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Ezmerelda d'Avenir is a Vistana monster hunter introduced in the 5th Edition adventure module Curse of Strahd (2016). As a child, her family kidnapped Rudolph van Richten's son and turned him over to a vampire. d'Avenir was "deeply moved" by van Richten's mercy on her family and as a teenager ran away to seek him out.
The fictional character Rudolph van Richten, a famous Monster Hunter in Ravenloft and author of a series of guides to hunting and slaying various monsters, had a great enmity for the Vistani for most of his monster-hunting career, but his opinion improved during his penning of Van Richten's Guide To The Vistani, during which he befriended a mortu.
New character lineages (the dhampir, the hexblood, and the reborn) [8] and new character backgrounds "themed specifically for a horror setting" [9] The Dark Gift mechanic; [9] a mechanic that provides a role-playing tie "to the Domains of Dread by bestowing benefits that may have a deadly cost" [2] A horror themed monster bestiary [1]
The mimic first appeared for second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the second volume of the Monstrous Compendium series (1989). In this set, the creature is described as magically-created, and usually appears in the form of a treasure chest, although its natural color is a speckled grey that resembles granite.
Dungeons & Dragons Rules Expansion Gift Set, a boxed set, contains Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (2022) along with new printings of Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020); it was released on January 25, 2022. An exclusive edition, with white foil alternate art covers by Joy Ang, is only ...
Both Polygon and SyFy Wire highlighted that Monsters of the Multiverse is an indication of the future design direction of Dungeons & Dragons. [5] [30] Charlie Hall, for Polygon, commented on the previous "edition wars" when Dungeons & Dragons "transitioned from 3rd edition, to 3.5, to 4th edition. Instead, it appears that Wizards will be taking ...
Monster Manual II was the third and final monster book for the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1983, and has the largest page count of the three. As with the Monster Manual, this book was written primarily by Gary Gygax. This book contains a number of monsters that previously appeared in limited circulation and a ...
A guide for game masters about the Forgotten Realms setting. Provides background information on the lands of Faerûn, a detailed town in which to start a campaign, adventure seeds, new monsters, ready-to-play NPCs, and a full-colour poster map of Faerûn. 288: 978-0-7869-4924-3: Forgotten Realms Player's Guide