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Astarion's Book of Hungers
dies outside the Nine Hells, its body disappears in sulfurous smoke, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Nine Hells.
Magic Resistance. The devil has
from the Contract Loopholes table to inspire a loophole an astute reader might discover.
Contract Loopholes
1d6
The Contract Is Void if the Signatory…
1
Delivers ninety nine
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
magic pervading the Underdark twists deep dragons as they grow, so few adult deep dragons look alike. Their skin is usually pitted by fungal growths that spread across the body. Although lacking the
dragons’ sinuous forms. Many deep dragons collect forgotten tomes or works of art and bully, cajole, or steal collections from drow or duergar sages.
Deep dragons are excellent swimmers. They
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
proven false. In some lands, the silhouette of a catoblepas, with its tail extended over its body and its head held low, is a baleful heraldic figure signifying death or doom.
Sages say that gods of
tail is a club that can rattle body and soul if it strikes true, leaving a victim unable to act while the catoblepas feasts on its body.
Blighted Territory
A catoblepas’s nature as a creature of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of several individuals and their offspring, usually led by a dominant adult that also tends to be the oldest member of the group. When on the hunt away from their lair, girallons use roars and body
appearance and attraction to ruins lead sages to believe they were created through magic to serve as guardians for some lost empire. When that empire fell ages ago, girallons turned feral and spread
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Memories table to inspire its details.
Lost Memories
d6
Memory
1
You recall a physically painful moment. What mark or scar on your body does it relate to?
2
A memory brings
resurrected, but something went wrong.
2
Stitches bind your body’s mismatched pieces, and your memories come from multiple different lives.
3
After clawing free from your grave, you
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
assume roles of greater responsibility and prominence. You might be one of Candlekeep’s own, dedicated to the curatorship of what is likely the most complete body of lore and history in all the
world.
Perhaps instead you were taken in by the scholars of the Vault of the Sages or the Map House in Silverymoon, and now you have struck out to increase your knowledge and to make yourself available
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
once been a warrior or hunter, but now the body is just freshly killed meat.
A lizardfolk who lives among other humanoids can, over time, learn to respect other creatures’ emotions. The
lizardfolk doesn’t share those feelings, but instead assesses them in the same clinical manner. Yes, the fallen dwarf might be most useful as a meal, but hacking the body into steaks provokes aggression
Elf
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Basic Rules (2014)
, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they
minstrels, artists, or sages. Human nobles compete for the services of elf instructors to teach swordplay or magic to their children.
Exploration and Adventure
Elves take up adventuring out of wanderlust
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
has the charmed condition until the end of its next turn. A creature charmed in this way treats its allies as foes, and the colors of its body and equipment become shades of gray. On a successful save
Gray Wastes of Hades. Their gray, desiccated skin stretches over their bones, and their heads resemble horned equine skulls with ember-like eyes. Sages endlessly debate the nature of baernaloths, and
Gnome
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, enjoying every moment of invention, exploration, investigation, creation, and play.
Vibrant Expression
A gnome’s energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of his or her tiny body
unlikely to find the burrows in the first place.
Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the dreams that inspire them. Its horrors don’t feature in their nightmares. Cowardice is more terrible to hobgoblins than dying, for they carry their living acts into the afterlife. A hero in
they displease Maglubiyet, but the few priests among them do tend small shrines and interpret the body of legends about their gods. Nomog-Geaya’s priests always wield his favored weapons, a
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in
Traits and Deep Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive deep dragon characters, and use the Deep Dragon Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon.
Deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
years, and sages frequently predict their routes. Roll on or choose a result from the Hippogriff Destination table to inspire where a hippogriff might be en route to. Hippogriff Destination 1d6 The
Hippogriff Is Traveling to A... 1 Lost ruin hidden by clouds or fog. 2 Low-hanging moon, star, or other solar body. 3 Magical garden on a floating island. 4 Mountaintop with a view of a giant
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
are so-called among non-illithids because they act as the central communication hub for an entire mind flayer colony, just as a brain does for a living body. Linked to the elder brain, the colony acts
reign as tyrants, while others serve as sages, counselors, and repositories of information and lore for the mind flayers that protect and nourish them.The lair of an elder brain lies deep in the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
powerful snakelike tails for their lower body, snakes for hair, and a petrifying gaze. The first hierophant medusa was transformed by the power of the Euryale card when that individual was inspired by
gather and inspire followers, protecting their people and guiding them to fulfill the medusa’s divine purpose. The Divine Purpose table offers suggestions for motivations. Roll on the table, or use
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back
tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive emerald dragon characters.
Emerald Dragon Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
1
Young Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
skin, especially around the head and neck. Their wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels
.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and Deep Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive deep dragon characters, and use the Deep Dragon Spellcasting table to
Demogorgon
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Out of the Abyss
infinite depths of the Abyss.
The demon lord is a meld of different forms, with a saurian lower body and clawed, webbed feet, as well as suckered tentacles sprouting from the shoulders of a great
Demogorgon’s cult can inspire madness in those who contemplate it for too long. All the followers of the Prince of Demons go mad, sooner or later.Demogorgon’s Lair
Demogorgon makes his lair
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
can’t be targeted by divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors.
