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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
deal.
Endelyn’s obsession with tragedy and hopelessness extends to her own life; she has foreseen her own demise during a solar eclipse. In the depths of her castle, a lightning-powered device
wrest the domain from her clutches. They waited until Iggwilv was lured away on an important matter to imbue Iggwilv's Cauldron with the ability to freeze time. When their sister returned, the hags used
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
you have no memories except for a single name.
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You were a necromancer’s undead servant for years. One day, your consciousness returned.
5
You awoke in an abandoned laboratory
itchy straw stuffing inside you.
Reborn in the Domains of Dread
When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
returned, the hags used this power to trap Iggwilv and her court in temporal stasis. The hags then carved up Iggwilv’s domain, splitting it between them. The sisters couldn’t agree on which
hag will occasionally visit another to plot against the third sister, creating a vicious circle in which Bavlorna and Endelyn plot against Skabatha, Endelyn and Skabatha conspire against Bavlorna, and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. When their sister returned, the hags used this power to trap Iggwilv and her court in temporal stasis. The hags then carved up Iggwilv’s domain, splitting it between them. The sisters couldn&rsquo
company, but one hag will occasionally visit another to plot against the third sister, creating a vicious circle in which Bavlorna and Endelyn plot against Skabatha, Endelyn and Skabatha conspire
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, sacrificing their own to appease their so-called god. Appeased by these living offerings, Zargon returned to the tunnels beneath Cynidicea, where its cult grew.Zargon’s Lair
Zargon’s lair
again.
Regional Effects
The region containing Zargon’s lair is warped by Zargon’s unnatural presence, creating one or more of the following effects:
Arcane Enervation. Enemies of Zargon
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Creating a Moonstone Dragon
Use the Moonstone Dragon Personality Traits and Moonstone Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive moonstone dragon characters.
Moonstone Dragon
centuries-old conflict between fey courts.
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An ancient moonstone dragon;ancient moonstone dragon's sibling, imprisoned for centuries in the Shadowfell, has finally returned home as a shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Conclusion When the characters recover the devastation orb, they must decide what to do with it. The Harpers want to see the orb returned to Triboar. Zhentarim agents want to smuggle the orb out in a
Zhentarim-sponsored caravan, intending to study the device. Otherwise, the characters can turn it over to the authorities or detonate it in the countryside away from any populated area.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Elise and the Unbreakable Heart Above all else, Dr. Mordenheim’s objectives are finding Elise and recovering or re-creating the Unbreakable Heart. Elise. Dr. Mordenheim’s supposed beloved and
of Fire traits. She has immunity to cold damage. Elise’s heart has been replaced with the Unbreakable Heart. If this device is removed, Elise dies, even if it is replaced with another heart. Elise is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the sewers below Sharn, a mad genius puts the final touches on a device that will turn the people of the city into undead monstrosities. All of these are eldritch machines. They are wondrous locations
: magic items of immense power, but so large that they cannot be moved. Eldritch machines always require rare components but creating an eldritch machine could require one or more planes to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Maze Engine Deep within the Labyrinth lies the Maze Engine — a mechanical, magically powered device capable of altering reality. Modrons refer to the device as an Orderer because it was designed
chapter 2, “Creating a Multiverse,” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). It’s a 20-foot-diameter sphere built of 1-foot-wide bands of magically hardened and shaped bronze, engraved with arcane symbols. Gaps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Reborn in the Domains of Dread When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in chapter 3): Har’Akir
of an amoral scientist. They consider you their finest creation or have a task for you to fulfill. Mordent. You emerged from the mysterious device known as the Apparatus, your body a lifeless shell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
143 (26d10) force damage. A creature reduced to 0 hit points is disintegrated into fine gray ash and can be returned to life only by a true resurrection or wish spell. A creature that activates this
controls can make a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, the creature can cast the scrying spell (spell save DC 17) from the device. A magical image of the target appears before the controls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
taken over by an intellect devourer.
6 An inventor requests the characters’ insight into a pill-sized device she extracted from her own body. As the characters examine it, the device projects a map
, whom he believes—without evidence—are being abducted and returned every night.
