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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
memories into the ancient stone, covering their territories with intricate reliefs and massive statues of bygone ages. Some linger near ancient temples and palaces, ruins they once raised to the gods or
territory across Theros, drawing strength from aspects of the world itself—from ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many creatures of legend, most giants owe
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Mechanus, the ingenious modron was lauded for its invention—until it turned these creations against its superiors. Steel predators wreaked havoc against the modron hierarchy until the rogue
bounds away in search of its prey. It senses the location of its target across planar boundaries, but such detection is accurate only to within a thousand yards; to close the remaining distance, the steel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Great Modron March, The When the gears of the plane of Mechanus (see chapter 6) complete seventeen cycles—once every 289 years—the modron (MOE-dron) leader, Primus, sends a vast army of modrons
across the Outer Planes. The purpose of this march is unclear. Most believe it to be a data-gathering mission meant to ascertain the current state of the cosmos, but some see it as reconnaissance aimed at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
those of thousands of modrons. If the modrons return home, this data influences the cosmic alignment of Mechanus. Countless modrons across the multiverse then seek to rebalance the planes in
bastions of good across the planes. Lawful Modrons withdraw to Mechanus; chaotic beings act unopposed across the planes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, while others are hundreds of miles across. Mechanus Adventures Mechanus embodies absolute order, and it influences those who spend time here. Individual consciousness is subordinated to the search for
Mechanus Mechanus is where perfectly regimented order reigns supreme. It consists of equal measures of light and dark, and equal proportions of heat and cold. On Mechanus, law is reflected in a realm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Affair on the Concordant Express An Adventure for 9th-Level Characters Wanted for crimes across the multiverse, an outlaw known as the Stranger is currently a prisoner aboard the Concordant Express
, an interplanar train destined for Mechanus, where the outlaw is set to stand trial. In this heist, the characters must obtain a list of names the Stranger has committed to memory. The names in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
modron of its rank.
The Great Modron March. When the gears of Mechanus complete seventeen cycles once every 289 years, Primus sends a vast army of modrons across the Outer Planes, ostensibly on a
Modrons Modrons are beings of absolute law that adhere to a hive-like hierarchy. They inhabit the plane of Mechanus and tend its eternally revolving gears, their existence a clockwork routine of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
planar vortices at top and bottom. Any creature in the shaft that enters a planar vortex is torn apart, its body and possessions scattered across the multiverse. The Mechanus chain forms a loop in
69. Mechanus Chain Hot wind tinged with the smell of burning oil blows down a forty-foot-diameter vertical shaft. Stone balconies protrude from the walls on opposite sides of this expanse, with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Mechanus tend to the incredible mechanisms of their orderly home and oppose chaotic forces across the multiverse. Modrons are parts of a vast hierarchy, spanning from quirky monodrones to the leader of
Modrons Mechanized Caretakers of Multiversal Law Habitat: Planar (Mechanus); Treasure: None Beings of magic and machinery, modrons embody absolute law. These inhabitants of the clockwork plane of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Salamanders Salamanders slither across the Sea of Ash on the Elemental Plane of Fire, their sinuous coils and jagged spines smoldering. Intense heat washes off their bodies, while their yellow eyes
charred trees as forest fires rage around them, or slither down the slopes of erupting volcanoes to linger in fire pits and magma floes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
particular hexton modron, using a machine located in the city of Sigil. It wasn’t always headquartered in the City of Doors, however. On its original home, the plane of Mechanus, the ingenious hexton was
lauded for its invention — until it turned its creations against its superiors. Steel predators wreaked havoc across the modron hierarchy until the rogue hexton was trapped and exiled. Now it operates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
number of manifest zones tied to Dolurrh and Thelanis (see chapter 4 for descriptions of both). Ghosts are more likely to linger in such places, and minor fey are scattered across the Plains. Stories
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
they trampled across the planes and their unsuspecting residents. Regional Effects The region containing Automata’s planar gate is influenced by the magic of Mechanus, creating one or more of the
Automata Gate Destination: Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus Primary Citizens: Modrons Rulers: Council of Order Automata is a machine of law and order. The town’s geography is as rigid as its bureaucracy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
V5: Arcadian Springs Wildfires have engulfed the forest, spreading for miles across the mountainsides and choking the sky with smoke. Raging fires burn right down to the edges of a beautiful alpine
lake that measures about a half-mile across. At the north end of the lake, fire has almost entirely consumed a wood-and-stone structure.
