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Dungeon Master’s Guide
nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a Bard, you can scribe an additional seven
words and make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical Darkness. Casting the Dispel Magic spell on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours.
Deep Gnome
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Forest gnomes and rock gnomes are the gnomes most commonly encountered in the lands of the surface world. There is another subrace of gnomes rarely seen by any surface-dweller: deep gnomes, also
known as svirfneblin. Guarded, and suspicious of outsiders, svirfneblin are cunning and taciturn, but can be just as kind-hearted, loyal, and compassionate as their surface cousins.
When you create a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
-skinned biped if its reflection can be seen in a mirror or on another surface.
Trackless. The skulk leaves no tracks to indicate where it has been or where it’s headed.Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
Instrument of Scribing
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
This musical instrument has 3 charges. While you are playing it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge from the instrument and write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you
glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical darkness. Casting dispel magic on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours.
The instrument regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
of the goblins were places of terror to the new creatures those goblins became, and the verdan quickly fled to the surface and into the sunlight.
When they arrived in the new lands of the surface
spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
throw or be imprisoned in a demiplane. While the creature is imprisoned, a distorted image of it can be seen on the fractine’s two-dimensional surface.
The demiplane moves with the fractine, has
. A fractine can also imprison a creature inside a demiplane contained within its two-dimensional form, the prisoner’s distorted reflection visible in the fractine’s glassy surface
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
underwater, you can use an action to expend 1 charge to determine the distance to the surface.
As an action, you can expend 2 charges to cast the sending spell from the scepter.
As an action, you can
Olorn Ridaugaur of Underspires), the Drakkalor Scepter (lying in the hoard of an ancient red dragon, Charvekannathor), the High Shanatar Scepter (last seen in the Nelanther Isles), the Iltkazar Scepter
Monsters
Divine Contention
earned her nickname from her habit of gnawing on old kills, and is often seen with a mangled corpse hanging from her mouth. Other dragons rarely remain in Kryptgarden Forest for long, because
uses this lair action again or when the dragon dies.
A wall of tangled brush bristling with thorns springs into existence on a solid surface within 120 feet of the dragon. The wall is up to 60 feet long
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
home and hunting ground of the ancient female green dragon Claugiyliamatar, better known to many as Old Gnawbone. She earned her nickname from her habit of gnawing on old kills, and is often seen
surface within 120 feet of the dragon. The wall is up to 60 feet long, 10 feet high, and 5 feet thick, and it blocks line of sight. When the wall appears, each creature in its area must make a DC 15
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons, but we are superior beings and should not lower ourselves to direct conflict.
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I have no interest in going to the surface world. It’s where one sends one’s servants.
5
delicacies.
Guest Suite. A large chamber with connected smaller chambers, such as that seen toward the bottom of the map, forms a suite used as guest lodgings for visiting dragons. Though any
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons, but we are superior beings and should not lower ourselves to direct conflict.
4
I have no interest in going to the surface world. It’s where one sends one’s servants.
5
. A large chamber with connected smaller chambers, such as that seen toward the bottom of the map, forms a suite used as guest lodgings for visiting dragons. Though any treasures with significant
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
.
Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no easily accessible entrances or exits at all, and
edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow tunnels that eventually lead to the Underdark.
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Skulk
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Fallible Invisibility. The skulk is invisible. This invisibility can be circumvented by three things:
The skulk appears as a drab, smooth-skinned humanoid if its reflection can be seen in a mirror
or on another surface.
The skulk appears as a dim, translucent form in the light of a candle made of fat rendered from a corpse whose identity is unknown.
Humanoid children, aged 10 and under, can see
Doppelganger
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Basic Rules (2014)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form
magically reads the surface thoughts of one creature within 60 feet of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead
Dark Elf (Drow)
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
As a drow, you are infused with the magic of the Underdark, an underground realm of wonders and horrors rarely seen on the surface above. You are at home in shadows and, thanks to your innate magic
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
might make occasional nighttime forays up to the surface. Roughly one quarter of the towns and cities in the world have kobold communities living under them, but the kobolds are so good at staying
hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them.
Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you
can scribe an additional seven words and choose to make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical darkness. Casting dispel magic on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours. The instrument regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
seen on the surface above. You are at home in shadows and, thanks to your innate magic, learn to conjure forth both light and darkness. Your kin tend to have stark white hair and grayish skin of many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you
can scribe an additional seven words and choose to make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical darkness. Casting dispel magic on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours. The instrument regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you
can scribe an additional seven words and choose to make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical darkness. Casting dispel magic on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours. The instrument regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Day 1 The first day’s travel is by foot through tangled marsh. The ground is what passes for dry in the mere: even “solid ground” is soggy, with water very near the surface. Lizardfolk porters carry
the cult’s contraband on their backs along this portion of the trail, and their tracks can be plainly seen where the path crosses wet ground. Much of the path is through mucky, cold, knee-deep water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
charge and write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you
are a Bard, you can scribe an additional seven words and make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical Darkness. Casting the Dispel Magic spell on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
charge and write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you
are a Bard, you can scribe an additional seven words and make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical Darkness. Casting the Dispel Magic spell on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you
can scribe an additional seven words and choose to make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical darkness. Casting dispel magic on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours. The instrument regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Day 1 The first day’s travel is by foot through tangled marsh. The ground is what passes for dry in the mere: even “solid ground” is soggy, with water very near the surface. Lizardfolk porters carry
the cult’s contraband on their backs along this portion of the trail, and their tracks can be plainly seen where the path crosses wet ground. Much of the path is through mucky, cold, knee-deep water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
seen on the surface above. You are at home in shadows and, thanks to your innate magic, learn to conjure forth both light and darkness. Your kin tend to have stark white hair and grayish skin of many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dwarves While known for their great subterranean nations, dwarves have long traded and traveled among the peoples of Krynn’s surface. The Cataclysm devastated many dwarven lands and destroyed some of
generations before the Cataclysm, dwarves who dwelled on the surface established the Neidar clan, known for working the land and trading with other surface folk. In the wake of the Cataclysm, with food scarce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dwarves While known for their great subterranean nations, dwarves have long traded and traveled among the peoples of Krynn’s surface. The Cataclysm devastated many dwarven lands and destroyed some of
generations before the Cataclysm, dwarves who dwelled on the surface established the Neidar clan, known for working the land and trading with other surface folk. In the wake of the Cataclysm, with food scarce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
would ever need, inspired by visions of Abyssal palaces. If Gasbide interacts with the characters using rapport spores, it demands descriptions of surface-world structures, bristling with an excitement
seldom seen in myconids. It asks for exasperatingly minor details such as the precise dimensions of bricks or the density of lumber. Gasbide reveals through the rapport that it dreams of building a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
would ever need, inspired by visions of Abyssal palaces. If Gasbide interacts with the characters using rapport spores, it demands descriptions of surface-world structures, bristling with an excitement
seldom seen in myconids. It asks for exasperatingly minor details such as the precise dimensions of bricks or the density of lumber. Gasbide reveals through the rapport that it dreams of building a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
given rise to often-seen physical deformities, including but not limited to small, misshapen ears and slightly pointed teeth. The town is a small cluster of dwellings perched on the edge of Redwaters
, though they’re immobile because Auril’s winter has frozen the surface of the lake for hundreds of yards around them. Local fishers have hauled their smaller boats onto the shore and resorted to cutting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
every surface — including the ceiling — and illuminates the darkness with brilliantly colorful bioluminescent patterns. On the other side of this exotic forest, the cavern narrows into a ravine. In a
cavern beyond the ravine, a glimpse of a majestic mushroom tower can be seen, although the poor light and a rising mist makes it impossible to discern its details. Drow Pursuit in Neverlight Grove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
every surface — including the ceiling — and illuminates the darkness with brilliantly colorful bioluminescent patterns. On the other side of this exotic forest, the cavern narrows into a ravine. In a
cavern beyond the ravine, a glimpse of a majestic mushroom tower can be seen, although the poor light and a rising mist makes it impossible to discern its details. Drow Pursuit in Neverlight Grove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
can be seen beneath the surface of the black water.
The water is heated by a thermal spring and pleasantly warm. However, the pool is disease-ridden. Any creature that starts its turn in the water