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Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
A wizard named Damara created this orb while devising a way to become a dragon. Aided by a mysterious magician (actually an aspect of Tiamat in disguise), Damara eventually created an Artifact that
it, the orb shrinks to the size of a grape.
Properties of the Orb. While attuned to the orb, you gain the following benefits:
Dragon’s Breath. You can take a Magic action to exhale a 15-foot
Monsters
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Amorphous. The reflections can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the reflections can take the Hide action as a bonus
action.
Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the reflections has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.Strength Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
become restrained as shadowy tendrils wrap around it for 1 minute. A restrained target can use its action to repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spellcasting. The
door, dispel magic, fly, invisibilityThough deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
can’t increase. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell. When the cursed target’s Charisma becomes 2, the target dies, and its head
Humanoid the vargouille can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Horrific
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Limited Amphibiousness. The sea spawn can breathe air and water, but it needs to be submerged in the sea at least once a day for 1 minute to avoid suffocating.Multiattack. The sea spawn makes two
":"damage", "rollAction":"Poison Quills", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The target can repeat
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
gnolls. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to.
Unlike
Keen Smell. The vampire has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Rampage. When it reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on its turn, the vampire can take a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X5d. Amber Reflections This arched hall rises to a height of twenty feet. You can see your reflections in the amber glaze. But the images don’t mirror your movements. Instead, they wave their arms
and scream silent warnings to you. The characters’ bizarre reflections are illusions meant to discourage them from exploring the temple. The illusions can be dispelled (DC 15). The east hall leads to area X32, the west hall to area X36.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
’ characters can be a source of inspiration for a Darklord. Consider a Darklord a sinister reflections of those characters. If you explore this connection, have your players create characters then
Sinister Reflections A Darklord’s memories, desires, mistakes, and evil deeds shape the domain’s twisted lands, inhabitants, and features. You need not create these in a vacuum, though. When creating
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
;appears next to the Baba Yaga's Mortar;mortar at the next dawn.
Random Properties. This artifact has the following random properties, which you can determine by rolling on the tables in the
bowl. However, the mortar increases in size to accommodate anything you place inside, expanding—if there's enough space—up to Large size, meaning it can hold even a Large creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Creating a Darklord Domains are mocking reflections of the evils they confine. Each has a purpose, being a prison designed to torture a deliberately chosen villain. To devise a Domain of Dread, you
must first conceive its central antagonist and prisoner: its Darklord. The following sections detail how to develop a Darklord that contrasts your characters and can serve as a central rival in your horror adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Morgrave Conflicts A campaign centered on Morgrave University suggests three significant campaign conflicts: Rival Explorers. Characters can explore the tension between legitimate scholarship and
greed as they undertake expeditions and explorations in competition with rival adventurers. Emerald Claw. Adventures can bring characters into conflict with sinister forces such as the Order of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
conflicts take place among the dragonmarked houses—longstanding rivalries, short-term disputes, and family grudges can define the “intrigue” part of this campaign. Significant rivalries also exist within
some houses.
House Tarkanan. Though it appears as nothing more than an ordinary criminal organization, House Tarkanan—which is made up of people who carry aberrant dragonmarks—can threaten all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Sharn Inquisitives Conflicts You can select the conflicts in a Sharn inquisitives campaign from the abundant criminal enterprises that dominate the seamy underworld of the City of Towers. While
, the sinister forces of the Dreaming Dark have infiltrated many places of power within the city. You can replace one or more of these threats with other groups from Eberron: Rising from the Last War—such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
reference. You can even add more chapters of your own devising, or which expand on ideas the players generate.
NPCs (nonplayer characters) during council sessions. Others can be proposed by the characters. The adventurers understand that thousands of lives depend on their actions. The characters are among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
reference. You can even add more chapters of your own devising, or which expand on ideas the players generate.
NPCs (nonplayer characters) during council sessions. Others can be proposed by the characters. The adventurers understand that thousands of lives depend on their actions. The characters are among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, and now they exist in a strange state between life and death. Eladrin and shadar-kai are like reflections of each other: one bursting with emotion, the other nearly devoid of it. Shadar-kai Traits
resistance to necrotic damage. Blessing of the Raven Queen. As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
to add a special trait. You can add a special trait of your own devising or pick up a special trait from one of the many creatures in the Monster Manual. For example, you can create a goblin-spider
Modifying a Monster Once you have an idea for a monster, you’ll need statistics to represent it. The first question you should ask yourself is: Can I use statistics that already exist? A stat block
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
nautical theme; images of the sun; and mirrors, which they use to gaze at their own reflections and to redirect sunlight into their caves. Topaz dragons like to keep their lairs well lit and can spend
A set of seven levered brass mirrors that can be adjusted to direct light in different directions
3 A stained glass window depicting a golden city whose buildings are decorated with statues of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
result is an entity that is capable of devising and enacting the most clever strategies, paranoid at all times about threats to his rule (which certainly exist in the chaos of the Abyss), and
possessed of immense physical power. Demogorgon prefers to meets every challenge with overwhelming force and to ferret out enemies long before they can marshal the strength to make a serious stand against him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
reference. You can even add more chapters of your own devising, or which expand on ideas the players generate.
