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Dungeon Master’s Guide
The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites doom.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna the
attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it:
Animate Dead
Circle of Death
Dominate Monster
Finger of Death
Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, Bhaal, and Myrkul has earned her the title Auspice of the Dead Three.Karas Chembryl’s Lair
Karas operates from a hideout deep beneath the city of Baldur’s Gate. The hideout contains
Frightened condition for 1 minute. While Frightened, the target’s Speed is 0 feet, and it repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. Failure or Success: Karas
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
cover. The Tome of the Dragon contains the secret ritual to transform a dragon or a dead dragon’s body into a dracolich.
To decipher and use the Tome of the Dragon, you must be either a
requirements to use the tome.
To create a dracolich using a Tome of the Dragon, you must have continuous access to the body of an adult or ancient dragon (either living or dead), as well as 80,000 GP worth of
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
The Crown of Horns contains the essence and intelligence of Myrkul, one of the Dead Three. This ghastly crown is a pale silver circlet with four curved bones set around its rim. On the crown's brow
Common.
Personality. The crown contains the essence of Myrkul and exists to spread that god’s will, which is to slay the living, raise the dead, and sow fear across the Material Plane. The crown
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
condition and repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically. Subsequent Failures: 39 (6d12);{"diceNotation
, Prestidigitation
2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Plane Shift
1/Day Each: Cone of Cold (level 8 version), Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. Valindra casts Counterspell or Shield in response
Corpse Flower
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Corpses. When first encountered, a corpse flower contains the corpses of 1d6 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Corpses"} humanoids. A corpse flower can hold the remains of
up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free.
While it has
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
With covers made of skin and fittings of bone, this tome is cold to the touch, and it whispers faintly. When found, the book contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you
are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you.
While
Cadaver Collector
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
cadaver collector releases paralyzing gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a successful DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A paralyzed creature repeats
back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Sweeping the Dead
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Word From Beyond (1/day). Splugoth remembers and repeats aloud a few words from a place he entered while
you get taken prisoner by a group of sociopathic adventurers who end up letting you die after you save their sorry lives. One minute, you’re a dead goblin named Splug. And then you’re alive
Equipment
The scalathrax;scalathrax's body contains a reservoir of oil, which is of great use to alchemists but is difficult to harvest and preserve. A character proficient with Alchemist's Supplies or who
makes a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes this usefulness upon seeing the dead scalathrax’s body. By spending 10 minutes and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence check using
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Master of Undeath. Orcus can cast animate dead (at will) and create undead (3/day). He chooses the level at which the spells are cast, and the creatures created by them remain under his control
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Corpses. When first encountered, a corpse flower contains the corpses of 1d6 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d6 + 3", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Humanoids"} Humanoids. A corpse flower can hold the
Dead. The corpse flower swallows one unsecured Humanoid corpse within 10 feet of it, along with any equipment the corpse is wearing or carrying.A corpse flower can sprout atop the grave of an evil
Death Tyrant
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Monster Manual (2014)
and whether the cone is active.
Any creature in that area can’t regain hit points. Any humanoid that dies there becomes a zombie under the tyrant’s command. The dead humanoid retains its
it contains more trappings of death and decay. A death tyrant encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
laughter
2nd level (3 slots): darkvision, hold person, ray of enfeeblement
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, Leomund's tiny hut, vampiric touch (see “Actions” below)
4th level (2 slots
’s blood on the title page. The tome contains the spells Vellynne has prepared plus the following additional spells: bestow curse, blindness/deafness, false life, find familiar, magic weapon, polymorph, protection from evil and good, remove curse, shield, and Tenser's floating disk.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Icy Doom. When Avarice dies, her corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead.
Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff
. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
necromancers and foul spirits. Whether they’re the remains of the ancient dead or fresh bones bound to morbid ambitions, they commit deathless work for whatever forces reanimated them, often serving as
skeletons behave. Skeleton Pantomimes 1d6 Left to Its Own Devices, the Skeleton... 1 Delivers meal salvers or ages-old correspondence to the crypt of its dead master. 2 Endlessly trains in battle
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
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I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
easily accessible entrances or exits at all, and trespassers who do find their way inside must then contend with a maze of corridors, dead ends, and steep inclines.
Sapphire Dragon Lair Features
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
sarcophagus contains the dead bard, who was buried with a lute of illusions. Sealed with the dead wizard in the southeast sarcophagus is a necklace of fireballs.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
mere, drawn by tales of ruined castles half-sunk in the mire. The Mere of Dead Men contains a ruined keep that once belonged to the lich Iniarv. For more information on this location, see “Iniarv’s Tower.”
Mere of Dead Men Travelers on the High Road, which skirts the mere to the east, must resist being lured into this cold and desolate swamp by will-o’s-wisps. Countless adventurers have perished in the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce
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An ancient topaz dragon;ancient topaz dragon's lair contains a portal to the Elemental Chaos.
4
An ancient bronze dragon and an ancient topaz dragon are locked in an ongoing conflict that
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
castles half-sunk in the mire. The Mere of Dead Men contains the tomb of the dracolich Chardansearavitriol, which is now the headquarters of the cult of Myrkul. For more information on this location, see “Ebondeath’s Mausoleum.”
