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Monster Manual
create sanctuaries apart from the living, whether hidden in cosmopolitan cities or sequestered in ruins where they dwelled in life.
The region containing a vampire’s lair is warped by its presence
mile of the lair must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or gain no benefit from that rest.
Mists. The area within 1 mile of the lair is Lightly Obscured by a persistent, creeping fog. The vampire
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environments abundant with life. They share apes’ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those found in deep
scale walls and battlements, and they perch on tower tops and other high vantages to keep an eye on the surrounding area.
When girallons can’t climb, they stalk the forest floor, lurk in narrow
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
a planar convergence. Elemental energy saturates any creatures in the area and might alter their nature enough that their offspring with other mortals are born as genasi.
Heirs to Elemental Power
entire lives without encountering another one of their kind. There are no great genasi cities or empires. Genasi seldom have communities of their own and typically adopt the cultures and societies into
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
exhales a cloud of magical fear gas in a 120-foot cone. Any creature in that area must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of the beast for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the
engines. A single beast can lay waste to entire cities and armies.Teleport (2/Day). The beast magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
place for only as long as the hunting is good in the immediate area, though they might visit the same way stations over and over during their wanderings. They also settle down temporarily whenever it
powerful hunter, such as a blue dragon, they carefully weigh whether to serve the superior hunter, move on, or fight to the death to remove it as competition.
Tlincallis rarely build cities, make
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Guild Business
Guilds are generally found in cities large enough to support several artisans practicing the same trade. However, your guild
provide you with lodging and food if necessary, and pay for your funeral if needed. In some cities and towns, a guildhall offers a central place to meet other members of your profession, which can be a
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lasts as long as Nafas maintains concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). When the vortex appears, each creature other than Nafas in the vortex’s area must make a DC 22 Strength saving throw
Nafas can see ends its turn, Nafas exhales forceful winds in a 30-foot cone. Large or smaller creatures in that area must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 15 feet away from him
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 49 (9d10);{"diceNotation":"9d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath
alliances or enmities. Their lairs are highly individual. Some are woven from networks of living fungus. Others are built upon the ruins of ancient cities or carved into caves near underground lakes.
Deep
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 33 (6d10);{"diceNotation":"6d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath
with whom they have alliances or enmities. Their lairs are highly individual. Some are woven from networks of living fungus. Others are built upon the ruins of ancient cities or carved into caves near
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1 minute, the area within the Cone is drenched with slimy acid. When a creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, it takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10
special organs for the purpose.
Most shoggoths serve powerful cult leaders or Mythos entities directly. They are called forth to provide physical power, working to hew cities from mountains or trample
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the stars, driven by some unknowable urge to leave the terrestrial realms behind.
Abandoned Domains. The flying polyps once gathered in great cities. They constructed vaults deep within the earth
through the area in a 5-mile radius around the ritual site. The storm lasts for an hour and flattens all buildings that lack fortifications. Creatures caught in the open take 1d4 Bludgeoning damage per
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1 minute, the area within the Cone is drenched with slimy acid. When a creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, it takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10
power, working to hew cities from mountains or trample armies beneath their shifting, iridescent mass. Shoggoths are effectively immortal. Some continue their labors in ruins or dungeons long after the
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the area patrolled by the guard did she explain that the noises indicated that the wingless folk had claimed that area, and that to trespass would be to court death.
— Gimble, Notes from a
. They settle in places that accept them, usually bleak cities that have fallen on hard times and are overrun with crime.
Dreams of Flight
Above all else, kenku wish to regain their ability to fly
Barbarian
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Basic Rules (2014)
, resilience, and feats of strength.
Primal Instinct
People of towns and cities take pride in their settled ways, as if denying one’s connection to nature were a mark of superiority. To a barbarian
stranger in the area of the campaign? Or is the campaign set in a rough-and-tumble frontier where barbarians are common?
What led you to take up the adventuring life? Were you lured to settled lands
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, the kobolds are usually put to work enlarging their masters’ living area and protecting vital areas of the lair with traps and other defenses.
