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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
pockets in the neh-thalggu’s head. Once it has collected twelve brains in this fashion, it is overcome by an urge to return to the Far Realm and begins devoting all its energy to finding a way home
collectors, neh-thalggu consume the brains of Humanoids and use them as receptacles to enhance their magical abilities.
Neh-thalggu are born in the nightmarish Far Realm, but they spread across the
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
couldn’t best.
Chimeras typically roam the deep wilds of the world, constantly seeking a lair that would perfectly suit one of its heads, but then finding it unsatisfying to two-thirds of its
the realm of Nyx exist, as unrestrained magical energy often causes more chimeras to appear in a region. As such chaotic magic is inherent to a chimera’s being, these monsters often manage to
Backgrounds
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the mysteries you’re embroiled in are local crimes or realm-spanning conspiracies, you’re driven by a personal need to hunt down even the most elusive clues and reveal what others would
told you went missing for weeks. When you were found, you had no memory of being gone. Now you search to discover what happened to you.
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You helped a spirit find peace by finding its missing
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
court of the Queen of Air and Darkness, one of the Feywild’s archfey. Goblins thrived in her dangerous domain thanks to a special boon from her—a supernatural knack for finding the weak
spots in foes larger than themselves and for getting out of trouble. Goblins brought this fey boon with them to worlds across the Material Plane, even if they don’t remember the fey realm they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Giants Giants are common in the Outlands. Many gravitate toward regions influenced by planes corresponding with their alignments, but others seek to find the secret realm of the giant god Annam (see
carved standing stones. 2 An ettin influenced by the Beastlands has one head with bovine features and one head with lupine features. It desperately needs help finding something both heads are willing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Magic Items Selling magic items is problematic. Finding someone to buy a potion or a scroll isn't too hard, but other items are out of the realm of most but the wealthiest nobles. Likewise, aside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Far Realm Explorers This adventure includes a few access points that allow the characters to investigate more of the bizarre Far Realm. The wonders and terrors of the Far Realm are, for the most part
, inimical to mortal life and sanity. If the characters decide to explore the Far Realm further, they would be well advised to seek out one of the Far Realm’s few safe harbors. Examples of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
in the court of the Queen of Air and Darkness, one of the Feywild’s archfey. Goblins thrived in her dangerous domain thanks to a special boon from her—a supernatural knack for finding the weak spots in
foes larger than themselves and for getting out of trouble. Goblins brought this fey boon with them to worlds across the Material Plane, even if they don’t remember the fey realm they inhabited
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, in an area imperiled by land creatures as well as aquatic ones. 5 Because you grew up among the peaks, finding the best path through the mountains is second nature to you. 6 You wandered the far north, learning how to protect yourself and prosper in a realm overrun by ice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
period called the Passage of Vultures, raiders assailed the nation and kidnapped its people. Many of those captured escaped into the ocean to found a new aquatic realm called Janya. These escapees
Tides, a collective vow to restore the glorious knowledge and traditions of Djaynai’s past. As Atiba-Pa, leader of the People’s Stewards, seeks aid in finding lost evidence of the Blackmist Way and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
half their cost when sold in a market. Weapons and armor used by monsters are rarely in good enough condition to sell. Magic Items. Selling magic items is problematic. Finding someone to buy a potion or
a scroll isn’t too hard, but other items are out of the realm of most but the wealthiest nobles. Likewise, aside from a few common magic items, you won’t normally come across magic items or spells to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Setting the Adventure Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn can take place in any woodland setting where magic and monsters are rife. The Dungeons & Dragons animated series unfolds in the Realm
, although this adventure can easily take place in a different world. Consider the following suggestions: AURORE FOLNY Dragonlance. The famed wizard Fizban tasks the characters with finding a unicorn in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
innumerable goblinoid legions. In ages long past, Maglubiyet witnessed the destructive propensity of goblinoids and relocated a population of them from the Feywild to his realm on the Outer Planes
. Since then, hordes of these more martial-minded goblins have flourished, with some finding their ways to Material Plane worlds. These vicious invaders seek to sow ruin in preparation for their god’s conquest. Bree-yark!
—Approximate translation from Goblin to Common: “Hey, rube!”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Crown, which is said to have the power to open the gate to Dendar’s realm.
