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resembles a massive version of its namesake bird, this creature is a unique form of avian insect. Seen up close, it can easily be discerned from any other giant bird by its insectoid maw, its four-clawed
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
), Five Timber (Timber), Jade Shoe (Jade), Left-Handed Hummingbird (Bird), Seven Thundercloud (Thunder), Skirt of Snakes (Snake), Smoking Mirror (Smoke)
Tabaxi Clans: Bright Cliffs, Distant Rain
lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye.
— Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper
Hailing from a strange and distant land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
between towns or search the hills for sites of interest.
You are trudging along through the barren countryside when you hear a low, distant rumbling. A moment later, the ground beneath your feet
begins shaking. The tremor is strong enough to start small slides of pebbles from the hillsides and cause shrubs and brush to wave from side to side, but then it subsides. A moment later, horrible insect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
list of sample tabaxi names includes nicknames in parenthesis. Tabaxi Names: Cloud on the Mountaintop (Cloud), Five Timber (Timber), Jade Shoe (Jade), Left-Handed Hummingbird (Bird), Seven
Thundercloud (Thunder), Skirt of Snakes (Snake), Smoking Mirror (Smoke) Tabaxi Clans: Bright Cliffs, Distant Rain, Mountain Tree, Rumbling River, Snoring Mountain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owlbear he’s been tracking and sends the hawk to distract the
creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of trackless forests and across wide and empty plains, rangers keep their unending watch.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owlbear he’s been tracking and sends the hawk to distract the
creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of trackless forests and across wide and empty plains, rangers keep their unending watch.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Goliaths are hulking wanderers who dwell at the highest mountain reaches. Kenku are cursed bird folk, who still pay the price for an ancient betrayal. Dwelling in human cities, they have a sinister
are curious cat folk, who have journeyed from their distant homeland in search of interesting treasures and lore. Tritons are guardians of the ocean depths, who sometimes join people on land in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, casting visions of distant places directly into the wielder’s mind. Items recovered from fiendish demiplanes might be constructed from standard materials but have a sinister aspect or appearance, such
preserved finger with purple flesh and four joints 8 A perfectly preserved eye; if you set it down, it rotates to follow your movement 9 A small box; when opened, you alone hear screaming 10 A preserved insect; you’ve never seen another like it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
distant but powerful familial connection to a divine being. Perhaps your ancestor was an angel, transformed into a mortal and sent to fight in a god’s name. Or your birth might align with an ancient
. In these lands, ecclesiastical positions are dominated by a few bloodlines and preserved over generations. Why do so many celestial things have bird wings and infernal things have bat wings? It seems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
its namesake bird, this creature is a unique form of avian insect. Seen up close, it can easily be discerned from any other giant bird by its insectoid maw, its four-clawed feet, and the cluster of red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
with purple crystals. The tunnel echoes with strange voices and far-off sounds, as if originating from distant places … or perhaps even distant worlds.
The tunnel is unlit. A successful DC 12
great bird. It repeats periodically, always far off in the distance.
Set into a large cleft in the canyon wall is an enormous nest of sticks, bones, paper, and other debris. An immense black form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
a majestic bird with outstretched wings.
A follower of Habbakuk or a character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the bird on the door as a blue phoenix, the symbol of
carved with coral-like designs. Behind it rises a sizable granite sculpture depicting the bird from the shrine’s entrance, its outstretched wings wreathed in flames.
An archway opens into a chamber to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
) check hears distant chittering. Light. None. The sunken floor of this huge hall is covered in dead insects, their dried shells shifting and whispering in a faint breeze. Dozens of demonic faces are
are set like oversized stepping stones.
Demonic Faces. The mouths of these relief carvings are the source of the magical breeze. Insect Floor. The floor is 2 feet below the level of the doors and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
ships are moored here, including a galleon and four others that are shaped like a wasp, a scorpion, a lamprey, and a bird, respectively.
Attached to the main building is a tower that has its own
was touched. 5: Vocath’s Sanctum The perimeter of this fifty-foot-high room is lined with silk-draped windows that afford panoramic views of the luminous clouds below and the distant, dark void that was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
grow densely around a long central pool, and harsh bird cries pierce the air.
A Chimera dwells in this room, often lounging in the water or sunning itself in the southwest corner. The hags flatter
Hellbloom Luke Eidenschink Falling water and birdsong echo through the ruined stone passages of this garden, mingled with eerie, distant animal calls. A prodigious flower blooms in the northwest corner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
above the ground. The main building has a circular mazelike symbol carved into its crumbling facade.
Every few minutes, bird folk either land at the monastery or launch themselves from its balconies and
eyes — and Kir Sabal is a precarious place for creatures without wings. Na wears an aarakocra costume he made himself and pretends to be one of the bird folk. He is uncommonly studious and bookish for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, leading to the open belfry above. Under an arrow slit looking toward the island’s western peak, a dusty desk is covered in debris and fresh bird droppings. Hinges hang on either side of each arrow
succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or fall through into the area below. 24. Belfry This open belfry offers a breathtaking view of the open sea and the distant coast. Four stone corner posts support
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
1 29 The rousing blare of distant trumpets drowns out other sounds.
2 30 Clouds limned by sunlight take a form that resembles Iroas.
3 31 A character’s weapon or shield shatters
dramatically, then repairs itself.
4 32 A four-winged bird circles overhead.
5 33 The sun or moon appears to have four glowing wings.
6 34 Water or wind sounds like cheering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
straightforward and stern. To her, justice is a bird you have to catch, not a dog that willingly walks toward its master. She worked alongside Jace, the Living Guildpact, scheduling appointments and
, spider climb, web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, plant growth, vampiric touch
4th level (3 slots): blight, giant insect, grasping vine
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague
6th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ideas. Extinction or Depletion d8 Lost Resource 1 A kind of animal (insect, bird, fish, livestock) 2 Habitable land 3 Magic or magic-users (all magic, or specific kinds or schools of magic) 4 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on any one of these cords releases a homing pigeon from a loft above the library. It takes the bird 1 minute to find and alert an Archmage, who teleports to the main hall of the library to
Silver Dragon’s food and accommodations. Characters who plan to visit distant lands might connect with these esteemed visitors.
Place to Stay. The Silver Dragon is centrally located in the city and has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, either to learn the secrets of her hallucinogenic plants or to ask questions about the distant past. Nangalore lies a half-mile from the River Olung. Thanks to centuries of silting and erosion, one of
of the dwarves”) and warns them that yuan-ti covet the city. She knows nothing about the Soulmonger or the death curse. She’s heard that at least one of her descendants is in hiding with the bird folk






