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, echoing from the darkness like a death knell. For by the time those glowing red eyes fix on you, it's far too late to run …
Some adventurers and sages whisper that deep crows were first spawned as
establish lairs of their own.
Unknown and Inscrutable. The mindset of these intelligent yet alien creatures is a mystery, but some who have encountered them relate that they are quick to hold a grudge. For
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
inhabitants of the world.
Living portents seek out beings who will play a part in the prophecies they serve, and as the living portents search, they relate fragments of the prophecies to those they
power to defy death.
RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
death.
Sea spawn come in a wide variety of forms. An individual might have a tentacle for an arm, the jaws of a shark, a sea urchin’s spines, a whale’s fin, octopus eyes, seaweed hair, or
the Forgotten Realms setting) might notice one curious fact about the islands’ human inhabitants: no infants or elderly are among them. This is because babies born to the Rocklanders are claimed
Tortle
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test, and make new acquaintances.
Life of a Tortle
A tortle hatches from a thick-shelled egg and spends the first few weeks of its life crawling on all fours. Its parents, old and near death, spend
Yondalla relate to tortles most of all.
Tortles believe that night and day watch over them and other creatures. The moon is the eye of night that watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the
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Acquisitions Incorporated
who study this entity claim that it is clearly evil and destructive. Others call it simply a necessary part of the cycle of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious
, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance.
Wide-Eyed and Curious
Verdan are hungry to undertake new challenges and absorb new experiences. When they meet
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
. The dragon adds a feather to a necklace for each harpy slain.
4
A curious water elemental supplies a young topaz dragon with aquatic delicacies so as to learn more about the dragon.
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A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these spells, Bigby’s Hand is his undisputed magnum opus. A recent misadventure led to Bigby’s untimely demise. After he was crushed to death by a frost giant’s boulder, Bigby was the target of a
Reincarnate spell. The spell transformed Bigby from a human into a gnome. Before setting off on his next adventure, Bigby was overheard saying how curious he was to experience the multiverse from a gnome’s perspective.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
mortality, whether embodied in undead monsters or expressed through the death of loved ones. A campaign revolving around an insidious evil, whether dark gods, monstrous races such as the yuan-ti, or
ghost accept death and move on, or one of the adventurers might even become a ghost! Variations on a Theme Mixing things up once in a while allows your players to enjoy a variety of adventures. Even a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Army Engineers (see below) 5 A curious death slaad wants to eat one of each type of draconian. If the characters help it hunt all five, it rewards them with a ring of feather falling. 6 Monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Deciphering the Mask Characters curious about the nature of Phenax’s Silence find no grand prize in the Court of Orestes. Rather than great wealth, the seer Orestes vaguely predicted the events that
left to you to choose, depending on the story you want to tell. Consult the Secrets of Phenax table, which presents several options for what divine secret Varyas’s eidolon might relate. The veracity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
religious rites and festivals. Priests at such sites relate stories of the gods, teach the ethics of their patron deities, offer advice and blessings, perform religious rites, and provide training in
gods the locals revere. To quickly build a pantheon for your world, create a single god for each of the eight domains available to clerics: Death, Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giantkind Encounters This section includes encounter tables themed around each of the six kinds of giants in the Monster Manual, plus death giants (found in chapter 6) and fomorians. Each table
Death Giant Encounters
3 Fire Giant Encounters
4 Fomorian Encounters
5 Frost Giant Encounters
6 Hill Giant Encounters
7 Stone Giant Encounters
8 Storm Giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
world. Living portents seek out beings who will play a part in the prophecies they serve, and as the living portents search, they relate fragments of the prophecies to those they encounter. Variant
demise.
Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths.
Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the power to defy death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. The feeling of freedom that comes from this change is liberating, but the specter of death forever after colors the mind flayer’s actions. An undead mind flayer is hated and hunted by other
made of stone. Every jar is made for an individual, inscribed with Qualith and artwork that relate the mind flayer’s accomplishments. Often a mind flayer’s funerary brain jar is created long before
Kobold
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serve similar roles but under threat of death.
URDS: WINGED KOBOLDS
Winged kobolds, known as urds, hatch seemingly at random from kobold eggs, even in a tribe that has no adult urds. Although
this traitor onto their winged kin.
Kobold Names
Kobold names are derived from the Draconic tongue and usually relate to a characteristic of the owner, such as scale color, distinctive body parts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
awaits the coming of the death god, which it believes heralds the fall of divinity. Until that day, the aboleth humbly obeys Withers (whom the creature refers to by his original name of Gorra) and attacks
anyone seeking to prevent the atropal’s ascension. The aboleth’s other personality is that of a humanoid child — harmless, gleeful, and insanely curious. In this state of mind, the aboleth poses no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
present only as an image through which she can sense and communicate. She goes on as follows. “Many Red Wizards chafe under the rule of Szass Tam. Once, Thay was a land of learning and power. Now, death
righteousness colored by fatalism. Her belief is that death is better than being raised as another of Szass Tam’s undead servants. With the characters, she is honest and forthright, as well as cynical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
became the new chief after the previous one choked to death on a mountain goat tongue. By then, Yarb-Gnock had already drawn up plans to build a fortress in the mountains. Karkolohk, the Gnomish word
refuge in Ten-Towns when, two days ago, his fortunes improved suddenly. Goblins out scavenging in a wagon stumbled across a curious object in the tundra—a metallic, egg-shaped crate. (This object was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gauntlgrym. His descriptions of life in Ironmaster confirm much of what I’ve heard of the place, and so what I relate to you now is truth as solid as Moradin’s anvil. The dwarves of Ironmaster don’t want
anvil on a diamond. Such a mark is your only warning, and those ignorant of its meaning court death at the hands of dwarf patrols that will attack any interlopers. Some innocents have been spared and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
goblin berserkers near the gate notice the characters and attack. Those foes fight to the death. The characters’ allies—like Major Kalar, Sergeant Gauller, and the fake Sergeant Luggik—hold their own
doesn’t intend her harm. Unbeknownst to the character, the fake Luggik is using telepathy to relate information to this spy mid-battle. If called out for this, the fake Luggik appears at the map’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
etched in wood, ice, stone, or even earth, in the case of hill giants. These “tale carvings” relate legends or the stories of important events or meetings in the manner of highly sophisticated cave
black — sort
bravery — prakt
cloud giant — skyejotun
cow — kue
chieftain — forer
danger — fare
death — dod
dwarf — dverg
enemy — uven
elf — alv
evil/unholy/dishonorable — maug
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
.”
