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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Dreams of Divinity Theros possesses a unique metaphysical property: things believed and dreamed here eventually become real. The collective unconscious of mortal people has the literal power of
creation, though the process unfolds over the course of countless centuries. Thus, the gods of Theros and their servants were believed, dreamed, and narrated into existence, materializing and becoming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
multiverse. To the devils’ way of thinking, the Nine Hells are the front line in the demons’ war against all of creation, and the fate of the cosmos depends on the devils’ ability to blunt the invasion and
explain why the conflict erupted in the first place. The devils fight as a matter of pride mixed with burning resentment for a cosmic order that refuses to acknowledge their role as overseers of the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s mood.
Embodiment of Decay
While generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new creation and growth
destruction and creation, whether abstract or dedicated to practical applications. They are fascinated by magic that creates objects from nothing, animates Undead, destroys matter, or manipulates negative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
27. School Meals The real Halaster has bound two barbed devils to these chambers and tasks them with preparing meals for Dweomercore’s students and faculty. Characters who examine the outermost doors
door prevent devils from passing through the doorway. Scratching away any of the glyphs breaks the magic on that door, enabling devils to pass through it normally. 27a. Kitchen The kitchen is tidy and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Knowledge of Avernus Characters who research Avernus in Sigil can learn the following: Blood War. Avernus is a major battlefield for the Blood War, the raging conflict between demons and devils. It
landscape, reeking of ash and brimstone. Due to this perpetual smoky twilight, there are no real days or nights in Avernus. Time passes as usual, though, and can be tracked in hour increments. History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
creation—a very real (if utterly bizarre) sanctuary brought into being by its dreaming mind. Renekor’s presence warps the demiplane, causing erratic weather and strange phenomena. Each time the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Bearded Devil (Barbazu) Bearded devils serve archdevils as shock troops, fighting shoulder-to-shoulder and reveling in the glory of battle. They respond with violence to any slight, real or imagined
clearly show its fiendish nature. These devils take their names from the snakelike growths that adorn their chins, which they use to lash and poison enemies, weakening them with their virulent venom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Glasya, the rebellious daughter of Asmodeus, rules the place and oversees the punishments doled out to devils that stray from their assigned tasks. These lawbreakers are put on trial in Phlegethos, and if
the force of the onslaught. Condemned devils are typically trapped in cages, which are lowered on chains to hang beneath the platforms. From such a vantage, the prisoners are continually battered by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
dracoliches. Many such elements center around scholars and academics, for whom the cult’s new focus has made their knowledge and research irrelevant. Others think that Severin is being taken in by devils and
, supplying the scholar with a duplicate of the Blue Dragon Mask that appears both powerful and inscrutable, though it holds little in the way of real magic. Severin knows the scholars will discover the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
dracoliches. Many such elements center around scholars and academics, for whom the cult’s new focus has made their knowledge and research irrelevant. Others think that Severin is being taken in by devils and
, supplying the scholar with a duplicate of the Blue Dragon Mask that appears both powerful and inscrutable, though it holds little in the way of real magic. Severin knows the scholars will discover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
over their lack of vision, or by a consuming need to trigger unrestrained creative impulses that have far-reaching effects, by anger at a real or perceived slight. His will might be expressed through
the pantheon, preferring to brood and dispense epiphanies in solitude. He is, however, easily roused to anger and goes to extremes to satisfy real or perceived slights. The Keranos’s Divine Schemes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
despair. Roll a d6 to determine the effects, using the Shadowfell Despair table. You can substitute different despair effects of your own creation. Shadowfell Despair d6 Effect 1–3 Apathy. The
throws that use Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma, and gains the following flaw: “I can’t tell what’s real anymore.” If a character is already suffering a despair effect and fails the saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
necessary for survival, and forced or coerced actions do not qualify. Early in the character’s creation, consider what evils your Darklord performed, and revisit these crimes as you develop the villain’s
other details. Those Harmed. The people the Darklord harmed need to feel real. Give them names. Imbue them with agency, and don’t define them as victims or props. The people who survived the Darklord’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
ante deck, you can play the card game for real. Otherwise, adjudicate the outcome of a three-dragon ante game using d12s and the following rules: Step 1. Randomly determine which participant is the
pays double their bet. Copper Slots These machines, referred to by some casino patrons as “tricky devils,” are simple clockwork devices that accept copper coins. Each machine has a spring-loaded lever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
"River Styx" for the river’s effects). Those that fall off one of the anchoring posts take damage from the fall and land amid clashing devils and demons, where they are brutally killed if they survived
, characters who take to the air can easily get clear of Elturel. However, flying creatures might attract the attention of winged devils and demons in the area, at your discretion. Improvised Equipment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
real-world history, and character creation rules presuppose no standard bar for heroics. Encourage Space A typical D&D session is longer than a typical horror movie, and it can be hard to sustain the
characters in fiction or film. Treat characters as real people with real motivations. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you do? Show how multiple people from the same culture are different. Feature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
it. It knows nothing about Dzaan’s fate or the crimes for which the real Dzaan was executed. In the course of a conversation, the simulacrum shares the following information: “I am a simulacrum of my
creator found a chamber that can turn illusions into reality. The life-spark of a living creature is needed to activate its power. As a creation of snow and shadow, I have no life-spark of my own, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
haven.
5 A dryad dwelling in the woods near a young copper dragon’s lair helps to ward off intruders.
6 A child’s imaginary friend is a very real young copper dragon who can cast
and nations as their game board.
