drives insults are black

Silverquill Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

;apprentices and then as pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and-white uniforms, these budding mages practice bolstering speeches and wield inky blades

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

Silverquill Apprentice

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

pledgemage;pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and-white uniforms, these budding mages practice bolstering speeches and wield inky blades. Some 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

Claugiyliamatar

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

with a mangled corpse hanging from her mouth. Other dragons rarely remain in Kryptgarden Forest for long, because Claugiyliamatar drives them out. Claugiyliamatar rarely meddles in the affairs of small

folk. Even so, her collection of crystal balls allows her to stay abreast of events happening in the world.The forest-loving green dragons sometimes compete for territory with black dragons in marshy

Claugiyliamatar (possessed)

Monsters Divine Contention

Claugiyliamatar drives them out. Claugiyliamatar rarely meddles in the affairs of small folk. Even so, her collection of crystal balls allows her to stay abreast of events happening in the world. Ebondeath

is possessing the body of ClaugiyliamatarThe forest-loving green dragons sometimes compete for territory with black dragons in marshy woods and with white dragons in subarctic taiga. However, a forest

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds. A Broad Spectrum With their penchant for migration

. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight); males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. A lot of humans have a

22. Under Black Sheets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

22. Under Black Sheets Sheets and Statues. Black sheets are draped over six wooden statues in the northern portion of the room. (Each statue is a painted, life-size representation of Lord Vanrak

Moonstar as a death knight.) Vision. Any character who lifts or pulls away a black drape experiences one of Umbraxakar’s visions. Dragon’s Vision In this vision, the character is in the presence of

Area Information

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

held high above its head to support the ceiling, forty feet above. A pair of fist-sized black crystals is fitted to the statue’s eyes. The perimeter statues, six in all, appear to resemble naked humans

. This allows the ceiling to slowly descend, clicking loudly. If the sacred statue is destroyed the two black crystals explode, releasing two allips, as the eidolon is itself released from the

Cult of the Black Earth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Cult of the Black Earth The earth cult worships the implacable strength and unyielding resistance of elemental earth. Cultists seek the power to destroy the works of civilization with landslides

, 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

Troglodyte Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

learns what drives the conflict. Otherwise, a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Insight) check can provide a general sense of what’s going on. The troglodytes ambushed and killed a drow scouting party whose

and are threatening her, hoping to force the chieftain to back down. On his side of the stream, S’slaar is wildly swinging the magic sword and screaming, as the troglodytes loyal to him shout insults

Ivana's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

-and-black veins visibly show through her pale skin. While this discoloration is unignorable, the toxins grant her immunity to poison damage and being poisoned. Her genius and ambition define her

created innumerable unique plants, as well as plant creatures with strange abilities and unflagging loyalty to her. Tyrant Maker. Ivana’s ambition drives her to take on any challenge. She reflexively

Silverquill Scholars

Compendium - 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

Demon Lords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

races would embrace their base animal savagery. The Prince of Beasts appears as a huge, black-furred minotaur with iron horns, red eyes, and a blood-soaked mouth. His iron crown is topped with the

drives, the Prince of Demons inspires fear and hatred among other demons and demon lords. Demogorgon towers three times the height of a human, his body as sinuous as a snake’s and as powerful as a

The Scars of War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

dragonmarked houses remained neutral in the war and made considerable profit selling their services to all sides. War drives innovation; House Cannith developed many new weapons during the war, including the

in major cities. But there is always the possibility that something you want—a luxury item or a spell component—simply isn’t available or can be acquired only through the black market.

G. Tser Pool Encampment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

of mist and branches suddenly gives way to black clouds boiling far above. There is a clearing here, next to a river that widens to form a small lake several hundred feet across. Five colorful round

insults. Otherwise, the characters are offered flasks of wine and invited to join the reverie. If the characters linger at the camp, continue with “A Vistana’s Tale” below. If they seem in a hurry to leave

Life in Djaynai and Janya

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

and values, though Janya’s aquatic environment drives some differences. Education and Religion Both realms’ culture is tightly tied to Djaynai’s historical roots as an advanced, influential

several types of animals, red and black beans, and chili peppers. In Janya, edible undersea plants form the bulk of people’s diet, supplemented by ingredients imported from Djaynai. As a rule, both

Stone Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Stone Giant Stone giants are reclusive, quiet, and peaceful as long as they are left alone. Their granite-gray skin, gaunt features, and black, sunken eyes endow stone giants with a stern countenance

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

45. Mictlan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

struggling to roll a boulder up the hill, while a devil drives them on. Above the hill in the ceiling is a glowing spot that illuminates the entire chamber with an eerie silver light. A cobblestone path

heads above the surface. From out of the marsh a black, torpid river wends its way past the northern edge of the hill and flows west to pour over the lip of a steam-filled chasm in the northwest

Yeth Hound

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

to fight back. Only the threat of dawn drives the pack back into hiding. Minions of a Dark Master. A pack of yeth hounds can be created by powerful fey such as the Queen of Air and Darkness. Once it

the shoulder and weighs around 400 pounds. Often all that can be seen of one in the darkness is the red glow of its eyes against its night-black fur. The head of a yeth hound has a human-like face

The Fetid Gaze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Dread Morgan appears as a thin, pale creature whose long, matted black hair is festooned with ornaments made from bones and teeth. Her mouth curves up unnaturally high at the corners, and her

bloodred lips are covered in blisters and boils. In her disguised form, the hag appears as Morganna, a slender moon elf with smooth black hair and sparkling sapphire eyes. She speaks in a husky, alluring

