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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ancient Seal This curse protects the resting place of a long-dead ruler and punishes any who disturb the ruler’s remains or plunder the treasures. Pronouncement. Carved into the stone of the crypt
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
would enable him to achieve his dream. Yet the potential power of his creation terrified Damara so much that he dared not use the orb. Instead, the wizard entombed himself with the Artifact to seal it
reverts to its original form and the orb reappears outside its body.
Destroying the Orb. If an Ancient Gold Dragon willingly swallows the orb, the orb and the dragon are both destroyed.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
branch to seal the promise.
“The Kindly Lord does not issue invitations to their court lightly. I suggest you accept.”
—Gwyddion, messenger of Talion
High Fae
Ageless and
, the Kindly Lord. Talion is as strange, ancient, and fickle as the wilds of Eldraine, and the Kindly Lord demands fealty and respect from their followers. But despite their austere demeanor, the Kindly
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
another, having grown fond of the valuable ambergris they leave in their wake. Now whalers are scheming to kill the dragon.
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A community of seal hunters reveres an ancient crystal dragon as the
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Adventure Hook
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A towering palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
the double doors is a golden seal one foot in diameter with ancient glyphs scribed into it. To open this door, it appears that the golden seal must be broken. Ancient glyphs are scribed on the seal
32. The Portal to Death Behind the concealed entrance is a narrow tunnel that slants down and away. The passage is barely four feet in diameter, and the walls are carved with a profusion of ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to madness and corruption, thus becoming the very evils they are sworn to fight. Gatekeeper NPCs d4 NPC 1 The spirit of a long-dead Gatekeeper lives on in the body of an ancient toad. It speaks
that serves as a seal on a journey to a number of sacred sites to restore its power. 4 An old orc ranger is murdering people in Sharn, claiming that they’ve been corrupted by the daelkyr.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
players may aspire to temporarily seal it away. Cosmic Horror Plots d8 Plot
1 Help a parent recover a child who’s gone missing in the impossibly vast space underneath their bed.
2 Stop a
sapient, unholy tome from reaching a group of cultists.
3 Save the inheritors of an ancient sect before they transform into horrors.
4 Stop the sacrifice of a young noble by those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Gatekeeper Campaign Themes The Gatekeepers are the remnants of an ancient order. Once they saved the world. Now they are all but forgotten, and the world needs saving again. The surviving Gatekeepers
villains. The druids’ mission to protect their seals and to oppose the rise of aberrations is of the utmost importance. Anyone who threatens a seal or assists the machinations of the daelkyr, no matter how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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2 A set of large gemstones, each engraved with the seal of a particular nation or the symbol of a deity
3 Numbered volumes of an encyclopedia or comprehensive history
4 Statuettes
Regalia—an orb, a crown, a scepter, and so forth—belonging to a recently deposed monarch
8 Pieces of a full suit of armor that once belonged to an ancient hero
9 A set of teeth from a rival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
charmed by her pure kindness. Obsessed, Strahd sought to woo her but was rebuffed. Unwilling to accept her wishes or the idea of Sergei as his better, Strahd made a pact with ancient evil forces to
regain his vitality and ensnare Tatyana’s heart. The day of Sergei and Tatyana’s wedding, Strahd murdered Sergei and, to seal his pact, drank his brother’s blood. He revealed his new might to Tatyana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
From the Tome of Strahd I am the Ancient. I am the Land. My beginnings are lost in the darkness of the past. I was the warrior, I was good and just. I thundered across the land like the wrath of a
ancient thrones, and brought them here to settle in the castle Ravenloft. They came with a younger brother of mine, Sergei. He was handsome and youthful. I hated him for both.
From the families of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Strahd von Zarovich In the halls of Castle Ravenloft,
Count Strahd von Zarovich clings
to ancient obsessions In life, Count Strahd von Zarovich was a ruthlessly effective conqueror. Over decades
Temple. There, amid hidden lore and the imprisoned vestiges of ancient evil, Strahd first encountered the Dark Powers—and made a bargain with them to regain his vitality and ensnare Tatyana’s heart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
whalers are scheming to kill the dragon.
