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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, standing almost a head taller than humans on average but weighing about the same. Their hairless skin comes in a range of shades of blue. Their eyes are darker shades of blue or violet. They lack
with ideas than with people. They form close friendships based on mutual interests or compelling disagreements, and their interactions dwell on their thoughts about those issues rather than their
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
refuse to fight other giff, and will never agree to a contract unless it stipulates that they can sit out a battle rather than wage war against their kin. A giff prizes the reputation of its unit above its
military training to the exclusion of all other areas of study can make them seem dull-witted to those who have more varied interests.
GUNPOWDER BY THE KEG
Aside from their personal gunpowder weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Hauntings of Halvhrest House The House of Lament is a catastrophically haunted structure. It doesn’t rush to reveal its terrors, though. Rather, its history, threats, and phantasmal inhabitants
reveal themselves gradually and in a variety of ways. Before leading your adventurers into the house, familiarize yourself with the varied ways the house’s hauntings manifest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
arrives on a dark night, its darker shadow against the starlight the only indication of its presence. The people of Phandalin don’t initially realize the Nematode is anything other than a cloud passing
rather than lightning). Beyond the membrane in the Nematode’s head is a massive, fluid-filled chamber that serves as the Nematode’s brain. The characters must damage each of the five electroreceptors in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Even in a dungeon setting, you can present NPCs that aren’t meant to be fought but rather helped out, negotiated with, or just talked to. Think about your preferred style of play by considering these
action key, or do the players need to be thoughtful and cautious? Do you like to plan thoroughly in advance, or do you prefer improvising on the spot? Is the game full of varied D&D elements, or does it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
in her darker moments, she realizes that the very existence of civilization on Theros is a mounting threat to nature—perhaps even an effort by the rest of the pantheon to destroy her. If it were up to
, blaming her fellow gods for the spread of civilization rather than the mortals themselves. Divine Relationships Nylea seldom comes into open conflict with the other gods, and she would say that all her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
. Vedalken are tall and slender, standing almost a head taller than humans on average but weighing about the same. Their hairless skin comes in a range of shades of blue. Their eyes are darker shades of
rather than their feelings about them. To members of other races, vedalken often seem cold, even emotionless. That assessment isn’t fair — they feel emotion every bit as intensely as other folk do, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and most are stout or have a medium build rather than being thin or emaciated. Night hags enjoy corrupting the dreams of good people, compromising the ideals of their victims to get them to
to the environment of her current home. She might accomplish this transformation through force of will over time, or faster with the help of a ritual or assistance from her coven. The reasons for making such a change are as varied as the personalities and goals of hags.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
have varied ways of naming and visualizing this interface. By any name, without the Weave, raw magic is locked away and inaccessible; the most powerful archmage can’t light a candle with magic in an
such as detect magic or identify, they glimpse the Weave. A spell such as dispel magic smooths the Weave. Spells such as antimagic field rearrange the Weave so that magic flows around, rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the struggle against the darker fey of the forest of Winterglen. The prince is a pragmatist willing to accept aid in fending off his people’s foes, and so has been known to allow adventuring companies
threats of the island, which are many and varied: the Black Blood tribe of Malar-worshiping werefolk, the giants of the Trollclaw Range in the north, and the ogres and orcs of the Orcskill Mountains in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to tear them apart from the inside. She is older, smarter, and more shrewd than any mortal who dares to threaten her. Hags prefer to cajole and bargain rather than confront someone with actual
stakes. 4 I laugh at my own jokes — the darker, the better. 5 I never volunteer information, and I respond only to questions. 6 I offer generous terms in my deals, but the cost for defaulting is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Idiom As a warlock, you bring every dark aspect of your dark path and darker calling to bear darkly on your franchise’s operations. Wrapping yourself in mysterious defensive power or tagging an enemy in
“Victory is the finest perfume, and I smell delightful.”
4 “Your treasure is my business.”
5 “To err is human, so I’m not.”
6 “I get the job done rather than thinking up fancy mottos.”
A WARLOCK’S OTHERWORLDY OFFICE
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
they had longed to share with someone for so long.