Demons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Demons. The Book of Vile Darkness, the Black Scrolls of Ahm, and the Demonomicon of Iggwilv are the foremost authorities on demonic matters. These ancient tomes describe techniques that can trap the

employs stealth to hide a successful possession. Other times, it unleashes the full brunt of its fiendish drives through its new form. As long as the demon remains in possession of its host, the soul of

Abyss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

bleak mountains, barren moors, ruined cities, and forests of twisted black trees under a black sky. Tombs, mausoleums, gravestones, and sarcophagi litter the landscape. Undead swarm across the plane

instruments on the Material Plane, and he drives them to ever-greater atrocities in his name. Delighting in sorrow and hopelessness, the Gnoll Lord yearns to turn the cosmos into a wasteland in which

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

signs of frescoes that once covered the walls here. A half-dozen ruined chandeliers hang from the cracked ceiling. In the northeast corner is a black gate. Creatures. A vampire spawn keeps watch here

, along with a wight and four zombies. A quasit perches invisibly on a chandelier. Negotiation. Prisoners regularly move through the black gate here. The characters can bluff their way through by

Meeting the Inhabitants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

adores puns. Rix recently witnessed a ship crashing on the rocks to the north (see “Cloister Quests” later in this chapter). Zark is rude and fond of colorful insults. His favorites are “Eat my sword

him away on his latest visits, and he is worried (see “Cloister Quests”). Varnoth Varnoth is a muscular human whose black hair is cropped close to her scalp. Her light brown skin bears many scars—one

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

knows that dangerous spiders lurk in the ruins at the base of the hill, and he suspects that someone is hiding out on the eastern side of town—he’s seen “folk in black masks and cloaks” (the cultists

Points Divide 2,000 XP equally among the characters if the party drives away Venomfang. Given their level, the characters aren’t likely to slay the dragon, but it is worth 3,900 XP. 8. Old Smithy This

Areas of the Fire Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. East Tunnel. This tunnel leads to area B24 in the Temple of Black Earth. Treasure The ogres and half-ogres have collected a small trove, which they keep in a silver-and-mother-of-pearl box that they’ve

, with a desk pushed against the wall across from it. A red tapestry hangs above the desk. Stitched into the tapestry with black thread is a bowl-shaped symbol. The symbol on the tapestry is the

Spire of Iriolarthas (Y19a-Y19h)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

becoming a brain in a jar (see appendix C). The three wizards have been driven mad by their undead existence. Dispelling the illusion drives them into a furious rage. Visitors who ruin the ball in any

stern-looking owl’s head carved into its top. Staff 2 is a smooth, polished length of blue-tinted wood that’s as strong as steel, with black veins running through it and an octopus carved into its top

Getting About

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Getting About Perambulating is the superior manner of experiencing the city and all its splendors. But if you’ve come with your own conveyance, the weather is inclement, or some other reason drives

driver who has no passengers. Each of these handsome, two-wheeled black coaches comfortably seats two travelers (perhaps four if you’re quite slim and very well acquainted), who ride facing the road

Clerks' Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

. Visitors find all manner of sensory delights within: gastronomic masterpieces served by innovative chefs; halls lined with fragrant, scratch-and-sniff statuaries; and pitch-black deprivation chambers

debates are largely performative affairs—hour-long bouts where faction representatives embarrass each other and themselves with thinly veiled insults, boasting, and magniloquent rhetoric. The factions of

Finding a Guide

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

findings. The Zhentarim also have a black market network in the city that provides guides. Jobal is aware that this network exists and makes it abundantly clear that guides who fail to register with

covers up the scaly patches of skin that betray her true nature. Salida is skilled at crafting colorful insults and concocting believable lies to cover her true background. Her wit makes her an

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

protector, which depicts three black boars running toward the head of the banner on a blood-red field. The current Lord Protector of Triboar is Darathra Shendrel (see appendix D), a Harper agent from

Tezrin (see appendix D), as well as a hidden vault containing their wealth. Alaestra and Narth run a successful business even in the face of local insults and mild harassment. They have an agreement with

Elturgard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

note are located within the borders of Elturgard. I describe three of them briefly here. Berdusk. A large population of artisans drives the activity in the city of Berdusk. Its native nobility, the so

supporting farmsteads strung along the road to the north and south. It is a waypoint settlement much like any other except for the existence of the Black Abbey. This dark stone structure once served as a

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

automatically know the direction to the greatest danger within 500 feet of you. You leave a trail of black footprints that allow anyone to automatically follow you. 45 You can cast the detect

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. 77 A creature appears

Gods of the Orcs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

epitomizes the physical might and ruthlessness that orcs use to overwhelm their foes. He is the one who drives every thrust of an orc’s weapon, so that it does as much harm as possible. Fearless and

. Luthic’s devoted also grow their claws long and paint them black to mimic the fearsome talons of their goddess. Luthic rewards them by making their claws as strong and tough as iron. Holding the Fort

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

of gnawing on old kills, and is often seen with a mangled corpse hanging from her mouth. Other dragons rarely remain in Kryptgarden Forest for long, because Claugiyliamatar drives them out. Suggested

Black Road through Anauroch, they conquered Llorkh, using it as a foothold in the North. The Zhentarim also laid claim to the gold and silver mines in the nearby hills and utterly depleted them, all

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

padded chairs and a low stone shelf holding four crystal pitchers, a large bowl, and several glasses. A pale mind flayer sits in one of the chairs wearing a black, tattered robe. The sitting creature

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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