governed currents life

Olhydra

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation

, currents and tides are exceptionally strong and treacherous. Any ability checks made to safely navigate or control a vessel moving through these waters has disadvantage. Aquatic creatures that have

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god&rsquo

;s petrified flesh came back to life as morkoths: tentacled monstrosities brimming with malice and greed. Morkoths are driven by greed and selfishness mixed with a yearning for conflict. They hoard

Sea Elf

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Sea elves fell in love with the wild beauty of the ocean in the earliest days of the multiverse. While other elves traveled from realm to realm, sea elves navigated the currents and explored the

wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead. Life Span The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t

The Planes

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

The Planes The planes of existence are realms of myth and mystery. They’re not simply other worlds, but dimensions formed and governed by spiritual and elemental principles. They fall into the

rest of the cosmology, providing the raw forces of life and death that underlie all existence in the multiverse.

Lesser Caverns Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Lesser Caverns Features Unless otherwise noted, the lesser caverns have the following features: Ambience. The caverns are damp, humid, and full of life. They echo with the sounds of bats, dripping

strong currents. A creature that enters a river for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be swept 15 feet in the direction indicated by the arrows on the map. Mike Schley Map 6.2: Lesser Caverns View Player Version

Elemental Plane of Air

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

, currents, and winds called the Labyrinth Winds. These range from stiff breezes to howling gales that can rip a creature apart. Even the most skilled flying creatures must navigate these currents

of rock. Plane of Air Adventures The essential nature of air is movement, animation, and inspiration. Air is the breath of life, the winds of change, the fresh breeze that clears away the fog of

Legends of Yongjing

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

. Numerous dwarven dynasties have ruled Great Xing, with the human population generally content to be so governed. One fable, however, tells of the Winter Crane Empress, who was dethroned by a human. As

the usurper died of old age, reclaiming her throne without violence and swiftly undoing the little he could accomplish in his brief human life span.

The Planes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

The Planes The various planes of existence are realms of myth and mystery. They’re not simply other worlds, but dimensions formed and governed by spiritual and elemental principles. The Outer Planes

life and matter. The worlds of D&D exist within the Material Plane, making it the starting point for most campaigns and adventures. The rest of the multiverse is defined in relation to the Material Plane.

Arcadia

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

sheds moonlight and brings on the starry night. The orb rotates evenly without fail, spreading day and night across the entire plane. The weather in Arcadia is governed by four allied demigods called

vigorous life energy that bestows great vitality on visitors (see “Environmental Effects” in chapter 3). Layers of Arcadia Layer Description Abellio Everything in these fields of plenty is dedicated

Lesser Caverns Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

full of life. Stalactites drip into shallow puddles, and water trickles down the slick cave walls. The sounds of cave bats, small insects, and the caverns’ monstrous denizens echo throughout

assume the characters have a light source or other means of seeing in the dark. Underground Rivers. The rivers that span the lesser caverns have strong currents. A creature that enters a river for the

Plane of Air

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Plane of Air The essential nature of air is movement, animation, and inspiration. Air is the breath of life, the winds of change, the fresh breeze that clears away the fog of ignorance and the

). Rain and snow fall only in the part of the plane nearest to the Plane of Water. Most of the Plane of Air is a complex web of air streams, currents, and winds called the Labyrinth Winds. These range from

Dwarven Deities

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

. Sharindlar, Lady of Life and Mercy, is the goddess of healing, romantic love, and fertility, often associated with the moon. Gods of Far Places The god of invention and discovery is Dugmaren

portrayed as a dragon filled with envy of the wealth of others, who jealously tends his own hoard. Gods of Evil Laduguer is the patron of the duergar, god of magic and those crafts not governed by Moradin. Also worshiped among the duergar is Deep Duerra, a goddess of conquest and of the powers of the mind.

