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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire artists and poets, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds
… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver?
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I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my time asleep, in the realm of dreams.
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I find the
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
creature experiences strange dreams the next time it sleeps, then sleepwalks to the nearest tree or other large plant, digs a small hole, screams into the depression, and refills the hole. When it awakes the
frustration and antipathy build. When adventurers enter the dungeon, the mites go to work to exploit the added chaos. They use their magic to drag visitors into their web of anger and frustration, luring explorers deeper into the site and into situations and locations that promise to yield up the most havoc.
Halfling
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Curious
Halflings are an affable and cheerful people. They cherish the bonds of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers
communities are threatened.
Pastoral Pleasantries
Most halflings live in small, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept groves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
opportunity to call attention to a detail the characters overlooked. Clearly, this character’s subconscious registered the detail as important!
Involve a current villain. This can help build the
agents fanning the flames of fear and hate — often by invading the dreams of soldiers and rulers alike. The feelings of mistrust and festering animosity between the nations that linger after the Treaty
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
You have sailed into war on the decks of great ships, patching their hulls with soup bowls and prayers. You once helped build a fishing vessel that single-handedly saved a town from starvation. You
have seen a majestic prow in your dreams that you have not been able to replicate in wood. Since childhood, you have loved the water and have been captivated by the many vessels that travel on it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Night Hag Night hags on Theros appear as leathery-faced crones that hold their single eye within their withered lips as they stare with eyeless sockets. They usually build their huts in the
smoke of toxic balefires. They follow the visions the smoke invokes to the dreams of vulnerable mortals where they sow the seeds of folly. A night hag senses the world around her with sensitive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Character Hooks Consider the following ways to involve characters in this adventure: Dream Message. A character suffers nightmares of a radiant snake fighting a massive, crumbling centipede. They
awake with one word in their mind: “Sarire.” If they investigate, they learn the word is a location in the land of Atagua, where a spirit called Chimagua speaks through dreams. Planar Instability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Character Hooks Consider the following ways to involve characters in this adventure: Ancestor’s Invitation. A character’s relative or associate is a local official who lives in Djaynai. This contact
has received strange dreams in which the spirit of one of their ancestors tries to communicate with them. The contact asks the character to visit them in Djaynai to help them unravel the mystery of
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the dreams that inspire them. Its horrors don’t feature in their nightmares. Cowardice is more terrible to hobgoblins than dying, for they carry their living acts into the afterlife. A hero in
to keep the knowledge fresh for new generations. When hobgoblins aren’t waging war, they farm, they build, and they practice both martial and arcane arts.
These trappings of civil society do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group No common thread unites adventurers with an immortal patron, except perhaps uncommon openness to the mysterious and unknown. You haven’t been chosen because of your capabilities
from an immortal patron, but puts faith in the dreams and inspiration of others, following such omens with an eager heart. This character is under no illusions of having a special role to play in the
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
live for centuries, typically up to 500 years.
Autognome History
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Story
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Your creator gave you autonomy and urged you to follow your dreams.
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Your creator died, leaving you
, such as rolling or point buy.
The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Karametra’s Champions Karametra’s champions build community, advance civilization, and bestow bounty wherever they go in the name of their god. Karametra seeks to provide for all, end famine and
table suggests a few adventures the god’s champions might involve themselves in. Karametra’s Quests d6 Adventure Goal
1 Plant a fruit-bearing tree where one has never grown.
2 Save a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sense of mystery. Chapter 3 starts with a missing-persons investigation, for example, and the “Cure of the Fire Witch,” “Dark Dealings in Yartar,” and “Halls of the Hunting Axe” side treks all involve
hidden evil and betrayal. If you make additions of your own to the adventure, you can build on the noir aspects of hidden evil. Make more of the ostensibly friendly NPCs secretly work for one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the peace. Six months ago, an insidious new threat began to grow in the area, unsuspected by the locals or any passing adventurers. Dreams and visions drew four elemental prophets, one by one, to the
, eager to build a place where they could openly practice their vile rites. Others were brutal thugs, power-hungry dabblers in forbidden magic, or fanatics lured by the call of evil. At first the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
1 A wealthy and well-known artist’s muse—a moonstone dragon—has stopped appearing in their dreams. The artist is desperate to hire adventurers to find the dragon.
