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Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. The avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. The avatar disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or you

guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.

Goblin Psi Commander

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

of their psionic abilities, goblin psi commanders wield blades of pure psychic energy. They can throw barriers of mental force while toppling foes with a single, mind-splitting burst. Psionic

with other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely contained psychic power. Psionic

Monk Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes. Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky

training. Many entered the monastery as children, sent to live there when their parents died, when food couldn’t be found to support them, or in return for some kindness that the monks had performed

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

strongholds, and then decorated with uniquely orcish accessories. A war wagon is a source of great pride for a war chief, comparable to a human army’s banner or flag. Many are clad in armor and

serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to

Boros Legion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Boros armor floated in protective positions over its animate flame. — Doug Beyer, Return to Ravnica: The Secretist Clad in shining armor and fueled by righteous zeal, the soldiers of the Boros

Boros Legion AARON MILLER A brown-bearded, broad-chested man clad in massive-shouldered plate armor led a battalion of soldiers, the symbol of the Boros Legion emblazoned on white cloth draped over

Simic Combine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

the offspring of a giant, blue-carapaced crab and an irate squid. The Simic squad was rounded out by a host of mages clad in scale armor, and improbable hybrid fusions of scaled, finned, and shelled

creatures. — Doug Beyer, Return to Ravnica: The Secretist The secrets of life are revealed in the laboratories of the Simic, and their research notes plumb and catalog nature’s wonders. Their

2. Vast Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

overlooking the trench. The hobgoblins aim to draw out Zox Clammersham, defeat him, seize the ring he uses to control the scaladar, and return the ring to Doomcrown, the hobgoblin warlord on level 14

dotted with the remains of broken machines. Corpses. Two ogres clad in iron armor lie dead among the metal detritus, their flesh pierced by dozens of metal crossbow bolts. The ogres served the hobgoblins until they were shot dead by Zox’s arbalests a few days ago.

Trial by Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

. Bring forth the zodar!” The crowd gives out a collective gasp as the guards part ranks to make way for a creature clad head to toe in a suit of obsidian armor. As it floats toward you, you realize the

steps toward you, a wide smile on her face. “My ring, if you please.” If the characters return Xedalli’s ring of shooting stars, she slides it onto her finger, clenches her fist, and gazes at the

Worshiping Athreos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

offering to each of Theros’s five mightiest deities, hoping to receive a peaceful place among them in return. The gods realized what Athreos’s spirit represented: the first of an endless flood of mortal

Denier. Some legends tell of an ancient shade who has tarried at the banks of the Tartyx longer than any other—a woman, ancient beyond years and clad only in her own flowing hair and sagging skin, who

Servants of the Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

lead them to where the barriers are weakest so they can then slip across planes to their destination. Once at their destination, the shadar-kai watch and wait, looking for the tragedies their queen

might also bring a bit of the sediment as a gift to the Raven Queen. What she would give in return is never known ahead of time, but her boons come in many wondrous forms: the restoration of a lost soul, the rediscovery of a missing memory, or a glimpse into the forgotten knowledge of the ancients.

Hag Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

their lairs inside the hulls of wrecked or abandoned ships. Best of Both Worlds Many hags settle in places where the barriers between the mortal world and the Feywild are thin, making it easy for

exact her vengeance, and no dish of revenge is sweeter than one served cold and to the next three generations of her enemy’s family. Hags hate to be in debt to someone who’s done them a favor spontaneously, outside of any bargain, and so will return favors unexpectedly to such folk. — Elminster

Feygrove

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

might receive a vision; roll on the Visions of Ioun table below. Visions of Ioun 1d6 Vision 1 Minotaurs dig beneath the hill and build a temple to Bahamut and other gods. 2 Minotaurs clad in the

, while the howling has attracted the notice of hungry spiders. Characters willing to free the creature might befriend it or return it to the hags for a favor.

The Final Boat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the smoke-shrouded street. A man runs through the haze toward the wharf, clad in the armor of an Ironclad Regiment mercenary and gripping a horned helmet in his hand. Characters recognize this man

you choose to have Becklin return after the battle, she becomes a valued adviser to the military leaders of Kalaman (detailed in chapter 4).

Broken Silence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, make sure any players involved have chosen gods for their characters. Krynn’s deities and their provinces are listed in this book’s introduction. Visions of Divinity This prelude focuses on characters

any disturbance in their camp. If they were traveling with anyone else, their companions are waiting for them when they return. Any fellow travelers didn’t notice the characters leaving the camp and

Warlock's Crypt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

abandoned. In their windows flickered occasional eldritch lights, and on their sides we could see indistinct shapes scampering across the surface. These buildings were crafted to appear as though clad in

these creatures kept from being caught in these traps, or if they had simply dwelt here long enough to know how to avoid them. Before I could give the matter any thought, I was forced to flee, and I don’t intend to ever return.

Scholarly Aid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

least one crime scene, read or paraphrase the following: A cheery voice calls out to you, and you see a dwarven woman clad in blue robes waving to your group. Her forearms are marked with numerous

the outpost might be a good place to search next. On a failed check, Gwyn can’t find the relevant research. The characters must uncover more clues to find Zorzula’s Rest. If they are stuck and return to

Important Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

. Others see him as a radical seeker of knowledge. Bak Mei is an old man with a long white beard and bushy eyebrows. Like the other members of his order, Bak Mei is clad in snow-white robes secured by a

is my new family. Bak Mei will lead me to a brighter future.” Flaw. “The monks of my old temple know my shameful history. I can never return.” Jade Tigress Lawful evil human monk (age 40) Jade

