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Curse of Strahd
Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or back into her true form. While in swarm form, she has a walking speed of 5 feet and a flying speed of 30
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Summon Swarms of Insects (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
treasure plundered fall to the bottom of the ordning, becoming outcasts known as fog giants. Cut off from their proper place in society, they become raiders and marauders who seek to reclaim their
work with ambitious humans, renegade elves, and greedy dwarves—all folk they see as properly civilized. They treat orcs, goblinoids, and other “barbarian” types as pesky vermin, best
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
, and a pouch containing 25 gp
Dust Digger
Prior to becoming an adventurer, you spent most of your young life crawling around in the dust, pilfering relics of questionable value from crypts
original purpose and determine its builders, whether those were dwarves, elves, humans, yuan-ti, or some other known race. In addition, you can determine the monetary value of art objects more than a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Quest Goals To complete the Axeholm Quest, adventurers must kill or drive out all the monsters in the fortress. AXEHOLM FEATURES
In the dwarves’ absence, Axeholm has become a dark, sullen tomb
successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
Ballistas. For its defense, Axeholm relied heavily on ballistas — massive crossbows that fire heavy bolts. A crew of three dwarves operated each ballista
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
kingdoms in the North and the Heartlands, becoming the shield dwarves. Those who remained became the gold dwarves. Gold dwarf scholars point to Abbathor as the cause of this division, claiming that the
Dwarves of the Multiverse Like any race, dwarves display a wide array of skin tones, hair colors, and other physical traits. Adding to this diversity, they have a variety of cultural identities from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Mountains. But in the Shadow Marches, the orcs learned the secrets of druidic magic from the dragon Vvaraak, becoming the first of the Gatekeepers. With the invasion of the alien daelkyr from Xoriat, the
. The Jhorash’tar orcs are a perpetual threat in and around the Ironroot Mountains, shaped by their resentment of the Mror dwarves who drove them underground. These orcs are isolated from humans, so half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
a vital passage or an entire valley. Clouds of stinging insects, stirges, and other vermin surround them in a terrifying, reeking sheath that torments any non-devil that draws near. Hunger Unending
damage.
A lemure emerges from the Styx wiped of memory, yet the patterns of evil it performed in life remain indelibly inscribed upon its soul. Those who lacked ambition cannot climb the hierarchical ladder of the Hells. They instead step down, becoming nupperibos.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
fiendish power commands it. Individually, nupperibos are weak, but they’re rarely alone and can be dangerous when gathered into packs. Clouds of stinging insects, stirges (see the Monster Manual), and
cannot climb the hierarchical ladder of the Hells.
They instead step down, becoming nupperibos.
—Mordenkainen
Nupperibo
Medium Fiend (Devil), Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 13 (natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, becoming mere dust and bones in a matter of seconds. Baba Lysaga’s Traits Ideal. “No love is greater than a mother’s love for her son.” Bond. “I am the mother of Strahd. Anyone who disputes this fact can
passive Perception 13
Languages Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Giant
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
Shapechanger. Baba Lysaga can use an action to polymorph into a swarm of insects (flies), or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
discovery of precious metals and gemstones led dwarves and others to excavate, extending its tunnels and expanding its caves. The results of those efforts saw an insignificant corner of the Underdark
it takes a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Survival) check to avoid becoming lost, rather than a DC 10 check. Spellcasters must contend with the effects of the faerzress for as long as they are in the Labyrinth, also as discussed in chapter 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
20. Poisonous Mine These chambers have 15-foot-high ceilings, with 10-foot-high tunnels connecting them. The sounds of picks striking stone echo throughout, becoming louder as one approaches areas
empty water skins, a shattered wooden ale cask, and a 20-foot-long coil of hempen rope too old to be of much use. 20d. Empty Room Dwarves dug through the south wall of this room, hoping to find rich
