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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the influence of the Shadowfell has left shadar-kai often joyless and mournful. In that realm, they have pale hair, wrinkled gray skin, and swollen joints that give them a corpselike aspect. They appear
more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains a deathly ashen hue. When in the Shadowfell, they detest mirrors and avoid keeping things that remind them of their age.
Shadar-kai
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
mournful. In that realm, they have pale hair, wrinkled gray skin, and swollen joints that give them a corpselike aspect. They appear more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains
metaphoric representation of some story—great or small—that was saturated with raw emotion.
Shadar-kai encountered outside the Shadowfell are often on quests to find the most sorrow-touched items they can find to bring back to their queen’s gloomy castle.Necrotic, Psychic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environment, both physically and mentally.
Eons of exposure to the influence of the Shadowfell has left shadar-kai often joyless and mournful. In that realm, they have pale hair, wrinkled gray skin, and
swollen joints that give them a corpselike aspect. They appear more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains a deathly ashen hue. When in the Shadowfell, they detest mirrors and avoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Hadozee Story Text (p. 13) The story text for the hadozee has been updated as follows: Hadozees’ progenitors were mammals no bigger than house cats. Hunted by larger natural predators, they took to
and explore other worlds.
In addition to being natural climbers, hadozees have feet that are as dexterous as their hands, even to the extent of having opposable thumbs. Membranes of skin hang loosely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ghost Story Torments Whether they’re living monsters or ghosts, Darklords in ghost story settings are the architects of their own tragedies. Ghost Story Torments d8 Torment
1 The Darklord
tames the spirits in his haunted mansion, but only when he sacrifices a memory.
2 The Darklord’s skin is haunted, but she can temporarily release spirits from her elaborate scars.
3 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
iron bands and her face is fixed in a bestial scowl. Under her boar-skin hood, you see eyes crackling with lightning.
“This is my ship now,” she snarls. “And I mean to keep it!”
Fheralai is a
fanatical young half-orc war priest (see appendix A). She is one of the main villains of the story and is destined to return in Divine Contention, the conclusion of this adventure trilogy. If an attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Meeting Xoese-Addae A figure with kelp-colored hair and stingray-colored skin approaches the characters, introducing himself as Xoese-Addae, an emissary of the High Court of Janya. Xoese-Addae is
relate their story, Xoese-Addae ponders a moment. If the characters mention the phantom ship they encountered on the way to Janya, he is particularly concerned. Many of the wreck sites dotting the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Each denizen of this realm can relate a story of a terrifying haunting that they or someone they know experienced personally. The House on Gryphon Hill is the most famous haunted house in Mordent, known
nature of the soul. MORDENTISH CHARACTERS
Characters from Mordent are typically earnest and practical. Humans are the domain’s primary residents. Locals have varied hair colors and a range of skin tones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
with bright golden skin. The young male either is wearing an antlered headpiece or has delicate antlers growing from his head. He drops to his knees and beseeches the characters in a dialect of Elvish
will do his best to reward them at the end of the journey. The story is true; several wizards in Waterdeep could remove the curse. The elf cannot pay a reward at the end, but the characters earn 500 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
with bright golden skin. The young male either is wearing an antlered headpiece or has delicate antlers growing from his head. He drops to his knees and beseeches the characters in a dialect of
will do his best to reward them at the end of the journey. The story is true; several wizards in Waterdeep could remove the curse. The elf cannot pay a reward at the end, but the characters earn 500
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
with the story behind the race or subrace you wish to create. Having a firm idea of a race’s story in your campaign will help you make decisions during the creation process. Ask yourself several
subraces in the Player’s Handbook include an ability score increase, a weapon training feature, and two or three additional traits. Given the story of the eladrin and their magical nature, an increase to an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
characters want to question Tavio Solana, Leandro informs them the mayor lives in a large two-story house with his sister. Well-tended gardens surround the house, which has six guards (veterans). Two guards
easily manipulated mayor of Oztocan. In his forties, Tavio has brown skin and sports short black hair, a scruffy beard, and simple clothes. Although he is smart, he has an aversion to conflict and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
W9. Fermentation Vats The rich smell of fermenting wine fills this large, two-story chamber, which is dominated by four enormous wooden casks, each one eight feet wide and twelve feet tall. A wooden
vat neutralizes the poison, but it also spoils the taste of the wine. Casting a purify food and drink spell on a vat neutralizes the poison without spoiling the wine. In addition to her animal skin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Ghorbani Bakery Laleh Ghorbani’s bakery is a two-story edifice west of Three Sun Square. Inside, Laleh is hard at work. She wears a flour-dusted apron with flower motifs. She has high cheekbones