1. Jarl's Lodge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

, and a crate filled with packing straw. Standing against the north wall is a cabinet without doors, in which hang three cloaks made of walrus hide. Also present is a fur-clad Zhentarim wizard, Nilraun

scouts and waits for them on the balcony. Each scout rides a manticore and provides aerial support while Nilraun mounts the third manticore and uses it to escape. Nilraun and his escorts return to the

Southern Isles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

materials such as various types of woods and metals, trading unusual gems and strange gold coins in return. Of their inventions, folks have seen little, but the few glimpses attained have fueled much

of Nimbral have long been known for illusion and trickery. If any isle were to vanish into thin air, it would be theirs. Likewise, Nimbral’s return is certainly within their capabilities, and perhaps

Mistshore: Winter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

draft horses stamp their hooves impatiently in the snow. The driver, Rowan Evenwood (LG female Chondathan human commoner), was paid extra to wait for Agorn to return. He left in a hurry, and she

blowing snow. The water around the docks is frozen solid, and impoverished commoners clad in tattered garments gather around sputtering campfires for warmth. These folk are suspicious of anyone they

14. Base de Résistance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

calls for them. Rizzeryl offers the adventurers a reward if they destroy both Xanathar Guild outposts on this level (areas 9 and 20) and return with the heads of both guild leaders, whose names, he

. The wererats are short, unkempt humans of mixed age with thin limbs, beady eyes, and nervous tics. They clad themselves in filthy, smelly, ill-fitting clothes. Their leader is a crass, middle-aged

The Present Age

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

their divinity, they warred among themselves. Magic became unpredictable, and the prayers of the faithful went unanswered. Some of the gods-turned-mortal were slain, while a handful of mortals ascended to

godhood, assuming the responsibilities of the dead deities. The Return of Netheril In 1374 DR, the Empire of Netheril rose again when the floating city of Thultanthar, commonly known as Shade

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

to him. Every day and night that the characters remain in Barovia, one or more of the vampire’s spies check on them and attempt to return to Strahd with a report. When a spy appears, characters who

. Characters who dig up the grave find the skeletal remains of a human clad in rusted chain mail (a soldier). Among the bones lie corroded weapons. If the grave isn’t intact, it has been violated. The

Mutiny

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

Mutiny The Last Breath After negotiations with Gargenhale conclude, but before he can return to his ship, read: The Last Breath turns tail and flees, leaving its captain behind. Gargenhale’s dark

the outside and has a tiny shuttered window built into it. Characters who peer through the window or open the door see the following: An elf lies unconscious on a cot. She is clad in an ornate black

Life in the Tribe

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

then decorated with uniquely orcish accessories. A war wagon is a source of great pride for a war chief, comparable to a human army’s banner or flag. Many are clad in armor and festooned with garish

ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to the lair is a

Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

might also organize into guilds. Merchant barons who effectively rule a city or nation through iron-clad control of the economy or a network of innkeepers who share news and supply routes could both

Attentive Overseer. A guild representative takes personal interest in your group’s tasks. They follow your exploits and know of your adventures before you return to report. Despite the unsettling depth of

Beholder Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

barriers to gain access to the tunnel. As with the tunnels between chambers, escape tunnels are usually a steep climb or nearly vertical to make it difficult for non-flying creatures to follow. A tunnel

flee, the beholder and its forces return night after night, each time eliminating key defenders, and ultimately breaking the morale of the survivors, at which point the beholder’s minions can capture anyone or anything worth keeping and raze the settlement.

After the Fall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

coalesced to give shape to the entity now known as the Raven Queen. The Fortress of Memories Since achieving divinity, the Raven Queen has filled her realm with shadows and memories, obsessively

, but much can also be lost. Many adventurers never return from the fortress, forever trapped within a world created from their own experience. The Raven Queen’s Influence The Raven Queen’s desire to

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. The avatar disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or you die. If an

spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

(see the accompanying stat block) appears in an unoccupied space as close to you as possible. The avatar targets only you with its attacks, appearing as a ghostly skeleton clad in a tattered black robe

trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.

Ironslag: Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

running through these tunnels end at a pair of wooden barriers. Three pillars of black basalt support the ceiling. The bucket chain passes through gaps in the western and eastern walls, its iron

release Zaltember until they have obtained Duke Zalto’s conch of teleportation, the duke or the duchess gives it to them in exchange for the promise of Zaltember’s safe return. Zalto and Brimskarda also

Silent Sound Lighthouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

order came into possession of a piece of the Orrery of the Wanderer called the rotor of return, and just over a month ago that their search for lore on the rotor came to the attention of the Six. The

travel, Hoobur has so far failed to find the rotor of return, but he doesn’t mind. He has claimed the lighthouse since returning here from Phandalin, finding the basement laboratory to be a perfect

Other Religious Systems

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

initiation ritual. The foundation myth of a mystery cult is usually simple and often involves a god’s death and rising, or a journey to the underworld and a return. Mystery cults often revere sun and

can attain divinity. In fact, ascending to godhood is the ultimate goal of some philosophies. The power of a philosophy stems from the belief that mortals invest in it. A philosophy that only one person believes in isn’t strong enough to bestow magical power on that person.

N9. Vistani Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

scream again. Standing in the bigger man’s shadow is a third man also clad in studded leather. “Easy, brother,” he says to the whip-wielding brute. “I think Alexei has learned his lesson.” The two men in

arrive. (Missing from the camp are twelve bandits. Each hour that passes, 1d4 of them return to camp with no news on Arabelle’s whereabouts.) If an alarm is sounded, nine Vistani bandits (NE male and

The Seldarine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

The Seldarine The pantheon of elven deities, called the Seldarine, includes Corellon and the group of primal elves whom he graced with divinity. These gods were the ones who brought word to Corellon

, to try new things, to imagine what they desire and then pursue it, and to be kind to others. In return for this freedom from the usual requirements of religion, Corellon expects them to address

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