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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Kalashtar are often seen as wise, spiritual people with great compassion for others. But there is an unmistakable alien quality to the kalashtar, as they are haunted by the conflicts of their otherworldly
kalashtar communities focus on acts of devotion known as the Path of Light. But the dark powers of Dal Quor have their own plans for Eberron. Through the force known as the Dreaming Dark, these monsters
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
beyond — from the boundless vistas of the Elemental Plane of Air.
They are immigrants, refugees, scouts, and explorers, their outposts functioning as footholds in a world both strange and alien
, a mission of vengeance, or a catastrophe typically lies at the heart of the aarakocra adventurer’s chosen path.
Two other circumstances might call an aarakocra to adventure. First, aarakocra
monsters
can choose to succeed instead.
Poisoned Knowledge. If the worm uses Devour Mind on a creature that knows a special sequence of constellations and their path through the sky, at the start of the target
of alien psychic energy. It also serves as the queen of a hivemind colony of infinite wormlike spawn that seek mortal hosts to feast upon and control.
Secret. A specific series of constellations and
backgrounds
common scholars of the forbidden, but any character who stumbles onto the dread truths waiting beneath the surface of reality can find themselves walking the path. The secrets you unveil could threaten to
Humanoid skin with blank pages that absorb ink or other pigments
5
An alien eyeball floating in a jar of preservative fluid
6
An antique amulet with indecipherable symbols, that whispers at the edge of consciousness when worn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
mind flayers are even more alien than others of their kind. (For more information, see chapter 7.) Mind flayer activity in the area around Phandalin isn’t new; centuries ago, as evidenced in
Zorzula’s Rest, mind flayers swept through the Underdark beneath and around Phandalin, consuming or destroying all in their path. That illithid empire eventually fell, but the mind flayer threat never entirely subsided. Now, mind flayers pose more of a threat to Phandalin than ever before.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
mind flayers are even more alien than others of their kind. (For more information, see chapter 7.) Mind flayer activity in the area around Phandalin isn’t new; centuries ago, as evidenced in
Zorzula’s Rest, mind flayers swept through the Underdark beneath and around Phandalin, consuming or destroying all in their path. That illithid empire eventually fell, but the mind flayer threat never entirely subsided. Now, mind flayers pose more of a threat to Phandalin than ever before.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
mouth.
Part of the Drought Elder’s body has been shattered, reduced to a mass of broken chitin islands floating between the two halves of its body. Shattered Path. Five-foot-square chunks of chitin
runes is etched into the ground. The symbols move, crawling in a circle. Above them hovers a mass of insectile limbs encompassing an alien light. Beyond it, a narrow passage opens into the vast void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
mouth.
Part of the Drought Elder’s body has been shattered, reduced to a mass of broken chitin islands floating between the two halves of its body. Shattered Path. Five-foot-square chunks of chitin
runes is etched into the ground. The symbols move, crawling in a circle. Above them hovers a mass of insectile limbs encompassing an alien light. Beyond it, a narrow passage opens into the vast void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, knowing no other life except its sacred mission. Magical Tests. The secrets and treasures a sphinx guards remain under divine protection, so that when a creature fails a sphinx’s test, the path to the
access extraplanar realms. A conversation with a sphinx that begins between tumbled stone walls might suddenly shift to an alien locale, such as a life-sized game board or a daunting cliff that must be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, knowing no other life except its sacred mission. Magical Tests. The secrets and treasures a sphinx guards remain under divine protection, so that when a creature fails a sphinx’s test, the path to the
access extraplanar realms. A conversation with a sphinx that begins between tumbled stone walls might suddenly shift to an alien locale, such as a life-sized game board or a daunting cliff that must be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of stars until the stars change and then follow new stars. (I swear by Garl’s nugget that’s what he said!) Those who stray from the path are lost. How I wish I could have asked the captain where the
enraptured. As to what we beheld, well, imagine a place of staggering natural beauty and impossible elven artifice, an alien realm as distant and beautiful as the stars, but as much a part of you as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
infected with Zuggtmoy’s spores, it senses the alien nature of the demon lord’s corruption. It can’t identify Zuggtmoy’s spores, but knows only that it has not encountered them before. This is unusual
and “her” wedding to the Great Body, and how every myconid is invited, bringing joy to all in the world below and above. Chuul Spore Servants. Behind the myconid breeding grounds is a narrow path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
infected with Zuggtmoy’s spores, it senses the alien nature of the demon lord’s corruption. It can’t identify Zuggtmoy’s spores, but knows only that it has not encountered them before. This is unusual
and “her” wedding to the Great Body, and how every myconid is invited, bringing joy to all in the world below and above. Chuul Spore Servants. Behind the myconid breeding grounds is a narrow path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, but tunnels also connect its realm to Xen’drik. Adventurers can potentially cross great distances quickly by passing through a daelkyr’s domain. Unfathomable Evil. The daelkyr are utterly alien, and
accumulated their own followings among the Cults of the Dragon Below. A few have abandoned the path of aggression in favor of solitary philosophy and reflection. A beholder philosopher might manipulate events
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, but tunnels also connect its realm to Xen’drik. Adventurers can potentially cross great distances quickly by passing through a daelkyr’s domain. Unfathomable Evil. The daelkyr are utterly alien, and
accumulated their own followings among the Cults of the Dragon Below. A few have abandoned the path of aggression in favor of solitary philosophy and reflection. A beholder philosopher might manipulate events
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of stars until the stars change and then follow new stars. (I swear by Garl’s nugget that’s what he said!) Those who stray from the path are lost. How I wish I could have asked the captain where the
