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Out of the Abyss
, emulating their dread master.
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower torso of a goat, and a humanoid upper body with a corpulent belly swollen with rot
disappear or until Orcus releases their grasp (no action required).
Regional Effects
The region containing Orcus’s lair is warped by the Orcus’s magic, creating one or more of the following
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the dead, emulating their dread master.
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower body of a goat and a humanlike upper body with a belly swollen with
or until Orcus releases them (no action required).
Undead Servants. Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to rise as skeleton;skeletons, zombie;zombies, or ghoul;ghouls (all appear in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
small dungeon or an encounter (which might involve multiple ability checks or even combat). Let the character of the player who flipped the card be the focus of the day’s events and make any required
Top Card: The Challenge At the beginning of each day of a journey, a player flips over the top card to determine what happens that day. (Players should take turns at this.) Use that card’s imagery or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
key card (see the “Key Cards” section). The color of key card required for a drop tube entrance is noted in the area containing that drop tube (area S2, area S31, and area S47) and shown on that
possess the key card required to access the next lowest (or highest) level of the ship, it can exit the drop tube on the nearest level its key card allows access to. Key Cards Throughout the spaceship are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
card a property as a standalone item, so characters who find only one card can still enjoy this famed item and use the card on adventures. Hinchel Or The deck has replicated
throughout the multiverse
in infinite combinations This approach is particularly useful if you make a Deck of Many Things the object of a quest; as the characters explore, each card they find grants them a magical ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
tubes are identical to those in area S2, except they require a violet key card to descend to the garden level; a blue key card still allows passage back up to the ship’s first level. It’s an 80-foot
violet key card can lower the platform to the area marked on map 7.3 by inserting the card into a card-locked panel on the wall opposite the lift. The platform descends at a rate of 10 feet per round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a playing card depicting a rogue) Duration: Instantaneous You whisper magical words that antagonize one creature of your choice within
higher, the damage increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 3rd. Spirit of Death 4th-Level Necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a gilded playing card worth at least
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Statues. Characters can keep the statues from animating by staying more than 5 feet away from them. Bypassing Alarms. The curator and guards each carry a palm-sized pass card embossed with the museum’s
logo. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of divination magic around each pass card, which allows the bearer to bypass any of the museum’s alarms. The characters can find a stash of extra pass cards in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
check is required to spot the door from inside the passage. Characters can use this route to enter area T15 and avoid the trap there. Trapped Cabinets. All four cabinets in this room are locked and
room (no check required), but it can’t be disarmed from outside the room. Characters can avoid the trap by entering the room through a secret door in the northwest corner (see area T14). This room has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, but when someone in the multiverse draws the Skull card from a Deck of Many Things, one of the windows shows a scene depicting the unfortunate individual and opens a portal to that individual’s
Scarlet Mire are caused by the glut of decaying bodies beneath the marsh’s surface. Crawling claws skitter through the marsh, grasping at any who pass through. Scarlet Mire is also inhabited by roving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
or fewer, Kavil switches sides and offers information in exchange for his life. He knows one random Undermountain secret, determined by drawing a card from the Secrets Deck (see appendix C), as well as
a shortbow attack, it instead hurls a magic dart at a target it can see up to 60 feet away from it. Each dart hits its target automatically (no attack roll required) for 5 (2d4) force damage. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
decks from their many dangers—especially from the curse imposed by the Euryale card, which Asteria resents as a defamation of her devoted friend. For this and many other reasons, Asteria tracks down
, Asteria can give the creature advantage on the saving throw (no action required). This trait doesn’t function if Asteria has the incapacitated condition.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Asteria fails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
lb.
Playing card set
5 sp
-
Three-Dragon Ante set
1 gp
-
Herbalism kit
5 gp
3 lb.
Musical Instruments
Bagpipes
30 gp
6 lb.
Drum
6 gp
3 lb.
Dulcimer
25 gp
10 lb
any ability checks you make to identify or apply herbs. Also, proficiency with this kit is required to create antitoxin and potions of healing. Musical Instrument. Several of the most common types of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
murder the living and then manipulate the dead, emulating their dread master. Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower torso of a goat and a
succeed on a DC 23 Strength saving throw or be restrained until the arms disappear or until Orcus releases them (no action required). Undead Servants. Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
of one of the pools like an oil slick. M9. Transformation Chamber New scents greet you here: the musty funk of decaying fabric and old furs, and the smell of rot lingering in the stagnant air. Thick
dynamite stick and the fuse leading from it with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check. A character can cut a fuse as an action (no ability check required). If a dynamite stick takes damage from any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The trapdoor is swollen and stuck in its frame, so that a successful DC 12 Strength check is required to pull it open. Below it is a wooden staircase that descends 15 feet into the undercroft (area E5g
downfall (see area E5f). Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is in the undercroft, it’s contained in a moldy, old chest in the southwest corner of the room. The chest is unlocked and not trapped.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Master to return to Stygia in the Nine Hells to complete a service required by Levistus. A forged addendum adds that the bearer of the note should be rewarded handsomely. Alternative Entry. Garret
to quietly tempt party members to draw a card. (See appendix D for more information on the deck, and its distinct connections to the adventure.) Mary is always accompanied by her familiar, a glowing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
otherwise help them. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is hidden at the inn, the Keepers of the Feather don’t reveal where the treasure is until they know the characters
ability check is required to spot the secret door, because light in the room beyond slips through the door’s cracks. Treasure. Inside the locked chest are 140 ep, 70 pp, two elixirs of health, three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
arrival to one of the available goblin clerks.
Visitors are required to carry identification papers at all times in Azrok’s Hold. The goblins behind the desks interview visitors, draw crude pictures
visiting Skullport, claiming that it’s not safe for adventurers. It also tells them an Undermountain secret, hoping they’ll be lured away by the mystery. Draw a card from the Secrets Deck (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
clamber through the moat with more time and effort. No check is required, but it’s a grisly detour, and the moat is difficult terrain. Portcullis. The portcullis is up, and nothing prevents entry to
character drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, a golden circlet rests on that character’s throne. This circlet has the powers of a Helm of Telepathy. One of the cabinets in the study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. The slaughterstone eviscerator is a deadly wild card, which might serve as a frightening distraction or be woven into the characters’ outrageous plans. It uses the stat block of a stone golem, but
iron bands, lined with lead to prevent scrying, is air- and watertight, and features layers of locks that make opening a vault without its keys nearly impossible. Two keys are required to open a vault
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
key so that Leo can’t be raised from the dead. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is in the iron chest that contains Leo Dilisnya’s bones. N4p. Library The
. Consequently, no ability check is required to locate it. The door is soundproof and pivots open on a central axis. N4t. Cult Headquarters Flickering candles in iron holders fill this room with light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
zombies surrounds a dozen Dran Enterprises pirates, who are fighting for their lives. The ship is moored at an old and decaying dock, with a single building visible against a forest of thick trees. In
-teller The fortune-teller asks for a donation. A character who drops one or more coins (no action required) gains advantage on their next d20 roll.
3 Weapons A creature on the barge can find and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
them here, where the dryads could finally be together. The dryads enjoy playing card games, especially a simple bluffing game known as myriad. If the characters behave peacefully, the dryads
100 gp. Yvra uses them to play a solitary card game called patience. G6: Satyrs’ Forest This section of the forest is less dense, allowing light to dapple the ground. Clearings and paths abound, many