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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I hone them on other
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
7
I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragons’ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz
predictable only in my unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
7
I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their
unpredictability.
6
It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
7
I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi leave the Material Plane to find refuge in
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
of Dread (detailed in chapter 3):
Har’Akir. You died and endured the burial rites of this desert realm, yet somehow a soul—yours or another’s—has taken refuge in your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
sand. Intent on their investigation of the golem, they don’t notice your arrival.
The two desert nomads (use the bandit stat block) and a camel they call Old Stink (for good reason) hail from a Bedine
Arriving in Anauroch Created by fearsome magic, the ancient desert of Anauroch hides ruined cities under its sands. The most famous include the lost cities of Netheril, an empire of wizards doomed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
planes — and they lost. The gods were slain or driven into exile, leaving Athas under the dominion of elemental beings who took little interest in the affairs of mortals. In the grim age that
followed the defeat of the gods, mighty sorcerer-kings came to power and nearly destroyed the world with their reckless use of defiling magic. They made Athas into a desert where terrible monsters roam and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
than most, but still braved by travelers who hope to profit from its exotic goods and strange magics. Like Kara-Tur, Zakhara seems a world away to Faerûnians. It is thought of as a vast desert, sprinkled
their magic with the aid of genies and, it is said, might carry the lineage of these elemental beings in their blood.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mummies Deathless Ancients with Ageless Ambitions Habitat: Desert, Swamp; Treasure: Relics Mysterious rites and mighty faith can tie spirits to their corpses, binding them to their remains for all
time. Should their resting places be violated, these beings, known as mummies, reanimate their deteriorating bodies to restore the sanctity of their tombs and punish those who disturbed their rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fire Elemental Primal Spirit of Heat and Flame Habitat: Desert, Planar (Elemental Plane of Fire); Treasure: None Fire elementals arise when spirits of the Elemental Plane of Fire inhabit flames
, burning cinders, and heated smoke. These beings are tangible despite largely being made of flames and particles, and they can uses their vague limbs to ignite foes and flammable materials. Fire elementals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unpredictability.
6 It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
7 I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while
I wait to meet one, I hone them on other creatures.
8 I secretly enjoy conversing with lesser beings, although I usually do so only to find their weaknesses.
Topaz Dragon Ideals d6 Ideal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Evil Inchoate I will be the last creature when I am done. The cosmos will then be perfect, free of the braying abominations that are all other living things.
— Orcus
As beings of utter chaos and
powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE
Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
offspring of the demon lord Juiblex. Whether this is true or not, the Faceless Lord is one of the few beings that can control oozes and imbue them with a modicum of intelligence. Most of the time, oozes
have no sense of tactics or self-preservation. They are direct and predictable, attacking and eating without cunning. Under the control of Juiblex, they exhibit glimmers of sentience and malevolent intent. Ooze Nature. An ooze doesn’t require sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
with the golem), Hamukai felt sure of the scroll’s safety. Zikzokrishka returned with an army, intent on ripping the sapphire from the prince’s head. She scattered the populace and reduced the prince’s
death, knowing his life force would one day dissipate and the vault would become openable. As she held her vigil, the desert wasteland of Anauroch consumed the city. Believing the golem and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
canyon shrine make excellent adversaries. The sapient beings are clever and cruel, and the monsters of animal intelligence are as savage as the god of slaughter himself. Examples of such villains
A tribe of berserkers ride giant bats and hunt humanoids that travel through the canyon.
