign, and they are known to take bribes, rewarding families who pay them in coin or precious ore with supplies of higher quality or in greater quantity
mountain ranges: the Spine of the World and the Ice Spires. The trees are more stunted and sparse as the altitude increases to the north. Moonwood This dense coniferous forest north of the Evermoors seems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the scion is always ideal for farming: sunny and warm with occasional showers. If the scion dies, these effects end immediately. Cloud Scion Andrew Mar A slumbering scion of Memnor appears as a dense
, often laughing as if it just heard a great joke. Incredibly tall and lanky, the scion towers 75 feet tall and wields a morningstar made from magically dense clouds. It tends to regard other