Arcadian Springs was a resort that sought to profit off the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a Celestial and a Fiend arguing in a tavern while sharing a fine bottle of wine. Gate-Towns of the Outlands Town Gate Destination Automata Mechanus Bedlam Pandemonium Curst Carceri Ecstasy
slaad to wreak havoc in the gate-town of Automata than it is for even a horde of slaadi to accomplish anything in Mechanus itself. Celestial spies and Fiend assassins carry out subtle plots and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
fellows and trapped here. Unable to find their way back to Mechanus, the modrons have been pressing on (and on), knowing that they must find their way back or be destroyed in the process. The
into clicking and popping noises. Among the words the monodrones repeat are “march,” “Mechanus,” “seventeen” (the number of cycles of the plane of Mechanus that mark the Great Modron March), and “lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
names to memory. The Stranger then set off across the multiverse, making deals with various Fiends in exchange for keeping their true names secret. The Stranger survived all these dealings unscathed
and was caught impersonating an angel. When the Stranger refused to divulge any information about themself, a deva enforcer named Omid was tasked with delivering the Stranger to Mechanus to stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
grueling trek across a single layer. The default Outer Planes are a group of sixteen planes that correspond to the eight alignments (excluding neutrality, which is represented by the Outlands, described in
Acheron, the Infinite Battlefield of LN, LE Mechanus, the Clockwork Nirvana of LN Arcadia, the Peaceable Kingdoms of LN, LG The planes with an element of good in their nature are called the Upper Planes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
commanded by mind flayers and bolstered by beholders. They shattered civilizations and spread horrors across Khorvaire. The daelkyr were ultimately bound in Khyber by druidic magic. They linger in the
people through their dreams, while others claim they have psychic agents hidden across Khorvaire. Beyond the enigmatic daelkyr and the Dreaming Dark, other threats have arisen in the past century
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
sheds moonlight and brings on the starry night. The orb rotates evenly without fail, spreading day and night across the entire plane. The weather in Arcadia is governed by four allied demigods called
to the good of all. Buxenus Military forces gather their strength, amid pleasant valleys and orchards, to reclaim the lost layer of Menausus—now part of Mechanus. Arcadia Adventures Everything on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Demon Wastes Capital: None Hallmarks: Fiends, pestilence Rivers of lava cut across plains of black sand and volcanic glass. The only vegetation consists of blood-red moss and a thick layer of
for some of the mightiest archfiends, home to cities of rakshasas and demons. Most of these foul entities perished or fled long ago, but a few still linger in this place even as new ones crawl up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Becklin encourages the characters to linger near the dock, while many mourning locals in small fishing craft assemble in the nearby water. When you’re ready for the funeral to begin, Becklin takes
gently at those assembled, and her voice carries clearly across the water.
