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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Alien Artifacts The mind flayers of Bluetspur might leave evidence of their bizarre plots behind in other domains. Use the artifacts on the Aberrant Evidence table to provoke investigations, trigger
lost memories, or even serve as Mist talismans. Aberrant Evidence d6 Evidence
1 A needle-like device buried under someone’s skin
2 An inexplicable crater or circle of scorched crops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
House Tarkanan House Tarkanan is a criminal gang in Sharn, founded when Thora Tavin assembled the survivors of a suicide squad of Brelish spies who bore aberrant dragonmarks. She adopted the surname
of Lord Halas Tarkanan, who used his aberrant dragonmark to wreak havoc in Sharn during the War of the Mark, and fashioned this group of thieves and assassins into a mockery of the dragonmarked houses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
criminal with an aberrant dragonmark. The criminal is waiting on a bridge for his House Tarkanan escort to arrive. 2 Obtain a satchel of evidence obtained by a goblin who has infiltrated Daask. The goblin
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Arcana Unleashed Play-Along Pack
Darkenbeast
Encounter for Level 7 Characters
Situation. Members of the Bringers of Cosmic Dawn have established a remote desert encampment where captives are subjected to aberrant
up a shower of sparks and alert the two Mage Apprentices in the Mutation Laboratory.
Mutation Laboratory. The Sanctuary has been converted into a transmutation laboratory filled with alchemical
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; attentiveness to unusual events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons
creators abandoned them, taking great interest in the artifacts and architecture they left behind. Visitors who manage to convince the dragon they are not a threat are treated to a tour of the vaults, with
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons often work
of the remaining areas of the vaults as they were when their creators abandoned them, taking great interest in the artifacts and architecture they left behind. Visitors who manage to convince the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
accompanying them to work, but the temple still remains on alert against intruders. See appendix B for Thessalar’s stat block. Who’s Who
Little is known regarding Xagy—except as a partial anagram for
‘Gygax,’ and for her role in crafting Queen Ehlissa’s Marvelous Nightingale, one of the artifacts appearing in the first edition Dungeon Masters Guide. When operated, this magical-mechanical marvel would shoot eye rays of different colors and effects, and produce songs able to work magical wonders.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
ship, the Sea Ghost. The ship is away from the house when the characters explore it, though evidence of its moorings can be discovered in the secret caverns below. The ship comes into play in the
cellar and caverns beneath the house (as indicated in the area descriptions). Smugglers on Alert. In the likely event that the characters betray their presence (likely by triggering one of the magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
characters arrive at the prison, the suspicion level is 1. Suspicion can increase when prison staff members witness or find evidence of behavior outside the norm. Circumstances that increase the suspicion
increasingly vigilant. At suspicion level 6, the warden puts the prison on high alert. Suspicion Level Patrol Die DC
1 d20 10
2 d12 12
3 d10 14
Level Patrol Die DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
priesthood. Some have grown tired of Ankhtepot’s detachment and seek to depose the pharaoh—particularly the treacherous mummy lord Senmet. Gods of Har’Akir Ankhtepot has destroyed all evidence of the
Despair and discord Pharaoh’s Priests The priests of Har’Akir work Ankhtepot’s will, not realizing their deities are false. They keep alert for strangers and omens related to the treasure their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
stand ever alert against corruption and are expected to strike quickly and hard against any evidence of rot in the hearts of mortals. As the sword arm of justice, Torm’s faithful are expected to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
characters arrive at the prison, the suspicion level is 1. Suspicion can increase when prison staff members witness or find evidence of behavior outside the norm. Circumstances that increase the suspicion
increasingly vigilant. At suspicion level 6, the warden puts the prison on high alert. Suspicion Level Patrol Die DC
1 d20 10
2 d12 12
3 d10 14
Level Patrol Die DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
fortresses, and these may still hold aberrant threats from the war that destroyed their civilization. Older still are the ruins once inhabited by rakshasa and other fiends, and these may hold
artifacts and other treasures far beyond the capabilities of any modern artificer. But there is more to the past than treasures waiting to be found. Stories say that demons and dragons are fighting a long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
must find clues or evidence pointing in that direction. In this adventure, three creatures know that the cause of the death curse lies in Omu: Grandfather Zitembe in Port Nyanzaru, Valindra Shadowmantle
assert that he comes from a world called Oerth.
Acererak travels the planes in search of artifacts. When he finds something useful or interesting, he locks it away. Although he’s powerful enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Sphinx of Valor Sphinxes of valor guard world-changing or dangerous secrets—evidence of weird truths, deadly Artifacts, and things that shouldn’t exist. They inhabit hidden, magical sites and hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
risk! Advisement: full planar realignment! Highest alert!” The modron continues issuing such dire reports. As it does, wisps of green vapor leak from its mouth, eyes, and seams. Gradually this vapor
present to X01 evidence that the Outlands aren’t overrun by Fiends, such as mementos they picked up in the gate-towns or recordings from the Mosaic Mimir. If a character uses an action to present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, though the smugglers have laid matting in places to make them more easily passable. All these passages and caverns are natural, though there are signs of worked stone here and there; such evidence is
caverns. The following area descriptions assume that the smugglers have responded (see “Smugglers on Alert” in the “Background” section), so that Sanbalet and a few of the smugglers await the characters in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
aberrant dragonmark. Because of that treatment, Silaena harbors deep resentment for the dragonmarked houses and will occasionally take actions to inconvenience them. Thora Tavin of House Tarkanan is
Dark. Five years ago, a kalaraq quori (see chapter 6) named Tirashana implanted a mind seed in her thoughts. Maira continues to do her job while concealing any evidence of the Dreaming Dark’s schemes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
extinguish the flames.
