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Derro

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Light Crossbow", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Derro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are safe from

the perils of the Underdark. Equal parts fearful and vicious, bands of these dwarf-kin prey on those weaker than themselves, while giving simpering obeisance to any creatures they deem more powerful. A

Xill

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

, built for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly

to be a cross between a lizard and insect. They emerge from the Ethereal Plane to fall upon their victims with their vicious claws, but their aim is not to kill. Instead, a xill injects its victim with

Derro Savant

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12): At will: mage hand, message, prestidigitation 1/day each: invisibility, sleep, spider climbDerro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are

safe from the perils of the Underdark. Equal parts fearful and vicious, bands of these dwarf-kin prey on those weaker than themselves, while giving simpering obeisance to any creatures they deem more

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

. For example, some of the oldest dwarves living in Citadel Felbarr (in the world of the Forgotten Realms) can recall the day, more than three centuries ago, when orcs conquered the fortress and drove

subraces or one from another source. DUERGAR In cities deep in the Underdark live the duergar, or gray dwarves. These vicious, stealthy slave traders raid the surface world for captives, then sell

1. Portal Stones

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

mournful croaking,” and the lands of the “red sun,” but provide no place names. Over time, the stones have been used to reach many sites within the Realms.

1. Portal Stones This location is not shown on the map. The mossy stones are old and weathered; lichen covers most of their surfaces, but traces of white paint remain in a few of the grooves. The

Pirates

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Pirates Freebooters and Fortune Hunters Habitat: Any; Treasure: Individual, Implements Alexandre Honoré The term “pirate” encompasses a broad range of seafarers, including vicious sea rovers, dogged

coastal communities, they know secrets of the sea and how to avoid aquatic threats. More unusual pirates set their sights beyond the waves, using airships, spelljamming vessels, plane-shifting craft, or stranger vehicles to explore and raid incredible realms.

1. Portal Stones

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

mournful croaking,” and the lands of the “red sun,” but provide no place names. Over time, the stones have been used to reach many sites within the Realms.

1. Portal Stones This location is not shown on the map. The mossy stones are old and weathered; lichen covers most of their surfaces, but traces of white paint remain in a few of the grooves. The

Removing the Rod

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Removing the Rod Closing the portal by removing the Rod of Seven Parts from the stones has the following consequences: Spyder-Fiends Flee. All spyder-fiends flee the citadel, including Uvonxu (see

area Y7), if she’s still alive. Within a few minutes, the spyder-fiends in Pandesmos instinctively realize their general has been sealed away again. They desert their posts to engage in vicious

Shadow Crossings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

battlefields, graveyards, and tombs. They manifest only in darkness, closing as soon as they feel light’s kiss. EVERNIGHT The city of Neverwinter in the world of the Forgotten Realms has a dark reflection

missing enough stones that they appear pockmarked. The sky is corpse gray, and the breeze blows cold and humid, bringing a chill to the skin. The city’s living residents include necromancers, corrupt

Patrons in the Realms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Patrons in the Realms The gods are far from the only forces at work in the Realms, and ambitious warlocks have many potential patrons able to offer them arcane power. The Archfey In the vast

wilderness of the Realms one can still find connections to the Feywild. These are fey crossings, places of mysterious natural beauty in the world that have a near-perfect mirror in the Feywild. You can pass

Planar Travel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

their quest. Such a journey is the stuff of legend. Braving the realms of the dead, seeking out the celestial servants of a deity, or bargaining with an efreeti in its home city will be the subject

standing stones, soaring towers, sailing ships, or even whole towns — that exist in multiple planes at once or flicker from one plane to another in turn. Some are vortices, typically joining an Elemental

Planar Travel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

their quest. Such a journey is the stuff of legend. Braving the realms of the dead, seeking out the celestial servants of a deity, or bargaining with an efreeti in its home city will be the subject

. Some portals are like doorways, a clear window, or a fog-shrouded passage, and simply stepping through it effects the interplanar travel. Others are locations-- circles of standing stones, soaring

Hazlik

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

pursuits, such as creating the perfect mortal form and visiting dream realms within an individual’s psyche. As Hazlik advanced in power, he developed rivalries with his fellow Red Wizards. Through

many seasons as vicious adversaries and passionate lovers. They drove one another to feats of magical brilliance both revolutionary and unspeakable. For a time, the two ambitious wizards knew a

Sundabar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

surface. A dragon dropped great stones on many of the buildings above, and a good portion of the city’s outer wall was destroyed. Most of Sundabar’s military leadership was wiped out when the building they

dwarves remain in the sheltered undercity, and those few who have duties on the surface have taken over the buildings with the least damage, scavenging stones from ruined structures to reinforce those

History

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Second Trollwars, and finally a series of vicious drow raids. By the year 942 DR, human settlements in the Dessarin Valley had been all but wiped out, and the Knights of the Silver Horn were no more

carved out of a wild and untamed land. People resettling the Dessarin Valley found the remains of “kingdoms of old” scattered here and there throughout the area. TIME IN THE REALMS The people of the

Hazlik's Tale

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

realms within the psyche, and command of reality. As Hazlik’s power increased, he developed rivalries with other Red Wizards, many of which ended with his foes magically scarred. But one rival Hazlik

seasons as vicious adversaries and passionate lovers. They drove one another to feats of magical brilliance both revolutionary and unspeakable. This culminated when Hazlik discovered that Indreficus

Blood o' the Vine

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

treasures. Second Entry. Sorvina’s digging revealed strange standing stones. Mirabel worries about her sister, who’s started whispering to herself as she obsesses over learning more about the stones

. Third Entry. Sorvina discovered the bones of some monster at the center of the standing stones. All three sisters are having nightmares from which they wake up ravenous. Sorvina claims the hunger is

