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Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
glow. Earth genasi hair can appear carved of stone or crystal or resemble strands of spun metal.
Genasi
Tracing their ancestry to the genies of the Elemental Planes, each genasi can tap into the
or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and reforming without purpose or direction, until a creature exerts deliberate will to stabilize it. Through their potent psionic power, githzerai carved a home for themselves amid the chaos. As the
those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
autognome might have an actual beating heart in its chest cavity, while another might be powered by stardust or intricate clockwork gears.
Roll on the Autognome History table or choose an entry that
to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
within a field of oversized toadstools.
If the characters follow the music to its source, read: A slender elf with pale blue skin and black hair sits curled in the shadow of a gray, six-foot-tall
, but when it came time for him to pay up, Octavian refused to give Bavlorna what she wanted in return: Octavian’s still-beating heart. As punishment, Bavlorna took what she wanted by force, switching out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Even characters who don’t sleep have the dream. If the characters don’t rest at the same time, you might decide that only the first character who rests has the dream. Read the following boxed text only
to the players whose characters experience the dream (preferably out of earshot of those players whose characters didn’t have the dream). If all the characters have the dream, read the boxed text to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started To begin, read the following boxed text aloud: The entrance to this cave is flanked by carved stone blocks etched with strange geometric patterns. You hear sounds of something
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X1. Temple Facade A snow-swept gravel road climbs the mountainside as it travels north from Tsolenka Pass toward the temple. When the characters reach the end of this road, read: The road fades away
under a covering of snow, but it takes you far enough to see the facade of some kind of temple carved into the sheer mountainside ahead. The front of the structure is fifty feet high and has six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Den When the characters first approach the werewolf den, read: Above the tree line, carved into the side of a rocky mountain spur, is a wide, torchlit cave that looks like the gaping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Arrival in Yon When the characters first arrive in Yon, read: You stand on a path that wends between rocky crags on a mountainside. The sky is dark and full of roiling thunderclouds. You are greeted
by a howling wind. For a second, lightning splits the sky, striking nearby mountaintops and illuminating a distant pinnacle of rock that has a foreboding castle carved out of it.
The distant castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Carved into each gravestone is the name of a long-dead priest or nun. Some of the names include Brother Martek, Brother Valen, Sister Constance, and Sister Lenora. Sun’s Grave The gravestone marked X
is carved with roses and bears a 3-inch-diameter sun-shaped indentation on its east side. Engraved beneath the indentation is the name Petrovna. If Tasha Petrovna’s holy symbol (see chapter 4, area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
eerie green light pulses from this beacon, shining westward out to sea. With each green pulse of light, you hear the thump of a slow-beating heart.
Characters searching for a safe way down the cliffs
discover a staircase carved into a narrow fissure. They can follow these steps all the way down to the shore just east of area T1. Crawling along the beach as they arrive there is a giant crab. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
25. Scrying Pool Behind the secret door, water fills a carved stone font.
Withers uses this font to speak to creatures outside the tomb and contact his tomb guardian. A detect magic spell or
similar effect reveals an aura of divination over the water. When any character gazes into the font, read: As the water begins to swirl, eerie light emanates from within the basin. Slowly, an image resolves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
34. Peephole If one or more characters approach this area from the south, read: The corridor turns sharply to the left. At the corner just before the turn, a peephole is carved into the stone wall at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the floor in front of another double door is a mosaic depicting a frog-like humanoid beating a leopard that has snakes emerging from its shoulders. Cuneiform inscriptions are woven above and below
nor handle. Above the double door, the following message is carved into the stonework in Old Omuan: “Whoever among you is the richest, bring me your gifts.” To date, even Chief Yorb hasn’t learned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Arrival When the characters arrive at the top of the gulch, read the following boxed text aloud: A fast-moving stream crashes down the gulch. Tiers of rock ascend some seventy feet to the clifftop
of the gulch, a large glowing purple moonstone, carved into the form of a dwarf, stands on a rocky ledge. Glowing purple runes, etched into the ground and walls of the gulch, encircle the moonstone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival The dwarven excavation lies due east of Leilon, 15 miles southwest of Phandalin, at the eastern end of a canyon (area E1). When the characters reach area E1 on the map, read the following
boxed text aloud: The canyon’s rocky walls rise to a height of eighty feet. At the end of the canyon, a twenty-foot-high wall of black stone has a broken gate carved into it, with one stone door hanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the characters pass through, read or paraphrase the following text: A majestic vista spreads beneath the dome: the undersea city of Janya. The city’s dark towers are carved with circular windows and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
D4. Dormitory The passage west from the courtyard becomes a long hallway with a series of stone doors on either side. Read the following aloud the first time a character enters one of the rooms: A
short hallway widens into a square room with a plain set of furniture. Each piece has been carved directly from the rock that makes up this place. A pair of beds line opposite walls, while a table with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
calls for them. If the characters witness the soldiers emerge, read: The beat of a drum erupts from out of the woodwork as all six small doors spring open at once. A troop of cask-shaped tin soldiers
drumbeat can be heard out to a range of 60 feet. All tin soldiers that can hear the beating drum gain a +2 bonus to their damage rolls. If the drum is destroyed, every tin soldier within 60 feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, the check can be repeated after another 10 minutes of searching. The following boxed text assumes that the characters have met Ireena Kolyana. If they have not, don’t read the sentence that mentions
life-sized stone monument carved in the likeness of a kneeling peasant girl clutching a rose. Although her features are gray and weatherworn, she bears a striking resemblance to Ireena Kolyana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
pillar is carved to look like a scowling dwarf with bulging muscles that supports the column’s upper third on its broad shoulders. Blue sapphires glitter in the dwarves’ eyes.
