Okay, Back at home now.
Monsters: Pages 126 to 144 are devoted to "regular" monsters, pages 146 to 159 contain unique monsters with their own story and personality)
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o Abonimations (with a side bar about unique abonimations, merely giving names and short descriptions, not crunch)
- Primeval Ooze (Level 24 Elite Brute)
- Storm that Walks (Level 28 Solo Controller)
o Archon (Iron and Mud)
o Demon (with a sidebar on sibling rivalry between demons and chaos shards)
- Dust Demon,
- Ash-Wrought Soulburner
- Consumptive Swarm
- Writhing Crag
o Eisk Jaat (Creatures of Primordial Cold. Did they exist before?)
- Eisk Jart Warrior (Level 15 Minion Skirmisher)
- Eisk Jaat Rimebolter (Level 15 Artillery)
- Eisk Jaat Mauler (Level 16 Brute (Leader))
- Eisk Jaat Mystic (Level 18 Lurker)
o Elementals
- Scrochwind Phantom (Level 9 Lurker)
- Ashfrost Assassin (Level 12 Skirmisher)
- Sunsearer (Level 15 Artillery)
- Diamondstorm Reaper (Level 20 Solider)
- Caustic Slauer (Level 24 Elite Brute)
- Primordial Blot (Level 26 Solo Artillery. A sidebar of its background, indicating that blots are stillborn worlds, and 2 other theories)
o Slaad
- CHaos Phage Swarm (Level 12 Brute)
- Green Slaad Madjack (Level 13 Elite Controller)
- Blue Slaad Digester (Level 14 Elite Soldier)
- Gray Slaad Havoc (Level 115 Artillery (Leader))
- Red Slaad Juggernaut (Level 15 Elite Soldier)
- White Slad (Level 16 Elite Lurker) (with a Minion creature that parts of its special abilities)
- Black Slaad Entropic (Level 26 Minion Bute. Not real Black Slaads, personal troops of the Slaad)
- Entropic Void (Level 26 Minion Soldier, as above)
o Ekhak (Level 25 Elite Controller (Leader)). The Smoldering Duke has his own fortress, the Choking Palace. The palace is described elsewhere.
- Smoke Hound (Level 24 Minion Soldier for Ekhak)
o Licricosa (Level 21 Solo Controller). The only still living Githzerei that achieved enlightenment.
o Sirajadt (Level 27 Elite Controller (Leader). A Dijinn, one of the last free members of a Noble House shattered in the aftermath of the Dawn War.
- Djinn Cloudstalker (Level 24 Lurker). Guillera fighter idolizing Sirajadt as their greatest.
o Soloka, the Curshing Wave (Level 24 Solo Controller). One ugly creature. Like it.
A Primordial Lord
There is a side bar suggesting a twist in the story about Soloka and Xixecal that might be interesting to use...
- Xixecal, the Living Glacier (Level 30 Elite Brute). Speaks for Soloka as long as she is still imprisoned at least.
- Mirmakur, The Raving Priest (Level 28 Elite Brute). Wants to free Soloka. A Storm Titan
- Crushing Wave Cultist (Level 10 Artillery (Leader))
- Crushing Wave Initiative (Level 8 Soldier)
o Ygorl, Lord of Entropy (Level 26 Elite Soldier (Leader)). A Slaad Lord.
- Shkiv (Level 26 Artillery). A corrupted and mutated draon serving Ygorl since the fall of Arkhosia
- Skirnex, Voice of Ygorl (Level 24 Elite Controller (Leader)). A Void Slaad serving Ygorl.
- Acolyte of Entropy (Level 18 Skirmisher). Slaad worshippers of Ygorl wkroking with Ygorl.
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The chapter "Races of Chaos" describes several races/monsters background without stat blocks. It describes their society, life and culture, outlook and interaction, and a few major sites over 2 pages on average.
Described are Archons, Djinns, Efreets, Genasi, Giants (and Titans), Githerai and Slaads.
A shorter section is spent on Dao, Demons, Dwarves, Elementals, Humans, Phelarchs and Primordials.
The chapter Elemental Locals describes places in the Elemental Chaos. It describes inhabitatns, major areas within the place, and adventure suggestions and specific features, plus a few encounter groups of monsters fitting the locale.
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Beware - some story spoilers that a player might not want to know until it's too late.
o The Brazen Bazaar
A travelling bazaar originating from the City of Brass that travels he Elemental Chaos and even into other worlds.
o Canaughlin Bog. A large mor drifting through the Chaos. It looks nice on the illustration, but it is anything but harmless.
o The Choking Palace. Residence of Ekhahk central in an area called "Fume".
The population is mostly poor.
o Gloamnull, City of Rain. A Genasi trade city that was created after an Efretti noble house in the the City of Brass got into trouble and lost many members. Years later the city came enveloped by clouds and under attack by giants and archons, and now the inhabitants are praying to Dagon...
o Irdoc Morda. A landmass of the size of a nation, mined by elemntal creatures for precious metals, mostly iron and some admantite.
p The MoteSwarm. A jumble of masses of all substances, where Giants, Githerai and Elementals fight for control. An Archon Forge is the reason Giants and Githerai are interested, the Elementals just don't like intruders.
o Pandemonium Stone. A spire made of bone, flsh, ice, minerals, wind, wood and other materials, everything in flux. The Stone is not always present and can appear anywhre in the Elemental Chaos. It's appearance is unpredictable, except that some powerful mages can summon it to places. Creatures of the Elemental Chaos are drawn to it and fight for dominance. Some theorize the Stone might be a cocoon for a new entity, maybe a god of gods. Or it's a giant Slaad...
o Pillars of Creation. According to legends, the world stands on these pillars. On the other hand, the Elemental Chaos is infinite, so...
o The Riverweb. A web of rivers spanning the Elemental Chaos, allowing transportation even with regular water vehicles. It doesn't connect everything in the Elemental Chaos, but if you want to travel by boat, that's the best way. (Of course, sailing an infinite plane might take a while...)
o Sanzerathad. A Githerai monastary build on the worst of all places, almost impossible to maintain, all for a mysterious "Room with No Doors" that can only be entered with a strong will. And so far, apparently not at all.
At this point, a few adventuring locales are described with encounter setup
o The Glittering Mine (in Hak Larkum, the Facted lain). Aimed at Level 8 parties. Obviously a mine and thus underground.
o The Mountain Builder's Barrow. A place where the Primordial Ziphal the Mountain Builder is imprisonded in stasis. Aimed at Level 25 parties.
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