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Bavlorna Blightstraw

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

independently, constantly scanning her surroundings. Stained and moldering patchwork garments hide much of the leathery, mummified flesh that stretches over Bavlorna’s compact frame and

thoughts, dispel magic, finger of death, glibness, locate creature, mass suggestion. Once a spell from this list has been cast, no member of the coven can cast that shared spell again until the next

Air Genasi

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

winds. Air genasi’s skin tones include many shades of blue, along with the full range of human skin tones, with bluish or ashen casts. Sometimes their skin is marked by lines that seem like cracks

you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign. Creature Type Every

Eladrin

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

: cheerfulness and celebration, marked by merriment and hope as winter’s sorrow passes 4 Summer: boldness and aggression, a time of unfettered energy and calls to action Creating Your

that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign. Creature Type

View of the City

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

View of the City A door in Demelin’s apartment opens to a path leading up to the street above at the location marked “Path of Memories” on map 6.2. As the characters emerge outdoors, read or

paraphrase the following: A glittering city of broken domes and jagged towers stretches before you. The nearby buildings and streets slope down into the basin of a vast, ruin-filled crater. Your vantage

Stat Blocks by Creature Type

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Stat Blocks by Creature Type The following list categorizes the creatures in this chapter by creature type. Creatures marked with an asterisk appear in the “Mythic Monsters” section later in this

Arekanz's Donjon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

deities. A deep valley separates two of these hills and stretches as far as can be seen in either direction. Under your feet, the ground shifts as mounds of scree continuously collapse into the

valley. The area of the hazardous scree is marked with dotted lines on the map. When any creature takes a step on the scree, the scree collapses. That creature and any other creatures within the marked

Running Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

your players to use Initiative scores, have them record those scores on their character sheets, and keep your own list of those scores. Initiative Scores for Monsters. A monster’s stat block includes

, decrease that score by 5. Tracking Initiative The following sections describe different methods for keeping track of who goes when in combat. Hidden List You can track Initiative on a list your

Memory Web

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

of vivid flowers dot the green hills. As you reach the top of yet another rise—this one blanketed with fragrant heather—the scenery is interrupted by a giant web that stretches out just a couple

emissaries had planned to take the book to her as payment for information about the star. Map of the Region. Another corpse clutches a hastily drawn map of the Tegefed Mountains, marked with the locations of Cernant Valley and the Tower of the Heavens (see map 3.1).

Ranger Class Features

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

spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Ranger spells, which appear in the Ranger spell list later in the class’s description. Spell Slots. The Ranger Features table

shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest. Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are

Ranger Class Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Ranger spells, which appear in the Ranger spell list later in the class’s description. Spell Slots. The Ranger Features table

shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest. Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are

Gynosphinx

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Gynosphinx A gynosphinx bears the head of a humanoid female. Many have the regal countenances of worldly queens, but some are marked with wild, leonine features. A gynosphinx’s eyes see beyond the

attack. Teleport (Costs 2 Actions). The sphinx magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Cast a Spell (Costs 3 Actions). The sphinx casts a spell from its list of prepared spells, using a spell slot as normal.

Tracking Monsters' Hit Points

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

mountain pass For example, in a combat encounter with three ogres, you could use three identical ogre miniatures tagged with stickers marked A, B, and C, respectively. To track the ogres’ Hit Points, you

list of Initiative (such as a whiteboard) without revealing to the players how many Hit Points the monsters have. The tracking might look like this: Ogre A: Crossed-out:9 Crossed-out:15 Crossed-out:23 Crossed-out:44 Crossed-out:54 Crossed-out:59 dead Ogre B: Crossed-out:9 Crossed-out:17 38 Ogre C:

Iymrith's Lair

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

thunderstorm is the dragon’s work — a regional effect (see the blue dragon entry in the Monster Manual) that stretches for 6 miles in every direction. The storm has no effect on the battle as it

. (Multiple creatures working together can reduce the amount of time accordingly.) Any creature in the marked section of tunnel when it collapses must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed

Holidays

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

. The guest list defines the current social order of the city; those families who hold permanent invitations, known as the Sixty, are the de facto royalty of Sharn. Celyria does invite unusual guests

tell stories or sing traditional songs, ensuring that their culture isn’t forgotten. Other survivors still seethe with anger at the enemies who brought Cyre down, and thus far the holiday has been marked

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

. Statistics for entries marked with (B) on the tables are found in appendix B of this book. Encounter Type 2d4 Type 2–3 None 4–5 Minor encounter 6–7 Dread Legion patrol 8 Thayan patrol 9–10 Sector

individual encounter entry marked with an asterisk. Abyssal Prisons* d4 Encounter 1 1 reduced-threat hezrou 2 2d8 manes 3 1d4 quasits 4 1 reduced-threat vrock Blood Pens d4 Encounter 1 2d6 giant

Traveling to the Castle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

cover that ground at a moderate pace. Fortunately, the trail is marked by the lizardfolk who transport contraband through the mere to Castle Naerytar for the cult. Without the trail, finding the

water. On those stretches, blaze marks are cut into trees to keep porters on the right course. No skill checks are needed to avoid getting lost as long as characters stick to the trail. If characters

Hank

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

slots to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a Long Rest. Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are available for you to

with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Ranger spells for you. Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace one spell on your list with another

Celebrate

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

party) who brings down the beast wins a purse of 500 gp and the blessing of Balinor. The Hunt can vary; some years multiple beasts are released and the hunter who catches the most of them is marked as

month, Celyria ir’Tain holds a ball at her Skyway mansion. The guest list defines the social order of the city; those families with permanent invitations—known as the Sixty—are the royalty of Sharn

Gala at the Cerulean Lyceum

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

philosophical debate that stretches back generations. Zisatta’s group, the Djaynaists, believe in cultivating the Janyan people’s connection to their original homeland, Djaynai. Brother Broumane’s group, the

the city marked. This spot, known as the Trench of Love Lost, is where members of the Billowing Patrol found the wreck of the Girscamen. Xoese-Addae is familiar with the region around Janya and is

Finding Droki

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

Features” sidebar). Droki’s route takes him all around the Whorlstone Tunnels, and he’s too scatterbrained to notice anyone following him. Droki’s route is marked with red arrows on the map of the

a list of names matching those on the tags, together with descriptions. One of the names is “Dorhun,” with a description corresponding to Stonespeaker Hgraam’s apprentice. The rest of the names belong

Spire of Iriolarthas (Y19i-Y19hq)

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

this gap, a similar window opens into the Chamber of Sorcery (area Y19j). Between these windows stretches a magical, invisible 5-foot-wide plane of force that serves as a bridge. (On map 7.3, this bridge

is marked by a pair of dashed lines.) This invisible bridge, which is safe to cross, is suppressed by the activation of the spindle in area Y19n. Y19j. Chamber of Sorcery Your reflections dance over

Other Nonplayer Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Other Nonplayer Characters This list of twenty NPCs is provided for when you need one quickly. You can, of course, change any details about them that you wish. Use them to flesh out the caravan, to

inexplicably breaks into merry songs and short stretches of joke-telling. His voice is a fine tenor and his jokes are hilarious. But these gregarious moods are always short. The rest of the time, he is

Other Nonplayer Characters

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

Other Nonplayer Characters This list of twenty NPCs is provided for when you need one quickly. You can, of course, change any details about them that you wish. Use them to flesh out the caravan, to

inexplicably breaks into merry songs and short stretches of joke-telling. His voice is a fine tenor and his jokes are hilarious. But these gregarious moods are always short. The rest of the time, he is silent

Lower Deck and Cargo Hold

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

area is not shrouded in sheets of webs, unlike most of the lower deck (see the “Webs Aboard Ship” sidebar). A web of a different sort stretches across the doorway between this small chamber and the

west end of area 5 (at the point marked with a dotted line). This freshly spun web is difficult to spot. A character who probes ahead with a pole or a weapon, or who has a passive Perception score of 17

