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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
shut down. Consequently, they avoid the icy layers of the Nine Hells (Stygia and Cania).
Nests. Hellwasps spew a golden bile similar to amber, which they use to craft enormous nests riddled with
","rollAction":"Nests"} hellwasps, with each hellwasp having an equal voice and role in the society.
Hellwasp Telepathy. Hellwasps communicate with one another via a form of telepathy perceptible only to their kind.FireCold
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
’t change it, but I will do everything in my power to forestall it.”
Endelyn’s Appearance
Endelyn’s emaciated form is hidden under the layers of her elaborate costume. Part dress
” veil. The outermost layers of her dress open to reveal a marionette theatre, and she manipulates her puppets using an arrangement of artificial hands that nestles in the folds of fabric. She
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
harry enemies with repeated ambushes. Emerald dragons frequently lay traps and alarms at the entrance points to their lairs, with older (and more paranoid) dragons employing several layers of such
":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. Rocks immediately stop moving of their own accord. The existing abundance of crystals and emeralds remains, but new ones form at a normal rate.Fire, PsychicChange
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
(and more paranoid) dragons employing several layers of such defenses.
Emerald Dragon Lair Features
The emerald dragon lair shown in map 5.8 is a series of ancient vaults situated beneath a city
, but new ones form at a normal rate.Fire, PsychicChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Carceri The model for all other prisons in existence, Carceri is a plane of desolation and despair. Its six layers hold vast bogs, fetid jungles, windswept deserts, jagged mountains, frigid oceans
, and black ice. All form a miserable home for the traitors and backstabbers that are trapped on this prison plane. Optional Rule: Prison Plane No one can leave Carceri easily. Magical efforts to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
originates in the lowest layer of Elysium, Thalasia, and flows through the plane’s layers before cascading onward to the Beastlands. Though illustrations of the plane’s layers seem to show the river
great river splits into myriad smaller flows, recombines, and splits again. Layers of Elysium Layer Description Amoria Small towns on the banks of the River Oceanus, surrounded by lush meadows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
even Asmodeus fears. Archdevils. The archdevils include all the current and deposed rulers of the Nine Hells (see the Layers and Lords of the Nine Hells table), as well as the dukes and duchesses that
imps, chain devils, spined devils, bearded devils, barbed devils, and bone devils. Lemures. The lowest form of devil, lemures are the twisted and tormented souls of evil and corrupted mortals. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, frigid oceans, and black ice. All form a miserable home for the traitors and backstabbers trapped on this prison plane. Layers of Carceri Layer Description Orthrys The River Styx meanders through a
Carceri The grim inspiration for all other prisons in existence, Carceri is a plane of desolation and despair. Its six layers hold vast bogs, fetid jungles, windswept deserts, jagged mountains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
convinced an increasing number of Djaynaians to embrace the ways of the Night Revelers. Djeneba is exceptionally tall and always adorned head-to-toe in elaborate layers of form-obscuring gray and blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
headwaters in the Blessed Fields of Elysium. This plane-spanning waterway provides a path through some of the Upper Planes. It flows through each of Elysium’s layers, passes through the top layer of the
between planes and layers. Trading vessels sail up and down its length, and small towns line its banks. Travelers can usually find a boat to hire somewhere along its shores. River Styx The River Styx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
accumulates changes to its form due to interaction with the energies of the Abyss. These long-lived demons often become demon lords, beings of such power that they can hold sway over entire realms within the
— and the madly ambitious might even seek out the means of becoming a demon lord. Ever-Changing Layers The physical nature of the Abyss is something that few mortal minds can understand. Those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Hades The layers of Hades are called the Three Glooms — places without joy, hope, or passion. A gray land with an ashen sky, Hades is the destination of many souls that are unclaimed by the gods of
.
A larva is a miserable fiend that retains the facial features of its previous form but has the body of a fat worm. A larva has only a few faint memories of its previous life and the statistics in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
shells. Eberron shards can be found almost anywhere, but the most significant deposits have been discovered in jungle environments, notably Q’barra and the distant land of Xen’drik. In their raw form
, Eberron shards are rosy crystals with crimson swirls flowing their depths. Eberron shards are the most common form of dragonshard. They are primarily refined into a glowing powder. This dragonshard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Layers The Nine Hells has nine layers. The first eight are ruled by archdevils who answer to Asmodeus, the archduke of Nessus, the ninth layer. Collectively, the rulers of the Hells are called the
Lords of the Nine. To reach Nessus, one must descend through all eight layers above it in order. The most expeditious means of doing so is the River Styx, which plunges ever deeper as it flows from one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
deeper into the trees. Heavy vines and thick layers of moss drape the branches, and the air is noticeably colder than it was in the ruined village. After rounding a bend in the trail, you come upon a
taking the form of a female elf, her hair and robes waving in a spectral wind. A hateful expression twists her features.
