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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Teleport. Zariel teleports, along with any equipment
gruesome demon-slaying machines.
To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals to create lemure;lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. She is keenly interested in
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
If you want a wall of muscle to get between you and a blade, go to House Deneith. If you want someone to anticipate the threat and make sure you aren’t even in the room with whoever’s
holding that blade, that’s what we do.
—Baron Trelib d’Medani
The Mark of Detection is an inquisitive’s dream. It sharpens powers of observation and intuition, allowing the
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->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Setting the Adventure The Desert of Desolation is part of Raurin, a vast desert in southeastern Faerûn in the Forgotten Realms. When the River Athis dried up, it transformed the kingdom of Bakar from
a thriving oasis into Raurin’s driest region. However, the Desert of Desolation could be any desert of your choice, or an inhospitable stretch in an otherwise lush region, due to Amun Sa’s curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
still be found scattered across Valenar and the Blade Desert: ruins, haunted fortresses, battlefields that have slipped out of alignment with time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
rank. Once citizens of Cyre, now they’re citizens of Valenar. Little has changed for the commoners, most of whom don’t care who wears the crown. The harsh sands of the Blade Desert cover northern
Valenar and serve as a natural barrier between this land and the rest of Khorvaire. Beyond the desert, Valenar transitions from rolling steppes to fertile plains. The desert can be deadly, but the Valenar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
to detail the region however you please. Eberron. San Citlán might appear between the Blade Desert and Endworld Mountains in eastern Khorvaire, a location that might lead you to add more elves and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Blade Desert: ruins, haunted fortresses, and battlefields that have slipped out of alignment with time. Valenar warbands include druids and rangers, and druidic magic bolsters the military arsenal of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Dunes with a magical sandstorm. Desert dwellers beseech the characters for aid. 2 A marid named Nedootash agrees to outfit the Silent Roar with valuable supplies if the characters complete three
personal favors for the genie. 3 Before their execution, a coven of night hags prophesy that an angel-killing blade is hidden in an unholy subterranean temple. The characters are charged with finding the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
arrives at the Temple of Sands, read or paraphrase the following description: A broad platform of dark stone tiles contrasts sharply with the bright desert sands. At the center of the tiles stands a
massive sphinx statue carved from black stone. The statue’s pyramidal head is like a triangular blade tipped toward the sky. Its shadow creeps across the stone courtyard, pointing like a sundial at runes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
miner, the Mror take great pride in their possessions. Quality is more important than appearance, and you are interested in the history of the items you carry. If you find a magic weapon, you want to
know the battles it has seen and the warriors who have wielded it before you. This is especially true of the relics recovered from the Realm Below. Who forged the blade you carry? Do you bear a trinket from a forgotten age?
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
times, the efreeti can’t do so again for 365 days.
Actions
Multiattack. The efreeti makes three attacks, using Heated Blade or Hurl Flame in any combination.
Heated Blade. Melee Attack Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
allegiance to the Veiled Alliance would primarily be interested in stopping the defilers who serve the elemental cults and making sure the sorcerer-kings do not get their hands on the secrets of elemental
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Weretiger Changed by the Power of the Tiger Habitat: Desert, Forest, Grassland; Treasure: Armaments Weretigers shape-shift from humanoid forms into tigers or tiger-humanoid hybrids. Although they
yield to blade alone. It takes strength, honor, and sometimes a little more.
—Delmair Rallyhorn, weretiger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
reads: “Want to be part of something big? Speak to Davil Starsong at the Yawning Portal.” If the characters seek out Davil, Yagra Stonefist (see “Familiar Faces”) greets them and leads interested parties
, setting off a war in the streets. Davil and his colleagues want to end the violence and restore the peace. Davil offers membership in the faction to interested characters, then assigns them their first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
3. Serpents of the Sands Two rows of sandstone pillars support the ceiling of this vast chamber. Before Iymrith claimed it as her own, this room was once a secret temple belonging to a sect of desert
Dendar the Night Serpent). Standing around the edge of the hole are three yuan-ti purebloods wearing desert robes and six yuan-ti malisons. Two of the malisons are type 1 (human body with a snake head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
back Gauntlgrym. Lost half my foot to an orc’s blade, and slew every damned one that got in my way marching home. If I want to sit and enjoy my old age now that we finally drove the orcs back, I’ll do
stretched from the western edge of what was then the Narrow Sea (later, the Great Desert of Anauroch) west almost to present-day Silverymoon, and from the Ice Mountains to the Nether Mountains. Citadels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. After poking through your oatmeal with the blade of her dagger, the gnome lifts it out and shows you an oatmeal-smeared object resembling a tiny bead. She glances over her shoulder toward where cultists
Dragon members. Gleamsilver is especially cagey about why she’s interested in all this. The gnome never mentions the Zhentarim. She never comes out and says she works for the Harpers, either. Gleamsilver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. After poking through your oatmeal with the blade of her dagger, the gnome lifts it out and shows you an oatmeal-smeared object resembling a tiny bead. She glances over her shoulder toward where cultists
Dragon members. Gleamsilver is especially cagey about why she’s interested in all this. The gnome never mentions the Zhentarim. She never comes out and says she works for the Harpers, either. Gleamsilver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the desert heat. Each also holds a torch.