4 A community of seal hunters reveres an ancient crystal dragon as the spirit of their glacier home. Such worship amuses and flatters the dragon, who keeps the hunters safe and leads them to locations where seals are plentiful.
1 A towering palace of ice and quartz that was once the abode of an ancient crystal dragon is found deserted, with no clue as to whether its master will return or whether some other creature has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Intelligence (History) check recognizes this as the seal of the Yellowcrest family. The book’s title appears handwritten on the first page, and it is clear that all of its pages were once blank. Only a handful
the diary, dated just over five years earlier, change in tone as Sarah worries about the strange conduct of Lord Yellowcrest, and his habit of spending too much time with ancient books in his study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Adventures table to launch a party’s explorations into the deep. Myth of the Sinking of Olantin
In ancient days, Olantin was a wealthy coastal polis along the Siren Sea. Because it was the
Seek information from an oracle who lives on a sunken island inside a giant bubble.
10 Seal a hole in the sea that’s allowing denizens of the Underworld ward of Nerono to escape.
11 Return a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ancient nation of Anauria with guarding the priceless scroll. The sapphires allowed both Hamukai and the golem (whether together or separate) to unlock a magically sealed vault that held the Nether
seal him in the vault and protect the Nether Scroll. Since opening the vault required either the sapphire shard in his right palm or the golem’s sapphire heart (which he assumed was destroyed along
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, Gauntlgrym is an ancient place, first delved as a mine in the earliest days of Old Delzoun. All sorts of myths persist about the great mithral doors of the city, but at its start, Gauntlgrym was simply a
possible. Or so the stories go. Despite all the quests undertaken by adventurers down the centuries, none ever truly found the ancient city until the ghosts of Gauntlgrym’s former denizens began calling to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
librarian of an ancient sect, who seeks secrets hidden within their peers. 8 A spoiled noble who intends to raise a cult to feed to residents of an alien dimension. 9 A researcher knowingly incubating a
characters might aspire to seal it away temporarily. Adventure Hooks Cosmic horror adventures often deal with how alien forces might alter us, perverting our expectations and separating us from what makes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, even nations embroiled in bitter conflict will set their differences aside to help contain an outbreak of demons, or to seal off abyssal breaches before these fiends can break free. Signs of
Demons. The Book of Vile Darkness, the Black Scrolls of Ahm, and the Demonomicon of Iggwilv are the foremost authorities on demonic matters. These ancient tomes describe techniques that can trap the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
on the blood of angels. 8 A criminal kingpin who burns opponents into psychoactive spirit dust. 9 An ancient dragon whose godlike magic drains the domain of life. 10 A god who killed all their peers
every tree grows from the body of a mummified hero. 6 An empire covered in the watchful religious symbols of an all-seeing deity. 7 A fortress with seven locked gates that seal off the underworld. 8 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
most epic of all his achievements is chronicled in The Trial of Asmodeus, a play based on purportedly true events as researched by the aasimar bard Anodius. In ancient times, as the Blood War raged
Primus, leader of the modrons. As a creature of absolute law, Primus could be trusted to issue a fair and impartial verdict. Asmodeus drafted a contract to seal the deal, and the angels — after carefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
past it. Beyond the plug is a small foyer holding three sealed urns on the east and west sides. To the south are double doors of bronze with glyphs worked into their faces.
The ancient glyphs are
hour. A casting of dispel magic using a spell slot of 7th level or higher can also end the effect. The vapors linger for a month unless they are cleared away by a strong wind. Treasure. The seal on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
A group of cultists is trying to access a magic portal linking the Material Plane to Tiamat’s domain, hoping to break the seal that has kept the portal closed for centuries.
3 A dragon whose
the “shattered thrones” part of the ancient prophecy and attempts to assassinate rulers and destroy their seats of power.