, smiling brown eyes, brown skin, and an ornate prosthetic arm. Laleh Ghorbani Laleh Ghorbani (neutral good, elf scout) uses her bakery as a safe house for the cell of the Silent Roar she leads with her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
moment to pause and reflect in such a place, or stop for a quick snack. Set flowers in your cap or hair to protect against evil faeries. When the hair on your neck stiffens or the skin on your arm
the unknown doesn’t feel fear as much as wonderment. Instead of being frightened, the halfling remains optimistic, confident of having a good story to tell when it’s all over. Whether the situation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
particularly interesting, but destruction as an expression of personal freedom or to earn things wrongfully denied? That's a different story. The Cult of the Howling Hatred appeals to those who deal in
of an old mystic with brown skin and white hair, who promised to teach her all she desired to know — a vision of Yan-C-Bin, the Prince of Evil Air. Aerisi turned her study to elemental air, learning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
pale hair, wrinkled gray skin, and swollen joints that give them a corpse-like aspect. They appear more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains a deathly ashen hue. When in the
people, places, and pets also appear in the fortress. Any of these things can spontaneously appear about her lair, every object and apparition being a metaphoric representation of some story—great or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
tell the truth from fiction in his tales. If anyone challenges him on the truth of a story, he grows argumentative, then sullen and vengeful. As long as a traveler stays on his good side, Tobun is a
wonderful traveling companion. Green Imsa (Female Human Traveler). The reason behind Imsa’s name is obvious: she is green from head to foot. Her skin, hair, eyes, nails, teeth — everything about her is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the truth from fiction in his tales. If anyone challenges him on the truth of a story, he grows argumentative, then sullen and vengeful. As long as a traveler stays on his good side, Tobun is a
wonderful traveling companion. Green Imsa (Female Human Traveler). The reason behind Imsa’s name is obvious: she is green from head to foot. Her skin, hair, eyes, nails, teeth—everything about her is green
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Moradin’s own forge (250 gp) Unicorn Horn. If the Story Tracker indicates that the unicorn horn is here, it is in Skylla’s possession. The warlock either stole it from the Hourglass Coven or acquired it
from the darkling merchants in area M16; regardless, she keeps it on her person at all times. She doesn’t want it falling into Kelek’s hands but willingly parts with it to save her own skin.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
that might destroy the woods if left unchecked. Especially if the hags’ story of Banrion being an evil unicorn seems too unbelievable, the hags can claim that Banrion is a nightmare in fey disguise
creature’s form is false. The hags’ clothing, their hair, and features such as Mother Stag’s antlers are all real. Only by touching a hag’s skin can a character detect a difference between the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
interrogation by speaking for the party and making a DC 15 Charisma check (Deception and Persuasion apply; Intimidation or Performance are met with scorn). Depending on how believable the party’s story is
). “Well.” The duergar removes his helmet, revealing the gray skin of his kind. He musses his white beard as he walks closer, switching to Common as he lowers his voice. There is a discomfiting glint in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
avoid entering the hall. All the color has leached out of his skin, hair, eyes, and apparel, giving him a strangely monochromatic look. And his problems don’t end there. A kenku named Kettlesteam stole
ring he intended for his sweetheart drops to the floor inside the hall as he disappears. Characters who try to follow Rubin are unable to pass through the mirror as he did. Development On the Story
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
he is pressured about the validity of his story, Grynsk becomes annoyed and tells the characters to get off his docks if all they want to do is ask stupid questions. In truth, the lake monster took a
large fish, and others describe it as more lizard-like in appearance, with scaly skin and a long neck. If the characters ask about Grynsk’s damaged boat, Tali explains that it was actually found adrift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
you can easily change this information to suit your story. A1. Common Room The hideout’s front entrance opens into this room. Seven mismatched chairs are scattered around this homely common room. A
jackalwere Korvala sits at the desk in her humanoid form: a woman with brown skin, sun-streaked brown hair, and piercing hazel eyes. If she has been alerted to the characters’ presence by the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
initial descent into Undermountain and asks them to keep an eye out for Kressando, a 22-year-old man with fair skin and dark curly hair, trained in the arts of stealth and thievery. She also tells
tale: This story dates to the fall of Illefarn, an elven kingdom of the North. An alabaster throne belonging to Syglaeth Audark, the last coronal of Illefarn, disappeared from the capital city of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
disadvantage. Wasting Pigments. Hopeless leeches the color from its inhabitants. Creatures’ skin, scales, and fur fade to gray, and nonmagical clothing and equipment exhibit ashen tones. CoupleOfKooks
entertainers. Tomdon Manor The dead dance in Tomdon Manor, a haunted mansion at the edge of town. The once-elegant three-story villa is in a state of disrepair. Dusty planks cover its broken windows, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
.
