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Returning 35 results for 'descended immortal are beyond'.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The Telepathic Pentacle regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the Telepathic Pentacle has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only
tapped by the city's elite. A short obituary is engraved around the lip of the well in Draconic: “Herein lie the immortal remains of the Telepathic Pentacle. Sit, meditate, and learn.”
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the leonin prides.
Prides of leonin roam the plains of Oreskos, protecting the land and its creatures from interlopers, both mortal and immortal. As many leonin suffered at the hands of archon tyrants
one another and the land. Only in recent times have some leonin started guardedly looking beyond their homeland and wondering what role they might take in the wider world.
Most leonin hunters are tribal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Kobolds Many kobolds live in simple tribes scattered across Eberron. The Iredar kobolds claim to be descended from the Progenitor Dragon Eberron herself, and generally live in mountain caverns. The
their warlord Kethelrax the Cunning. Beyond this, a handful of Kobolds can be found scattered across Khorvaire, sometimes mingling with the city goblins in the great cities.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
age of Galifar, few humans bothered to cross the Endworld Mountains to explore the vast jungle beyond. When the Last War broke out, a fleet of settlers came to Q’barra in search of a new home far from
-seekers have descended on Q’barra, along with brigands, deserters from the war, and all manner of criminals and opportunists. To their surprise, Q’barra was already home to a number of ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
necessarily evil. There is one tiefling nation in Khorvaire: The Venomous Demesne, a city-state hidden on the far side of Droaam. The tieflings of the Venomous Demesne are descended from Sarlonan mages who
character could be an envoy, an exile, or simply an adventurer driven by a desire to see what lies beyond your magical kingdom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
valley containing hot springs and lush fields. In the fields beyond, wheat and barley grow in abundance alongside flourishing vineyards. Sheep and goats graze on the surrounding hills. The town itself is
herders descended from folk the githyanki subjugated ages ago. Their folklore describes this history, though it has become distorted over time. Nature Lovers. After the fall of the githyanki’s kingdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of Galifar, no human ever bothered to cross the Endworld Mountains to explore the vast jungle beyond. When the Last War broke out, a fleet of settlers came to Q’barra in search of a new home far from
descended on Q’barra, along with brigands, deserters from the war, and all manner of criminals and opportunists. There’s one small complication: Q’barra is home to a number of ancient civilizations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
by her own greed and vanity, Neheedra engaged in dark rituals designed to secure her hold on power, imagining that Blingdenstone would one day become a drow enclave with her as its immortal leader
. Unfortunately, the magical pacts she struck eventually transformed the vain priestess into a medusa. Enraged by her fate, Neheedra turned her servants to stone and descended into madness. Over decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Darklords are deadly or possess foul gifts from the Dark Powers, many pose little threat in battle. Their menace is the result of capabilities beyond physical prowess. Darklords Are Active. Darklords might
agendas, obsessions, and egotism distract them from focusing on the strangeness of the world and petty concerns such as eerie fog. Darklords Are Immortal. Darklords are casually immortal, many having no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
preserving fluids and the liquefied goop of their body’s flesh. The transformation renders the brain immortal and imbues it with psionic power, so that it can spend eternity plotting and executing its desires
paranoia. Immortal Vessels. The brain floats in a jar of solution, pulsating as it reacts to its surroundings. Some brains have been known to thump against the walls of their containers when excited
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
43. Veils of Fear This room lies beyond a double door, the outside of which is carved with leering and laughing skulls. The doors are neither locked nor trapped, and they swing inward on rusty hinges
to reveal the room beyond. Ten feet from the doors, a thick tapestry curtain hangs from wall to wall. Its embroidery shows a scene of merriment: nobles feasting around a banquet table, a roast boar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
intricately carved wooden altar beyond the pool. Bak Mei has yet to collect the materials needed to craft the gloves of soul catching. The pages feature detailed illustrations of hands, showing how ki flows
his most trusted subordinates. Bak Mei is joined by four Immortal Lotus monks (see their stat block earlier in the adventure). To increase the difficulty of this encounter, add more monks who have just
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Leonin Prides of leonin roam the plains of Oreskos, protecting the land and its creatures from interlopers, both mortal and immortal. As many leonin suffered at the hands of archon tyrants in ages
and the land. Only in recent times have some leonin started guardedly looking beyond their homeland and wondering what role they might take in the wider world. Most leonin hunters are tribal warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Beyond Death When a character dies, the Underworld serves as an opportunity to allow a dead character to experience their own story while their companions (hopefully) try to get the body resurrected
binds.
