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Grung

Species One Grung Above

THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing. Grungs are aggressive froglike

, and blue grungs work as artisans and in other domestic roles. Supervising and guiding both groups are the purple grungs, which serve as administrators and commanders. Red grungs are the tribe&rsquo

Rahadin

Monsters Curse of Strahd

conquer them. The elf kingdom's royal line was obliterated, the dusk elves hunted like rabbits. The few that survived were either subjugated or forced to live among the Vistani. So pleased was Barov with

his attention to building Castle Ravenloft, Rahadin saw to it that wizards and artisans were brought to Barovia. Years later, Strahd appointed Rahadin his castle chamberlain. Rahadin was pleased to do

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost. Four slender spires rose from the city’s corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful

, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they

Loxodon

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, leathery skin. Each of their hands has four thick digits, and their feet are the flat-bottomed, oval-shaped feet of elephants. Like that of an elephant, a loxodon’s trunk is a useful

snorkel. Gifted Stoneworkers Loxodons are tireless, patient artisans with an unrivaled intuition about their craft. Although they make nurturing spiritual leaders, their gift for stonework is so

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth. Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Male

them into an exile that lasted over 250 years. This longevity grants them a perspective on the world that shorter-lived races such as humans and halflings lack. Dwarves are solid and enduring like the

An Ongoing Game

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

An Ongoing Game Sometimes a session of D&D is a complete game in itself (often called a “one-shot”), where you play a short adventure that lasts for just one session. More often, though, D&D sessions

are connected in a longer adventure that takes several sessions to complete, and adventures can be strung together into a larger narrative called a campaign. A campaign is like a TV series, while an

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

ice with which to combat foes. These weapons are supernaturally resilient until Auril discards them, whereupon they break and melt like normal ice. Auril the Frostmaiden Auril the Frostmaiden is a

artisans and their wondrous works, freezing them in magical ice for her pleasure alone. Auril was aligned with the gods Talos, Umberlee, and Malar. Together they wrought terrible destruction, inspiring

An Ongoing Game

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

An Ongoing Game Sometimes a session of D&D is a complete game in itself (often called a “one-shot”), where you play a short adventure that lasts for just one session. More often, though, D&D sessions

are connected in a longer adventure that takes several sessions to complete, and adventures can be strung together into a larger narrative called a campaign. A campaign is like a TV series, while an

Arcane Archer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

eye rays. That’s why I stay indoors all the time. Besides, the sky is totally overrated. Arcane Archer Features Fighter Level Feature 3rd Arcane Archer Lore, Arcane Shot (2 options) 7th Curving

Shot, Magic Arrow, Arcane Shot (3 options) 10th Arcane Shot (4 options) 15th Ever-Ready Shot, Arcane Shot (5 options) 18th Arcane Shot (6 options, improved shots) Arcane Archer Lore At 3rd level, you

Running the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Running the Adventure To run this adventure, you need the D&D fifth edition core rulebooks (Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual). Text that appears in a box like this is

and challenges that should keep a group entertained for multiple sessions. However, you can easily run a shorter version of the adventure, or even an exciting one-shot, by making the following

10. Great Hall of Spheres

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

10. Great Hall of Spheres This area is being crafted into a second grand hall. Like the entrance hall, it is a busy and noisy work site. A number of artisans are plastering the walls and painting

them with bright, colorful murals that include large spheres of different colors. Other artisans work at stone cutting. Watching over them all is a massive four-armed girallon, helping to light the area

The Restless Dead

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

characters find the common room lightly obscured, filled with swirling mist. The haze makes the area feel like it’s full of fog and floating on a stormy sea. Staff and other patrons who’ve stumbled out of

this adventure) are spirits murdered during the Passage of Vultures. They’ve both taken on the lifelike appearances of the artisans they were in life and seek to escape the wicked souls who hold them

