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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
a song or a piece of music three or four times, the creature remembers it forever.
Campestris vary widely in color, from white to tan to dark brown, but they always have red or purple caps and
Mimicry. The campestri can mimic any voice or song it has heard, albeit in a nasal falsetto.Head Butt. Melee Weapon Attack: +0;{"diceNotation":"1d20+0","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Head Butt
Magic Items
Princes of the Apocalypse
A silver spear, Windvane has dark sapphires on the filigreed surface of its polished head. Held by its shining haft, the weapon feels insubstantial, as if clutching a cool, gently flowing breeze. The
damage.
You can cast dominate monster (save DC 17) on an air elemental. Once you have done so, Windvane can’t be used this way again until the next dawn.
Song of the Four Winds. While inside an
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Mimicry. Each campestri in the swarm can mimic any voice or song it has heard, albeit in a nasal falsetto.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the
falsetto, as they dance and caper around whoever is making the music.
Campestris can easily imitate lyrics and music. After a campestri has practiced a song or a piece of music three or four times, the
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired. These noble families are said to be bound to celestial spirits
that guide and empower them, but the truth is far darker. The Inspired are the mortal hosts of the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired. These noble families are said to be bound to celestial spirits that guide
and empower them, but the truth is far darker. The Inspired are the mortal hosts of the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid who can dream
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Vicious Mockery","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of
the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid who can dream can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the Inspired of Sarlona are humans
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
":"Vicious Mockery","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired
they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid who can dream can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the Inspired of Sarlona are humans bred to be such vessels. They have no
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your
, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goat-like legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling
; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Elminster
The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
cheating (DC 10), or win the game (DC 20) Variants: Dice (1 SP), dragonchess (1 GP), playing cards (5 SP), three-dragon ante (1 GP) Herbalism Kit (5 GP) Ability: Intelligence Weight: 3 lb. Utilize
: Identify a plant (DC 10) Craft: Antitoxin, Candle, Healer’s Kit, Potion of Healing Musical Instrument (Varies) Ability: Charisma Weight: Varies Utilize: Play a known tune (DC 10), or improvise a song
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
cheating (DC 10), or win the game (DC 20) Variants: Dice (1 SP), dragonchess (1 GP), playing cards (5 SP), three-dragon ante (1 GP) Herbalism Kit (5 GP) Ability: Intelligence Weight: 3 lb. Utilize
: Identify a plant (DC 10) Craft: Antitoxin, Candle, Healer’s Kit, Potion of Healing Musical Instrument (Varies) Ability: Charisma Weight: Varies Utilize: Play a known tune (DC 10), or improvise a song
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
accustomed to a variety of different people.
GENASI ON ATHAS
Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting
genasi in the Realms are descendants of the djinn and efreet who once ruled Calimshan. When those rulers were overthrown, their planetouched children were scattered. Over thousands of years, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Rites The Dark Six are a mirror of the Sovereign Host and their worship uses similar rituals, including formal rituals conducted in song. Each of the Six has their own rites. Followers of the Fury
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
troll sausage and use harpy’s song to quell brawls. When dealing with monsters in Droaam, consider the practical applications of their abilities. When the Church of the Silver Flame purged lycanthropy
from the Five Nations, a number of lycanthropes escaped into the region that later become Droaam. The Dark Pack alliance of lycanthropes, worgs, and other supernatural predators hunts southern Droaam.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
visions in which the gods of Faerûn appear to them modeled in the tieflings’ own image. One such is the entity they call the “pale horned goddess of the moon” (Selûne); another is the “dark, devilish
lady of fortune” (Tymora) — an indication, tieflings say, that one’s outward appearance and bloodline are less important to the gods than the heart and soul within. TIEFLING VARIANTS
Since not all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Skola Vale Revels Satyrs hold regular revels called rollick nights. These lengthy festivals are full of merrymaking, contests, impromptu performances, and song, all accompanied by good food and sweet
, dark-humored sibyls might invite outsiders to join the Cult of Horns. If they agree, the non-satyr might be crowned with a circlet of horns, marking them as “stubs” (for their crown’s stubby horns). A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Dreaming Dark in the War The chaos that reigned during the Last War enabled the agents of the Dreaming Dark to move and act with absolute freedom throughout Khorvaire. Any direct conflict among
Eberron’s humanoid populations is a boon to this group, which wants to destabilize all of them. Many of the intense battles near the end of the war might have been avoided, if not for Dreaming Dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, using their luring song to mesmerize their prey and draw it near. Siren songs prove exceptionally dangerous to sailors, who risk steering their ships onto reefs in an attempt to reach the source of the
melody.
Aphemia the Dissonant Song The notorious Nyxborn harpy Aphemia prowls the marshy wastes around the necropolis of Asphodel. Her shrill songs enthrall the necropolis’s undead inhabitants, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
broodguards, and new kinds of yuan-ti malisons appear in chapter 3. Two new malison variants are presented in the “Yuan-ti Malison Variants: Types 4 and 5” sidebar in this chapter. Yuan-ti Anathemas The
-ti as the rulers of a region. Yuan-ti Abominations Mostly ophidian, but with humanlike arms that can wield weapons and use tools, abominations closely resemble the perfect form that the serpent gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
incorruptible defenders of good, and they never hesitate to aid the oppressed. Because they prefer to work behind the scenes, they are rarely noticed as they thwart tyrants, depose rulers, and head off any
. Only a true Harper can pass this test and transform weakness into strength. That is why we are the hand that stops the tyrant, feeds the oppressed, and asks for nothing in return.
