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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
typically presents as a marid crowned in coral, with her lower half lengthening into a sinewy, eel-like tail.
History
Before becoming ruler of Maran Saya, Biha Babir worked as a spy. She has
traveled across Calimshan, infiltrating rival genie courts and eliminating remnants of the Twisted Rune. Some accounts even tell of her fighting alongside Sultana Songal during the Night of Fleeing
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
of life, resulting in such creatures as the thessalhydra and the owlbear. In recent years, he has also researched the prolonging of life—namely his own. Thessalar hopes that by becoming a lich
, his research and experiments can continue indefinitely.
Over time, Thessalar has subjected himself to so many of his own experiments that his blood has taken on alchemical and magical properties. He regularly uses it as the basis for many of the reagents used throughout his labs.Acid, Poison
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
resistance to lightning damage. Whenever you take lightning damage, you gain 5 temporary hit points.
Curse. This armor is cursed, and becoming attuned to it extends the curse to you. Until
object, with preference for an object smaller than yourself. Once the armor causes you to go berserk, it cannot be removed. You continue to attack until you are incapacitated or until another creature is
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
souls of the insolent intruders to his tomb, magically transferring them to his phylactery.
Liches who follow Acererak’s path believe that by becoming free of their bodies, they can continue
its existence.
Few liches seek to become demiliches, for it means an end to the existence they hoped to preserve by becoming undead. However, time can erode the lich’s reason and memory, causing
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
This crooked staff is carved from bone and topped with the skull of a forgotten archmage whom Acererak destroyed long ago. Etched into the skull’s forehead is Acererak’s rune, which is
, remove curse, or similar spell ends the curse on the target.
The Forgotten One. The bodiless life force of a dead archmage empowers the staff and is imprisoned within it. The rune carved into the
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in
Trait
1
I see omens in every event and action. The serpent gods continue to advise us.
2
I have very high standards for food, drink, and physical pleasures.
3
I prefer to be alone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Lich Spirit Jars The process of becoming a lich is involved, dangerous, and unique to each would-be lich. If the rite succeeds, the lich’s soul is bound to a spirit jar, a specially prepared magical
the lich created. 4 A hollow figurine of a deity or monster. 5 An hourglass with its sands floating in stasis. 6 A locket or signet ring with a noble crest. 7 A rune-etched egg. 8 The skull of the lich’s mentor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
goes on to tempt a good-hearted priest into becoming corrupted.) In the years since the Thronehold Accords, the Lords of Dust continue on as they ever have, advancing one small step at a time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
a beam without slipping and falling into the awfulness of area 1E. The stone steps that wind around the outer wall come to a small (approximately 3 feet by 3 feet) stone landing, then continue upward
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
would alter your form. Lightning Absorption. You gain resistance to lightning damage. Whenever you take lightning damage, you gain 5 temporary hit points. Curse. This armor is cursed, and becoming
attack, you attack an object, with preference for an object smaller than yourself. Once the armor causes you to go berserk, it cannot be removed. You continue to attack until you are incapacitated or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
a beam without slipping and falling into the awfulness of area 1E. The stone steps that wind around the outer wall come to a small (approximately 3 feet by 3 feet) stone landing, then continue upward
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, where they could continue their journeys of knowledge unopposed. In their arrogance, these fomorian nobles unknowingly escaped the dreadful fate of their kin, and they remain unchanged in their remote
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Giant, Undercommon
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Blood Rune. The fomorian has a blood rune inscribed on an effigy or some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
cunningly hidden secret doors. The hallway is 20 feet wide and 160 feet long. It is mostly clear. After 80 feet, the floor is broken and cracked, becoming difficult terrain until the 130-foot mark
rising back up to the ceiling in the next 50 feet, and a rune of fear in its final 30 feet. Whirling Blades (Initiative 20). The blades attack each creature in the first 80 feet of the hallway, with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
it, becoming visible as they do so.
Bunk Beds. Four stone bunk beds are pushed against the long walls of the room.
The arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows
level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 21p on level 3, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Personality Trait 1 I see omens in every event and action. The serpent gods continue to advise us. 2 I have very high standards for food, drink, and physical pleasures. 3 I prefer to be alone rather
1 Greed. I display my wealth as a sign of my power and prosperity. (Evil) 2 Aspiration. I strive to follow the path toward becoming an anathema. (Evil) 3 Unity. No leader shall put personal goals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
clockwise, completing one full rotation in 1 minute.
Storm. The clouds around the castle darken and churn, becoming rumbling thunderclouds over a period of 1 minute. Until then, the calm rune cannot
around the castle abate over a period of 1 minute. During this time, the storm rune cannot be reactivated.
Cast Off. The castle is no longer anchored.
Drift. The castle drifts on the wind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
gently clockwise, completing one full rotation in 1 minute.
Storm. The clouds around the castle darken and churn, becoming rumbling thunderclouds over a period of 1 minute. Until then, the calm rune
around the castle abate over a period of 1 minute. During this time, the storm rune cannot be reactivated.
Cast Off. The castle is no longer anchored.
