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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
/day: commune with nature (as an action)The wise and ancient treefolk thrive in the depths of Eldraine’s forested wilds. Though many treefolk rival members of the high fae in age, they rarely
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“Right now, you are a feeble stick, but I will help you grow some rings.”
—Borogrove, Tuinvale treefolk
Bludgeoning, PiercingFireOaken Boon. The treefolk blesses one creature other
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
grip of its user. Plants wither, drinks spoil, flesh rots, and vermin thrive in the wand’s presence.
Any creature besides Orcus that tries to attune to the wand must make a DC 17 Constitution
to a range of 120 feet.
The wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Abyssal and Common.
Personality. The wand’s purpose is to help satisfy Orcus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fight can swing one of two ways: the dragon could help the gnolls against the party or help the party against the gnolls. It’s up to the players who thrive on acting to persuade the dragon to help the party.
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
formidable adventurer.
See the “Uthgardt Lands” section of chapter 2 for details on each tribe’s territory and its activities that will help you choose your affiliation.
Skill
societies.
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Violence is my answer to almost any challenge.
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Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is nature’s way that the strong thrive and the weak perish.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
organization is fierce and often deadly. Evil characters can thrive in this environment, but the risks are seldom worth the reward. Xanathar Guild support comes in these ways: Any member given an assignment
guild grants access to secret tunnels and safe houses (hidden cellars) underneath Waterdeep. Xanathar might send a gazer (see appendix B) to help (and spy on) an up-and-coming guild member.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
capturing and taming smaller animals and beasts, particularly rats, dire rats, and reptilian creatures like lizards that thrive in a cave or underground environment. The kobolds corral these pets or allow
, these animals help the kobolds with pest control and are occasionally used as food. Giant rats and similarly sized lizards are also used as pack animals and guardians. Some tribes train giant weasels to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
that best describe the creature. Knowing the creature’s alignment can also help with your portrayal. The classic advice for writers holds true: show, don’t tell. For example, rather than describe an
facial expressions help convey a creature’s emotions. Smile, scowl, snarl, yawn, or pout, as appropriate. Use Motions and Posture. Movement and posture can help define an NPC’s personality. You might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Treefolk “Right now, you are a feeble stick, but I will help you grow some rings.”
—Borogrove, Tuinvale treefolk
Raoul Vitale The wise and ancient treefolk thrive in the depths of Eldraine’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
city that has been overrun by creatures of the wild.
3 Help establish a new city in a sparsely populated area.
4 Find a treasure to adorn a major landmark of a city.
5 Hunt down a
new city, or perhaps reviving a dead one. One focused on development could go beyond the basics of what a city needs to survive and get into what a city requires to thrive—which could easily lead to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and even druids might not understand them. As a whole, rangers serve to help societies survive and thrive in the wilderness. Much of the Sword Coast and the North are unsettled. Rangers are driven to
responded with a whoo, then went off into a complicated series of chattering hoots and whoos. Montolio took it all in, weighing every detail. With the help of his friends, particularly this rather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Myconid Colony A myconid colony manages to thrive in this area, since the tunnels leading to these caves are too narrow for the Stonecloaks to squeeze through. The myconids must endure the
and the fire beetles share this delicate ecosystem with the myconids, serving to help control the growth of fungi in the caverns. The light from the fire beetles’ carapaces is the cave’s only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, his goal is to see Phandalin thrive and become prosperous. Therefore, he wants to find the lost mine of Wave Echo Cave and help the Rockseeker brothers put it back into production. Sildar also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
injustice from within. She seeks for justice to prevail in civilized lands. Ephara seeks far more for her cities than mere safety. She drives every city to aspire toward efforts that help its people
thrive. Civic responsibility is essential in Ephara’s eyes, and having an engaged citizenry is important. The pursuit of knowledge is also a vital task, and she encourages advances in philosophy and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
expressions to help show a character’s emotions. Scowl, smile, grin, snarl, pout, cross your eyes — do whatever it takes to make the character or monster memorable to the players. When you combine facial
discussed in the Introduction. Players who like acting thrive in interaction situations, and it’s fine to let those players take the spotlight. They often inspire other players by their example, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Influence 1 Grand Designs. You are working on plans and schematics for a new, very fast ship. You must examine as many different kinds of vessels as possible to help ensure the success of your design. 2
thrive under pressure. 4 I love sketching and designing objects, especially boats. 5 I’m not afraid of hard work — in fact, I prefer it. 6 A pipe, an ale, and the smell of the sea: paradise. 7 I have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
physical turf. After all, a neighborhood needs many different professions to thrive — carpenters and cooks, grocers and apothecaries — and the fact that siblings and spouses often belong to different
Bloomridge Dandies — stop the party to tell the characters they’re watching them and to keep their noses clean.
