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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: guidance, mage hand, minor illusion
1/day each: mage armor, major image, mirage arcane (as an action), Rary's telepathic bondDivide by Zero (2/Day). When
interacts with the world can change the world. They impress upon their students to use magic as a tool to shape the overall experience of reality, and in turn make the world a better place.
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Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
mountain valleys, soaring plateaus, and desert oases. Outsiders that stumble into an enclave of yakfolk are usually surprised and pleased to find what appears to be a utopia, and the yakfolk foster
that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner.
In their seemingly idyllic hideaways, the yakfolk rule with iron fists, and for all their learning and culture, they are enormously
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
’s abuse, including mountain valleys, soaring plateaus, and desert oases. Outsiders that stumble into an enclave of yakfolk are usually surprised and pleased to find what appears to be a utopia
, and the yakfolk foster that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner.
In their seemingly idyllic hideaways, the yakfolk rule with iron fists, and for all their learning and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, dispel magic, etherealness, major image, misleadThe dragon can take 3 legendary
, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations.
Creating an Emerald Dragon
Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your
Adult Brass Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
desert sands within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. These illusions move and appear real, although they can do no harm. A creature that examines an image from a distance can tell it’s an
’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action
Ancient Brass Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
speed.A Brass Dragon’s Lair
A brass dragon’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
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Images of Large or smaller monsters haunt the desert sands within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. These illusions move and appear real, although they can do no harm. A creature that examines an
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
about Mulhorand is alien to someone from the Sword Coast. You likely experienced the same sort of culture shock when you left your desert home and traveled to the unfamiliar climes of northern Faerû
because you have made too many enemies among the desert communities of your home.
Sossal. Few have heard of your homeland, but many have questions about it upon seeing you. Humans from Sossal seem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
dedication to evil. An elemental priest protects and guides the common people, using elemental magic to better their lives. An elemental cultist demands abasement, sacrifice, and obedience. The element
serving Elemental Evil is not likely to seem out of the ordinary at first. In small desert villages, a cult could easily take shape and even attract popular support from a local community or tribe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
favor desert surroundings, and it doesn’t take much research for them to discover that Iymrith has a reputation in the North. The storm giants learn the following facts about their nemesis: Iymrith is an
ancient blue dragon known as the “Doom of the Desert.” She is also called the “Dragon of Statues” because she creates living statues (actually gargoyles) to guard her lair. Her lair is a ruined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Image of the misshapen deity Hathor, goddess of love, music, and motherhood NG Life, Light Horned cow’s head with lunar disk Imhotep, god of crafts and medicine NG Knowledge Step pyramid Isis, goddess
flail Ptah, god of crafts, knowledge, and secrets LN Knowledge Bull Set, god of darkness and desert storms CE Death, Tempest, Trickery Coiled cobra Sobek, god of water and crocodiles LE Nature, Tempest Crocodile head with horns and plumes Thoth, god of knowledge and wisdom N Knowledge Ibis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
win over audiences is due in part to his missing shadow, as explained in the “Shadowless” sidebar earlier in the chapter. If Hurly regains his shadow, his performances will garner a better reception
enchanted to display an image that corresponds to a performer’s standing with Endelyn. What a creature sees in a mirror depends on how Endelyn feels about that creature: If Endelyn is tolerant or unaware of
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
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)
dwell in fiery regions such as volcanoes and the burning expanses of the world’s deserts. Their love of the desert brings them into conflict with the djinn that ride the desert whirlwinds, and with the
: enlarge/reduce, tongues
1/day each: conjure elemental (fire elemental only), gaseous form, invisibility, major image, plane shift, wall of fire
Actions
Multiattack. The efreeti makes two scimitar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
mountain valleys, soaring plateaus, and desert oases. Outsiders that stumble into an enclave of yakfolk are usually surprised and pleased to find what appears to be a utopia, and the yakfolk foster
that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner.
In their seemingly idyllic hideaways, the yakfolk rule with iron fists, and for all their learning and culture, they are enormously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Lamia Ruined desert cities and the tombs of forgotten monarchs make perfect lairs for the wicked lamias. These decadent monsters take what has been forgotten and make it the seat of their hedonistic
, requiring no material components.
At will: disguise self (any humanoid form), major image
3/day each: charm person, mirror image, scrying, suggestion
1/day: geas
Actions
Multiattack. The lamia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Yakfolk Warrior Yakfolk Society. Yakfolk dwell in secluded settlements sheltered from the worst of nature’s abuse, including mountain valleys, soaring plateaus, and desert oases. Outsiders that
stumble into an enclave of yakfolk are usually surprised and pleased to find what appears to be a utopia, and the yakfolk foster that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner. In their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Lamia Accursed Bargainer and Ruin Raider Habitat: Desert; Treasure: Arcana Viko Menezes Legends say the first lamia was an ambitious ruler who made a sinister bargain with the demon lord Graz’zt for
), Minor Illusion
1/Day Each: Geas, Major Image, Scrying
Bonus Actions
Leap. The lamia jumps up to 30 feet by spending 10 feet of movement.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Iymrith’s Lair The Doom of the Desert has claimed an enormous, abandoned amphitheater in the desert as her lair (shown on map 12.1). Beneath the amphitheater lie chambers where the blue dragon sleeps
and hides her treasure. When the characters approach Iymrith’s lair for the first time, read or paraphrase the following boxed text aloud to the players. Your long journey ends here, in the desert. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon family demands tribute from desert communities in exchange for protection.
2 Enraged at the loss of a wyrmling, a blue dragon is causing lightning storms to destroy coastal settlements and
refuses to stop until someone delivers the adventurer responsible.
