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Speaker Devil

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

their large tongues, speaker devils speak with clear and pleasing voices. Among the ranks of the Nine Hells, they are known as logokrons. Many speaker devils are loyal to the archdevil Mephistopheles

! Oh, the possibilities! But trust me when I say it’ll only end in tears. —Astarion on Speaker Devils Fire, PoisonColdUtterance of Pain. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 20

Sniper Rifle

Equipment

An instrument of ranged precision, the Sniper Rifle can take shots from distant, nearly invisible ranges. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a

Irda Veil Keeper

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

veil keepers protect their companions by weaving magical mirages that disorient foes. Rumors say that the most skilled irda veil keepers can keep entire enclaves hidden, guarding a community’s

;ogres, and other giant folk, irda have shimmering skin that ranges through shades of indigo and sea green. Their innate magic provides them with limited shape-shifting abilities and the power to create illusions.

Greater Star Spawn Emissary Legacy

monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

amalgamating the meat and voices of every form the emissary has ever mimicked. Manifestations of alien hunger erupt from this horror in waves of ravenous organs and mind-breaking psychic assaults

ominous astrological events, these ravenous invaders make worlds ready for unimaginable masters or distant, greater manifestations of themselves. Employing their malleable forms, emissaries work to

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

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

discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword Coast to justify the use of this background. Evermeet. The fabled elven islands far to the west are home to elves who have never

Owlin

Species Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Distant kin of giant owls from the Feywild, owlin come in many shapes and sizes, from petite and fluffy to wide-winged and majestic. Owlin have arms and legs like other Humanoids, as well as wings

characters, including owlin, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

were minions of Grazz’t, while others say that they were scouts and explorers for the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Whatever the truth, according to legend, the kenku betrayed their master. Unable to

master took away their voices. Once the entity was satisfied that they had been sufficiently punished, the kenku were set loose on the Material Plane. Since then, the kenku have wandered the world

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas

, can be heard within 3 miles of the lair as fleeting voices carried on gentle breezes. If Nafas is destroyed, all these effects end immediately, resuming when he either gains a new body or is replaced

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

pages were tales of bold heroes, strange and fierce animals, mighty primitive gods, and a magic that was part and fabric of that distant land. — Elaine Cunningham, Daughter of the Drow In the

, cuisine, music, and literature are different in the northwestern lands of the Silver Marches than in distant Turmish or Impiltur to the east—and even more distinctive in far-off Kara-Tur

Firbolg

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Centuries later, that

the race’s description. Height and Weight Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

or the Astral Sea. Giff are split into two camps concerning how their name is pronounced. Half of them say it with a hard g, half with a soft g. Disagreements over the correct pronunciation often

of the race in question. Height and Weight Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who are “stuffy” about

names, a gnome learns to use no more than three names: a personal name, a clan name, and a nickname, choosing the one in each category that’s the most fun to say. Male Names: Alston, Alvyn

4. With Sword in Hand

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

of a hand, amid stains of dried blood. Distant Voices. Echoes of distant voices occasionally fill the room, emanating from 10-inch-long, 5-inch wide vents in the ceiling (see “Echoes” below

the ceiling connect to shop cellars in the city above. These passages carry voices from Waterdeep, but the sound is distorted so badly that words at one end can’t be discerned by creatures at the

Lizardfolk

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and

description. Height and Weight Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant

little interest in what people say about it. Ongoing Mutations Because the verdan have not dwelled long in the world, they are still discovering new things about themselves. Chief among these

Feature: All Eyes on You

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland. You can parley this

attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and people.

Roleplaying

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

personal anecdotes, and a desperate need to make himself or herself the subject of every conversation. Using Your Voice Most of what you say during a session will be at a consistent level. For dramatic

effect, be ready to shout out a battle cry or speak in a conspiratorial whisper. Also, characters and monsters with distinctive voices are memorable. If you’re not a natural mimic or actor, borrowing

Spirits' Plea

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Spirits’ Plea When the wraith is defeated, any surviving haints remain, lingering in the center of the common room. If both haints were destroyed, their voices emerge from silhouettes drifting in the

’ questions, the mist filling the common room swirls faster, and the characters hear the distant sound of howling wind and pounding waves. The spirits cry out, “Something terrible threatens our precious lore

An Ancient Curse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

An Ancient Curse The kenku once served a mysterious, powerful entity on another plane of existence. Some believe they were minions of Grazz’t, while others say that they were scouts and explorers for

creativity was torn from their souls. Finally, to ensure that the kenku could never divulge any secrets, their master took away their voices. Once the entity was satisfied that they had been sufficiently

Scholarly Missions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

magical knowledge that can only be found outside the university walls. 3 Investigative Ecology. None can say how many amazing creatures make their homes in the world’s wildest reaches, but you’re

mechanical engineering, it was just the beginning of new scientific fields you now explore. 6 Exploration. Khorvaire is a vast continent, and areas beyond the heartland of the Five Nations are poorly charted. Your focus is on understanding the wilder places of the world, as well as distant cultures.