Agatha snarls: “Foolish mortals. What do you want here? Do you not know it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
trail winds deeper into the trees. Heavy vines and thick layers of moss drape the branches, and the air is noticeably colder than it was in the ruined village. Rounding a bend in the trail, you see a
grows cold, and a powerful feeling of dread grips you. A cold, pale light flickers in the air, rapidly taking on the form of a female elf, her hair and robes waving in a spectral wind. She might have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
during an eclipse. That is my doom, and I can’t change it, but I will do everything in my power to forestall it.” Endelyn’s Appearance Endelyn’s emaciated form is hidden under the layers of her
“theater curtain” veil. The outermost layers of her dress open to reveal a marionette theatre, and she manipulates her puppets using an arrangement of artificial hands that nestles in the folds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Enclave lead the charge, followed by the wererats of Clan Goldwhisker. Svirfneblin under Chief Dorbo Diggermattock form the rearguard and provide ranged support. If the ghosts participate, they attack from
ochre jelly 6 2 black puddings During the battle, the voice of the Pudding King can be heard through the layers of oozing miasma, crying out “Fight for your king!” and “Glory to the Faceless Lord!”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
its prey and flee. Hellwasps thrive in hot weather, but extreme cold causes their shells to crack and their metabolisms to shut down. Consequently, they avoid the icy layers of the Nine Hells (Stygia
another via a form of telepathy perceptible only to their kind. Hellwasp
Large fiend, lawful evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (8d10 + 8)
Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, creature type, Intelligence score, and ability to speak. At the end of each Long Rest, the shape-shifted creature repeats the save. On a successful save, the creature returns to its true form. After three
failed saves, the transformation can be undone only by a Remove Curse spell or similar magic. Layers of the Beastlands Layer Description Krigala The River Oceanus is a strong torrent flowing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
can be found almost anywhere, but the most significant deposits have been discovered in jungle environments, notably Q’barra and Xen’drik. In their raw form, Eberron dragonshards are rosy crystals with
dragonshards are found deep in the earth, often near layers of magma. These crystals typically grow on cavern walls, and superstition says they flourish in areas with significant fiendish activity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
direction of travel. Limbo has no layers—or if it does, the layers continually merge and part, each is as chaotic as the next, and distinguishing one from another is impossible. Power of the Mind Limbo
, the creature changes the object into another nonliving form of the same size, such as turning a boulder into a ball of fire. Finally, a creature in Limbo can take a Magic action to make a DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Outer Planes Streamers of noxious gas streaked that crimson dome like dirty clouds. They whirled to form what looked like giant eyes staring down, eyes that were swept away before they could focus
, only to form anew, again and again. Beneath the ruby glow lay a dark nightmare land of bare rock and flumes of sparks and gouting flame, where things slithered and scrambled half-seen in the shadows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Layers The Nine Hells has nine layers. The first eight are each ruled by archdevils that answer to Asmodeus, the Archduke of Nessus, the ninth layer. To reach the deepest layer of the Nine Hells, one must
descend through all eight of the layers above it, in order. The most expeditious means of doing so is the River Styx, which plunges ever deeper as it flows from one layer to the next. Only the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
given in the form of debt and obligation. Orzhov attorneys and advokists maintain offices near New Prahv and other Azorius courts. Despite their proximity to law enforcement, these offices are centers of
proving difficult for the Orzhov to work around. So far, the syndicate’s most effective tactic has been to increase the layers of separation between the day-to-day criminal operations of the guild and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
concentrated form, where they can work through their spiritual bondage to express their dark desires such as cruelty, covetousness, the need to control, the craving for power, and uncontrolled greed. Hell
serve Zariel, though other Lords of the Nine send forces here to help repel demonic invaders. Devils who are not part of Zariel’s legions serve as emissaries from the other layers or as spies for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
into the lowest levels of the city where the foundries were located. When Vanifer arrived with her cult, she used her connection with Imix, the Prince of Evil Fire, to settle the magma and form the
, the surfaces are smooth like glass or folded where the liquid stone flowed in layers. In other places, drips and splashes have formed formations like stalagmites, stalactites, and rounded bubble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Demons Spawned in the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, demons are the embodiment of chaos and evil — engines of destruction barely contained in monstrous form. Possessing no compassion, empathy, or
methods and abyssal metals to create an amulet into which part of that essence is ceded. If the demon’s abyssal form is ever destroyed, the amulet allows the fiend to reform at a time and place of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Theocracy Typical and fantastical forms of government are described below. Choose one or randomly determine a form of government for a nation or city from the Forms of Government table. Autocracy. One
, a half-demon named Iuz is the dictator of a conquered land that bears his name. Feudalism. The typical government of Europe in the Middle Ages, a feudalistic society consists of layers of lords and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
bidding, masking their intentions behind layers of deception. They lure victims to them by mimicking voices calling out for help, or drive unwanted visitors away by imitating the cries of fierce beasts
passage, so she can be tracked only by magic. Any equipment she wears or carries is invisible with her.
Hag Covens
When hags must work together, they form covens, in spite of their selfish natures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
lead their legions in war. These narzugons, wielding lances of hellfire and riding nightmare steeds like horrific perversions of knights errant, roam across the infernal layers and other planes to
must first be subdued so the tack can be placed on it. No nightmare accepts this forced servitude willingly, but some eventually form strong loyalties to their masters and become true partners in evil.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
smooth black stone, form a perimeter around the heart of the Crypt — which can be seen only from a terrifyingly close vantage. Obscured and protected by the towers are several strange plots of land
sighted. The Crypt has defenses other than monsters, as well. My companion Daerismun asserted that it was protected with layers of “spell webs,” constructions of magical energy waiting to unleash spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. The flames either bring searing agony that reduces a devil to a weaker form, or ecstatic joy that transforms it into a mightier being. Soul Searching Like the rulers of the other layers, Belial and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
was so powerful that he ruled two layers of the Hells, Maladomini and Malbolge. He conspired to topple Asmodeus and replace him, which in itself was not a crime. But in order to work his plans, he
only recently has Baalzebul worked off all those transgressions and been returned to his former humanoid form. In all that time, he has not told a lie to another devil, and his continued honesty is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, giving her multiple offspring of about the same age. She might do this to form a coven with two of her daughters, or to create a coven made up entirely of her offspring. Some hags cite ancient lore
, planar travelers came to recognize that many of the realms and layers of the multiverse are configured in multiples of three. It is possible that plane-traveling hags learned of this planar-based