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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
StaticDreaming Dark Infiltrators are spies sent to gather intelligence. They plant psychic seeds in their minds of their foes that enhance the infiltrators’ combat prowess against those
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
memory web is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the memory web move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC
webs lie in ambush draped over plant life, wrapped around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs.
Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
just saw around the corner, grief at the loss of a friend, or happiness derived from pride in your performance in combat. A dark elf has advantage on this check.
Magic Items
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
This heavy mace has a dark oaken handle and a head of blackened steel trimmed with gold. In combat, the mace’s head is wreathed in inky black energy.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Auspicia Dran had her life torn apart as a child when she was seized by a mysterious creature called the Wandering Crypt. Having spent long years in a kind of dark dream within the crypt, she was
she doesn't understand, even as it grants her occasional memories of others still trapped there and an awareness of faraway places. In combat, she manifests an instinctive knowledge of events before
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Wax tinted pink is part of the folk magic tradition associated most closely with the villages of the Gift of Shuritashi. According to such
traditions, minor prayers or blessings are inscribed in the wax. When a candle made from pink wax is lit, it is believed that the magic is released, increasing the likelihood that the prayer will be
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Dark Powers released Kas. From there, Kas set out to ruin his former master. Should Kas fail, the Dark Powers will reclaim him.
The crown is made of burnished and entwined metal rods. To attune to it
, the Dark Powers of the Domain of Dread lured Kas to a hidden forge, where he found the Crown of Lies. Once Kas vowed to deliver Vecna into the Dark Powers’ clutches and donned the crown, the
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
trapped within it, as does expending all of the coin’s charges. The coin itself rusts from within and is destroyed once the soul is released. A freed soul travels to the realm of the god it
served or the outer plane most closely tied to its alignment (DM’s choice). The souls of lawful evil creatures released from soul coins typically emerge from the River Styx as lemure;lemure devils
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
and earnest debate, he demonstrates an equal flair for planning and forethought, mad combat moves (involving leaping off high places whenever possible), and dark vengeance.
Viari's career as an
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Reactive. The giant can take one reaction on every turn in a combat.
Vigilant. The giant can't be surprised.Multiattack. The giant makes four longsword attacks or two rock attacks.
Longsword. Melee
performed dark rituals, robbing the power of ancient, slumbering giants and using it to transform their servants. This primal energy granted the archons' agents numerous limbs—the better to raise the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
it forms a bond, a gray render serves its master devotedly.
A gray render might be a strong ally, but it’s always an unpredictable one. In combat, a gray render fights viciously and never
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Attacks carts and wagons as if they were terrible monsters
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Howls when it rains
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Whines piteously in the dark
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Buries treasure it finds
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Chases birds, leaping into the air to catch them, heedless of the destruction it causes
Sword of Kas
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. His successes earned him Vecna’s admiration and a reward: a sword with as dark a pedigree as the man who would wield it.
For a long time, Kas faithfully served the lich, but as Kas’s
your person, you add a d10 to your initiative at the start of every combat. In addition, when you use an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
alongside complex designs for clockwork organs.
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You were released after being petrified for generations. Your memories have faded, though, and your body isn’t what it once was.
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Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Elminster
The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;Disguise kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this
people’s nightmares.
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Combat is meant to be quick, clean, and one-sided.
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I like to stick to the shadows.
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I never show my anger. I just plot my revenge.
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Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
strength as their servants — the fiends known 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
in combat, Rak Tulkhesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all who dare stand before him.
Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh's soul is
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the
coins
Feature: Undercity Paths
You know hidden, underground pathways that you can use to bypass crowds, obstacles, and observation as you move through the city. When you aren’t in combat, you
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
scythe. Only a skilled and determined hero can hope to survive single combat with an orc.
Savage and fearless, orc tribes are ever in search of elves, dwarves, and humans to destroy. Motivated by their
while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods.
The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Tyrant’s Escape If the party communicated with Dalk Dranzorg during the séances, the adventure’s climax unfolds as follows. Dranzorg Released. After the house wakes, Dalk Dranzorg can be released as
in destroying Dranzorg. If they do, she’ll let them leave the house. Mara demands the characters retrieve her armor from the tower chamber (area 26). If they use it in combat as described below, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
means blood on the altar to its dark and forgotten deity. Playing the Pillars COMBAT
When combat begins, the eidolon animates the sacred statue in the center of the chamber and attacks the adventurers
. This allows the ceiling to slowly descend, clicking loudly.
