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Sunsword

Magic Items Curse of Strahd

. While Khazan was busying himself destroying the blade, his apprentice stole the hilt and fled. Khazan later located his apprentice’s mutilated corpse in the Svalich Woods, but the hilt was

The Sunsword is a unique blade once possessed by Strahd’s brother, Sergei von Zarovich. In its original form, it had a platinum hilt and guard, and a thin crystal blade as strong as steel

Shadow Assassin

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the assassin has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.Multiattack. The assassin makes two Shadow Blade attacks. Shadow Blade. Melee

. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow (see the Monster Manual) rises from the corpse 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll"} hours later.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksRadiant

Walking Corpse

Monsters Curse of Strahd

When a corpse is reduced to 0 hit points, it splits open, disgorging a swarm of poisonous snakes. The snakes are hungry and fight until slain.Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2

Fire Genasi Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Humanoid. Size. You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were

produce flame cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the burning hands spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the flame blade spell with this trait, without requiring a

Earth Genasi Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in

walking speed on the ground or a floor. Merge with Stone. You know the blade ward cantrip. You can cast it as normal, and you can also cast it as a bonus action a number of times equal to your

Shadow Assassin

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

Weakness. While in sunlight, the assassin has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. Actions Multiattack. The assassin makes two Shadow Blade attacks. Shadow Blade. Melee

by 1d4 each time it is hit by this attack. The target dies if its Strength is reduced to 0. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow (see the Monster Manual) rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.

Rakdos Performer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Rakdos Performer By offering a place for those of many different talents, the Cult of Rakdos has seen its numbers swell with performing artists, including blade jugglers, fire eaters, and high wire

humanoid (any race), chaotic evil Armor Class 13 Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4) Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 13(+1) DEX 17(+3) CON 12(+1) INT 10(+0) WIS 8(−1

Explorer, Dead

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

to determine what they find. Then roll once on the Treasure Drops table to see what, if anything, can be found on or near the remains. Dead Explorers d20 Remains 1 The bloated corpse of a dead

halfling, riddled with tiny arrows and dangling from a tree vine. (The halfling trespassed on grung sacred ground, and the corpse was hung here as a warning.) 2 The bones of an unarmored humanoid

11. Eye of Annam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

, illuminating a giant corpse lying on the floor beneath a shroud of frost in the middle of the room. The corpse looks like it has been here for some time, preserved by the cold. Next to the body rests a

wisdom from him directly. Casting detect magic reveals an aura of divination magic in the room. The corpse belongs to a young cloud giant named Eigeron, whose father, Blagothkus, betrayed and

Leilon Point Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

supplies lay destroyed on the floor of this hut near the corpse of an old woman lying face down in a pool of dried blood. Manda Gutterpunch ran this shop that serviced the fishers in the village. A

character who searches her body, making a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check finds the tip of a blade made of bone in a fatal wound in Manda’s stomach, and with a successful DC 18 Intelligence

Creating a Portal

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

Broken blade, medal 28–30 Clock tower face High Courts Mechanus Metal cog, perfectly balanced scales 31–33 Razorvine trellis Great Foundry Arcadia Rune-inscribed ingot, sprig of grapes 34–36 Temple

Blazing hearth Smoldering Corpse Bar Elemental Plane of Fire Brass brazier, burning coal 78–80 Crumbling well The Ditch Elemental Plane of Water Pearl, pure water 81–90 Mausoleum entrance Mortuary

Orc Eye of Gruumsh

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

Orc Eye of Gruumsh When an orc slays an elf in Gruumsh’s name and offers the corpse of its foe as a sacrifice to the god of slaughter, an aspect of the god might appear. This aspect demands an

stop there, digging and ripping the blade back and forth unrelentingly until he took the head off the dwarf king’s shoulders. — An account of War Chief Hartusk’s brutality in the aftermath of the

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 4

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

. Three gangly, ghoulish creatures hunch over the coffin, ripping into the corpse inside and feasting on aged flesh. Three ghouls are devouring the corpse of a former high priest. When they detect the

Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using thieves’ tools. Inside rests the decrepit, still-smirking corpse of a halfling. Treasure. Ten jewels set in the coffin are worth 50 gp each. Inside the coffin

Druid of the Old Ways

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

another leader — one who is loyal to the Old Ways — will arise among the Gruul before the End-Raze begins. Druid of the Old Ways Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic neutral Armor Class 14 (hide

): cure wounds, faerie fire, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): beast sense, flame blade, pass without trace 3rd level (3 slots): conjure animals, dispel magic, plant growth 4th level (3 slots

Archons

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

archon makes a radiant spear attack, and then its mount can use its reaction to make a melee weapon attack. Return to Nyx (Costs 3 Actions). The archon causes a corpse it can see within 30 feet of it

to burst into a shower of radiant stars leaving no trace of it behind. Everything it is wearing or carrying remains. Each creature within 10 feet of the corpse when it bursts must succeed on a DC 16

K74. North Dungeon

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

. The coins have the profiled visage of Strahd von Zarovich stamped on them. A character can scoop up one hundred coins every minute. K74c. Rotting Corpse Clinging to the bars of this otherwise empty

cell is the rotting corpse of a male half-elf dressed in leather armor. This cell is linked to a teleport trap in area K73. Treasure. A search of the corpse yields a sheathed longsword and two belt

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

react to them. As a race, orcs have no noteworthy universal social traits, but some commonality does exist in the crude written communication that all orcs employ and in the way that they use

corpse’s ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and then bury or burn them. Three ravens is always a good sign. It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep. Gnome bones can

Golgari Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

. Inside were hundreds of well-preserved corpses suffused with a latent necromantic power that Mazirek activated, bringing the corpses back to a shambling semblance of life. This new race of undead is

(triceratops) MM 5 Drow elite warrior MM 5 Golgari shaman GGR 5 Shambling mound MM 5 Troll MM 6 Undercity medusa GGR 8 Assassin MM 8 Corpse flower MTF 14 Devkarin lich GGR 15 Skittering horror GGR 22 Jarad Vod Savo GGR

Nymphs

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

Immunities charmed, frightened, poisoned Senses passive Perception 11 Languages Common, Sylvan Challenge 3 (700 XP) Corpse Stride. Once on its turn, the lampad can use 10 feet of its movement to step

magically into one creature’s corpse within its reach and emerge from a second creature’s corpse within 60 feet of the first corpse, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second

Vlaakith's Dilemma

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

Vlaakith’s Dilemma Long gone are the days when the gith race was fully embroiled in conflict. When the githyanki settled Tu’narath and took up residence in the Astral Plane, they no longer had to

smallest pieces of exquisite jewelry. Indolent Dilettantes As a race bred and shaped by the mind flayers for a life of fighting, the githyanki never knew anything else while they were enslaved. Now that they

Specific Spells

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

Specific Spells Can I cast animate dead on the humanoid-shaped corpse of an undead creature such as a zombie or a ghast? When animate dead targets a corpse, the body must have belonged to a creature

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

7. The Sepulcher of Tloques-Popolocas

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

of jade with cowrie-shell eyes and obsidian pupils. About the corpse’s neck is a jade pendant carved with the face of a humanlike bat. Creature. The corpse is the body of Tloques-Popolocas, a

about. This part of the regeneration process requires 2 rounds, during which time the corpse has AC 12 and 27 hit points. (If they have not been removed, the corpse benefits from the bracers of defense

Lodge Locations

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

, they gently nudge the characters toward the tunnel leading to area L4. L2. Flensing Chamber A sour stench of decay fills your nostrils. Lying on the ice-packed ground is the frozen corpse of a whale

, crudely butchered. Beside it is a blade in the shape of a paring knife the size of a longsword. Garagai used this room to carve up whales and harvest their oil. Treasure. An alcove west of the

32. Umbraxakar's Lair

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

hit points by this damage dies, and an undead shadow rises from its corpse and acts immediately after Umbraxakar in the initiative count. The shadow is under Umbraxakar’s control. Umbraxakar and the

polished coral ring in area 5 (a symbol of friendship) Vanrak’s sun blade in area 8 (a symbol of light) Vanrak’s mithral armor in area 15 (a symbol of preservation and resilience) The gold horn in area