11 Lead an immortal anvilwrought to Erebos’s palace and convince the god to let the construct die.
12 Discover why Erebos is no longer allowing certain individuals to die.
13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Noteworthy Features Those familiar with Har’Akir know the following facts: Har’Akir is a land of vast deserts and deadly storms. Water is scarce beyond the land’s few oases and the city of Muhar. The
land is ruled by Pharaoh Ankhtepot, the immortal intermediary between the mortals and the gods. The pharaoh rules from his pyramid, Pharaoh’s Rest, in the City of the Dead. The people worship a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Scarecrow At harvest time, when death revisits the twilit world and summer’s blossoms bow their withered heads, eerie scarecrows loom in silent vigil over empty fields. With immortal patience, these
-Powered Constructs. A scarecrow is animated by the bound spirit of a slain evil creature, granting it purpose and mobility. It is this uncanny presence from beyond death that allows a scarecrow to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
brilliance led him along a stranger path: seeking to escape the Mists into the “true realities” beyond. Firan keeps the basis for his strange theories secret, but his ambitions drive him to travel
is immortal and has been tested like no other.” Adventures with Firan Zal’honan Firan Zal’honan is an arrogant, pragmatic, amoral genius. Furthering his schemes or adopting him as a patron can draw a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(leading to a 10-foot-square closet). A small hole has been drilled through the middle of the door.
An adventuring party called the Fine Fellows of Daggerford descended into Undermountain one tenday
a token of gratitude. Beyond that, he’s an unreliable coward who will betray anyone to save his own skin. He doesn’t know where the rest of his adventuring party is (see level 2) and doesn’t seem to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the daelkyr were defeated, the dolgaunts descended into the depths of Khyber with their masters. There, they study in cavernous monasteries, forging their bodies into living weapons dedicated to the
13 (+1)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
11 (+0)
Skills Acrobatics +6, Perception +4, Stealth +6
Condition Immunities blinded
Senses blindsight 120 ft. (blind beyond this radius),
passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, organized with its own hierarchy and led by a designated elder. But clans extend beyond families, often adopting outsiders who take up permanent residence in the city-state. When people meet, they exchange
descended from the city’s founder and first ruler, the dragon Mireu. The bureaucracy surrounding her consists of officials known as magistrates, who govern the city-state and enforce its laws. Those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
assistance from academies and institutions, such as the following organizations: Flamewind. The sphinx Flamewind (described in the “Immortal Being” section) isn’t officially affiliated with the university
from its academic peers. Beyond rivalries with allied organizations, Morgrave openly competes with the following group: University of Wynarn. Foremost among Morgrave’s rivals is Aundair’s University
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Beyond the gate is a well-kept gravel path that passes through a small forest of vertical stone slabs and ancient trees.
As the characters make their way through the Stele Forest, they encounter
one of Bak Mei’s most senior students, Steel Crane, and four Immortal Lotus monks (see the accompanying stat blocks). They are on the lookout for trouble and spoiling for a fight. When the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
artifacts and other treasures far beyond the capabilities of any modern artificer. But there is more to the past than treasures waiting to be found. Stories say that demons and dragons are fighting a long
, cold war in the shadows. These tales speak of a Draconic Prophecy… hidden revelations that grant the power to shape the future. Hidden dragons, undead elves, immortal fiends; all may be fighting to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
not go stand titanic menhirs, likely erected by stone giants. The folk of Hartsvale are ruled by House Hartwick, a line of royals supposedly descended from Hartkiller. Though human, House Hartwick’s
“goats of coin,” for they will cling like such animals to the most precarious of mountain ridges while seeking the opportunities that wait beyond. My own journeys with the goats of coin have impressed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, beyond which you see a windmill, a tall steeple, and the high-pitched rooftops of several other buildings. Apart from the ringing of the bell, you detect no other activity in the village. The trail
ends before a lowered drawbridge that spans the moat. Beyond the drawbridge, two stone watchtowers flank an open gap in the palisade.
