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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion
1/day each: Charm Person, Disguise Self, Silent ImageThe common members of the Mages of Usamigaras use their magical
hide their identities and intentions behind silver masks depicting the face of their god. Secrecy is key among the Mages of Usamigaras. Members whisper in the presence of outsiders and pepper their
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
"} slashing damage.Murderous gangs of harpies collect in grim places across Theros, preying on any who pass by. Many merchants face regular losses at the harpies' claws, common casualties often referred
Equipment
Aside from space galleons, flying fish ships are the most common vessels in Wildspace, favorites among merchants and adventurers alike.
A flying fish ship can float and sail on water, but it isn
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Acquisitions Incorporated
of volcanic rock the creatures prize as roosts are common in such places, whose ambient warmth provides constant temperature regulation for the creature's eggs.
Regional Effects
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by someone else. Seriously, stay away from these things.A Deep Crow's Lair
Deep crows and ancient deep crows roost in places both deep and warm, favoring sites with access to exposed lava. The spires
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
oreads number among the most dangerous nymphs, as they embody the wild might of flames, volcanism, and the hidden forces of the earth. These creatures typically dwell in remote mountain crags and near
volcanoes, where they caper among the forces of dissolution and rebirth. During avalanches and volcanic eruptions, groups of oreads might race ahead of the destruction, dancing, singing, and doing what
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
wild places of the world, being common foes for heroes seeking to test their mettle against terrors worthy of the gods’ notice. Most ironscale hydras inhabit lakes and boggy caverns, from which
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Suffer not their presence; destroy rose bearers on sight.”
—Common saying among the Knights of Solamnia
A black rose bearer is a rotting corpse animated by necromancers on Krynn to serve
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
; armies, serving as foot soldiers in the Abyss’s endless warring.
Bulezaus crave violence. Their eagerness to kill and willingness to die make them common members of many demon lords&rsquo
; entourages. When not being corralled by larger and tougher demons, bulezaus gather into scrabbling mobs, wrestling and fighting among themselves until a better target comes along or until a stronger
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
patternNaiads live in and near water. They might be spotted among rivers and lakes, on isolated shores, or amid coral labyrinths and deep sea fumaroles. Wherever rivers and seas show their variety and force
personality.
Aquatic Collectors. Curious by nature, naiads often seek out what the seas and rivers claim. As a result, they might be found among sunken ruins and shipwrecks, sifting through the remains
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Lampads guard the shadowed paths of the world, depths typically trod by souls destined for the Underworld. These rarely seen nymphs assist Athreos in guiding the dead, moving among the spirits that
deep into the earth, and near portals to the Underworld.
Nymphs
Divine servants that inhabit unspoiled corners of the world, nymphs protect places of natural power and infuse their surroundings with
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
sentinels is a mystery, and of all Purphoros’s original anvilwroughts, this construct is the most difficult to control. A sentinel often operates without a master, stalking the high places of
vigilant guardians at holy shrines, others serve as familiars and messengers, and a few were created to emulate beauty found among the animals of the mortal world. Each exhibits abilities suited to its
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Light Crossbow", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Derro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are safe from
tendency to develop sorcerous power. Individuals who do so usually serve as leaders and are known as savants.
Grandiose fantasies and rampant fanaticism have obscured derro’s true origin, even among
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
true form if it dies.Kin to the common mimic described in the Monster Manual, hoard mimics are among the oldest and most cunning of their kind. A hoard mimic’s massive, amorphous form and shape
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
troll undergoes strange mutations. Among the most common mutations are wings, stretchable bodies, resistance to magic, and a strange reflective psychic property. Many troll mutates also have small
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
porcelain dolls are the most common, all manner of deadly stuffed animals, crawling jack-in-the-boxes, bloodthirsty poppets, murderous jewelry box ballerinas, and so forth might be carrionettes. These
malicious toys are skilled deceivers and, despite some having existed for generations, often affect unsettlingly childlike personalities. Among the most notorious of these terrors is the carrionette Maligno, Darklord of the domain of Odaire (detailed in chapter 3).Poison, Psychic
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator.
Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest
. Recognizing that girallons are peaceful among their own kind, other folk have learned how to approach a group’s leader, offering food and other gifts in hopes of establishing an alliance with
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
Also at rank 1, you are the beneficiary of a whisper jar — a common magic item resembling an ether-filled jar with a long tap hose. The jar is used to record others’ stories and your own
the time
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Everything, because everyone else around you will eat their words one day!
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The top seven places to eat fried rat skewers in every settlement you’ve ever visited
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The Celestial
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
desire to wander that paradise for the rest of your days. But you know that your mission is among mortals for now, and that your pact binds you to bring light to the dark places of the world.
Celestial
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
sleep, drifting aimlessly until hunger or some other stimulus awakens it.
