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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille reflection. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete ends the curse and
saving throw is successful or if the effect ends on it, the target is immune to the Horrific Reflection of all vargouille reflections for 1 hour.Vargouille;Vargouilles are flying Fiends that resemble
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo depicts protective imagery and uses ink that resembles liquid metal.
Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where
you want the tattoo to appear, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete, the needle turns into the ink that becomes the tattoo, which appears on
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo depicts clawlike forms and other jagged shapes.
Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo
to appear, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete, the needle turns into the ink that becomes the tattoo, which appears on the skin.
If your
College of Lore
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Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or
elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held
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—knowledge of the people who constructed the monument and the mythic saga it depicts. A stern human warrior bangs his sword rhythmically against his scale mail, setting the tempo for his war chant
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
minutes. When the halflings’ sandcastle is complete, show players the accompanying Skalderang Conservatory sandcastle illustration (map 7.1), which depicts the location from two points of view. The characters can use the sandcastle to help plan their heist. Map 7.1: Players’ Map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Barrier Tattoo Wondrous item (tattoo), rarity varies (requires attunement) Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo depicts protective imagery and uses ink that resembles liquid metal. Tattoo
Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo to appear, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
College of Lore Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads
in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
College of Lore Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads
in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
their fellows. Not surprisingly, those who follow Oghma oppose those who foster deceit, trickery, and ignorance. Folk of many professions favor the Binder: wizards, cartographers, artists, bards
had an established orthodoxy and a complete network of temples that adhered to that orthodoxy. Schisms during the Time of Troubles shattered that network, and now the structures that house the faith are individual temples or small networks of allied temples, much in the manner of other faiths.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Eldritch Claw Tattoo Wondrous item (tattoo), uncommon (requires attunement) Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo depicts clawlike forms and other jagged shapes. Tattoo Attunement. To
attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo to appear, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete, the needle turns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete ends the curse and restores the target’s Charisma.
Horrific Reflection (Recharge 5–6). The vargouille’s head mimics that
until the vargouille loses concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). If the target’s saving throw is successful or if the effect ends on it, the target is immune to the Horrific Reflection of all vargouille reflections for 1 hour.
Adrián Ibarra Lugo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Arcane Workshop Map 4.1 depicts an arcane workshop, of a sort commonly constructed by the fabricators of House Cannith. These facilities are well stocked with raw materials, artisans’ tools, and
been modified for use as a servant in the workshop. 5 Storm the workshop before the artificers complete a doomsday weapon. 6 Investigate the workshop for signs of the illegal creation of warforged. 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
others. News and gossip are carried between population centers by caravans and ships that bring in supplies for trade and by traveling bards and minstrels who recount (or invent) stories to inform and
believe that any stalwarts willing to risk their lives on behalf of complete strangers should be lauded and rewarded. But such adventurers, if they become successful, amass wealth and personal status
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
depicts a robed mind flayer with a humanlike grin just visible beneath its facial tentacles. A faint hammering emanates from the statue’s metal base.
This statue depicts Ablinash, a mind flayer zealot
, shouting through the tiny opening atop the base if necessary: Awful Plan. The mind flayers intend to use the captives’ brains to create something called a “new elder brain” when they complete their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
latticework, and beautifully carved rosewood chairs surround a matching table. One wall bears a sumptuous silk hanging that depicts a gold dragon soaring through the clouds.
Grand Secretary
Wei Feng Ying
when Lu Zhong Yin is brought safely back from the Old City and the scholar deems the investigation complete. Finally, the secretary provides the characters with a spell scroll of sending, which they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
minutes to complete after the characters arrive on the scene. If they do nothing but watch, describe how the chanting from inside gets louder, how the weather gets darker and even more dangerous, and how
drink have been pushed aside to make room for a large copper statue at the far side of the room. The statue depicts a four-armed storm god holding lightning bolts in each hand.
Before the statue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
portrait in a gilded frame. The picture depicts a strikingly handsome and impeccably dressed bearded man with small horns protruding from his forehead. He carries a ruby-tipped cane. Any character who
casks of wine used for cult celebrations. Each wardrobe contains five complete outfits of cult regalia sized for adult humans: red robes, devil masks, and wooden amulets shaped in the symbol of Asmodeus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
depicts Sythian Skalderang’s parents, Vexxis and Alyrria. The smaller portraits in the room were painted by Joster and depict Sythian’s students, past and present. C2: Kitchen and Pantry A large pot
grandmother. C7f: Embry’s Room. Odors waft into this room from the kitchen. Embry Hale has a framed painting on one wall that depicts the silhouette of a satyr playing a trumpet (25 gp). Tucked under Embry’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
whom has had her face scratched over with ink.