“We are the song for those who have no voice.”
Remallia “Remi” Haventree
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
many legends. Throughout history, those who favor him have committed dark deeds in his name, but most people don’t worship Bane out of malice. Bane represents ambition and control, and those who have the
down corrupt rulers, or saving armies on the brink of defeat. But in just as many other places, the worship of Bane has created or supported cruel dictatorships, aided mercantile monopolies, or brought about the practice of slavery where before it didn’t exist.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
6 The manifestation of a joyous song sung by Muhar’s people
7 The soul of an innocent healer who resembles the pharaoh as he was in life
8 The soul of a character, perhaps one with an Echoing Soul (a Dark Gift detailed in chapter 1)
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
goddess, the lady of fields, streams, and the wilds found in shire and glen, and the weather in such places. She is also a goddess of love, song, and dance. Keepers of the Home Cyrrollalee is goddess of
Brandobaris is the trickster-god of thievery and stealth, patron of many halfling adventurers. Urogalan is the silent, melancholy god of the earth and death. Accompanied everywhere by a great dark hound, he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
music. Campestris can easily imitate lyrics and music. After a campestri has practiced a song or a piece of music three or four times, the creature remembers it forever. Campestris vary widely in
color, from white to tan to dark brown, but they always have red or purple caps and speckles. A campestri moves by manipulating the mycelium that grows out of the base of its stem and supports it. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
god of oozes, rebels, and outcasts, occasionally revered by drow. The Dark Maiden. Some drow exiles have heard the song of Eilistraee, urging them out onto the surface to behold the moon as it rises
cults of rival gods among their people. Other Dark Powers. Selvetarm is god of warriors, and therefore patron of male drow, although perhaps not so much as Vhaeraun, the rogue god of thievery and of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Har’Akir Domain of the Ancient Dead Darklord: Ankhtepot Genre: Dark fantasy Hallmarks: Ancient tombs, desert perils, lost gods, mummies Mist Talismans: Canopic jar, lapis lazuli scarab, scroll of
secrets lie beneath the sands, markers of a history the land’s few residents know of only in story and song. Their interest in past splendor is smothered, as life is harsh in Har’Akir and the living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Inspired The rulers of distant Sarlona are known as the Inspired. These noble families are said to be bound to celestial spirits that guide and empower them, but the truth is far darker. The Inspired
are the mortal hosts of the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark. Any humanoid who can dream can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
thriving black market. If you have shady friends, you’ve likely heard of Black Pit’s reputation as a place to quietly “disappear.” Similarly, if you have ties to the King’s Dark Lanterns, you know
of the Howling River at a point where the river widens, the ancestral seat of the rulers of Breland seduces visitors with its tree-lined avenues, elegant drawbridges, cleanliness, and laid-back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
groan, joining the horrible song.
Through the mist that shrouds the smaller cavern, you see the parade of creatures responsible for the melody. Their bodies are only vaguely humanoid, with clusters of
toadstool rose,
From chaos dark, her love She shows.
Wish! Yearn! Laugh!
The Lady will be wed!
Crave! Hunger! Dance!
Her joyous spores will spread!
Youth is gone, beauty rots,
Araumycos and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
by monstrous rulers. The populace lives in perpetual terror of these darklords and their evil minions, but other monsters rarely trouble people’s daily lives. Magic Is Everywhere. What if every town is
remote, and even angels never make contact with mortals? In the Dark Sun setting, the gods are extremely distant — perhaps nonexistent — and clerics rely instead on elemental power for their magic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fomorian Cursed Giant of the Dark Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any DAARKEN Once infamous for their magical aptitude, fomorians are giants afflicted with a fey curse. In their pride, they were
tricked into invading the Feywild to claim its magic for their own. When the archfey rulers of that realm united, the fomorians were turned back and cursed with supernatural strangeness to make their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Vetistiqua
Tatenna Fulchighora
DOMAIN WITH TWO DARKLORDS
Ivana Boritsi and Ivan Dilisnya are coequal rulers of Borca. As they both committed depraved crimes in the same land at the same time
, the Dark Powers gathered them both into the Domains of Dread. Generally, though, Ivana and Ivan have little to do with one another. Their homes occupy opposite ends of the domain, and their interests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giants. Each of the giants of the ordning has new variants in this chapter. The cloud giant destiny gambler, fire giant forgecaller, frost giant ice shaper, hill giant avalancher, stone giant rockspeaker
, and storm giant tempest caller all wield the traditional rune magic of their kind. They are joined by the death giant shrouded one and the fomorian warlock of the dark, giants outside the ordning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Rogues prowl the dark alleyways of teeming cities such as Neverwinter and Baldur’s Gate. Clerics in the service of gods wield mace and spell, questing against the terrifying powers that threaten the land
. Wizards plunder the ruins of the fallen Netherese empire, delving into secrets too dark for the light of day. Dragons, giants, demons, and unimaginable abominations lurk in dungeons, caverns, ruined