NPCs (nonplayer characters) during council sessions. Others can be proposed by the characters. The adventurers understand that thousands of lives depend on their actions. The characters are among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
frame and is blue in color. Reflections in this mirror ripple as if the viewer were looking into a pool of water.
Red Mirror. A creature that looks into the red mirror sees a ghostly white form
incarnation. The image says, in Olman, “Command me to answer, and I shall.” The image of a long-dead Olman is superimposed on the character’s reflection. A command spell can cause the spirit to answer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
capitulation of the minotaurs on the Maze Level. Once the minotaurs are subservient to House Freth, the drow will use them to clear out and secure the warrens. To this end, Drivvin is devising a ritual to
now wait for Drivvin’s decision, while doing everything they can to ensure that he makes the right choice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
area 10) are devising a means of escape using a set of superior mason’s tools hidden there, and that these tools can also weaken the eidolon in the Temple of Moloch (see area 25 in chapter 4). They also
found themselves unable to leave. The sculptors seek assistance to escape the tomb, and provide whatever information they know in exchange for aid. They can relate how the rest of the sculptors (in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
might not deal with frightful circumstances in the same way. During character creation, a player can choose up to two Seeds of Fear to represent things their character finds truly frightening. The
Seeds of Fear table offers some examples. These can change over time as characters grow, overcome old fears, and discover new uncertainties. Work with players to determine when their Seeds of Fear might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
of a Humanoid the vargouille can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or take 10 (3d6) psychic damage and have the frightened condition for 1 hour or
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->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Deathlock Mastermind Though deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising particular tactics and carrying out their plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit
languages it knew in life
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The deathlock’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can innately cast the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
knowledge by force and cunning. A mighty wizard with magic worthy of epic tales, she is a monster whose adamantine claws can flense whole armies before any soldier can land a blow on her plated hide
task before her daughters and watches events unfold. Maybe she is trapped upon another plane of existence or is devising magic that could shake the foundations of existence. In any case, she appears in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
could be one of the three described here, or one of your own devising. Nature. You feel a kinship with the natural world, and its beauty and mystery inspire you. For you, a tree is deeply symbolic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Wandering Outsiders Several meddling outsiders can be encountered at various times throughout the evening. Kettlesteam Kettlesteam is a kenku warlock whose patron is the archfey Zybilna of Prismeer
committed to causing trouble. Kettlesteam uses disguise self to assume whatever form best enables her to mingle in crowds. Characters can encounter Kettlesteam in more than one location; if they corner her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
transit between the Material Plane and the Feywild; more information about them can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. An archfey is usually aware of any Fey crossings that allow creatures to
table allows you to randomly determine the characteristics of a fey crossing that allows passage to and from a Domain of Delight. Your Domain of Delight can have as few or as many Fey crossings as you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
peoples and monsters that inhabit the worlds on the Material Plane originated. After the First World was shattered by a great cataclysm, the many worlds were formed like reflections or (in some cases
, your version of it can diverge wildly from what’s in print. Alfven Ato With its magical marvels of technology, Eberron is one of countless worlds on the Material Plane Traveling between Worlds Transit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
holding them. Twelve painted figures line each hall, six on the west wall and six on the east wall, directly across from one another. Figures on facing walls are perfect reflections of each other
can flow beyond the confines of the hallways. The water also does not enter either of the hidden alcoves (area 31A), so creatures there are safe from the waves’ effect. The water conjured by the curtain leaks out of the hall through tiny cracks in the floor, leaving puddles behind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Weird Magic Over the course of a seemingly endless lifetime, a hag typically discovers or creates several unusual ways to use magic. The weird magic that hags can call upon comes in a number of forms
age and renown might know unique rituals that can temporarily or permanently alter or transform a creature, bring back the dead for a limited time, rewrite memories, or siphon emotions. At the other end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
exclusive so they can maintain their own power. The Five Families Siabsungkoh is ruled by the heads of the land’s five oldest families, three of which are members of the Dyn Singh Merchant Collective. In
believe the nation is sacrificing its ties to the natural world. Family First Siabsungkoh is a collectivist society centered on family and deep group loyalties. Families are often blended and can grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Supernatural Regions Not all lands thrive as nature intended. Magical forces, strange interlopers, or tragic events can alter an area’s destiny, fundamentally changing the land. While the flora
the region hears whispers from celestial beings or refrains of celestial choirs. The character can ask those voices one question as if using the commune spell. 49–54 Aberrations, fiends, and undead in