made shadow with only asked from for long

Gray Dwarf (Duergar) Legacy

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

thus made them into the superior race. Duergar have no appreciation for beauty, that ability having been erased from their minds by the mind flayers long ago and any thought of recapturing it

bald heads, with the males growing long, unkempt, gray beards. Duergar value toil above all else. Showing emotions other than grim determination or wrath is frowned on in their culture, but they can

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

with goblins for at least as long as humans have worked with dogs and horses, and in goblin society those two animals serve similar purposes. Family Matters A goblin tribe is organized in a four

-tiered caste system made up of lashers, hunters, gatherers, and pariahs. The status of every family in the tribe is based on its importance to the tribe’s survival. Families that belong to the

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

made in modest earth tones, is elaborately decorated with embroidery, embossing, or gleaming jewels. Delighted Dedication As far as gnomes are concerned, being alive is a wonderful thing, and they

squeeze every ounce of enjoyment out of their three to five centuries of life. Humans might wonder about getting bored over the course of such a long life, and elves take plenty of time to savor the

Halfling Legacy

Species 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

brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare among them and mustaches even more so. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright

Tiefling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

jolted her. “What is it they say?” he asked. “One’s a curiosity, two’s a conspiracy—” “Three’s a curse,” she finished. “You think I

horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; entire society forever stands prepared for war. Brutal Civility Hobgoblins hold themselves to high standards of military honor. The race has a long history of shared traditions, recorded and retold

gods unique to their race, the only survivors of a pantheon that was decimated by Maglubiyet so long ago that hobgoblins don’t remember the names of the fallen. Nomog-Geaya is the greater of the

Favor of the Gloaming Court

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Favor of the Gloaming Court Ending the threat of the Princess of the Shadow Glass brings the characters to the attention of the Queen of Air and Darkness—whether they want that attention or not

. Though the queen does not deign to consider herself in the debt of mortals, she might bestow favors on them if asked, or she could become a powerful but unpredictable ally or patron.

Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

jolted her. “What is it they say?” he asked. “One’s a curiosity, two’s a conspiracy—” “Three’s a curse,” she finished. “You think I

horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

upright, aarakocra might reach 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies. Their plumage typically denotes membership in a tribe. Males are

distinct tribal variations. Sky Wardens Nowhere are the aarakocra more comfortable than in the sky. They can spend hours in the air, and some go as long as days, locking their wings in place and

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world

little interest in what people say about it. Ongoing Mutations Because the verdan have not dwelled long in the world, they are still discovering new things about themselves. Chief among these

Nintra Siotta, Princess of the Shadow Glass

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Nintra Siotta, Princess of the Shadow Glass Nintra Siotta, a chaotic evil archfey who was exiled from the Gloaming Court by the Queen of Air and Darkness long ago, is known in Faerûn by three titles

: Princess of the Shadow Glass, Lady of Dread Omens, and Seeker of the Three Crowns. She appears as a 9-foot-tall humanoid made of smoky gray glass, wrapped in a cloak-like darkness that appears to

Scissors of Shadow Snipping

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

unconscious instead. The creature regains consciousness and all its Strength after finishing a short or long rest. A creature whose shadow has detached from it is cursed. If a shadowless creature is

Scissors of Shadow Snipping Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Fey or a Spellcaster) As an action, you make a few snips with these iron shears and cause the shadow of a Humanoid creature

Shadow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.

Shadow Shadows are undead that resemble dark exaggerations of humanoid shadows. They can consume any living creature, but they are especially drawn to creatures untainted by evil. Shadow Medium

Mark of Shadow Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Mark of Shadow Traits If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you have this subrace, with the following traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Cunning Intuition. When

level, you can cast the invisibility spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. Spells of the

Elf Subrace: Mark of Shadow

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

Elf Subrace: Mark of Shadow If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you have this subrace, with the following traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Cunning Intuition

3rd level, you can cast the invisibility spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. Spells of

Pazrodine

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

Material Plane have to offer. Curious Fey asked to join her caravan, and before long, she had a menagerie of merchants accompanying her on her travels. Pazrodine came to view these Fey merchants as her children. Their eager joy helps the dragon see the multiverse from new perspectives.

Feywild and the Material Plane. Moonstone dragons are detailed further in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons. Pazrodine never stays in one place for long, and she wants to see all the wonders the Feywild and

Way of Shadow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Way of Shadow Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins. Sometimes

, rich merchants, or anyone else who can pay their fees. Regardless of their methods, the heads of these monasteries expect the unquestioning obedience of their students. Shadow Arts Starting when you

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One Grung Above

Introduction Ever since I joined the D&D team in 2010, I’ve thought about a future where the grung were “a thing” again. These long-forgotten amphibians from the 2nd Edition Greyhawk setting had

captured my heart and imagination long ago. So, it was with some amount of grit that I entered them into the fray of creatures to be selected as part of Volo’s Guide to Monsters. They certainly weren’t

M5. Dressing Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

tail that complete the costume. If the bugbear’s detached shadow in area M12 has not been defeated, add: This bugbear looks all the more unusual because he casts no shadow. Performers prepare

Village No More, but he has given up trying to remember his lines. Hurly used to work at the Witchlight Carnival, but his short temper and blustery nature made him unpopular. One of Endelyn’s spies lured

Stalked by a Shadow

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

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

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

The Scrivener's Mark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

. After finishing a short or long rest, each character discovers that 20 percent of their skin is covered in writing that matches portions of The Scrivener’s Tale. The text starts at the character’s

might increase by one level every day at dawn with no saving throw allowed. The mark can’t be removed from any character except by a wish spell or by destroying the Princess of the Shadow Glass, either

The Unknown

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

in the soft earth. It’s not the monster, but its shadow, that breeds horror. The more we know about a monster, the less we fear it, so the trick is to keep it out of the light for as long as possible

into darkness. Before a monster appears, take a moment to describe the odor that precedes it, the eerie sound it makes, or the weird shadow it casts.

