masters stitch with only arise for for led

Boneless

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

vengeance or at the whims of sinister masters. Slipping through cracks and under doors, these stealthy undead seek to adorn living frames once more, wrapping themselves around their victims and wringing

them to death in their full-body grip. Boneless arise in a variety of forms. While the animate skins of specific creatures are the most common, foul spellcasters might create these horrors from the

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

Stage 2

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

factions’ next moves. Neronvain The Emerald Enclave requests that the adventurers help them investigate the aftermath of cult raids led by a green dragon in the Misty Forest—a dragon possibly controlled by

one of the cult’s wyrmspeakers. That investigation leads to a showdown against the green dragon Chuth and Wyrmspeaker Neronvain, who has a surprising connection to the council. Metallic Dragons, Arise

Stage 2

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

factions’ next moves. Neronvain The Emerald Enclave requests that the adventurers help them investigate the aftermath of cult raids led by a green dragon in the Misty Forest—a dragon possibly controlled by

one of the cult’s wyrmspeakers. That investigation leads to a showdown against the green dragon Chuth and Wyrmspeaker Neronvain, who has a surprising connection to the council. Metallic Dragons, Arise

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

Stewards of the Eternal Throne

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

chapters. Each chapter encompasses all the stewards who live across a wide geographical region, perhaps a continent or an entire world of the Material Plane, and is led by a chief steward. Each

chapter is independent from all others, and the chief stewards of different chapters rarely meet and coordinate their efforts, except in cases where evils arise that threaten an entire world or multiple

Giants

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

WALKER) Doomwake Giant Belief is a powerful force in Theros, capable of bringing about wonders and changing the world—but not always for the better. Doomwake giants arise from pernicious fears that

transformed giants refused to be part of the archons’ war machine. Seeking to escape their masters, they fled into the wilderness. The furious archons’ magic pursued them, cursing them with an endless

Outline

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

Enclave requests that the adventurers help them investigate the aftermath of cult raids led by a green dragon in the Misty Forest—a dragon possibly controlled by one of the cult’s wyrmspeakers. That

investigation leads to a showdown against the green dragon Chuth and Wyrmspeaker Neronvain, who has a surprising connection to the council. Metallic Dragons, Arise. The metallic dragons of the Sword Coast

Side Quests

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

her superiors to Commander Niles Breakbone at Camp Vengeance. Undril was led to believe she could simply buy a horse in the city and ride to the camp, but now that she sees the terrain and conditions

for shedding the armor. If characters gain Undril’s respect, she’ll intercede strongly on their behalf if any difficulties arise with Commander Breakbone (as they’re likely to, as discussed in

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

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

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

are belligerent Galeb Duhr relaxing while rolled up. If they notice the characters, they arise and begin combat. Dead Gnome. As a Search action, a character can examine the dead gnome and make a DC

thinking it might lead him to treasure, he followed it. The dragon led Gleem to this cave complex, but some of the boulders here “woke up” and tried to scare him away. When he wouldn’t leave, they

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

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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