Slimy Demise. When Zargon dies, its body dissolves into foul slime, leaving only its horn behind. Zargon re
the first inhabitants of the Nine Hells, predating even the arrival of Asmodeus, the plane’s foremost ruler. Long-lived devils and occult sages theorize Zargon and its kind were invaders from
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along
Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive emerald dragon characters.
Emerald Dragon Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
this genre are often tragic figures, whether they’re cultists enduring forced metamorphosis or scientists trying to extend their lives. Choose from or roll on the Body Horror Villains table to inspire
Body horror plots often explore the unpredictability of life and discordance between mind and body. Choose from or roll on the Body Horror Plots table to inspire your body horror adventures. Body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
lords can summon spectral animals, channel spiritual energy, and exhibit powers associated with one of three broad groups: foragers, hunters, or sages. These powers are tied to an animal lord’s
personality and traits associated with the creature it resembles. Roll on or choose results from the relevant Animal Lord Appearances table to inspire what creature an animal lord resembles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
symbols might be broadly understandable, or they might have meaning only to cultists. Roll twice on or choose results from the Cult Symbols table to inspire a cult’s icons. Cult Symbols 1d10 The
Symbol Is... Depicted As... 1 An alchemical sign A calendar or map 2 An animal A crest or as heraldry 3 A celestial body An elaborate diagram 4 A deity’s icon A metaphorical image 5 An element A mystical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
order in the multiverse, to see everything dragged howling into the infinite depths of the Abyss. The demon lord is a meld of different forms, with a saurian lower body and clawed, webbed feet, as
confusion to any who confront it. Similarly, the spiraling Y sign of Demogorgon’s cult can inspire madness in those who contemplate it for too long. All the followers of the Prince of Demons go mad, sooner or later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
order in the multiverse, to see everything dragged howling into the infinite depths of the Abyss. The demon lord is a meld of different forms, with a saurian lower body and clawed, webbed feet, as
confusion to any who confront it. Similarly, the spiraling Y sign of Demogorgon’s cult can inspire madness in those who contemplate it for too long. All the followers of the Prince of Demons go mad, sooner or later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blibdoolpoolp the Sea Mother, a figure with a human body but the head and claws of a crayfish, sees broad worship. Lacking information about what their other gods look like, kuo-toa priests invent
, some power answers their petitions. Roll twice on or choose results from the Kuo-toa Deity Features table to inspire how kuo-toa represent a deity. Kuo-toa Deity Features 1d10 The Deity’s Head Is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Path of Light We live in an age of darkness. We must find the path that leads to the light. Act with compassion and courage. Each noble act is a step on the path. Hone your body and your mind. You
discipline to improve the body. The next step brings light into the world, using courage and compassion to banish the darkness in the people around you. Mediate disputes. Extinguish hatred by guiding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
necessary. Roll on or choose a result from the Planetar Quests table to inspire what evil a planetar might recruit heroes to thwart.
Planetar Quests 1d6 The Planetar Entreats a Mortal Hero To
...
1 Convince a villain to meet with the angel.
2 Find a loved one a villain believes is dead.
3 Heal the loved one of an evil ruler.
4 Inspire the defenders of a besieged holy site
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, often tinged blue or gray, being common. German conventions inspire many names in the region. When players create characters from Lamordia, consider asking them the following questions.
Where and how
student’s experiments? Did you sell them the flesh rights to your body?
How has the land scarred you? Have you suffered from frostbite in the wilderness? Do chemical or radiation burns scar your body? Did you sell a body part for coin? Did someone steal an organ from you while you slept?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Describing Horror The horrors populating your adventures can take endless forms, whether they be foes, impending events, or magical forces. Rather than just naming what the terrible thing is, inspire
stand? When it reaches out to grab a character, what does it feel like? Attacks. How does it attack? Does it have weapons, or does it use its body to fight? Does it have sharp claws that rake across
Adult Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge
Deep Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive deep dragon characters, and use the Deep Dragon Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon.
Deep Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
could be one of the three described here, or one of your own devising. Nature. You feel a kinship with the natural world, and its beauty and mystery inspire you. For you, a tree is deeply symbolic
every kingdom rise and fall, even those whose names have been forgotten and wait to be rediscovered. The gods of nature share their secrets with druids and sages, opening their hearts and minds to new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Learning by Observing One of the best ways to learn how to run a D&D game is to observe other DMs in action. Another DM can give you a solid foundation for understanding the role—as well as inspire
you with cool things you can do in your games. You can use these questions to help you reflect on a game you observe: Beginning the Session. How did the DM start the session? Was there a recap? Body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Learning by Observing One of the best ways to learn how to run a D&D game is to observe other DMs in action. Another DM can give you a solid foundation for understanding the role—as well as inspire
you with cool things you can do in your games. You can use these questions to help you reflect on a game you observe: Beginning the Session. How did the DM start the session? Was there a recap? Body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Chapter 2: Giants in Play New body, new adventures! The first time I encountered Diancastra was in the dungeons beneath the hill giant lord’s hall. I thought her an ordinary prisoner and helped her
here should inspire you as you prepare to use giants in your D&D game. This material is divided into five main sections: “Roleplaying Giants” discusses how to bring giants to life during your game