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squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey.
Topaz dragons often come into conflict with bronze dragons when
by Undead, sometimes keeping them in their hoards as curios.
Creating a Topaz Dragon
Use the Topaz Dragon Personality Traits and Topaz Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive
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to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death.
Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as to the
toward an idealized form. Such creatures are rarely aggressive toward others that aren’t normally prey.
Controlled Weather. A ki-rin can cast control weather while it is within 3 miles of its
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, their favorite food is giant squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey.
Topaz dragons often come into
are particularly intrigued by Undead, sometimes keeping them in their hoards as curios.
Creating a Topaz Dragon
Use the Topaz Dragon Personality Traits and Topaz Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your
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immense power.
Creating a Sapphire Dragon
Use the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire
Rary's telepathic bond spell.
Thriving Wildlife. giant spider;Giant spiders (a sapphire dragon’s favorite prey) are attracted to the area within 6 miles of the lair and settle there in large
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.
Creating a Dragon Turtle
Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting
, though some dragon turtles prefer coastal lairs with easier access to settlements they can trade with—or prey upon. Particularly reclusive dragon turtles seek lairs in even more remote locales
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. Unfortunately, their favorite food is giant squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey.
Topaz dragons often
to inspire your portrayal of distinctive topaz dragon characters.
Topaz Dragon Personality Traits
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I seek
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the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits
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spider;Giant spiders (a sapphire dragon’s favorite prey) are attracted to the area within 6 miles of the lair and settle there in large numbers.
If the dragon dies, the population of giant
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dragons hate the water. Unfortunately, their favorite food is giant squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey
Topaz Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive topaz dragon characters.
Topaz Dragon Personality Traits
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aggression toward creatures that they could defeat in a fight and that can’t be dealt with in some other manner. They are aggressive toward prey they want to eat, creatures that want to harm them, and
quirk for a lizardfolk character or to inspire a unique mannerism.
Lizardfolk Quirks
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Quirk
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You hate waste and see no reason not to scavenge fallen enemies. Fingers are tasty and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
nests are typically littered with treasure and uneaten prey. Roll on or choose an option from the Roc Nest Remnants table to inspire what’s in a roc’s nest. Roc Nest Remnants 1d6 The Roc’s Nest Holds
Roc Avian of Unbelievable Size Habitat: Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Hill, Mountain; Treasure: Any Alejandro Pacheco Birds of prey of fantastic scale, rocs hunt over vast territories and can snatch
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, manticores enjoy speaking with those they’re about to devour. Sometimes they make agreements with their prey. Roll on or choose a result from the Manticore Negotiations table to inspire what a
teeth, manticores ambush travelers from above and devour them. Manticores crave the taste of humans, but lacking their favored prey, they eagerly consume other peoples and livestock. Manticores have
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
on or choose a result from the Roper Hazards table to inspire what dangers ropers employ when ambushing prey.
Roper Hazards 1d8 The Roper Drags Prey Through... 1 Areas that trigger traps. 2
. These bizarre subterranean hunters extend their rubbery tentacles to explore and prod their surroundings, often reaching beyond their fields of vision. Should they encounter prey, these limbs ensnare
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subsist on this sort of prey and booty for quite some time.
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Orcs pillage and scavenge wherever they go — everything is loot, and loot is always something to be proud of. In order to
tribe to the death.
2
Every serious choice I make must be decided by signs or omens from the gods.
3
I carry the teeth of a great warrior. They inspire me to commit great deeds in battle
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Ochre Jelly Multiplying Amoeboid Hunter Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: None Mark Behm Ochre jellies are giant, yellow-brown amoebas that digest organic creatures. They tirelessly hunt any prey
smaller than themselves, oozing over, under, and around obstacles in their path. Once they overwhelm their quarry, these acidic slimes dissolve the flesh, hair, and scales of their prey, leaving behind
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creepy manors suit ghostly inhabitants, so does each domain inspire and encourage a distinct type of terror. Details on how to create your own domains appear in chapter 2, while chapter 3 describes some of
tormenting villains as much as they do innocents, the Mists equally confound both predators and prey, and Darklords frequently exhibit hubris or other exploitable flaws. Use Ravenloft’s nature to sow dread
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appearances, griffons are often associated with royalty and are widely called the Masters of Animals. Countless tales surround griffons. Roll on or choose a result from the Griffon Tales table to inspire
prey. 5 Serve the first creature they see after hatching. 6 Won’t attack those with royal blood. Griffon Large Monstrosity, Unaligned
AC 12 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 59 (7d10 + 21)
Speed 30 ft
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
harrowing journey into the jungles of the Isle of Dread can be an exciting adventure in its own right. In the great outdoors, dragons wheel across the sky in search of prey, tribes of hobgoblins pour forth
, takes many forms, and urban settings aren’t always the safe havens they seem to be. This chapter provides an overview of these three environments plus a few unusual environments, taking you through the process of creating an adventure location, with plenty of random tables to inspire you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating a Red Dragon Use the Red Dragon Personality Traits and Red Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive red dragon characters, and use the Red Dragon Spellcasting table to
are so few foes and so little prey worthy of me.
