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Gray Dwarf (Duergar) Legacy

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

of Moradin and his false promises. Their period of enslavement and the revolt against the mind flayers led by their god, Laduguer, purged the influence of the other dwarven gods from their souls and

Story Overview

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

castle’s walls. Calling them cowards, Mara drove her troops harshly on, suffering daily ambushes and desertions. When Castle Laventz finally came into view, Mara led less than a dozen irresolute knights

. Shouting her frustrations into the night, Mara was answered by a voice from the shadows. This sinister force would give her the power to take back her home and rule her lands, but she would never

The Cult of the Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Purple”—the lords, leaders, and cult masters of particular locales. The cult is ruled by a secretive inner group led by Severin and four other wyrmspeakers—a term of respect given to those whose bond with

different interpretation, believing that “naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire . . .” Severin’s quest to reshape the cult led

Gods of the Yuan-ti

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

worshipers of Dendar are led by nightmare speakers, malison warlocks that honor their deity through acts of terror and receive magical power in return. Rather than killing enemies, these followers of

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

All for One: The Clan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

carts and learning to pick out the best ore samples from a lode. Slowly but surely, a dwarf masters every aspect of a task or an occupation from start to finish. Leadership and Government A clan is

led by a king or a queen who sits at the head of a noble family. Dwarf nobles are members of families that claim direct ancestry to the first dwarves crafted by Moradin. To the dwarves, leadership is a

The Day's Catch

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

The Day’s Catch When the adventurers come within an hour’s travel of Sloobludop, they encounter a party of eight kuo-toa led by a kuo-toa monitor. The fish-folk immediately attack, but their tactics

encounter, the characters run into another kuo-toa patrol, this one made up of six kuo-toa and two kuo-toa monitors, led by the kuo-toa archpriest Ploopploopeen. If the characters are prisoners of the

Semuanya's Bog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

moment, then lets it drop to the ground amid even more cheers. A character who understands Draconic can hear the lizardfolk shouting support and cheering the lifter’s “new personal best.” The focus

are friendly Celestial petitioners (detailed in Morte’s Planar Parade). They are led by the largest of their number: the colorfully frilled Sesspech. She introduces herself and eagerly shares the

Cult of the Crushing Wave

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

or masters to be obeyed. The Sign of the Crushing Wave. Water cultists use a simple hand sign to identify one another when a token of recognition is required: crossing the forefingers and overlapping

examples of human flotsam and teach them about the power of the sea. Gar’s visions led him to the secret waters beneath the Sumber Hills. He found a hidden cavern temple, on whose altar lay a powerful

Tu'narath

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, Vlaakith led them to safety on the Astral Plane inside the floating corpse of a six-armed deity. This being’s body long ago calcified into a great slab of rock, its lower half smashed by some ancient

those they slay. When captives are no longer useful, their masters might end their lives, or they might simply stop caring about their possessions and leave the creatures to fend for themselves

Verbeeg Lair

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

object in the cave, such as a hanging basket or a cask of mead. If awakened, the ogre grabs its greatclub and attacks, shouting, “ME FRIEND!” The verbeeg rigged the system that supports the baskets to

journey through mighty mountains and across a perilous tundra. A tribal chieftain was laid to rest here in ancient times. The pictographs illustrate how the chieftain led her tribe to settle in Icewind

19. Spiderwatch Keep

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

hand crossbow bolts. 19e. Hall of Spiders This dark hallway crawls with hundreds of harmless spiders. Visitors to the keep are led down the hall to area 19k to meet with Erelal and Drivvin. The

music box worth 2,500 gp. 19k. Mother and Brother As the characters approach any of the doors to this area, they hear a female voice shouting in Elvish, followed by a male voice’s muted responses. Erelal

The Morkoth

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

led to believe were representatives of the Lords’ Alliance. (In fact, they were Kraken Society operatives in disguise.) The only individual aboard the Morkoth that Hekaton recognizes is Rool the orc

, who was part of the group that ambushed him. Hekaton rises to his full height and begins lashing out against small folk indiscriminately, shouting, “Lords’ Alliance indeed! I’ll see your alliance

Faerûn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

hope, as tenacious civilizations and peoples rebuild, reclaim, and create anew. Amn. A nation led by the representatives of five noble families, Amn is a place where the wealthy rule, openly and without

battleground for warring genies. After years of struggling beneath their genasi masters, human slaves arose to follow a Chosen of Ilmater, at first using nonviolent resistance, and then erupting in full

Finding a Guide

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

time they return to Port Nyanzaru, the tabaxi report what they’ve seen and learned to their Zhent masters unless they’re incentivized not to. Salida Yuan-ti spy (Port Nyanzaru) When the characters

although he presents himself as an independent operator, he’s in league with the Flaming Fist. Shago has led many Flaming Fist expeditions into the jungle to clear out undead, despite having a great

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

. In a long-ago age, as one version of the story goes, the kobolds were used as slaves by evil dragons, much as they are today — forced to scrub the scales of their masters, clean their lairs, and

led them into the Underdark and taught them how to survive, but all gnomes see him as the embodiment of the drive to know more, to examine everything more minutely — and thereby make great

Temple Locations T1-T9

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

as though her face was being reflected in a broken mirror. Looking into his former friend’s activities since they parted ways led him to Silverymoon a month ago, then to the temple. Ilmar instinctively

and is quietly cursing and whispering. Glitter, a tiefling spy transformed into a kobold by the hags (see “Coven Victims” earlier in the adventure), is working late for his masters. He is trying to

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

corners and by shouting summaries of top stories at passersby. From the slums of the Outer City to the finest manor house sitting rooms, the Mouth is where Baldurians go to be informed, incited, and

leave the treasures at the bottom of the staircase, where they are fetched within the hour by 2d6 sahuagin led by a sahuagin priestess. The sahuagin make the long trip from the Sea of Swords to

Locations A - D

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

travelers to avoid Luskan should they wish. Caravan masters have many other names for the road, none of them flattering: Auril’s Ride, the Stygian Road, Ol’ Frozenfinger, and the Dead Yeti Highway, to

by the War of the Silver Marches, which drew away many of Adbar’s greatest warriors, including its long-ruling king, Harbromm. King Harbromm led his knights into battle against the orc hordes invading

Creating Adventures

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

fortress is about to crash, threatening to devastate the neighborhood below. House Dimir Masters of misdirection, infiltration, and espionage, Dimir spies and assassins pursue their objectives

morning, everyone who has seen a Rakdos performance in the past week suddenly transforms into a minor demon. 3 An apparently spontaneous Rakdos-led riot has spread to take over an entire

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