The Vaults

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

realms of alien beings, ghoul empires, countrysides ravaged by sapient energies, the dwellings of reclusive witches, and a thin place in the walls of the prison where Great Cthulhu lies trapped. Francesca

, which extends into surreal realms within the Vaults. Devil Reef Sahuagin dwell amid caves of sharp, crimson coral in the Devil Reef. They are violently divided between followers of the shark-god

A Culture of Fugitives

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

realms yet adrift in the Astral Plane. Though no one has discovered such a place, it is beyond dispute that an empire as vast as the illithids’ built great cities and other edifices. Most sages, however

to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: guidance, mage hand, vicious mockery, true strike 1st level (4 slots): charm person

Xill

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly realities

a cross between a lizard and insect. They emerge from the Ethereal Plane to fall upon their victims with their vicious claws, but their aim is not to kill. Instead, a xill injects its victim with a

Hag Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

them to interact and bargain with creatures of both realms. Other popular choices are a place where the ambient energy augments certain kinds of magic, a site related to death such as a burial ground

, and within a ring of fallen standing stones that still resonate with ancient power. In order to facilitate bargaining with mortals, the home must be near enough to a populated area that it attracts

Government

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

place within the confederacy. The Lords’ Alliance in the Forgotten Realms setting is a loose confederacy of cities, while the Mror Holds in the Eberron campaign setting is a confederacy of allied dwarf

democracy or bureaucracy. Examples include the Red Wizards of Thay in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting and the sorcerer-kings of Athas in the Dark Sun campaign setting. Matriarchy or Patriarchy

Arrival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

boats along the canals. Dinosaurs compete in weekly races through the streets. These brightly painted racing dinosaurs are fast, vicious, and barely under their riders’ control. Flowers, green plants, and

vines grow everywhere, seeming to spring out of the building stones themselves. The profusion of greenery needs constant tending to prevent roots and shoots from damaging buildings or tile roofs. The

Mirabar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

mines near the River Mirar and finding great, near-endless veins of gems. Like many of the dwarven realms, Gharraghaur fell to marauding orcs, which destroyed the kingdom and its capital city but

increase. Mirabar is ruled by its hereditary marchion, Selin Raurym, who issues edicts fed to him by the Council of Sparkling Stones. The council is a group of dwarves and some few humans elected to make

Shadowfell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

villainous beings become Darklords, able to exercise great power but confined to realms that twist their desires, capturing them in cycles of dread and despair. Mists surround each of the Domains of Dread

above the valley of Barovia, which is ruled by Strahd von Zarovich, the first vampire. Borca Amid opulent estates and impoverished villages, two Darklords—the vicious poisoner Ivana Boritsi and the

Circle of the Land

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those

force beyond personification, but also encompasses the worship of Beory, the Oerth Mother, as well as devotees of Obad-Hai, Ehlonna, and Ulaa. In the worlds of Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms

Derro

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Derro Derro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are safe from the perils of the Underdark. Equal parts fearful and vicious, bands of these dwarf-kin prey on those weaker than

Derro

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Derro Derro slink through the subterranean realms, seeking places that are safe from the perils of the Underdark. Equal parts fearful and vicious, bands of these dwarf-kin prey on those weaker than

Citadel Adbar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

uppermost are ringed with vicious dragonspikes to keep large creatures from landing to attack the structures directly. The great chimney of the city’s central foundry stands between them, belching smoke

the history of Delzoun, from its founding millennia ago to the dispersal of its cities and the settlement of the successor realms of dwarves in the North. It is performed only in Dwarvish, and no

Kobold Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

the kobolds themselves, the kobolds don’t feel threatened by having these devices in their home, any more than a human is afraid of its vicious but loyal guard dog. The most common traps in a lair are

or spikes through a sapling and bend it to create a spring-arm, line pits or pools with sharp stones, rig platforms to collapse under anything more than a kobold’s weight, and so on. Kobold traps might

Geographic Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

remains on the sea. The crown does its best to make sure the roads are safe, but otherwise it is generally content to leave the monsters and vicious tribes of the wilds alone as long as they remain in

their habitats. The Dreadwood Long a home of horrid monsters and vicious raiders, the Dreadwood hides within its borders a multitude of terrors. Keoland maintains ranger patrols that sweep through the

Halfling Gods and Myths

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

halfling gods are viewed as folk heroes — mortal beings who ascended to divinity, rather than divine entities who descend from their realms to influence the world. Because of this outlook, halflings

as bait to lure a troll or other large creature into a clearing where the rest of the group can hurl stones at it from concealment to confuse the monster, persuading it to seek other prey. Swarming

Stone Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

the seeking of treasure or ale, that they forgot how to live in any other way but in pursuit of it. That’s what stone giants do. — Elminster Speaking Stones Although they are unsurpassed masters of

incorporate runic letterforms, for example). Stone giants also make extensive use of the carved word through “speaking stones.” A speaking stone is an upright stone cylinder into which writing is carved

Azure Sea

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

all the time. Pirates affiliated with the Sea Princes, along with independent marauders, prey on ships that attempt to cross the ocean. Strange monsters, including vicious dinosaurs from the Amedio

Jungle in the far south, emerge from below from time to time. Despite all these actual and potential dangers, several realms rely on the sea for waterborne trade. By tracing a route in and through the

Neogi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

creatures in other realms. To meet their need to navigate great distances, the neogi first dominated and assimilated the umber hulks of another lost world. Then, with these slaves providing the physical

long rest. It knows the following warlock spells: Cantrips (at will): eldritch blast (range 300 ft., +4 bonus to each damage roll), guidance, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation, vicious

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