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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, but it isn’t an interdiction they must often enforce. Illithids brook no masters but members of their own kind, so it isn’t in their nature to bow to any god or otherworldly patron
lasts only so long as the life of the living victim selected. Thus an alhoon who sacrificed a 200-year-old elf looks forward to a much longer existence than one that sacrificed a 35-year-old person
Gray Dwarf (Duergar)
Legacy
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Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
grim, ashen-skinned dwarves now take slaves of their own and are as tyrannical as their former masters.
Physically similar to other dwarves in some ways, duergar are wiry and lean, with black eyes and
obliterated by Moradin’s betrayal. The duergar lead bleak, grim lives devoid of happiness or satisfaction, but they see that as their defining strength — the root of duergar pride, as it were — rather than a drawback to be corrected.
Prerequisite: You must have beaten a master at Master Tellu and Scale’s Sword School
Having trained with the masters of the valley sword school, you have learned the usefulness of quickly
allow you to regain ground even when your enemy advances. Once before the start of your next turn when you’re missed by a melee attack from a creature within your reach, the attacker takes
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
of the Guild or pressed into dirty and dangerous work by unscrupulous masters.
You grew up on the streets alone, orphaned, and poor. You had no one to watch over you or to provide for you, so you
can find passages through the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you are not in combat, you (and companions you lead) can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Player Handout: Xemru’s Note Author’s Note
When we began this journey, only the oracle of the All-Seeing Orb, the great Valin Sarnaster, had an inkling where it might lead. It is my honor to have
been selected as the first donor and recipient. By giving Valin a piece of myself and receiving a piece of her in return, I can help the fate of the world unfold as she has foreseen.
It is my honor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Personal Goal The precepts of a paladin’s oath provide purpose to the character and dictate an ultimate goal or an overall intent that the paladin abides by and advances. Aside from that, some
, or else the gods would not have set you upon it. 6 Glory. You will lead the world into a grand new era, one that will be branded with your name.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the starting area as the entrance to the dungeon as a whole. Once you’ve selected the entrance, roll on the appropriate table for each passage or door leading away from the starting area. Passages
. diameter; one passage at each cardinal direction 7 Circle, 40 ft. diameter; one passage in each cardinal direction; well in middle of room (might lead down to lower level) 8 Square, 20 × 20 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Creating a Campaign While these adventures were never meant to be combined into a full campaign—over 30 years separates the newest from the oldest—they have been selected to provide play across a
of your own invention or drawn from another D&D setting, provides the perfect framing device for the campaign. The characters hear rumors of each dungeon, with just enough information available to lead
Goblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Beast Masters and Slave Drivers
Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god
, smelting, forging, and religion. If the tribe has any spellcasters, this caste includes them. Lashers follow the lead of the tribe’s boss, and enforce their will on other goblins with whips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
several days now, instead sending a representative (see “The Circle of Masters” in area 5). Times in Neverlight Grove are strange and worrisome indeed. ROLEPLAYING THE MYCONIDS
Myconids lead lives
Masters. Each circle gathers around a circle mound — a pile of rocks and soil upon which mold, lichen, and mushrooms are encouraged to grow. The myconids of a circle gather around their own mound to meld
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
abuse and torment. The gnoll now sees himself as a loyal and willing servant of the brutes, and he is eager to lead gnolls and anyone else to his minotaur masters. Gash is a gnoll with the following
, he pantomimes helpful gestures and beckons them to follow him. “Powerful masters,” the gnoll whines. “You honor us by your presence. Seek you passage through the maze? The Spiral of the Great Horned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
forbidden necromantic rituals that sever their souls from their bodies to turn themselves into liches, masters of magic and undeath. With their souls preserved in hidden relics, liches puppet their
a single life. Uncanny agendas lead them to plumb the secrets of life, the multiverse, godhood, and less fathomable topics. Careless of mortal lives or desires, liches go to any lengths to achieve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
legitimate hierarchies, and those selected by law to lead must be obeyed. Those who obey must do so to the best of their ability, and if those who lead fail to protect the law, they must be replaced. In this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Levels 11-16: Masters of the Realm By 11th level, characters are shining examples of courage and determination — true paragons in the world, set well apart from the masses. At this tier, adventurers
construct fortresses on land deeded them by local rulers. They found guilds, temples, or martial orders. They take on apprentices or students of their own. They broker peace between nations or lead them into war. And their formidable reputations attract the attention of very powerful foes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
-kawsh) and four yuan-ti broodguards (see appendix D) are stationed here. Two basilisks chained to hooks in the western alcoves are trained not to look their yuan-ti masters in the eye. Chewed bits of
the basilisks from their hooks and lead them into battle like war hounds. If the alarm has not been raised but combat ensues here, one broodguard runs to sound the gong in area 9. If the triceratops is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
or selected as desired. Gray Render Quirks d12 Quirk 1 Hates horses and other mounts 2 Roars loudly when its bonded creature is touched by another creature 3 Likes to snuggle 4 Uproots and chews on
their origin to the neogi, since they are often in their company. Those that appear in the wilderness are likely castaways from frustrated neogi masters. Gray Render
Large monstrosity, chaotic neutral
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
: Shawn Merwin, Teos Abadía, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Chris S. Sims, Ben Petrisor*, Jeremy Crawford*
Lead Editor: Scott Fitzgerald Gray
Editors: Michele Carter, Chris S. Sims, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, F
, Ryan Hartman as Donaar Blit’zen, Kate Welch as Rosie Beestinger, Kris Straub as K’thriss Drow’b, Scott Kurtz as Binwin Bronzebottom, Holly Conrad as Strix Beestinger, Anna Prosser as Evelyn Marthain; with Dungeon Masters Jeremy Crawford and Christopher Perkins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to consciousness lasts only a short time. The leaders of Merrshaulk’s worshipers, called pit masters, are malison warlocks that uphold and advance the age-old yuan-ti traditions. They sense that it has
