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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
surviving populace fleeing into the wilds. A young prince, Will Kenrith, does his best to reunite the shattered realm, but a return to its former glory seems far off.
Even in the shattered remnants of
its former glory, or seeking to help travelers and remote communities beset by troubles.
Achieving knighthood in one of the courts requires a quest that proves one’s excellence in that court
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the Elemental Plane of Fire to pursue their own crafts and studies
.
A forgecaller is a walking furnace, clad head to toe in plate armor that seems to barely contain intense heat and billowing smoke. They conjure waves of magma and can fly by jetting magical fire from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, though some peoples remain missing. The city serves as a nexus of diplomacy and trade, a repository of histories and secrets, and a thriving sanctuary for those seeking safety or a better life. The
founding civilizations. In the haze of the Ethereal Plane, the Auroral Diamond is a scintillating beacon visible from leagues away. The diamond itself seems to have moods, changing colors unpredictably, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
those societies, though some peoples remain missing. The city serves as a nexus of diplomacy and trade, a repository of histories and secrets, and a thriving sanctuary for those seeking safety or a
Citadel’s founding civilizations. In the haze of the Ethereal Plane, the Auroral Diamond is a scintillating beacon visible from leagues away. The diamond itself seems to have moods, changing colors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
than one such barrow, either broken open from the outside by those seeking lost treasures, or somehow broken from within. The Fields of the Dead is a vast, rolling plain of windswept grasses that
seems to go on to the horizon in every direction. Regular travelers through the area speak of the “whispers of the dead,” the popular term for the sound that results when a breeze rustles the grass. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Trielta Hills In the rolling terrain of the Trielta Hills, scattered with small settlements of gnomes and halflings, life seems pastoral and idyllic. Halfling farmers tend to their plots, and gnome
miners scrape out the interior of the hills seeking the bits of gold and silver they may find waiting there. No warlords threaten this land, no liches or dragons plot to seize it for themselves. There
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
running. There are times, though, when the design intent of a rule isn’t clear or when one rule seems to contradict another. Dealing with those situations is where Sage Advice comes in. This column
players. Such DMs aim for RAF, “rules as fun.” We expect DMs to depart from the rules when running a particular campaign or when seeking the greatest happiness for a certain group of players. Sometimes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
beautiful illustrations of woodland scenes, art, and jewelry. Delicate handwriting accompanies the illustrations, in the form of short prayers and meditations dedicated to seeking self-worth, techniques
trail marked by posts that resemble sculpted stone lilies. As the characters will discover, the portal leads to a temple and bathhouse run by three elf sisters, where all is not as it seems. The portal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
-filled and submerged chambers. Important places within these sites suggest the rituals of kuo-toa faiths, the demands of kuo-toa deities, or the whims of omen-seeking archpriests. As with kuo-toa
else and brought with them all the rank and dank of the sunless sea. No one knows what they want, and seems to me, neither do they.