3 An adult blue dragon enslaves the inhabitants of the caves, intent on building an army to conquer a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
and properly engaged, the clockwork creatures share the following information: The creatures state that they will harm only those who have come to the vault with the intent of misusing the orrery
(which they assume includes anyone trying to steal the component). However, they are not automatically friendly to those claiming other intent. The creatures were created to guard this vault and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
map for 100 gp that shows Parnast’s location. The village lies between the Graypeak Mountains and the Weathercote Forest, near the western edge of the desert of Anauroch. If they travel to Parnast
adventure. Statistics for the evil cloud giant and detailed plans of his flying castle are provided in the Tyranny of Dragons adventure. If the characters are intent on confronting Blagothkus, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Dendradis Beings of absolute neutrality, rilmani originate from the Outlands, and their few communities cling to the Spire. These crystalline cloisters rise in clusters of crooked towers or fill
one in the group will ever speak to the plumach again. If a character gets a plumach to talk, the rilmani shares that a modron was seen in the caves within the Spire called the Desert of Rust. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
swarms are groups of creatures. When you cast a spell like conjure woodland beings , does the spellcaster or the DM choose the creatures that are conjured? A number of spells in the game let you summon
creatures. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
that no enemy can gain a foothold against the gods’ cause through defilement or violence within these sites. If an enemy with such intent sets foot inside a warded location, the eidolon plunges into a
doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. It’s not just gods that have the power to bind spirits to their idols. Beings such as archdevils can do it with the souls of their cultists. Moloch, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
gender, as well as one or two key personality traits. Although they resemble humanoid beings, genies are elemental spirits given physical form. They don’t mate with other genies or produce genie
it. The genie can then cast the wish spell on the creature’s behalf to bring about the effect. Depending on the genie’s nature, the genie might try to pervert the intent of the wish by exploiting the wish’s poor wording. The perversion of the wording is usually crafted to be to the genie’s benefit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
concerned is the disappearance of a delegation traveling overland from the city of Mirabar to Waterdeep. The delegation stopped in the tiny village of Beliard, where the members mentioned their intent
resourceful characters can find ways to destroy the portals instead of trying to slay these dire beings. With the portals shut, the elemental nodes revert to normal, and any surviving cultists scatter to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
shelter is seemingly built of scraps, and in the style of the tents used by the desert nomads of Calimshan, some two thousand miles to the south.
Maccath’s shelter is made from huge tapestries and
other lairs. Treasure If the party seems intent on fighting Arauthator, Maccath offers them a ring of resistance (cold) and two arrows of slaying (dragons) that she has crafted during her captivity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
shelter is seemingly built of scraps, and in the style of the tents used by the desert nomads of Calimshan, some two thousand miles to the south.
Maccath’s shelter is made from huge tapestries and
his other lairs. Treasure If the party seems intent on fighting Arauthator, Maccath offers them a ring of resistance (cold) and two arrows of slaying (dragons) that she has crafted during her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
behalf while paying for them with what amounted to worthless coin. Was it Asmodeus’s intent all along that Glasya should strike out on her own, or was Glasya rebellious and clever enough to successfully
encompass the complexities of the strange relationships formed by beings of immortal evil.
Coin Legions Taking a cue from the sword, shield, and dreg legions into which the devils’ armies are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
dead, these eternal beings act as Sylvania’s party planners, peacekeepers, and gracious hosts. Virtues of celebration, the Spiritors are manifestations of nostalgia, passion, and relaxation, among
help in choosing her next partner. 2 A jolly halfling invites the characters to a tea party at their woodland cottage. The halfling is actually a green hag intent on eating her guests. 3 A blink dog
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
beings of living flesh, your journey ends here. Once, I was the pharaoh’s high priest—but now, I enjoy immortality that even he could never hope to attain. Revel in this moment: the rushing water of Athis
the southernmost alcoves. Each shadow is a wispy duplicate of a character intent on killing its original. If the characters entered from the south, or if they don’t try to ascend the stairs, Nafik can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
intent of making it linger in the area and perform an act related to its associated emotion. The effect lasts 24 hours. The following list notes some of the most common emotional echoes, where they tend to
sobbing and confessions of regret Enchanted Springs Enchanted springs brim with miraculous waters, whether they tap into magical sources hidden beneath the earth or they’re blessed by eldritch beings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to door, gaining brief entry into the celebrations in exchange for performing a song or a short play. All adopt the guises of fey beings and the supposed rulers of the Feywild, such as Queen Titania
“troll scratchings” at doors and windows. Those with more malicious intent sing screechingly in the wee hours, and hurl raw eggs at windows, signs, and the heads of those who try to stop them. Have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
have no need for maps. Adventurers and wanderers should be wary if they happen across a chest hidden in an oasis or a treasure cache tucked away in a half-buried desert ruin, for these might be parts
of a brass dragon’s hoard. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
trace, speak with animals
1/day each: commune with nature (cast as 1 action), conjure woodland beings, hallucinatory terrain (cast as 1 action)
Shining Falls Traffic on the Delimbiyr River comes
Luruar, this region of the North is hemmed in by the Ice Spires to the north, the Rauvin River to the south, the Frost Hills to the west, and the desert of Anauroch to the east. Mineral-rich mountain