as masters of the mortal world. See chapter 3 of this book for more information on yuan-ti malison pit masters. Sseth In the last years before the yuan-ti empire collapsed, Sseth appeared to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
determination in less deadly pursuits, as well. He believes sports are a fine proxy for war, as just as in a battle, superior skill and strength lead to a victory. What Iroas truly loves is a winner. Lastly
, Iroas urges his followers to blunt the advances of his brother, Mogis. This directive inevitably means combat, since Iroas knows of no other way to solve problems. Diplomacy isn’t an act of cowardice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants. Chapter 2 offers advice and tables to help Dungeon Masters use giants in play. It covers roleplaying tips, an overview of the hierarchical structure of the ordning and giants’ religion, and
ideas about giants’ organizations and societies. Chapter 3 presents tools to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around giants. The chapter includes tables you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
harming one another. Those who serve the Emerald Enclave are masters of survival and living off the land, of navigating through the wilderness, and of reading the signs that indicate approaching weather
remote area—they can encounter agents of the Emerald Enclave. If the adventurers need someone to guide them safely across a mountain range or lead them through trackless, monster-infested forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
harming one another. Those who serve the Emerald Enclave are masters of survival and living off the land, of navigating through the wilderness, and of reading the signs that indicate approaching weather
remote area—they can encounter agents of the Emerald Enclave. If the adventurers need someone to guide them safely across a mountain range or lead them through trackless, monster-infested forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
powers. Any cult might have the following sorts of members. Cultist Cultists devote themselves to their faith’s leaders and otherworldly masters. While this zeal grants cultists no magical powers, it
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Actions
Ritual Sickle. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) Slashing damage plus 1 Necrotic damage.
Cultist Fanatic Cultist fanatics lead small cults or cells within larger cults
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
lead their legions in war. These narzugons, wielding lances of hellfire and riding nightmare steeds like horrific perversions of knights errant, roam across the infernal layers and other planes to
carry out the will of their masters. Death in Hellfire. A narzugon’s lances are forged in hellfire. The soul of anyone killed by such a lance is shunted to the River Styx for rebirth as a lemure. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
least one knight in residence. Knights are selected for their roles based on their martial and psionic potential, and young githyanki who pass muster are inducted into service soon after they enter
bound to serve githyanki consider their assignment an irritant but aren’t hostile. They resent their masters, but the promise of loot makes them eager to participate in raids. As part of the compact
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
together the first edition AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide’s sample dungeon with the Players Handbook’s famed cover image showing the theft of Moloch’s statue’s ruby eyes, by artist David Trampier. While that
that this new homage manages to fit with the spirit of the illustration and appropriately help celebrate the game’s 45th birthday!
As for the sample dungeon from the Dungeon Masters Guide, only the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
harming one another. Those who serve the Emerald Enclave are masters of survival and living off the land, of navigating through the wilderness, and of reading the signs that indicate approaching weather
remote area—they can encounter agents of the Emerald Enclave. If the adventurers need someone to guide them safely across a mountain range or lead them through trackless, monster-infested forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
please. If calculating characters think to have an NPC open a door for them, it advances the Test Market to the next stage for them only, plus any NPCs that appear in the next stage. Stop by the Dran
magic cannot be used to view or communicate with the outside world. Door Magic. If the characters open any of the interior doors of the Dran & Courtier, it advances the Test Market to the next stage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
are just. Following the law and obeying its edicts is critical, especially when it benefits these clerics and their guilds or deities. Law establishes hierarchies. Those selected by the law to lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
flayers from pursuing magic power aside from psionics, but it isn’t an interdiction they must often enforce. Illithids brook no masters but members of their own kind, so it isn’t in their nature to bow
living victim selected. Thus an alhoon who sacrificed a 200-year-old elf looks forward to a much longer existence than one that sacrificed a 35-year-old person. Alhoons can extend their existence by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
Tips for Dungeon Masters Rule 0. Rule 0 of D&D is simple: Have fun. It’s fine if everyone agrees to change the rules as long as doing so means the game is more fun for everyone. Be Supportive. The
lifting a light object doesn’t require heroic effort, so no d20 roll is necessary.
When the action is somewhere between easy and impossible, trying to do it could lead to success or failure. That’s when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
continue digging the place out, while their masters stay inside the part that has already been opened up. It’s here that preparations are being made for the sacrifice of the yuan-ti’s prisoners. When the
side are truncated ramps that lead down to a lower area, still blocked with earth and rubble that needs to be cleared away. Ahead of you, some fifty feet away, is another short staircase that leads to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
tribute to Menzoberranzan. In recent years, the dwarf hero Bruenor Battlehammer was able to seize the fabled city back from its drow masters. Bruenor, along with his companions Wulfgar, Cattie-brie, Regis
also make use of this convenient transportation system.
All tracks eventually lead to a switching station in the Iron Tabernacle. There, posted operators manipulate levers and gears to transfer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
against their masters, never knowing who might be watching.
A City Divided. Not only is the layout of Gracklstugh divided, so are its people. Nearly five hundred years ago, the derro launched a
leads on potential new routes. Expendable outsiders hired as caravan guards always take point and receive little aid or support from the caravan masters. Despite these unfair assignments, the duergar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
expedition to a famous ruin. Levels 11–16: Masters of the Realm Chase Stone The death of an ancient dragon can shake the foundations of the world The fate of a nation or even the world depends on
beholders, and hungry purple worms. They might encounter and even defeat a powerful adult dragon. At this tier, they broker peace between nations or lead them into war, and their formidable reputations