In a long-ago age, as one version of the story goes, the kobolds were used as slaves by evil dragons, much as they are today — forced to scrub the scales of their masters, clean their lairs, and
differ from telling to telling, all gnomes know the story of how Garl banished Urdlen from the Golden Hills because Urdlen refused to go on an important quest. Despite Garl’s efforts and the pleas of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
collapsed. The corpses of five small dwarf-like creatures with gray skin and wild, white hair sprawl on the floor, partially buried under fallen rock.
This guardroom was once the sole entrance to the derro
collapsed tunnel, blocked by rubble, eventually leads to a derro stronghold in the Underdark. The stronghold and its contents are beyond the scope of this story but could inspire an additional adventure if, by some means, the party reaches this tunnel.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
poison and psychic damage. Pool. Stairs lead down into the pool from one corner of the surrounding walkway. Bavlorna tries to bathe in the pool once a day to keep her skin from drying out and cracking, but
, rendering it mildly acidic—not enough to cause damage, but enough to make one’s skin tingle uncomfortably. A character who experiences this tingling can, with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
characters approach, read: Mr. Dory’s warehouse is a three-story stone building, roofed in slate and dotted with iron-barred windows. Its walls and roof appear to be coated with a bituminous black gruel, an
trailing a target through the Styes. Now completely dominated and transformed by the aboleth, Harid must soak his slimy, transparent skin in water every ten minutes to avoid excruciating pain. Harid is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
story of Yondalla begins at the dawn of the world, when halflings were timid wanderers, scraping out a meager existence. The goddess Yondalla took note of them and decided to adopt the halflings as her
in the Green Fields. Unlike other halfling deities, Urogalan is surrounded by a cloud of melancholy. He is gaunt, with his dusky skin covered by white robes. Priests who venerate Urogalan emulate this practice of dress and demeanor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
convincing story. If the check fails, subsequent checks made by the characters to change its attitude have disadvantage. Gnolls Ravenous and horrifying are the gnolls that prowl Icewind Dale. Only their
of Moving Ice? Visit Angajuk’s Bell on the coast and catch the ride of a lifetime!” “If you see a cloaked elf with charcoal-colored skin, purple eyes, and a pair of gleaming scimitars, for the love of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
survivors live in secret places such as this. They have dark skin and hair, but otherwise they are similar to wood elves (as described in the Player’s Handbook). One of Strahd’s old brides, Patrina
, teaching the children about their heritage, or telling a scary story to frighten the children. N9i. Vistani Treasure Wagon Two iron padlocks secure the door of this barrel-topped wagon. The Vistani
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
three-story tower is home to the town’s resident sage and wizard, Keledek the Unspoken (LE male human mage). Keledek’s dusky skin, bald head, and bright red silk turban — not to mention his height of
being the oldest tavern in town, the Wicker Goat is owned by Lankus Kurrid (NG male human guard), a retired officer of the Keoish army who caters to the dwarven miners and town guard. The two-story