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Dungeon Master’s Guide
When you take a Magic action to read this scroll, a particular titan named in the scroll appears in an unoccupied space on the ground or in water that you can see within 1 mile of yourself. The DM
disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points. If the titan is summoned into a space that isn’t large enough to contain it, the summoning fails, and the scroll is wasted.
1d100
Titan
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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
into a monster.
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The killer used its body to contain an evil entity.
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The killer appears to be an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
of twinkling stardust follows Nafas wherever he goes, as evidence of his cosmic might.
No bottle, vase, ring, or lamp can contain Nafas. The genie is bound to the Infinite Staircase itself, anchored
melodious chimes dance in the shutterless windows of its vaulted halls. Held aloft by genie magic and the staircases that branch from it, the palace is a pit stop for planar travelers and a haven for
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
beaked snout vents smoke at all times, and its eyes dance with flame when it is angry.
Klauthen Vale is a narrow, winding valley in the mountains west of Mirabar. Thanks to ancient and powerful magic, the
contain numerous caves, two of them large enough for Klauth to shelter in. He keeps his legendary hoard in tunnels beneath one cavern, which can be entered only by lifting or pushing aside a massive slab of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
chapter 3. Whether learning magic or dance,
Strixhaven students throw themselves
into their studies with zeal The day of the dance classes, when the characters show up at the Rose Stage, read or
Fancying Up Footwork In preparation for the Magister’s Masquerade, the Strixhaven faculty sponsors a day of free, professional dance lessons for third-year students. Dance lessons are offered about a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Welcoming Announcement Once all the characters have arrived and had a chance to mingle, Dean Tullus welcomes the attendees to the annual Magister’s Masquerade. Read the following text to begin this
wisdom once again, for history lives here at Strixhaven, and nothing is ever truly forgotten.
“Now, you’ve all been promised a starlit night, so one and all, come dance among the stars!”
With Dean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Scroll of Titan Summoning Scroll, Legendary When you take a Magic action to read this scroll, a particular titan named in the scroll appears in an unoccupied space on the ground or in water that you
toward all other creatures and disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points. If the titan is summoned into a space that isn’t large enough to contain it, the summoning fails, and the scroll is wasted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
adventure to further detail the city. Read or paraphrase the following when you’re ready to begin: The city of Sagorpur is teeming with onlookers enjoying the Shankha Trials. The final event of this great
her fans—is about to perform. Her name passes through the crowd with a buzz of excitement. The characters have a clear view of her performance. Read the following description for those who watch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Ancestors’ Danse House Anyone in the city can provide directions to the Ancestors’ Danse House, and the characters find it easily. The structure is a combination mausoleum and dance hall, a place
. Read the following when the characters enter: A captivating drumbeat grows louder as the Blue leads you along a corridor set with archways, at the end of which a cavernous ballroom opens up. Half the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Silver Tapir Monastery The Silver Tapir Monastery is approximately 15 miles from the Basket, a journey that takes 5 hours at a normal pace. As the characters approach, read the following description
Realm. She believes this can be done—though it hasn’t been tried before. The Hammock of Worlds is traditionally employed only at dusk during a ritual dance, one the Green Doctors are prepared to host this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Using This Supplement This document and the 2024 Player’s Handbook contain all you need to run the adventure. The following appendixes are included: Appendix A provides stat blocks for the creatures
like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, twelve bullywugs lounge in the squalor. That number doubles at night. If characters walk into the barracks during daytime, read the text below aloud. If they sneak in or enter in the middle of the
staircase on the third round. Three mud-spattered chests are shoved into the sheltered space behind the staircase. These contain much of the bullywugs’ accumulated pay. Dralmorrer Borngray pays them with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, twelve bullywugs lounge in the squalor. That number doubles at night. If characters walk into the barracks during daytime, read the text below aloud. If they sneak in or enter in the middle of the
staircase on the third round. Three mud-spattered chests are shoved into the sheltered space behind the staircase. These contain much of the bullywugs’ accumulated pay. Dralmorrer Borngray pays them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gate to open for 1 minute. The dance requires 1 minute to perform. Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the
Weapons The racks contain a total of twenty suits of dwarf-sized scale mail, twenty battleaxes, twenty war picks, and twenty steel shields emblazoned with the symbol of Dumathoin. All the equipment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
held between the bulette-shaped bookends. Eight of the books contain essays pertaining to the eight schools of magic, one book dedicated to each school. The cover and the pages of the ninth book appear
. Halaster’s spellbook contains the following spells: Bigby’s hand, color spray, crown of madness, enlarge/reduce, fabricate, false life, gaseous form, gust of wind, hold monster, ice storm, jump, maze, Otto’s irresistible dance, reverse gravity, sleet storm, and weird.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Beginning the Adventure The adventurers are traveling through a canyon when they receive a telepathic distress signal. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: You’re traveling through a
of air shimmers with intense heat, and the canyon’s colors seem to dance, undulating under the searing sun.
The eerie silence is broken by a deep, baritone voice. “Hello, can you help me?”
No
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Kollema Hall and step inside, read or paraphrase the following text: Kollema Hall has been transformed. Music, color, and laughter fill the airy space as masked and impeccably dressed students and faculty
has been turned into a dance floor. Above it all, banners depicting Strixhaven heroes hang amid drifting lanterns glowing with soft light.