An adventurer closes a portal, preventing an agent of Tiamat from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
item with sentimental value. The cloak belonged to their great-grandfather, and Naxa and Vaeve hope to use it in a ritual to seal their home in Neverwinter against their family’s enemies. Regardless
Dispel Magic on the door removes the glyph, allowing the door to be opened safely. The walls and ceiling of this crumbling, ancient chamber are obscured by sheets of webbing, but the floor is mostly clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. The solution entailed creating a large number of docent nodes and joining them together in a single network distributed throughout the body of the colossus. Docent nodes are modeled after the ancient
the operator gave an alert (or simply left their station, or died), the master docent would send a signal through the network to seal the doors, activate the arcane wards, and arm the traps in any area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, rising to a vent in the cave ceiling. The water itself sparkles with an inviting, tranquil glow.
The hot spring has magical restorative properties that were used by the ancient duergar who inhabited the
this vault indicates it hasn’t been opened in many years. Inside is a dust-covered assortment of coins, gemstones, and cloth.
Treasure. The vault contains a multitude of ancient duergar coins—56 pp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
identifying who wrote a script of a magical nature. History. This tool proficiency can augment the benefit of successful checks made to analyze or investigate ancient writings, scrolls, or other texts
make it easier to copy a person’s seal or signature. Components. A forgery kit includes several different types of ink, a variety of parchments and papers, several quills, seals and sealing wax, gold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
through a gap in the ancient stone wall. It emerges into a chamber thick with dust and old air. Atop a low dais to the north stands an altar carved with candle sconces, a shallow basin, and stylized
requires. If the characters want to seal the entrance to the Sunward Fortress or otherwise bury the Spawning Shard, the equipment left around the ruins allows them to collapse the ramp leading to area D1 with four hours of effort. Destructive magic hastens this work.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
found throughout the wilds, and they use their innate illusory magic to power and embellish their various weapons. The high fae are ruled by Talion, the Kindly Lord. Talion is as strange, ancient, and
to seal the promise. High Fae Kindguard Medium Fey, Any Alignment
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 156 (24d8 + 48)
Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)
STR
22 (+6)
DEX
23 (+6)
CON
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Violet flames engulf this room, dancing across walls with faded mosaics of blacksmiths forging gleaming weapons. Bars seal off alcoves to the north and south. To the west, weapons hang on the walls. A
Sarlamir as a skeletal knight (see appendix B). The Undead knight wears ancient Solamnic armor and wields a blade blazing with violet flame. He attacks the characters as soon as he emerges and fights until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
“Treasure”), which was a gift from her parents, to seal the bargain. Cinderhild doesn’t know where her father keeps his conch of teleportation but assumes it’s locked in his iron chest (see area 26A
ancient magic. The doors are airtight and soundproof. They open only when a fire giant standing within 50 feet of them speaks, in Giant, the phrase “By Surtur’s flame, I command these doors to open
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
carvings on the granite slab, the furniture behind it, or the guards: Torches mounted to four pillars light this ancient room. In the center of the room, a table and several chairs are situated in
; the character must either talk their way out of trouble with a successful DC 18 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check or be attacked. Barred Door. Two iron bars seal the double door to the south
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
open to the hallway. The stone slabs meant to seal the rooms lean against the walls outside the crypts.
These crypts are intended to hold the remains of the Durst family members on their deaths. The
comments or information. As the characters leave the area, the cultists chant, “He is the Ancient. He is the Land.” The cult leaders aren’t bluffing. As soon as the characters take the fourth rod piece, Strahd enters Death House and makes his presence known. See the “Strahd’s Presence” section below.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
northeast corner of the room and in alcoves to the south. These containers once held food and water for miners, but they are ancient and fall apart if disturbed. Development When they aren’t working here, the
obey fire giants and no one else. 23. Prisoner Pens Iron portcullises seal off this long, foul-smelling hall. Three black basalt pillars support the ceiling, and thirteen 10-foot-tall iron cages line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
gates are open, but the Sharn Watch could seal them at any time. Lower Tavick’s Landing Terminus This district is based around Terminus Station, where the lightning rail enters and leaves Sharn. Most
vast sections of the city. You’ve likely heard of the Sixty Families of Sharn, considered the guiding lights of the city. Most assume that these luminaries are ancient and established, their status