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amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of spellcasting and psionic communion. Upon
its completion, free-willed undeath is conferred on the mind flayers, turning them into alhoons.
Initially, an alhoon can be difficult to distinguish from a normal mind flayer. The most obvious
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their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trolls’ own practices, as is the case for dire
troll;dire trolls.
Vaprak the Destroyer
Although trolls are rarely devout and seldom ponder spiritual questions, some fear and venerate the entity known as Vaprak the Destroyer. Vaprak’s true
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shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trolls’ own practices, as is the case for dire trolls.
Vaprak the Destroyer
Although trolls are rarely devout and seldom ponder spiritual
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vast scale, or if their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trolls’ own practices, as is the
case for dire troll;dire trolls.
Vaprak the Destroyer
Although trolls are rarely devout and seldom ponder spiritual questions, some fear and venerate the entity known as Vaprak the Destroyer
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and shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trolls’ own practices, as is the case for dire troll;dire trolls.
Vaprak the Destroyer
Although trolls are rarely devout and seldom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Ghost Trap Gremorly’s ritual forces any Humanoid who dies within the keep to return as a ghost that’s unable to pass beyond the keep’s walls. The ritual can be broken by disassembling, moving, or
destroying all three ritual rods, which the necromancer placed in the armory (area 3), the kitchen (area 7), and the observatory (area 15). Each rod is protected by a Glyph of Warding. Once the ghost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
are born the serpent cults, groups of devout mortals who serve the yuan-ti either directly or in foreign outposts. Fanatical in their ideals, these cultists are willing to die for the yuan-ti and their
encourage cults to gather the special herbs and magic they need to perform the ritual for evolving into a more powerful form. And just as the yuan-ti have rituals to transform their own bodies, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Minotaurs Twenty-three minotaurs inhabit the southern half of the Maze Level. They spend most of their time fighting the drow. Their leader is a priest of Baphomet named Maku, a devout follower of
the Horned King who has tried to summon the demon lord on numerous occasions. The minotaur priest believes that his ritual will be successful if he can amass a large enough pile of mutilated corpses for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
struck the gleaming Temple of the Kingpriest. The gods also warned a few chosen mortals, reasoning that if any of them reached Istar and prevented the ritual, the world might not be beyond redemption
. But the messengers failed—the kingpriest and his followers dismissed the warnings as the work of evil and continued on their path. As the hour of the kingpriest’s ritual to attain godhood arrived
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
chapel persists even if Gremorly’s ritual is broken. But the members of Fate’s Devout—the ghostly adventurers in the dining hall (area 6)—know a ritual to purify the place. They tried it once but were
attacked by “unholy beings” and fled. If the characters bring Fate’s Devout back to the chapel, they’ll try this ritual again, asking the characters to protect them from harm. The three ghosts gather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bard: College of Spirits Bards of the College of Spirits seek tales with inherent power—be they legends, histories, or fictions—and bring their subjects to life. Using occult trappings, these bards
next turn.
Spirit Session 6th-level College of Spirits feature Spirits provide you with supernatural insights. You can conduct an hour-long ritual channeling spirits (which can be done during a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Persuasion (or sometimes Intimidation) and Religion can be useful for this character. Many clerics fill this role, but devout bards can also be effective Teachers. Some Teachers bring skills from the
Build Your Group Religious orders attract people from all walks of life. It can be fun to play against type—to make a devout character with the criminal or charlatan background, for example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of spellcasting and psionic communion
. Upon its completion, free-willed undeath is conferred on the mind flayers, turning them into alhoons. Initially, an alhoon can be difficult to distinguish from a normal mind flayer. The most obvious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
humanoid rather than reflecting the creature’s physical form. Sages postulate that the first perytons were humans transformed by a hideous curse or magical experiment, but bards tell a different tale
of a man whose infidelity caused his scorned wife to cut out the heart of her younger, more beautiful rival and consume it in a ritual intended to forever win her husband’s heart. The ritual succeeded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Gods of the Yuan-ti The detached, intellectual nature of the yuan-ti doesn’t lend itself to fervent or devout worship in the manner that others revere their deities. Nonetheless, they acknowledge a
grants spells to his clergy in response to their invocations. Rousing him for advice or direct intervention is possible, but requires many ritual murders to be performed in his name, and his return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
art, and small sacrifices. The most devout, called Mother’s Minders, each undertake a ritual in which they pluck out their left eye, gifting its sight to Mother. Lorinda can see through her followers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
manipulator. No more devout than I in the service of the Spider Queen, he arranged for my disgrace and exile. Deprived of my considerable skills, my house fell to our rival, House Do’Urden. Gromph became
was crafting a unique ritual — one that somehow drew on the energy of faerzress to channel incalculable arcane power. When Gromph performed this ritual, the walls between the planes shuddered. Then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
power conferred by Yeenoghu himself. Pack lords favor big, heavy weapons, such as glaives and axes. Gnoll Fangs of Yeenoghu Fangs of Yeenoghu are gifted with the power to spawn more gnolls. They anoint
preserve the bones of their fallen comrades, so that a pack lord or a flind can perform a ritual to Yeenoghu to turn them into loyal, undead followers known as witherlings. Even after death, gnoll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trolls’ own practices, as is the case for dire trolls. Vaprak the Destroyer Although
trolls are rarely devout and seldom ponder spiritual questions, some fear and venerate the entity known as Vaprak the Destroyer. Vaprak’s true nature is something of a mystery, but Vaprak is always
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
container made of silver, emerald, and amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of
spellcasting and psionic communion. Upon its completion, free-willed undeath is conferred on the mind flayers, turning them into alhoons.
Initially, an alhoon can be difficult to distinguish from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
least discretion. Bards and wizards are their most prominent members. Harpers operate in small cells throughout the North. One is based in Triboar: Darathra Shendrel, the Lord Protector, belongs to the
, holding to ancient customs of ritual and taboo. They are notorious for their hatred of magic, disavowal of any gods but their own, and hostility to anyone not of their tribes. Most in the North consider
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
says a prayer to Lathander, then succeeds on a DC 10 Charisma (Religion) check made to determine the sincerity and strength of the prayer, a glowing weapon appears before the supplicant. Devout
his lips, some sounding saintly and solemn, while others resonate with a cruel hissing.
This chamber was a place for the most devout of Torm’s followers to touch the mind of their god in search of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
holy symbol of Oghma, god of knowledge and patron to bards and wizards. If the check succeeds by 3 or more, the character intuits that rededicating the shrine to Oghma could help against the zombies
Persuasion) check. On a successful check, a character learns one of the following pieces of information: Cult Leader. The cult’s leader is Zalryr, who is conducting a profane experiment in the ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
are four thin figures in billowing cult robes. The wind doesn’t seem to impede them at all.
Four emaciated Howling Hatred priests (see chapter 7) — Aerisi’s most devout cultists — guard this area
-Bin comes forth to destroy them. Although Yan-C-Bin can enter the world only when the proper ritual is complete, the characters can easily flee through the portal. Characters can close the portal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
invitation to a masked ball. 3 A cheery drider skitters toward the party. A cultist of Lolth, the drider hands the party a pamphlet advertising an upcoming ritual at the Infinite Well (see the “Lady’s Ward
, supposedly impartial magistrate appointed by the Guvners. Punishments are tailored to fit the crime, and advocates are strongly encouraged. Lawyers and orators, these civil servants include bards