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construction they have witnessed.
Russet Mold
Few know for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a
peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the forest nearby.
The mold is found only
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russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet mold and vegepygmies in a peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that
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Storm King's Thunder
;s dread overlord, the red wyrm Klauth. Scattered here and there are the crushed or charred bones of powerful adventurers and entire orc hordes that dared to enter the valley.
“Old Snarl,&rdquo
about the deeds and whereabouts of surface-world creatures in the North and along the Sword Coast than any other being alive today. Old Snarl obeys strange whims that prompt him to perform acts of
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by copying simple construction they have witnessed.
Russet Mold
Few know for sure where russet mold came from. One historical account tells of adventurers in a mountain range discovering russet
mold and vegepygmies in a peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the forest nearby
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, 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
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
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers trying to infiltrate my lair. How else could I try out new defenses?
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Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day.
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No creature can outsmart my defenses—if
ancient pact to advise a monarchy on matters of defense—until someone bests the dragon’s security measures.
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A sapphire dragon seeks adventurers to lead into battle against the mind
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Psychic Step or Spellcasting.
Starlight Strike (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon releases a searing beam of starlight at a creature that it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 17
no faction trusts the others.
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness.
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A
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dragon uses Psychic Step or Spellcasting.
Starlight Strike (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon releases a searing beam of starlight at a creature that it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must
find the heir, but no faction trusts the others.
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A crystal dragon seeks bold adventurers to steal an egg from an ancient white dragon who is infamous for abject cruelty and utter remorselessness
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
presence of bright light—or to destroy their foes.
Searing Eyes. A blindheim projects searing light in a cone from its leering, bulging eyes. The intensity of this light is equivalent to natural sunlight
the surface world. But when they have superior numbers or engage creatures that appear weak, blindheims will often ambush to take what they want.
Strange Outcasts. The blindheims speak of an ancient era
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, making even the coolest, most experienced adventurers prone to outbursts of destructive frustration. When mites are about, even the simplest task can turn into a disaster, and a mild disagreement can
creature experiences strange dreams the next time it sleeps, then sleepwalks to the nearest tree or other large plant, digs a small hole, screams into the depression, and refills the hole. When it awakes the
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ presence is marked by an absence of animals and a strange quiet, as if the forest wishes to avoid attracting attention to itself. The faster travelers decide to move on, the better.
If these
overwhelming attack.
Outcast Adventurers
As guardians of the wood, few firbolgs would dream of leaving their homes or attempting to fit into human society. An exiled firbolg, or one whose clan has been
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by strange traps and logic-defying puzzles, along with a legion of brainwashed servitors and countless xills. As to the fate of the individuals seized by the xills, they perhaps form the bulk of
target young but promising adventurers, those whose natural talent and aptitude point to a bright future but whose skills have not yet grown sharp enough to repel a dedicated assault.
Genasi
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: crushing earth, searing flames, boundless skies, and endless seas make visiting these places dangerous for even a short time. The powerful genies, however, don’t face such troubles when venturing
, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all.
Some genasi live as outcasts, driven into exile for their unsettling appearance and strange magic, or assuming leadership
Tabaxi
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lazy, but when Linene came around looking for a missing broach, she was out the door before I could blink an eye.
— Toblen Stonehill, innkeeper
Hailing from a strange and distant land
replaced with a new obsession. Objects remain intriguing only as long as they still hold secrets.
A tabaxi rogue could happily spend months plotting to steal a strange gem from a noble, only to trade it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
classics that have hosted an untold number of adventurers, while others are newer creations boldly staking their place in the pantheon of notable D&D adventures. Just as these dungeons have made an
Portal dims to a deep crimson, adventurers from across the Sword Coast—and even some visiting from other D&D worlds—spin tales and rumors of lost treasures. A wanderer from the distant Shou Empire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Beginning the Adventure The adventurers are traveling through a canyon when they receive a telepathic distress signal. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: You’re traveling through a
of air shimmers with intense heat, and the canyon’s colors seem to dance, undulating under the searing sun.The eerie silence is broken by a deep, baritone voice. “Hello, can you help me?”No other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Dwarvish and has been showing it off. It looks old and important. Larmon Greenboot, a shepherd, says he found strange new graves out in the Sumber Hills. He hangs around Gaelkur’s store (area 17). When
the characters return to Red Larch after leaving to investigate one of the other leads, they hear that Thorsk Thelorn, the wagonmaker (area 5), has had some strange new customers lately. To find out how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Travel to the Inn One morning, the adventurers awake to a beautiful, sunny day. To the north, however, in the direction of the Wayside Inn, storm clouds are gathering: very strange storm clouds in