The Hexblade

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. This benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this

it to your service. When you slay a humanoid, you can cause its spirit to rise from its corpse as a specter, the statistics for which are in the Monster Manual. When the specter appears, it gains

West Wall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

and deal 8 (1d6 + 5) slashing damage on a hit. Viln carries four daggers coated with purple worm poison (see “Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The poison on a dagger’s blade is

answers arouse suspicion or come across as insolent, the drow attack. Slave Abuse The characters see a drow noble flogging one of a handful of slaves (commoners of any race) while 1d4 bugbear

Githyanki

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

race. When their leader Gith perished, she was replaced by her undead adviser, Vlaakith. The lich-queen forbade worship of all beings except herself. Of all their enemies, the githyanki most hate

, dealing psychic as well as physical damage. A githyanki can’t become a knight until it masters the singular discipline needed to will such a blade into existence. A silver sword is equivalent to a

Maze of Mists

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

axe juts from his chest. The axe is a Berserker Axe. The weapon’s name (“Enduval”) is inscribed into the blade. The axe stops shimmering once it’s removed from the corpse. P14i. Characters who have a

. The bottom two chests each contain 250 gp. P14h. This area reeks of dead flesh. Bodies in various states of decay lie strewn about the floor. In the center lies the corpse of a human. A shimmering

Monsters F - M

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone. Tongue. The froghemoth targets one Medium or smaller creature that it can see within

, Infernal, thieves’ cant Challenge 2 (450 XP) Special Equipment. Garret wears a ring of warmth (included in his statistics) and wields a gambler’s blade longsword (see appendix D). Bardic Inspiration

NPCs by Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

represents a typical member of the rank and file, though weaponry and armor can vary. Soldier Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield) Hit Points 16 (3d8

vedalken are lawmages. Lawmage Medium humanoid (any race), lawful neutral Armor Class 15 (breastplate) Hit Points 84 (13d8 + 26) Speed 30 ft. STR 13(+1) DEX 12(+1) CON

K84. Catacombs

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

atop a marble slab in the center of this otherwise barren crypt. Sir Erik Vonderbucks was a wealthy noble whose dying wish was to have his corpse dipped in molten gold. Treasure. The thin layer of

gold, if peeled from Sir Erik’s desiccated corpse, is worth 500 gp. Crypt 23 The first time the characters happen upon this crypt, they see one of their names (determined randomly) etched into the door

Possible Visions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

demonic face looking back at her. Thoughts of murder and carnage fill her thoughts as she hides the gemstone on her person, draws her shortsword, and coats the blade with poison. Cyrog Lives! Hail

triple-headed flail at a beholder, crushing it. As the eye tyrant falls to the floor, a pack of hyenas leaps onto the corpse and tears off its eyestalks while the demon lord licks the gore off his weapon

Secondary Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

saw a ghost. 81–85 You saw a ghoul feeding on a corpse. 86–90 A celestial or a fiend visited you in your dreams to give a warning of dangers to come. 91–95 You briefly visited the Feywild or the

for 1d6 years. 4 A dragon held you as a prisoner for 1d4 months until adventurers killed it. 5 You were taken captive by a race of evil humanoids such as drow, kuo-toa, or quaggoths. You lived as a

King Hekaton and His Daughters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

presided over a court that included representatives of every race of giant, from mighty storm giants to lowly hill giants. He used the power of the Wyrmskull Throne — a gift given to him by his wife

her trips to the Sword Coast. Hekaton’s younger brother, Imperator Uthor, commander of the king’s garrison, found Neri’s corpse shortly thereafter on a small island where she had been known to meet

Landro Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

yet, Glaive and one of her blade scout companions attack the characters from both ends of this narrow tunnel. After all combatants have taken a turn, the attackers flee into Landro and hide for another

feet above the eastern passage. Assuming they haven’t both been defeated, one of Glaive’s blade scouts (see appendix A) hides on the overhang here while the other scout hides down the eastern tunnel

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