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Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
are captivated by music, though they can’t distinguish a well-played performance from a bad one. If anyone plays an instrument or sings in the campestris’ vicinity, the little creatures will
a song or a piece of music three or four times, the creature remembers it forever.
Campestris vary widely in color, from white to tan to dark brown, but they always have red or purple caps and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
distinguish a well-played performance from a bad one. If anyone plays an instrument or sings in the campestris’ vicinity, the little creatures will happily sing along, each in an obnoxiously nasal
creature remembers it forever.
Campestris vary widely in color, from white to tan to dark brown, but they always have red or purple caps and speckles. A campestri moves by manipulating the mycelium that
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
as the Lords of Dust — scheme to unleash their ancient masters. The overlords gain strength when mortals embrace the dark paths laid down for them. And as they grow stronger, they gain more influence
empowers warlocks and whispers secrets into the minds of wizards and artificers, helping them master spells and create relics they could never shape on their own. But few of those inspired by Sul
Species
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
themselves falling through portals to other planes and worlds.
Kender sometimes amass impressive collections of curiosities. Some might collect mundane knickknacks or relics from magical sites, while
example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature that has the Construct type.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in the D&D
Criminal / Spy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
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Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves’ tools
Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch
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I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying.
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I turn tail and run when things look bad.
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An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.
Aasimar
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Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dark eyes
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Starkly colored hair
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An unusual hue tinting your shadow
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A ghostly halo crowning your head
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Rainbows gleaming on your skin
Creating Your Character
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character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
additional 20 feet, or make the gem go dark.
Turn the dagger into a compass that, while resting on Artus’s palm, points north.
Cast dimension door from the dagger. Once this property is used
must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
deactivated shield guardian that once served as a wizard’s bodyguard. The wizard died from extreme bad luck decades ago — he fell out of a tree during a particularly bad bout of blue mist fever, hit his
finds footprints in the dirt — evidence of nomadic tribes of goblins, grungs, and vegepygmies that revere the construct as a lesser god. They trim back the jungle vines and creepers that would
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
type of gaming set, thieves’ tools
Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Criminal Origins
Criminals are pervasive in Baldur
tail and run when things look bad.
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An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
— Elminster
Search, Destroy, Repeat
When a tribe is on the move, orc
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
protect against psychic damage or mental intrusion. The centerpiece of a sapphire dragon’s hoard is usually a cataloged, orderly collection of war gear, which can contain ancient relics of
the lair.
Cobweb-Choked Tunnels. Adventurers who manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
construct made of dark wood and riveted iron. Its helmed head stares blindly in your direction. Cobwebs stretch from this terrible artifice to the wrecked furniture that surrounds it. This room was
once a wizard’s bedchamber. The construct is an incapacitated shield guardian. Its control amulet can be found in area X9.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Dark fantasy is as much a genre of fantasy as it is a genre of horror. Generally, any tale featuring both supernatural elements and horror themes might be considered dark fantasy
, whether it’s a fantasy story steeped in horror elements or an otherwise realistic world that features a supernatural terror. Dark fantasy refers to fantasy worlds where grim themes, nihilistic plots, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
towers of Skyway, in the deepest depths of the Cogs, or anywhere in between. At the end of this chapter is an introductory adventure, “Forgotten Relics,” set in Sharn. Sharn can be a grim place that
makes good people bad and bad people worse. In its mean streets, gritty detectives contend with corrupt law officers while trying to foil the efforts of merciless gangs and monstrous thugs. In the highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Adventure Sites Evil is entrenched and effective in dark fantasy domains, truths reflected by grandiose adventure locations. Their size and grandeur seem out of proportion with the
common structures of the domain and the magic that helped create them is clearly beyond the reach of mere mortals to create or destroy. Dark Fantasy Adventure Sites d8 Adventure Site
1 An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Bad Dreams The characters’ sleep in the slave pen is troubled and fitful, filled with strange dreams and disturbing images. Dark shadows seem to move and reach out toward them as the characters
crawling masses of maggots or insects. At least one or more of the characters should wake in a cold sweat from these nightmares after every rest, feeling as though something is out there in the dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
; ancient relics there might hold the secrets of daelkyr flesh-warping, Gatekeeper planar spells, or the military magic of the Dhakaani. Expeditions into Dhakaani ruins tend toward heroic fantasy. The
dangers lurking there range from ancient traps and Construct guardians crafted by long-dead goblinoids to subterranean monsters that lair in the ruins. Adventures involving the remnants of the Daelkyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
knucklehead trout, while most of the others spend their days in the forest felling and hewing the trees that are used to construct boats and buildings. Lonelywood’s timber is taken by cart to be sold in other
thick forest looming behind it conceals the dark and sordid dealings that sometimes transpire there. Despite its attraction to criminals and miscreants, Lonelywood is not a place where folk murder each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
remaining loyal Children of Ankhtepot
4 A blessing granted to those who survive both the Breath of the Forgotten and the Breath of the False
5 A set of relics holy to the old gods of Har’Akir
6 The manifestation of a joyous song sung by Muhar’s people
7 The soul of an innocent healer who resembles the pharaoh as he was in life
8 The soul of a character, perhaps one with an Echoing Soul (a Dark Gift detailed in chapter 1)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
golem fueled by radiant energy and other creatures from the Giant Construct Encounters table in chapter 3. Guiding Whispers A voice whispers into a character’s dreams, leading the character toward the
destroy the sand’s guardians from the Giant Construct Encounters table (see chapter 3), and fill a vial with the magical sand, the giant helps them create a sentient magic item. Ravenous Star An azer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Domains of Dread, where creatures born in darkness dwell. This “gift” was thrust upon them by mysterious entities called the Dark Powers, as a boon for their kindness toward strangers. The Vistani
believe that ravens carry lost souls within them. Hence, killing a raven is considered bad luck in Vistani culture.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Temple Reliquary The dwarves kept many precious relics here. 39a. Despoiled Gallery The duergar have destroyed the relics on display here, including statues atop pedestals, stone tablets on
encasing each niche is easily broken, allowing access to the fragment inside. Shattering the glass in a niche causes the light in that niche to go dark. Treasure. The jade staff is presently broken into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Banshee Wailing Harbinger of Death Habitat: Any; Treasure: Relics Heralds of doom and plagues on the living, banshees are spirits obsessed by unresolved bitterness or sorrow. These storied phantoms
Wail (1/Day). The banshee releases a mournful wail if it isn’t in sunlight. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 13, each creature within 30 feet that can hear the wail and isn’t a Construct or an Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Clay Golem Guardian of Home and Heart Habitat: Urban; Treasure: Relics Clay golems are magical defenders made from earth and clay to protect places or communities. The materials used in creating clay
sight.