Boreal Ridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

Boreal Ridge A collection of smooth stone houses clings stubbornly to the ragged edge of a snowy cliff. Muted blues and purples glow like hidden magma from within the dwellings. Boreal Ridge is a

solitude, artisans of Ice Forge share their knowledge and work together to hone their skills. The forge’s creations are each as unique as their creators, often letting the smiths express something new

Akharin Sangar Gazetteer

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

over adobe settlements like massive vultures. Akharin Sangar has all but closed its gates to the rest of the world. Outsiders often surmise the city-state is full of zealots as severe as the city’s angel

ruler. In truth, Sangarians are a friendly, hospitable people, eager to share their traditions with visitors and unhappy with Atash’s embargoes and nightly curfew. A fellowship of artisans

Guild Artisan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Guild Artisan You are a member of an artisan’s guild, skilled in a particular field and closely associated with other artisans. You are a well-established part of the mercantile world, freed by

introduction from your guild, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp Guild Business Guilds are generally found in cities large enough to support several artisans practicing the same trade

The Noble Knife

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

knife is undertaken by a collective of artisans, and requires a range of exotic materials and components. Additionally, the act of creation takes twenty or more years off the lead artisan’s life. It goes

shape, as is normal for their abnormal kind, but are also able to transform into strange dogs that say “woof.” Not that they bark. They say “woof” like a person would. Unless you were a member of the

Never Alone

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

patrolling the laboratory section (areas 1 to 23). On a 3–4, it patrols the temple section (areas 24 to 39). There are no fixed mechanics for encounters with the thessalhydra, but feel free to have

thessalheart construct is a strange magical-mechanical device that struts about like a chicken, and which features a human heart beating madly behind its glass front. The construct always wanders the zone

The Vampire's History

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

battlefield. Strahd envied the love and attention his mother visited upon his brother, so in Barovia he remained. Peace made Strahd restless, and he began to feel like his best years were behind him

wizards and artisans, brought them to the valley of Barovia, and commanded them to raise a castle to rival the magnificent fortresses of his ancestral homeland. Strahd named the castle Ravenloft, after

The Aartuks of Aruun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

?” asks Krux. Krux is eager for the characters to meet Warwyck, so he insists they accompany him to Warwyck’s camp. Once all the team members set foot on the plateau, read: A shot rings out. A few

of radiant light fly through the air, narrowly missing you as several starfish-like plant creatures creep out of the jungle and advance threateningly. Warwyck Blastimoff, a lawful good giff shipmate

Noteworthy Sites

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

. Artisans are expected to register with the headquarters of the appropriate trade and support the furthering of their craft. Covenant Hunched over brass cauldrons in their manor-like headquarters, members

Volcano Temple

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

Volcano Temple The grandest temples of Purphoros burrow into the hearts of active volcanoes, being both places of worship and workshops. The volcanic vapors inspire artisans who worship at the top of

or extraordinary. The faithful of Purphoros often work on commission or sell their works, though some create strictly for themselves. (CORY TREGO-ERDNER) Just like the treasures forged inside them

Roleplaying Sergeant Vilroy

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

known as mercenaries, which is what these blood-soaked hirelings are. While many of these second-rate thugs act like they have the absolute authority of the Sharn Watch, know your rights! These

natures. Germaine is gruff and doesn’t like wasting time. She gives the characters the information she has and tries to send them on their way before they can ask questions about her involvement in the

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

copy existing items with exceptional skill, allowing them to become excellent artisans and scribes. They can copy books, make replicas of objects, and otherwise thrive in situations where they can

might sound like fun, but it can prove distracting and could slow down the game. Kenku Names Given that kenku can duplicate any sound, their names are drawn from a staggering variety of

Splitting Loyalties

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

Ghorbani, and its agents are largely chaotic good artisans, philosophers, and merchants who have suffered under Atash’s isolationist policies. Silent Roar agents are usually patient and nonviolent, but

they defend the order and its members like lions protect their prides. They resent other revolutionary groups whose violent ways cause the people to distrust the Silent Roar by extension. Many Silent