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
presence, becoming twisted versions of their former selves (in a dark fey sort of way), but still recognizable as what they once were. She might alter them with magic, making them tireless, resistant
flesh golems 3 1d2 helmed horrors 4 1 rug of smothering 5 1d6 scarecrows 6 2d4 shadow mastiffs* 7 2d4 swarms swarm of insects or swarm of rats 8 1d6 yeth hounds* Brutes d12 Servant(s) * See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Derro The derro are degenerate Underdark humanoids that resemble small dwarves. Cruel and insane, they take delight in tormenting others — even their own kind. Derro have blue-gray skin and straight
result of cruel experiments on dwarves by mind flayers. Like duergar, the derro were a slave race to the mind flayers, but eventually freed themselves. Born to Madness. The process of their creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
by their deity, Diirinka. Forgotten Duergar. Grandiose fantasies and rampant fanaticism have obscured the true origin of the derro, even among themselves. Most dwarves don’t recognize derro as kin, but
the legends that the derro tell about their race and the story that the duergar believe share a grain of truth. According to the duergar, the derro are descended from dwarves of a clan that was left
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Loyalists The loyalists consist of newcomers who arrived from the northern reaches of Keoland, loyal to King Kimbertos Skotti. They feel that the town should focus on becoming a useful asset to the
crown and value the good of the kingdom before the good of the region. The town guard, the dwarves, and the local farmers are generally loyalists. The loyalists care about security. They want to keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. The coat racks flanking the doors depict two dwarves wearing high-collared jackets. The other coat racks on the left depict a one-tusked loxodon, a monocle-wearing orc, and a gnome with a skunk for
, and a plaque with insects mounted on it. The insects are wearing tiny top hats.
Flanking the double door leading to area C4 are two shining sets of antique plate armor. If a character touches either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
care. Rumor has it the Rookoath dwarves of the Fairheight range — bolstered by Clan Rustfire of the isle of Gwynneth, and adventurers out of Callidyr — have won victories against the local orcs and
their shadow dragon master. High King Derid hopes to forge an alliance with the dwarves, but thus far they have spurned the aid of the crown. Meanwhile, Kythyss, a port town on the Great South Head of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Areas of the Air Temple A1. Palace Quarter Entrance The carved reliefs of two dwarves face one another in profile to complete an arch beyond the ledge. Through the arch, the blocky contours of a lost
Wheels” below). After completing one revolution, they stop and await further instructions. The commoners are cultists on the brink of becoming initiates. The priests lash these cultists to break their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and her court prefer to be left alone. She appears disinterested in becoming involved in the Blood War.
Tiamat’s presence in Avernus has confounded sages for years. As with devils, she is unable to
, dwarves, elves, and other folk. If Tiamat were to return to the material world, that event could trigger, or be a signal of, the resumption of the war between giants and dragons.
The Warrior’s General
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
family becoming immolated in its home, but most agree the culprit was a dracolich, of all things, residing in the ruin and defending the family’s wealth. The gods only know what led to the creation of
local tribes, are common — or appear to be, given how often their services are offered. Local stonecutters, primarily from a small clan of dwarves, excavate pink granite from the rock walls on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
have their treasure plundered fall to the bottom of the ordning, becoming outcasts known as fog giants. Cut off from their proper place in society, they become raiders and marauders who seek to
ambitious humans, renegade elves, and greedy dwarves—all folk they see as properly civilized. They treat orcs, goblinoids, and other “barbarian” types as pesky vermin, best killed or driven away. Calculating
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
.
07
You can cast the speak with animals spell at will, but can use it to communicate only with insects.
Disturbing whispers on the edge of hearing haunt all creatures within 30 feet of you
(your choice).
The cure wounds spell restores no hit points for you.
13
You have an innate sense of direction. You automatically succeed on ability checks made to avoid becoming lost.