Life in San Citlán

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

Life in San Citlán Molded through generations of cosmopolitan mingling, San Citlán’s culture is ever-evolving but not without honored traditions. Food and Recreation Food is a particular point of

create dishes from painstakingly prepared stews such as hominy-and-meat pozole to ubiquitous snacks like tacos. For city folk, many recreations relieve the pressures of daily life. Along with music and

Ythryn Lore

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

Ythryn Lore As the characters explore Ythryn, they piece together a picture of what life was like in the enclave. Whenever a location instructs you to reveal some of Ythryn’s lore, roll a d20 and

Iriolarthas. He was obsessed with finding relics and magic from Faerûn’s ancient past. 2 Ythryn was governed by a group of eight arcanists known as the Wizards of the Ebon Star. Their names and faces

Quandrix Faculty

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

mathematics to better understand nature. She places an emphasis on practical magic that improves daily life through applied calculations. She rolls her eyes at Dean Imbraham’s theories, dismissing them as

tides and currents that eluded even the most esteemed scholars of their society. Once, they saved a hundred lives by predicting the sudden arrival of a tsunami, despite the deceptively calm seas—washing

Plane of Water

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Plane of Water The nature of water is to flow, not like the gusting wind or the leaping flame, but smoothly and steadily. It is the rhythm of the tide, the nectar of life, the bitter tears of

, a tremor in the planar firmament sends a rogue wave sweeping across the plane, swamping entire islands and driving ships down to the reefs. Life flourishes in the upper reaches of the Sea of Worlds

Mind Flayer Magic

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

. Eventually, a mind flayer thus separated from the hive turns to the path of lichdom. Just as the elder brain offers immortality to its faithful illithids, so does becoming a lich ensure life everlasting

eternal fate is governed by the gods. Instead, when a mind flayer’s brain is returned to the elder brain to be consumed, the creature’s intelligence lives on. Only if an illithid’s brain isn’t retrieved

Chapter 22: Euryale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Istus, and invisible to every guard, she led Asteria onto the cliffs, where—pointing out the constellations that governed Asteria’s and Euryale’s fates—Istus explained that nothing could be done. It was

Euryale, and the two have since had many grand adventures together. In time, Euryale longed once more for a quiet life; the two women found a site in the Outlands that reminded them of the grotto that

Castle Ward

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

from where the city is governed. The castle was and is a redoubt of last defense should the city be attacked, but for well over a century, the ruler of Waterdeep has occupied the Palace of Waterdeep

parted ways. Mirt kept on with a life of adventure, while Durnan built the tavern called the Yawning Portal over the Well and now, almost two centuries later, charges coin to descend into it. Not a bad

Traveling the Outer Planes

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

currents and eddies of the river. For a price, these pilots carry passengers from plane to plane. Some pilots are Fiends, while others are the souls of dead creatures from the Material Plane. Yggdrasil, the

network of plant life across the multiverse. Planar travelers can climb among the roots and branches of Yggdrasil to travel from plane to plane or world to world. Some creatures position themselves as

Ecstasy

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

citizens are friendly, munificent folk who espouse benevolence and growth. They are governed by a pair of monarchs, the Lightcaller and the Nightwhisperer. These supposedly mortal rulers wear masks that

boundaries of mortal life, gleaning vicarious fulfillment from watching residents justify unsavory acts as the path to spiritual enlightenment. Moreover, the gate-town doesn’t eliminate negativity—it

Planar Philosopher

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

existence is governed by laws, and power comes from understanding and exploiting them. Hands of Havoc. Those who try to impose a single order on the multiverse are doomed to fail. Harmonium. The

is everything; live in the moment. 3 When things crumble, I find meaning in the dust. 4 Life thrives through order, and I seek to maintain that order. 5 When others make plans, the multiverse laughs

White Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

white dragon for a year and a day in exchange for sparing the genie’s previous master’s life. 3 An arcanaloth has been trying to tease information out of an adult white dragon, hoping the

seek out new mineral veins for sustenance. 8 A clan of winged kobolds treat the air currents and ice slides of an adult white dragon’s lair as an obstacle course. The dragon enjoys devising

