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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
doesn't reduce its exhaustion. If the cursed target reaches exhaustion level 6, it doesn't die; it instead becomes a thrall under the quori's control, and all its exhaustion is removed. Only the wish spell
after the possession ends.Quori
Dal Quor is the plane of dreams and is currently dominated by a dark power known as il-Lashtavar, or the Dreaming Dark. Il-Lashtavar is served by a host of aberrations
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Psychic Mirror. If the hulk takes psychic damage, each creature within 10 feet of the hulk takes that damage instead; the hulk takes none of the damage. In addition, the hulk’s thoughts and
realms: entities that are ever hungering, searching, warring, and sometimes dreaming. These Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal peoples and always inimical to such creatures’ minds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
. Queen Yolande is replaced by the Forestmaster, a wise unicorn that lives in the Darken Wood. Eberron. In Aundair, the temple lies in the wilderness around the town of Wyr. Instead of Queen Yolande, an
orc Gatekeeper called Rhasshaven seeks the characters’ help. The Dreaming Dark replaces the Elder Elemental Eye. Forgotten Realms. The Sword Coast’s Dessarin Valley is plagued by evil related to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dreams of Perfection Anyone who sleeps in I’Cath enters Tsien Chiang’s dream of a bustling, beautiful city filled with smiling people. But the forced smiles hide desperation from the watchful eyes of
behind no body, and if killed, dies for real. The Nightingale Bell is protected by the Dark Powers and can’t be destroyed. Dreaming the Dream. A character cannot remove levels of exhaustion by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
about its own future has forced Extremiton to hold off on transforming into an elder brain. Instead, it is focused on defending the colony and destroying its githyanki neighbors. With only a dozen mind
kidnapped humanoids from Waterdeep and Undermountain and put them to sleep in these capsules, which link their dreaming minds to the ulitharid’s dizzying intellect. These captives believe they’re in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Quori Dal Quor is the plane of dreams and is currently dominated by a dark power known as il-Lashtavar, or the Dreaming Dark. Il-Lashtavar is served by a host of aberrations that are the embodiments
as advisors to the kalaraq. They also serve as judges, policing the quori and ensuring that the rivalries of the tsucora never threaten the greater plans of the Dreaming Dark. Hashalaq Quori
Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
source of ideas. The Villain table suggests an archetype along with an organization; consider both as as possibilities. A local crimelord could be tied to House Tarkanan or the Tyrants instead of
(Silver Flame)
7 A clever doppelganger (Tyrants)
8 A vengeful warforged (Lord of Blades)
9 A possessed innocent (Dreaming Dark)
10 An oni mastermind (Daask)
11 An enigmatic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
You’ve seen few colors, instead primarily experiencing the world in shades of black and white. 2 Your eyes lack pigment and appear translucent. 3 You vaguely recall a phenomenon called “rain,” during which
fresh water fell from above. 4 Your ears are used to the echo of empty caverns, and the bustling noises of the surface are distracting for you. 5 The idea of a space with no ceiling terrifies you. 6 You’re desperate to touch a cloud. You don’t know what it will feel like, but you hope it’s fluffy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Guard
Stat Block: Guard
This gullible recruit spends more time dreaming than patrolling.
Distractable. Bartho is easily distracted from his post because he’d rather be doing anything else.
Sleepy
lend their services to the keep.
Exploration and Movement. Exploration is open-ended; the players don’t take turns moving around the keep the way they do in combat. Instead, players simply say
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
backstage are locked. Characters who slip in through the back see actors and stagehands bustling about and the director arguing with the playwright while the stage manager looks on helplessly. On the stage
. Jarlaxle could speak to Fenerus himself, but he’s not sure if the courthouse is warded against magic. He can’t risk the exposure, so he sends the characters instead. If the characters refuse to work for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Baalzebul Through sufficient penance and grace, even the lowliest can redeem themselves. Am I not a living testament to that fact?
