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easily portable. It is not unusual to see individual verdan or whole families trooping along the roads of the world with their tents and belongings strapped to their backs.
Even when they are happily
The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing goblinoid things. But
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of reprisal. This nilbog also gains strange powers that drive others to do the opposite of what they desire. Attacking the possessed goblin is foolhardy, and killing them just prompts the spirit to
call the possessing spirit, as well as the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (“goblin” spelled backward), and they revel in the chaos a nilbog sows.
Whenever goblinoids form a host, there is
Nilbog
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Maglubiyet, this trickster god survives in splintered form as a possessing spirit that arises when goblinoids form a host, causing disorder in the ranks unless it is appeased. Goblins have no name for
this deity and dare not give it one, lest Maglubiyet use its name to ensnare and crush it as he did their other deities. They call the possessing spirit, and the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (&ldquo
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits
that drive them, and are susceptible only to weapons imbued with magic or the strength of adamantine.
Blind Obedience. When its creator or possessor is on hand to command it, a golem performs flawlessly
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit
, animating the statue and turning it into a useful guardian.
Stone cursed possess a malevolent drive to slay the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and
Kalashtar
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I am kalashtar, born of two worlds. Over a thousand years ago, my ancestor bound her bloodline to the spirit Kashtai, and I am a child of that union. Kashtai moves within me. Her memories come to
spirits.
Bound to Spirits
Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, a bond shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but their spiritual connection affects them
Compendium
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stricken with wanderlust, keeping their possessions limited and easily portable. It is not unusual to see individual verdan or whole families trooping along the roads of the world with their tents and
Cultural Chameleons The clan homes of the Underdark goblinoids who became the verdan covered an enormous area. As the verdan fled to the surface world, they emerged in culturally diverse locations
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Created by Chaos When the power of That-Which-Endures mutated the verdan, their skin was turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Their ears grew pointed, and they gained a
limited form of telepathy — but at the cost of forgetting their history. The underground homes of the goblins were places of terror to the new creatures those goblins became, and the verdan quickly fled to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Bound to Spirits Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but the spiritual connection affects them in a variety of
their quori spirits. A kalashtar might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants kalashtar minor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Bound to Spirits Kalashtar
Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, a bond shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but their spiritual connection
communicate with their quori spirits. Rather, they might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Elemental Engines Airships are powered by an elemental spirit bound to a core carved from a Khyber dragonshard. This core is placed into a heavily fortified containment chamber connected to an arcane
matrix spanning—and powering—the whole ship. When the elemental spirit within the core is activated, its elemental energy flows through the matrix’s arteries and the ship’s binding struts, forming
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
no god, but a powerful hag who wanders the land in a walking tower called the Gurgyl. They send the group on a quest to learn from a mystical site or elder forest spirit how to infiltrate the hag’s
into chaos as fey from Mount Arak run wild. The characters might become involved in a power struggle between the good and evil fey of Arak. Lorinda’s return might drive the fey back—but the Darklord will help only if someone becomes her new child.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of commerce still exist in the spirit world, bemoaning their losses and looking to balance their debts in the afterlife by providing guidance to others. Sometimes these spirits appear as officious
to be of assistance. d6 Spirit Guardian
1 A half-orc enforcer called Joey Plantain, missing his right arm
2 A disgraced tax collector named Nibbin Clutchquill
3 An overly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
fundamental conflict at the heart of Lorehold’s philosophy. This conflict revolves around the forces that underlie and drive history. Is the course of time driving toward a well-ordered ideal state or
—law, religion, economics, education, social class, and so on—and how those structures drive historical events. Order focuses on systemic changes and the actions of people collectively. The perspective
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
trickster deity who was determined to get the last laugh. Although its essence was shattered by Maglubiyet, this trickster god survives in splintered form as a possessing spirit that arises when goblinoids
other deities. They call the possessing spirit, and the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (“goblin” spelled backward), and they revel in the fear that a nilbog sows among the ranks of the bugbears and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
fearless of reprisal. This nilbog also gains strange powers that drive others to do the opposite of what they desire. Attacking the possessed goblin is foolhardy, and killing them just prompts the spirit
other deities. They call the possessing spirit, as well as the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (“goblin” spelled backward), and they revel in the chaos a nilbog sows. Whenever goblinoids form a host
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Types of Hauntings The Spirit of
Lady Theodora Halvhrest When the party enters the house, few menaces initially present themselves. As characters explore, though, spirits gradually stir to life
third séance (see the following “Séances” section). Use ambient haunts and the atmosphere-building tips from earlier in this chapter to drive the adventure toward a dramatic scene where it feels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
