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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and the other planes.
Most of Moloch’s cultists have switched allegiance to one of the other archdevils, but idols constructed to honor him still stand in deep dungeons, their jeweled eyes and
the remnants of power they hold drawing monstrous worshipers and unwise adventurers into places where his foul influence remains.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
gnolls. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to.
Unlike
embodiment of winter’s remorseless consumption.
Tekeli-li exists today as a gnoll vampire that hasn’t fed in decades. Adventurers who use the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” to
Firbolg
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
heart of the world and monuments to the durability of life.
In their role as caretakers, firbolgs live off the land while striving to remain in balance with nature. Their methods reflect common
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
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
’s deathless prowess in the form of increased speed, darkvision, and a life-draining bite.
With unique insights into the nature of the undead, many dhampirs become adventurers and monster hunters
others embrace the solitude of the hunt, striving to distance themselves from those who’d tempt their hunger.
Dhampir Hungers
Every dhampir knows a thirst slaked only by the living. Those who
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds
, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.
EVERYONE’S SECOND-BEST FRIENDS
Tortle
Legacy
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The Tortle Package
. Tortles often choose such days to leave their homes and begin a wilderness expedition, or perform some other task they know to be dangerous.
Adventurers at Heart
Tortles have a saying: “We wear
watch a frog croaking on a lily pad, or to stand in a crowded human marketplace.
Tortles like to learn new skills. They craft their own tools and weapons, and they are good at building structures and
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
organization that gave you your start in life. In any event, the abilities that you honed while serving as a courtier will stand you in good stead as an adventurer.
Skill Proficiencies:
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
disguise with animalistic or monstrous characteristics, meant to inspire fear
FEATURE: DUAL PERSONALITIES
Most of your fellow adventurers and the world know you as your persona. Those who
people don’t realize how much they need me.
3
I’ve seen too many in need. I must not fail them as everyone else has.
4
I stand in opposition, less the wicked go unopposed.
5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
vampire’s deathless prowess in the form of increased speed, darkvision, and a life-draining bite. With unique insights into the nature of the undead, many dhampirs become adventurers and monster hunters
others embrace the solitude of the hunt, striving to distance themselves from those who’d tempt their hunger.Dhampir rogue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Using an Overarching Story This section presents a couple of examples of overarching stories which have, over the years, fueled many classic D&D campaigns. The adventurers’ goal in the first example
Nine Dread Princes reside, with each of these dungeons stocked with enough monsters and hazards to advance the adventurers two or three levels. The adventurers spend their whole careers fighting the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the adventurers just before they reach the uppermost level of the Underdark. The adventurers can choose to lead the drow on a risky chase, or stand and fight.
up a number of near-miss encounters. At times, the adventurers might have believed they had shaken off their pursuers for good, only to have the drow show up unexpectedly. The characters’ departure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
possibility. Character death — even if temporary — can crush some players’ spirits. For those players, don’t make this battle just a relentless slog toward death. Give the adventurers opportunities to save
innocent townsfolk from being slaughtered and turn dragons away from fleeing crowds. The characters can clear burning buildings, use magic to douse flames or save the dying, and stand up for those who cannot defend themselves. Let their sacrifice during this fight mean something.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
possibility. Character death—even if temporary—can crush some players’ spirits. For those players, don’t make this battle just a relentless slog toward death. Give the adventurers opportunities to save
innocent townsfolk from being slaughtered and turn dragons away from fleeing crowds. The characters can clear burning buildings, use magic to douse flames or save the dying, and stand up for those who cannot defend themselves. Let their sacrifice during this fight mean something.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Marks of Prestige Sometimes the most memorable reward for adventurers is the prestige that they acquire throughout a realm. Their adventures often earn them fame and power, allies and enemies, and
. This section details the most common marks of prestige that adventures might acquire during a campaign. These marks are usually gained along with treasure, but sometimes they stand on their own.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(see chapter 3) stand in the adventurers’ way. Ravenous Hill giant cultists led by a maw of Yeenoghu (see chapter 6) raid settlements close to the grove, capturing townsfolk to be the main course in
a massive feast ritual. Giants, gnolls and creatures from the Hill Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3) stand between the captives and freedom. Safe Haven The characters travel with refugees fleeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
take our chances,” he says, whether he is breaking up a card game that has turned violent or refusing the pleas of adventurers trapped at the bottom of the well who are unable to pay for a ride up
to fend for themselves. Self-sufficiency is the only path to success. Ideal: Independence. Someone who can stand alone can stand against anything. Bond: The Yawning Portal. This place is my only home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Approaching the Den Adventurers can approach Grudd Haug from any direction. Those who come near the den without taking efforts to conceal themselves are spotted by the hobgoblins in the gong tower
(area 8), who ring the gong to sound the alarm. Characters stand a better chance of infiltrating the den if they approach cautiously, taking advantage of the terrain and using darkness, fog, camouflage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival The following locations are keyed to the map of Butterskull Ranch. When the adventurers come within sight of the ranch, read the following boxed text aloud: Butterskull Ranch occupies a large
plot of land on the north side of the Triboar Trail, nestled between two hills. Beyond a ramshackle wooden fence stand corn fields, an apple orchard, gardens, and pasture land. A path breaks off from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Testing the Defenses Andrella has an unusual request. Once she learns the characters are adventurers, she dismisses the guards and says the following to the party: “I want to observe how my
soldiers would fare in an invasion scenario. As adventurers, you might be able to simulate such a threat.