Cosmic horrors are among the most powerful creatures spawned by the Far Realm. No two of them have the same appearance, but
they have certain qualities in common. Each one is roughly 100 feet long or tall, and its physical form is a seemingly impossible conglomeration of eyes, mouths, wings, tentacles, and less recognizable organs and appendages.Acid, Poison
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: mage hand, message, prestidigitation
1/day each: invisibility, sleep, spider climbDerro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are
, even among themselves. Most dwarves don’t recognize derro as kin, but the legends that derro tell about their people and the story that duergar believe share a grain of truth. According to the
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
places where they’ll be left in peace, such as lonely tombs or the necropoleis of Asphodel and Odunos. There they go through half-hearted parodies of life, impeded by distraction and ennui
. Despite this, even the most languorous Returned defend themselves if threatened and might be pressed into the service of their more willful brethren.
Returned have escaped the Underworld and dwell among
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
terrible curse among Strixhaven’s students.
Sentience. Murgaxor’s orb is a sentient, chaotic evil magic item with the following properties:
The orb has an Intelligence of 20, a Wisdom of 16
, and a Charisma of 16, as well as hearing and darkvision out to a range of 30 feet.
The orb can speak, read, and understand Common, and it can communicate telepathically with any creature touching it
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Curse of Strahd
in plain sight among them.
Charitable Collectors. Wereravens like to collect shiny trinkets and precious baubles. They are fond of sharing their wealth with those in need and, in their humanoid forms
, modestly give money to charity. They take steps to keep magic items out of evil hands by stashing them in secret hiding places.
Characters as Wereravens. The Monster Manual has rules for characters
Genasi
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: crushing earth, searing flames, boundless skies, and endless seas make visiting these places dangerous for even a short time. The powerful genies, however, don’t face such troubles when venturing
which they are born. The more strange their appearance, the harder time they have. Many genasi lose themselves in teeming cities, where their distinctiveness hardly raises an eyebrow in places
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
muscular stag, covered in golden scales lined in some places with golden fur. It has a long mane and tail, coppery cloven hooves, and a spiral-shaped coppery horn just above and between its luminous
of evil. Having one horn is most common, but a particularly fierce ki-rin might have two horns or a set of antlers like those of a great stag.
In many lands, common folk view ki-rins as heralds of
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion.
Desertification. Precipitation is almost nonexistent within 6 miles of the scion, parching the land and withering most
Annam’s grandchildren, and they occupy a privileged place among giants. On some worlds, these scions ruled the first empires of giants until Annam retreated into seclusion. On other worlds, the
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. It’s common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships, not only as emissaries
sustenance.
Astral elves were among the first creatures to dwell in the Silver Void. As other explorers have reached for the stars, astral elves have had to reckon with violent neighbors and strange
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
encountered while possessing a host body. The Inspired are the most common type of willing host for the quori and are described earlier in this chapter.
Hashalaq Quori
Hashalaq quori are loremasters
are the loremasters of Dal Quor. Even those hashalaqs who don't make use of Inspired vessels dedicate themselves to studying Eberron and the planes, and they are among the few quori castes whose
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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
included among their ranks.
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A bottle of colored ink, an ink pen, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
;ve trained among the Mages, but whether you’ll face the dangerous test required to become a full member of the group remains to be determined. Your passion for studying magic has likely already
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
forms results in its having a slow, awkward gait.
Sound Mimicry. Mongrelfolk have misshapen mouths and vocal cords. They speak fragmented Common mixed with various animal cries and nonsense. They
live on the fringes of civilization in ruins, deserted buildings, or other places that other humanoid races once lived in or built. They tend to be timid and skittish outside their homes and fiercely
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the giant’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Abundant Ore. Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion.
Desertification. Precipitation is
, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they are Annam’s grandchildren, and they occupy a privileged place among giants. On some worlds, these scions ruled the
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Almost all of the common people and other folk that one might encounter along the Sword Coast or in the North have one thing in common: they live out their lives without ever traveling more than a
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
;especially travelers from faraway places.
Moonstone dragons can project themselves into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire
the dragon’s lair.
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A moonstone dragon, offended by gifts of gold, is causing nightmares among the local nobility.
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A powerful spellcaster is forcing a captive moonstone dragon to
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to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
. You know if a deity has a following in the city and any places that faith openly congregates and the neighborhoods those faithful typically inhabit. While this isn’t remarkable for most of the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon’s Lair
For their lairs, moonstone dragons look for places kissed by the moon; lonely peaks, forest clearings, and placid lakes are among their favorite sites. Their whimsical nature makes
faraway places.
Moonstone dragons can project themselves into the realm of dreams to communicate with the creatures that sleep near their lairs. In this way, they inspire artists and poets, encourage