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Princes of the Apocalypse
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in dim light or darkness
dwell in swamps on the frayed edges of civilization. A black dragon’s lair is a dismal cave, grotto, or ruin that is at least partially flooded, providing pools where the dragon rests, and where
Lizardfolk
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
basic principles than those of warm-blooded creatures. Their dismal swamp homes might lie hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement, but the gap between their way of thinking and that of the
; Instead, aggressive, stronger creatures register to the lizardfolk as fearsome beings to be avoided if possible. If such creatures attack, lizardfolk flee, fighting only if cornered. Lizardfolk aren
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
giant’s desires. Instead, they seek out grand works of art, wondrous jewelry, and beautiful sculptures.
Reasonable Offers. Fog giants are powerful warriors, but they prefer to use threats and
reward once they return to their proper station, a fog giant lures desperate criminals, cunning bandits, and other raiders into their service in the dismal wilds they inhabit. These giants prefer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
cavern, called the Great Dismal Delve or the Sevenfold Mazework, is home to the City of Jewels—the capital city of the dao. The dao take great pride in their wealth and send teams across the plane in
the Plane of Air in the ring of the Elemental Planes reflects its opposition to almost everything air represents. Elemental Evil views earth instead as an implacable force of destruction, perfectly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
terrors in the lands they claim. Wretched swamps and monster-haunted ruins grow more dismal and spread under an adult black dragon’s influence. Morbid cultists and doomsayers frequently gather in the
). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting to cast Melf’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
them to their fates. Others, like the infamous death knight Lord Soth, brood in dismal ruins for centuries, rousing themselves to action only when something reignites their deathless evil. Death
Perception 13
Languages Abyssal, Common
CR 17 (XP 18,000; PB +6)
Traits
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the death knight fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Anything might strike a githyanki’s fancy, from a jewel taken from the pommel of a fallen opponent’s sword to colorful banners taken from a plundered castle that, preserved by the timeless nature of the
addition, if you score a critical hit with it against a creature’s astral body, you can cut the silvery cord that tethers the target to its material body, instead of dealing damage.
Dragon Steeds The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
giant’s desires. Instead, they seek out grand works of art, wondrous jewelry, and beautiful sculptures. Reasonable Offers. Fog giants are powerful warriors, but they prefer to use threats and
return to their proper station, a fog giant lures desperate criminals, cunning bandits, and other raiders into their service in the dismal wilds they inhabit. These giants prefer to work with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Black Dragon Lairs Black dragons prefer to lair in swamps and jungles—the more dismal and fetid, the better. Within those environs, they favor ruins for their defensibility and dreary aesthetic. When
Effects Any of these effects might appear in the area around a black dragon’s lair, in addition to or instead of the effects described in the Monster Manual: Ennui. Creatures that spend a year within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, and a squad of six driders arrives a few minutes later. Once news of Camlash’s defeat becomes widely known, no one else arrives. Instead, Lolth’s followers throw down their banners and flee. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and well-appointed quarters in a war camp. Each of the banners in a legion has its own group of lodges in one of the quadrants of the interior, each one facing the pathway that runs past its front door
the ground, the red-and-yellow whip of Khurgorbaeyag. Notably absent from this grouping are the symbols of the bugbear gods. Instead, severed heads hang in bunches around the block or are impaled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
muddy river on the Material Plane, characters might appear beside a clear and winding brook whose waters glitter like diamonds in the Feywild. In the heart of a dismal marsh might lie a portal leading
owls and croaking frogs. The Fey of the Gloaming Court shun the formalized etiquette and rituals of the Summer Court (see below), instead prizing behavior that is intuitive and instinctual. Prismeer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
involves battle lines, waving banners, trumpets, and supply trains, but this war of ambush and creeping through the jungle only mystifies and frustrates him. He spends most of his time in his command
structures are sinking into the soft ground around the pits, threatening at any moment to collapse utterly. Most soldiers in the camp avoid the latrines and instead relieve themselves in the jungle (if they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
nation’s borders. The Moonsea. The shores of the Moonsea have long been home to cities that rise swiftly, relying on vigorous trade and gathering powerful mercenaries to their banners, only to
course, and eventual war with Mulhorand to reclaim lands lost centuries ago, but as every Untherite knows, the great God-King is patient, for he is eternal. Westgate. The dismal city of Westgate isn’t a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
walls are two openings: a wider opening to the southwest and a narrow tunnel leading southeast.
If the characters are standing on the ledge at area B6 or B21, use the following text instead: Beyond the
of several small rooms linked by low archways. Brown curtains offer some amount of privacy for the different rooms, and martial displays cover the walls — shields and crossed swords, tattered banners
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
instead of the fly spell, and she carries a yellow elemental gem. In battle, Kaevja breaks the elemental gem, summoning an earth elemental and commanding it to attack her enemies. E4. Pantry This
banners hanging on the back wall, each displaying the symbol of the Zhentarim — a black, winged snake biting a coin. The lower part of the room contains a black marble table surrounded by high-backed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
“Womford Rats” section, earlier in this chapter), the genasi and his halfling servant aren’t here. Instead, the master of the keelboat is a bandit captain. Treasure A locked chest in the deckhouse holds 190
’ statistics.) They are enthusiastic converts to the cult, but they would rather be out raiding or fighting instead of stuck in the chapel listening to Drosnin rant about the unstoppable power of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
stat blocks). If they notice an intruder in the mess hall, the goblins panic and attack. The goblins attempt to overwhelm any intruder with sheer numbers, aiming to subdue instead of kill. If all
following items. If the check succeeds by 3 or more, the character finds two items, instead of one. You can choose which item a character finds: A longsword decorated with shimmering filigree, worth 200 gp A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
frequent in the Hive than elsewhere in Sigil, reflecting the ward’s dismal mood. When it falls, gutters ooze sludge into brackish pools of oil and rainwater, their surfaces disturbed by scurrying
himself a priest of Aoskar, the dead god of portals, Fell now walks on the ground instead of floating above it. However, some of the dabus’s magic remains, evident in the indelible designs he weaves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence
throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
in black armor sit around a stone dining table, playing Three-Dragon Ante (a card game). The table is set with silver. Eight moth-eaten banners hang from the walls. Each bears an arcane sigil that
: When reduced to 0 hit points, he drops to 1 hit point instead (but can’t do this again until he finishes a long rest). He has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. He speaks Common and Orc. Yorn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
,” causing ten knives to magically rise from the counters and attack. These knives are flying swords that deal 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage on a hit. Founders’ Day. Jandar isn’t here. Instead, he’s
handsome tapestries festoon the walls. Along the west wall, windows with crimson drapes stretch from the floor to the ceiling. Despite its grandeur, this ballroom seems strangely dismal without anyone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ruined temple. The altar is cracked in half, and the chamber’s once-brilliant banners, now tattered and stained, sag from its walls. Scrawled on the wall is the image of a tentacled eye with a long
area happens here instead.
Secret Door. A cloth on the south wall hides a secret door to area B24.
Treasure. The statuette depicts the god Madarua. It is made of bronze and worth 10 gp.
B24
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
steeply pitched rooftops and tall spires that sport colorful banners. Two bridges span the river, which has parks and trees along its shores. Until recently, Everlund was a member of the Lords’ Alliance
antagonize them, the giants hurl rocks at them. If the characters flee, the giants don’t pursue, opting instead to continue their work. The giants carry no treasure. Great Worm Cavern The spirit mound of