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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Self-Preservation"}.Since the Mournland’s earliest days, Glaive has wielded her namesake weapon in service to the Lord of Blades’ bloody conquest of the
blighted region. Among the blades, Glaive is best known for her talent at self-modification. “Glaive” is etched onto the back of her neck-plate. It is the only name Glaive has ever known
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raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
haul as much food and booty as possible back to the tribe’s den, every tribe has a sturdy war wagon. Since orcs are poor crafters, most of their wagons are stolen from human or dwarven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q20. South Alcove A red velvet curtain hangs in front of an alcove in the southeast corner of this hall. It ripples ever so slightly. One of the narrow windows in the back of the alcove has a broken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Lair of the Thessalhydra When the characters step out of an oversized flower (like the one they stepped into in the Upside Down), they are back in the Material Plane — home. In fact, they are pretty
while it sleeps. If the characters have already killed the thessalhydra, the trogs begin to worship them as their new gods. Area 5. At the back of this cave is an area that appears wet, like a mud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
After the Battle Once the characters deal with the vicious Elementals, their problems aren’t over. The ground heaves as a small earthquake ripples through the area. Characters must succeed on a DC 12
companions right their cart, Ameyali can answer the characters’ questions. She then asks if her caravan might travel back to Etizalan with them. Along the way, she shares the following information: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
riders wheeling overhead could begin the conquest of a neighboring realm. Or a dragon’s minions might launch an attack in preparation for the dragon establishing a new lair. Rebellion, Revolution
mythical creatures emerge from hiding or a long hibernation. What drove them away, and what is bringing them back? Another possibility is that dragons are responsible for the near-extinction of some other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
to the Lord of Blades’ bloody conquest of the blighted region. Among the blades, Glaive is best known for her talent at self-modification. “Glaive” is etched onto the back of her neck-plate. It is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
five stones at dawn before a long journey, you will always find your way back to the war hearth. Stomping your foot three times and uttering “Gruumsh” wards off bad magic. Symbolic Communication Orcs
territory. Colors of Conquest Three colors have special meaning to all orcs, and they adorn their bodies, possessions, and lairs with pigments that produce those hues. Red ochre is used to represent blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, behind, and on both sides of the main group. The ravens can distinguish between individuals from a great height and navigate over long distances. Thus, a raven can fly back to the main body when it
center of the army, dragging along the equipment of war while surrounded by its users. If slaves have yet to be acquired, goblins and beasts of burden perform this function. Conquest and Occupation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the jungle: A frog-like behemoth with four Omuan hunters riding on its back finds a small boy in the jungle. The hunters seem elated. In the foreground, a young woman wearing a frog mask holds a knife
Kubazan tries to inhabit any character who touches either of the bracers (see "Spirits of the Nine Trickster Gods"). When Kubazan’s spirit manifests, read: The bracers glow as watery light ripples across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the drow to deal with on their own, Yilsebek tries to summon a shadow demon to assist. If defeat is inevitable, Yilsebek casts fly on himself, heads up the ice slide toward area H24, and flees back to
the cube ripples, as it seems to be putting out enough dry heat to warm the room.
A drow mage named Yilsebek Dalambra has turned this partially collapsed Netherese building into an outpost. From
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the south.
The entrance cavern is empty save for the tracks of Humanoid entrants, most of whom stopped here before turning back. A few follow the tunnel to the south. Writing on the Walls. Names
pursue creatures out of the area and sink back into the mud if foes flee. Treasure. The mounds encase the desiccated remains of two adventures slain by the mud elementals. The adventurers were sent by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
with a jagged black crown on his brow and a spiky black gauntlet on one hand. His crown and gauntlet are made of chardalyn. DEEP DUERRA
Deep Duerra is a lawful evil god of conquest and psionic power
their thralls.
While in this temple, Xardorok has the following additional trait: Psychic Conquest. Xardorok deals an extra 5 (1d10) psychic damage to any creature he hits with a weapon attack, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of War, is
one of many deities seeking
followers to carry their
faith back to Krynn The characters wake after having the vision and find nothing out of the ordinary. They realize the object in
find a holy symbol for their chosen deity. As soon as a character touches the amulet, a pulse of divine energy ripples from them, causing the amulet to vanish from their hands. The pulse flattens the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
shrouded in mist. Alagarthas bows to you, then leaps into the lake. As he plunges into the water, ripples fan out across its surface. After a minute, the forest scene fades away and the beacons go out
one by one.
Alagarthas is transported safely back to his home in the Misty Forest on the world of Toril, as is any other creature that enters the water before the scene fades away. Any character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the gods come to collect such souls and, if they are worthy, they are taken to their awaited afterlife in the deity’s domain. Occasionally, the faithful are sent back to be reborn into the world to
Crossed silver battleaxes Deep Duerra, duergar goddess of conquest and psionics LE Arcana, War Mind flayer skull Dugmaren Brightmantle, god of discovery CG Knowledge Open book Dumathoin, god of buried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
to hear something other than the same tales of conquest Vrakir’s armies always tell. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check can command Kalimrax’s rapt attention for up to 1
protrude from the walls. Two iron chests stand in the back corners of the room.
Six duergar are sleeping here on the stone slabs that serve as their beds. They wear their armor and keep their weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Underdark and brought it back here. If the characters challenge the duergar, the two enlarged ones remove the sack covering the umber hulk’s head and release the creature, after which all four
ranges from forty feet high down to twenty feet high along the south wall. The source of the smoke and heat is a ten-foot-tall stone forge shaped like a pyramid with its peak sheared off. Ripples of heat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Trees and vines coil to hinder movement.