Double Door. The doors
in the east wall stand 18 feet high, a carving of a mighty waterfall spanning their surfaces. Mithral inlays make the carved falls look like they are running with molten metal.
Curtain. A 40-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
1.Ruined Portico If the characters follow the trail south from Ahoyhoy to Dangwaru, read or paraphrase the following: The trail clings to the mountainside and winds along the island’s rocky coast for
pillars that leads to a stone double door carved with foamy waves that part in the middle. Sections of the portico’s roof have fallen in, and palm trees and ferns sprout from between the cracked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
plaza.
If the characters enter the guardhouse, read: Much of the interior has collapsed into rubble. Creepers cling to the walls, and high grasses sprout between the flagstones amid evidence of long
seem.”
“Kubazan = bravery. Shagambi = wisdom. Moa = ?”
Ras Nsi’s Scouts Five yuan-ti malisons watch this entrance to the city from a small cave carved into the cliffside. A narrow goat track
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Temple of Howling Hatred When the characters follow the tunnel from Knifepoint Gully (see chapter 3), read the following text: An enormous chasm splits the earth as far as the eye can see in the
built a palace in a vast cavern upon the edge of a great chasm. Where the cavern’s glittering, mineral-encrusted ceiling rose high, the dwarves constructed spacious plazas in which they carved towering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Entering the Citadel The characters should be 12th level by the time they enter the Bleeding Citadel. The citadel has one purpose: to keep the Sword of Zariel out of evil hands. Read or paraphrase
path from the door to a raised dais carved with Celestial runes. Embedded in a stone atop the dais is a glowing longsword.
If Lulu died earlier in the adventure, add the following: Fluttering just
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
two-headed creatures, and as a guard for the treasure vault (area 38). As the characters approach the entrance to this area, read: A deep voice cries out through the open doorway ahead, quickly
responded to by a second voice.
“So! You come to honor Emmanuel, right head of the Demogorgon!”
“No! You honor Hebediah, left head of Demogorgon!”
When the characters can see into this area, read: This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
harpsichord made entirely of bones, with human, dwarf, ogre, and halfling finger bones for keys. somber music emanates from it.
Carving. Carved into the north wall is a single measure of musical notes
. They are faded and difficult to read.
The bone harpsichord has been enchanted to play on its own but stops when a living creature comes within 10 feet of it. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
) was not alerted earlier, it awakens and attacks as soon as either double door opens. It can enter the mausoleum. When the characters open a door, read the following: Before you is a sixty-foot-long
, twenty-foot-wide, pillared hall brightly lit by torches in wall sconces. The carved floral motifs on the pillars have faded, and the walls are covered with cracked and crumbling paintings of farm life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
of Illumination, read the following text: A well-traveled trail climbs into the mountains, the haze of volcanic smoke hanging overhead. The path ends at the entrance to a cavern carved with images of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of the island from where the wizard Nass Lantomir met her doom. Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players, whether the characters approach the island by sea or air: The fog through
can make out what appears to be a partially shattered dock carved out of ice. As you get closer, it becomes obvious that the dock was made for giants.
The ruined ice dock and the shipwrecks in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. As the characters approach the Red Belvedere, read or paraphrase the following: Jagged mountains give way to an unexpectedly beautiful sight: a sprawling, palatial complex glittering with silver and
gold. Light dances through the front rotunda’s red stained-glass dome, reflecting off the overcast sky to shower the buildings with a rosy glow. A carved stone sign at the front of the complex reads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
arrives at the Temple of Sands, read or paraphrase the following description: A broad platform of dark stone tiles contrasts sharply with the bright desert sands. At the center of the tiles stands a
massive sphinx statue carved from black stone. The statue’s pyramidal head is like a triangular blade tipped toward the sky. Its shadow creeps across the stone courtyard, pointing like a sundial at runes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
60. Cog of Blood Five teak wardrobes stand against the ironclad walls of this chamber, each with a door bearing a carved image or scene. Puddles of gray slime cover parts of the floor. The room has
psychic damage. Acheron Wardrobe The scene on this door depicts an army of orcs clashing with an army of hobgoblins. When the door is opened, read: Dust and smoke billow from the wardrobe, and the air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters come within sight of the elven tomb, read: The tracks lead to a large, circular indentation in a snowy hillside. Rising from the middle of this circle is a triangular gnomon of beautifully
carved crystal that stands twenty feet tall. A ten-foot-high berm hugging the circle’s eastern edge has evergreens growing around and atop it, sheltering what looks like a sarcophagus buried under snow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
ground leading to a well deep below. Two stone statues stand in the courtyard, rising twenty feet high. Behind them, a forty-foot high edifice is carved into the cliff side, dominated by relief columns
carved with strange, otherworldly scenes.
The left-hand colossus is a bearded human male wearing exotic clothes, but its face is smashed beyond recognition. It holds a balance in its right hand and a