Mere of Dead Men Travelers on the High Road, which skirts the mere to the east, must resist being lured into the cold and desolate waters. Many have perished in the mere, drawn by tales of ruined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
chandelier is a dead giant spider.
19b. Old Bedchamber Dead Spider. A dead giant spider, its body shot full of arrows and scorched by fire, lies next to a broken wooden bed against the east wall
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Armoire. Standing against the south wall is a wooden armoire draped in cobwebs.
Treasure. The armoire contains the skeletal remains of a halfling adventurer who was trapped inside by giant spiders and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
limestone urn is sealed with wax. An urn contains the desiccated internal organs of a dead dwarf, removed during mummification.
once mummified their dead atop the stone block, which has shelves built into its sides. The funeral wrappings and embalming fluids once held here have either turned to dust or been destroyed. Each
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved into the walls are stacked three high. Each of these open tombs contains the dust-covered bones of a long-dead dwarf.
The dwarves laid to rest here were all worshipers of Dumathoin
1. Catacombs These catacombs are part of a temple complex formerly dedicated to the dwarven god Dumathoin, patron of mining and exploration and the protector of the dwarven dead. The catacombs have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
in rotted leather armor. The skeleton clutches a quarterstaff that has become brittle with age. A tattered backpack contains adventuring gear that has rotted or rusted away. Casting a speak with dead
24. Dead Adventurer What was once a dwarven shrine is now the tomb of a long-dead adventurer. Splayed across a broken stone bench in the middle of the room are the skeletal remains of a tiefling clad
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Cubicle of Skulls Skulls tumble into the hall when the door to this 10-foot-square room is pulled open. The entire room is filled to the ceiling with the skulls of dead adventurers and other
humanoids who crossed Halaster. Thousands of skulls have accumulated here; they’re harmless, if a bit macabre. The cubicle contains nothing else.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Kryptgarden Forest This ancient forest tucked behind the Sword Mountains contains the ruins of bygone dwarven civilizations. The abandoned lair of the green dragon Claugiyliamatar, nicknamed the Old
Gnawbone, is found in these woods. During Sleeping Dragons Wake, Claugiyliamatar was possessed by the wraith of the ancient dracolich Chardansearavitriol, also known as Ebondeath, which now loyally serves the worshipers of Myrkul (see “Mere of Dead Men”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
31. Rest Area This empty, dead-end area makes a good place for the characters to rest. 31a. Open Pit A 10-foot-wide, 20-foot-deep pit stands open between parallel corridors to the north and south
. The springs that held the pit’s cover shut have rusted to the point of malfunction, exposing the trap. 31b. Empty Room Once used as quarters by Undermountain engineers, this room now contains nothing but dust.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Music of the Dead The hallway leading to this chamber is filled with the haunting sound of a harpsichord playing. The room contains the following: Harpsichord. in the middle of the room is a
damage, and the flesh of its hands is eaten away, leaving bleached white (but functional) skeletal hands. Treasure. Hidden inside the harpsichord is a spell scroll of raise dead. Correctly playing the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
through the space of a Medium or larger creature. He has advantage on saving throws against being frightened. He speaks Common and Halfling. He has the animate dead and blight spells prepared, instead of
counterspell and greater invisibility. All his spell slots are currently expended. Losser carries a spellbook bound in stitched flesh that contains all his prepared spells. He also has a key to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
time to hide in this manner, he casts a greater invisibility spell on himself and retreats to area 9b. Treasure. Orl’s spellbook contains a drow mage’s normal spells, plus animate dead, hallucinatory terrain, rope trick, and seeming.
using sign language. In truth, the drow are nine troglodyte zombies created using animate dead and disguised with a seeming spell. 8c. Orl’s Cave Water. Fresh water trickles into this cave from cracks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
slime off rocks to fill their bellies, prompting them to attack smaller creatures on sight. Treasure. At the back of the fomorians’ cave are two sacks made of gas spore hide. One sack contains 2,100 cp
, 1,590 sp, 480 gp, and the broken pieces of a wooden rocking chair. The other contains thirteen misshapen chunks of yellow quartz (50 gp each) and a rusty iron rowboat anchor that weighs 30 pounds
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
scented pages chronicling the love affairs of a long-dead noblewoman. The third book, which is missing its cover, contains Elvish translations of common Orc phrases and idioms. The last book is bound
in stirge hide and contains recipes for pie. These books aren’t valuable. Treasure The characters can plunder ten vials of perfumes (5 gp each), a silver comb set with turquoise (25 gp), a matching hairbrush (25 gp), and a gold chamber pot (125 gp).
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
remaining. The other dead human carries a set of thieves’ tools. 11b. Silt Pit Carved into the floor of the narrow tunnel leading to this cave is a large X (a warning sign). This cave contains a silt pit like the one in area 4.
encounters have become commonplace. Again, the giants have no memory of these altercations, and they have no use for the dead creatures’ gear. The corpses include a drow, two quaggoths, five troglodytes