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Star Spawn Seer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages able to grasp the seer’s strange staff formed of a blend of flesh, bone, and star stuff. A star spawn seer is almost always accompanied by one or more

, transforming it into a star spawn seer. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. The mortal’s

Winter's Heart

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

ice so cold it freezes anything it touches. Even the fumes that issue forth cause instant frostbite. At the volcano’s heart stands a glass statue of a haunting, androgynous figure offering a diamond

crown. None who have attempted to claim this strange gift have survived. Even the gods prove reticent to speak of the place, denying its existence or speaking of it with shame. The miracles and conflicts of the gods play out endlessly in the stars of Nyx (TYLER JACOBSON)

The Cogs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Menthis Plateau. Daask also keeps its headquarters in Khyber’s Gate. In the depths of the Cogs, inquisitive work can blend seamlessly into dungeon-delving adventure. While investigating strange

Concluding the Encounter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus

that check with an Intelligence (Nature) check to know how to blend in with the strange fauna. If the party succeeds, the enemies in the next encounter are Surprised.

Introduction

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

speaks of strange, leering devil faces carved in dungeon walls that can devour an explorer in an instant, leaving behind not a single trace of the poor soul’s passing. A bald, stern wizard clad in blue

robes and speaking with a strange accent tells of a wizard who claimed three powerful weapons from a city on the shores of a lake of unknown depths, who spirited them away to a slumbering volcano and

Marcher Characters

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

Sovereign Host, or the Dragon Below, superstitions inform your path. Clan or Tribe? The people of the Shadow Marches are split into two distinct cultures. The clans blend the traditions of human and orc

, building towns and working with steel. If you were raised in one of the clans, the ways of civilization aren’t that strange to you; you’ve seen the city of Zarash’ak and worked with House Tharashk. By

Random Road Events

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

excitement, but others see monster attacks, strange incidents, excitement at roadside stops, meetings with NPCs, and the ever-present question of where the cult’s wagons are headed. You can pace these events

randomly. You can substitute a random bandit (daytime) or monster (nighttime) attack for any other event if a dose of instant action is needed. Experience point awards for these events are up to you. We

Random Road Events

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

excitement, but others see monster attacks, strange incidents, excitement at roadside stops, meetings with NPCs, and the ever-present question of where the cult’s wagons are headed. You can pace these events

randomly. You can substitute a random bandit (daytime) or monster (nighttime) attack for any other event if a dose of instant action is needed. Experience point awards for these events are up to you. We

Star Spawn Seer

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

corpulent bulk of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. Hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages capable of grasping their strange staffs — formed of some blend of

No Sleep in Kalaman

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

outside, possibly on Kalaman’s walls or the city streets. The character with the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score sees a strange violet light in the sky. After they react, read the following

text: A violet star plummets from the sky and crashes nearby, throwing up a cloud of debris. A breathless screech rises from the black-lit dust. An instant later, blackened fangs and violet flame burst

Crew Territories

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

fear of rats races down the street and slams into the party, having witnessed a bunch of rats feeding on a corpse in an alley. 7 The druid Torimesh offers one party member a strange symbol

café’s special blend. 9 A rough-and-tumble woman gets chummy with the party and tells characters that Laraelra Thundreth is hiring bouncers at the Low Lantern. 10 A winding crack in the

The Fall of Ythryn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Ostoria, a bygone empire of magic-wielding giants that waged war against the dragons forty thousand years earlier. After many fruitless excavations, they found a large stone spindle bearing strange

time, as though something was trying to siphon it all away. The demiplane expelled Iriolarthas in that instant, trapping the lich in Ythryn, and became a living demiplane (see appendix C). Iriolarthas

Crew Territories

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

witnessed a bunch of rats feeding on a corpse in an alley. 7 The druid Torimesh offers one party member a strange symbol stained on a piece of bark. He tells the party that the Drawing Tree in

Insight Park sent it as a message. 8 The city’s sketchiest tea enthusiast invites the party into Jopalin’s for a free cup of the café’s special blend. 9 A rough-and-tumble woman gets chummy with the party

Southern Isles

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

materials such as various types of woods and metals, trading unusual gems and strange gold coins in return. Of their inventions, folks have seen little, but the few glimpses attained have fueled much

speculation about Lantan’s development of smokepowder weapons and greater willingness to blend magic with machinery. Indeed, Lantanese traders have reportedly offered many shield guardians in private

