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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
in this way at a time.An iron defender fights for its creator. They come in many shapes and are often crafted in the form of animals. More creative artificers craft iron defenders in the shape of hybrid animals or other fantastical creatures.Poison
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
;beholders. The Far Realm’s strange power can pervade a beholder’s dreams, resulting in the birth of an oculorb.
Oculorbs resemble a slimy conglomeration of eyes in many sizes and shapes
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Unlike many other oozes, sovereign oozes possess advanced sentience, and in the case of the more evolved sovereign oozes, sapience. This cognitive functionality allows the lord and monarch versions
of the sovereign ooze to communicate and develop intricate plans that involve manipulating other creatures.
Sovereign oozes can assume rough shapes of other creatures they have encountered (or eaten
monsters
; influence from one of the planes of chaos, such as Limbo or Pandemonium; or manipulation by a god associated with chaos or entropy (perhaps with a tinge of evil), such as Ralishaz or Tharizdun.
Unlike many
sovereign ooze to communicate and develop intricate plans that involve manipulating other creatures.
Sovereign oozes can assume rough shapes of other creatures they have encountered (or eaten). These forms
Backgrounds
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Performance
Transcendent Order
Athletics
Factions of Sigil
Twelve factions have risen to prominence in the City of Doors, though many more exist. Your character might belong to one of
stage of existence.
Mercykillers. Cold, relentless justice is absolute, and no one is above it.
Mind’s Eye. The multiverse exists to be explored. It shapes us, and we shape it in turn.
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Pandemonium; or manipulation by a god associated with chaos or entropy (perhaps with a tinge of evil), such as Ralishaz or Tharizdun.
Unlike many other oozes, sovereign oozes possess advanced sentience, and
involve manipulating other creatures.
Sovereign oozes can assume rough shapes of other creatures they have encountered (or eaten). These forms cannot replicate fine details, but are refined enough to
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Distant kin of giant owls from the Feywild, owlin come in many shapes and sizes, from petite and fluffy to wide-winged and majestic. Owlin have arms and legs like other Humanoids, as well as wings
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
form is that of a tall, gaunt, male human, but he uses magic to take on many other visages and shapes. No matter what form he wears, the Mad Mage giggles and mutters incessantly. Contrary to appearances
Shifter
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
weretouched, as many believe they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they
world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
The Beast Within
Early in childhood, a shifter forms a bond with a beast within, a totemic force that shapes their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Testing Phase On the day of the Exam, each character makes two ability checks related to parts of the test: Glyph of Warding Shapes. Identifying the shapes commonly used when a mage casts a glyph of
successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam results—how many Student Dice they gained and what skills they used during the test—on their copies of the tracking sheet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Area of Effect The descriptions of many spells and other features specify that they have an area of effect, which typically has one of six shapes. These shapes are defined elsewhere in this glossary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Area of Effect The descriptions of many spells and other features specify that they have an area of effect, which typically has one of six shapes. These shapes are defined elsewhere in this glossary
Warlock
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shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and shapes their later careers as well.
Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
to defend their young, or if startled or harassed. Dinosaurs come in many sizes and shapes. Larger varieties often have drab coloration, while smaller dinosaurs have colorful markings akin to birds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons that are not fiendish. Sometimes a traveler in the wilds comes to a
Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons that are not fiendish. Sometimes a traveler in the wilds comes to a
Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Chapter 2: Elves The most ancient tales speak of elves as the children of the god Corellon. Unlike many similar myths involving other races, these tales are true. Elves are all descended from a
deity, and their origin led to a tragedy that shapes their culture to this day. The gulf between the elves and Corellon, and the split between Corellon and Lolth, arose from the same transgression. That
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
serpent gods taught the humans how to take on aspects of the snake, but the cost of the change was high, requiring many sacrifices for each person to be transformed. Entire households of slaves in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
sea, or are sent smashing and grinding against each other by bitterly cold winds, the sea spray transformed into fantastic frozen shapes around them. Only creatures adapted to severe cold can survive
such frigid extremes, but many beasts—and even people—make their homes in the Sea of Moving Ice. One such creature is the white dragon Arauthator, known as “Old White Death” by those he stalks and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Beasts Varied Beasts roam the Outlands, with many species being long extinct on Material Plane worlds. Plane-influenced creatures and gigantic or idealized animals from the Beastlands are common