Development Sounds of combat here alert the duergar in area 7. They use their Enlarge actions before heading this way. Treasure If the characters spend 1 hour ransacking the lab
avid collector of weird weapons. Gorglak is easily bribed. XP Awards Presenting Gorglak’s letter to Captain Errde Blackskull earns each character 50 XP for retrieving evidence of corruption within the ranks of the Stone Guard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
floor show evidence of stone furnishings long since removed.
Characters who hold bright light sources in this room or make a lot of noise alert the githzerai in area 24c, who remain where they are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
direction the characters are meant to take. The last leg of their journey takes them south along a wide trail through the forest. After a few minutes of careful travel, they get evidence that they’re not
’ presence. The berserkers fight to the death until one remains. That warrior tries to retreat to the south, hoping to alert the cult members gathered at the pool (see below).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
made. His court is constantly alert for agents from Dis, since it greatly pains Dispater that Mephistopheles might come across a scrap of information that he doesn’t possess. A number of renowned
location can’t destroy the evidence of all the work conducted at other sites. In his pursuit of ever more lore, Mephistopheles combines his prodigious intellect with his obsessive nature. This combination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
so genuinely beyond our comprehension that we can’t fathom their simplest motivations. To see them is to become lost in their magnitude and the evidence that we have never and could never matter to
Abomination 8 Aberrant Cultist, Nightgaunt,* Unspeakable Horror* 9 Mi-Go* 10 Aboleth 11 Shoggoth* 12 Gug* 13 Beholder, Ultroloth 14 Elder Thing* 15 Yithian* 19 Lesser Star Spawn Emissary* 21 Greater Star Spawn Emissary* 23 Blob of Annihilation *Detailed in chapter 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
sentry atop the watchtower spots suspicious individuals—such as those not wearing Dragon Army uniforms—they blow a horn to alert the patrols and gate guards in area I2. I4: Prisoner Cages Four
descends, roaring as it lands atop the watchtower.
The creature is Akhviri, an adult black dragon tasked with retrieving the dragon egg for Belephaion. If the characters haven’t left evidence of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
on alert and forcing Eliander to call out the militia. The traditionalists chafe under his orders. 11–12 A mass breakout allows a crew of smugglers to escape the dungeons, increasing tension in town
secretly passes along the names of hotheaded traditionalists for the press gangs to target. 20 Having found enough evidence to charge him, Eliander seizes Gellan and ships him to Seaton to face charges of smuggling. Riots break out in town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
protection. The chamber’s webbing heavily obscures the ashenwights. Unless the characters move quickly through this area, the phase spiders alert the ashenwights, who move to attack. The phase
from the ceiling above him.
The digger is a disciple of Ilvaash named Shalfi Lewin. Shalfi is chaotic evil and uses the stat block of an aberrant zealot (see appendix A) but also has a +7 bonus to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Aberrant Zoology. You undertake expeditions to document, capture, and explain beings antithetical to the natural order. 2 Arcanodynamics. You investigate the ways magic underpins existence, exploring
Cryptogeography. You search for proof of a hidden land or that the world isn’t structured as commonly assumed. 5 Restorative Antiquarianism. You track clues leading to plundered artifacts and then restore them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the pantheon. A single temple honors all members of the pantheon. Most tight pantheons have one or more aberrant gods — deities whose worship isn’t sanctioned by the priests of the pantheon as a whole
resemble mystery cults, their members strictly devoted to their single god, though even members of aberrant cults pay lip service in the temples of the tight pantheon. The Norse deities serve as an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
aberrant dragonmarks in the desperate hope of preventing another War of the Mark. 2 The villain is suffering under a terrible curse, and their increasingly serious crimes are an effort to fight off the curse
criminal deeds, but there’s no trail of evidence leading back to the villain. 5 A crime lord has the local authorities on the payroll, so no official action will ever be taken to stop their criminal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
piles of dusty scrolls, Lorehold students—first as apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover
save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Lorehold Professor of Order Lorehold’s professors of order search for evidence of patterns and predictable outcomes in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
village turns out armed and alert — 25 tribal warriors (males and females; including the chieftain, Barking Seal), 30 commoners, 1 druid (Bonecarver, tribal shaman, female), and 1 gladiator (Orcaheart
the waterside ice shelf as all that’s left of the monster. Otherwise, the bones are described as evidence of monstrous predators in the area. While Barking Seal and Bonecarver speak with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
village turns out armed and alert—25 tribal warriors (males and females; including the chieftain, Barking Seal), 30 commoners (children), 1 druid (Bonecarver, tribal shaman, female), and 1 gladiator
bones on the waterside ice shelf as all that’s left of the monster. Otherwise, the bones are described as evidence of monstrous predators in the area. While Barking Seal and Bonecarver speak with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
enough to alert the room’s occupant. Read the following when the characters enter: This room is lit by a pair of tall wrought-iron candlesticks in the northeast and southeast corners. Nine candles burn
the fanatics. Otherwise, the fanatics surprise the characters. Each fanatic wears a black robe and a thin gold devil mask similar to those worn by cultists in other areas. Sounds of combat here alert
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
away laughing. 05–08 A thin human child has been following you, but never gets too close. She keeps coughing, and you can see red marks on her neck that might be an aberrant dragonmark. 09–10 A human
priest of Boldrei wheels a cart of bread loaves through the city, giving food to the homeless. 11–15 A goblin pushing a cart of rusty weapons and broken clay pots calls out, "Real artifacts of ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
uneasy, a feeling that stems from the presence of psurlons on board it. At the same time, the psurlons’ Aberrant Mind trait confounds the flumph’s Advanced Telepathy. Flapjack has the vague sense
, the corpses show no evidence of having been struck by them. The bodies are in varying states of decay. With a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check, a character can determine that the neogi died