8 The High Master mind flayer of Mount Grysl seeks to claim all the God-Brain knows. To do this, it creates a copy of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and dammed the Khystonos River. Now villagers downstream suffer as their fields and herds lack the water they need to survive. (Partially true)
2 The Akroans have invented a new device of war
greatest wish. (False)
5 Groups of gold-masked Returned from Odunos have been harassing travelers, demanding to know if anyone’s seen a Returned wandering alone. (True)
6 An immense hydra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
level and don’t recall what came before, ascribe it to the multiversal glitch the characters are experiencing. CoupleOfKooks “I am a mimir, a magical device designed to provide information. If you have
creating their characters. If you want to include characters who hail from Sigil, a gate-town, or other places where planar travel is common, consider using the character options in Sigil and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Creating a Campaign While these adventures were never meant to be combined into a full campaign—over 30 years separates the newest from the oldest—they have been selected to provide play across a
of your own invention or drawn from another D&D setting, provides the perfect framing device for the campaign. The characters hear rumors of each dungeon, with just enough information available to lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Miska Kas returned the Rod of Seven Parts to the citadel and thrust it into the sealed mystical portal that keeps Miska in his prison demiplane, creating an opening. However, the opening isn’t wide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dies in Mordent reappears as a ghost, a specter, or another incorporeal Undead near where they died. These spectral dead can be magically returned to life as normal, but those who aren’t restored to
the bizarre device called the Apparatus might allow him to escape his torment and reach a more peaceful afterlife. Godefroy’s servants have spent centuries abducting magical geniuses, possessing them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. That other enemy of the target is creating a close-up distraction, regardless of the weapon in hand. Does Uncanny Dodge work automatically against every attack a rogue or ranger gets hit by? Spell
stops being surprised at the end of its first turn in combat. Does the Thief’s Use Magic Device feature allow them to use spell scrolls? Yes. The intent is that a Thief can use spell scrolls with Use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
wound. The Council of Cardinals is determined to hold onto this prize, but it is a bitter point of contention with Aundair and a constant source of tension and violence. In creating a Thrane character
, consider how you feel about Thaliost. Would you like to see it returned to Aundair, or do you support Thrane’s rule?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
8. Sculptors’ Workroom This workspace is used by a number of neutral human sculptors creating objects for use in the tomb. Five are present when the characters first enter this area, watched over and
contains a small, unpainted miniature figure representing each character. Each figure is a tiny clockwork device. If painted and kept on hand, the figures secretly animate to help the characters with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Mordenheim desperately hastened her experiments, employing anyone who would bring her bodies—both newly dead and still living. On her operating table, victims were killed, returned to life, and died again
artificial organ Mordenheim called the Unbreakable Heart. But as she stitched the miraculous device into place, constables burst into the lab and accused the doctor of facilitating numerous murders. As Dr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Clystran has returned with the dragonnels he sought. From here, the adventure proceeds in one of two ways: With Mass Combat. If you are using the Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn game along with this
device into their strategies. The gnomes are delighted to let the characters use the gnomeflinger. They even provide each character a narycrash (see appendix A)—or two, if a character asks for a backup
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
imbue Iggwilv’s Cauldron with the ability to freeze time. When their sister returned, the hags used this power to trap Iggwilv and her court in temporal stasis. The hags then carved up Iggwilv’s domain
. The hags loathe each other’s company, but one hag will occasionally visit another to plot against the third sister, creating a vicious circle in which Bavlorna and Endelyn plot against Skabatha
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Ultimately, it was the mortal engineer Chersio who brought about the winter’s end. Instead of cursing the situation, Chersio sought a solution, creating a hypocaust system to bring warmth to her community
. Delighted with the innovation, Purphoros waited until Chersio completed and lit her substructure furnace. When she did, the god returned warmth to the entire world. Today, an autumnal festival called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
unique lands touched by the magic of the gods. A mystical island could be the ultimate destination of a nautical adventure, or a magical interlude amid a larger seafaring campaign. When creating a
what sort of people might make their home on a mystical island. Island Inhabitants d10 Inhabitants
1 The Last. Creatures that think they’re the last of their kind—perhaps Returned, leonin, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
by Zariel’s spies. Once all nine rods are returned to him, Bel is willing to divulge the location of the Bleeding Citadel. Bel suggests that the characters speak to a sibriex that was recently
built in his forge, nor does he reveal that it has a planetar trapped inside it. Bel also fails to mention that the nine adamantine rods are the keys to unlocking the device and freeing the planetar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
), Caerhan returned from a research trip to Candlekeep to find his fellow party members all dead. Recognizing too late that the orrery housing channeled dark power, the grieving Caerhan decided that the
sidewalks across the city. In the end, the orrery housing was too strong even for the destructive power of the shrine, and Caerhan died during his heroic attempt to rid the world of the dangerous device. Now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the mirror there, pulls out Maddgoth’s helm, and gives it to the nearest character. 25b. Maddgoth’s Study The stained glass panes of this door have been shattered, creating holes through which
the mirror, which is stuck to the wall with sovereign glue and can’t be pried loose without breaking it. An identify spell or similar magic reveals that it’s a magic storage device and that contact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
celebrities—also fill a sovereign’s role. When choosing or creating a sovereign to serve, consider whether that leader commands a government organization or another faction. While this section assumes your
in a wilderness they’re not prepared to endure. 4 Ruler Returned. A tribe’s revered leader has returned from the dead and seeks to resurrect their past glories. 5 Hidden Power. A mysterious figure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
under “Creating a Creature” in this chapter to better reflect the NPC you have in mind. Alignment Choose the NPC’s alignment, which can help you sketch the outlines of an NPC’s behavior and
things that stand out about the character’s appearance. NPC Appearance 1d12 Feature 1 Distinctive jewelry 2 Flamboyant, outlandish, formal, or ragged clothes 3 Uses an elegant mobility device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to show brief glimpses of possible locations, or any other device channeling suitable magic. If you really want to dig deep, you could experiment with the idea that the orrery’s power gives it a kind
merchants might want to sell branded gear manufactured by the liches the characters met at Lottie’s, creating additional business opportunities or allowing the characters to follow up on previous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
inform the choices of the present, creating a world of peace and order. She plays things by the book and frowns on students who embark on Dean Plargg’s dangerous field trips. Characters have ample
he was sternly told, “History belongs to us all!” So, naturally, he mastered the magical art of duplicative restoration. Not only can he perfectly recreate an ancient object or device from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Dark Bargains and Cursed Paintings The process of creating the cursed paintings that are the hallmark of the Fetid Gaze was first attributed to a night hag grandmother whose name other hags fear to
paintings’ magic persists even if the hags are killed, and destroying a painting is the only way to end its curse. Any creature that studies all three parts of the procedure for creating a cursed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, was there ever a city in Gauntlgrym. It arose because, this time, the dwarves succeeded in harnessing the primal power of fire in the depths, thus creating the Great Forge that made the city
Adbar and Sundabar — swearing him fealty. Others fear that he will punish those settlements that didn’t contribute warriors to the cause to retake Gauntlgrym, but those folk don’t know the returned