influenced by Mechanus and composed of simple geometric shapes charges creatures that enter the angular canyons it inhabits. It moves only in straight lines and turns only at right angles. 3 Stirges drawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
sea, or are sent smashing and grinding against each other by bitterly cold winds, the sea spray transformed into fantastic frozen shapes around them. Only creatures adapted to severe cold can survive
such frigid extremes, but many beasts — and even people — make their homes in the Sea of Moving Ice. One such creature is the white dragon Arauthator, known as “Old White Death” by those he stalks and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
destroyed demons’ evil. They usually vaguely resemble their former shapes, but some take purposefully deceptive shapes. Many lurk in dark places or venture out only at night to hide their true forms from
spellcasters, bargaining with and coercing others into restoring them to power. Many try to claim or corrupt souls to restore their fiendish forms, while some shadow demons seek wicked relics or nexuses of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Exploring This Level The following encounters are keyed to map 19. Many of the caverns and tunnels are natural formations, while purple worms dug others long ago. The ooze that flows through much of
like it’s alive, occasionally extruding harmless pseudopods or amorphous shapes that bear passing resemblances to familiar creatures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
used to deceive others, it is a natural form of expression for the changeling. A changeling shifts shapes the way others might change clothes. A casual shape—one created on the spur of the moment
, with no depth or history—is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then never used again. However, many changelings develop identities that have more depth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Owlin Distant kin of giant owls from the Feywild, owlin come in many shapes and sizes, from petite and fluffy to wide-winged and majestic. Owlin have arms and legs like other Humanoids, as well as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
starts into this room the pile of earth, which is a gibbering mouther, opens one eye, and then another and another, until many eyes of different shapes and sizes stare at the party. All about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Titanothere Titanotheres are a family of enormous mammals related to rhinoceroses. Some of them lack any horns on the face, while others have one, two, or more horns of various shapes and sizes. Some
creature.
Brian Valeza
I have fond memories of riding across an ice sheet on the back of a trusty, thick-furred titanothere I called Woolly. But that was thousands of years ago and many worlds away...
—Diancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
each group separately. Fallen Sloobludop If the characters visit Sloobludop, they find the kuo-toa community in ruins. Demogorgon smashed and crushed many of the structures of the settlement, killing
about half the kuo-toa community in the process. The survivors have fallen prey to madness and the predations of Underdark monsters in the time since. Obscene altars and shrines are everywhere, many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
columns, and holy sites dedicated to Iroas, Purphoros, and Keranos, among the other gods, are many. The architecture is formidable, spare, and militaristic, thick with sharp, angular shapes. Temple
Features of Akros At the center of the polis of Akros rises the Kolophon, a mighty fortress and the seat of Akroan power. This many-tiered structure perches upon a vast cliff, which drops into a deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
bodies of these former scholars are warped into otherworldly shapes, each with a head dominated by a gigantic, unblinking eye. Nothics remember nothing of their past lives and care only for their
enemies, and steal the secrets of those who interrupt their investigations. Some nothics seek to end the curse that warped them into their bizarre forms, but many are unaware of—or uninterested in—their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
for them in most worlds. I’ve walked many realms, and nary a one has even a hint of a gnome nation.
Hidden but Homey Deep gnomes protect their enclaves with labyrinthine tunnels, traps, and armed
is marked by smooth, curving shapes rather than straight lines and hard edges. Svirfneblin are intensely community-minded and have little concern about privacy among themselves. Thus, they don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
for this casting. Subtle (Common). You cast the spell without any somatic or verbal components for this casting. Isabel Gibney Mind crystals come in many shapes and colors, with varying magical effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
university’s monumental library, the Biblioplex. Similarly, gravity-defying arch shapes appear throughout the world of Arcavios and, in particular, tower over the Biblioplex. These star arches are made from
cases, the arches simply float inexplicably—silent, immovable, and inert. But many people report seeing an arch appear to them at a critical juncture in their lives, helping them understand a lesson or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Cities and Sites The clans of the Shadow Marches primarily live in small towns and villages, their huts raised above the swamps on stilts. The Shadow Marches contain many manifest zones tied to
Xoriat and Kythri (see chapter 4 for descriptions of both), the planes of madness and chaos. Time moves strangely in places in the deep swamps, which twists mundane beasts and plants into strange shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Chapter 2: Character Races Heroes come in many shapes and sizes. This chapter presents character races that are some of the more distinctive race options in the D&D multiverse. They supplement the
options in the Player’s Handbook and are more rare in the worlds of D&D than the races in that book are. If you’re a player, consult with your DM before using any of the races here. Many DMs like to