A Note about Size

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

artisans to reshape and resize magic items with a few days of work. Some of the magic items described in this chapter have special properties that allow them to fit creatures of any size. For the rest, you

, a magic item might absorb some of the latent elemental power of its giant users or creators. A +1 longsword forged by a fire giant, for example, could glow faintly like embers in the dark, while the

Dwarves

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

their greatest underground kingdoms. Others, like the nation of Kayolin, were isolated from their allies as the New Sea flooded the land. And some, like the great dwarven realm of Thorbardin, turned

live below. Mountain Dwarves Led by the aristocratic Hylar clan, mountain dwarves are the unquestioned rulers of Thorbardin. Many great fighters, engineers, and artisans call these magnificent

Crossbow Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

property of the hand crossbow if you’re proficient with that weapon. The upshot is that you can fire it more than once if you have a feature like Extra Attack. You’re still limited, however, by the

interaction with an object on your turn. What does that all mean for a hand crossbow? It means Crossbow Expert makes it possible to fire a hand crossbow more than once with a feature like Extra Attack

Ice Gate Level

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

bits of metal, is a half-finished exoskeletal construct like the ones you encountered in the room you came from. This room contains two duergar mechanics (one male, one female), both of whom turn

Saga of the Whirlwyrm

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

when the characters find Tyrza: You come across Tyrza Bonebreaker shot-putting a laughing halfling into the air. The halfling fellow soars over twenty feet, nearly overshooting bales of wool in the

encourages the characters to recount the whirlwyrm attack. When he’s done reporting, Tyrza says the following: “Whirlwyrms! Lost villagers! Certain peril! Hear that, Glorium?” Tyrza booms. “It sounds like

Character Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

frontier town of Phandalin is resilient, but organized religious resources are scarce. Your temple in Neverwinter sent you to Phandalin to pray and offer communion with like-minded faithful. Charlatan

Artisan You learned a useful trade in Neverwinter, but the city is home to too many artisans with that skill. Now, you’re heading to Phandalin, where you hope to start a lucrative business. Hermit You’ve

Key Nonplayer Characters

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

guild. Secretly, its leaders seek to extend their shadowy fingers into every throne room and ruling council chamber in Faerûn. Like the Harpers, the Zhentarim too are aware that the Cult of the

Gleamsilver joins the caravan. The Zhentarim’s spies learned that the cult is moving freight northward, and, like the characters, she was tasked with finding out what they’re hauling and where it’s

Key Nonplayer Characters

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

thieves guild. Secretly, its leaders seek to extend their shadowy fingers into every throne room and ruling council chamber in Faerûn. Like the Harpers, the Zhentarim too are aware that the Cult of the

why Gleamsilver joins the caravan. The Zhentarim’s spies learned that the cult is moving freight northward, and, like the characters, she was tasked with finding out what they’re hauling and where

Worshiping Iroas

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

. In the myth of Rygyra the Slinger, the soldier never missed when she launched stones from her magic sling. Yet, even so, her every shot bounced off the giant minotaur, Raksolcs Ravage-Soul. As the

shield resounded with the barest metallic clang—like a pin falling on bronze. Opening her eyes, Rygyra discovered that her shield had transformed into a gleaming bulwark—Iroas’s own shield. Enraged

Residents

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

meditation, transcribing her visions onto stone tablets as she experiences them. Like Urmas, she focuses her efforts on the fate of the different giant communities and clans, sorting through the various

indescribable chaos through Ustova’s visions. All she sees of the future is fire, blood, and death, shot through with signs and portents based upon the natures of the demon lords — the bloody spirals and twin

Vampires

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

Vampires “I am The Ancient, I am The Land. My beginnings are lost in the darkness of the past. I was the warrior, I was good and just. I thundered across the land like the wrath of a just god, but

monster, shot him with arrows. But he did not die. He became a vampire — the first vampire, according to many sages. In the centuries since his transformation, Strahd’s lust for life and youth have

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