mines subtly with only against for for like

Brigganock

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

pumpkin, cook and eat dinner, move a pile of stones, or tie a dozen knots in a length of rope.Brigganocks are frantic, mouse-sized creatures that live in mines. Whenever a mortal makes a nonmagical wish

seconds, though a brigganock must rest between these bursts of temporal acceleration. Brigganocks like to nibble on cheese, lettuce, and other soft foods. They eat quite a lot for creatures of their

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs—these common threads unite all dwarves. Short and Stout Bold

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

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers. The greatest strength of bards is their sheer

wandering across the land gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But a depth of knowledge, a level of musical skill, and a touch of magic

Pickshine Mines

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

Pickshine Mines Renamed after the largest and most influential family in the Miners’ Guild, the Pickshine Mines comprise several mines scattered in a wide circle around Blingdenstone. The deep gnomes

have engineered the access tunnels in such a way that only one known entrance leads to the mine complex, and this entrance is defended by four galeb duhr disguised to look like ordinary boulders and

3. Old Entrance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

brass lanterns stand in niches or on ledges around the cavern, but none are lit. Clinging to the ceiling like bats are ten stirges. The monsters find scant living prey in the mines, and they are

3. Old Entrance The tunnel that runs south was the original entrance to Wave Echo Cave, but it was buried by the destruction that wracked the mines centuries ago. A pitched battle was fought here

SHA'SAL KHOU

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

Khou work secretly within their respective societies, subtly discouraging attacks on the other gith race while carefully recruiting like-minded individuals. They maintain a secret redoubt on the Sword

Background

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

in draconic lore becomes a wyrmspeaker while wearing the mask, which allows the wearer to think like a dragon, gain favor among dragons, and subtly influence their behavior. When all five are brought

together, they magically merge into a single Mask of the Dragon Queen. With the assembled mask, the cult can release Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. After Severin (subtly guided by Tiamat

Background

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

in draconic lore becomes a wyrmspeaker while wearing the mask, which allows the wearer to think like a dragon, gain favor among dragons, and subtly influence their behavior. When all five are brought

together, they magically merge into a single Mask of the Dragon Queen. With the assembled mask, the cult can release Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. After Severin (subtly guided by Tiamat

Setup

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

. Lastly, he or she explains that the side path to the Shrine of the Tender Oath is subtly marked with a pair of Dethek runes, the first letter of the dwarven words for “Tender” and “Oath.” The trip to

the vale can be as eventful as you like, but once the characters reach the right spot, start with area D1. Map 6.7: Shrine of the Tender OathView Player Version

Background

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

in draconic lore becomes a wyrmspeaker while wearing the mask, which allows the wearer to think like a dragon, gain favor among dragons, and subtly influence their behavior. When all five are brought

together, they magically merge into a single Mask of the Dragon Queen. With the assembled mask, the cult can release Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. After Severin (subtly guided by Tiamat

Monastery Features

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

. The following features are common to the monastery. Any exceptions are noted in areas to which they apply. Ceilings. Ceilings in the monastery are 12 feet high. The mines have 8-foot-high ceilings in

Strength check to force open. Light. During the day, the windows provide bright light for most interior spaces. At night, no lights are lit. The mines are unlit as well. Locks. A lock requires thieves

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though

jobs: mucking out animal pens, cleaning up after other goblins, and doing any hard labor such as digging mines. If the goblin tribe has slaves to do some of this work, the pariah families enjoy the

Ghost Story Settings

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

Ghost Story Settings Suffering, tragic death, or a villain’s monstrous evil manifest subtly in the places ghost stories are set. Typically, a setting’s hauntings are revealed slowly, until the full

nature of the horror is on display. Ghost Story Settings d8 Setting 1 A realm where speaking to spirits is just like speaking with the living 2 A graveyard city-state where all living

Mirabar

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

mines near the River Mirar and finding great, near-endless veins of gems. Like many of the dwarven realms, Gharraghaur fell to marauding orcs, which destroyed the kingdom and its capital city but

level of the undercity is mostly dwarves, with some few humans. The mixing of races is due to convenience of trade, preference, or skill; just as some few humans like to mine, to imbibe strong dwarven

Goblins

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

Goblins Goblins are small, black-hearted, selfish humanoids that lair in caves, abandoned mines, despoiled dungeons, and other dismal settings. Individually weak, goblins gather in large — sometimes

and bugbears, like to bully goblins into submission. Goblins are lazy and undisciplined, making them poor servants, laborers, and guards. “If you want soldiers or thugs, hire hobgoblins. If you want

The Road of Gems

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

Chamber. Where the road dead-ends, the path dips underground into mines or caverns. Exploring these is outside the scope of seeking the time gate in the Forgotten Chamber. If you’d like to include these

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

agents infiltrate enemy 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

Citadel Adbar

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

throughout the region. From the surface, Citadel Adbar looks less like a castle or a human city than a mountain carved to suit the purposes of the dwarves who live there. The two great towers that stand

like a volcano about to erupt. Ringing the citadel is a host of platforms, battlements, and arrow slits from where defenders can fire crossbows at anyone foolish enough to attack the city. For

Icewind Dale

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

? Well, if you’re like many who’ve drifted up there from the south, it is because an easier life doesn’t suit you, you’re running from something, or you just don’t fit in anywhere else. Ten-Towns Coming up

people of Ten-Towns would starve, but there would also be little for them to barter or sell. The ivory-like bones of these fish are the basis of the famous scrimshaw that is sold as far south as

Journey to Kelvin's Cairn

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

mines, but they rarely venture to the surface nowadays except to forage and hunt. Characters can find refuge among the dwarves, who are civil if not friendly, but must leave within a day or two, since

the dwarves have little food to spare and are too busy to entertain guests for any longer than that. Characters who have completed the “Foaming Mugs” quest however, have earned the dwarves’ favor and are welcome to stay as long as they like.

