beating bones diffusing cure relative

Autognome

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

certain types in different ways. For example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature that has the Construct type. (The autognome is a noteworthy

Creating a Gold Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dispassionate, but such is the price of perspective. Few creatures enjoy confronting the relative smallness of their lives. 4 Disguises allow me to bestow small kindnesses and experience the

Dragon Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Foresight. Righteous action requires carefully weighing potential consequences to ensure the cure is not worse than the disease. (Lawful) 2 Restraint. I cannot

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

here? Quest for the Unicorn. The characters seek a unicorn for personal reasons. Perhaps the unicorn’s healing magic can cure a character’s dying relative or friend. Maybe the characters seek a patron

2. Entrance from the Village Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

disease or injury beyond Bonecarver’s limited healing ability are quarantined here in the relative warmth of the caves. The coughing villager is named Mend-nets (tribal warrior). Mend-nets is

naturally suspicious of strangers, but if any character can use lesser restoration to cure his disease, he becomes a trustworthy ally. He won’t do anything to hurt the village or the tribe, but he hates the

2. Entrance from the Village Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

suffer disease or injury beyond Bonecarver’s limited healing ability are quarantined here in the relative warmth of the caves. The coughing villager is named Mend-nets (tribal warrior). Mend-nets is

naturally suspicious of strangers, but if any character can use lesser restoration to cure his disease, he becomes a trustworthy ally. He won’t do anything to hurt the village or the tribe, but he hates

16. Central Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

creature knocked off a ledge goes tumbling down the inward-sloping rock walls to the bottom of the cavern (area 16b), which is strewn with rocks, bones, and the bodies of two dead umber hulks. At the

creature that is reduced to one-twelfth its normal size falls from the castle, it will travel over 600 relative feet before hitting the cavern floor due to the reducing effect around the castle, which

Pharika's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

elation and every death rattle. On occasion, Pharika’s followers might seem to be beneficent when they ease others’ suffering or cure a pandemic. Yet they do so indiscriminately, meaning that these cures

mortal suffering, so the god resurrects the tyrant whenever enemies kill him. 3 Legend tells of a hydra with alchemical lore scribed upon its bones. When an alchemist (mage) begins poisoning

Strahd's Location in the Castle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

lurks in the depths of darkness, in the one place to which he must return. Strahd faces the characters in his tomb (area K86). Donjon (King of Clubs) He lurks in a hall of bones, in the dark pits

of his castle. Strahd faces the characters in the hall of bones (area K67). Seer (Jack of Clubs) He waits for you in a place of wisdom, warmth, and despair. Great secrets are there. Strahd faces

The Remains of Tammeraut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

bones and debris. As you approach the wreck, the water becomes unnaturally cold, and the schools of fish that swarmed in the waters above are conspicuously absent. Unhallowed Ground The evil energy

pulses from the depths of the hull. The rotten tangles of timbers and bulkheads are weak after ten years underwater and can be pushed through with relative ease. A large hole in the buried stern of the

Diseases

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Diseases The following diseases can affect giants and humanoids exploring the jungles of Chult. Remember that lesser restoration and similar magic can cure a disease. Blue Mist Fever A magical mist

boiled or magically purified. A CURE FOR DEAD CHARACTERS If a player character dies while exploring the wilds of Chult, an NPC guide might suggest that the party take its dead member to the ghost

Witherbloom Student

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.) Witherbloom Spells Spell Level Spells 1st Cure Wounds, Inflict Wounds 2nd Lesser Restoration, Wither and

you have left? 5 I know we just met, but when you die, may I have your bones? For research. 6 Don’t interrupt me; I’m brooding. Witherbloom Trinkets. When you make your character, you may roll once on

Interesting Things About Karrnath

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

of the Blood of Vol who considers the undead to be a practical tool? Do you have a relative or friend currently serving? Or do you despise the Blood of Vol and the use of necromancy? Cities and

legions of Karrnath’s undead soldiers in case they are needed again. Fort Bones Fortresses such as this one dot the hilltops of Karrnath, watching for signs of enemy encroachment even since the Last War