South of the village and surrounded by the river moat is a cone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
14: The ritual brought our minds together. I was assailed simultaneously by hunger and rage, as if some great force from beyond had reached out and commanded me only to kill and eat. Though it lasted
. In concert, all three play a role in advancing Yeenoghu’s goals. Omens from Beyond Of all the demon lords, Yeenoghu is perhaps the most active on the Material Plane. He shows support to his followers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of power shifts toward the surface and into human hands. The city is descended from the citadel of Sundbarr, a stronghold of Delzoun constructed two thousand years ago around a strange volcanic rift
Firehelm, Helm’s grandson, was the king in Sundabar when the city fell to the orc horde. He did not survive. Beyond that tragedy, the recent war did horrific damage to Sundabar and the humans on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. At the chamber’s center, a thick, foul-smelling mist billows from a shallow pool of brackish liquid. Something large and scaly lies within. Beyond it stands a sculpted pillar and a broad stone table
obvious to any creature in the passage beyond. C3: Whistling Hall Two whistlers (detailed at the end of this adventure) lurk in this hall. If creatures make considerable noise in area C2, the whistlers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
themselves. Even though she is immortal, there have been no new legends of her deeds since the advent of Galifar, but that’s when her daughters rose to infamy. All three of the Daughters of Sora Kell
possess powers far beyond what’s usual for their kind. They are creatures of legend, beings who have defeated many of the greatest heroes of Galifar. Sora Katra is the voice of the Daughters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
terror of massive size and overwhelming might, this primeval destroyer survives from the earliest epochs of the Material Plane, when it served as a weapon of immortal forces. Since then, the tarrasque has
things survive the tarrasque’s rampages, and reports of the monster’s devastation are often contradictory, incomplete, or beyond belief. In cases where it leaves no survivors, its calamities might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
network of minds only while it is within five miles of the elder brain. Beyond that distance, it is on its own. Mind flayers that venture away from the colony do so only under strict orders from the
are rendered immortal, their memories preserved forever in the elder brain’s labyrinthine mind. When a mind flayer grows old, becomes infirm, or is grievously injured, the elder brain absorbs it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
far beyond the criminal underworld. The early Boromar patriarchs invested wisely over the centuries, and today the Boromars are one of the Sixty, the elite tier of Sharn’s aristocracy. The Boromar Clan
collapse any time soon. Membership. The core membership of the Boromar Clan—comprising about one in six of its members—is an extended family of halflings descended from immigrants who came to Sharn from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
ever sample true power, which they crave like the sweetest ambrosia. Dark Dealers and Soul Mongers. Devils are confined to the Lower Planes, but they can travel beyond those planes by way of portals
power and boons they can provide. A soul is usually forfeited when a mortal dies naturally, for devils are immortal and can wait years for a contract to play out. If a contract allows a devil to claim a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and order, civilization and discipline. It is filled with perfect cities and carefully ordered fields, with immortal courts and endless archives holding every law ever imagined. Dal Quor: The Region
trapped spirits until only a husk remains. While this seems bleak, most religions maintain that Dolurrh isn’t the end; it is a gateway to whatever lies beyond. Such faiths assert that what appears to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
following scene: An eighteen-foot-tall, humanlike woman with marble skin and eyes crackling with lightning crouches to agitatedly argue with a calm, silver-haired elf. Beyond the elf is a rollicking
yet. What if she becomes a god of the sea? She hates seafood! Or what if she becomes god of something embarrassing, like smelly winds? It’s a big deal for an immortal! What do the characters think she