All for One: The Clan

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

would term it, but it is just as intense. Dwarves are creatures of stone, and like stone they change only in response to extremes. The dwarves of the many worlds share much in common, but never

role takes years to master it. A weaponsmith starts work in the forge, providing manual labor to haul ore from the mines and learning how to repair tools. The dwarf might then work in the mines, pushing

Trielta Hills

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

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

of the full-scale mining operations that can be found in other lands. No large nations or trading consortiums are waiting in the wings to invade and take over the mines of Trielta. They are what a

Zones and Denizens

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

mines. Raw iron ore from the mines are brought by cart to area 17 and loaded into iron buckets hanging from a carousel-like apparatus called a bucket chain. This bucket chain is turned by a wheel

the characters arrive. Ironslag Roster Area Creature(s) Notes 10 2 salamanders If the salamanders die, the prisoners try to escape from the mines. 12 1 fire giant, 8 orcs The giant and the orcs

Corlie's Briefing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

within the hour, probably in multiple waves. We need brave souls like you on the wall. “But which wall? Each city has reinforced a part of this fortress, and you’ll be stationed in a defense zone on

correspond with which city. Corlie describes the cities and their defense zones as follows: Baldur’s Gate is a rough-and-tumble port city replete with decadent nobles, gangs, and priests like

Residents

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

librarians), the library subtly directs the character toward its target within minutes. The three stone giants who serve as Gravenhollow’s librarians don’t specifically welcome visitors — or even notice their

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

Gith Traits

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

githzerai and the creation of a new unified nation of all gith. Members of the Sha’sal Khou work secretly within their respective societies, subtly discouraging attacks on the other gith race while looking

for signs of like-minded individuals who might be recruited. The group maintains hidden redoubts on the Material Plane as well. The goal of the organization is to raise a proper army and establish a

15. Valtagar's Quarters

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

iron golem that looks like a 10-foot-tall duergar. The golem understands Dwarvish and obeys Valtagar’s commands. Masks. Dozens of iron masks hang from hooks on the southeast wall (see “Iron Masks

host of monsters that once haunted the Deep Mines. That act of slaughter corrupted Fazrian. After slaying many monsters, it decapitated the cleric and installed itself as lord of the Deep Mines

Mount Celestia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

yugoloths of the Lower Planes covet the wealth of the plane, particularly the mines of Solania and the scattered gems of Jovar. And the demons of the Abyss would like nothing better to smear their filth on

Mount Celestia The Seven Heavens of Mount Celestia rise like a mountain from a shining Silver Sea to utterly incomprehensible heights, with seven plateaus marking its seven heavenly layers. The plane

Undercroft

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

growing above. The air shimmers, and a female drow appears in the center of the chamber. The drow is an illusory projection, like a major image spell, that Nurvureem uses to speak with interlopers

adventurers any lore you wish. She knows only the basics of what the elemental cults are planning, but she’d like to know more. She’s willing to trade information to get it. The exchange of information can

10. Kitchen

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

, which include the oven in this area, the bathroom (area 17) and nursery (area 23) fireplaces, and the chimney’s top near the widow’s walk (area 25). The witch acts subtly while the house is dormant but

day. The specter looks like a burned hag with flailing, overly long arms. If the specter is defeated, the Chimney Witch cannot perform any actions and remains silent for 24 hours. The Chimney Witch

Brigganock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Brigganock Brigganocks are frantic, mouse-sized creatures that live in mines. Whenever a mortal makes a nonmagical wish, perhaps while blowing out the candles on a birthday cake or tossing a coin

. Brigganocks like to nibble on cheese, lettuce, and other soft foods. They eat quite a lot for creatures of their size and never turn down a good meal. Brigganock Tiny Fey, Typically Neutral Good

The Forgotten Realms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

The Forgotten Realms Just like a fantasy novel or movie, an adventure is set in a larger world. In fact, the world can be anything that the DM and players can imagine. It could be a swords-and

D&D settings are somewhere between those two extremes: worlds of medieval high fantasy with knights and castles, as well as elven cities, dwarven mines, and fearsome monsters. The world of the

Forge Level (X16-X26)

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

Forge Level (X16-X26) The lowest level of the fortress contains, among many other features, Xardorok’s forge, the iron mines, and a tunnel that connects to the Underdark. This level is also the

connects Xardorok’s fortress to vast caverns and subterranean lakes under the Spine of the World. Exploration of the Underdark is beyond the scope of this adventure. X17. Duergar Mines Rich veins of

Monastery Locations

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

into the mines while the monks rest. These duergar mercenaries see the Cult of Black Earth as a good bet. They tolerate the monks because the monks don’t say much and generally leave them alone. M6

middle of this room descends to area M21 in the mines below the monastery. Four large columns of natural rock dominate this shrine. A wide set of steps descends into darkness in the center of the room

Hobgoblin

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

expendable troops, including goblins, bugbears, orcs, evil humans, ogres, and giants. Beast Trainers. Hobgoblins have a long history of training animals to service. Like the more civilized races, they

damage. Conquer and Control. Hobgoblins claim lands with abundant resources, and they can be found in forests and mountains, near mines and humanoid settlements, and anywhere else that wood, metal, and

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