Drift. The castle drifts on the wind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
owlbear. In recent years, he has also researched the prolonging of life—namely his own. Thessalar hopes that by becoming a lich, his research and experiments can continue indefinitely. Over time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
called dracoliches. These deathless dragons bind their spirits to gems and magically animate their rotting corpses. Eventually becoming skeletal horrors, dracoliches continue the centuries-spanning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The characters can retreat away from the sounds of combat, but doing so means backtracking for six miles to find another route. If they continue ahead, they are confronted with a grisly scene. Though
, feasting on the goristro’s corpse. If the characters want to continue forward, the gnolls and hyenas need to be dealt with. Alternatively, if the characters are indecisive or spend too long debating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Background In centuries long past, a common scholar named Kwalish took an unlikely path to becoming one of the most powerful arcane inventors of all time, after his discovery of strange magic in the
originally sought. The site’s isolation made it a suitable place for him to continue his research. However, its populace turned out not to be creatures of glass as the legends suggested, but clans of kenku
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
’ lost identities continue to exist, though, becoming eidolons, which scatter throughout the mortal realm, having no connection to their Returned bodies. (See chapter 6 for more information about eidolons
and the Returned.) Escaping Characters. Traveling the Path of Phenax can present an exciting but challenging option for most parties, as it results in affected characters becoming a monster of some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
1d8 custard damage. Subtract custard damage from the contestant’s hit points as normal. Any contestant reduced to 0 hit points by custard damage is unable to continue, loses the contest, and has custard
the characters as agents of change who can undo some of the damage caused by the coven, and she suspects that if they do so, the characters will be on their way to becoming heroes worthy of epic ballads.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
from a character’s backstory. As characters continue to adventure, they’ll find different goals to pursue, such as finding a lost relic, honoring an ancestor, avenging a fallen mentor, or defeating a
villain. Ambition. A character’s ambition is a broad, personal aspiration the character hopes to achieve through a lifetime of adventuring. A character might dream of becoming a legendary knight or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the aboleth or the kuo-toa archpriest and return to her with proof of its demise, Melith promises to furnish them with a raft that they can use to navigate the underground river and continue their
“Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Gates”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 5 on level 2, in the closest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
name to Netherskull after becoming a death tyrant. Netherskull has slain countless interlopers, none more deserving of death than a pompous human paladin named Fidelio, who wept bitter tears before
through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 16 on level 18, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
move through the air. Housed in each cylinder is a swollen human brain floating in a bath of slimy, translucent goo.
Three Netherese wizards chose to continue their revels into undeath, each one
becoming a brain in a jar (see appendix C). The three wizards have been driven mad by their undead existence. Dispelling the illusion drives them into a furious rage. Visitors who ruin the ball in any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
becoming free of their bodies, they can continue their quest for power beyond the mortal world. As their patron did, they secure their remains within well-guarded vaults, using soul gems to maintain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Ras Nsi’s forces nearly wiped them out in a night raid. Those who survived the attack continue to search the ruins for the Soulmonger. The survivors include four Red Wizards (LE male and female Thayan
with the Eyes of the Rune Keeper invocation can translate Old Omuan script without a check. If the characters recover the “queen’s decree” from the chwinga cart at area 11, they can use it to decode
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
air becoming hot and heavy with the scent of sulfur. Glowing vents of magma fill a huge cavern with a dull red glow. From somewhere ahead, you hear a deep, echoing caw, sounding like the call of some
defeated or befriended Raah, they can continue beyond the ancient deep crow’s cavern toward the ritual site. The ancient deep crow’s cavernous lair begins to taper down again, revealing another canyon passage ahead. The light of volcanic vents fades behind you as you continue into darkness.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
disposed of. Giving Chase If the Second Wind was destroyed earlier in the adventure, continue with “Shipless Pursuit” below. Otherwise, skip ahead to “Aboard the Second Wind.” Shipless Pursuit Without the
aboard the Last Breath can see the invisible Second Wind or its crew, the characters can close the remaining distance and climb aboard the space galleon, becoming visible only after they leave the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
North. The Harpers don’t know why the giants are becoming so active all at once, or what their ultimate goals are. As yet, no major towns or cities have come under attack, although the Harpers expect that
1487 DR, the Year of the Rune Lords Triumphant
1488 DR, the Year of Dwarvenkind Reborn
1489 DR, the Year of the Warrior Princess
1490 DR, the Year of the Star Walker’s Return
1491 DR, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and personality of its former life, and is gifted with supernatural resilience. Dead emperors wield the same infamous rune-marked blades that they did in legend. Sorcerer lords work the forbidden
, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the mummy lord’s heart.
Spellcasting. The mummy lord is a 10th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
of the next turn. No more than two soldiers are ever active at once. The soldiers continue to animate and attack until the bronze gate is opened (see below). Characters who have a passive Wisdom
becoming a steep slope with metal rungs bolted to the sandstone walls. The passageway ends in an iron grate that requires a successful DC 12 Strength check to push open. If Tulao escaped using this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
different races or cultures. The bardic colleges might be closed to everyone except elves, dragonborn might be the only creatures capable of becoming sorcerers, and all warlocks in your world might be human
? Does replacing the feature affect how long the party can continue adventuring in a day? Does the feature consume resources provided elsewhere in the class? Does the feature work all the time, or is it