—Trosli Garnetgetter, gnome explorer
Kuo-toa Kuo-toa loot ruins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
, though, when the design intent of a rule isn’t clear or when one rule seems to contradict another. Dealing with those situations is where Sage Advice comes in. It doesn’t replace a DM’s adjudication
, “rules as fun.” We expect DMs to depart from the rules when running a campaign or when seeking the greatest happiness for a certain group of players. We recommend a mix of RAW, RAI, and RAF!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
in the Palace of Heart’s Desire, situated where the three portions of her realm meet. As its name suggests, the palace is fabled as a destination for anyone seeking their heart’s desire. On some
into a pool, passing into a circle of mushrooms, or crawling under the trunk of a tree. To the traveler, it seems like simply moving into the Feywild. To an observer, the traveler is there one moment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
diplomacy or guile can carry the day. Cloud Giant Encounters d12† Encounter
1 1 cloud giant seeking to learn the secrets of 1 spectral cloud* (attitude for both: 1d8)
2 1 cloud giant
rampage after running away from its giant owner
11 1d4 + 1 vampiric mists† (attitude: 1d4 + 1) lurking in a fog bank
12 1 cloud giant smiling one† (attitude: 1d10) seeking the Misty Vale
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, these forgecallers oversee both forges and the community’s defense, often in Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the
Elemental Plane of Fire to pursue their own crafts and studies. A forgecaller is a walking furnace, clad head to toe in plate armor that seems to barely contain intense heat and billowing smoke. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
, these forgecallers oversee both forges and the community’s defense, often in Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the
Elemental Plane of Fire to pursue their own crafts and studies. A forgecaller is a walking furnace, clad head to toe in plate armor that seems to barely contain intense heat and billowing smoke. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
d6 and consult the Crypt Hauntings table to determine the nature of the ghostly image or effect encountered there (or choose one that seems evocative). A haunting can’t leave the location where it’s
roll a d4 instead. Crypt Hauntings d6 Haunting 1 Each character feels a creeping sensation along their scalp, as of probing tentacles seeking a weak spot in their skull. 2 The ghostly image of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state. Optional Rule: Abyssal Corruption A non-evil visitor that finishes a long rest in the Abyss must make a DC 10 Charisma saving throw. On a failure
. Even the plants, which must bathe their roots in blood, snare the unwary. Yeenoghu’s servants, helping to sate their master’s hunger as he prowls his kingdom seeking prey, capture creatures from the Material Plane for release in the Gnoll Lord’s realm.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
onerous responsibilities. There is some strife in the court, however, for the earls don’t seem to trust his “out-vale witch-bride” (a phrase that infuriates Taumarik, but seems to gently amuse Ylienna
“goats of coin,” for they will cling like such animals to the most precarious of mountain ridges while seeking the opportunities that wait beyond. My own journeys with the goats of coin have impressed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Derro Derro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are safe from the perils of the Underdark. Equal parts fearful and vicious, bands of these dwarf-kin prey on those weaker than
themselves, while giving simpering obeisance to any creatures they deem more powerful. Wild-haired, haggard, shuddering, and shabbily dressed, a lone derro seems a pitiable creature, but when a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
history. The content seems factual, but the language is extravagantly dramatic. Vermeillon, established after settlers discovered a platinum vein in the mountainside, did a booming business in both
traveled the area extensively, avoiding Vermeillon but seeking out its former residents in nearby towns. His account failed to draw interest, and the book remained among the remnants of his bardic career until his granddaughter found it and sent it on its way to Candlekeep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
shattered realm, but a return to its former glory seems far off. Even in the shattered remnants of the realm, knighthood is among the highest honors one can receive. Knights of the realm, who are all
, searching for a magical remedy to restore the kingdom to its former glory, or seeking to help travelers and remote communities beset by troubles. Achieving knighthood in one of the courts requires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
environment that is harsh and inhospitable to mortals. Each layer also reflects the entropic nature of the Abyss. Much of the plane seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state, and its corruption
Queen’s realm. Layer 88: The Gaping Maw The Sibilant Beast and the self-styled Prince of Demons, Demogorgon yearns for nothing less than undoing the order of the multiverse. A two-headed monster who seems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
everything started. An imperious drow archwizard in spider-silk robes casts a mighty conjuration spell. As the ritual draws toward its conclusion, a web of faerzress energy expands outward. The wizard seems
great hunger speaks to him, his already broken mind a shield against the hunger’s shattering power. That power seems to recognize and acknowledge something in the gnome that will serve it well. The great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
