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emissaries are the fingers of alien realms, digits that tip the scales of reality toward terror. Heralded by ominous astrological events, these ravenous invaders make worlds ready for their unimaginable
in the lair Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts to its true form, creatures in a 10-foot Emanation originating from the shape-shifter take 10 (3d6) Force damage.
Terrifying Topography. Terrain in the lair
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emissary has ever mimicked. Only once this greater form is destroyed is the emissary defeated.
Star Spawn Emissaries
Star spawn emissaries are the fingers of alien realms, digits that tip the scales of
spawn emissary’s lair becomes twisted by its presence, creating the following effects:
Cosmic Transformation. When a creature in the lair Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts to its true form, creatures
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Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
flowing through their veins manifests differently in each genasi, often as magical power.
Seen in silhouette, a genasi can usually pass for human. Those of earth or water descent tend to be heavier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-widening veins of luminous crystal until every surface is made of the substance. In many areas, the githyanki have torn down the crystalline walls to create larger spaces. Unless otherwise noted, the
crystal dungeon has the following unique features: The dungeon is brightly lit throughout. The crystal walls, ceilings, and floor emit magical light that changes color every 10 minutes, shifting through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
coastal communities, they know secrets of the sea and how to avoid aquatic threats. More unusual pirates set their sights beyond the waves, using airships, spelljamming vessels, plane-shifting craft, or stranger vehicles to explore and raid incredible realms.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of Omu in the jungles of Chult in the Forgotten Realms setting (described in the adventure Tomb of Annihilation).
Adamantine Adamantine is one of the hardest substances in existence, a dark metal
found in meteorites and extraordinary mineral veins. (See the Adamantine Armor and Adamantine Weapon magic items in chapter 7.)
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. 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 and tail
veins of emerald gemstones.
Fiery Sight. Fire and lava within 6 miles of the lair become conduits for the dragon’s psionic presence. As an action, the dragon can cast the clairvoyance
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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 and tail to mirror the
within 6 miles of the lair grows plentiful crystal formations and veins of emerald gemstones.
Fiery Sight. Fire and lava within 6 miles of the lair become conduits for the dragon’s psionic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sank away again, rich veins of ore and gems were left behind in the natural tubes for the dwarves to discover and mine. For many centuries, the dwarves beneath the Sumber Hills forged weapons, hardware
, the forges grew quiet, the foundries cooled, and the dwarven masters left their workbenches to darkness and departed to other realms. When Vanifer was first drawn to the complex, she instructed her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Phantasmal Forest The Phantasmal Forest dominates the haunted land of Avonleigh, a shifting, surreal woodland cloaked by perpetual night. A dreamlike place controlled by Ebonbane, the forest changes
readies knights for bold quests, makes her “Decrees of Faith,” and employs harsh inquisitors in hidden torture chambers and reeducation cells. Lake Amenta Icy Lake Amenta is said to hide a golden realm
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
power manifests visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with
veins of topaz gemstones, particularly underground.
Negative Energy. When a creature finishes a long rest within 6 miles of the lair, the creature must first succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, dancing and shifting with the dragon’s mood.
Embodiment of Decay
While generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new
plentiful crystal formations and veins of topaz gemstones, particularly underground.
Negative Energy. When a creature finishes a long rest within 6 miles of the lair, the creature must first succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Domains Sinister demiplanes known as domains constitute the realms of Ravenloft. These domains vary widely, but they share a number of common features: Domains Are Finite. The domains vary in size
heroes have against such overwhelming evils?
The nature of Ravenloft provides powerful tools to craft tales of terror. Shifting reality, inescapable danger, and foes with shocking powers are useful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects: Crystal Profusion. Natural stone within 6 miles of the lair grows plentiful crystal formations and veins of emerald gemstones. Fiery
approach to the emerald dragon’s lair, with boulders moving to block narrow defiles, way-markers tumbling off the path, or smaller stones shifting beneath travelers’ feet to send them tumbling down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
decrees, and who carve their
Own bright pathway through history, greater than all mortal yearnings.
(Seb McKinnon) They were alone on the glassy blue ocean. A waterfall stretched endlessly along the
fill the realms of Theros, a new setting for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign to explore. The roots of Theros lie in the myths of ancient Greece, tales dominated by gods, heroes, and monsters. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Star Spawn Emissaries Colossal, Shape-Shifting Alien Colonizers Habitat: Any; Treasure: Any Star spawn emissaries are the fingers of alien realms, digits that tip the scales of reality toward terror
damage.
Terrifying Topography. Terrain in the lair is transformed into a mockery of flesh with unsettling features like thick veins, lolling tongues, and pulsating orifices. Creatures of the emissary’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Shape-Shifting The time a dragon spends in a humanoid form is not directly related to our opinion of said form. In fact, dragons generally disagree with mortals about visual taste.
