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Storm King's Thunder
adventurous spirit. The Lionshield Coster pays him well, but he longs to make a name for himself. At the same time, he runs a business with his partner Alaestra and knows she wouldnât forgive him if he
ran off and never returned.
Ideal: âThe bigger the risk, the greater the reward.â
Bond: âI adore my colleague Alaestra, and Iâd like to do something to impress her.â
Flaw: âIâll risk life and limb to become a legend.â
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
choker is a subterranean predator far more dangerous than its small size and spindly, rubbery limbs would suggest.
Chokers have cartilage rather than a bony skeleton. This flexible internal structure
, the chokerâs starfish-shaped hands dart out of its hiding spot, wrap around the victimâs throat, and pin the unfortunate creature against the cavern wall. Because its arms are so long, the
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
âd never see her againâthen, to our horror, we did.â
âHopewell Lightfinger, Sword Coast Adventurer
When the spirit of a malevolent trickster or callous rogue refuses to
enter the afterlife, the spirit sometimes becomes a mirror shade instead. Mirror shades are incorporeal Undead that, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
successful one.Known for her incredible awareness and reflexes, the dragonnel-flying ace Red Ruin leads the Red Dragon Armyâs airborne forces. Her actual name is unknown, leading her allies to
refer to her merely as âcommanderâ or âRed Ruinââa sobriquet earned after razing numerous targets from the air. She rarely removes her distinctive dragonnel-shaped helmet
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
. Vladimir wields a weapon, +2; +2 greatsword with a hilt sculpted to resemble silver dragon wings and a pommel shaped like a silver dragon's head clutching a black opal between its teeth
Turn Immunity
witnessing Strahd himself slay Vladimir's beloved, his fellow knight Sir Godfrey Gwilym. With the battle won, Strahd surrounded Argynvostholt. Rather than cower in his lair, Argynvost emerged and
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Customizable Storage. A keg robot can hold up to three types of liquid payload totaling 12 gallons within its hollow, barrel-shaped body. A full keg robot can make one liquid attack per gallon before
alchemical dispensary,â and so forth. But their prominent use as portable beer dispensers has placed the name âkeg robotâ firmly into public consciousness.
A keg robot can hold up to three different
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their own flaws. Itâs appropriate for Auril to act as though sheâs
.
A stat block is given for each of Aurilâs three forms. These descriptions do not reflect Auril at full power, but rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions
Auril
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
their enemies, most notably the magic-devouring, funnel-shaped creatures known as phaerimm. Other creatures targeted by the thaluud include mind flayers, derro, drow, and duergar. Tomb tappers
communicate with one another by means of a humming sound created by skin vibrations.
Seekers of Magic. Tomb tappers received their colloquial name from their habit of burrowing into the depths to plunder
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
-shaped amulet that has the properties of a ring of feather falling.Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Warhammer"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one
;
Bond. âPraise Orcus! May he give me the power to spread death, decay, and undeath in his name!â
Flaw. âI see living people as the corpses they are doomed to become and t reat them
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
feeling unwanted. After much thought, however, Nass came around to the idea. She could put her magic to the test and carve out a name for herself.
As she was preparing to leave the Hosttower, Nass
overheard her master talking to another wizard about a covert expedition to Icewind Dale being undertaken to seek out long-lost magic from a bygone empire. Rather than carry out her original plan, Nass
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
demystifying her in the eyes of your players. Let her actions, not her words, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their
rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions
Auril dwells on Solstice, a frozen island hidden among the titanic icebergs in the Sea of Moving Ice. Few creatures know of this
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Ear of the Chosen. Whenever a creature on the same plane of existence as Alustriel speaks Alustrielâs name, Alustriel hears her name and the next nine words the speaker utters.
Legendary
in her true form. She helped create Silverymoonâs famous Moonbridge and cofounded the Ladyâs College, the first school in FaerĂ»n for mages as students rather than as apprentices in
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(see appendix D) that she refers to by its proper name, Professor Skant. This orb has knowledge about Netheril that could be important if Vellynne locates the lost Netherese city buried under the
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The less she talks, the less risk you have of unintentionally demystifying her in the eyes of your players. Let her actions, not her words, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are
forms. These descriptions do not reflect Auril at full power, but rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions
Auril dwells on Solstice, a frozen island hidden among the titanic
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
in her seventies, but she is, in fact, much older.
