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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The giant makes two Lightning Sword
attacks, or it uses Wind Javelin twice.
Lightning Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lightning Sword"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit
Storm Giant Quintessent
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The giant makes two Lightning Sword attacks or uses Wind Javelin twice.
Lightning Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14
","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Lightning Sword"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 40 (9d6 + 9);{"diceNotation":"9d6+9","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Sword","rollDamageType
classes
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
settlements, such as those along the Sword Coast, and wield their magic in service of the common good. Others realize their own strange powers by roaming equally strange lands, from the magic-blasted wastes
of the desert of Anauroch to the godtouched wilds of the Old Empires.
Wherever they go in the Realms, spellfire Sorcerers are courted by factions with interests in the arcane arts, such as the Harpers, Cult of the Dragon, and Red Wizards.
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
Almost all of the common people and other folk that one might encounter along the Sword Coast or in the North have one thing in common: they live out their lives without ever traveling more than a
Genasi
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
, or a member of a desert tribe, is an auspicious event. Most Athasians believe a given genasi is destined for greatness—or infamy.
Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder
up to the Sword Coast, and into the Western Heartlands to the east. Some remain in their ancient homeland.
In contrast, water and earth genasi have no common history. Individuals have difficulty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Buried Ziggurat Regardless of what brings the characters to the desert, the adventure begins when they happen on a dilapidated ziggurat. This impressive monument honors the last and greatest rulers
through the desert halts at the ruins of a lost civilization. Mountains of sand bury most of the weathered city, but a few stubborn landmarks protrude from the mounds. Arid winds and the passage of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Frontier lies between the Sword Coast and the desert of Anauroch, extending as far north as Icewind Dale and as far south as the city of Waterdeep. The denizens of the North are accustomed to cool, mild
summers and fierce, bitter winters. Beacons of civilization hug the Sword Coast and dot the fertile river valleys, yet despite the abundant natural resources and scenic beauty, survival is a day-to-day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Desert. Learning that it longed for its old home, Fheralai kidnapped a local bard, Tarbin Tul, and forced him to regale the ship with songs from its lost homeland. The ruse worked. As long as Tarbin
sings to it regularly, the soul of the ship remains willing to carry out Fheralai’s commands. Since then, the storm lord has kept the dreadnaught beached on the rocks as a staging post for her upcoming invasion of the Sword Coast.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
and a successful DC 20 Intelligence (History) check reveals their locations in the Sword Coast region. The blue dragons are attacking a caravan crossing the desert of Anauroch, the white and black
stables, kennel, and well (see areas 2 and 3 for details). Tapestries Four of the five tapestries each show dragons hunting, killing, and feasting on lesser creatures, with blue dragons attacking a desert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Chapter 3: The Savage Frontier A vast frontier serves as the backdrop for this story. As it turns out, giants are everywhere and wreaking all sorts of havoc, from the Sword Coast to the desert of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
tapestries and a successful DC 20 Intelligence (History) check reveals their locations in the Sword Coast region. The blue dragons are attacking a caravan crossing the desert of Anauroch, the white and
desert caravan, elves succumbing to a green dragon’s gaseous breath weapon, a red dragon burning down what might be the Castle Ward of Waterdeep, and a black and white dragon circling over a cold swamp
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
Where Are You From? The most important decision in creating a far traveler background is determining your homeland. The places discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Portal dims to a deep crimson, adventurers from across the Sword Coast—and even some visiting from other D&D worlds—spin tales and rumors of lost treasures. A wanderer from the distant Shou Empire
evil. These are only a few of the tales that have spread across the Sword Coast from the furthest reaches of Faerûn and beyond. The minor details change with the telling. The dread tomb of Acererak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Wight Life-Leeching Corpse Warrior Habitat: Desert, Planar (Shadowfell), Swamp, Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Wights are the withered corpses of relentless warriors whose wickedness sustains
, using Necrotic Sword or Necrotic Bow in any combination. It can replace one attack with a use of Life Drain.
Necrotic Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) Slashing damage plus 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
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
. The oldest evidence of dwarven settlement in the North comes from the former site of Haunghdannar. This small coastal realm arose nearly sixty-five centuries ago in the northern Sword Mountains and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The Present Age The four and a half centuries since the establishment of the Lords of Waterdeep have been tumultuous times for the Sword Coast and the world. Throughout this period, civilization
, returned from a nearly two-thousand-year-long excursion in the Shadowfell, to hover above the Anauroch desert. The shadow-touched nobles of the city almost immediately began hunting for ancient Netherese
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Multiattack. The giant makes two Lightning Sword attacks, or it uses Wind Javelin twice.