For ages, a mysterious god named Ubtao stood watch in Chult and built mazes to prevent Dendar’s worshipers from finding and
leads to the realm of an apocalyptic god known as Dendar the Night Serpent. If the Night Serpent emerges, she will devour the world. Her yuan-ti followers are searching for a relic called the Black Opal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
serve as an advisor in matters of magic. When not advising Strahd, the lich spent most of his time in the Amber Temple, trying to master the secret of demilichdom in the hope of finding a way to
magically project his spirit beyond the confines of Strahd’s realm. His efforts failed, and Khazan destroyed himself. His remains lie entombed in the catacombs of Ravenloft. Khazan’s tower stood empty for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Finding the Staircase Entrances to the Infinite Staircase usually appear as nondescript doors in dusty, forlorn places that don’t get many visitors—or wherever is most convenient for adventure. On
staircase rests within the Gates of the Moon—a circular chamber within the shimmering palace Argentil, divine realm of the moon goddess Selûne on the plane of Ysgard. A spiral of silver steps, bathed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Navigating Thither Using the map of Thither as a reference, describe what the characters see as they forge their own path through the splinter-realm. Named locations on the map are described later in
Pool, an idyllic lake protected by a unicorn named Lamorna, who knows important information about Zybilna’s fall and explains the importance of finding the horn that belongs to her lost mate, Elidon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Beginning the Adventure This adventure begins with the characters being tasked with finding a Candlekeep scholar who has not returned from a research expedition to the distant eastern realm of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
the nightmarish Far Realm, but they spread across the Astral Plane and find their way onto the various worlds of the Material Plane, where brains are much more abundant. A neh-thalggu has a bulbous body
collected brain is stored inside one of several pockets in the neh-thalggu’s head. Once it has collected twelve brains in this fashion, it is overcome by an urge to return to the Far Realm and begins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Droaam are learning to work together and finding ways to use their supernatural gifts to help build and sustain society. A medusa might use its petrifying gaze to preserve the life of an injured ally
chance to explore a land untethered by the laws of the treaty nations, a realm where they are the outsiders and the monsters are at home. Adventurers might have to pursue a fugitive or a war criminal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Worshiping Thassa Most of Thassa’s dedicated worshipers are tritons, and the vast majority of tritons are wholly devoted to Thassa. Tritons spend much of their lives in Thassa’s realm, with their god
waves before finding her way back to the mainland. Although she’d failed to abscond with one of Thassa’s treasures, she’d avoided the sea god’s wrath, a claim she valued more preciously than gold. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the Underworld. Many center on finding something that was lost with no other means available to recover it. Perhaps this means rescuing a dead soul when resurrection magic isn’t an option or retrieving
the party to help effect their own escape. Regardless of why living characters might enter the Underworld, those who attempt the undertaking might seek to learn more about the realm of the dead, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
seasoned adventurers means they have no difficulty entering the Upper City, finding Rillyn House, and arranging an audience with Yvandre Rillyn. Taresson the butler (a human commoner) meets them at the gate
.” The handwriting matches that seen in The Scrivener’s Tale. A folio torn from an unknown tome details the history of Delimbiyran and Phalorm. Also called the Realm of Three Crowns, Phalorm was one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
perfect homeland for their people. (That was the problem there, of course. You’ll miss out on a wealth of beauty it you’re always looking for the perfect gem.) Not finding it in the world, some elves (sun
of the Feywild, that strange realm of faerie that touches the world in mystical places. For a century, it seemed Evermeet was lost to the world. Venerable elves tried to hold on, hoping that this echo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with the Mark of Finding lead agencies in different parts of the city: Kurt Karr’Aashta’s Investigations in the neighborhood of Deathsgate, Information Acquisition in Underlook, Thuranne Velderan’s
intermediaries between the realm of monsters and the east, bartering the services of monstrous mercenaries across Khorvaire. The house takes great pride in having forced mainstream Khorvaire to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
a specific destination feel the tug of its magic pulling them toward where they want to go. Finding the right door is a matter of exploration and time: locating the correct one takes 4d12 hours of
Plane of Water 99–00 Curtain of slime framed by writhing tentacles Puddle of brine within the folds of a giant brain in the Far Realm Irina Nordsol A cadre of marching modrons encounters a section of the Infinite Staircase engulfed by the Iron Shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are afraid she may run headlong into the wrong battle before the couple can provide the realm with an heir, and so they hope that King Morinn’s softer influence will help to temper her impetuous nature
information. Dwarves, even those visiting from other realms through the connections with the Lowroad, have little trouble finding their way around, but humans, especially those who can’t read Dwarvish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ordeal, as the name indicates, is no easy task. To receive one, a candidate must accomplish at least one near-impossible feat to even make the request: finding a pathway into Nyx. But the reward for
hold portals that lead to the gates of Nyx. In theory, high-level characters can use spells such as plane shift or gate to move from the mortal realm to Nyx. In practice, securing the proper material
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Just leave it blank. In this preamble, an aging warlock named Madryck Roslof tells the characters (those not working at the Witchlight Carnival) about a faerie realm called Prismeer, which can be
reached only by finding and using a fey crossing in the carnival. Madryck says that his archfey patron, Zybilna, rules Prismeer. He begs the characters to journey to this domain and find out what has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
needs souls that yearn to prove their worth on the battlefield. Lady of Ruin Zariel rules over the ruin that Avernus has become. Once it was a bustling realm filled with cities, trade outposts, and
avoid the other occupants can find treasure within some of the ruins, though they must venture to the fringes of the active conflict to have any hope of finding places that have not yet been looted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
all Meletians. Elpidian mages embrace magic in all its forms. Formalists. Formalist philosophers believe in a realm populated by abstract entities such as numbers and theories. They focus their
shop in the polis market for short periods, though few spend more than a night or two in the city, most finding it claustrophobic at best. Few leonin journey to Meletis, knowing little of the land beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Many of them are the servants of deities, employed as messengers or agents in the mortal realm and throughout the planes. Celestials are good by nature, so the exceptional celestial who strays from
CREATURES
Despite the versatile collection of monsters in this book, you might be at a loss when it comes to finding the perfect creature for part of an adventure. Feel free to tweak an existing creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Feathergale Spire (see chapter 2) Doing one’s duty for the realm Hunting and hawking Hippogriffs, giant vultures, and other aerial mounts If the characters mention elemental cults, read the following text
or knight who moves more than 100 feet away from the rest of his or her group becomes a separate group.
Finding the Manticore. At the end of each minute spent searching for the manticore, have each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
facade. Finding Zorhanna and Eliphas. Oren doesn’t know where Zorhanna is, but characters who ask about Eliphas are told the following: “Lord Adulare wasn’t feeling well and has withdrawn to the upstairs
Far Realm entity trapped inside it). Otherwise, the compartment is empty. Seconds before the pool refills with water, the safe reseals itself and the runes vanish from the golden rings. P13: Vanity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
seeking a lair that would perfectly suit one of its heads, but then finding it unsatisfying to two-thirds of its being. As a result, a hungry chimera might appear out of a clear sky to pick off prey
nearly anywhere. This threat grows even more significant in regions where magic runs rampant or where portals to the realm of Nyx exist, as unrestrained magical energy often causes more chimeras to