Royal Blood. Madam Eva is Strahdâs half-sister, though Strahd is unaware of this fact. Her real name is Katarina, and she is the daughter of a
the master of Ravenloft, but she has all the power she desires and doesnât seek to supplant him. She would rather help Strahd find someone else to succeed him, although she has grave doubts about
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
others is often difficult because Iâm so easily distr⊠oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver?
7
I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my
trouble in the name of lifting the âcurse.â
4
Ettercap;Ettercaps captured a moonstone dragon wyrmling, who has so far avoided becoming dinner by teaching the ettercaps to create wild
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founderâs name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops
so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founderâs name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers
before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of
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Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
hated founderâs name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might
revive with a benefit from the Boons of Undeath table. You can give a priest one or more of these boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from
the Boons of Undeath table. You can give a priest one or more of these boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founderâs name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them
these boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founderâs name, for
Boons of Undeath table. You can give a priest one or more of these boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
unleash Strahd from the mists, often using adventurers as their pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founderâs name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their
boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
Magic Items
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
enough space for the creature, the keyrune doesnât transform. See the Monster Manual for the creatureâs stat block â the name of which is given in bold in the keyruneâs
.
Orzhov Keyrune (Rare). This keyrune is carved from white marble with veins of black. The end is shaped like a thrullâs head, with a gold faceplate affixed. On command, the keyrune transforms into
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
Your family name strikes fear and admiration in the hearts of the common folk â but thatâs got nothing to do with you. Songs and stories celebrating the adventuring exploits of your
parent, and when they were around, it was all about them and tales of slaying this demon or vanquishing that dragon. All too often, youâd be woken out of a sound sleep by someone standing outside
Equipment
Combat
Utility
Whimsy
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As its name suggests, feather rock is a paradoxical stone with a peculiar nature that seems to contradict the pull of gravity. These spindle
-shaped stones always reach skyward, while remaining anchored to the ground on a tapered point. Even if these stones are tipped over, they return to their âreachingâ position. Howlers covet
Urchin
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;d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
5
Itâs not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
6
People who canât take care of themselves get what they deserve.
shaped by lives of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better
Dragonborn
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Basic Rules (2014)
known that reading her fatherâs face was a skill sheâd been fortunate to learn. A human who couldnât spot the shift of her eyes or Havilarâs would certainly see only the
it, this time, seemed completely stillâthe indifference of a dragon, even to Farideh.
â Erin M. Evans, The Adversary
Born of dragons, as their name proclaims, the dragonborn walk
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Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
from a fight.
2
Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and Iâll do just about anything for more of it.
3
I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
4
Iâd rather
if they deal fairly with strangers, have Guild or government connections, or have either helped or denied the Gateguides in the past.
Suggested Characteristics
Urchins are shaped by lives
Species
Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
, leathery skin. Each of their hands has four thick digits, and their feet are the flat-bottomed, oval-shaped feet of elephants.
Like that of an elephant, a loxodonâs trunk is a useful
Orzhov Syndicate, community means the syndicate alone, with its interests taking priority over those of any other group.
Loxodon Names
A loxodonâs name includes subtle tones, produced in a loxodon
Halfling
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treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering.
Kind and
wide and wonder-filled world. For them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity.
Halfling Names
A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname
Soldier
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mistake in battle that cost many livesâand I would do anything to keep that mistake secret.
4
My hatred of my enemies is blind and unreasoning.
5
I obey the law, even if the law causes misery.
6
Iâd rather eat my armor than admit when Iâm wrong.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to
primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
cost many lives, and I would do anything to keep that mistake secret.
4
My hatred of my enemies is blind and unreasoning.
5
I obey the law, even if the law causes misery.
6
Iâd rather eat my armor than admit when Iâm wrong.
easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although youâre more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter.
Variant: Investigator
Rarer
Dwarf
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friend. In spite of the added discomfort, the dwarfâs long, pointed, often-broken nose and gray-streaked though still-fiery red beard came as a welcome sight to Drizzt. âKnew Iâd find
kind of dedication, even if it gets them in trouble more often than not.â
Dwarf Names
A dwarfâs name is granted by a clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name