Two siblings, Atfez and Pachi (neutral good, human bandit captains), stand guard outside the pyramid’s entrance, keeping watch for creatures that might
Atfez and Pachi notice the characters, they’re surprised to see other people in the desert, especially at night. Atfez, the more assertive sibling, interrogates the characters about their presence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
castle; it’s too inaccessible, lying deep in the swamp. But if that unlikely event ever happened, he knows that the swaggering bullywugs would desert rather than fight an organized enemy. The lizardfolk
dragon. Voaraghamanthar’s silence, more than anything else, makes the lizardfolk wonder whether fate is punishing them for some unknown transgression. They grumble, and occasionally a few desert, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, lying deep in the swamp. But if that unlikely event ever happened, he knows that the swaggering bullywugs would desert rather than fight an organized enemy. The lizardfolk, on the other hand, can be
silence, more than anything else, makes the lizardfolk wonder whether fate is punishing them for some unknown transgression. They grumble, and occasionally a few desert, but most of them bear up with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
to create lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. She is keenly interested in collecting souls from the greatest warriors on the Material Plane. She bargains hard, and there is
), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Teleport. Zariel teleports, along with any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
over who comes and goes. Given her role in the Blood War, Zariel is keenly interested in collecting souls from the greatest warriors on the Material Plane and securing their loyalty. She bargains hard
self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Assignments d6 Assignment 1 Follow a map found in an ancient tome to a long-forgotten ruin in search of treasure or lore. 2 Find a new route around or across inhospitable terrain such as a desert
choice among smaller folk and sharing the ancient wisdom of giants with them. Often, these giants are interested in pursuing esoteric studies of their own even as they share what they have learned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
10 Divine judgment Some of the disasters on the table might not make immediate sense in the context of your campaign world. A flood in the desert? A volcanic eruption on grassy plains? If you
necessarily interested in occupation or taking power. On the other hand, an assault might be the first step of an invasion. Regardless of the scale, a world-shaking assault or invasion stands out because
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
imprisoned. The prison warden, a Netherese wizard, was interested in studying the doppelganger and perhaps developing a potion that emulated its shapeshifting ability. The wizard made Xerophon acquiesce to a
rises from the goblet’s contents and dissipates in the cold air.
Each window in the auditorium depicts a wizard casting a spell from one of the eight schools of magic. The spells depicted are blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
desert sands. As the dragon ages, its scales become thicker and harder, and its hide hums and crackles with static electricity. These effects intensify when the dragon is angry or about to attack
of hours or even days, attacking from a distance with volleys of lightning, then flying well out of harm’s reach as it waits to attack again. Desert Predators. Though they sometimes eat cacti and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a thin, golden mask shaped like a devil’s face (and worth 25 gp to an interested buyer). The censers contain burning incense. A devil mask covers its wearer’s whole face except for the eyes, nostrils
ceremonial dagger stolen from Tiamat’s hoard: a curved ivory blade bearing Draconic runes that spell out “Fang,” along with a bone hilt wrapped in leather strips and studded with gemstones. A mending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, they plead with the characters to represent them in court. 5 When the coast is clear, a shady-looking Doomguard rot blade (see Morte’s Planar Parade) opens their long overcoat in front of the characters
interested parties. The dapper efreeti knows every weapon in the Sinker catalog and its price, from delicate jeweled daggers to massive siege weapons. Items small enough to display—or their replicas if too
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
dreams, so it doesn’t necessarily lash out in violence when emerging from its cradle. But it’s not particularly interested in Humanoids or other little creatures—either in conversing with them or in
inside it awakens. Standing 60 feet tall, the scion’s form is shrouded in a continual cloud of billowing ash and smoke. The awakened scion forms a blade of lava in its mighty hand and schemes to resume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. They are not interested in fighting for the hill giants and politely decline combat with intruders unless they are attacked or extorted. Treasure. If characters search through the personal gear, the
total of 13,000 cp). Opening the second chest triggers a scything blade trap that targets the opener (+7 to hit), dealing 10 (3d6) slashing damage on a hit. With a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
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
reclusive and secretive, yet they are interested to hear what’s afoot in Waterdeep, for they suspect the Margaster family is plotting to attack the fortress and reclaim its ancestral holding. Travelers are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
mercenaries are proving to be more trouble than they’re worth. They seem more interested in finding the lost tomb of Mornbryn than in guarding the village. The mercenary leader, Oboth Thornsteel (NE male
chased out of the northern Anauroch desert by Iymrith and her brood (see the “Anauroch” section). Neverwinter Once known as the Jewel of the North, the city of Neverwinter was badly damaged when nearby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
upper torso of a humanoid female with six arms. Wielding a wicked blade in each of its six hands, a marilith is a devastating foe that few can match in battle. These demons possess keen minds and a
deliver an irritating poison. It prefers to be invisible when it attacks. VARIANT: QUASIT FAMILIAR
Mortal spellcasters interested in extraplanar familiars find quasits easy to summon and eager to serve