— Baalzebul
Maladomini was once a bustling realm of vibrant
shield legions to stay out of the fight, instead of helping to hold the line against the demons, so that he could use them in staging his coup. The absence of those legions, however, enabled the horde
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
shores of the Dagger, and Sharn can’t spread out… so instead it’s grown ever upward. Sharn is broken into five “quarters”: Central Plateau, Dura, Menthis Plateau, Northedge, and Tavick’s Landing. Each
. Middle wards are home to the middle classes. Here you’ll find bustling markets and taverns, along with a wide range of entertainment and housing. Services range from modest to comfortable, with a few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Neverwinter as a carpenter working at the city’s bustling docks. But it’s clear to you and everyone around you that you are destined for much more. You stood up to an abusive ship captain once, so
, your parents ruled the county of Corlinn Hill, located in the hills northeast of the city. But Mount Hotenow erupted thirty years ago, devastating Neverwinter and erasing Corlinn Hill. Instead of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Tribe Camp” for a map and a general description of the campsite. There are no sled dogs at this camp. The characters are not dreaming; the Frostmaiden’s magic has teleported them from Grimskalle to
gladiator with Survival +5. See “Reghed Tribe Camp” for a map and a general description of the campsite. The characters are not dreaming; the Frostmaiden’s magic has teleported them from Grimskalle to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
not dozing off and dreaming of chasing butterflies, halflings spend time on simple creative activities, such as whittling a pipe from a branch, braiding yarn into a thick rope, or composing a jaunty
doesn’t simply announce, “We must be always ready for a goblin attack.” Instead, that advice is delivered in a story about how a village long ago turned back a goblin invasion, which both entertains the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and experiences of dreamers. The dark core at the heart of the plane is shaped by the nightmare force known as the Dreaming Dark. The primary inhabitants of Dal Quor are the quori, enigmatic master
Dal Quor from the Material Plane is through the psychic projection of dreaming, and the quori are forced to possess mortal hosts to work their will on Eberron. Dolurrh, the Realm of the Dead When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, attractive dealers sit behind the tables, distributing cards to the players while small crowds look on. No actual currency passes into the hands of the hired help. Instead, bets are made with coin
the bridge, moving about the ship, or on the dock.) 13. Lord Drylund’s Cabin If he’s not shaking hands and whispering in the ears of guests, Khaspere Drylund is here, dreaming of the day when he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
an expert in fortification, siege tactics, combat, and traps. Instead of bustling about as gnome deities normally do, Gaerdal has a tendency to dig in and hide out, and in many tales Garl finds it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
—in the grand scheme of the multiverse, few minerals are as rare as their worth might suggest. They might accept favors or prefer to barter instead. Pickpockets and thieves flock to the ward in droves
bustling avenues at all hours, doing business with vendors from every corner of the multiverse. The Great Bazaar is a cosmopolitan sampling of the planes and the goods they have to offer. Though more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
quarterstaff that deals 1d4 force damage instead of the normal damage of that weapon. The prod suffers no damage from contact with oozes. In addition, an ooze hit by a prod has its speed reduced to 0 until
. The Ooze Master is a sort of lich. If destroyed, he remains in the red pillar but doesn’t regain consciousness. His unconscious form whispers as if dreaming. The Ooze Master dies only if the Phylactery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
these realms: entities that are ever hungering, searching, warring, and sometimes dreaming. These Elder Evils are far older than most of the mortal peoples and always inimical to such creatures’ minds
within 10 feet of the hulk takes that damage instead; the hulk takes none of the damage. In addition, the hulk’s thoughts and location can’t be discerned by magic.
Actions
Multiattack. The hulk
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
darkvision out to a range of 60 feet, and he speaks Common, Draconic, and Dwarvish. Instead of a scimitar and a dagger, he wields a pair of +1 handaxes (+5 to hit with each). As an action, he can make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
streets of Suzail, the capital of Cormyr. He came to Icewind Dale to become a knucklehead trout fisher but instead found religion. The misbegotten son of Artus Cimber, a renowned human adventurer, Sirac
dreaming up new lyrics to entertain the inn’s other guests. Oren likes to stir up trouble from time to time, but he doesn’t have a mean bone in his body.
Ideal: “Music is food for the soul.”
Bond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
from the Material Plane during a long-forgotten era when dinosaurs ruled the world (with or without the presence of giants), or bustling settlements where giants use domesticated dinosaurs as
people is death and decay. Too many of us brood on the past or haunt our dusty ruins. Can we not focus on the glories that lie ahead, instead of dwelling on the glory we have lost?
—Diancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
-bustling place that works day and night (three shifts of workers) because making wagons of top quality takes time. The quality of Thelorn’s wagons is well known throughout the region, with the result that
shops is ever-bustling thanks to thriving local farms and the endless appetite of communities along the Long Road. Two or three wagonloads of skewered capons in casks of oil depart this establishment
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
with the main kitchen during social functions. It is otherwise empty, and its doors are locked. Founders’ Day. The kitchen is bustling with activity as four chefs (human commoners) prepare an array
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
chapter). The balcony doors that adjoin areas area P11, P12, area P15, and area P29 are not locked. This rectangular courtyard is open to the twilit sky. It has no visible floor; instead, a vortex of
high, lit with blood-red candles, and icing white as snow”). She warns them that if they leave and return without it, she’ll gobble them up instead “to see if you taste as sweet as you look
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
it from accidentally dreaming another beholder into existence. The bowl-shaped “dream nullifier” magically wakes Xanathar when it starts to dream about other beholders. If the bowl is engulfed by an
mind flayer would have extracted his brain and turned it into an intellect devourer instead.) Zaibon knows nothing of the fate that awaits him. Mind Flayer. If the characters haven’t already dealt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
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
numerous residences surrounding a central district called the Heartward, wherein the characters can find a roomy tavern (called the Old Dirty Dwarf), several quiet hostels, and a bustling marketplace