the shape of three swirling lightning bolts. The town council sees this strange phenomenon and becomes concerned. Earlier that morning a group of settlers left to pick up supplies at the inn. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Flumph Strange Ally from a Strange Place Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Arcana Axel Defois Bizarre creatures with aberrant agendas inhabit the Underdark. Flumphs number among the few that are helpful
often encounter dangerous beings such as aboleths and mind flayers. While flumphs generally avoid combat, they often help adventurers in peril. Such help might be of doubtful use, but flumphs mean well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
local Jorasco enclave suddenly manifest strange abilities they never could before — and soon thereafter, a strange curse as well. 5 The Kundarak Bank needs brave adventurers to test their new wards by
Adventure Hook 1 A House Cannith artificer hires adventurers to steal secrets from a forge associated with a rival branch of the house. 2 House Deneith is recruiting adventurers to oppose a sudden rise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Chapter 2: Creating a Multiverse When adventurers reach higher levels, their path extends to other dimensions of reality: the planes of existence that form the multiverse. The characters might be
Limbo to contact a wizened githzerai sage. Planes of existence define the extremes of strange and often dangerous environments. The most bizarre locations present settings undreamed of in the natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Outcast Adventurers As guardians of the wood, few firbolgs would dream of leaving their homes or attempting to fit into human society. An exiled firbolg, or one whose clan has been destroyed, might
firbolgs are entrusted by their clan with an important mission that takes them beyond their homes. These firbolgs feel like pilgrims in a strange land, and usually they wish only to complete their quests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Seekers of New Lore Nothing excites an artificer quite like uncovering a new metal or discovering a source of elemental energy. In artificer circles, new inventions and strange discoveries create the
adventurers. Eberron’s main travel routes and populated regions have long since been explored. Thus, artificers seek the frontiers of civilization in hopes of making the next great discovery in arcane research.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Seekers of New Lore Nothing excites an artificer quite like uncovering a new metal or discovering a source of elemental energy. In artificer circles, new inventions and strange discoveries create the
adventurers. Eberron’s main travel routes and populated regions have long since been explored. Thus, artificers seek the frontiers of civilization in hopes of making the next great discovery in arcane research.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Chapter 4 – Into the Outlands While Shemeshka investigates the characters’ origins and the strange magic affecting the adventurers, the party travels to the Outlands in search of a fugitive modron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
vicinity of Conyberry catch glimpses of Wyvern Tor to the south as they go. The tor was formerly the home of a large and dangerous nest of wyverns, but a band of bold adventurers dealt with the monsters
, these raiders noticed the Triboar Trail’s increase in traffic and have been ambushing travelers and stealing their wares. Recently, strange goblins with elongated skulls have occasionally joined the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Tower After making their way through the dangers of the hedge maze, the adventurers can enter Xonthal’s Tower. Once inside, they learn that Iskander’s fellow cultists have discovered his treason
chambers and walls are circular when seen from inside. This strange incongruity is another manifestation of Xonthal’s ability to manipulate space.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of existence are strange and often dangerous environments undreamed of in the natural world. Adventurers can stroll along streets of fire, test their mettle on battlefields where the fallen are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
infusing his own blood with strange and dangerous properties. Moghadam learned of all this and captured Nolzur. He is now held in the tomb, with his blood used as a base material for magic pigments
. Who’s Who
According to game lore, Nolzur belonged to the Company of Seven, a famed group of adventurers whose names are immortalized in spells, artifacts, and magic items such as Keoghtom’s ointment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
has received strange dreams in which the spirit of one of their ancestors tries to communicate with them. The contact asks the character to visit them in Djaynai to help them unravel the mystery of
their ancestor’s message. Defending the Land. Djaynai’s leaders often employ experienced adventurers to exchange knowledge and magic with Djaynaian scouts and defenders. Based on the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
woman approaches the adventurers to tell them of this dragon, who killed the city’s brass dragon protector. The brass dragon’s egg—which the woman gives to the party—holds the key to defeating
ruins of Haskasori, they discover its many denizens, including its former king. When Anthradusk returns to his lair, the characters can unleash the egg’s strange magic in the presence of the brass
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and strange, pointed hats—all these and more march forth from the graveyard, their numbers growing by the second. These aren’t the spirits of the people buried here, but of previous adventurers who
died trying to destroy Strahd. Every night, the ghostly adventurers attempt to complete their quest, and each night they fail. They have no interest in the living and can’t be hit, damaged, or turned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
School of Evocation You focus your study on magic that creates powerful elemental effects such as bitter cold, searing flame, rolling thunder, crackling lightning, and burning acid. Some evokers find
employment in military forces, serving as artillery to blast enemy armies from afar. Others use their spectacular power to protect the weak, while some seek their own gain as bandits, adventurers, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
adventurers from faraway lands and harvested their souls to feed the archlich’s phylactery, which remained hidden on another plane. Every few decades, Acererak returned to tinker with his dungeon’s traps
, add treasure to its vaults, and reap a bounty of hoarded souls. His planar wanderings have influenced the tomb’s mishmash of architectural styles, and have populated it with strange and deadly monsters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Tower After making their way through the dangers of the hedge maze, the adventurers can enter Xonthal’s Tower. Once inside, they learn that Iskander’s fellow cultists have discovered his treason
chambers and walls are circular when seen from inside. This strange incongruity is another manifestation of Xonthal’s ability to manipulate space.