Nezznar the Black Spider is joined by four giant spiders that defend their master to the death. If they are expecting trouble, the spiders hide behind pillars, and Nezznar casts invisibility on himself and
leather sack of treasure is amid the papers (see the “Treasure” section).
Roleplaying Nezznar Even though he intends to kill the characters, Nezznar is curious about them. Given the chance, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
uses the stones in the chamber for cover, but he has no intention of fighting to the death. If this place has been discovered and he can’t swiftly and easily eliminate the intruders, Larrakh tries to
16). The earth cultists use this passage to enter and exit the tomb, and the Believers have disguised it to keep away the curious. Farther in, the tunnel is partially blocked with dusty canvas, broken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
long without courting death. Anatomical Diversity. Sea spawn come in a wide variety of forms. An individual might have a tentacle for an arm, the jaws of a shark, a sea urchin’s spines, a whale’s fin
PURPLE ROCKS
Visitors to a string of islands called the Purple Rocks (in the Forgotten Realms setting) might notice one curious fact about the islands’ human inhabitants: no infants or elderly are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the characters decline, Rinaldo is disappointed and tries to get them to change their minds by saying, “We live in dark times. Perhaps the spirit of the White Lady can help. Aren’t you curious to hear
the details of her own death or the fate of her lost love. Once her spirit departs, the frost on the windows dissipates. Rinaldo the halfling leads a seance to contact the spirit of the White Lady of Lac Dinneshere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
(neutral good wight) and his modest staff of neutral skeletons. A Sensate in life, Roric perished in Hopeless while touring the planes, killed by a beholder’s death ray for delighting townsfolk with his
and grisly accident claimed both of their lives in one fell swoop, the twins awoke as wraiths. They quickly preyed on their household staff, condemning them to serve the manor beyond death as specters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
People of Setessa The populace of Setessa live in a beautiful paradise, and they’re prepared to fight to the death to protect it. The constant training in archery, falconry, riding, and close combat
Ruling Council, the market, and anywhere else their paths take them. Such freedom is meant to cultivate a curious spirit and help the children find the path they’re most interested in following later
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
present) to take the brunt of the damage. Ruxithid fights to the death, but when he is reduced to 0 hit points, the shield guardian becomes inanimate and the other goblins, if present, surrender. A
quest for power. Without their wicked leader to push them, the goblins are peaceful and curious, if mischievous. It’s up to the characters how they want to handle the Sawplee goblins. The townspeople
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
beholden to such a master through a bleak bargain, or they might find themselves cursed by one. Once warped into a fishlike form, a sea spawn can’t leave the water for long without courting death. Sea
notice one curious fact about the islands’ human inhabitants: no infants or elderly are among them. This is because babies born to the Rocklanders are claimed by a kraken (see the Monster Manual) named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Events table indicates another encounter with the creature. The plesiosaurus prefers to dine on fish, not people. Characters knocked into the lake are more likely to freeze to death or sink to the bottom
lungs and it’s close by. Conversely, a message cantrip or similar magic can be used to get the plesiosaurus’s attention. The creature is curious to hear what the characters have to say: A reptilian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
past century. Darkhold Vale I was curious about my source’s tale, and so when I had cause to be in the region, I made my way toward Darkhold. An enormous mountain peak called the Gray Watcher of the
awed tones. Whatever the truth of this savior of the Zhentarim, he is apparently too busy to entertain curious visitors. While at Darkhold, I heard the name of another leader of some importance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Izel’s plan to collect offerings and cast them into volcanoes across the region, waking dozens of other tlexolotls. It can also relate any other detail of the Izel’s plot from the adventure’s background
been killed by salamanders if Izel hadn’t been curious about them. The tlexolotl can’t understand them, so it has had them manacled to the western wall. If asked, they explain that the tlexolotl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
its own death or someone else’s visceral end.
20 The spirit is soundlessly ambushed by shadowy limbs that drag it into the floor or walls.
Nightmares Whenever the party takes a long rest in
during a long rest, one of them experiences a waking vision that plays out like an ambient haunt. These nightmares gradually reveal details from the “Story Overview.” Relate these specifics to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
simply insane, that there is no method to her madness other than a nervous pecking apart of a psyche with no more motive than a curious child pulling the legs off an ant. Others have speculated that
, wizards, sorcerers, and the like — know that her effect on the world is farther-reaching than that. Audience after Death. Some adventurers claim to have been visited by the Raven Queen after their deaths