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Storm King's Thunder
wizard, is searching for something more: a long-lost trove of dragon magic, hidden away by her ancestors. Once cloud giants knock storm giants from the pinnacle of the ordning, she plans to use her
each: arcane lock, gust of wind, invisibility, magic missile, unseen servant
1/day each: globe of invulnerability, haste, hypnotic pattern, ice storm, lightning bolt, Mordenkainen's sword, wall of
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
in Dwarvish script on her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, âEndless dreams entombed in stone.â
Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs.
Shroud
character who examines any visible tattoos and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check notices some of the hidden marks.
A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check determines that the sigils have something to do with minds or telepathy.PsychicPoison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god&rsquo
island.
A morkoth may allow a visitor to bargain for something or someone it has claimed if that visitor offers the morkoth something it desires more. It shows no mercy, however, to those who break a
Wave
Legacy
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Magic Items
Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
imprisoned a family of storm giants there, and the giants forged Wave in an act of devotion toâor rebellion againstâthat god.
Wave harbors a secret doubt about its own nature and purpose. For all
its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea godâs demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert.
Backgrounds
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
prehistoric pocket of the world, surrounded by giants and fearsome behemoths or hulking dinosaurs.
Something about your environmentâperhaps the food or water that sustained you, elemental
.
5
After you had a series of strange dreams as a child, your superstitious parents sent you to study with a powerful but aloof storm giant oracle.
6
While playing hide-and-seek with your friends
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
work. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
I lost something important in the deep sea, and I intend to find it.
2
Someone elseâs greed destroyed my livelihood, and I will be
compensated.
3
I will fish the many famous waters of this land.
4
The gods saved me during a terrible storm, and I will honor their gift.
5
My destiny awaits me at the bottom of a
Aarakocra
Legacy
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with
within the High Forest, in the Storm Horns in Cormyr, in the Cloven Mountains on the Vilhon Reach, and in the Mistcliffs in Chult.
Those colonies established in the Star Mounts, closest to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Evocation 6 Illusion 7 Necromancy 8 Transmutation Abjuration A storm infused with abjuration magic repels ships, as if protecting something in the sea. Right before the storm ends, a ship within it is
Magical Storms Even worse than the threat of storms is the menace of weather imbued with magic. When a ship enters a storm, roll a d20. On a 20, the storm churns with magical energy. Pick or randomly
Kobold
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their
responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit.
Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morteâs Planar Parade
carved standing stones. 2 An ettin influenced by the Beastlands has one head with bovine features and one head with lupine features. It desperately needs help finding something both heads are willing to
eat. 3 A storm giant seeks the charactersâ help in finding an offering of significant worth and size to impress the god Annam. 4 A jade-skinned oni from Bytopia has become separated from the spirit she was bound to protect. She requests aid in catching up to her lost ward.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daask Villains If Daask villains want something, they take it, and they destroy anything that gets in their way. Though some members of the organization are brutes, many are more cunning than they
appear. Often what seems to be random violence might be motivated by something other than greed and cruelty. Examples of Daask villains appear on the Daask Villains table. Daask Villains d6 Villain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
would rather not do or that theyâre unable to perform, such as chasing kobolds out of a narrow cave or retrieving something from deep within a lake. (Stone giants are poor swimmers; they dislike
keeper of secrets that he must be forced or tricked into divulging.
In a classic tale, Memnor came to Skoraeus and whispered something in his ear. When Surtur demanded to know what Memnor had said
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
available to operate the balloon and its weapons alongside the characters. STICKING WITH WHAT THEYâVE GOT
If the charactersâ mobile headquarters is something cool enough that they would rather use it
than the borrowed battle balloon to travel to the Greypeaks, thatâs fine. Just rework the encounters in the âRiders on the Stormâ and âBattle in the Skiesâ sections appropriately. For example, a giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
) score spots something unexpected: The water begins to churn. From the darkness below glides a glowing, translucent longship, its oars bringing it just below you. A cloudiness covers the deck
drifting skulls (they use the flameskull stat block). At first, it appears they are searching for somethingâtheyâre hunting for the haints that escaped them, Derek and Violette. Once they see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
place where anyone can rise to captain a ship or even seize a principality. Leadership is something earned, not given. High Prince Ryger irâWynarn of Regalport seeks to forge the Principalities into a
princes have rejected his proposals for a greater union. There are principalities devoted to the Blood of Vol and a few that favor the Sovereign Host. Beyond this, the Lhazaar show little enthusiasm for religion, though many will curse the Devourer when a storm comes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
flourishes and creature comforts. Operation. A dragonmarked heir of House Lyrandar must pilot a Lyrandar airship, channeling the power of the Mark of Storm through the wheel of wind and water that
controls the vessel. The helm is typically situated near the rear of the ship, inside the shelter of a wheelhouse. Controlling the vessel (without the benefit of something like the conductor stones that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
are six statues half its size, each impressive in its own right and depicting a paragon of a type of giant: hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, and storm. These smaller statues face the bigger one in the
giants Stone boulder 750 lb. Stein Thrym Frost giants Steel greataxe (missing) 750 lb. Ise Surtur Fire giants Iron greatsword 800 lb. Ild Memnor Cloud giants Mithral spear 600 lb. Skye Stronmaus Storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
break something, to force your body through a space, or to otherwise apply brute force to a situation. The Athletics skill reflects aptitude in certain kinds of Strength checks. Athletics Your Strength
hazards while scaling a wall, or cling to a surface while something is trying to knock you off. You try to jump an unusually long distance or pull off a stunt midjump. You struggle to swim or stay afloat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
the place where it was forged, a desolate island called Thunderforge. A sea god imprisoned a family of storm giants there, and the giants forged Wave in an act of devotion to â or rebellion against
â that god. Wave harbors a secret doubt about its own nature and purpose. For all its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea godâs demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
challenge:
Bring me pure perfectionâ
Something my craft cannot better.â
Diancastra, undaunted, departed the sanctum
And journeyed to the waters beyond worlds.