3 A prosperous-looking city appears among the desert dunes, drawing explorers and treasure hunters aplenty, but it’s an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Otyugh Garbage-Heap Gourmand Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any Néstor Ossandón leal Otyughs live to eat—the more disgusting the meal, the better. They consider all non-otyughs that come within reach
Telepathically transmits a message like “Happy good stuff here!” or “Help now! I’m too delicious?” 4 Telepathically transmits an image of a large gemstone, crooked weapon, or soggy pastry. Otyugh Large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Tiebreaker
2 Absentee Ballot, Coin of Decisionry
3 Better Odds, Inspired Decision
4 Charming Misdemeanor, Clandestine Kit
Proficiencies
(ballots, a ballot box, an “I Voted” sticker set), and a coin of decisionry. This large gold coin is emblazoned with the sigil of Acquisitions Incorporated as “heads,” and has a “tails” image that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to a desert, charmed by a lamia, and sent back with powerful magic items to conquer his homeland in her name. In the early hours of the morning, the backstage area is abuzz with halfling actors
dragon casts mirror image on itself, turns visible, and addresses the characters telepathically. It demands a share of the hoard (at least 5,000 gp), threatens to tip off the City Watch if the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the god-kings who rule over these lands, nearly everything about Mulhorand is alien to someone from the Sword Coast. You likely experienced the same sort of culture shock when you left your desert
the strangeness this wet land has to offer, or because you have made too many enemies among the desert communities of your home. Sossal. Few have heard of your homeland, but many have questions about it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Efreeti Genie of Fire Habitat: Desert, Planar (Elemental Plane of Fire); Treasure: Armaments Michael Broussard Efreet burn with the energy and unpredictability of fire. Their innate magic allows
following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At Will: Detect Magic, Elementalism
1/Day Each: Gaseous Form, Invisibility, Major Image, Plane Shift, Tongues, Wall of Fire (level 7 version)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to circle spells connected to the land where you became a druid. Choose that land — arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or
storm, slow 7th freedom of movement, ice storm 9th commune with nature, cone of cold Coast Druid Level
Spells
3rd mirror image, misty step 5th water breathing, water walk 7th control water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
power. The Order of the Gauntlet The Free The desert wilds are dotted with the hidden camps and strongholds of Athas’s slave tribes — bands of people who have managed to escape from slavery in one or
destruction is bad for business, even by House Tsalaxa’s standards. If the house’s agents can seize the cult’s secrets in the process of eliminating the threat, so much the better.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
swallowed by desert sands. Some of the lair’s chambers still contain the remnants of temples and other structures. The traces of this metropolis suggest that it was of significant size, but very little of
of the chamber sometimes ripples or swirls ominously, perhaps in response to unpredictable desert winds, the dragon’s magic, or some creature lurking beneath the sand. Hoard Display. Just off the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
that Rezmir and Jos survive this chapter. It’s not a catastrophe if they don’t, but it’s much better if they do. Dralmorrer Borngray and Pharblex Spattergoo have everything to lose if enemies of the
ward, for example — bullywugs who feel as if he has abandoned them are likely to leap away into the mere and never come back. If Pharblex is killed, most bullywugs desert immediately. The lizardfolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
that Rezmir and Jos survive this chapter. It’s not a catastrophe if they don’t, but it’s much better if they do. Dralmorrer Borngray and Pharblex Spattergoo have everything to lose if enemies of the
ward, for example—bullywugs who feel as if he has abandoned them are likely to leap away into the mere and never come back. If Pharblex is killed, most bullywugs desert immediately. The lizardfolk are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Illig regards Gullop XIX as a witless buffoon unworthy of the crown and plans to declare himself the rightful king. He proudly shows off a drawing on the mud floor that depicts a crude image of Gullop XIX
the dagger. If Illig views the characters as coconspirators, he’s eager to hear what they think of his cunning plan. If they have a better one, he wants to hear it. If the characters try to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wrecked caravan, he engineered a costume for himself. Disguised as a half-metal goblin, he infiltrated the goblins’ lair and did his best to fit in, cleverly using silent image spells to hide the
for “home,” became the goblin tribe’s dream of a better future. As the goblins were finishing construction of their new home, everlasting winter descended upon Icewind Dale. Fewer caravans made their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
great cities of the Sword Coast have combined forces to restore this fortress,” she explains. “We expected it would give us better visibility into trouble on the frontier. But it seems that the Red
Wizards of Thay don’t want us here.
“Earlier today, an image of the vile necromancer Szass Tam, leader of the Red Wizards, appeared in the sky above the fortress. He commanded that everyone in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Adult Copper Dragon Svetlin Velinov Surrounded by guardians of the forest, an adult copper
dragon bequeaths a magic sword to a worthy hero Adult copper dragons use their influence to better the
gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell)
1/Day Each: Greater Restoration, Major Image
Legendary Actions
Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
. Before you have time to consider your situation, the image of a female Red Wizard suddenly appears and speaks.
“I am Syranna,” she says. “It was I who brought you here. Welcome to Thay.”
Syranna is
present only as an image through which she can sense and communicate. She goes on as follows. “Many Red Wizards chafe under the rule of Szass Tam. Once, Thay was a land of learning and power. Now, death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to circle spells connected to the land where you became a druid. Choose that land — arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, swamp, or
storm, slow
7th
freedom of movement, ice storm
9th
commune with nature, cone of cold
Coast Druid Level Spells 3rd
mirror image, misty step
5th
water breathing, water walk
7th