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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
themselves like brigands, robbing people they come across in the wild. If food is scarce, they kill those same people and eat them. They prefer to dwell in forlorn places, often sharing territory with
hill giants and ogres. It's not unusual to find a gang of hill giants and ogres led by a verbeeg, since verbeeg are much smarter than their brutish cousins. Verbeeg also enjoy the company of
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
duplicate that looks just like the reigar. The duplicate obeys the reigar’s commands and uses the reigar’s statistics, except it is an unaligned Construct that doesn’t have a talarith of its
land. When the endless battles there grew tiresome, some reigar ventured to the Astral Sea and Wildspace in search of glory. Many are driven by artistic pursuits, but each reigar has their own notion
Half-Elf
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Basic Rules (2014)
, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. Some half-elves live among humans, set apart by their emotional and physical differences, watching
like elves, and to elves, they look human. In height, they’re on par with both parents, though they’re neither as slender as elves nor as broad as humans. They range from under 5 feet to
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
assassins within House Phiarlan. Only special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies.
Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the
foremost centers of the arts in the Five Nations, each focusing on a specific artistic tradition: the written word, movement arts, music, material arts, and the arts of illusion, puppetry, oratory, and
Changeling
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
changelings use this gift as a form of artistic and emotional expression. It’s also an invaluable tool for grifters, spies, and others who wish to deceive. This leads many people to treat
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. D’Polarno’s artistic predations captured the attention of the Dark Powers, which drew his lands into the Mists. Now, Ghastria is a fertile island that, like its lord, lacks an essential vim except for once a season when vigor fleetingly returns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blue Dragons Dragons of Tyranny and Tempests Habitat: Coastal, Desert; Treasure: Relics Arrogant and imperious, blue dragons are chromatic dragons that crave control and collect followers like other
, such as the abandoned fortresses of giants, the colossi of fallen empires, or monuments raised by their followers. Regalia of rulership and artistic masterpieces fill blue dragons’ hoards. These dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
sky, anchored in ends so distant she couldn’t perceive them, their middle parts revolving angrily like pieces of string rolled between a child’s fingertips. She glanced down, wondering what supported
great silvery sea, the same above and below, with swirling wisps of white and gray streaking among motes of light like distant stars. Most of the Astral Sea is a vast, empty expanse. Visitors occasionally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, while others collect artistic or scholarly materials that defy stereotypes attached to their kind. Hill giant bags are made from simple materials like burlap or linen. Most have a distinctive “snack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
wall above the arch are the following words in Draconic: “Only a dragon can unlock this gate.”
Fountains. Alcoves to the west and east contain stone fountains, each carved to look like a perched
artistic rendering of a dragon, such as a dragon-shaped figurine or a drawing of a dragon, also opens the gate. Characters must be 13th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
deal that sounds too good to be true or is confusing, they’re likely to pause negotiations while they ask smarter devils for their opinions on the deal. The following ability checks can be made
character’s check result is higher than the devil’s, the character sees through the devil’s deception. Devils like to slip extra clauses into the fine print of a contract. When this happens, a character who can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
track of your rations, that’s really a personal failing.
3 I’m much smarter than I look, and if you can’t say the same, this is going to be a short conversation.
4 Elf, dwarf, horse—you
just means they need more of it!
8 I like to earn people’s trust, then lead them into dangerous situations and make off with their treasure while they’re distracted.
Faerie Dragon Ideals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies. Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the major families of the house. Known as the Shadow
artistic tradition: the written word, movement arts, music, material arts, and the arts of illusion, puppetry, oratory, and acting. Baron Elvinor Elorrenthi leads the house from the last of those, the Demesne of Shadow, which is located in Sharn. The hydra serves as House Phiarlan’s emblem.
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Beast Masters and Slave Drivers
Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
House Phiarlan The five Demesnes of House Phiarlan are each devoted to a specific artistic tradition:
Demesne of Memory (in Fairhaven in Aundair) encompasses the written word, including prose
, instruments, and the like, as well as sculpture, painting, and pottery.
