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Returning 35 results for 'dwarves spirit'.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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A clan of dwarves has discovered a self-renewing vein of quartz near an
ancient crystal dragon;ancient crystal dragon's lair. The dwarves mine the area aggressively, unaware that the dragon is spying on them—and intends to demand recompense at some point in the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Harengons originated in the Feywild, where they spoke Sylvan and embodied the spirit of freedom and travel. In time, these rabbitfolk hopped into other worlds, bringing the fey realm’s
of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
banshee — the restless spirit of a moon elf ambassador named Vyldara who tried and failed to foment civil unrest among the dwarves. The dwarves imprisoned the elf and sent messages to her people, asking
that they come to collect her. Before envoys could be sent, Vyldara killed two guards trying to escape, only to be cut down by dwarven axes before she could succeed. When the elf’s evil spirit started
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
27. Forge of the Tomb Dwarves Old wooden benches and shelves along the walls of this chamber are covered with gears, chains, trap components, and cages filled with rats. Lit iron braziers hang by
masked dwarves operate the contraption.
When the characters arrive, five tomb dwarves are working inside the chamber. Each one has the statistics of a wight, except that it wields a battleaxe and a
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
world.
THAT-WHICH-ENDURES
That-Which-Endures is a nameless, faceless, mysterious entity, something between a multiverse-spanning primordial spirit and an over-god. It represents the amoral and all
the character of the different cultures these folk have encountered since coming out into the sunlight. When a group of verdan live near dwarves, they might take on more dwarven-sounding names, only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
religion of the dwarves is at the root of the societal roles that dwarves follow. Where most other creatures view their deities as ultrapowerful beings who stand forever apart from their worshipers
, the dwarves see their gods as exemplars who blaze a path for their lives to follow. Dwarven deities exist in a wide variety, with a few common across many worlds. They are collectively known as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the characters decline, Rinaldo is disappointed and tries to get them to change their minds by saying, “We live in dark times. Perhaps the spirit of the White Lady can help. Aren’t you curious to hear
opaque, and the candles go out one by one.
Rinaldo senses that the White Lady’s spirit is close and urges the characters to reach out to it. Ask the players in turn what their characters say or do. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mirabar Mirabar is a human city that rests atop dwarven caverns. On the surface, humans dominate the population, with some dwarves mixed in, and a handful of gnomes and halflings. The uppermost
level of the undercity is mostly dwarves, with some few humans. The mixing of races is due to convenience of trade, preference, or skill; just as some few humans like to mine, to imbibe strong dwarven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Temple Reliquary The dwarves kept many precious relics here. 39a. Despoiled Gallery The duergar have destroyed the relics on display here, including statues atop pedestals, stone tablets on
rested here.)
A dwarf priest named Mornhyld Crystalmantle bound her spirit to Undermountain for eternity. Most of her bones turned to dust long ago. What’s left of the dwarf floats above the shattered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
some surface towns, devoted to the faith of the former Delzoun Empire and of the dwarves who answered Bruenor’s call to reclaim the city. Vast cathedrals of stone once echoed with the paeans of a
the absent dwarves. They defaced statues, tore down altars, and carved obscenities into the sacred tablets. Anything of value, such as silver or mithral trim, gold icons, and hallowed weapons, has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
rounds to aid them. Great Forge Encounters d8 Encounter 1–14 No encounter 15 1d4 + 1 doppelgangers disguised as shield dwarves 16 1d2 fire elementals and 3d6 magmins 17 1 salamander and 1d4 + 1 fire snakes 18 1 spirit naga 19 3d6 troglodytes 20 1 wraith leading 1d6 + 1 specter
smiths’ art, for those furnaces are driven by the power of Maegera the Dawn Titan — a primordial imprisoned below them. Slumbering within the stone, Maegera exudes an unnatural heat that the dwarves tap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Halfling Adventurer Who knows where a hero’s spirit will grow? Even the smallest seed can produce the mightiest tree.
— Elminster Aumar, Sage of Shadowdale
Everything about halflings, from
living with the dwarves for a few years as an apprentice. From the point of view of a halfling villager, going anywhere beyond home is an adventure, and anyone who does so must have a fine story or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Guardian of the Gulch When the dwarves abandoned their mine, a particularly devout priest of Dumathoin called Sister Silvergranite insisted that she stay behind to guard the buried dead. She lived a
hermit’s life until she finally passed on herself. Dumathoin blessed her and transformed her spirit into an eidolon (see appendix A). Sister Silvergranite remained here, even as the mine collapsed and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Chwinga chuh-WING-gah Tiny, sometimes helpful elemental spirit
Chyzka CHIZ-kah Gnoll fang of Yeenoghu that lairs in the Cackling Chasm
Crannoc Siever CRAN-ock SEE-ver Human town speaker of
Drizzt Do’Urden DRIZT doh-UR-den Legendary drow hero known throughout Icewind Dale
Duergar DEW-ur-gar or DWAIR-gar Evil, gray-skinned dwarves that dwell in the Underdark
Dzaan duh-ZAWN Red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
dispelled. The hieroglyphic floor is disabled. After 24 hours, Withers sends 1d4 tomb dwarves to reset the trap. Sphinx Statues Each of these statues depicts a life-size gynosphinx, and all four
Nine Gods (but see "Lost Treasures"). I’jin’s Spirit. The spirit of I’jin tries to inhabit any character who touches the horn (see "Spirits of the Nine Trickster Gods"). When I’jin’s spirit manifests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Everlund, and numerous smaller settlements along the way. Raven Rock On the icy slopes of the Spine of the World stands the spirit mound of the Black Raven and Gray Wolf tribes. Raven Rock gets its
empower and ward their spirit mound. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic emanating from the ground in front of the giant stone raven, and an aura of transmutation magic from
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->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->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Ancient Crystal Dragon Connections d4 Connected Creatures
1 A clan of dwarves has discovered a self-renewing vein of quartz near an ancient crystal dragon’s lair. The dwarves mine
whalers are scheming to kill the dragon.