Xulregg

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

itself, called the Firehive, resembles a gargantuan wasp nest with an open top. Aurnozci’s power causes the Firehive to throb like a beating heart, and the nest’s surface is hot to the touch. Halfway up

the Firehive, a ramshackle platform of regurgitated bones encircles the nest. From here, demonic pilgrims and priests of Aurnozci peer through cracks in the nest’s wall to gaze upon their dread lord

Kuo-toa Archpriest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

slippery bodies and rely on their natural rubbery hides for protection. However, they like to wear jewelry made from scavenged bones, shells, pearls, gems, and carapace fragments. Kuo-toa Archpriest

faith 2nd level (3 slots): hold person, spiritual weapon 3rd level (3 slots): spirit guardians, tongues 4th level (3 slots): control water, divination 5th level (2 slots): mass cure wounds

Other Things Characters Can Do

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

suffering from broken bones, lacerations, and concussions, and half of them (rounded down) are at 0 hit points and dying; the rest have 1 hit point each. A character can rush to the building and use an

feet away, you see two thugs in cold weather clothing beating up an old woman and stealing her food. The two thugs are neutral evil humans, and the old woman is a commoner with 1 hit point remaining

The Dead Three

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

living in such a dangerous city. As a result, few desperate elders seek the blessing of the Lord of Bones. Those who do, though, tend to be both cagey and wealthy, which means that although Myrkul’s

. Instead, her supposed relative welcomes guests, engaging them with sharp wit, hard liquor, political gossip, and political opportunities of “gray” legality. No one seem to know their host’s name

The Dead Three

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

living in such a dangerous city. As a result, few desperate elders seek the blessing of the Lord of Bones. Those who do, though, tend to be both cagey and wealthy, which means that although Myrkul’s

. Instead, her supposed relative welcomes guests, engaging them with sharp wit, hard liquor, political gossip, and political opportunities of “gray” legality. No one seem to know their host’s name

Hollow Mine Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

attack. Teocín. The cultist Teocín uses this laboratory to research ways to corrupt the magic of the Night of the Remembered. Itzmin has convinced Serapio that Teocín is trying to find a cure for him

health to avoid the threat of disease that comes from working with the dead. H3: Corpse Disposal The stench here is horrendous. Hundreds of humanoid and animal bones fill the chamber in charnel heaps

Tu'narath

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

try to enter clandestinely, the place is immense enough that a small group can sneak in with relative ease. If uninvited visitors arrive openly, they can expect a sharp reception from githyanki patrol

labyrinth. Guarded by two red dragons, Vlaakith sits upon her Throne of Bones and holds court over her supplicants. Glathk District. A muddy field that extends as far as the eye can see is the githyanki

Forge Level (X16-X26)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

spore servant (as described in the “Myconids” entry in the Monster Manual). X20. Quaggoth Den This dark, filthy room is strewn with bones. It contains ten crude beds made of moss and clumps of fur

. Loud mechanical noises come from behind the west wall. Unless they are drawn to area X19 by sounds of combat there, four quaggoths gnaw on bones in this room and attack intruders on sight. The

Lower Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

worth buying. Day in and day out, they wade through the ward’s dreary miasma to trade shifts at workshops that never stop. The Lower Ward is the beating heart of Sigil—an engine of creation that refines

characters and asks them to retrieve its skull from the Bones of the Night (see the “Lower Ward Locations” section) so it can finally be laid to rest. 7 Two githzerai monks approach the characters

Locations on the Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

container moved will reveal a hole filled with 600 gp, four 250 gp gems, and a silver tube (worth 50 gp) that holds a spell scroll bearing a 3rd-level cure wounds spell. 7. Cavern This natural rock

-sloping tunnel that descends 100 feet before opening onto area 1 of the lower level (see map 6.4). 11. Cave of Bones This place is the disposal area for unwanted bodies and similar refuse tossed into