as a thief when one of his prize tomes was misplaced. Ilda died not long after Diderius, and her spirit returned here to act as caretaker to his great stores of knowledge. Ilda is not violent except
creature whose spirit is tied to the world out of anguish, and any interaction with Ilda should be a precarious process of talking to a character who might fly off the handle at any moment. She might vanish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
blights, trees and plants grow with supernatural speed. Vines and undergrowth rapidly spread through buildings and overrun trails and roads. After blights have killed or driven off their inhabitants
life force or spirit that spawned them. By attacking their progenitor’s old foes or seeking out treasures valuable to it, they carry on the legacy of long-lost evil. Behold the legacy of Gulthias the vampire: plants with a taste for blood.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ascending to godhood. In addition to revering Uthgar, each tribe venerates a totem animal spirit after which the tribe is named. Numerous Uthgardt tribes have been vanquished over the years, and at
bury their dead under cairns and earthen mounds. These burial sites are scattered throughout the North in out-of-the-way places. Each Uthgardt tribe also has a single spirit mound that is sacred to its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
master, but was mistakenly banished as a thief when one of his prize tomes was misplaced. Ilda died not long after Diderius, and her spirit returned here to act as caretaker to his great stores of
still be harrowing. This is a creature whose spirit is tied to the world out of anguish, and any interaction with Ilda should be a precarious process of talking to a character who might fly off the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
likewise be remarkable or have a desperate reason to have braved the Mists. Learning about such wanderers can drive the characters from a single adventure into a larger campaign that explores other
carrying a message from the Keepers of the Feather
4 Curious members of the Keepers of the Feather led by a wereraven (see chapter 5) in disguise
5 A band of Vistani
6 A spirit that cries out before being yanked back into the Mists, leaving behind a Mist talisman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the entrepreneurial spirit of the campaign by using this material to inspire ideas of your own. Do you want to embrace the feel of Acq Inc right from the get-go? Consider one of the new backgrounds in
environment? We’ve got the advice and narrative options you need. This chapter also presents a new race inspired by the chaotic drive to achieve that underlies every Acq Inc campaign, as well as a number of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes. This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of Esclarotta
, who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
belch clouds of deadly poison. An iron golem’s body is smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures. Though other golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit
bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits that drive them, and are susceptible only to weapons imbued with magic or the strength of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Eidolon The gods have many methods for protecting sites they deem holy. One servant they rely on often to do so is the eidolon, a ghostly spirit bound by a sacred oath to safeguard a place of import
graven vessel, a statue specially prepared to house the souls of these protectors. The eidolon then animates the effigy and uses the borrowed body to drive out the intruders bent on plundering the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
cults, one of which has an ancient dragon in its employ. The gnomes of Gnomengarde have offered to supply a magical weapon to drive off this beast should it trouble the town. Meet the gnomes at
of the cult of Myrkul, has roused the spirit of the undead dragon Ebondeath. Seek out Ebondeath’s mausoleum in the Mere of Dead Men, destroy the dragon’s spirit, and then return to Neverwinter to collect a reward of 8,000 gp.” If the characters undertake this quest, see “Ebondeath’s Mausoleum.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes.
This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of
Esclarotta, who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
employees close to her. She employs Sephek Kaltro as a bodyguard and pays four others (neutral evil human bandits) to drive and protect the other two sleds. Torrga is interested only in profits, turns a
death. As his life was fading, the spirit of a frost druid beholden to Auril possessed him. The winter spirit cannibalized Sephek’s spirit and is using him as a living vessel to do the Frostmaiden’s work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon wyrmling is being hunted by a fire giant’s pet hell hound.
3 An emerald dragon wyrmling follows a berserker to observe the berserker’s life. The berserker believes the dragon is a spirit
dragon attempts to drive off a clan of cyclopes who have taken up residence in a nearby cave, attacking the clan’s herd of giant goats.
6 An assassin and a young emerald dragon train together to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit, animating the statue and turning it into a useful guardian. Lingering Spirits. The stone cursed possess a
malevolent drive to slay the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and they obey that being’s orders to the best of their ability. In combat, stony claws
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to catch brigands and smugglers, drive monsters from the roads, and prevent raids. The soldiers are initially suspicious of the characters. However, if the characters explain their business in the
a simple hut in a wooded grove not far from one of the roads. He’s been here as long as anyone can remember, seeking enlightenment in his solitude. Dirty and disheveled, the hermit dresses in simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit, animating the statue and turning it into a useful guardian. Stone cursed possess a malevolent drive to slay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Cavemouth district is where most of Little Lockford’s miners live and work. Two roads lead to the mines, which are not shown on map 5.2. The bridges to Cavemouth have been raised, and the streetlamps
Ignus plus one other passenger. If a character asks Ignus to allow the party to drive the contraption, he adamantly refuses to part with his prized invention. Questioning Ignus. Ignus knows the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
gate-town’s roads, which branch from the Bone Plinth in the town center. The courts of the Lightcaller and Nightwhisperer face each other opposite the ivory fountain. Moondark Tower The gates of
their endless cycle and abandon it for a more exciting existence?”
–A spirit musing atop a plinth in Ecstasy
Revelhome Spireward from the Bone Plinth, Revelhome is Ecstasy’s most popular tavern