Most of you are
give any adult or older dragon the polymorph spell to take on an alternate form. Dragons typically use their shape-shifting ability to move about in the world without drawing attention to themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ruler could be immortal or undead. Aundair and Karrnath, two kingdoms in the Eberron campaign setting, have autocrats with royal blood in their veins. Whereas Queen Aurala of Aundair relies on wizards
place within the confederacy. The Lords’ Alliance in the Forgotten Realms setting is a loose confederacy of cities, while the Mror Holds in the Eberron campaign setting is a confederacy of allied dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of a lawful alignment, you find your worldview shifting toward keeping a personal code. You are more apt to keep your promises, follow through on your declarations, and adhere to your beliefs
Place Setting Location
First 2 Underdark, Toril Forgotten Realms A covert base of Lolth worshipers
Second 3 Astral Sea Spelljammer Near the wreckage of a spelljamming ship
Third
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
personality, and demon lords seldom leave their realms for fear of allowing another creature to reshape and seize it. As with other demons, a demon lord that dies on another plane has its essence return to the
cone of slime striated with veins of black and green. Baleful red eyes swim within its gelatinous body, while dripping pseudopods of ooze lash out hungrily at any creature they can reach. Lolth The Demon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
captured by monsters living there. 8 An innocent person is being framed for the crimes of a shape-shifting monster. 9 Ghouls are venturing out of the catacombs at night. 10 A notorious criminal hides
one shape-shifting monster also attends. 15 A ship carrying a valuable treasure or an evil Artifact sinks in a storm or monster attack. 16 A natural disaster was actually caused by magic gone awry or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
mines near the River Mirar and finding great, near-endless veins of gems. Like many of the dwarven realms, Gharraghaur fell to marauding orcs, which destroyed the kingdom and its capital city but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
nations, a tremendous, forbidding jungle, and all manner of lands destroyed or transformed by magical cataclysms and upheavals. Amid the ruin and the distress in these realms are signs of renewal and
gemstones and veins of ore. Poisonous flora and fauna riddle the jungles, but some still brave the dangers to seek their fortunes. Some of the exotic plants that grow only in Chult fetch high prices
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Incubates an alien symbiote in their brain. 9 Sleepwalks, drawing the same symbol on every surface they come across. 10 Obsesses over music, shifting their form to embody whatever song they hear
. Cosmic Horror Adventures Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs, where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Chamber Shifting green, purple, and blue light spills into this room through a single window. Bolted-down tables hold an array of equipment: beakers of alchemical fluid, alembics, cut crystal needles
stern-looking owl’s head carved into its top. Staff 2 is a smooth, polished length of blue-tinted wood that’s as strong as steel, with black veins running through it and an octopus carved into its top
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of a mythic fantasy campaign: Divine Trials. Seeking a gift or favor from the gods, the adventurers undertake a series of trials that lead them to the realms of the gods, where the adventurers can
friends.
Shape-Shifting Assassins. A secret association of doppelgangers or other shape-shifters slowly assassinates prominent figures one by one.
To Catch a Thief. An extraordinary thief steals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. Distances and dimensions are tricky to determine in the shifting light of rusty purple motes and lavender rays. Globs of mauve and violet seem to seep and slide around. The ceiling of the temple is
first tier is black stone shot through with veins of violet. A great drum of blackened skin and chitinous material rests on the western side of the first tier. On the eastern side is a rack from which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
shifting light, endless sky, changing climate, and eroding wind, represents a dream state, an unreality where nothing lasts and therefore nothing has significance. Ordning of Artistry Among stone giants
realms of the storm giants, which maintain a constant watch for the all-important signs. In ages past, when giant dynasties reigned, the signs that accompanied the leader of them all were clear and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
temporary glow or shifting pattern—but some designs function as spell scrolls that burn away once used, singeing hair, fur, or scales in the process. As a devotee of Aoskar and longtime resident of
, research and remove complex curses, and comfort those who have glimpsed otherworldly horrors of sinister realms. Althax Darkfleece (bariaur wanderer with an Intelligence of 17; see Morte’s Planar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
space as gravity constantly shifts, and a riot of colors blazes through the ever-shifting sky. Still, stoic githzerai monks exert their will over the elements, crafting monasteries on islands of earth
within the zone deals cold damage as if it were cast at a level one higher than the spell slot that was expended. 2 Veins of cobalt-blue ice run through a glacier in the area. If extracted, this ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Statues and roofs erode in a few decades unless protected by magic or alchemical treatment, and locals often bear scars from exposure to these portals and the deadly realms beyond. Lower Ward Encounters
Tattershade, King of the Rats. His territory is arranged entirely for defense, a tangle of tunnels adjacent to the Ditch that are big enough only for rats and shifting shadows. Tattershade is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
enemies. Map 3.10: Gundarlun and Ruathym Sea of Moving Ice The sea west of Icewind Dale is a maze of shifting ice sheets and icebergs. A few frozen islands are inhabited by Ice Hunters, a group of
veins of ore in the hills — but for the most part, these persistent tales have never been anything but fiction. For a map of the Sumber Hills and descriptions of various locations in and around the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
music here a few days ago. The music and shifting shadows fade after a few more hours. The characters can’t physically interact with the shadows, but a silence spell or similar effect causes the shadows
out and wreak havoc on other evil Far Realms creatures throughout the Briny Maze. If the characters wish, 1d4 flumphs accompany each character who succeeds on a DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check, to a