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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
short, thin, gnarled woman swathed in a tattered dress with petticoats. Cracked white face paint plasters her features, with crimson splotches on her cheeks and thick mascara coating her sparse
eyelashes. Underneath her makeup, her flesh is textured like rotten bark and infested with wood lice and fungus. The windup key sticking out of her back is a part of her body and no easier to remove than one
Magic Items
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower must be empty to shrink in
this way. The tower bristles with muddy knobs that constantly extrude and retract across its surface, as though the tower were breathing through a coating of thick mud.
Each creature in the area where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Achieving Victory If the adventurers succeed, they achieve a great victory with two demon lords banished back to the Abyss. The creatures under the demon lords’ influence eventually return to normal
afflicted by demonic corruption. The myconids also declare their intention to cleanse their home of Zuggtmoy’s lingering influence. The removal of Juiblex from the Underdark causes most oozes and related
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
locations are in relation to one another. While the spatial distortion can be unsettling to visitors, it affords you the following benefits as a DM: You can decide how long it takes for characters to get
from one place to the next. For example, the characters might need to travel 6 miles to get from Fort Knucklebone to Haruman’s Hill, and 60 miles to get from Haruman’s Hill back to Fort Knucklebone. If
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ serpent gods into their religions. These victories sent a constant influx of food, ore, and slaves back to the home cities.
The wealth of the empire allowed the ruling elite plenty of time to
royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite.
There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
rapidly grows into a stout tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower
must be empty to shrink in this way. The tower bristles with muddy knobs that constantly extrude and retract across its surface, as though the tower were breathing through a coating of thick mud. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
door is a jittery bullywug with a spear, and behind this guard is a wooden crate with hunting gear piled atop it. Huddled in the back of the hut are four more bullywugs. Tension hangs heavy in the
. Illig regards Gullop XIX as a witless buffoon unworthy of the crown and plans to declare himself the rightful king. He proudly shows off a drawing on the mud floor that depicts a crude image of Gullop XIX
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
question Dirlagraun, it quietly cautions them that some things go missing from the Witchlight Carnival and never come back. Before it can say more, Viro, the older of the two boys, picks up a mirrored ball
from the lost property wagon. In a rare moment of anger, Dirlagraun snatches the ball back with a snarl and a flick of its tentacle, causing Viro to dash away in fright. Unable to leave the younger boy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, thin, gnarled woman swathed in a tattered dress with petticoats. Cracked white face paint plasters her features, with crimson splotches on her cheeks and thick mascara coating her sparse eyelashes
. Underneath her makeup, her flesh is textured like rotten bark and infested with wood lice and fungus. The windup key sticking out of her back is a part of her body and no easier to remove than one of her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
prisoners back to their encampment and tie them to cactus or rock formations. There, victims wait until the sun sets and the newly hatched young emerge from the lair to eat them alive. Prideful Hunters
need or want. They do, however, know how to melt down scavenged metal to forge crude weapons and tools. The shells of tlincalli have a poisonous coating that can be boiled off without losing its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
3. Roost of the Conch This room is constructed of large stone blocks, buttressed in the corners. The walls are wet and slimy, and mud covers most of the floor in a thin coating. To the east and west
follow, but will take to marching back and forth in front of the boulder and will continue to threaten the party if they approach again. If the crayfish is attacked, it will immediately call forth its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
wrong most of the time. 6 Alarm horns declare that undead are attacking Malar’s Throat. Mercenaries keep the monsters out of the city proper, but people are trapped in the temple of Tymora and
gold piece to stake her for gambling, promising to pay it back. If the character agrees, the tabaxi makes good on her promise the next day, returning a pouch containing 10 gp. 9 A thief (spy) tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Roll initiative. The ball uses its initial actions to bounce off the walls and strike at characters, trying to get them to strike back. When a character’s attack hits the ball, it bounces off the south
attacks the ball successfully sends it flying south up to 15 feet. To knock the ball into the southern goal, the ball must be within 15 feet of the goal, and a player must declare that the character
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
this description. Notably, cards from the Deck of Many More Things are more likely to be beneficial, though about a third of them are still dangerous.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many
, while leaving your hands free.
Celestial. You sprout a pair of softly luminescent, feathered wings from your back and gain a flying speed of 30 feet.