Failure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

a chilly welcome upon returning to Saltmarsh. The assault went on without them, but the allied forces took heavy losses, only barely managing to defeat the sahuagin. The characters are asked, politely

but firmly, to leave the Saltmarsh area. The town councillors wish them a safe journey, as long as it is one way.

Shadow Dragon Lairs

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

Shadow Dragon Lairs When dragons become aware of the Shadowfell’s malign influence seeping into their territories, most scoop up their hoards and abandon any compromised lairs. But some are stubborn

, prideful, or bitter enough to stay, even in the face of inevitable corruption. More often, a dragon is unknowingly swept up by the Shadowfell while asleep, awakening after a years-long rest to find

Chapter 15: Xonthal's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Chapter 15: Xonthal’s Tower Though Severin’s hold on the Cult of the Dragon is strong, there remain traditionalist elements within the cult that long for the old ways of reverence for the

dracoliches. Many such elements center around scholars and academics, for whom the cult’s new focus has made their knowledge and research irrelevant. Others think that Severin is being taken in by devils and

Inquiries in Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

spells. The Princess of the Shadow Glass has the ability to misdirect such inquiries. The Scrivener’s Tale. Questions asked about the book with commune or divination spells yield only the information

which the book binds the Princess of the Shadow Glass, even as it allows her to magically mark the book’s readers and others near and dear to them. Princess of the Shadow Glass. Commune and divination

The Dark Fate of Lord Vanrak Moonstar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

The Dark Fate of Lord Vanrak Moonstar Adherents of Shar have been active in the shadow of Mount Waterdeep ever since a disastrous expedition to the Black Jungles mounted in the Year of the Dark Dawn

(1104 DR) by Lord Vanrak Moonstar, a charismatic, outgoing swashbuckler. Vanrak was but a pale shadow of his former self when he returned. A few tendays later, his father, Lord Andvarran Moonstar, the

Sturben

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Sturben Long considered Levkarest’s unfashionable shadow, the city of Sturben has become a haven for those seeking distance from the domain’s elite. To counter the half-hearted justice doled out by

Dark Six

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

of the Shadow. The Dark Six inspire worship in different ways among diverse cultures. Temples to the Dark Six appear in Droaam, along with wild revels driven by the Fury. The Dark Six aren’t

. The Voice of THRANE Are you a six fanatic? The Vassals of the Sovereign Host have long condemned the Dark Six as forces of evil. Yet correspondents at the Voice of Thrane have uncovered a shocking

Vale of Dancing Waters

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

found at the end of a secret trail leading south from the Stone Bridge. Long ago, the vale was the site of the summer palace of King Torhild Flametongue of the dwarven kingdom of Besilmer. In time, it

palace collapsed long ago, but the shrine survives.) Recent sightings of monsters and roving bands of marauders in the Sumber Hills have alarmed the shield dwarf priests who tend the shrine. They worry

Shadow Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Shadow Magic You are a creature of shadow, for your innate magic comes from the Shadowfell itself. You might trace your lineage to an entity from that place, or perhaps you were exposed to its fell

energy and transformed by it. The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the

Shadowfell

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

himself, and the feeling made him too big by half. — Paul S. Kemp, The Godborn The Shadowfell, also called the Plane of Shadow, is a dimension of black, gray, and white where most other color has

coiling and buckling to trip those who pass by. Shadow dragons and undead creatures haunt this bleak plane, as do other creatures that thrive in the gloom, including cloakers and darkmantles.

Silverquill Faculty

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

forbidden? Enter Fain (neutral human Silverquill professor of shadow). He has an extensive network of connections on and off campus, and he can procure just about anything—so long as you can afford his price.

eloquent than even their words can describe. Embrose Lu, Dean of Shadow Dean Embrose Lu (lawful neutral human Silverquill professor of shadow) is a master poet whose ink magic is merciless. Scant with

Horrors and Madness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

throw against the flying horror’s Frightening Screech, the shadow horror’s claw attack, or the skittering horror’s Maddening Presence, note that fact. At the end of the encounter, have each character

Guide, with the severity depending on how many of the saving throws that character failed during the encounter, as shown on the Madness Severity table. Madness Severity Failed Saves Madness 1 Short-term 2–3 Long-term 4+ Indefinite

Dimensional Seal

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

conjuration magic and any other effect that involves teleportation or planar travel. Dimensional seals are usually found in the Eldeen Reaches and the Shadow Marches — reminders of the conflict

between the Gatekeepers and the daelkyr. The techniques used to create these seals have been long lost. It’s said that as a whole, the dimensional seals keep the daelkyr bound in Khyber and prevent Xoriat

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