3 Prevent any Fiend from crossing a bridge.
4 Remove any who enter its creator’s workshop.
Clay Golem Large Construct, Unaligned
AC 14 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 123 (13d10 + 52
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
intrusion. The centerpiece of a sapphire dragon’s hoard is usually a cataloged, orderly collection of war gear, which can contain ancient relics of immense power.
Creating a Sapphire Dragon
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manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set with natural steps and shelves throughout. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Sir Ursas The warrior Sir Ursas strikes an imposing figure—a massive, muscular warrior with one arm replaced with a grizzly bear’s paw grafted at the elbow. He grows his dark hair long and shaggy
temple. Ursas is aware that Lynx has knowledge of other missing components that might relate to the Tomb of Horrors. Mechanical Guide Sir Ursas offers the characters the services of a magical construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
non-drow, since the dark elves don’t want to take the chance that the construct will be turned against them. Retriever
Large construct, lawful evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 210
Retriever The retriever is a potent, spider-like construct conceived and built by the drow for one original purpose — to prowl the Abyss and capture demons for the drow to enslave or use in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
to the divine. Forged from the souls of those who had proven their unwavering devotion, eidolons stalk temples and vaults, places where miracles have been witnessed and relics enshrined, to ensure
relics it is charged with guarding. Sacred Guardians. Creating an eidolon requires a spirit of fanatical devotion — that of an individual who, in life, served with unwavering faithfulness. Upon death, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dwell in the deep, or you could be a warlock who’s forged a pact with a Great Old One patron, one of the dark powers in the depths. Pride in Possessions. From the wealthiest clan lord to the humblest
know the battles it has seen and the warriors who have wielded it before you. This is especially true of the relics recovered from the Realm Below. Who forged the blade you carry? Do you bear a trinket from a forgotten age?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dark.)
Animated Ballistae. Parked in front of the door to area 22a are two animated ballistae.
Each animated ballista is a Large wood-and-iron construct with AC 15, 50 hit points, a walking speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
a conquering army on the Material Plane. These fearsome Constructs obey their summoners until they are dismissed to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the
Collector Large Construct, Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 189 (18d10 + 90)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
21 (+5)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
20 (+5)
INT
5 (−3)
WIS
11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Quest Goals To complete the Axeholm Quest, adventurers must kill or drive out all the monsters in the fortress. AXEHOLM FEATURES
In the dwarves’ absence, Axeholm has become a dark, sullen tomb
, full of dust and bad memories. It’s quiet most of the time, except when the sorrowful wails of the banshee fill the place. The following features are common throughout.
Arrow Slits. When using an arrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
might say words to Tymora before any endeavor in which a little good luck would help, but not when an incidence of bad luck might occur. (On such occasions folk pray to Beshaba to spare them from bad
left with the stranger as payment for Tymora’s favor. If it’s not, the stranger can choose to keep it (and the bad luck) or return it. Those who favor Tymora — as distinct from folk who invoke her name
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Construct. In the center of the room is a Huge scorpion constructed from metal. (This is an incomplete scaladar that is not active.)
11b. Scaladar Guards. Two scaladar (see appendix A) guard this room and
. Trobriand’s Body The body of a frail man in dark robes lies atop a stone slab near the south wall. The man has long, wavy hair and a thick beard the color of iron, and he wears a metal ring on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
elemental power of the Endless Rockslide hold the key to a mage’s research. The mage offers a manual of golems (clay) in exchange for help in overcoming guardians from the Giant Construct Encounters table
(see chapter 3). Dangerous Beauty Stone giant artisans find inspiration in the Endless Rockslide and create beautiful works from its material, but a fomorian warlock of the dark (see chapter 6) curses