4 A community of seal hunters reveres an ancient crystal dragon as the spirit of their glacier home. Such worship amuses and flatters the dragon, who keeps the hunters safe and leads them to locations where seals are plentiful.
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
, while at other times they slip into a village, knock out their targets with poison, and spirit their captives away without even waking the neighborhood dogs. Sometimes a raid uses both tactics; one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Locations A - D Amphail Amphail lies north of Waterdeep on the Long Road. The town is named after one of Waterdeep’s early warlords, who is said to haunt the surrounding hills in spirit form
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to make ice slides. There is no shortage of stone and weaponry. Even the docks have battlements and fortifications. Visitors to Mirabar often wonder why they don’t see more dwarves, as humans make up
the majority of the city’s surface dwellers. Another city lies just below the surface, and that place is dominated by dwarves. Underground, Mirabar is a city of lit residential caverns, superheated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Rumors abound of a vault hidden beneath the building. In the cellar, the dwarves have dug a chamber in the earth that is sealed with a heavy iron door and a fine lock (requiring a successful DC 25
Dexterity check with thieves’ tools to pick). The dwarves keep their funds here — about 1,000 gp in coins and gems, guarded by four suits of animated armor and a rug of smothering left in the vault
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
she hates dwarves, and would love to see him dead. Six scarecrows were created by the hags to replace the acolytes of Sune who ran the bathhouse with Sylvarie, and whom the hags murdered when they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
brother, who was killed by the Spider. Gundren’s other brother, Nundro, is the Spider’s prisoner in area W20. The dwarves’ supplies are potentially useful but not particularly valuable. Open Pit. A tunnel
(Perception) check. Old stone bunks in orderly rows line the walls of this chamber, and a corroded iron brazier full of cold coals stands near the middle of the room. The bones of a half-dozen dwarves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Halfling Gods and Myths Halflings see their gods more as extended family members than as divine beings. They don’t worship them in the same way as elves and dwarves revere their gods, because the
Peryroyl. After becoming a hero though her glorious adventures, Sheela joined with the earth, fusing her spirit with the flowers, plants, and trees so she could better provide for her kin. A halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
spirit warrior; see appendix D) will gladly serve as a guide out of Port Nyanzaru, but he is secretly looking for adventurers of the right skill and fortitude to help him reclaim Hrakhamar — or at least
to sneak into its treasury and retrieve Moradin’s Gauntlet, a dwarven relic. If there are any dwarves in the player characters’ party, Musharib locks onto them and appeals to their love of dwarvenkind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
they would fall apart with a touch.
Each sarcophagus holds a dwarf crypt guardian whose spirit was corrupted by the mind flayers’ magic. When a sarcophagus is disturbed or a living creature attempts
basin is near the slab. Wall carvings show dwarves reverently tending to the dead.
Specially trained attendants prepared deceased Talhund in these connected rooms: East Room. Attendants here washed the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
flour and baskets of tubers are piled in the corners. Two gray-skinned dwarves use iron spoons to sip from a stewpot, then begin arguing.
Two duergar are busily preparing the hold’s next meal: tuber
property again until the next dawn. Condition Immunities. While attuned to the book, you can’t be charmed or frightened. Evil Presence. The book houses an evil spirit that is hostile toward you. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the dining table are the ghostly figures of three dwarves: one wearing vestments and two in sturdy armor. They murmur to each other in somber tones.
In life, the three ghosts were an adventuring
performing the consecration ritual. These dwarves know the location of the chapel (area 11) and can lead the characters there if the characters agree to help. Otherwise, the ghosts won’t leave the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
pantheon, pushes his children to increase their numbers so they may be his instrument of revenge against the realms of elves, humans, and dwarves. In order to spite the gods who spurned him, Gruumsh leads
battle. No orc will eat or harm one of these sacred beasts, which are believed to be imbued with Bahgtru’s spirit. Luthic, “the Cave Mother” While Gruumsh is the external force that pushes the orcs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
matter how small. The bank’s tellers are snarky imps, business-savvy dwarves, and xorn that delight in eating their pay. Leveraging a trusted network of official portals, the tellers process transactions
defend dungeons on other worlds Great Gymnasium The Transcendent Order’s headquarters is the Great Gymnasium, a temple to body, mind, and spirit, hewed from marble and veined with gold. In addition to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the floor is thick, and the air is stale.
The dwarves of Tyar-Besil began to carve mining tunnels here, but they gave up when faced with too many threats pouring up from the Underdark. Four specters
appears when the last specter is defeated. With a slight smile of gratitude, the spirit silently points at a heap of rubble at the end of the northern tunnel, then fades away. Beneath the debris lies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
someone tries to take it, the ghost of a duergar treasure hunter named Reulek appears and uses his Horrifying Visage, screaming, “Thieves! Learn from my folly! Even in death, the dwarves of Besilmer guard
defeat the specters and talk to the ghost, Ruelek explains his predicament. If the characters point out the specters weren’t dwarves and probably didn’t care about the crown, Reulek admits that his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
somehow weave new souls for her followers, in the way that Moradin forges new spirits for dwarves? Only those entities know for certain.
Ghaunadaur This entity is most often referred to as That Which
spirit and a desire for change. In some stories, Zinzerena is Lolth’s daughter, who was spirited away and hidden from her by illusions. In other tales, she begins life as a mortal elf who uses glamors