Gnome Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

else might or might not stick over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who

are “stuffy” about names, a gnome learns to use no more than three names: a personal name, a clan name, and a nickname, choosing the one in each category that’s the most fun to say. Male Names: Alston

Y5. Wall of Fog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

of fog, you see a white fortress on a hill above a great city. The city appears quite distant, maybe a mile away. The fog obscures all detail, but you can hear what sounds like the echo of a church

mists entrapped all of Barovia. The ancient folk called the mist the Whispering Wall, for within it they could hear the whisper of voices from the past and the future. They believed that an ancient

Marcher Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

independence and suspicious of the houses. Your ties to the Marches might be distant because you were born to a family that left years ago. Do you want to rediscover your ancestral roots? Madness and

nations are blinded by their civilized ways. You have heard the truth in the voices of croaking frogs and seen it in the shadows shifting on the water. Whether you’re loyal to the Gatekeepers, the

Gnome Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

else might or might not stick over time. Gnome names are typically variants on the names of ancestors or distant relatives, though some are purely new inventions. When dealing with humans and others who

are “stuffy” about names, a gnome learns to use no more than three names: a personal name, a clan name, and a nickname, choosing the one in each category that’s the most fun to say. Male Names: Alston

Gith

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

two races whose enmity endures to this day. What these tall, gaunt creatures were like before the mind flayers enslaved and changed them, none can say. Not even the original name of their race

remains from that distant time. “The githyanki and the githzerai were so profoundly scarred by their enslavement to the mind flayers that they forgot they were one race, united. Having won their freedom

Warlock

classes Basic Rules (2014)

stars overhead, a wild-eyed tiefling chants the mystic ritual that will open a doorway to a distant world. Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse. Through

and grows in power, at the cost of occasional services performed on the patron’s behalf. The magic bestowed on a warlock ranges from minor but lasting alterations to the warlock’s being

8. Ballroom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

following ways corresponding to their reaction: Join Lady Silvra or Belligerence. Characters who say they’ll join Lady Silvra or who taunt the voice hear the scream but aren’t affected by it. Instead

, one of the stained-glass windows on the stage cracks. The fractures look like the character as if they were trapped within the glass. Forsake Lady Silvra or Silence. Those who say they’ll abandon Lady

Return to Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Crossing is near the temple, but it’s much deeper underground. It was a trading hub that grew where wide tunnels met. They say that deep gnomes, drow, and duergar once worked together there. “They’re

fell. Legends say that the mind flayers even breached the Crypt of the Talhund. “The mind flayers soon abandoned these sites, and all three locations have since fallen to ruin. Only monsters and

Skald

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

hosts fighting tournaments, with victors winning treasures from distant domains. Cavea Plains The Cavea Plains’ acoustics carry voices over great distances. Any speech above a whisper might attract the

The Restless Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

The Restless Dead After the characters retire for the night, the quiet of Anadoua’s Rest House is disturbed. Read or paraphrase the following text: Distant music provides an almost hypnotic undertone

captive in death. Their sorrow causes them to fear the characters are allies of the invaders who murdered them. Before the haints can say much, or after 1 round of combat, a wraith that looks like a

Tabaxi Personality

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Maztica are known for their isolation, and until recently they never ventured from their homeland. The tabaxi say little of why that has changed, though rumors persist of strange happenings in that

distant land. Tabaxi Obsessions d8 My curiosity is currently fixed on … 1 A god or planar entity 2 A monster 3 A lost civilization 4 A wizard’s secrets 5 A mundane item 6 A magic item 7 A location 8

How to Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

those actions. Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If an adventurer wants to walk across a room and open a door, the DM might just say that the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But the door

like to use music, art, or recorded sound effects to help set the mood, and many players and DMs alike adopt different voices for the various adventurers, monsters, and other characters they play in the

Speaker Devil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers

secrets of creatures they then compel to perform wicked deeds. Despite their large tongues, speaker devils speak with clear and pleasing voices. Among the ranks of the Nine Hells, they are known as

. Yes, yes, I know. That enormous tongue! And four arms! Oh, the possibilities! But trust me when I say it’ll only end in tears. —ASTARION ON SPEAKER DEVILS Speaker Devil Large Fiend (Devil), Lawful

Human Names and Ethnicities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

lands of the Silver Marches than in distant Turmish or Impiltur to the east — and even more distinctive in far-off Kara-Tur. Human physical characteristics, though, vary according to the ancient

are slender, tawny-skinned folk with brown hair that ranges from almost blond to almost black. Most are tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan

Human Names and Ethnicities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

lands of the Silver Marches than in distant Turmish or Impiltur to the east — and even more distinctive in far-off Kara-Tur. Human physical characteristics, though, vary according to the ancient

are slender, tawny-skinned folk with brown hair that ranges from almost blond to almost black. Most are tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan

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