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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the heart, causing those nearby to feel the approach of death. If detected, gloom weavers use their shadow magic to reduce enemies to ghastly corpses.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live
only with vague omens they interpret as best they can.
Fortress of Memories
The shadar-kai who are most devoted to the Raven Queen serve her at the Fortress of Memories, her twisted castle in the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
crystal dragon has ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
Connected Creatures
Crystal dragons are among the
dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the dragon issues that isnât directly harmful to the creature.
Ice
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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A crystal dragon has ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
Connected Creatures
Crystal dragons
must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in this way obeys to the best of its ability any command the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in the retelling of stories. Each new teller adds a bit of themself to the spell. (Any)
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Nurture. Rearing a child is our best chance to make sure our own stories are passed on. (Any)
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disguised as a human merchant prince.
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An adult emerald dragon shows an emerald dragon wyrmling how to safely observe Humanoids without being detected.
6
An adult emerald dragon keeps a
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
inhabited before Maglubiyetâs rise. Now many goblins pursue their own destinies, escaping the plots of both archfey and gods.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your
, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Playerâs Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
helped Breland establish vast foundries that tap this mystic resource. Ashblack and Blackbones are industrial districts, largely inhabited by warforged laborers and miserable workers of other races. It
population, and if youâre looking for a particular warforged, itâs the best place to start. Industrial espionage and labor struggles can add drama to adventures in the great foundries, not to mention the possibility of artificers with secret forges hidden in the Cogs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Enclave Within the Enclave Horn Enclave is a fully inhabited living space, workshop, and stronghold. Residents. The enclave is home to more than one hundred dwarves, with nearly half of those working as
infrequent due to the overall security level of the enclave, but a group of four guards is dispatched if an attempt to pick a vaultâs locks is detected. If the guards find trouble they canât handle, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
mercenary band called Bregan Dâaerthe, in the hope of obtaining discounted treatments. The impostorâs disguise is easily detected by anyone who has met the real Jarlaxle.
2 A veteran of the
Cormyr, seeking Suneâs advice on how best to impress their betrothed.
6 A dwarf noble from Citadel Adbar, a dwarven city-stronghold far to the north, recently suffered a magical malady causing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
against each other to reduce the threat of the more powerful monsters. For example, in a dungeon inhabited by mind flayers and their goblinoid thralls, the adventurers might try to incite the goblins
. Dungeon Ecology An inhabited dungeon has its own ecosystem. The creatures that live there need to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep, just as creatures in the wilderness do. Predators need to be able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
images that can inspire your mapmaking. Bringing a Location to Life An inhabited adventure location has its own ecosystem. The creatures that live there need to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep
. Predators need prey, and intelligent creatures search for lairs offering the best combination of air, food, water, and security. Keep these factors in mind when designing an adventure location. If the site
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the area tends toward reserved and polite. Most streets are lined with row houses inhabited by the families of prosperous people of business, investing, and civic service. They are each wealthy enough
to employ a servant or two, or they endeavor to appear as such. For the best experience in the North Ward, go there just before dawn, buy a broadsheet, and settle in at a café with a view of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
honor, glory, or individual achievement. They care only for the raw number of creatures they can slay. In the face of a gnoll incursion, it is best for refugees to seek shelter in castles and other
their jaws. Leave No Survivors A band of gnolls lives in a state of eternal war with everything it encounters, aside from fellow worshipers of Yeenoghu. To keep from being detected between major raids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
detected. Any cloud giant or aarakocra simulacrum can place the castle on alert. A cloud giant does this by bellowing âTo arms!â at the end of its first turn in combat. An aarakocra simulacrum does it by
. If the characters turn hostile before this meeting can occur, Sansuri dispenses with the formal greeting and helps defend her castle until such time as itâs no longer in her best interest to do so (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
(see chapter 3). The Random Undersea Encounters table presents several intriguing options. You can either roll on the table for a random result or choose whichever one works best. Random Undersea
Sunken ruin (inhabited or haunted) 8 Sunken statue or monolith 9 Friendly and curious giant sea horse 10 Patrol of friendly merfolk 11 Patrol of hostile merrow (coastal waters) or sahuagin (deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
corpse also yields more valuable belongings (see âTreasureâ below). Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Papazotl or Shagambi receive advice when entering this area
halfway point of the circular corridor, directly âoppositeâ the intersection, is an invisible planar gate that cannot be detected with magic. Any creature passing through this gate emerges into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
Wisdom (Perception) check. To set an appropriate DC for the check, see chapter 8. Opening a Secret Door. Once a secret door is detected, a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might be required
inhabited dungeon might have light sources. In subterranean settlements, even races that have darkvision use fire for warmth, cooking, and defense. But many creatures have no need of warmth or light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
gnolls A fog-shrouded swamp haunted by lizardfolk that worship a vile black dragon A jungle island inhabited by dinosaurs and human tribal warriors Towns and Cities Some of the best adventures unfold in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, sparsely inhabited part of Ravnica far from the political activity of the Tenth District. The Simic guildhall, Zameck, is located in Zonot Seven within Precinct Five of Ravnicaâs Tenth District. A huge
encourages the Simic to promote nature; the Upwelling urges them to perfect nature. The end result is the same: a hastened system of evolution that brings out the best in every creatureâs nature. But
