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Darkling
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins.
The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light
qualify to undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling some of the darkling's absorbed light away from its body. If the ritual succeeds, the
Darkling Elder
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, in Common, "darklings." Darklings most often settle in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins
the colors in a painting or a jewel.
Elder Transformation. A wise and respected darkling can qualify to undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos
Half-Elf
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Basic Rules (2014)
the dwarf could see of the man’s face beneath a green hood was tan skin and a brownish-red beard. A longbow was slung over one shoulder and a sword hung at his left side. He was dressed in soft
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Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and
Warforged
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and crystal eyes embedded beneath a reinforced brow ridge. Beyond these common elements of warforged design, the precise materials and build of a warforged vary based on the purpose for which it was
deeper meaning.
The typical warforged has a sexless body shape. Some warforged ignore the concept of gender entirely, while others adopt a gender identity.
The more a warforged develops its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
keeps in Sigil. Using their combined magic, the archmages weave a Wish spell in hopes of sabotaging Vecna’s accumulated power and defusing his ritual. Instead of any expected effect, the Wish spell shunts
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
with divine power rests in a temple beneath the waves. Unfortunately, that temple is now the lair of an especially tricky topaz dragon.
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A topaz dragon is injured and stranded far from the sea
dragon egg, and they care for it as if it were their own.
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A sea hag is on the hunt for a topaz dragon wyrmling, to be used as a component in a fell ritual.
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A pirate crew keeps a curmudgeonly topaz dragon wyrmling as a beloved mascot.
Cold, Necrotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Running This Chapter In this chapter, the characters discover a cult of Vecna preparing four kidnap victims for a ritual in the catacombs beneath Hallix Mausoleum. Disrupting this ritual hurls the
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
network of passages beneath the streets, connecting them to a nearby waterway and greatly improving the town’s sanitation. If the kobolds like the area and aren’t mistreated by the humans
hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them.
Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Running This Chapter The characters start this chapter knowing that a trio of mind flayers are preparing a ritual to transform surface-dwelling Humanoids into mind flayers. The ritual will certainly
affect Phandalin, and it might wash over other small population pockets in the region. The exact parameters of the ritual are up to you. If you decide that the characters are too easily vanquishing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 1: Return from Neverdeath Graveyard Katerina Ladon A bizarre ritual reveals the cult of Vecna’s terrifying activities As the adventure begins, the characters are established heroes currently
Neverwinter’s past heroes, Lord Neverember has nevertheless provided stable leadership. Unknown to the authorities, a cult of Vecna operates in the catacombs beneath Neverwinter’s sprawling Neverdeath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
concept they espouse as the Balance, and they seek to maintain equilibrium across the cosmos above all. Mordenkainen and his compatriots are among its most notable devotees. Since a true appreciation of
might vie with a great arcanist as both search for knowledge of a ritual that would cripple Asmodeus for a short time. The arcanist correctly believes that performing the ritual would free a world of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
shards now, but the fanatics need as many obelisk fragments as possible to ensure their ritual will succeed. The Sawplees’ map reveals the locations of three other fragments: an abandoned dwarven
temple called Talhundereth, the crypt beneath it, and a subterranean trading nexus called Gibbet Crossing. These locations are in the Starmetal Hills, several days northeast of Phandalin. In the previous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
battle to come.
The Cult of the Dragon discovered the Well of Dragons long ago. Lava tubes snaking beneath the now-dormant volcano formed natural corridors connecting caverns that the cult enlarged for
their own use. Within the central caldera, they raised a ritual space for creating dracoliches from dragons drawn to the site knowing they would soon die. Under Severin’s leadership, the caldera and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
battle to come.