7 71 Animal tracks appear where nothing walks.
8 72 A celestial lynx paces back and forth across the night sky.
Omens of Pharika d6 d100
appears in someone’s drink.
2 94 The tide goes out (or in) at the wrong time.
3 95 The sound of crashing waves fills the air.
4 96 Ripples in water form patterns of ships and sea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the obsidian insignia scarabs of House Freth can ignore. The back wall is lined with boxes arrayed on shelves. Inside these boxes are thirty shortswords, thirty hand crossbows, and several hundred
pregnancy interfere with her work: the destruction of House Auvryndar and the conquest of Undermountain. A string of military defeats has left Erelal in no mood to entertain visitors, and her brother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
chasm, but without much success. The townspeople would prefer to be escorted back to Phandalin, but they can make the trip themselves if the characters express urgency in rescuing the other kidnapped
: confusion, fear
J8: Burbling Intersection Phosphorescent fungus growing throughout this side tunnel ripples with iridescent colors, and the walls glisten with a thin, moist sheen of mucus.
Natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
trickling back into the Cage. Called “mage drinkers” by the few who remember them, the aged Incantifers siphon magic to sustain their ancient power. Disturbed residents murmur about the Incanterium’s
to most, Incantifers step into the tower as if it were porous, leaving ripples behind them as they enter and emerge. When the Tower Sorcerous disappeared from Sigil, it left behind an empty lot. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
two shadowy figures stare at the back wall. This wide space is filled with diaphanous web strands. The webbing is thicker on the far side of the room, away from the two wide passages leading away
spiders aid the ashenwights by picking off characters who hang back. The phase spiders fight to the death, but if one ashenwight is killed, the other flees or surrenders. An interrogated ashenwight fumes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
and became enchanted by it. The chimera now lairs on a crag at the back of the ravine. Over the years, the magic of the garden kindled a spark of understanding in the creature. He is indifferent
trespassers to back away from their den. The cub is indifferent—curious but skittish. What the Bears Know. The bears’ attitudes improve by one step if the characters offer them food or if a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
. Throne Swarm Trap. The 20-foot-tall white throne is a magic trap that the Thayans might use if desperate. When any non-undead creature climbs onto it, a swarm of stinging insects pours out of the back of
gate. North of the gate is a contact stone.
If the pigs from area 19 rush into this room, they move unwittingly toward the skeletons, knocking half of them prone before retreating back into the pigpen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
a former occupant. The back of this coffin hides a panel with a latch that causes the wall behind it to swing aside. A character who searches the coffin or wall and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence
slide it through the grate with a successful DC 18 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. If this check fails by 5 or more, the harp falls back into the pit. A cultist of Vecna tried to lever the harp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
before it starts biting. If reduced to 10 hit points or fewer, the spider retreats into a nearby narrow fissure. However, it attacks again when the characters come back through this area. Treasure. If the
Gorkoh (N male goblin) came with him. Caerhan and the other members of his adventuring party had spared Gorkoh’s life a few months back when they cleared out a temple to Maglubiyet, the chief of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the pool of water that fills the center of the area. Ripples spread across the surface as if the water has been recently disturbed. Around the cavern, narrow alcoves hold enormous globes of blue liquid
succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be drawn into the globe and unable to pass back through its boundary. As an action, a trapped creature can free itself with a successful DC 15 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
area H8, promising to release Sildar when they bring back Klarg’s head. Sildar groggily warns the characters that they shouldn’t trust the goblin, and he’s right. If the characters take the deal
”) and his mangy pet wolf, Ripper. The bugbear is filled with delusions of grandeur and views himself as a mighty king just beginning his career of conquest. He refers to himself in the third person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
commissioned out of appreciation and affection, but defaced it when she believed the general betrayed her. The face is completely destroyed. Gouged across its back in Old Omuan are the words “Forgive me
take up positions in trees, on walls, or on rooftops. Their job is not to attack intruders on sight, but to alert Zalkoré and be ready to back up whatever she does. Treasure. Characters who search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
along the wall’s length. The fresco on the east wall shows an armored knight on the back of a red dragon flying across the landscape. This pair appears in multiple scenes along the wall, with the dragon’s
frescoes on the walls between exits feature scenes of conquest, each lorded over by a githyanki warrior mounted on an enormous red dragon. A column of shimmering air connects large shafts in the floor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Cinderhild and then ransoming her back to her parents. If ordered to surrender, she tells the characters that she’s willing to pretend to be their prisoner until her father gives them what they want
clanging of metal and see ripples of heat throughout this brightly lit area. Those who linger here are susceptible to the effects of extreme heat (see the “Wilderness Survival” section in chapter 5 of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Shaydun, the centaurs’ leader, approaches the characters. She doesn’t know how the characters arrived in the canyon, but she’s willing to help them find a way back to the Lost Caverns if they help
. A character who studies the ceiling and succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check notices faint ripples in its surface, like that of a pool. Pentacles. A 10-foot-diameter, 20-foot-tall cylinder of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Grolantor is often mistaken for a hill, and sometimes people erect standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for
its ancient campaigns of conquest, preferably at the head of a fire giant army. Cradle of the Fire Scion Gargantuan Elemental, Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 555