The portrait depicts a younger Quill standing next to a second figure that has been defaced. A character who examines this figure closely and succeeds
ballroom’s stage is filled with set pieces, props, and costumes. Treasure. Among the many other instruments stored here is Quill’s instrument of the bards (Cli lyre), which is kept in an ornate wooden case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
objects and can’t be broken. Reflections. Reflections in this room take on a life of their own, taunting the creatures who cast them. A creature that converses with its own reflection must succeed on a
damage each round, instead of 5 (1d10). Moon Door. The door from the trap in the final hall depicts the Moon, not a skull. Shorter Halls. The three halls in this trap are far shorter than those in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the golem. M3: Flooded Passage This chamber transitions from natural stone to walls and a floor of worked marble blocks. The passage tilts down to the southwest, where a carving depicts a dragon in
character doesn’t speak to the dragon, the dragon’s bones manifest around the skull as a complete skeleton. Together, they animate as a lesser death dragon (see appendix B) and attack. M8: Wizard’s Workshop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stage against the north wall of this 20-foot-high chamber using wood stolen from elsewhere in Undermountain. Once the stage is complete, the goblins plan to auction slaves and other valuable
a clever character can sell it for 50 gp by convincing a naive buyer that the painting depicts a figure of historical importance; doing so requires a successful DC 13 Charisma (Deception) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
protector, which depicts three black boars running toward the head of the banner on a blood-red field. The current Lord Protector of Triboar is Darathra Shendrel (see appendix D), a Harper agent from
or more characters are members of the Black Network, in which case he gives them a quest. If they complete the quest, he gives them another until they’ve completed three quests. The three quests are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
correspondence between Markos and other nobles. You can decide if these letters are addressed to or written by anyone of significance to the characters. Desk. The desk contains a complete set of
. Characters who examine the maps closely find one that depicts a constellation called the Great Snake. This is the map sought by the nothic Zala Morphus (see area D8c). D22: Storage Rooms Each of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
as an image in a floating crystal depicts a knight being ravaged by a violet-striped saber-toothed tiger. Several similar drifting crystals display other armed individuals exploring ruins and engaging
). Treasure. A character who searches the room finds curios worth 15,000 gp, a dagger of venom, a suit of demon armor, and an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp), all designed with vulpine shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
shrine a popular place for weddings, dedication ceremonies, and other oaths. Legend holds that bards and artists who study their own reflections in the basin for half a day, opening their minds to Oghma’s
patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
climb to the tower’s peak find the statue of Metaltra lying in a corner. The statue depicts a woman in a wizard’s robe, posed as if she is completing a spell. As her statue was being thrown about
from the sky. Determined to finish, the musicians played on as the city hurtled to the ground, but Ythryn crashed before they could finish. Deprived of the opportunity to complete their grand finale
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
popular place for weddings, dedication ceremonies, and other oaths. Legend holds that bards and artists who study their own reflections in the basin for half a day, opening their minds to Oghma’s will
patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
minds.
14. Unfinished Guest Room Dark green tiles cover the floor and ceiling of this room, forming an incomplete mosaic that depicts sahuagin warriors defending an underwater city from a tentacled
twin (area 15) will serve as guest quarters for sahuagin notables once this level is complete and flooded. The coffers are empty. 15. Guest Room Pale blue tiles cover the floor and ceiling of this room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Areas of the Air Temple A1. Palace Quarter Entrance The carved reliefs of two dwarves face one another in profile to complete an arch beyond the ledge. Through the arch, the blocky contours of a lost
power of the horn, the summoned djinni was obligated to complete a single service or task. Torhild tasked the djinni with the daunting task of keeping the palace quarter in good repair – a task he has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the portrait of a smirking nobleman sporting a broken nose and a tangle of hair graying at the temples. Several smaller portraits hang on the north wall. The portrait above the mantel depicts Lord
staircase railing. Framed portraits and mirrors festoon the walls, surrounding you with judging looks and dark reflections. You hear something scratching at one of the many doors. The scratching noise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, supposedly impartial magistrate appointed by the Guvners. Punishments are tailored to fit the crime, and advocates are strongly encouraged. Lawyers and orators, these civil servants include bards
their cells, which are suspended in high-security units that hang from the Prison’s exterior like inverted buttresses. Map 2.3 depicts a section of the Prison that houses one such criminal, the infamous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
turquoise forced into the eye sockets. These twelve pieces of turquoise are worth 10 gp each. 35. Prayer Room This room has walls and ceiling tiled in dark green. A mosaic on the northern wall depicts a
performed for another hour before it is considered complete. Every 10 minutes, one of the priestesses sacrifices a sahuagin hatchling, whose blood rises and feeds the avatar. The priestesses stop