Construct. A homunculus appears in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
itself. The skull now has the power to enlarge the gelatinous cube, and the skull’s glassy coating protects it from the cube’s digestive acid. Removing the skull from the gelatinous cube causes the cube
inside it at a time. It can make up to four Pseudopod attacks on its turn, and it makes Strength checks and Strength saving throws with advantage. When the cube shrinks back to normal size, any creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
back in and acts just as the old Oddlewin did, using Oddlewin’s stat block. Characters who succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check notice Oddlewin casts multiple shadows on the ground
this deck from a riffler in the Feywild many years ago (rifflers are presented in chapter 21). Oddlewin doesn’t declare the number of card draws when he uses the deck for fortune-telling, so the cards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
folk covers formal banquets, state dinners, and the like. Once a contact has helped or hindered a character, the character needs to carouse again to get back into the NPC’s good graces. A contact
contacts don’t count toward this limit — only ones that can be used at any time to declare an NPC as a contact. Complications. Characters who carouse risk bar brawls, accumulating a cloud of nasty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
philosophical debate that stretches back generations. Zisatta’s group, the Djaynaists, believe in cultivating the Janyan people’s connection to their original homeland, Djaynai. Brother Broumane’s group, the
Sides. The easiest route to gaining the information the characters need is to declare support for one High Court member’s philosophy. This earns the chosen person’s favor, but the other leaves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. Everyone must also succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take an extra 2d8 acid damage. Players who declare immediately that their characters are covering their faces and getting out of the chamber
something to fall back on if everything went sour (she never mentioned that last part to Rezmir). Inside are a string of pearls (300 gp), a gold-and-sapphire ring (900 gp), and a pouch containing a half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take an extra 2d8 acid damage. Players who declare immediately that their characters are covering their faces and getting out of the chamber as quickly as
raids. Mondath persuaded Rezmir to let her keep them, and she promised to bring them with her when she travels north for the ceremony at the Well of Dragons. In truth, she wanted something to fall back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Tresendar Manor, read the following: Many of the crumbled walls of the manor show signs of having been recently rebuilt, but even that newer stonework has been toppled and smashed, coating everything in the
. Any character who succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check after the fight starts notices that one of the jackals (Hamebi in animal form) wears a satchel slung across its back. Tactics. Hamebi
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
to make good on their promise to kill Big Momma. Before giving them the Wildspace orrery, Topolah explains how it works: “This gizmo shows you where you are in relation to the planets, moons, and sun
destination, use the orrery to get your bearings.”
As they leave her tower and head back to their ship, she wishes them luck saving their world from annihilation. If Krux and the characters no longer have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Unless a card allows you to draw additional cards, any cards drawn exceeding this number have no
, down, across vertical surfaces, and along ceilings, while leaving your hands free. Celestial. You sprout a pair of softly luminescent, feathered wings from your back and gain a flying speed of 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
completed her transformation into a lichen lich, she had no more need of it. At the back of the cave lurks a strange bundle of white poison ivy with a single bulbous eye in the center (use the death tyrant
Zuggtmoy (see “Malady of Zuggtmoy” earlier in the adventure). The vision is fleeting, and characters who experience it find themselves back inside the faerie ring when it concludes. L6. Flooded Cavern A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dal Quor and Eberron and disrupting the cycle of the planes. As a result, Dal Quor is always remote in relation to the Material Plane, and no manifest zones are tied to Dal Quor. The only way to reach
expended. 3 Spells and abilities that raise the dead have a 50 percent chance to bring back 1d4 angry spirits as well. These might be banshees, ghosts, shadows, specters, wraiths, or other incorporeal undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
declare no allegiances, Artha warmly invites them to join the Guardians of Gorm, then escorts the party to area B12 to meet the faction’s leader, Kanadius. If the characters insult Gorm or claim to
worship Madarua or Usamigaras, Artha tells the characters to turn back or suffer Gorm’s thunderous wrath. If the characters attack the guardians or refuse to heed their warnings, the guardians produce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Barred Door. A back door leads out to the street. This sturdy wooden door is barred shut on the inside. Forcing it open from the outside requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check and makes a
with 50 hit points remaining and has no poison coating his weapons, reducing his challenge rating to 3 (700 XP). He’s trying to kick open the door to area G15b in a desperate attempt to capture Lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
laden with cakes, teapots, teacups, and cutlery. Two of the guests are motionless and silent, but the others are engaged in spirited conversation. At the back of the pavilion, a string quartet of
declare their allegiance to the hags, saying, “What fine ladies they are. Their names should be Sweetness, Kindness, and Charity, for all the good they do!” (The badgers aren’t evil, just misguided
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
world. Meenlocks like to paralyze creatures with their claws, drag them back to their hidden den, beat them unconscious, and telepathically torture them over a period of hours. A humanoid that succumbs to
normal mind flayer. The most obvious difference is the lack of the mind flayer’s ever-present mucus coating. Without that protection, an alhoon’s skin becomes dry and cracked. Its eyes might appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Bare counters line the walls, and a few metallic trays are scattered about.
Along one wall are several metal boxes, each of which has a tinted-glass door and a dial. Toward the back of the room, a
enter. The androids wield scalpels and can deal piercing damage with their Force Strikes instead of force damage. The androids declare the character with the fewest hit points their new patient and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
extend back from its nostrils to line its brow, and cluster on its jutting lower jaw. A blue dragon’s scales vary in color from an iridescent azure to a deep indigo, polished to a glossy finish by the
surroundings. Its wings have a dappled pattern, darker near the leading edges and lighter toward the trailing edges. A green dragon’s legs are longer in relation to its body than with any other dragon