Tour of the Planes

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

districts are governed by a justice system based in goodness, where laws help to maintain harmony. In more oppressive locations, harsh laws are imposed on the suffering populace by tyrannical devils

moving to a higher plane of existence that mortals can never realize: joining with the Sovereigns, merging with the Silver Flame, or simply rejoining the cycle of life in a new form. That claim

Morkoth

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

floated up against a pearlescent remnant of celestial matter imbued with life and life-giving magic. The collision shattered both objects and released a storm of chaotic energy. Countless islands of mixed

environment. On those same islands, bits of the god’s petrified flesh came back to life, in the form of tentacled monstrosities brimming with malice and greed. Ever since that time, each morkoth has had an

Glasya

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

devil, gender is insignificant. Devils can’t create new life through physical means; a new devil comes into being only when a soul is corrupted or claimed in a bargain, and the gender of the mortal

, the gold composition of a coin was strictly defined at the time of the coin’s creation, but no law governed a coin’s state after it left the mint. As long as it was made in the mint, it was legal

Feywild

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

. Domains of Delight Much of the Feywild is governed by powerful Fey called archfey. The area under a particular archfey’s command—called a Domain of Delight—reflects the character and desires of its

day, with fluttering butterflies and a riot of colorful flowers, the lands of the Summer Court mimic the trappings of courtly life in some realms of the Material Plane. The residents of this court wear

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

massive, ever-growing collection. The first morkoths arose in the Astral Plane when the petrified body of a deity of greed and strife collided with a remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving

magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god’s petrified flesh came back to life as morkoths

Settlers, Squatters, and Invaders

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

, explorers, and — above all — survivors. Leaders of Blingdenstone By deep gnome tradition, Blingdenstone is governed jointly by a king and queen, but the svirfneblin have had no true sovereigns while living as

. In the last year, a handful of svirfneblin youths have been training in secret under the rather terrifying care of the veteran Burrow Warden Jadger, who lingers on as a ghost. In life, Jadger was an

Olhydra

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

Olhydra’s presence in an elemental node creates a number of widespread effects — bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10

miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12 hours, and lasts 1d3 hours. Downpours are so heavy that creatures moving overland travel at half normal speed. Within 5 miles of the lair, currents

Maelstrom Level 1

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

of the sinkhole is strewn with debris — the remains of wrecked ships picked clean by the hulking crabs in area 5. The walls are covered with coral and other ocean life. Five flooded passageways lead to

areas 2, area 5, area 6, area 8, and area 11. Level 2 This level is 50 feet above the sinkhole floor. A rocky, uneven ledge clings to the outer wall of the hole and has coral, plant life, and the

Druid Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

a Magic action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 feet of yourself. Vitality-giving flowers and life-draining thorns appear for a moment in a 10-foot-radius Sphere

against those who despoil nature. Others seek mystical unity with nature by attuning themselves to the ebb and flow of the tides, following the rush of currents and waves and listening to the

A Long History (in Brief)

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

— Ahghairon decreed how the city would be governed. While he would sit as lord openly, a council of other lords of nearly equal power would rule with him. But the identity of those other lords would

significant events stand out in Waterdeep’s history. But none have had so great an effect on daily life than the three apocalyptic periods known as the Time of Troubles, the Spellplague, and the Sundering

Area Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

kill any creature that enters the tunnel. Upon entering the tunnel for the first time, a character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notices odd waves and currents that suggest

in plate armor, and where a head should be, there is instead a featureless, luminescent orb. The neutral ghost haunting this area has no memory of its name or existence in life—a fact which pains it

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

wind currents 7 1 cloud giant of Evil Air* (attitude: 1d4 + 1) terrorizing the skies 8 1 djinni (attitude: 1d12 + 2) examining shattered gargoyle remains 9 2d4 griffons (attitude: 1d10

domestic animals to plant life—is vastly oversized (see “Into the Giant Realms” in the “Adventure Models” section later in this chapter). As with the dinosaurs on the Dinosaur World Encounters table

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