mechanics swore with only artisans for for like

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

Changeling Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Long ago there was a woman named Jes, and she had one hundred children. Her rivals conspired against her and swore to kill her children. Jes begged the Sovereigns for help, but their only answer

knowing another like themselves. Others are part of nomadic changeling clans spread across the Five Nations, families who keep their true nature hidden from the single-skins. Some clans maintain safe

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

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

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

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in

cluster of allied city-states. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors

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

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

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

Carousing

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

folk covers formal banquets, state dinners, and the like. Once a contact has helped or hindered a character, the character needs to carouse again to get back into the NPC’s good graces. A contact

. 4 You are banned from a tavern after some obnoxious behavior.* 5 After a few drinks, you swore in the town square to pursue a dangerous quest. 6 Surprise! You’re married. 7 Streaking naked through

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

Undercover Empire

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

. Conquered neighbors were allowed to keep their leaders and culture so long as they paid tribute, swore allegiance to the victors, and incorporated their conquerors’ serpent gods into their religions. These

governments to discover weaknesses that their leaders can exploit. The yuan-ti look forward to the day when their empire rises again and spreads across the world like venom through the blood, as it once did

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

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

Life in Shankhabhumi

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

of the ruined city of Manivarsha, is popular among wealthy citizens and often crafted by the descendants of artisans from the Manivarshi diaspora. Manivarshi Diaspora The city-state of Manivarsha was

Shankha Trials, kept at the riverine temple in the current champion’s city until that city hosts the next trials. Smaller shankhas are rare and precious, and they are often worn like pendants by those who

Lizardfolk

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

stalked, killed, and devoured. They make no distinction between humanoids, beasts, and monsters. Similarly, lizardfolk don’t like reaching too far beyond their borders, where they could easily become

cooked and eaten by the tribe, or are sacrificed to Semuanya, the lizardfolk god. Canny Crafters. Though they aren’t skilled artisans, lizardfolk craft tools and ornamental jewelry out of the bones of their kills, and they use the hides and shells of dead monsters to create shields.

Hartsvale

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

“goats of coin,” for they will cling like such animals to the most precarious of mountain ridges while seeking the opportunities that wait beyond. My own journeys with the goats of coin have impressed

one of the few goats of coin that refused to be daunted by the fens around Castle Hartwick), I’ve found these lands to be still frontier-like, similar to some of the wilder portions of the North

Drow

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

abhorrent ways. Arms and Armor. Drow craft weapons made of adamantine, a dark and supernaturally hard metal. Drow artisans adorn their weapons and armor with web-like filigree and spider motifs, and

stone rivals that of the greatest dwarf artisans, yet their structures retain a decidedly elven aesthetic. Though appearing delicate, drow settlements are structurally sound and remarkably resilient

Trielta Hills

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

purchase their storage crates and other necessary goods from local artisans, who also make locks, latches, waxy sealants for waterproofing crates and boxes, and the like. The crates are all built to

are no great castles to covet here, nor ruins to pillage. All told, the place seems dull and unremarkable. That, of course, is just the way its residents like it. They enjoy their solitude, which is

Trades Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

is the largest market square in the city, but the Trades Ward is like a market town in itself — and is easily thrice the Market’s size. This ward bustles day and night with activity, both on the

. For months afterward, the object becomes the source of practical jokes in Waterdeep. Rock gnomes and wizards cause illusory mouths to lunge from real versions of the object, artisans craft beautiful

Chain Devil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Chain Devil Devil of Pain and Control Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: Implements Also known as kytons, chain devils consider themselves morbid artisans who use deception, menace, and vicious

To a Viewer, the Chain Devil Looks Like... 1 The corpse of a loved one. 2 A disapproving deity. 3 A harsh instructor or superior. 4 The viewer at their lowest point in life

Dwarven Religion

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

every craft practiced by the dwarves and the patron of artisans. He expects his children to follow in his footsteps, studying his techniques and aspiring to one day match his expertise. Priests of

Moradin are responsible for judging and assessing the work of a stronghold’s artisans. They keep great volumes that describe various crafting techniques in detail, and use the guidelines in them to judge

Loxodon

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

covered by thick, 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

a 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

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

, connecting the town’s various districts to one another. Consoles in the power station (area L6) and the security center (area L12) enable these bridges to be raised or lowered, much like a modern-day

for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 55 (10d10) fire damage. Slagline Suspended above the magma lake is a carousel-like chain of dangling steel buckets called the Slagline. The

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