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

. If the characters ask about Arauthator or other dragons, the shaman claims a dragon known as Old White Death was killed a year ago by frost giants. She describes the heap of whale and seal 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

Arkhan's Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

shell is carved with Draconic runes that spell out prayers to Tiamat, is joined by four ghouls that serve as his assistants. The ghouls gnaw on bones and eye the characters hungrily as Krull negotiates

): chill touch, mending, resistance, sacred flame, spare the dying, thaumaturgy 1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, detect evil and good, false life, inflict wounds, ray of sickness 2nd level (3

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

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

helps him back onto his feet, she surreptitiously casts cure wounds. If a player states specifically that a character is watching the crowd for signs of interference, that character can attempt a DC 15

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

bones. You have vulnerability to radiant damage, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls while in direct sunlight. 09 You summon a unicorn that obeys your commands. If you give a command that

(your choice). The cure wounds spell restores no hit points for you. 13 You have an innate sense of direction. You automatically succeed on ability checks made to avoid becoming lost. Whenever

Scab Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

takes 5 minutes and exposes the character to the blood’s effects (see “Interior Features”). A cure wounds spell or similar magic cast on the wound closes it, stanching the blood flow. S5. Food Fight

with mutilated devil corpses and gnawed bones. A hole in the floor reveals another dark cavern below this one. Close examination of the mutilated corpses reveals that they include three bearded devils

The Foundry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into

corpse of a dwarf warrior in plate armor. Bones lie heaped around the altar’s base, and at its foot crouches the desiccated body of an orc in studded leather. Creatures. The orc champion is now a

7. The Sepulcher of Tloques-Popolocas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

this way, a creature is also unconscious, and it is unaffected by the passage of time or by other poisons. If magic is used to cure the poisoned condition, the recipient is immune to the poison for 1

the mask and the pendant are both removed, Tloques starts to awaken. Dust is stirred up into clouds and begins to gather on the bones as they knit back together. His wasted form then sits up and gazes

Skytower Shelter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

few bones (the remains of mountain goats) but nothing of value. S4. Chieftain’s Cave This twelve-foot-high cave has a crackling fire in its center and walls lined with hunting trophies, including the

conflict with the Wyrmdoom goliaths—if such a thing is possible. Magic can cure Kaniaka’s blindness, and she becomes indebted to any character who restores her vision. Kaniaka is the only member of the

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

spell Animate Dead harnesses magical energy to turn a corpse or a pile of bones into an Undead creature. That necromantic magic is present for an instant and is then gone. The resulting creature now

exists without the magic’s help. Casting Dispel Magic on the creature can’t end its mockery of life, and the Undead can wander into an Antimagic Field with no adverse effect. Another example: Cure Wounds

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

with weak acid and floating bones. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) check notices the hinged floor. With a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using

stalactites and stalagmites. It continues on to the northeast, but the uneven walls make it hard to see into that section — even as heap of bones and gear is plainly visible. Gorkoh hides behind one of the

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

flicker to life overhead as you enter, illuminating a pile of moldy bones. A cloaker lurks above, waiting to ambush the characters. The creature strikes at an opportune moment. Artificial Assistance

encounter in area S30 proceeds here. The robot defends itself if attacked. Bones. The floor beneath the cloaker is covered with bits of rags, the bones of former crew members and various pests, and the

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

of the humanoid creature type. If the spell targets a pile of bones, there is no creature type restriction; the bones become a skeleton. Does casting animate objects during a time stop spell end the

instantaneous spell animate dead harnesses magical energy to turn a corpse or a pile of bones into an undead creature. That necromantic magic is present for an instant and is then gone. The resulting

Cragmaw Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Hallwinter is being held prisoner in this chamber. He is bound on the southern ledge of the cavern. The goblins have been beating and tormenting him, so he is weak and has 1 hit point. One of the goblin

: “Who dares defy Klarg?” and “Klarg will build a throne from your bones!” The goblins under his command resent his incessant bullying. Fire Pit. The hot coals in the central fire pit deal 1 point of fire

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