Lightning Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 40 (9d6 + 9) lightning damage
remote island, a fog-shrouded loch, a beautiful coral reef, or a windswept desert bluff. The storm in which the giant lives could be a blizzard, a typhoon, a thunderstorm, or a sandstorm, as befits the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
regions or nations that border the North, while others are prevalent in parts of the world far from the Sword Coast. Arkaiun Short in stature with tan skin and dark hair, the Arkaiuns dwell primarily in
Dark-skinned and dark-haired, the Bedine were warriors and nomads in southern Anauroch. Once divided into over a hundred tribes, the clannish Bedine mostly kept to their desert lands and interacted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
characters years ago resurfaces, giving the characters a chance to finally bring the villain to justice. Sword and Sorcery A sword-and-sorcery campaign features a grim world of evil spellcasters and
decadent cities, where the protagonists are often motivated more by greed and self-interest than by altruistic virtue. Sword-and-Sorcery Conflicts. In this flavor of campaign, magic-users often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Daggerford’s most unusual businesses is the Sword Coast Traders’ Bank, which accepts deposits from traveling merchants and enables them to receive these funds at a similar location in either Waterdeep or
new cities and towns on the Sword Coast and in its environs.
Netheril. For centuries, the legend of Netheril served as a lesson of human hubris and a lure for treasure hunters too prideful to learn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
jagged rocks amid a sea of gravel. Anauroch’s most southerly part is the Sword — a hot, sandy desert. Use the Desert Monsters table in appendix B of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to inspire encounter ideas
ventures along the Sword Coast. For some time it was lost to the Zhentarim when the Netherese reappeared and reclaimed Anauroch, but with the second fall of Netheril and the magical return of the desert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
of Splendors is a bustling, walled city on the Sword Coast. Some merchants have dubbed Waterdeep the best supply center in the world, with the largest collection of superb craft workers, experts
, crowded streets are full of spies. Waterdhavian noble families and guilds hold tremendous political and economic sway up and down the Sword Coast, but within the city itself, true power lies with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
those to the south and those to the east, becoming more foreign to the folk of the Sword Coast and the North the farther away they are. Lands to the South To the south of the Sword Coast lie ancient
account of its exploits over the previous seasons. Many Dambrathans seek out lycanthropy as a means of showing reverence for their favored deity and honoring their heritage. Elfharrow. A blasted near-desert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
claimed a Netherese ruin in Anauroch as her lair. The ruin lies half-buried in the desert northeast of Ascore. See chapter 12, “Doom of the Desert,” for more information on this location. Jalanthar The
Horns, crossing over the Dessarin River at a place known as Dead Horse Ford. Kheldell Kheldell is a fortified logging village on the north edge of Westwood, in the shadow of the Sword Mountains. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
60 ft., passive Perception 20
Languages Common, Giant
Challenge 16 (15,000 XP)
Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes two Lightning Sword
attacks or uses Wind Javelin twice.
Lightning Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 40 (9d6 + 9) lightning damage.
Wind Javelin. The giant coalesces wind into a javelin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Red Larch offers many fine amenities, including the Allfaiths Shrine, a place of worship that caters to multiple faiths; the Swinging Sword, a respectable three-story stone inn with a high-pitched
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Young Blue Dragon 10 Cyclops Oracle 11 Djinni, Marid, Roc 13 Storm Giant 15 Adult Bronze Dragon 16 Adult Blue Dragon 17 Dragon Turtle 22 Ancient Bronze Dragon 23 Ancient Blue Dragon Desert Monsters
Animated Broom, Animated Flying Sword, Draft Horse, Giant Centipede, Kenku, Pseudodragon, Riding Horse, Skeleton, Swarm of Bats, Swarm of Rats, Swarm of Ravens, Winged Kobold, Zombie 1/2 Crocodile, Giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. P47: West Cell of the High Priest The din of battle rises from this room. A heavily armored woman armed with a gleaming sword valiantly battles a horde of gaunt, gray creatures with sharp claws and
desert with a group of adventurers on a quest for a magic amulet. To their surprise, Uma and her companions were approached by the spirit of Amun Sa. They heeded his plea and entered this pyramid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
believes that her father yet lives. When she was a child, her mother would take her on trips to the Sword Coast and the Moonshae Isles, where they met small folk who were generous and kind. Serissa
attunes to it. Development If the characters forge an alliance with Serissa or expose Iymrith as a villainous deceiver, the blue dragon returns to her lair in the Anauroch desert and isn’t encountered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
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
their acolytes and squires. For a map of Neverwinter and more information about it, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Neverwinter Wood The forest east of Neverwinter seems to have a magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
fire primordial known as Maegera the Dawn Titan. For more information on Gauntlgrym and its inhabitants, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide and the adventure Out of the Abyss. Suggested Encounter
dire wolves 3 1 giant boar 4 1 giant elk Graypeak Mountains An intermittent range of mountains running north and south separates Delimbiyr Vale from the Fallen Lands and the desert of Anauroch. The