“I’d like you to sneak past the guards stationed here after sunset and steal a pennant from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
one used by the adventurers) leading out of it. About 100 feet ahead, amidst a tall stand of zurkhwood mushrooms, is an elaborate, glowing portal, 50-foot tall, and half as wide at its base. Lighting Some of the fungus in the forest is phosphorescent in nature, casting a dim light throughout.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
13. Vestibule Webs. A 10-foot-thick mass of sticky webs conceals the 30-foot-high ceiling. Three phase spiders lurk in the lightly obscured area amid the webs.
Guards. Four male drow stand guard in
phase spiders and the other guards. He then offers to lead the characters to Xarann in area 17d. If pressed for details, Sornnozz claims that Xarann is looking for ways to weaken House Auvryndar’s hold over Muiral’s Gauntlet, and he thinks a band of adventurers might be the answer to Xarann’s prayers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
behind the pillars to the north. The grells attack visitors and can use their tentacles to open and close doors as needed.
Apparitions. Spectral images of dead servants and adventurers occasionally
fade into view, wander the hall, then fade away. These images are harmless regional effects created by Halaster (see “Halaster’s Lair”).
Statues. Statues depicting two well-dressed humans stand in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
examples of each kind of patron from across Khorvaire. Work as a team with your DM to select a group patron. As an alternative, your characters could form your own organization that might one day stand among
Khorvaire. They bind the fabric of society together, and they are responsible for much of the change that occurs in the world—often by means of agents that include parties of adventurers. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
recent months, and she also knows that Lolth was behind it. Quenthel assumes that Lolth is making some sort of power play in the Abyss. If Quenthel learns that adventurers are trying to rid the Underdark
of its demon lord menace, she doesn’t stand in their way (see “Private Meetings”) and even allows them to travel through the city unmolested.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Drow Chase If the adventurers flee from the drow, use the chase rules in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to play out the pursuit. The drow are on foot. If she gets close enough to do so
, although she and others from Velkynvelve might reappear when the adventurers return to the Underdark (see chapter 15, “The City of Spiders”). If you want to extend the chase, the drow could pursue the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Caverns are believed to be hidden. Whether the margrave covets one of Iggwilv’s treasures for himself, seeks to sponsor the adventurers, or wants the characters to prevent his rivals from claiming the
lair. Bloodthirsty monsters and the deadly remnants of the archmage’s power stand between the characters and the Witch Queen’s hoard, which is guarded by the greatest of Iggwilv’s treasures—her daughter, the vampire warrior Drelnza.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
to the world of the living. Imprisoned The characters wake up in cells, kept alive and imprisoned by their foes for some purpose. Raised by Another A powerful individual finds the adventurers’ bodies
and has them raised from the dead, putting the adventurers in the debt of their rescuer. What if the adventurers wake up decades after their death, returned to life by a Resurrection spell cast by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
leadership of Prime Speaker Zegana, the biomancers of the Simic Combine apply magic to the life sciences. Striving to create a harmonious future where creatures of all kinds are perfectly adapted to their ever
-changing environment, the Simic magically hasten the process of evolution and adaptation of life. These ten guilds stand as the foundation of power on Ravnica. Each maintains a distinctive identity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Chapter 3: Classes Adventurers are extraordinary people, driven by a thirst for excitement into a life that others would never dare lead. They are heroes, compelled to explore the dark places of the
world and take on the challenges that lesser women and men can’t stand against. Class is the primary definition of what your character can do. It’s more than a profession; it’s your character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
good-hearted and striving to help others where she can. Artemis is lawful evil, unconcerned with the value of sentient life but at least professional in his approach to murder.
As an evil character
, Artemis is not an ideal adventurer. He began his career as a villain, and only cooperates with heroes when he must — and when it’s in his own best interests. In most games, evil adventurers cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
you traveled in Waterdeep’s baroque and sometimes cutthroat conglomeration of guilds, nobles, adventurers, and secret societies. You might have been one of the behind-the-scenes law-keepers or
organization that gave you your start in life. In any event, the abilities that you honed while serving as a courtier will stand you in good stead as an adventurer. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A set of fine clothes and a pouch containing 5 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
W9. Apprentices’ Room Describe this area to the players as follows: This room was once a bedchamber, kitchen, and dining room rolled into one. Four beds stand along the south wall, with shuttered
through the hole in the ceiling. On the following turn, they attack. Adventurers can move tall furniture underneath the hole and climb up it to reach area W18 without having to make an ability check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
adventure: You stand in a tastefully appointed study with nautical decor. The governor, an human woman with iron-gray hair, stares pensively into the fireplace. After a polite offer of refreshment, she
families have sent numerous adventurers in search of the couple; the few that returned did so empty-handed. Governor Folcarae can also relate the legend of the Eternal Garden, but she doesn’t know details
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to the possibility of assassination or betrayal by unknown threats that stand ready to pounce on the beholder the instant it lets its guard down. Complementing this ever-present, passive paranoia is
adventurers arrive at its lair with summoned angel allies or enslaved demons, by breaking through the floor, by teleporting or riding dinosaurs, or girded with layers of magical defenses and armed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Devils: Archdevils At the top of the hierarchy of the Nine Hells stand the archdevils, a vicious and backbiting group made up of the Hells’ elite devils. They include the various lords, the nobles
betters. Many dread names are included in the rolls of the archdevils; the few described here are among those that adventurers are most likely to encounter. Wish Fulfillment. All devils seek control