She sailed forgotten seas into
satisfied, and reshaped it
Into a storm-tossed sea,
Then a fiery furnace-peak.
At last, Diancastra, laughing, said to him,
âForsake your cunning craft!
Chaos is a canvas for creation, unbounded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
break something, to force your body through a space, or to otherwise apply brute force to a situation. The Athletics skill reflects aptitude in certain kinds of Strength checks. Athletics. Your Strength
hazards while scaling a wall, or cling to a surface while something is trying to knock you off. You try to jump an unusually long distance or pull off a stunt midjump. You struggle to swim or stay afloat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
have a combined Strength of 34 or higher can push the plug out of the hole, provided they have something firm to stand on. Treasure. Ezzatâs spellbook weighs 13 pounds and contains all the spells the
, flesh to stone, geas, hold person, ice storm, imprisonment, knock, levitate, magic mouth, maze, meteor swarm, mislead, plane shift, prismatic wall, remove curse, telekinesis, true polymorph, unseen servant, wall of force, and web.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
withstand the pressure at this depth (see the âWater Pressureâ section earlier in this chapter) can harvest 2d4 pounds of coral in an hour. Each pound is worth 50 gp. The storm giants in area 34 try to
pipe organ. The music comes from within a spiral staircase that leads up to area 14. The two storm giants who normally stand guard at the foot of this staircase are currently in area 14, keeping an eye
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
relative positions of the six main kinds of giants, with storm giants at the top, followed (in order) by cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, and stone giants, with hill giants at the bottom. Other
into hierarchical ranks. Only storm giants, largely solitary and imagining themselves above such petty concerns, have no interest in ranking themselves. Regardless of a giantâs ranking within its kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
If you seek shelter during a storm, you might find it in the many islands of the Purple Rocks. It was once my great fortune to find safe harbor at the port village known as Ulf of Thuger. The welcome
I received was nearly as warm as I might have found among the Gunds, and I found the Rocklanders to be a fine audience for my tales of travel and adventure. However, something makes me think I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
academies, grocers, pottery stores, armor vendors â as long as itâs not illegal, you can find it in the Trades Ward. But if you are looking for something illegal, the Trades Ward is likely the place to get
archmage Thongalar the Mighty and the evil mage Shile Rauretilar and his apprentices. In the storm of magic that touched down here, Shile and his apprentices all perished and the fabric of the Weave was rent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants who raised you as one of their own. Or perhaps you lived in a lost prehistoric pocket of the world, surrounded by giants and fearsome behemoths or hulking dinosaurs. Something about your
. 5 After you had a series of strange dreams as a child, your superstitious parents sent you to study with a powerful but aloof storm giant oracle. 6 While playing hide-and-seek with your friends, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Transportation All the standard modes of transportation can be found in Khorvaire. People use boats, barges, horses, coaches, and more. If something moves over land itâs likely run or licensed by
appropriate dragonmarkâthe Mark of Storm for elemental galleons and airships, or the Mark of Passage for the lightning railâto control the vessel. While it may be possible to develop an airship that doesnât require a Lyrandar pilot, the Dragonmarked Houses are quite protective of their monopolies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
cultivated into whirls, peaks, and valleys that resemble the open sea raging at the peak of a violent storm.
On the far wall, directly opposite the entrance, a coral altar emerges from the coral as if
toward Shoalar, and express a desire to help him in this mission, the devotee of Olhydra will gladly join them. If at any point the characters attack Shoalar, or if they say something to make him believe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
subterranean dwarven fortress-city of Gauntlgrym, and trap it within Ironslagâs adamantine forge. The dwarves rely on Maegera to heat their own forges. Hesitant to storm the dwarven fortress, Zalto has
relics of their ancient history to impress the gods. Sansuri, a powerful wizard, is searching for something more: a long-lost trove of dragon magic, hidden away by her ancestors. Once cloud giants knock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
(giant octopus lair) 17 Undersea cave (dragon turtle lair) 18 Adult bronze dragon searching for treasure 19 Storm giant walking on the ocean floor 20 Sunken treasure chest (25 percent chance that it
contains something of value; roll treasure randomly using the tables in chapter 7) Swimming Unless aided by magic, a character canât swim for a full 8 hours per day. After each hour of swimming, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
island called Thunderforge. A sea god imprisoned a family of storm giants there, and the giants forged Wave in an act of devotion toâor rebellion againstâthat god. Wave harbors a secret doubt about its
own nature and purpose. For all its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea godâs demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: âThe Storm Breaks.â The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: âStreets of Rage.â Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
general store.
âBarbarians at the north gate!â he gasps. âThe storm lordâs berserkers! I was on my way to warn you when I saw the dead wading out of the marsh. Theyâre attacking the quayside right now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of true giant are hill giants, stone giants, frost giants, fire giants, cloud giants, and storm giants. Besides these, creatures such as ogres and trolls are giants. Humanoids are the main peoples of
to make it into something more useful for you, perhaps by borrowing a trait or two from a different monster or by using a variant or template, such as the ones in this book. Keep in mind that modifying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, or saddlesâthat reflect the culture and nature of the giants who care for them. Hill giants might use crude twisted rope or rough leather cords, while storm giants could use bridles of spun copper
might also come to the world to oppose their elemental rivals from opposite planes: air versus earth or fire versus water. The elemental forces of air are most commonly connected with cloud and storm