Whenever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
in the past. The graffiti consists of crude epithets in the Orc language insulting dwarves and their ancestry. Creatures. Two duergar guards and Ghared, a duergar spy (see appendix B), stand watch here
rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Before reaching the edge of Anauroch, the road ends at a great set of stone doors set into a high ridge. Statues of dwarves once stood in rows on either side of these doors, but all that remains of
leads to a hidden exit in the hillside. Suggested Encounter As fire giants scour the Evermoors for fragments of the Vonindod, trolls native to the area are fleeing to avoid becoming enslaved by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
view the results of their efforts. But drow society is predicated on a foundation of terror and slavery, and the most desirable slaves live on the world’s surface: humans, dwarves, and best of all
without becoming victims themselves. Slaves and Status The drow are known and feared throughout the world for their practice of slavery, but those who have visited their cities report that slaves aren’t as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
when I can get away with it.” Ideal. “Strength is the only thing worth respecting.” Bond. “Dwarves burned down my home and killed my daughter long ago, and I will hate all their kind forever.” Flaw. “I
and worn, her dark green skin covered in bark and fungus. Insects crawl across her and hide in the thick braid of white hair that curls around her shoulders like a serpent. Anyone who stares into her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, writing on foggy glass, or insects swarming to create messages. 76–80 During the next night, one sleeping character in the region receives a vision as if the target of the dream spell. The dream is brief
worlds, the biomass of insects radically outweighs that of higher organisms. Mass migrations and deadly insect species can imperil larger creatures, but most insects remain nothing more than an annoyance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Undead
Greater Undead
Mountains
Rivers
Ruins
Swamp
Wasteland
Aarakocra 01–07 — — — 01–11 01–03 — — — Albino dwarves — 01 01 — 12–17 — 01–02 — — Aldani — — — — — 04–07 — 01–10 — Almiraj
–57 41–44 85–87 82–83 74–75 86–87 — Su-monsters — 87 58–59 45 — — — — — Swarms of bats 88–89 88 60–62 46 88–90 — 76–77 88–89 — Swarms of insects — 89 63–65 47–49 — 84–85 — 90–94 — Swarms of quippers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
dozen crossbow bolts. Behind you, a metallic din announces a group of six heavily armored dwarves appearing out of thin air, their swords leveled at you from behind sturdy metal shields.
When the
come closer.
Firelight illuminates massive columns with structures built around their bases. The cold air of the Underdark is becoming warmer even at this distance, and you can now see a variety of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the dwarves. The Chasm that rent the land has been sealed by powerful magic. The High Road has been cleared and rebuilt, and trade has resumed with Waterdeep and realms to the south. What was the
defending the makeshift Wall from threats out of the Chasm prove themselves capable of becoming a proper military force. Both Baldur’s Gate and Waterdeep have offered to help train the new guards of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
for trails have disadvantage on ability checks made to find them and to avoid becoming lost. When the characters first arrive at Shadowtop Cathedral, no one else is present, and there are no tracks on
the area. Deep in the Starmetal Hills, a group of dwarves devoted to Marthammor Duin (the dwarven god of explorers, travelers, and outcasts) established the village of Twilight Tor, on the shores of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that roams the chasms of Khyber.
Valaara. The Crawling Queen works its will on insects, arachnids, and other vermin. Swarms with malign sentience, worms that consume victims from within, cultists that
slowly become insects—all of these delight Valaara.
Held Loosely in Space. The daelkyr have lairs within Khyber, but these are no mere caverns. Each daelkyr’s domain is a demiplane reflecting the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
little they know about her plans or Dragon’s Blessing. Any investigation of the bodies in the room reveals them to be humans and dwarves, some only a few months deceased. A character who succeeds on a DC
becoming a steep slope with metal rungs bolted to the sandstone walls. The passageway ends in an iron grate that requires a successful DC 12 Strength check to push open. If Tulao escaped using this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Ten-Towns is composed mostly of humans and dwarves, with the humans outnumbering the dwarves roughly twenty to one. In times of great peril, the leaders of Ten-Towns, known as town speakers, meet at
the young remorhaz bursts out of the snow and ice nearby. Iron Road Once a prominent thoroughfare built by the dwarves of Besilmer, the Iron Road remains one of the few visible relics of that bygone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, or mud catches a character as they move. The character must succeed on a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to push through without becoming stuck. On a failure, the character’s speed is halved until
character attracts the attention of three huge cockroaches, and must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to pass the enormous insects unimpeded. On a failed check, the character takes 3 (1d6