If the sacred statue is destroyed the two black crystals explode, releasing two allips, as the eidolon is itself released from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
19. Glass Statue This dark, rectangular room contains a seven-foot-tall glass statue of a scowling woman with octopus tentacles for arms emerging from dark ocean waves. Three dusty rugs lie at the
shattered, the water spills out and takes the form of a water elemental under the command of the one who released it. The elemental understands Aquan only and does not heed commands it can’t understand. It disappears 1 hour after being set free.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
takes 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. A creature in a dark pool can’t regain hit points. Pedestals. The 3-foot-high pedestals store radiant energy, which is released in the presence of undead intruders. If an
General Features Each floor inside the Phylactery Vault has the following features. Dark Pools. A dark pool is 1 foot deep and difficult terrain. Any creature that starts its turn in a dark pool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
additional weight before falling. Casting dispel magic on a chandelier causes it to go dark and fall to the floor with a loud crash. The paintings are stuck to the walls with sovereign glue and
apprentices. They attack intruders on sight, bombarding them with fireball spells in the first round of combat. The flameskulls pursue intruders that flee, using their mage hand spells to open doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
aid. 2 2 sahuagin These guards go to 1 if they hear combat or if the gong is rung three times. 12 5 sahuagin, 2 sahuagin coral smashers,* 2 sahuagin priestesses These sahuagin go to 1 if the gong is
sahuagin priestess, 10 slaves These sahuagin go to 12 if they hear sounds of combat from that area. The slaves remain here. Sahuagin Roster, Level 2 Area Occupants at Start Notes 23 2 sahuagin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
properties. The command words are also written in the spellbook found in area 28. Destroying the Mirror If the mirror is destroyed, all creatures trapped within it are released at once. (See chapter 7 of
the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the mirror’s statistics.) Rather than running combat with so many creatures, assume that only the invisible stalker and the troll attack the party initially. The other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
battle goes poorly for them, the duergar turn invisible, retreat, and report to Valtagar in area 15. Remorhaz Released here by Halaster, this remorhaz creeps up on the characters and attacks. There is a
50 percent chance that a passing duergar patrol (see above) hears the ruckus and arrives on the scene at the end of the third round of combat. If the remorhaz is still around, the duergar help defeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, is hostile toward adventurers. He keeps his greatsword close at hand and hurls large metal cogs instead of rocks. Combat in this room can be heard by the fire giants in area 12, who investigate at
action. If released, the beetles attack indiscriminately. The iron fragments littering the floor include curved sheets of outer plating, as well as internal gears, cogs, spindles, bars, and pipes. These pieces are waiting to be attached to the construct in area 15.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the ceiling in the tower is 200 feet high. Lighting The tower’s interior is dark. Area descriptions assume the characters have a light source or some other means of seeing in the dark. Masking
Chittering The winds of Pandemonium aren’t audible within the tower, so they don’t impede hearing. However, noisy chittering from a million tiny vermin echoes throughout. The chittering masks noise from combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
) transform into specters under Olanthius’s command and join him on his hunt. Olanthius is an extraordinarily powerful foe for 9th-level characters. Fortunately, the characters can avoid combat with the death
, as well as the location of Kostchtchie’s Maw, on the characters’ map. Once Kostchtchie is released, the characters can report back to Olanthius at the Crypt of the Hellriders, whereupon he reveals the Bleeding Citadel’s location.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
harmless and always moves toward the nearest light source. Any space that it occupies is lightly obscured. After the swarm has been released, Sowpig emerges from her silk cocoon to ask why she has been
only if they threaten Granny Nightshade in the ghoul’s presence or seem particularly suspicious. Sowpig follows them through the lair and shares an occasional joke, which is always dark and upsetting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of a tiny black spider etched into each one. Two drow vampires are trapped in the gemstones and are magically released the first time a creature other than Ezzat opens the door or pries either
gemstone out. Each vampire initially appears as a cloud of mist, then spends its first turn in combat reverting to its true form. The vampires’ names are Sabatene Xilzzrin and Tebran Madannith. Their houses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs.
Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey draws close, the web springs at the creature and wraps it
creatures as dreamlike recollections, potentially spurring their inheritors to action. The Memory Web Memories table presents adventure seeds that might be released by a slain memory web.
Memory Web
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Shadowfell lured Kas to a hidden forge, where he found the Crown of Lies. Once Kas vowed to deliver Vecna into the Dark Powers’ clutches and donned the crown, the Dark Powers released Kas. From there
nearly destroying the lich Vecna, the warrior Kas found himself trapped in the Shadowfell, imprisoned in a Domain of Dread called Tovag. There, he languished as a vampire. In time, the Dark Powers of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
dark heart isn’t going to work a second time. The characters’ continuing adventures could involve further cooperation with Vizeran DeVir (if he survives) or delving deeper into the Underdark for
legendary weapons or magic. The characters might even venture out into the other planes of existence with the aid of Araumycos or the librarians of Gravenhollow, seeking allies, lore, and resources to combat the demon lords and return them to the Abyss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Yeenoghu are fighting to claim Avernus for themselves, and Kostchtchie (assuming the characters released him in chapter 3) wants his hammer back. None of them can be trusted. Demon lords are savagery
pit fiend Gargauth would like nothing more than to be released from its prison and replace Zariel as Lord of Avernus. If the characters possess the Shield of the Hidden Lord, they can free Gargauth as