CLAUDIO POZAS
Demesne of Shadow (in Sharn) teaches the art of deception, which includes illusions, puppetry, and shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Orog Orogs are orcs blessed with a surprisingly keen intellect that ordinary orcs believe is a gift from the orc goddess Luthic. Like Luthic, orogs prefer to live underground, although the scarcity
of food often brings them to the surface to hunt. Orcs respect an orog’s strength and cunning, and a lone orog might command an orc war band. Stronger and Smarter. An orog uses its strength to bully
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
each journey, at your discretion. Your players should never feel like they understand Avernus geographically, providing an unsettled and disorienting feeling as they roam the hellscape. The poster map
is riddled with strange imagery and unique iconography. These are the cartographer’s artistic impressions of Avernus, and their meanings, for the most part, remain a mystery. While exploring Avernus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Milil’s priests are patrons of the arts in addition to being performers themselves, and they frequently act as tutors in the arts of performance at his shrines and temples. Like Deneir, Milil is
hand (Deneir); rather, it stems from the fact that left-handedness is more often associated with great artistic ability and the belief that the greatest art comes from the acceptance of truth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
fabulous “treasure” taken from their victims. This might include a collection of battered helmets, a moldy wheel of cheese, a rough patch of animal fur fastened like a cloak, or a squealing, mud
-spattered pig. Ogres also delight in the gleam of gold and silver, and they will fight one another over small handfuls of coins. Smarter creatures can earn an ogre’s trust by offering it gold or a weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
number of designs focused on threats integral to the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. This includes explorations of well-known Forgotten Realms villains, like the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay
exploration, like the garb of the Red Wizards, the iconography of the Cult of the Dragon, and—of course—the multiple deadly aspects of one of the campaign’s central magic items, the Mask of the Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
number of designs focused on threats integral to the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. This includes explorations of well-known Forgotten Realms villains, like the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay
exploration, like the garb of the Red Wizards, the iconography of the Cult of the Dragon, and—of course—the multiple deadly aspects of one of the campaign’s central magic items, the Mask of the Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
number of designs focused on threats integral to the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. This includes explorations of well-known Forgotten Realms villains, like the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay
exploration, like the garb of the Red Wizards, the iconography of the Cult of the Dragon, and—of course—the multiple deadly aspects of one of the campaign’s central magic items, the Mask of the Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
principles. Akharin Sangar has a rich artistic heritage. Architecture is thoughtful and symbolic, and instruments like the barbat and kamancheh sweeten poetic lyrics with their unmistakable tones. Sangarian
considered taboo, and unauthorized missionary work earns the ire of the Brightguard. The nature of the Sunweaver and whether they’re a unique god or a regional name for another deity—like Dol Arrah or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
reflects the variety of climes these giants inhabit, with thalassic treasures like pearls and seashells found alongside electroplated metals and jewelry charged with the might of a maelstrom. In
Treasures found in a stone giant ruin range from artistic masterpieces to magical wonders 25 gp Art Objects d8 Item 1 A dome-shaped crystal carved with patterns of constellations 2 A pale-blue clay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
remove curse spell is not powerful enough to end this effect on a character, but a wish spell can. This might not seem like much of a drawback, as characters can cope just fine without ever gaining
character in the adventuring party, roll a d8 and consult the Lost Things table to determine what was stolen from that character. If a player doesn’t like their result, let them choose an option they prefer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. They prefer thrown spears above all other weapons, and a verbeeg usually has several spears for that purpose. Marauders. Verbeeg conduct themselves like brigands, robbing people they come across in
giants and ogres led by a verbeeg, since verbeeg are much smarter than their brutish cousins. Verbeeg also enjoy the company of mammalian beasts and allow bears, wolves, worgs, and other predators to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
come to an end. Paradoxically, elves pay special interest to the ephemeral: a cloud of mayflies, bubbles in water, illusions, eclipses, rainbows, artistic performances, and so forth. They are
lives. It’s a rare elf who forms strong relationships with people of other races, particularly those whose life spans are much shorter. Humans like to believe that elves don’t form close bonds with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
lives, like busybodies with cruel intentions. Any time a hag agrees to help someone, the bargain includes a price to be paid, plus a hidden plan by which she sets the mortal up to fail, or a way that
offering so she can examine it more closely, even if this makes it obvious she is interested. If she doesn’t have anything else like it, or can think of a use for it, or if having it means a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
are small folk, and that they fashion their homes by digging down and living within rather than building up and living above. Like the badgers and raccoons that are often their companions, they live
’ pets, but the gnomes treat them more like trusted neighbors. When strangers approach a woodland inhabited by forest gnomes, the gnomes often know about it while such visitors are still miles away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
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6 My superiors are smarter and wiser than I am. I do what I’m told.
7 Never pass up the opportunity to make an easy bit of coin. That’s my motto.
8 I’m beginning to feel like the
your side, you can use complex terms like ex injuria jus non oritur and cogitationis poenam nemo patitur to frighten people into thinking you know what you’re talking about. With common folks who don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
gate-towns come knocking on their doors, residents feign ignorance or offer up false clues to throw off the nose of justice. Residents remain smugly aloof, fending off bounty hunters like bad suitors
districts by five circular roads. Like ripples in a pond, they radiate from the gate to Carceri, each ring confining the last. Buildings in Curst are makeshift structures cobbled together from tarnished metal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
numerous. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Because leucrottas are smarter and tougher than most gnolls, one could occupy an elevated position within a gnoll
into better and longer sport. Gnolls enjoy watching a leucrotta work almost as much as they like doing their own killing. Foulness Embodied. The leucrotta is so loathsome that only gnolls and others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
can hear the heavenly portal ringing out like a distant choir of angels. Seven gleaming steps precede the gate itself, hovering and flanked by a pair of unflinching warden archons (see Morte’s Planar
gardens. Chandelier Like motes of soft flame, gleaming structures orbit the Godstrand at varying heights, held aloft in the palms of feathery clouds by the faith of their devoted residents. Collectively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
academy’s mandate, but members find opportunities to undertake far-flung research expeditions—only so much can be learned in libraries, after all. An academy’s focus can be broad or singular, artistic
affiliation with the academy. This association carries clout in scholarly or artistic circles. The academy also secures documentation, letters of introduction, and traveling papers if your work requires them