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

of dark wooden doors. Arrow Trap. Spring-loaded arrows are hidden in the pockmarked walls. A creature that enters the trapped area marked on map 7.3 for the first time on a turn or ends its turn

repeating message carved in Celestial along the shelves’ edges: “A septet of libations I present to you, But only one will help you escape this tomb. Six drinks are magic; one is mundane. Those marked

Ruins Locations

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

) check. If the check succeeds, the character can switch the requisite damage type from radiant to another type chosen from the following list: acid, bludgeoning, cold, fire, force, lightning, piercing

suffering that’s about to occur. He is a cunning, self-serving sadist. Glyphs of Warding. In each 5-foot square marked X on map 6.4 is a glyph of warding placed by Murgaxor. Finding each glyph requires

The Greyhawk Setting

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

penetrate the Bright Desert and extract its riches, but none have ever returned. Riftcanyon. Between the Bandit Kingdoms and the Shield Lands stretches a deep canyon, ten miles wide at the ends, thirty

. Greater gods and demigods are marked as such; the others are lesser gods. Many other deities and demigods are also worshiped in the Flanaess, beyond those shown on the table. Some deities of Greyhawk

N4. Wachterhaus

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

uncertain terms that she is not, nor ever will be, Strahd’s enemy. Lady Wachter has a different list of prepared spells from that of the priest in the Monster Manual: Cantrips (at will): light

. Dining Room An ornate dining table stretches the length of this room, a crystal chandelier hanging above it imperiously. The silverware is tarnished, the dishes chipped, yet all are still quite elegant

Adventure Models

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

road exists. During solstices, the road appears and stretches in an impossible direction to a mysterious destination. 6 Characters acquire a broken piece of an artifact that magically guides them to

around the World Tree. Such an overlap—called a Doomskar—is an explosive event marked by world-altering earthquakes and geological destabilization. You can use the idea of a Doomskar to bring Surtland (or

Magical Phenomena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

intent of making it linger in the area and perform an act related to its associated emotion. The effect lasts 24 hours. The following list notes some of the most common emotional echoes, where they tend to

orchards and encourages creatures to confess their love to others and endlessly list their favorite things Sorrow: Appears in ruins and swamps, particularly around quicksand, and overwhelms creatures with

Portal Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

portal now remains tied to a pocket dimension channeling the power of the Far Realm. Danger lurks on the other side of the door, whose stone has been marked as off limits for Dran Enterprises employees

Dagdra’s ledger, three items at a time (see the Dagdra’s List table below). The dwarf calls out the three items, and a character must make an ability check using one of the skills noted for an item to

Locations A - D

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

, the Zhentarim have been able to reclaim the route. The Black Road stretches eastward from the village of Parnast across Anauroch’s sandy wasteland for hundreds of miles. Black Network caravans using

monsters, and that’s good enough for them. Calling Horns stands where Jundar’s Pass meets up with the Evermoor Way. The intersection is marked by a cairn of weathered and lichen-covered orc skulls that

Colossus Locations

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

Levers. Levers are hidden in secret niches behind skulls at the points marked “c” and “d” on the map. Finding a lever requires a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Pulling either lever

accessible via a vertical shaft. Once a character reaches the bottom of the shaft, read the following: This rough, circular cave is painfully hot. A curved wall of fire stretches from floor to ceiling

Wyrmheart Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

stretches across the mouth of the tunnel where the lower passage joins the cart track. It can be spotted with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the tripwire is missed, each character who

later, the second mechanism releases a 5-foot-diameter stone sphere that drops into the cave (marked T on the map) and rolls into the wooden claw across the tunnel mouth, which is demolished by the

Ooze Grottos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

vats each contain one ooze, all of them reduced-threat versions of the creatures (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above). Two vats hold black puddings (marked B on the map), one has a gray ooze (G), and

pillar of thick red liquid stretches from floor to ceiling in this cavern. Embedded within the pillar is a whispering, crimson-robed humanoid form. To the northeast is a black gate. East of the

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