Some human communities hire kobolds to dig their
network of passages beneath the streets, connecting them to a nearby waterway and greatly improving the town’s sanitation. If the kobolds like the area and aren’t mistreated by the humans
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in circles or guiding them away from the community. Beasts in the region grow violent, attacking outsiders but allowing cultists to hunt them down with ease. Communities in the area face a ghastly
civilization. A kingdom ready for the coming invasion stands a chance of defeating the threat. One that perceived the cultists as rabble, bumpkins, or harmless lunatics risks having its cities and towns
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
— Elminster
Search, Destroy, Repeat
When a tribe is on the move, orc
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Government In the feudal society common in most D&D worlds, power and authority are concentrated in towns and cities. Nobles hold authority over the settlements where they live and the surrounding
their positions because they already hold the respect of their fellow citizens. Within towns and cities, lords share authority and administrative responsibility with lesser nobles (usually their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Government In the feudal society common in most D&D worlds, power and authority are concentrated in towns and cities. Nobles hold authority over the settlements where they live and the surrounding
their positions because they already hold the respect of their fellow citizens. Within towns and cities, lords share authority and administrative responsibility with lesser nobles (usually their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Background Ironspine Keep has stood abandoned for many years. Representatives of the Lord’s Alliance, an organization of the strongest cities on the Sword Coast, recently funded an expedition to
be an easy task. Szass Tam, a scheming lich in command of the malevolent Red Wizards of Thay, plans to amass an army in this area of the Western Heartlands. Ironspine Keep makes an ideal place to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Background Ironspine Keep has stood abandoned for many years. Representatives of the Lord’s Alliance, an organization of the strongest cities on the Sword Coast, recently funded an expedition to
be an easy task. Szass Tam, a scheming lich in command of the malevolent Red Wizards of Thay, plans to amass an army in this area of the Western Heartlands. Ironspine Keep makes an ideal place to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara as Campaign Villain A campaign with Ephara as the villain might be well suited to a wilderness-based campaign. Many people of the wilds see the patron of cities as inherently villainous—a
, displacing the people and creatures that inhabit the area. This wilderness could be where the characters live, or the residents of the area might ask the characters for help. Since the followers of Ephara
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Ephara as Campaign Villain A campaign with Ephara as the villain might be well suited to a wilderness-based campaign. Many people of the wilds see the patron of cities as inherently villainous—a
, displacing the people and creatures that inhabit the area. This wilderness could be where the characters live, or the residents of the area might ask the characters for help. Since the followers of Ephara
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
plenty of room for adventuring. The first step of mapping a region at this scale is to sketch out the coastlines and any major bodies of water in the area. Is the region landlocked or on a coast? A coastal
region might include islands offshore, and a landlocked area might include an inland sea or major lakes. Alternatively, the region could consist of a single large island, or an isthmus or peninsula
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The Sword Coast and the North Running along the Sea of Swords from north of Amn to the Sea of Moving Ice, the Sword Coast is a narrow band of territory dominated by the city-states of the area that
use the sea for trade. For most who care about such things, the area is delimited by Neverwinter in the north and Baldur’s Gate in the south, but territory farther to the north and south that isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
The Sword Coast and the North Running along the Sea of Swords from north of Amn to the Sea of Moving Ice, the Sword Coast is a narrow band of territory dominated by the city-states of the area that
use the sea for trade. For most who care about such things, the area is delimited by Neverwinter in the north and Baldur’s Gate in the south, but territory farther to the north and south that isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
plenty of room for adventuring. The first step of mapping a region at this scale is to sketch out the coastlines and any major bodies of water in the area. Is the region landlocked or on a coast? A coastal
region might include islands offshore, and a landlocked area might include an inland sea or major lakes. Alternatively, the region could consist of a single large island, or an isthmus or peninsula
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Arrival in Red Larch Red Larch is a town on the Long Road, a few days’ travel north of Waterdeep and a few days’ travel south of Triboar. It’s a way stop for caravans coming to or from the cities of
. The characters might be locals or travelers. They and players learn about the area as the party explores the town and meets its citizens. The Swinging Sword (area 2) is the only inn, and the Helm at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
wealth and power. A vista of fantastic floating cities covers the wall to the left of the entrance. Staircase and Landing Across from the entrance, empty stone torch sconces flank a dusty staircase
descending 20 feet to a landing. Set into the back wall of the landing is a Netherese calendar stone. Beyond this landing, the staircase resumes its descent, stopping at three more landings of bare stone and descending a total of 100 feet before arriving at area 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Combining Scales Whichever scale you start with, it’s easy to zoom in or out on your maps. At continent scale, 1 hex represents the same area as 10 kingdom-scale hexes. Two cities that are 3 hexes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
wealth and power. A vista of fantastic floating cities covers the wall to the left of the entrance. Staircase and Landing Across from the entrance, empty stone torch sconces flank a dusty staircase
descending 20 feet to a landing. Set into the back wall of the landing is a Netherese calendar stone. Beyond this landing, the staircase resumes its descent, stopping at three more landings of bare stone and descending a total of 100 feet before arriving at area 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Combining Scales Whichever scale you start with, it’s easy to zoom in or out on your maps. At continent scale, 1 hex represents the same area as 10 kingdom-scale hexes. Two cities that are 3 hexes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Arrival in Red Larch Red Larch is a town on the Long Road, a few days’ travel north of Waterdeep and a few days’ travel south of Triboar. It’s a way stop for caravans coming to or from the cities of
. The characters might be locals or travelers. They and players learn about the area as the party explores the town and meets its citizens. The Swinging Sword (area 2) is the only inn, and the Helm at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
themselves. Towns and cities are the seats of the nobles who govern the surrounding area, and who carry the responsibility for defending the villages from attack. Occasionally, a local lord or lady
. Most settlements are agricultural villages, supporting themselves and nearby towns or cities with crops and meat. Villagers produce food in one way or another — if not by tending the crops, then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
themselves. Towns and cities are the seats of the nobles who govern the surrounding area, and who carry the responsibility for defending the villages from attack. Occasionally, a local lord or lady
. Most settlements are agricultural villages, supporting themselves and nearby towns or cities with crops and meat. Villagers produce food in one way or another — if not by tending the crops, then