2 The worship of smaller creatures pleases me, though their weakness is pathetic—how can they do other than adore me?
3 Nothing is better
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to inspire how an otyugh tempts prey close. Otyugh Lures 1d4 To Attract Potential Meals, the Otyugh... 1 Disguises its tentacles with garbage puppets. 2 Sings an enticing song in Otyugh. 3
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stoic sentinels hold their posts through wind, storm, and flood, bound to their master’s command, eager to terrify prey with its sackcloth visage and rend victims with its razor-sharp claws. Spirit
inspire fear in those it gazes upon. Hags and witches often bind scarecrows with the spirits of demons, but any evil spirit will do. Although aspects of the spirit’s personality might surface, a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their prey before they attack again. Legends tie death dogs to malicious death gods, the underworld, and cursed rulers. These stories are based on the malady death dogs spread. Roll on or choose a result
from the Death Dog Malady Symptoms table to inspire symptoms spread by a death dog’s bite. These symptoms are cosmetic and don’t alter the effects of the death dog’s Bite action. The symptoms vanish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating a White Dragon Use the White Dragon Personality Traits and White Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive white dragon characters, and use the White Dragon Spellcasting
whatever it takes to survive. (Any)
3 Dominance. I delight in making others tremble, knowing that I could kill them at any time. (Evil)
4 Isolation. All creatures are either prey or rivals
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
predators that hunt people—particularly humans and elves—in favor of all other prey. With the bodies of mighty avian scavengers and fanged, stag-like heads, perytons use ambush tactics to dive-bomb
or choose a result from the Peryton Superstitions table to inspire why a peryton steals hearts. Peryton Superstitions 1d4 If a Peryton Collects Enough Hearts... 1 The hearts grant an evil wish. 2
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jaws. Rather than chasing prey, they use their supernatural gaze to turn creatures to stone and then consume these victims at their leisure. While basilisks are most comfortable in subterranean lairs
more unusual beings that had dire encounters with a basilisk. Roll on or choose a result from the Petrified Basilisk Victims table to inspire the statues that might appear in a basilisk’s hunting
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, incubi feed off dreams and replace them with terrifying nightmares. Incubi visit victims nightly until their prey expires. The incubi then hunt for new victims, preferring the loved ones of past targets
a result from the Incubus Nightmares table to inspire these night terrors.
Incubus Nightmares 1d8 The Incubus’s Victim Has Dreams Of...
1 An angry family member or authority figure
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the Shadowfell. Their victims rise as new shadows and prey on the living. Shadows might resemble the silhouettes of who they were in life or take on more menacing forms. Roll on or choose a result from
the Shadow Shapes table to inspire a shadow’s form and haunting. Shadow Shapes 1d6 The Shadow Appears As... 1 A distorted stalker that lurks in the woods. 2 A fiend that dwells near a wicked
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abandoned structures or around the bends of treacherous paths, these spirits tempt the curious into peril. Once their prey is vulnerable, will-o’-wisps feed on the life force of those they lay low. Roll
on or choose a result from the Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes table to inspire how a will-o’-wisp imperils its victims. Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes 1d6 The Will-o’-Wisp Tempts Victims Into... 1 An abandoned
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typically cooperate with one another only to defeat more powerful prey. Most demonstrate no interest in creating things or in communicating with other creatures, including their own kind. Many grells
Explorations table to inspire why grells seek passage between realms. Grell Explorations 1d6 Grells Travel Because They Are... 1 Advanced viruses, each the clone of all other grell. They exist
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
wilderness trek across the desert or a harrowing journey into the jungle can be an exciting adventure in its own right. Outdoors, dragons wheel across the sky in search of prey, fierce warriors pour forth
images that can inspire your mapmaking. Bringing a Location to Life An inhabited adventure location has its own ecosystem. The creatures that live there need to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep
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importance. Roll on or choose a result from the Weretiger Wards table to inspire what a weretiger defends.
Weretiger Wards 1d4 The Weretiger Protects A...
1 Legendary weapon or symbol of
. Its game statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
I hunt evil like the great cat hunts its prey, but evil will not long
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Black Pudding Divisible, Corrosive Blob Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: None Black puddings are shapeless masses of predatory cells. Once a pudding detects organic matter, it oozes toward its prey
black puddings into being. Roll on or choose a result from the Black Pudding Sources table to inspire a pudding’s origins.
Black Pudding Sources 1d6 The Black Pudding Formed From...
1
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Pseudodragon Fickle, Pint-Sized Dragon Habitat: Coastal, Desert, Forest, Hill, Mountain, Urban; Treasure: Arcana Pseudodragons dwell in scenic wildernesses, preferably where life is easy and prey is
Treats table to inspire a pseudodragon’s taste in gifts. Pseudodragon Treats 1d10 The Pseudodragon Wants... 1 Flamboyant accessories it can wear. 2 Mementos from a lost friend or master. 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
in others by committing brave deeds in battle. The mere presence of a knight in a hamlet is enough to cause some orcs and bandits to seek easier prey. A lone knight is a skilled warrior, but a knight
3rd level, you learn how to inspire your allies to fight on past their injuries. When you use your Second Wind feature, you can choose up to three creatures within 60 feet of you that are allied with
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easy prey for these monsters. Many ankhegs hunt alone, but those in places with ample food might collect in nests of several dozen and threaten whole towns. Ankheg nests can be challenging to wipe out
. Roll on or choose a result from the Ankheg Tunnel Discoveries table to inspire what might be found in an ankheg’s tunnel. Though they feed on things under the soil, ankhegs prefer live meat—your cattle
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
inspiration to fit the encounter into the location you’re populating. If that context doesn’t make sense for the situation you’re building, consider using the context to inspire the creature’s general
, you can either ignore the attitude or shape the encounter to match it. For example, if you roll an indifferent or friendly attitude for a creature that is hunting prey, you might decide the hunter