“You all knew Ispin as a friend, and there were none like him. Before he died, he told me this: ‘There should be tales
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
were caught in the collapse of its civilizations. Today they linger in the shadows of Xen’drik and are all but unknown on Khorvaire. There are three distinct drow cultures. The Vulkoori are tribal
magic; they seek to one day unleash fire across the world. And the Umbragen live in the underworld below Xen’drik, wielding sophisticated shadow magics as they battle against aberrations and the daelkyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Chaotic Good, Neutral Good Bytopia Lawful Good, Neutral Good Carceri Chaotic Evil, Neutral Evil Elysium Neutral Good Gehenna Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil Hades Neutral Evil Limbo Chaotic Neutral Mechanus
Celestials. The Lower Planes are the home of Fiends. The planes in between host their own unique denizens: for example, modrons are Constructs that inhabit Mechanus, and slaadi are Aberrations that thrive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Melanora questioned how these grim remnants could linger for so long, but I dismissed it as the remarkable effect of the exceptionally dry climate. If only I had given more thought to this matter
travelers remain confined in the foreign quarter. Merchants from across Khorvaire trade for exotic Riedran goods, while envoys from many nations negotiate with the emissaries of the Inspired. To enter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, break off from an icy mire in its deepest recesses and are gradually assembled and organized, perhaps under the influence of nearby Mechanus, into the perfect cubes of Avalas. The nature of Acheron
instills bloodlust in those who visit the plane (see “Environmental Effects” in chapter 3). Layers of Acheron Layer Description Avalas Spirit soldiers wage endless wars across debris-strewn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
gods except Hades have their own domains within Olympus. In Hades, named for its ruler, mortal souls linger as insubstantial shades until they eventually fade into nothing. Tartarus, where the titans
. The Egyptian cosmology is defined by the daily path of the sun — across the sky of the Material Plane, down to the fair Offering Fields in the west, where the souls of the righteous live in eternal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Planar Effects The Concordant Express moves across the known planes of existence by passing through invisible portals only the train’s sapient Engine Car can find. The train’s next stop is Mechanus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, favoring the wounded or infirm. They attack recklessly, infecting as many creatures as possible with their diseased jaws. If driven off, death dogs linger close to their victims, letting infection weaken
The victim’s flesh to rot like a corpse. 5 The victim to itch, as if they had fleas or sand beneath their skin. 6 Wicked symbols to gradually appear on and spread across the victim’s body. Death Dog
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
agents fanning the flames of fear and hate — often by invading the dreams of soldiers and rulers alike. The feelings of mistrust and festering animosity between the nations that linger after the Treaty
influence across Khorvaire, carrying its corruption into new populations. THE ROLE OF DREAMS
If you plan to use the Dreaming Dark as a major villain in your campaign, it can be helpful to establish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
shadows of the distant past. When the elves fled to Aerenal, the drow remained on Xen’drik as subjects of the giants, and they were caught in the collapse of giant civilization. Today they linger on
Giants. They live in a handful of obsidian cities across Xen’drik, and believe that they are destined to cleanse the world in a fiery apocalypse. Finally, the Umbragen are descended from drow who fled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
take a guided tour of the Nine Hells, from the first layer to the ninth, in a single day — if the powers of the Hells desire it. Or it could take weeks for travelers to make a grueling trek across a
Hades, the Gray Waste of NE Gehenna, the Bleak Eternity of NE, LE The Nine Hells (of Baator) LE Acheron, the Infinite Battlefield of LN, LE Mechanus, the Clockwork Nirvana of LN Arcadia, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of mist and branches suddenly gives way to black clouds boiling far above. There is a clearing here, next to a river that widens to form a small lake several hundred feet across. Five colorful round
insults. Otherwise, the characters are offered flasks of wine and invited to join the reverie. If the characters linger at the camp, continue with “A Vistana’s Tale” below. If they seem in a hurry to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Eternity of Gehenna Ribcage The Nine Hells of Baator Rigus The Infinite Battlefield of Acheron Automata The Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus Fortitude The Peaceable Kingdoms of Arcadia Sigil, City of Doors
come here from across the planes. The city sustains a brisk trade in information about the planes, particularly the command words or items required for the operation of particular portals. Portal keys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
machine located in the city of Sigil. It wasn’t always headquartered in the City of Doors, however. On its original home, the plane of Mechanus, the ingenious modron was lauded for its invention—until
hair, a well-worn glove, or a much-used weapon. The moment the newly manufactured steel predator emerges, it bounds away in search of its prey. It senses the location of its target across planar