Students don’t need to present their invitations to gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wardrobe, read: A plain white dress yellowed with age flies out of the wardrobe and begins to dance in the middle of the room. The dress flaps around to the music of the storm. If anyone touches the dancing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
gymnasium, a music or dance hall, or a cleverly built gauntlet of traps and hazards. It might contain inanimate targets (for weapon practice), padded mats, and other equipment. One of the facility’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Beginning the Adventure Read the following boxed text to the players to kick off the adventure: A fungal plague is ravaging the Sword Coast, spreading quickly from one settlement to the next
. Although magic has proven effective at ridding individuals of the spore infection, the plague is spreading too quickly to contain. Creatures that become infected fall ill with a fever and sprout disgusting
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
dance to any tune.
— Volo
To feel the thunder of orcish war drums outside the gate and to hear a chorus of voices growling, “Gruumsh!” is the nightmare of every civilized place in
return from a raid.
The gaze of the One Eye brings madness to many an orc.
— Elminster
Roleplaying an Orc
When you’re roleplaying an orc, the following tables contain possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
The Monster Manual and Volo’s Guide to
Monsters contain stat blocks for most of the creatures found in this adventure. You don’t need the latter reference to run Tomb of Annihilation, as all the necessary stat blocks from Volo’s Guide to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, various townsfolk can point in the direction the verbeeg went after stealing the casks. As the characters make their way to the edge of the forest, read: A figure in cold weather clothing lurches out of
the woods into plain view, running as fast as he can through the deep snow. Slung over his back are a pair of animal traps, one of which appears to contain a panicked fox.
The figure is Fef Moryn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
characters might be locals. Or they might be dragon hunters who’ve heard of a black dragon in the area, a threat they’re determined to end. To begin the adventure, read or paraphrase the following text
. Sizzling streams of acid flow down the streets. Villagers rush about, shouting for loved ones and struggling to contain the damage.
Near the shore, flames leap from the windows of a low-roofed building
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Scriptoria Collections When the characters head down the stairs to the Scriptoria Collections, read or paraphrase the following: As you make your way down the winding staircase, the passage’s gloom
his career, Quenthorne shifted his interest to the evolution of magical creatures, especially those associated with spellcasters, so the records contain a dazzling assortment of information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Adventure Overview This adventure begins when the characters read the story of the lost golem in Alkazaar’s Appendix and discover the magic picture in the book. The picture-portal can teleport the
known as the Hall of Rainbows that could contain clues to the golem’s origin. But the Bedine also warn that the cave complex is in the territory of a deadly purple worm. The adventurers travel to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Crumbling Tower When the characters approach the tower site, read the following: Amid a grove of gnarled scrub trees stands a half-fallen stone tower. Rough workers’ tents, piles of timbers, and
rusted. The tents show signs of recent occupation (cultists who don’t live in the village bunk here, near the temple) but contain no personal effects. Characters who search the site can see that inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, which contain their belongings but nothing of value. The Dancing Fire Stanimir introduces himself and welcomes the characters to his camp. If they deliver Duchess Morwen’s warning, read: Stanimir laughs
camped on the hill outside the gates of Daggerford, near the road. Guards atop the walls watch the camp closely at all hours. When the characters approach the camp, read: As the evening grows dark, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Guide to Monsters and Tomb of Annihilation. Text that appears in a box like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a
specific circumstance, as described in the text.
The Monster Manual, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, and Tomb of Annihilation contain stat blocks for most of the creatures found herein, and a handful of new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
use their actions to chant and dance about. To complete the ritual, the druids must chant for 10 consecutive rounds, with at least one of them chanting each round. If a round goes by and none of the
are present when the druids complete the ritual, read: A thirty-foot-tall plant creature bursts out of the statue, sending twigs and earth flying. The creature resembles a dead treant with green
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Master’s Guide. Mortuary Portals d6 Portal Anchor Portal Key 1 Body bag Vial of embalming fluid 2 Bone-filled ossuary Mourning dance 3 Funerary urn Spoken eulogy 4 Eye of a giant’s skull Two gold coins
5 Open casket Flower from a grave 6 Pile of ashes Dead creature’s keepsake When the characters enter the Mortuary for the first time, read or paraphrase the following text: An unsettling chill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, you huddle by my side. I destroy, I dance; I forge swords, I eat plants. Click to see the answer! Flames
I have teeth yet cannot bite. I have no blade, yet I’m worth more to most adventurers than any
answer! Ruin
I’ll consume anything but contain nothing. Where there’s emptiness, I am there. If you see me, despair. Click to see the answer! Void
Most are well hidden, though adventurers can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Amphitheater (DAARKEN) Music, dance, poetry, drama, comedy, and satire are all performed and celebrated in the amphitheaters of Theros. These public spaces are also the scene of secret hand offs
. Many performers moonlight as assassins, spies, and thieves, given their talents and resources, and as such many amphitheaters contain hidden shrines to Phenax. Amphitheater Adventures Adventures in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Random Treasure
The following pages contain tables that you can use to randomly generate treasures carried by monsters, stashed in their lairs, or otherwise hidden away. The placement of
determine the incidental treasure left behind by the monster’s victims.
Use the Individual Treasure table that corresponds to the monster’s challenge rating. Roll a d100, and read the result across to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Encounters in the Forge
Map 3.5: Bel’s Forge View Player Version The following descriptions correspond to areas marked on map 3.5. F1. Descent to the Forge Read the following boxed text to the
giants despise Bel but are bound by magic to do as he demands. The chains that bind them can’t be broken or unlocked except by Bel. F3. Weapons Rack These racks contain weapons awaiting delivery to the