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Curse of Strahd
, and Strahd long afterward walked with a limp and a grimace of pain. It is said that he trapped Markovia in a crypt beneath his castle, and her remains linger there yet.
The essence of Markovia&rsquo
;s saintliness passed partly into her bones as the rest of her body decomposed. Her remaining thighbone is imbued with power that inflicts grievous injury on the undead.
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
;s body and all the equipment it is carrying cease to exist. On a successful save, the target takes 24 (7d6);{"diceNotation":"7d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Trap Soul", "rollDamageType
exist.
If the demilich drops to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and turns to powder, leaving behind its gems. Crushing a gem releases any soul trapped within, at which point the target’s body re
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
can’t be targeted by divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors.
Slimy Demise. When Zargon dies, its body dissolves into foul slime, leaving only its horn behind. Zargon re
save, it takes half as much damage.Zargon the Returner is an elder evil—an undying abomination from eons past with an insatiable appetite. A tentacled, slime-covered horror with a cyclopic red
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
. That parasite bestows undeath upon the spellcaster and causes strange tentacles to sprout from the body. The parasite’s mouth is visible on the lich’s torso, and the parasite guards the
, the Night Serpent
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Ghaunadaur
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Zargon, the Returner
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That Which Lurks
Necrotic, Poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Crypt Features Once the characters solve the puzzle in Talhundereth’s crypt entrance (area T20), they can enter this structure when they wish. The following features are common throughout the Crypt
of the Talhund. Dwarven Made The crypt is solid dwarven construction. Its stone remains strong despite millennia of neglect. Carvings of dwarf priests are prevalent, as are carvings of mountain peaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
has five means of entry and exit: The door adjacent to crypt 1 (connecting with area K81) A barred archway to the north (connecting with area K85) A barred archway to the south (connecting with area
K86 but warded by teleport traps) A barred archway to the east (connecting with area K87) The high tower stair (area K18) or the shaft (area K18a) to the west Each crypt is sealed with a chiseled
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
reform for 10 days. You can scale this curse for lower- and higher-level characters by choosing another kind of creature. Resolution. The cursed character sets right what they disturbed; stolen treasure must be returned, and if the ruler’s body was disturbed, it must be reinterred with proper observances.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
animated coffin* lurches along, carrying a reverently laid corpse to its crypt. The Construct approaches the characters and silently petitions them to escort it to its destination. 7 1d4 zombies
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Warforged Ossuary A warforged ossuary is a former temple, crypt, or warehouse deep in the Mournland that now houses the remains of slain warforged. It is a place of honor and reflection for the Lord
crypt, monument, vault, and workshop, the ossuary serves many functions for the warforged who maintain it. Other ossuaries exist in a variety of locations. The basic functions of these places remain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Crypt of the Talhund Locations The following locations are keyed to map 6.4. Mike Schley Map 6.4: Crypt of the Talhund View Player Version P1: Lower Landing Four stone sarcophagi stand against the
they would fall apart with a touch.
Each sarcophagus holds a dwarf crypt guardian whose spirit was corrupted by the mind flayers’ magic. When a sarcophagus is disturbed or a living creature attempts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Sepulchers This corner of the dungeon holds a pair of dusty crypts. 14a. Southern Crypt The door to this room is engraved with a large rune, while the door frame is carved with leering dwarven
skulls. A character who understands Dwarvish recognizes the rune on the door as a dwarven symbol of death (identical to the one in area 27). Behind the door is a dusty, 10-foot-high crypt that contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
within, crypts A and D each hold only a mundane clay burial mask. The skeleton in crypt B wears an eyepatch that is actually a two-birds sling (see chapter 5). Crypt C contains a small body wearing a
covering its body granting it advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. The amphisbaena targets the first creature to approach the stone slab. Once the serpent is dealt with, anyone who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
entrants to the Mortuary or a crypt on its grounds. The Mortuary Portals table presents examples of portals that might lead to the Mortuary and their portal keys—objects required to activate a specific
Master’s Guide. Mortuary Portals d6 Portal Anchor Portal Key 1 Body bag Vial of embalming fluid 2 Bone-filled ossuary Mourning dance 3 Funerary urn Spoken eulogy 4 Eye of a giant’s skull Two gold coins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
encounter, characters seeking a missing body must find their quarry among the other dead, whether for themselves, another faction, or an interested party in Sigil. During the characters’ search, the
corpses throughout this area. As an action, a character can inspect a corpse within 10 feet of them, identifying the body with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Medicine) check. It’s up to you where in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the parapets. In the end, Markovia never returned to Barovia, and Strahd long afterward walked with a limp and a grimace of pain. It is said that he trapped Markovia in a crypt beneath his castle, and
her remains linger there yet. The essence of Markovia’s saintliness passed partly into her bones as the rest of her body decomposed. Her remaining thighbone is imbued with power that inflicts grievous injury on the undead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
summoned me from beyond the grave?” Regardless of the answer, he commends the character for playing well and says, “In my crypt below the castle, thou shalt find a treasure worthy of one so talented as
doesn’t appear again. If the characters attack the ghost, it attacks them in turn. Treasure The lute, though old and covered in dust, has survived the passage of time. It is a magic instrument of the bards called a Doss lute.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
paladin of Dumathoin who excavated this home more than 60 years ago. Dumathoin tasked Marthungrim with returning spirits to rest when a crypt for the god’s faithful was corrupted. Marthungrim learned
that the crypt lies beneath a temple called Talhundereth, but the temple teemed with dangerous monsters. The crypt is protected by a lock with a puzzle that Dumathoin’s faithful could solve easier than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
River Styx cut off from the chasm, Shummrath slowly starts to regenerate its mind and reform its body. After 48 hours, Shummrath reforms as a pit fiend and flies off to wage war on his rival, Bel. If
archdevil makes it possible for the barlgura to escape. If the characters return to the obelisk with the news, Ubbalux begrudgingly accepts these terms and reveals the location of the Crypt of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Larloch the Shadow King, legendary master of Warlock’s Crypt, and Gilgeam, the God-King of Unther. Expanded Spell List The Undying lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock
, although you still require rest to reduce exhaustion and still benefit from finishing short and long rests. In addition, you age at a slower rate. For every 10 years that pass, your body ages only 1
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
number on both dice, you can ignore the number and choose any effect on the table. SPIRIT TALES
Storytellers, like bards of the College of Spirits, often give voice to tales inspired by some greater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
its other bones. In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits. A demilich in its lair has a challenge rating
would feed.
