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                                                    Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     weaves together stirring prose, allowing the creature to reroll the saving throw and use the higher result.Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as silverquill apprentice
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ruthlessly and master the art of insults and discouragement (and in some cases, petty trash talk). Regardless, nearly all members of Silverquill College carry themselves with a fearsome, never-second
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     stirring prose, allowing the creature to reroll the saving throw and use the higher result.Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as apprentices and then as silverquill
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     master the art of insults and discouragement (and in some cases, petty trash talk). Regardless, nearly all members of Silverquill College carry themselves with a fearsome, never-second-place attitude&mdash
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , mage hand, prestidigitation
3/day each: detect magic, dispel magic, faerie fire, hold monster
1/day each: mind blank, teleport
Supreme Mockery. Quill hurls a string of insults laced with enchantments
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     past.
Although outwardly friendly, Quill is driven by three selfish desires: to preserve his well-being, to alleviate his boredom, and to escape Wisteria Vale. He holds a grudge against the Harpers
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I hone them on other
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their
                                                
                                            
                                                
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait to meet one, I
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     seer nearby. A hulk appears to have little will of its own and is driven to protect its master.
Star Spawn
The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to these
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragons’ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     predictable only in my unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     unpredictability.
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It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water.
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I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while I wait
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Elemental Evil Player's Companion
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all.
Some genasi live as outcasts, driven into exile for their unsettling appearance and strange magic, or assuming leadership
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Lizardfolk
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     have more in common with iguanas or dragons than they do with humans, dwarves, or elves. Lizardfolk possess an alien and inscrutable mindset, their desires and thoughts driven by a different set of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ; 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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ; animosity, gnomes tend to avoid or abandon settlements that have a severe infestation of kobolds, and conversely kobolds are usually driven out of communities that have a large gnome population
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     planes — and they lost. The gods were slain or driven into exile, leaving Athas under the dominion of elemental beings who took little interest in the affairs of mortals. In the grim age that
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     unpredictability. 
   6  It takes true artistry to maintain a warm, desert-like dwelling under the water. 
   7  I soothe myself to sleep by imagining the perfect insults for bronze dragons; while
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     I wait to meet one, I hone them on other creatures. 
   8  I secretly enjoy conversing with lesser beings, although I usually do so only to find their weaknesses. 
   Topaz Dragon Ideals    d6 Ideal
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     student’s mind is opened to realities beyond the material world and to the alien beings that dwell in the outer void. Once a pact is made, a warlock’s thirst for knowledge and power can’t be slaked with
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all. Some genasi live as outcasts, driven into exile for their unsettling appearance and strange magic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , or assuming leadership of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi leave the Material Plane to find refuge in the households of their genie parents.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     is opened to realities beyond the material world and to the alien beings that dwell in the outer void. Once a pact is made, a warlock’s thirst for knowledge and power can’t be slaked with mere study
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of Limbo  
  Unpredictable slaadi devour and multiply across the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo. These toad-like, extraplanar beings embody the endless potentiality of their home plane of existence
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . While slaadi aren’t inherently evil, their impulses are wild and often destructive. Many are driven to propagate through supernatural processes. Unfortunately, these processes typically are fatal for
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Chamber. A dragon in Khorvaire that isn’t part of the Chamber could be an exile driven from Argonnessen for some crime or a scholar pursuing independent research. Some orphaned dragons grow up in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     don’t consider the impact of their actions on lesser beings; if a Chamber dragon must destroy a human village to foil the plans of a demon, it will do so without hesitation.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     demoralize.  Silverquill Students Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as apprentices and then as pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     illuminate harsh truths about those in power. Others, though, choose to wield words more ruthlessly and master the art of insults and discouragement (and in some cases, petty trash talk). Regardless
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , sinkholes, or mighty earthquakes, thus demonstrating the true power of elemental earth and the futility of resistance. Earth cultists see mines, quarries, and tiled fields as insults imposed upon the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     living rock and soil. They believe the earth thirsts for the blood of those who don't venerate it before all other powers and beings. The Cult of the Black Earth appeals to those who draw their fortunes
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Evil Inchoate I will be the last creature when I am done. The cosmos will then be perfect, free of the braying abominations that are all other living things.
  — Orcus
 As beings of utter chaos and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     demon sees itself as the rightful inheritor of the cosmos. It is driven to destroy all other living creatures, or at least command their absolute loyalty. In due time, the laws of the universe will
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     have a calm temperament and let insults roll off my back.
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I don’t fear the gods and have no patience for superstitions.
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I am slow to anger, but when I do become enraged I fight
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , not from faith. Cults driven by madness have a warped view of reality. A cultist might believe aberrations are a higher form of life and that the daelkyr will elevate mortals. Other cultists may not
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     recognize the true nature of the beings they serve. A cult of Rak Tulkhesh might truly believe their lord will bring peace to the world, even if that peace must begin with bloody war. Joining such a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     behave in their own dreams, making little account for their actions and never fully trusting what they see or hear. A promise made above ground need not be kept. Insults can be made without apology
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Killing prey or sentient beings is no cause for guilt in the dreaming world beneath the sky.
 