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
from Fyreen. Many of these creatures were deposited on the nine moons of En (which provide temporary solace at best) or borne safely to other Wildspace systems. Millions more creatures were left to be
vents and inhabited by braxats,* gaj,* megapedes,* remorhazes, ssurran,* and thri-kreen. (Creatures marked with an asterisk are described in Booâs Astral Menagerie.) Vocath. This moon, composed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
was first summoned, and the adventurers have run across him and his pack. The charactersâ only advantage at this moment is that they havenât yet been detected. Considering their level at this stage of
best course of action, the gnoll pack lord sniffs out the intruders. When it realizes that enemies are present, the pack lord howls to draw the attention of its followers. HUNTED BY YEENOGHU
If youâd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
might make successive attacks against intruders, create an effect that changes over time, or otherwise produce a dynamic challenge. Otherwise, the complex trap can be detected and disabled or bypassed in
the usual ways. For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best as a complex trap. On the trap's turn, the water level rises. After several rounds, the room is completely flooded.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
. It might make successive attacks against intruders, create an effect that changes over time, or otherwise produce a dynamic challenge. Otherwise, the complex trap can be detected and disabled or
bypassed in the usual ways. For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best as a complex trap. On the trapâs turn, the water level rises. After several rounds, the room is completely flooded.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Krebbyg Masqâilâyr watch the characters at night, and Soluun Xibrindas watches them during the day (doing his best to stay out of the sunlight). See appendix B for details on these lieutenants
who lives in a crate at the corner of Net Street and Dock Street, by the wharf.â Finding a noble isnât hard, but snatching oneâs handkerchief without being detected requires a successful DC 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
âTerracotta Warriorsâ below). To steal Shagambiâs treasures, characters must move quietly. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Unkh or Wongo receive advice when entering
this area: Nervous Unkh suggests that her host leave the tomb at once using one of the teleportation runes, though she canât decide which rune is best. Impulsive Wongo thinks itâs a good idea to shatter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
âthe Crystalmist Mountains, the Jotens, and the Hellfurnacesâare inhabited by fierce giants who launch all-too-frequent raids into the nearby lands of the Yeomanry, Sterich, and Geoff.
âBigby
and a dragon are oblivious to the destruction theyâre causing Delve into the Past The best reason for delving into the past is to discover a path to a better future.
âDiancastra
In the world of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
(Investigation) check while watching him carefully, notices details that give the illusion away. If detected in this way, Olitor claims to have pressing business and departs. I Call Gorgon Spit!
The hags
are not to be trusted, and characters (not to mention players) are often wise to be suspicious even at the best of times. You can adjust the encounters with the dryad-hags according to the players
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortuneâs Wheel
, Dendradis is a labyrinth of beautiful crystals and base metals inhabited entirely by rilmani. So long as Ascetelis is with the characters, the local rilmani ignore them. Rilmani who find an unattended
opens into the Desert of Rust (see the following section). The characters canât be certain these are R04Mâs tracksâparticularly if theyâre not sure what type of modron R04M isâbut itâs the best lead they find.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
succeeding on a DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check can see through the illusion. If the illusion is detected, all the characters see the gibbering mouthers in their true forms as both creatures
caverns.â The flumph can accompany the characters back to the default Test Market if they wish, helping them as best it can in future encounters (and probably dying horribly). Chest. The iron-bound chest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
followers, however; their efforts are rewarded only with vague omens they interpret as best they can. Fortress of Memories The shadar-kai who are most devoted to the Raven Queen serve her at the Fortress
heart, causing those nearby to feel the approach of death. If detected, gloom weavers use their shadow magic to reduce enemies to ghastly corpses. Shadar-kai Gloom Weaver
Medium Humanoid (Elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
spell to provide the best service they possibly can and appear happy while they work. Most of these individuals are former patrons. Upon entry into Infernal Rapture, guests are escorted to a private
specifically. Burney is under the effect of a permanent mind blank spell, and cannot be detected by magical or mundane means unless she wishes it. In exchange for this blessing, Burney can take no direct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
is obvious. Understanding its nature is not. The DC of the check, regardless of its type, depends on the skill and care taken to conceal the trap. Most traps can be detected with a successful DC 20
starting point for most simple traps that deal damage. For traps with more complex effects, your best starting point is to use the Spell Equivalent by Level table to find the best match for your trapâs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
Outer City Gazetteer Dreams both flourish and die in the Outer City, which many say holds the best and worst of Baldurâs Gate. The following are some of the best known and most infamous Outer City
. Little Calimshan is built like a traditional Calishite city in miniature, with its interior divided into multiple drudachs (neighborhoods). Each drudach is walled off and inhabited by a particular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
animal. The ice troll hasnât yet detected the goat. The kobolds keep it here so the dragon doesnât eat it. D11. Rum Storage A key is jammed into the lock of this doorâleft there in haste by the crew
is the smiling face of a drow who wears an eye patch and a purple, wide-brimmed hat accented with a colorful feather plume. Elvish script around the circumference reads, âThe Best Rum from Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Splendors, and sing its praises. I have seen it thus, and I endeavor to make it true.â
â Ahghairon, the first Open Lord of Waterdeep,
circa 1032 DR
People have inhabited the plateau upon which
later claimed the plateauâs harbor as their own, but it was one known as Nimoar who is best remembered. A History of Waterdeep: Age One, The Rise of the Warlord records how Nimoar raised a wooden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Outer City Gazetteer Dreams both flourish and die in the Outer City, which many say holds the best and worst of Baldurâs Gate. The following are some of the best known and most infamous Outer City
city in miniature, with its interior divided into multiple drudachs (neighborhoods). Each drudach is walled off and inhabited by a particular family or tribe, with its own religious site, inn or tavern