2 A clutch of
, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
7 A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to invade the dreams of adventurers, sending parties on quests to assist the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. A likely storyline with Ephara as the main villain would involve the characters trying to stop champions of Ephara from establishing a new city or expanding an existing city into the wilderness
new island with a verdant and lush landscape. Ephara and Nylea are locked in a battle for control over the island, with Nylea wanting it to remain wilderness and Ephara seeking to build a city on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
strategy of picking up a rock and letting it fly. Few activities, in fact, seem to give them as much satisfaction as the simple act of tossing boulders. Most of the games that giants play involve
boulders. Frost giants build targets out of snow and ice and compete to see who can knock down the most with a single toss. A popular one-on-one game begins with the challenger throwing a stone as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
families controls much of the world’s economy thanks to the edge given them by the mysterious and rare dragonmarks. Its people harness magic as a tool—to build cities, to sail ships through the skies
destroyed an entire nation, leaving behind terrible scars. Crime and corruption lurk in the great cities of Khorvaire. Hidden dragons shape the course of history, and sinister fiends influence the dreams
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
known, but you can still build adventures that lead characters to explore the realms of past giants. An expedition into giants’ ruins might involve a confrontation with giants, or it might mean facing
. An adventure focused on giants as adversaries could involve a sustained battle against giants of a single kind (as each of the individual adventures in Against the Giants did), or it could involve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
the dragon Niv-Mizzet, the Izzet League is a guild of scientists and engineers who build and sustain Ravnica’s infrastructure while conducting wild experiments in magic — efforts that usually involve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
you haven’t met.” Tletepecs build villages near the land’s many volcanoes, but travel between villages can be challenging, as the dirt paths that connect them often shift or are blocked. Therefore
, thanking the gods for their help. Event preparations begin many days in advance and involve the entire village. At the end of the festival’s final night, villagers light the fire eagle: a fireworks-filled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
converse with echoes on other worlds. Dragon Magic Regional effects sometimes give dragons unusual magical capabilities. For example, gold dragons can appear in the dreams of creatures that sleep near
moments of the creature’s life as seen through the creature’s eyes. Menacing Dreams. People who sleep within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair dream of the menacing dragon. Name Alerts. If the dragon’s name is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers among them usually venture into the world for reasons of community
, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept groves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don’t recognize any sort of halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
alignment. It’s a place where magic has been harnessed as a tool — used to build cities, to sail ships through the skies, to create both wonders and weapons. Eberron embraces swashbuckling action and pulp
entire nation, leaving terrible scars behind. Crime and corruption lurk in the great cities of Khorvaire. Hidden dragons shape the course of history. Sinister fiends influence the dreams of the unwary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
ingrained that they are often at a loss when they try to impart that knowledge to others. Among the Selesnya, it primarily falls to loxodons to build the guild’s magnificent, cathedral-like arboretum
is Medium. Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Loxodon Serenity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
insight to build a detector that can sense portals or planar disturbances. A portalometer, if you will. The research or scrutineering activities can help the characters uncover the necessary information or
even say that any orrery components the characters still possess become attuned to the ritual as Splugoth prepares it, allowing the characters to triangulate the ritual site’s location. For more build
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
at the touch of a child when they are unlocked. While some other races erect statues or build special structures to honor their heroes or commemorate momentous events, the dwarves live and work within
a thief’s wildest dreams. In one chamber, gold foil lines the ceiling of an immense hall, carefully worked with diamonds that mimic the stars at night. In another, jewels are used to form wondrous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
patrons etched on trees, mingled among tea leaves, or adrift in the clouds — messages that only the warlock can see. Other warlocks converse with their patrons in dreams or waking visions, or deal only
with intermediaries. Quick Build You can make a warlock quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and most are stout or have a medium build rather than being thin or emaciated. Night hags enjoy corrupting the dreams of good people, compromising the ideals of their victims to get them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
selfish dreams has threatened Theros, and only by untangling the strands of destiny can Klothys set things right. The status quo she seeks to restore, however, comes with a cost in mortal casualties and
Klothys’s delight in the world’s natural cycles. Purphoros’s willingness to build and demolish appeases Klothys—as well as the fact that he despises Heliod as much as she does. Klothys’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giant Patrons Many of the adventure hooks throughout this book involve giants asking characters for help or hiring them to carry out a task. This section outlines long-term patron roles giants might
goals and interests that usually involve the acquisition of even greater wealth. Such a giant’s appeal to adventurers is simply the promise of a steady salary and a luxurious lifestyle. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the hoard attracts weather appropriate to the dragon’s kind. Attract Animals. Tiny animals are irresistibly attracted to an item from the hoard and constantly try to take it. Dragon Dreams. Creatures
, gathering the entire hoard together and performing some specific rite can end the curse. Such a rite might involve any or all of the elements suggested on the Breaking a Hoard Curse table. Breaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
lycanthrope as bloody dreams. Some individuals see little point in fighting the curse and accept what they are. With time and experience, they learn to master their shapechanging ability and can assume beast
, traits, and actions that don’t involve equipment. The character is proficient with the lycanthrope’s natural attacks, such as its bite or claws, which deal damage as shown in the lycanthrope’s statistics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
challenging to build and easy to disrupt, but any D&D game—particularly scary games—benefit from your work to cultivate an atmosphere consistent with the experience you’re trying to create. Consider the
space, causing distractions to fade and making it look unfamiliar. If the lighting’s easy to control, you might adjust it to suggest a setting’s light level. More elaborate techniques might involve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Shipwright You have sailed into war on the decks of great ships, patching their hulls with soup bowls and prayers. You once helped build a fishing vessel that single-handedly saved a town from
starvation. You have seen a majestic prow in your dreams that you have not been able to replicate in wood. Since childhood, you have loved the water and have been captivated by the many vessels that travel