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Bugbear
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
One useful trick: if ye face bugbears who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything.
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, preferring to operate at night. They do take the heads of enemy leaders, but they are no more likely to eat people indiscriminately than humans are. Bugbears aren’t likely to attack lone travelers or
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be vivid, drab, patterned, or even camouflaged. They have long, snouted heads and a row of extremely sharp teeth. All Pluvenn have scaled bird-like feet with a large, recurved claw on the inside toe
idyllic region is famed for its long bright summers, drizzly autumns, spring meadows full of life, and twinkling icicle winters. Aside from the hunting activities of the Pluvenn themselves, Bristlebush
Firbolg
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of our camp. Soveliss told me that firbolgs must have claimed the forest, and they wanted to show us we had no further business there. If we lingered, he assured me, our heads would be next.
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an unappealing place to explore by temporarily diverting springs, driving away game, stealing critical tools, and altering trails to leave hunting or lumber parties hopelessly lost. The firbolgs
Aarakocra
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brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with
their own plane and establish nests in high mountains or in the canopies of old forests.
Once tribes of aarakocra settle in an area, they share a hunting territory that extends across an area up to 100
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
and lonely winters, Falcon keeps a season’s worth of provisions in his pantry at all times, supplementing those stores with fresh game. He has also begun hunting orcs and mounting their heads in his
Location Overview Falcon the Hunter maintains this hunting lodge to cater to nobles from Neverwinter. He offers his services as a guide to those nobles, most of whom wouldn’t last long in the forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
heads are trophies from the hobgoblins’ recent victory over an elf hunting party. Clever characters might try to reason with Targor by urging him to think of himself as Grol’s successor rather than
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; scales. It glows like starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back
populations flourish within 6 miles of the lair. Ability checks made to forage for food by hunting, fishing, or trapping in that area are made with advantage.
If the dragon dies, the animal population near
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons’ scales. It glows like starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with
regains two additional spent Hit Dice.
Thriving Wildlife. Animal populations flourish within 6 miles of the lair. Ability checks made to forage for food by hunting, fishing, or trapping in that area are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
operate at night. They do take the heads of enemy leaders, but they are no more likely to eat people indiscriminately than humans are. Bugbears aren’t likely to attack lone travelers or wandering
who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything.
— Elminster
Gang Mentality Since bugbears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
horse to pack the field-dressed game back to the camp. Hunters don’t necessarily return to the camp every evening. They stay out until they have a load of meat to bring back. Hunting on the Greenfields
to inquisitive characters. They converse more freely with rangers, but to most strangers they merely nod, point, shake their heads, scowl, and utter one- or two-word answers. If characters converse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
horse to pack the field-dressed game back to the camp. Hunters don’t necessarily return to the camp every evening. They stay out until they have a load of meat to bring back. Hunting on the Greenfields is
to inquisitive characters. They converse more freely with rangers, but to most strangers they merely nod, point, shake their heads, scowl, and utter one- or two-word answers. If characters converse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
crafts and projects (making crossbow bolts, gutting fish, repairing weather damage to the fort, and so forth). The tortles prefer to sleep without roofs over their heads. They lay their eggs in
the “Dangwaru” section.) 3 A while back, while hunting flying snakes in the jungle, I was attacked by shrunken zombies no bigger than human children. I destroyed a few of them, and the rest fled. I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Dusty sheets cover most of the room’s furnishings. Cobwebs stretch between the antlers, wolf heads, and other hunting trophies mounted on the walls above the wainscoting. A pale rectangle above the
, after which they would socialize and wait for meals here. Although the trophies testify to the baron’s hunting skills, nothing in the den is particularly valuable. A painting of the baron and his wife
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
each: darkness, faerie fire, shield 1/day: Melf’s acid arrow Space Orogs The characters encounter 1d4 + 1 orogs hunting for easy prey. These orogs were raised in deep caverns on H’catha, a wheel-shaped
planet ruled by beholders and the farthest world from Toril’s sun. The orogs wear bucket helms resembling bulbous mind flayer heads, with large, glass-covered eye holes and tentacle-like breathing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Korred Korreds are unpredictable, secretive Fey with strong ties to earth and stone. Because of their magical hair and mystical understanding of minerals, they are sought after by treasure-hunting
were clay, and swim through rock. They also gain supernatural strength just from standing on the ground. Magical Hair Korreds have hair all over their bodies, but the hair that grows from their heads is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. If the characters approach from the south, the giant beavers poke their heads above the barrier for a moment, then begin slapping their tails on the water. This calls the hunters in area L2, who
. Three small hunting boats glide around the lake in wide circles. The humanoids aboard peer intently into the water with spears at the ready.
Six hunters (scouts) are fishing in the lake, two per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, these folk are similar to nomadic Tel’Quessir, in that they make their decisions by consensus among the heads of the families, and disagreements are handled efficiently: those who don’t like the
, never offered to take me there, and I was never foolish enough to ask. By and large, the Uthgardt are a hunting people who rely on game for much of their sustenance, favoring large herd animals such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
human mages) named Dyrax (male), Thazma (female), Yamoch (male), and Zagmira (female). Their red robes, shaved heads, and sallow complexions betray their allegiance to Thay. Eight mercenaries (LE male
tabaxi sometimes leave their families and venture into the jungle to claim a hunter’s death. A divine being known as the Cat Lord leads the bravest to Omu, where they spend their final days hunting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
takes to the air and attacks anything it perceives as a threat. area 3 Hydia Moonmusk, 2 adult cave bears, 1 young cave bear Hydia gathers her tribemates (see areas 15A–area 15D) and forms a hunting
warriors returning from a successful hunt with a dead elk or mountain lion 81–85 1d4 Blue Bear berserkers returning from a raid carrying the severed heads of 2d6 humans or 2d6 shield dwarves 86–90 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with weapons, shields, and the mounted heads of wild animals. A decorative wooden ladder leads to a 20-foot-high circular balcony with a sculpted wooden railing. The upper level is a library, and its
walls are lined with bookshelves. Lord Drezlin Nandar and his hunting companions used the den as a place to relax and tell stories, while Lady Velrosa Nandar used the library to store her collection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
century ago, children passing through the alley still sing a song: “Hop for the hollows, hop for the dead, hop on the flagstones, hop on their heads.” As you stroll down Warrior’s Way or the Street
around Waterdeep, as well as any Waterdavian who rides for sport, recreation, hunting, or falconry, the late afternoon is “longride,” and dusk is “last ride.”