Acererak abandoned his physical body, accepting that it would molder and dissolve to dust while he traveled the planes as a disembodied consciousness. If the skull that was his last
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
bards find a home in Silverquill, putting the power of their voices to use with Silverquill magic. Wizards (especially those who study the Schools of Illusion and Enchantment) are common in
, highlighting the diversity of the student body. Suggested Characteristics. With the college’s intense standards looming over them, Silverquill students range from cocky and cutthroat to overwhelmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
takes it back to its nest to be devoured.
The peryton is a bizarre creature that blends the body and wings of a bird of prey with the head of a stag. Its strangest feature is its shadow, which appears
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
body by powerful yuan-ti magic. When the characters have left the enclave, it will be returned. (The priestess is lying—Varram is in his present semiconscious state because of the brutal treatment
worth 20 gp each, and 2 spell scrolls, one of levitate and the other of call lightning. The passage leads to the exit the yuan-ti use to leave the complex without passing through the crypt. The exit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the control of the vampire that created them. If a true vampire allows a spawn to draw blood from its own body, the spawn transforms into a true vampire no longer under its master’s control. Few
vampires are willing to relinquish their control in this manner. Vampire spawn become free-willed when their creator dies. Chained to the Grave. Every vampire remains bound to its coffin, crypt, or grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. So gifted a musician was he that an admiring wizard gave Frody an instrument of the bards—a famous Canaith mandolin called Golden Axe. The mandolin’s magic served Frody well during his many
body was returned to Toadhop and laid to rest in the earth next to his mother, Veena, and his sister, Marigold. Golden Axe was buried with him. Shortly after Frody was interred, a tiefling named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
his body by powerful yuan-ti magic. When the characters have left the enclave, it will be returned. (The priestess is lying — Varram is in his present semiconscious state because of the brutal
crypt. The exit is carefully hidden behind a screen of rocks and scrub trees a hundred yards away from the plaza entrance to the ruins.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the region’s typical climate. If Zargon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Zargon the Returner Huge Aberration, Lawful Evil
Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points 253 (22d12
Zargon dies, its body dissolves into foul slime, leaving only its horn behind. Zargon re-forms in 1d10 days, regrowing from the horn. The horn is immune to all damage and can be destroyed only by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Old One to implant a Far Realm parasite in the lich. That parasite bestows undeath upon the spellcaster and causes strange tentacles to sprout from the body. The parasite’s mouth is visible on the
Old Ones table to determine which entity gave an eldritch lich its parasite. Great Old Ones d6 Form 1 Cthulhu 2 Tharizdun, the Chained God 3 Dendar, the Night Serpent 4 Ghaunadaur 5 Zargon, the Returner 6 That Which Lurks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the clumsy knight whose crypt lies deep within the castle.
This card refers to Sir Klutz the phantom warrior (see chapter 4, area K84, crypt 33). If Sir Klutz is Strahd’s enemy, then the phantom
betrays and attacks them, believing that he is destined to become Barovia’s new lord. A. Innocent (Queen of Hearts) I see a young man with a kind heart. A mother’s boy! He is strong in body but weak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Ravenovia passed away while traveling to her namesake. In sorrowful disappointment, Strahd sealed his mother’s body in a crypt beneath the castle. Strahd’s attention soon turned to Tatyana, a young
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Heart. The first character to inspect Xeluan’s body notices a large sliver is missing from his heart—the shard of Xeluan would easily fit into it. However, the characters can’t mend Xeluan’s heart
so with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. A knock spell or similar magic also opens the trapdoor. X22: Crypt of the Watched A large burial chamber opens before you, divided in two by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
heaped around Shagambi’s bones: 200 gp, five moonstones (50 gp each), the fine music box activated by the trap (250 gp), and an instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin). The instrument turns to dust and
Nine Trickster Gods"). When Shagambi’s spirit manifests, read: Six shadowy serpents slither out of the mandolin and coil around your body. You hear a purring voice in your mind say, “I am not your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
body of a lost hero lies entombed.
6 Get information from a soul waiting to be ferried to the Underworld.
7 Pay for a stranded soul to cross the Tartyx River.
8 Steal a specific
consists of twisting crypt halls that hold no bones, bodies, or other remains—only dust and guardians. These halls give way to a second sanctuary filled with somber funeral music—though there are no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
“Knight Sarlamir’s Curse” at the start of this section, along with the following information: When Jandin returned Sarlamir’s body to Kalaman, she twisted the truth, reporting Sarlamir died defending
Soth’s presence). After relating this information, Knight Jandin wishes the characters luck and fades away. R7: Tomb of Heroes Violet flames outline the tombs set into the walls of this spacious crypt