   Stone Giant
 Huge giant, neutral
 Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
 Hit Points 126 (11d12 + 55
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cackling, spitting, growling, howling horde of them attacks, the sight inspires both fear and revulsion. Madness and Sorcery. Fractious in groups and individually weak, derro would have been driven to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Walks backward whenever possible 5 Never looks others in the eye 6 Gnashes teeth after each sentence 7 Spits out half of each mouthful of food and drink 8 Insults everyone when first addressing them 9
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     possess powers far beyond what’s usual for their kind. They are creatures of legend, beings who have defeated many of the greatest heroes of Galifar. Sora Katra is the voice of the Daughters
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in the vaults of the Great Crag. If you’d rather use the Daughters as straightforward villains, they could be driven by a thirst for power or a desire to end humanity’s dominance over Khorvaire. Sora
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     immediately, and spirits of the ancestors animate the creature and it attacks. These beings are constructs, but otherwise function according to the statistics for a certain kind of creature, as noted
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     similar tools can be driven into the door to provide handles. Driving pitons into the door takes 1 minute and requires a successful DC 10 Strength check. With such a grip, the door can be opened with
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     around me — entities no one else could perceive. I sought out the druids to help me understand the visions and communicate with these beings. 6 I have always felt disgust for creatures of unnatural
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     was smart enough to learn the craft. 5 While exploring an old tomb, library, or temple, I found a spellbook. I was immediately driven to learn all I could about becoming a wizard. 6 I was a prodigy
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Infernal Machine Rebuild
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of the conjuration school, as follows:
1/day: conjure animals, summon lesser demons
1/7 days: conjure minor elementals, conjure woodland beings, summon greater demon
1/month: conjure elemental
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     construct resembling a gynosphinx follows you around. It constantly asks unsolvable riddles of other creatures, and insults those creatures when they fail to answer correctly.
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A creature appears
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the living artillery of the daelkyr forces, shattering hobgoblin armies with their deadly eye rays. When the Gatekeepers drove back and imprisoned the daelkyr, most of the beholders were driven into
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , driven by visions from the daelkyr, can be found working with the Cults of the Dragon Below or fighting alongside aberrations in Khyber. Others operate alone. Lycanthropes Many people believe that
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , and were driven to seek out the cult in the Styes. Being near the temple soothes their psychic torment, so they spend most of their time hidden in a secret, submerged grotto beneath areas T4 and T5
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of dealing with the characters honestly, since inferior beings don’t merit such treatment. Using its Probing Telepathy, it discerns each character’s greatest desire, then uses this information
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to door, gaining brief entry into the celebrations in exchange for performing a song or a short play. All adopt the guises of fey beings and the supposed rulers of the Feywild, such as Queen Titania
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     depiction, for it represents one of a handful of dragons the city has faced in its history. After being paraded to a square near where the dragon was defeated or driven off, the enormous effigy is burned
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     by drow. They revere a host of divine entities, which they refer to as the Dark Seldarine in mockery of the surface elves’ deities. The Dark Seldarine are mighty, immortal beings, survivors from the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Kiaransalee was driven mad by returning from death as a god so many times, but her followers aren’t discouraged by this assessment. Despite her madness, her actions are guided by a deep and devious
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     buttressing their gate using smaller rifts to the Far Realm. Jaded Elder. Oshundo lived in Illithinoch at the height of the mind flayer empire many centuries ago, but Oshundo was driven out for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     they’re filled with demands for tribute, oblique insults, and threats about domination from an incipient mind flayer empire. The friendship in the letters is obviously false. The stone tub is a sleeping
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     are seldom encountered without a commanding star spawn seer (also in this book) nearby. A hulk appears to have little will of its own and is driven to protect its master. Star Spawn Hulk
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