enraptured. As to what we beheld, well, imagine a place of staggering natural beauty and impossible elven artifice, an alien realm as distant and beautiful as the stars, but as much a part of you as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giant seer is guided by visions—glimpses of possible futures, messages from a god, or whisperings of some alien consciousness—and sends adventurers into the world to fulfill whatever those visions
the countryside, carefully mapping its path and cataloging the destruction left in its wake. 5 Brave a dragon’s hoard to steal a device that tracks the positions of invisible celestial bodies. 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giant seer is guided by visions—glimpses of possible futures, messages from a god, or whisperings of some alien consciousness—and sends adventurers into the world to fulfill whatever those visions
the countryside, carefully mapping its path and cataloging the destruction left in its wake. 5 Brave a dragon’s hoard to steal a device that tracks the positions of invisible celestial bodies. 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Orcus! Although Orcus doesn’t have a significant role in this adventure, players might wonder what the Demon Lord of Undeath is up to. In the heart of a alien cavern glistening with slime, scores of mind
would confuse an ordinary mind, but you instinctively know the path you must walk. Every step brings you closer to a magma-filled chasm, lodged in which is an enormous contraption of metal and stone — a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
about infinitely long, psychedelic serpents. When the creature awakes, it gains inspiration. Secret Path. A character who searches this cavern and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check
. Regardless of the saving throw result, the creature also receives the following grim vision: Within an expanse of broken worlds drifts a gargantuan alien form—one that is far from a centipede yet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Orcus! Although Orcus doesn’t have a significant role in this adventure, players might wonder what the Demon Lord of Undeath is up to. In the heart of a alien cavern glistening with slime, scores of mind
would confuse an ordinary mind, but you instinctively know the path you must walk. Every step brings you closer to a magma-filled chasm, lodged in which is an enormous contraption of metal and stone — a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
about infinitely long, psychedelic serpents. When the creature awakes, it gains inspiration. Secret Path. A character who searches this cavern and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check
. Regardless of the saving throw result, the creature also receives the following grim vision: Within an expanse of broken worlds drifts a gargantuan alien form—one that is far from a centipede yet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.
Stone Giant Dreamwalker The surface of the world is an alien realm to stone giants: fluctuating, temporary
Wanderers. Dreamwalkers are driven mad by isolation, shame, and their unendingly alien surroundings, and this madness leeches out into the world around them, affecting other creatures that get too
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
fiend, balor, yugoloth, or night hag that is especially mighty. That patron’s aims are evil—the corruption or destruction of all things, ultimately including you—and your path is defined by the extent to
Pact Magic spell slot (no action required) to restore your use of it. Level 10: Eldritch Hex Your alien patron grants you a powerful curse. You always have the Hex spell prepared. When you cast Hex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
fiend, balor, yugoloth, or night hag that is especially mighty. That patron’s aims are evil—the corruption or destruction of all things, ultimately including you—and your path is defined by the extent to
Pact Magic spell slot (no action required) to restore your use of it. Level 10: Eldritch Hex Your alien patron grants you a powerful curse. You always have the Hex spell prepared. When you cast Hex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.
Stone Giant Dreamwalker The surface of the world is an alien realm to stone giants: fluctuating, temporary
Wanderers. Dreamwalkers are driven mad by isolation, shame, and their unendingly alien surroundings, and this madness leeches out into the world around them, affecting other creatures that get too
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
otherwise occupied.
Shelf Path. Because dangerous fungi often lurk near the footpaths, denizens of the fane who pass through this chamber have found another way around. The shelf fungi adhering to the
walls are surprisingly sturdy and offer a 3-foot-wide path that circles the eastern side of the chamber. Any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher spots the shelf path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
otherwise occupied.
Shelf Path. Because dangerous fungi often lurk near the footpaths, denizens of the fane who pass through this chamber have found another way around. The shelf fungi adhering to the
walls are surprisingly sturdy and offer a 3-foot-wide path that circles the eastern side of the chamber. Any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher spots the shelf path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to this cave, they cower at the western end of the room. G17. Earth Portal This colossal cavern is an alien landscape filled with soaring stone buttresses, weirdly twisting columns, and gargantuan
shards of glowing crystal. A long path of steps is cut into the uneven floor and wends its way between the mighty stone pillars to the cavern’s core. There, the steps climb to the base of a stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to this cave, they cower at the western end of the room. G17. Earth Portal This colossal cavern is an alien landscape filled with soaring stone buttresses, weirdly twisting columns, and gargantuan
shards of glowing crystal. A long path of steps is cut into the uneven floor and wends its way between the mighty stone pillars to the cavern’s core. There, the steps climb to the base of a stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
many centuries, spurning both Lolth and Corellon, for he was not wholly given over to evil but neither was he fully aligned with the forces of light. Eventually his path crossed that of Eilistraee
can show a drow how to persevere in that alien environment. The scrolls that the matron mothers guard so closely attest that Eilistraee turned against Lolth but knew better than to seek solace among
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
many centuries, spurning both Lolth and Corellon, for he was not wholly given over to evil but neither was he fully aligned with the forces of light. Eventually his path crossed that of Eilistraee
can show a drow how to persevere in that alien environment. The scrolls that the matron mothers guard so closely attest that Eilistraee turned against Lolth but knew better than to seek solace among