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Rune Carver

Backgrounds Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

You’ve dedicated your life to studying runecraft. Whether you were taught by a master rune carver or learned by poring over ancient engravings, you can tap into the supernatural power held

within runes. The art of runecraft was initially created by giants, but over time, the practice has been adopted by many peoples. As such, though Giant runes are the most commonly used, many rune carvers

Rune Carver

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Rune Carver What we call rune magic is the palest imitation of Annam’s creative work. He shaped worlds from the primal elements; we struggle to bind the merest scraps of elemental power into the

mystic shapes of our runes. —Diancastra You’ve dedicated your life to studying runecraft. Whether you were taught by a master rune carver or learned by poring over ancient engravings, you can tap into

Annam's Cradle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Annam’s Cradle Giants from an ancient empire created an empowered form of the life rune that channeled Annam the All-Father’s raw creative might. The giants sought to create their own world as he

once did, and invoked the rune in an immense cavern deep underground, which they named Annam’s Cradle. The result was a permanent rift in the fabric of reality leading to the Positive Plane—the source

Hidden Rune

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

the proto-empire behind them all. The Hidden Rune maintains a vast archive in a secret location on the Elemental Plane of Earth. Miners work constantly to excavate new halls to store the troves of

Hidden Rune Irina Nordsol Giants of the Hidden Rune explore a ruin with help from smaller assistants To the giants of the Hidden Rune, the children of Annam are in a temporary state of decline, a

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the mutated

royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite. There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell

Other Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

believe they might one day be reborn as dragons. The devotees seek draconic relics and spread their zealotry to visitors. Toetap Mire Toetap Mire is a vast wetland with a reputation for subsuming the

creatures and plants that perish in its waters. Boggart apothecaries seek the strange liquids produced in the mire for use in their potion making. Velis Vel Grotto A glittering cavern studded with rune

Mror Holds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

discovery: the ruins of an ancient dwarven empire, vast halls deep within the Ironroot Mountains. Explorers uncovered mines still brimming with jewels and precious ores and vaults filled with riches and

, the clan lords joined together to form the Iron Council and to declare the independence and sovereignty of the Mror Holds. One question remained: What had become of the ancient dwarves? The answer

10. Caves of the River Coven

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

these pits as baths and hide in them if they see lights approaching or hear unfamiliar footsteps. Decor. A vast variety of shells are embedded in the slick, algae-coated walls. If the characters

damages the cauldron, an elder rune materializes above it (see “Elder Runes”). Draw from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B) to determine which rune appears. The elder rune targets a random creature

The Vaults

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

farmhouses. Regularly, these underground paths open into vast cavities, many with their own strange environments, weather, and celestial bodies. What lies among the Vaults? Cultists speak of the

Fathomless Gate. Graven Peak The domain’s highest mount, Graven Peak, is carved into the shape of a terrifying octopoid fiend. Its brow is etched with a mysterious, branch-like rune. Deep below lies

7. Standing Gate to Level 21

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

vast Underdark cavern illuminated by glowing mushrooms and phosphorescent fungi. 21–40 The beholder encounters another of its kind in the Underdark and, after a fierce volley of eye rays, it turns its

must be 16th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes

Factions in the North

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Savage Frontier. As sightings of giants become more common, members of the Emerald Enclave begin to realize something is afoot. Hill giants laying waste to vast tracts of forest, stone giants leveling

Purple Rocks otherwise eke out quiet lives, unaware of the kraken’s vast spy network on the mainland. The Kraken Society’s widespread organization wasn’t born at the Purple Rocks, but in the cities of

Future Quests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

receive these quests. MORE OF UNDERMOUNTAIN TO LOVE There are vast sections of Undermountain, including hidden levels, beyond those described in this book. Halaster seals off portions of the

will help to ensure Waterdeep’s security (a true statement). He describes the Runestone as a large, glowing, disk-shaped gem with Halaster’s rune floating in it. He does not mention a monetary reward

25. Auvryndar Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, causing all the gears to lock again. Characters must be 10th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see

out of a stone ramp descend 40 feet to the floor of a vast natural cavern (area 30). Guards. Standing guard at the top of the stairs, facing westward, are two male drow mages named Gorthax Auvryndar

Feywild Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

them as a sampling of what the Feywild has to offer, for like the Material Plane, the Feywild is vast and diverse. Seelie and Unseelie Fey Seelie Fey and Unseelie Fey are two groups that often find

declare all-out war against each other, and it would take something extreme to have them abandon their relative peace and hurl their courts into violence and chaos. The Summer Court and the Gloaming Court

Threshold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

stops the island from falling, returns the rune to its original orange color, and disables the console. The experience is startling, but it doesn’t harm the tower or creatures on the island. If the tower

table fills the center of this room, and beyond it, the north wall holds a door. Atop the table, a three-dimensional illusion depicts a vast, rocky expanse in meticulous detail. Two aurak

Traveling to Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

well maintained. After a few hours’ travel east, the adventurers come upon the following scene. Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the road is an odd-looking figure wearing not a stitch of clothing

of a unique necromantic ritual that can turn any creature into an undead creature when it dies. (The characters will see this rune and this magic again later. See the sidebar “The Magic of Convenience

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

. Arena This area might once have been a columned temple. Its rotting tapestries show foul creatures tormenting humanoids in scenes of slaughter and sacrifice. At the center of this vast space, the stone

spells, but it still can’t summon demons. Shackles. The ten sets of shackles and their chains are made of rune-scribed iron. A demon held in them can’t escape them while the shackles are closed. The

Palace Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

, cowslips, and hyacinths suffuse this vast garden. Ahead, a ring of standing stones rises from the flower beds. Glittering streams divide the garden and connect with a large pond shaded by willows. The garden

declare their allegiance to the hags, saying, “What fine ladies they are. Their names should be Sweetness, Kindness, and Charity, for all the good they do!” (The badgers aren’t evil, just misguided

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

components on their screens. At your discretion, any game known to the characters or a familiar alternative might be included in each machine’s vast library. Players can compete against either each other

enter. The androids wield scalpels and can deal piercing damage with their Force Strikes instead of force damage. The androids declare the character with the fewest hit points their new patient and

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