Bandit Plans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble

trigger the trap, since the character did not hesitate. If a player says they are carefully studying the door for anything strange, you can allow them to make the appropriate check to find clues to

to blend in with the wall. If a character takes the Study action to examine the walls, they find the secret door with a successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check. If the trap was triggered

Star Spawn

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

grasp the seer’s strange staff formed of a blend of flesh, bone, and star stuff. A star spawn seer is almost always accompanied by one or more star spawn hulks (also in this book). Not only is a hulk a

. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. The mortal’s hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages able to

Gibbet Crossing Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

discussing the tower in Terran. Toppled Tower. The strange tower is a variant of Daern’s instant fortress called a mudslick tower (see appendix B). Svirfneblin scouts liberated the mudslick tower from

know about the strange effect in the adjacent receiving room (area G12). Once one roper is defeated, the other one retreats just inside the doorway of the receiving room to gain the protection that

Lottie's Palace

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

go on its dinner break (despite being a skeleton). Slot Machines. One side of the gambling pit features banks of strange clockwork machines, each with a large red lever and a slot for tokens. These

drink at the bar. Bartender. The skeleton bartender uses clockwork devices to shake rum drinks, peel fruit, blend fruit juices, and create souvenir flattened tokens (at a cost of 3 tokens). A door

Spaceship Locations, Level 3

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

of each variety) blend in with the strange and vibrant plants throughout the area. The horrid plants are hostile toward the characters. S54: Climate Control Room (Green) A sleek machine, vaguely desk

, otherworldly garden. A second wall encircles a smaller botanical sanctuary within. Strange trees abloom with bizarre flowers climb toward an artificial light source high above. The calls of unknown

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

master of souls. Of the three, Jaemus is the least convincing in his role as the slaughterhouse’s new accountant, as he greets customers with an eerie stare, openly reads strange-looking tomes, and

with regard to those Baldurians living in the city proper. Unlike most of the Outer City, where neighborhoods blend into each other and no one can quite say where one ends and another begins, Little

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

convincing in his role as the slaughterhouse’s new accountant, as he greets customers with an eerie stare, openly reads strange-looking tomes, and spends entirely too much time in the cult’s trophy locker, a

. Unlike most of the Outer City, where neighborhoods blend into each other and no one can quite say where one ends and another begins, Little Calimshan is sharply defined by brick-and-plaster walls, 15

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

completed her transformation into a lichen lich, she had no more need of it. At the back of the cave lurks a strange bundle of white poison ivy with a single bulbous eye in the center (use the death tyrant

grove and laboratory. She has called a nalfeshnee named Danjak to her service. Danjak is an emissary of Zuggtmoy, and the demon’s form is crusted and interwoven with a riotous blend of molds, lichen

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 5

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

documentation. B51: Pit Trap This intersection contains a 10-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep pit. The opening is covered by a wooden trapdoor painted to blend into the stone around it. Characters who have a passive

and don strange masks. Entrance to the Underground City. If you’re playing the expanded adventure (see the “Extending the Adventure” section), a plainly visible trapdoor in the northwest corner of

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can

lowbrow customers, but no one can deny the addictive nature of the half-elf proprietor’s special blend. Jopalin includes sable moonflower leaves in his tea, creating a subtle, slow-building addiction

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can

-elf proprietor’s special blend. Jopalin includes sable moonflower leaves in his tea, creating a subtle, slow-building addiction among those who drink it. Many never realize what’s happening, knowing

Areas of the Water Temple

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

). Eyon’s mount, a hunter shark, swims in the lake nearby. The cultists challenge any strange boats that approach from the east and attack unless the characters convince them to parley. Roleplaying Eyon

. If the characters succeed in opening negotiations, Eyon questions them with a good deal of suspicion. She is a hard-bitten, callous mercenary who expects only the worst from people. The instant Eyon

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

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

irradiated hydroponic cultures of the mold that claimed the ship’s crew and passengers. Their mottled, gray-brown coloration allows them to use their Plant Camouflage trait to blend in with the fungus

a military uniform sits behind an oblong desk in this respectable office. A strange metal box with a glowing glass screen and dials is affixed to the desk, facing the skeleton. It buzzes softly. At

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