2 A reporter from Baldur’s Mouth waves the party over, hoping they’ll help her get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
physical turf. After all, a neighborhood needs many different professions to thrive — carpenters and cooks, grocers and apothecaries — and the fact that siblings and spouses often belong to different
tell the characters they’re watching them and to keep their noses clean. 2 A reporter from Baldur’s Mouth waves the party over, hoping they’ll help her get information for a story about some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Plots to inspire your folk horror adventures. Folk Horror Plots 1d10 Adventure Hook 1 Anyone entering the city on horseback is imprisoned and sentenced to death. 2 A cult requests help summoning
loses their shadow to the looming woods. Adventure Settings Folk horror stories often take place in isolated or rural areas, but they could be set anywhere insular communities thrive or traditions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Saltmarsh’s dependable fishing trade can thrive and the smugglers in the area are left alone. They resent the intrusion of outsiders seeking to transform Saltmarsh and undoubtedly drain power from the fishing
earn her contempt. Ideal. If anyone in town needs help, Eda is the first to volunteer. She believes community binds people together and allows them to ride out the fiercest storm. Bond. Saltmarsh is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
befits the approach. Another character can use the Help action to grant advantage on the check, but only if that character makes a meaningful contribution to the conversation. The difficulty of the check
its captain, Kree’esh.
Rika’s faction is concerned about personal freedom. Rika looks forward to guiding his people to a new Wildspace system where they can thrive.
Attitude Adjustment. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
bone (mimics the sound of a dog gnawing a bone).”
Ideal. “Malicious joy. I can’t help but chuckle when people mess up (mimics the sound of someone stumbling and others laughing).”
Bond. “I have a
renounce her friend and companion, Wigglewog, with whom she conspired to help Sir Talavar escape Bavlorna’s clutches.
Alignment. Lawful good.
Personality Trait. “I spit whenever I hear a coward or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
bone (mimics the sound of a dog gnawing a bone).”
Ideal. “Malicious joy. I can’t help but chuckle when people mess up (mimics the sound of someone stumbling and others laughing).”
Bond. “I have a fey
renounce her friend and companion, Wigglewog, with whom she conspired to help Sir Talavar escape Bavlorna’s clutches.
Alignment. Lawful good.
Personality Trait. “I spit whenever I hear a coward or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
tense negotiation with drow, ending with the beholder agreeing to allow the drow safe passage through “the Vast Oblivium” in exchange for help ridding its lair of a deep gnome infestation 2 Chasing
of light sources can harvest the glowing glands of slain beetles. Giant “Rocktopus” This creature is a giant octopus that has evolved to live and thrive on land. It can alter its coloration to appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
leader, but she needs help. That’s my job.”
Flaw: “I bury my emotions and have no interest in small talk.”
Beldora Medium Humanoid (Human), Chaotic Good
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 18 (4d8
Harpers who survives using her wits and wiles. She looks like a homeless waif, but she’s a survivor who shies away from material wealth.
Ideal: “We should all strive to help one another.”
Bond: “I’ll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
! We’re all trapped, but perhaps we can help each other?”
This box canyon on the plane of Elysium tests the compassion and resolve of those trapped within. Six centaurs who speak Common were exploring
. Shaydun, the centaurs’ leader, approaches the characters. She doesn’t know how the characters arrived in the canyon, but she’s willing to help them find a way back to the Lost Caverns if they help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Plants Dangerous plants have overtaken these areas. S38a: East Growth. Four shriekers thrive in the shade of this fungal bush. The fomorians in the east cargo hold (area S33b) investigate any shrieking
character comes within 30 feet of the android, it calls out to them for help. The android introduces itself as a bartending unit named Oakley. The android wears a bow tie and has a suave, shell-form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
) migrating
10 1d4 stegosaurus† (attitude: 1d8 + 2) trying to help an additional one that is stuck in thick mud
†Monsters marked with a dagger (†) appear in Monsters of the Multiverse. Roll a
encounters with gigantic animals that might appear in a “lost world” where long-forgotten versions of modern animals still thrive. It could also reflect a world where not only giants but everything—from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
and edible plants. A massive oak tree, the only oak in this region, looms above the rest of the forest. Among the undergrowth, shamrock plants thrive.
The leprechauns in area G1 often roam this
and whisper among themselves before a spokes-pixie cheerfully announces they’ll happily help in exchange for a gift. The pixie accepts any magic item, anything shiny or sparkly, or anything with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Supernatural Regions Not all lands thrive as nature intended. Magical forces, strange interlopers, or tragic events can alter an area’s destiny, fundamentally changing the land. While the flora
stat block. Perhaps your adventures take a party to a land where plants speak freely or a cursed realm where petrified souls beg for help. Don’t feel restricted by the options in the Monster Manual or