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Basic Rules (2014)
that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife
avoid unwanted attention.
Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Stalked by a Shadow When Piyarz seized the Tower of the Heavens in his coup, he interrogated Shalfey’s scribes to discern where the elder sage sent his tower hands. Eventually the ruthless sage
characters decided to rest after facing the memory web, Sion interrupts their repose.
Sion is accompanied by a hound and an oversized raven, both made of pure shadow (both creatures use the shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
set up an ambush in a remote location. All are fanatically loyal to the queen and fight to the end. If the characters capture and subdue one or more of these assailants, threats and intimidation do
Princess of the Shadow Glass, the elves and fomorians can reveal that the Queen of Air and Darkness sent them from the Feywild to slay the marked characters and steal back The Scrivener’s Tale. The queen is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of the staircase ahead is covered in shadowy webbing. The hazard is the Iron Shadow manifesting as a memory web (see appendix B). 15–21 Three aarakocra return to the Censer of Dreams (detailed later in
between demons and devils. 36–42 A stubborn dwarf commoner bumps into the characters. He’s been wandering the staircase for decades but won’t admit he’s lost. 43–49 A masked deva loyal to Selûne offers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
thieves as you please to add an undercurrent of dread or mystery to the carnival’s frivolities. The three thieves are fiercely loyal to their hag mistresses and won’t willingly reveal anything if
detached shadow of Gleam, a high elf acrobat who wears a crescent moon mask. (Gleam herself has vanished from the carnival. The characters won’t meet her until chapter 4.) Gleam’s detached shadow uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
appear in an unreality where Vecna commands control over the city of Neverwinter in Faerûn. In this unreality, Vecna turned Lord Neverember into a loyal death knight and iron-fisted tyrant. Neverember
balcony of a castle ten feet above the city square. Four sets of gallows are lined up in the center of the square. The armored figure’s features are shrouded in black shadow. Fitted on the figure’s head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds
themselves valuable and welcome. The combination of their inherent stealth and their unassuming nature helps halflings to avoid unwanted attention. Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
chancellor of the Platinum Concord and founder of the Shadow Cabinet. He owns vast gold and silver mines in the Mror Holds and mints his own currency, and he travels in a gilded airship. Loyal Daison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
nations are blinded by their civilized ways. You have heard the truth in the voices of croaking frogs and seen it in the shadows shifting on the water. Whether you’re loyal to the Gatekeepers, the
Sovereign Host, or the Dragon Below, superstitions inform your path. Clan or Tribe? The people of the Shadow Marches are split into two distinct cultures. The clans blend the traditions of human and orc
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
used as a staging area for House Freth’s raids into troglodyte territory. Six drow loyal to House Freth (four females and two males) and four shadow demons lurk here. The drow and their demon allies are
9. Contested Caves The drow of House Freth maintain a tenuous hold over these caves. Their defenses are tested daily by troglodytes, trolls, and infiltrators loyal to House Auvryndar. 9a. Hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
The Drow of Eberron During the ancient war between giants of Xen’drik and their elf slaves, the magebreeders of the giants bound the essence of shadows into the loyal elves. These were the first drow
magic; they seek to one day unleash fire across the world. And the Umbragen live in the underworld below Xen’drik, wielding sophisticated shadow magics as they battle against aberrations and the daelkyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
remote corner of it — without risking discovery by the other aboleths. So Sgothgah fled the abyss, taking with it the juvenile kraken and a number of loyal aquatic minions. It headed for coastal waters
stretch of water where the once-notable port district of a minor city had fallen into decay and corruption. Known as the Styes, the district was only a wretched shadow of what it had once been. But
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good, loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in shining armor venturing
forth to smite evil? Are you a glorious champion of the light, cherishing everything beautiful that stands against the shadow, a knight whose oath descends from traditions older than many of the gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
shadow moves across the brightly lit platform. Overhead, silhouettes stand out against the radiant moon.
The identity of the creatures approaching depends on which side the characters are fighting
loyal to Afsoun and are unlikely to be talked out of abandoning their leader—particularly after enacting a plan to liberate her.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good, loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in shining armor venturing
forth to smite evil? Are you a glorious champion of the light, cherishing everything beautiful that stands against the shadow, a knight whose oath descends from traditions older than many of the gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Rashemen. She is the sole survivor of an adventuring party hired by Lady Wylynd Moonstar of Waterdeep to find Umbraxakar the shadow dragon and transform him back into Glyster the bronze dragon
after she was forced to watch Umbraxakar devour the corpses of her slain companions one by one. She stays close to her rescuers, serving as a loyal follower until she is safely out of Undermountain or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s loyal butler, as it did for the dragon’s parent.
4 A young deep dragon has organized a society of hobgoblin explorers, whose members seek out new places in the Underdark for the dragon
red shadow dragon as a protégé.
2 Two ancient dragon lovers—one deep and one white—see each other only once every hundred years, when they choose targets for a deadly hunting spree.
3 Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Among the common folk, the Oglyntyr family has the largest and oldest cattle and horse farm in Amphail, and supplies some of the finest Amphail grays (loyal, intelligent steeds favored as personal
a peaceful town, with the threat of full-scale retaliation from both Waterdeep and the Lords’ Alliance casting a long, dark shadow over any plans to disturb matters there. The nobles of Waterdeep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
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
the south. The Ffolk of Moray are loyal to the High King. They hope for a return to a unified Moonshaes under the Kendrick banner and are determined to hold on long enough to see it. Norland North of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the corpses. The survivors of the skirmish have been stripped of their weapons and forced to kneel with their hands on their heads. All three, loyal Zhentarim agents (employed by Urstul Floxin; see
Dock Ward is unsafe. You can set the mood by reading the following to the players: Tall, densely packed tenements leave most of the neighborhood in shadow at ground level. Most of the streetlamps have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
west alcoves of this landing. They are loyal to Nafik and fight to the death.