Tinnel Lovitt
Asteria stayed until her wounds were healed. But rather than return to a father who was always disappointed in her, she
across the planes, manifesting in varied forms throughout the cosmos. Katerina Ladon Euryale and Asteria have had many adventures across the multiverse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sleight of Hand and Stealth skills. Confiscators are often rogues, and many have a history of stealing for profit rather than national interest. Hunter. The Hunter stalks humanoid prey, for purposes
if they can acquire one or more skills from among Deception, Perception, Persuasion, and Stealth. Investigators come from backgrounds as varied as charlatans, nobles, sages, and urchins. Operator. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their homes and hoards, faerie dragons abandon both without a second thought if adventure beckons. Faerie dragon lairs are as varied and eccentric as their owners. Some resemble simple animal nests
½ feet per square, the hollow spaces tucked inside a massive tree trunk, and the passages running inside major branches rather than underground. A typical lair has the following features: Trapped Entrance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
sit out a battle rather than wage war against their kin. A giff prizes the reputation of its unit above its own life. Life is fleeting, but the regiment endures for generations or even centuries. A
have more varied interests. GUNPOWDER BY THE KEG
Aside from their personal gunpowder weapons, giff ships and mercenary companies carry spare gunpowder in kegs. In an emergency, or any time a large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
and 1 ep elsewhere. The city also issues a larger coin called an eclipsed moon, which looks like an electrum moon combined a darker silver wedge to form a round coin worth 5 ep within the city and 2
coins of long-lost, legendary lands and centers of great magic are honored, though those who find them are wise to sell them to collectors rather than merely spending them in markets. The coins of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
town is accessed by a single gate. Within, a maze of corridors and ramps connects scattered dormitories, communal work halls, and chambers where varied scrying methods are used to monitor the planes
maintain their vision of equilibrium, no matter the cost. What does that mean? It means I’d rather deal with demons. At least with them I know what to expect!”
–Sazraen Tildoma, Fraternity of Order
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
great white moon, also called the Mistress) and Celene (a smaller blue moon, also called the Handmaiden). Greyspace’s sun orbits Oerth, rather than the other way around. The sun takes 360 days to
line of defense against these varied threats. In recent years, they have mobilized against the rising threats of Iuz and Elemental Evil, forcing them to broaden the scope of their operations into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
north and east of the North Wall mountains bordering Halruaa, Elfharrow isn’t a name bestowed by its residents, but rather the sobriquet that travelers use for this violent region. The tribes of
servants. Thesk. Reminders of the century-old war with the Tuigan horde remain throughout Thesk, in the many and varied features of its present-day inhabitants, particularly the half-orc descendants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
gather in the Shattered Temple, a place once dedicated to Aoskar, a now-dead god of portals. Rather than serve in Sigil’s government, the Athar’s self-appointed spy network closely surveils the city’s
transcend their potential and attain the power of gods. Even still, Seekers suspect that divinity isn’t the ultimate expression of their core beliefs, but rather a stepping stone to an unknowable
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
cornflower blue. Her horns and tail are a darker blue, with rosy-pink tips. Her eyes are iridescent pink and blue. She’s wearing a mini dirndl with an apron that has many pockets.
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embodiment of the saying, “You have to watch the quiet ones.” She’s polite to her elders but breaks the rules the instant their backs are turned. She’s driven by curiosity rather than malice.
Inn of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
minister’s favorites: The Politics of Power by Lucia Domici (5 gp), another rather obscure work dealing with the shiftier side of politics. The Triumph of Diplomacy by Tyrons Scroot (5 gp), a history
(no value) A dagger in a scabbard (2 gp) 45–46. Officers’ Quarters These rooms are very similar; the following description serves for each, though the positions of the furniture can be varied if desired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
treasure as do their evil chromatic kin, but they aren’t driven as much by greed in their pursuit of wealth. Rather, metallic dragons are driven to investigate and collect, taking unclaimed relics and
bronze wyrmling’s scales are yellow tinged with green; only as the dragon approaches adulthood does its color deepen to a darker, rich bronze tone. The pupils of a bronze dragon’s eyes fade as the dragon