2 An ancient copper dragon guards the sealed entrance to a ruined temple filled with devils.
3 A renowned gnome trickster, now deceased, so impressed an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Bastion try to learn all they can about the origin and purpose of the cards. They know much of the deck’s history (as described in chapter 2), including multiple contradictory accounts of its creation
. Sorting through the conflicting legends and determining the truth about the Deck of Many Things is a cherished goal, but not one that most members of the group have any real hope of achieving. Track
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
days when the two races first met. “They invent their own gods… the very definition of insanity.”
— Sabal Mizzrym of Menzoberranzan
God Makers. Kuo-toa worship gods of their own creation, but if
enough kuo-toa believe that a god is real, the energy of their collective subconscious can cause that god to manifest as a physical entity. The form a kuo-toa god takes depends on the inspiration for its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
: summoned devils, undead raised from the very crypts of the temple, and tentacled, jelly-skinned things whose origin I dare not consider. With the aid of adventurers from nearby Neverwinter, all were
, was Javen’s creation of this order Helm’s intention? Is the Helm that has returned from death different from the god whose worship was familiar to me in my youth? How can we mortals know? Helm was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fate of a region. These adventurers venture into fearsome wilds and ancient ruins, where they confront giants, hydras, golems, devils, demons, and mind flayers. They might also face a young dragon
under siege from both directions. 10 Five ancient metallic dragons lair in the Pillars of Creation. If all these dragons are killed, the world will collapse into chaos. One has just been slain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
bartender is an ice devil named Oganath, who uses its frigid claws to instantly chill the drinks it serves. At any given time, 2d4 horned devils relax in the lounge. Oganath’s Cocktails. An expert in arcane
leave with the final piece of the rod. She explains that the Material Plane is partly her creation—and she refuses to let an overzealous archlich unmake it. The Dragon Queen then commands the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
armor with iron spikes and jagged decoration scavenged from the foundry’s scraps. Ogres, giants, and reformed devils in the Mind’s Eye, they prevent the tools of creation from falling into the hands
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
smithies accustomed to the forge’s unbearable temperatures. Azers, fire elementals, and chain devils number among the Armory’s blacksmiths, along with dwarves and other Doomguard smiths. Aslan Ashfang, a
stylized razorvine emblem. Every evening, performances grace an ornate, curtained stage, but the real star of the casino is its namesake: the fortune’s wheel, a three-tiered, standing roulette wheel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
surviving bargains with devils. Eight for Dinner (first edition, signed by the author) is a murder mystery in which an inquisitive mind flayer detective solves a murder aboard a planar locomotive called
side and another on the west. The illusion on the west side depicts a bridge spanning the pit. The illusion on the east side shows an open pit, hiding a real bridge that can be used to safely cross
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
and effects. Described below are a few of the general purposes a trap might have. Use them to inspire the creation of your own traps. Alarm. An alarm trap is designed to alert an area’s occupants of
denizens — assuming the residents know about the trap and how to avoid setting it off. Accidents can happen, but if a goblin stumbles inside its den and activates an alarm trap, there’s no real harm done. The alarm sounds, the guards arrive, they punish the clumsy goblin, and they reset the trap.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
find, as it indicates Thorgran survived the creation of his tomb to make this excursion. Either of these scholars can arrange a payment of 900 gp for the bookplate and attached pages, given time to
following statements using the corpse’s mouth: “I faked my death because too many eager scribes would follow me into danger. But my death was real when I ventured too close to Illithinoch. Yet I am still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
study and a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. The book contains instructions for the creation of a “philosopher’s stone,” then describes how that object can be used to convert base metal
successful experiments with the philosopher’s stone, the truth is that the alchemist had them crafted to deceive a potential buyer into believing that the stone was real. The collection includes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
only in times of great peril. Many in the city doubted that such massive, sapient constructs were even real, let alone that they guarded the city invisibly. The Spellplague confirmed their existence for
most obvious of Waterdeep’s so-called splendors. After the Spellplague came the Sundering. Elf scholars insist on calling it the Second Sundering, asserting that the creation of Evermeet thousands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
creation. The broken staffs testify to her numerous failures. The intact staff on the table represents her only success to date. Treasure. The staff resting on the table is Wyllow’s staff of flowers, a
buried. This is the real Halaster, delivered by his own magic. The Mad Mage entrusted the bulb to Wyllow in case she needed to summon him and is annoyed if someone else uses it. If the characters have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
against their incursions, and expounding that the demonic threat must be defeated at all costs. It praises the devils that stoically stand against the unending demonic tide, while chastising Helm, Torm
Creation table to determine what kind of undead creature is created. Undead Creation d20 Undead
1–4 Skeleton
5–7 Zombie
8–10 Shadow
11–12 Specter
13–15 Ghoul
16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
friends make cruel sport of them until they can escape at daybreak. As yet, none of Nysene’s playthings have suffered any real harm, but her games grow ever bolder and more vicious, and it’s only a
romantics, taking the god Lurue as their inspiration, have called themselves the Knights of the Unicorn. Over time, what began as a light-hearted lark became a real force for good in the world, and several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
friends make cruel sport of them until they can escape at daybreak. As yet, none of Nysene’s playthings have suffered any real harm, but her games grow ever bolder and more vicious, and it’s only a
romantics, taking the god Lurue as their inspiration, have called themselves the Knights of the Unicorn. Over time, what began as a light-hearted lark became a real force for good in the world, and several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mission to restore Ythryn from ruin. In the years since its creation, Everlast has seen Iriolarthas crumble into dust and his apprentices transform into nothics. With nothing to do except uphold his
see in the magical darkness and attacks any creatures that move into the corridor without first speaking the correct name. These devils can leave the darkness to pursue their foes. One minute after a