Center Landing. A 30-foot-tall, 50-foot-wide wall of flame erupts from the floor in the middle of this landing, dividing
the southernmost alcoves. Each shadow is a wispy duplicate of a character intent on killing its original. If the characters entered from the south, or if they don’t try to ascend the stairs, Nafik can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
friends. Skeemo can add “sellout” to his credentials, his services having been bought by House Gralhund and the Black Network operatives loyal to Manshoon. The rock gnome uses paper birds (see appendix A
type. The City Watch has received reports of a figure who haunts the rooftops of Waterdeep — a hulking shadow that glares from its perch, rains down death in the form of long black arrows, and slinks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, their hearts, and their weapons to bear against villainy. Knights of the order and their loyal squires can be found throughout the North, gathering information on the giants, searching for their lairs
, and aiding in the defense of settlements. The Zhentarim The Zhentarim, also known as the Black Network, is an unscrupulous shadow network that seeks to expand its influence and power base throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
in armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed. Abishais stand outside the normal hierarchy of the Nine Hells, having their own chain of
darkness up to 60 feet as a bonus action.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the abishai takes the Hide action.
Blue Abishai Seekers of forgotten lore and lost relics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Cradlefall is Granny Nightshade’s most loyal servant—a slithering parcel of cruelty that’s never far from her side.
Alignment. Lawful evil.
Personality Trait. “I hiss when I speak and slink around
apparitions that curse him, but their presence still unnerves him.
Alignment. Neutral.
Personality Trait. “I speak in a trembling voice and jump at the slightest shadow.”
Ideal. “I seek atonement. I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
. Cradlefall is Granny Nightshade’s most loyal servant—a slithering parcel of cruelty that’s never far from her side.
Alignment. Lawful evil.
Personality Trait. “I hiss when I speak and slink around
apparitions that curse him, but their presence still unnerves him.
Alignment. Neutral.
Personality Trait. “I speak in a trembling voice and jump at the slightest shadow.”
Ideal. “I seek atonement. I was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
gate is in the eastern passage between this area and the Dark Gardens. 27. Temple of Shadow A creature near the doors into this area hears a faint moaning that rises in intensity as the creature moves
closer to the doors. A wailing howl erupts from the shadows of this dim chamber, echoing from black marble walls. Dark pillars rise to the ceiling, each exuding shadow that twists in the air like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
steps to restore the lizardfolk’s tribal pride, such as by trying to teach them metallurgy. His effort has met with little success. Borngray is loyal to the cult and yearns for Tiamat’s return. He
supremacy. The bullywugs consider him a constant threat and tremble whenever his shadow passes near. The yuan-ti grant him grudging respect and covet his immense wealth. The lizardfolk honor him and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, minotaur bartenders, and vedalken tailors all go about their lives in the shadow of the guilds but divorced from those groups’ intrigue and politics. Starting Contacts Your character starts the game
-ranking members to assist you in your work. When you do, they are assumed to be loyal followers who help you to the best of their ability. Some of them are assigned to help you for the duration of a single
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
identified on map 5.11. Map 5.11: Temples of Extraction Creatures. The Thayans here are the most loyal and fanatical servants of Szass Tam. They all know that no one is authorized to be in this sector
magic of Szass Tam turns different facets of chaos to absolute evil in these great halls. 103. Temple of Fortune A pattern of shadow swirls around a shrine of binding and plays out across the white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the lizardfolk’s tribal pride, such as by trying to teach them metallurgy. His effort has met with little success. Borngray is loyal to the cult and yearns for Tiamat’s return. He genuinely looks
bullywugs consider him a constant threat and tremble whenever his shadow passes near. The yuan-ti grant him grudging respect and covet his immense wealth. The lizardfolk honor him and wonder why he allows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
call the creature forth and hopes to train it to be a loyal servant before it matures. Treasure. Belak has already appealed to the snake’s greed with a small gift. In its nest, the adventurers find
shadow behind the statue’s wide wings. A five-foot-diameter, circular tile of dark stone is set in the floor in front of the dragon statue. Runes are carved around the circular tile’s inner edge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
wizards were able to use the raging blue fire that followed Mystra’s death to propel their nation safely into the realm of Toril’s twin, Abeir (displacing part of that world into the Plane of Shadow). Now
, along the southern shore of the lake, explorers and fortune seekers squander their amassed wealth building castles, founding communities, and drawing loyal vassals to them — only to have all those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the attacks of these fish. 80. Black Gate Pool Beneath walls set with relief carvings of humanoid couples romantically entwined, the bottom of a slimy, dimly luminous pool is shrouded in shadow
on the bottom of the pool. All of them are loyal to Thay and expect to be asked to escort those who pass through this area. They attack anyone who makes no such request. Black Gate. This zone’s black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
slaad, but they follow its commands because they are furiously loyal to Dory. The manticores roam freely through the warehouse at night. They spend their days in the loft but respond quickly to any
prayers you’ll need to learn the truth, Mr. Dory. The dark god’s faithful are wary of new converts. But learn the words, and they should accept you soon enough. Seek their pulpit in the evening shadow