“Which the greater thief?” Tuezaera
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
hulls, built atop a lonely mountain or rocky hill A vast arctic tundra that serves as a hunting ground for berserkers and yeti A primeval forest protected by treants or corrupted by demon-worshiping
the cradles of civilization. Urban settings afford adventurers the chance to rub shoulders with the rich and powerful, butt heads with the dregs of society, and peel back the veneer of civility to see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(attitude for all: 1d6)
9 1 cloud giant (attitude: 1d8 + 1) hunting with 1 wyvern (attitude: 1d6)
10 2d4 goliath giant-kin* (attitude: 1d6 + 4) trying to retrieve an owlbear (attitude: 1d6) on a
2 1 young silver dragon (attitude: 1d10 + 3) tracking a frost giant raiding party
3 1 frost giant hunting with 1d4 winter wolves (attitude for all: 1d6)
4 2 frost giants (attitude: 1d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
hammered bolts of lightning. Treasure. Five ornate silvered hunting horns have been laid out here as offerings to Talos. Each horn is worth 250 gp. Any character who takes a horn hears a rumble of thunder as
This cabin belongs to Fheralai Stormsworn. Bearskin throws cover the floor and the walls are decorated with the mounted, charred heads of her enemies. If Fheralai survived the “Leilon Besieged” quest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
devises the strategies that allow the forces of Gruumsh to dominate the battle and fill their war wagons with plunder and severed heads. Ilneval stands with his bloody sword, calling to those who
Mighty. In the myths, it is said that Bahgtru was out hunting when he was surprised by the mightiest of the behirs, one with hundreds of legs. In a flash, Bahgtru was wrapped in the creature’s coils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
guros typically leads their family. In times of discord, the heads of the guri gather to make decisions together. Other members of the guros work as traders, gatherers, packers, and scouts. A guros
both hunting and combat. Often a band is led by the strongest and most dominant warrior, called the charger. However, some bands elevate a tactician or strategist to this venerated position. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ends without bloodshed. Characters who confront the giant and the mammoth are in for the fight of their lives, for the evil giant is happy to claim their heads as trophies as well as their treasures
(see "Arveiaturace") a natural enemy and might spare adventurers who claim to be hunting the great white dragon. The giant might also allow characters to pass unmolested if they claim to be on a quest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
slain on her ninth birthday, killed by a wolf while out hunting with her father. The baroness doesn’t blame her husband for Heluthe’s death, but neither does she absolve him of his guilt. Both
the Demon Prince of Undeath in ghastly detail, clutching his skull-topped wand in one hand and three severed heads by the hair in the other. The figurine smells like decaying flesh, and this scent is
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
wait in the main hall. The hall is hung with tapestries and decorated with weapons, shields, and hunting trophies. Zerah has the characters wait here while she gets her pop. A few minutes later, she
innkeeper. He knows everyone in the village and can be trusted. When the party heads to the inn, proceed to Part 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Liara Portyr (see appendix D) meets important visitors. It resembles a hunting lodge, with dinosaur heads and skulls mounted on the walls and the pelts of exotic animals hung like tapestries. Liara
. For every severed ghoul head the characters bring her, she’ll pay them 20 gp. (She has enough money to cover the reward for up to eleven severed ghoul heads.)
Shilku Reconnaissance. Portyr asks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
only of the larger, higher hills west of the river when they hear “Sumber Hills,” because that area once boasted rich quarries and good hunting. Some hunting lodges and keeps owned by wealthy
Longsaddle, for they are the hunting grounds of the Griffon tribe. Hill giants, trolls, and other monsters also prowl this area. Surbrin Trail A trail extends north from the city of Yartar, through farmland
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
rusty protrusions among the vines; these are the heads of water sprinklers that now merely drip rusty water. If any character comes within 5 feet of the plant bed, read: The rotting vegetation gathers
treasure and destroyed several of them in a rage. He then used rubble to seal off the tunnel leading to his hoard and began hunting down the remaining modrons. These tridrones tried and failed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
frost giants continue hunting for Sirac. If the characters allow Sirac to accompany them, assume that any frost giants that appear in a random encounter are searching for him. If they travel to
sheriff. If they return with the heads of one or more slain giants, Sheriff Southwell rewards each of them with the title “Defender of Icewind Dale” and spreads news of the party’s heroism throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
both inside; the father is out hunting but returns shortly with a fresh kill. The cave’s interior is shown on map 1.17. F1. Chasm. This cave has a 20-foot-high, concave roof. Most of the floor has
hide armor, a greataxe, and the skulls and bones of three mountain goats. Seven other crude niches in the walls hold the frozen heads of humanoids previously decapitated by the yetis. One belongs to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of their time together, either drowning their sorrows or hunting in the woods. Most of the wolf heads that adorn the tavern walls are the result of their handiwork. Szoldar Szoldarovich Yevgeni
resting on the tables bathe the room in dull orange light and cast shadows upon the walls, most of which are adorned with wolf heads mounted on wooden plaques. The double doors leading into the taproom