no shortage of the good and the just among my people, but the sheer zeal and genuine bravado the Companions have in pursuit of righteousness seems to me something uniquely human. And it’s not just
creatures, and fickle in their faith and attentions. Elturgard is the product of just a generation or two of humans, and it seems implausible that it will last many more. Sadly, I think I shall witness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
histories and secrets, and a thriving sanctuary for those seeking safety or a better life. The floating city is a miracle of architecture carved out of a single, massive fossil that snakes around a
diamond seems to have moods, changing colors unpredictably, but it is always visible for wanderers lost and in need. Just beyond the city whirls a massive ether cyclone known as the Keening Gloom—a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Lulu When Lulu arrives at the Wandering Emporium, its tantalizing sights, sounds, and smells are dimly familiar to her. Mahadi seems more familiar to Lulu than anything else in the emporium, but she
, in turn, delivered her back to Zariel. Mahadi is surprised to see Lulu again but tries not to show it. He initially suspects that the hollyphant has come seeking revenge for the memory loss he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
chorales for the dragons to enjoy, poets writing odes in praise of their draconic lieges, and adventurers seeking priceless treasures to add to the dragons’ hoards. Dragons who spend a lot of time in
A struggling merchant hires the characters to identify a mysterious competitor who seems to have unlimited resources. (Business owner)
3 A repentant enemy comes to the characters, telling them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
them, she seems confused and scared, saying she can’t. If she’s coerced, or if a character investigates the pile of limbs, the soul shaker awakens. Soul Shaker. When the characters try to leave the
a fraction of the memories of Kianna’s friend Culley, but the horror has perverted those thoughts, seeking to control Kianna, manipulate her guilt, and use her to lure other victims into its lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
repeatedly rewritten the laws of reality. The Time of Troubles In 1358 DR, the gods were cast out of their otherworldly domain and made to wander the land incarnated as mortals. In seeking to recover
longer silent but quiet, and in many places new priesthoods arose to interpret the gods’ now subtle signs. The world today seems a place filled with new lands and opportunities, where those who dare
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
.
No one else can take a short rest within 40 feet of you, as everything you say or do seems distracting to them.
52
You can cast the divination spell once.
Whenever you make an Intelligence
fail a Charisma (Persuasion) check, the subject of the check becomes irrationally resentful of you, seeking to undermine you in ways determined by the DM.
75
You can cast the control weather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and the sages who come seeking such trifles. Of course, before this treasure trove can be plumbed, one must gain entry to its hallowed halls. The cloistered scholar-monks of Candlekeep, who are
three times the height of a human, and wrought of strange black metal that seems to repel lightning and to be immune to magical divinations, according to at least one wizard I’ve accompanied here. Both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
but suffers no serious damage and can continue seeking a passage through. If the check fails by 5 or more, a rock causes significant damage; the ship lists badly and its speed is halved until the hull
captain overboard. The other captains are still adjusting to their ill-mannered new confederate, who seems intent on bullying his way toward declaring himself king of the pirates.
Elok wants to stop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
seems unthinkable, but the reality is that life is sedate here. Certainly, the soldiers in the castle aren’t to be trifled with, but they hardly ever engage in the acts of petty cruelty that one
, each still seeking his brother’s destruction. The keep was then occupied by a succession of owners, including a dragon of some repute, but it was not until a lich claimed it that the castle came to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
murderer to his lair, for he seems to melt into the city’s fog after each slaying. Distant Shores Tendai and Khennen Shore (chaotic good human commoners) are a married couple that runs a successful
clients’ social circles. Anyone seeking society gossip is well advised to begin at the Harbreeze Bakery. Helm and Cloak The Helm and Cloak draws an unusual mixture of well-heeled but unpretentious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
murderer to his lair, for he seems to melt into the city’s fog after each slaying. Distant Shores Tendai and Khennen Shore (chaotic good human commoners) are a married couple that runs a successful
clients’ social circles. Anyone seeking society gossip is well advised to begin at the Harbreeze Bakery. Helm and Cloak The Helm and Cloak draws an unusual mixture of well-heeled but unpretentious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
perform rites designed to sink ships, cause terrible floods, or summon destructive rainstorms, seeking to make all who live nearby bow to the power of elemental water. Cult lairs usually feature great pools
genasi armed with a jovial manner and biting sense of humor, Shoalar Quanderil seems like the last person one would expect to be a cruel member of a destructive cult. Nevertheless, Shoalar is the captain