The Cult of the Dragon discovered the Well of Dragons long ago. Lava tubes snaking beneath the now-dormant volcano formed natural corridors connecting caverns that the cult enlarged for
their own use. Within the central caldera, they raised a ritual space for creating dracoliches from dragons drawn to the site knowing they would soon die. Under Severin’s leadership, the caldera and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Scions of Elemental Evil Beneath the Temple of Elemental Evil lies a labyrinth of tombs and ritual chambers. For years these dungeons have lain in ruin. Now forsaken souls return, raising an army of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nestled among treacherous cliffs and grasping forest. In the blood-painted caverns hidden beneath the temple lies a stone altar bearing the still-beating heart of Darklord Chakuna. Here, an aspiring
Darklord can perform a ritual to consume Chakuna’s heart and take her place as ruler of Valachan, or destroy it and loose the sapient rage of the rain forest on anyone trapped within the domain’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
caverns beneath the caldera provides a number of options for reaching the temple. Whether the characters fight Tiamat directly or prevent the summoning ritual from being completed depends on their
text aloud after 10 rounds of the summoning ritual have been successfully focused by five or more Red Wizards. The maelstrom filling the central apse of the temple suddenly splits open with a crack of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
caverns beneath the caldera provides a number of options for reaching the temple. Whether the characters fight Tiamat directly or prevent the summoning ritual from being completed depends on their
text aloud after 10 rounds of the summoning ritual have been successfully focused by five or more Red Wizards. The magical maelstrom filling the central apse of the temple suddenly splits open with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
humanoid corpses (humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, and the odd half-orc) are neatly arranged in lines along the sea floor beneath the ceiling of the coral mountain, in some kind of macabre
Shatterkeel arranged the corpses into orderly lines, so that he might prepare them for transition into one of the living dead. He completed a ritual using a small amount of blood he had obtained from a kraken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Inside the Inn The cultists of Talos are performing a ritual inside the Wayside Inn. The doors and windows to the building are locked but can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using
common area and courtyard, the ritual is underway to fully activate the statue of Talos, which is currently in the basement. THE RITUAL
Backes (Illuskan human gladiator) leads the chanting in the common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Ritual Kuo-toa parade around the altar in a wide circle as they chant. Part of their path sends them splashing and wading through the shallows of the Darklake. The characters quickly can’t tell
crying out and flailing in the shallows of the Darklake. Several are pulled under or strike at unseen foes beneath the surface. The water foams red with blood. Dozens of ixitxachitl (see appendix C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
characters’ last visit. The mind flayer fanatics of the godlet Ilvaash have begun their ritual, and the open rifts to the Far Realm directly beneath the town have accelerated the townsfolk’s
Creeping Transformations Lily Abdullina The ritual in the Far Realm targeting Phandalin is almost complete,
and its people and places have already begun to suffer Phandalin has changed since the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
42. Kubazan’s Tomb A four-columned portico juts out from the far wall, beneath which a stone sarcophagus rests in a wall recess. Four ceramic frog masks hang in niches around the sarcophagus. Beneath
adorn the adjacent walls.
To unlock sarcophagus, the characters must perform a simple ritual at the shrine while wearing the frog masks. The wall frescoes reveal what must be done. Advice from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha (“Dark Crow” in Common), and other Fey refer to the house’s descendants as dubh sith—“darklings.” Darklings dwell in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the
respected darkling can undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling away some of the darkling’s absorbed light. If the ritual succeeds, the darkling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
about a golden age of art, magic, and civilization. At the height of their power, the elves performed a High Magic ritual intended to create the ideal homeland. They succeeded, but the spell sundered
the land in a terrible cataclysm at the same time that it caused the distant isle of Evermeet to rise from beneath the sea. Then came the Crown Wars, a series of conflicts between the great elven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
offers to share wondrous food from the larder to anyone who manages to slay an aboleth living in flooded tunnels beneath the castle and return with its meat. Creatures from the Fomorian Encounters table
a massive feast ritual. Giants, gnolls and creatures from the Hill Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3) stand between the captives and freedom. Safe Haven The characters travel with refugees fleeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, only to form anew, again and again. Beneath the ruby glow lay a dark nightmare land of bare rock and flumes of sparks and gouting flame, where things slithered and scrambled half-seen in the shadows
their divine needs. Distance is a virtually meaningless concept on the Outer Planes. The perceptible regions of the planes can seem quite small, but they can also stretch on to what seems like infinity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
1 Sunken underground
2 Overgrown with plants
3 Underwater
4 Partially collapsed
5 Buried in dirt, mud, sand, or snow
6 Beneath a new temple
7 Cracked into more
guardian.
6 Consult with a hermit who lives in the temple.
7 Stop cultists from performing a destructive ritual in the temple.
8 Restore the temple to receive the patron deity’s blessing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
beneath the caldera. Certain matchups are obvious. The metallic dragons are instinctive foes of the chromatic dragons, and those two forces can be expected to keep each other occupied during the battle
Severin’s statistics. Rath Modar. Rath Modar leads the ritual of guidance, but any Red Wizard can take on that role. When the temple is attacked, he hands over his part in the ritual and leads the attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Faith in Diversification Despite their supposed wisdom, many common clerics fail to grasp the simple concept of using the best tool for the job. To the devoted priest of Tempus, every problem is just
the dark of the moon, or whenever the fighter kicks you awake to tell you your long rest is done, get healing already! Either way, it’s good to incorporate a regular ritual into your daily devotions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
be a place of unrelenting action, ranging from soarsleds speeding between the towertops to confrontations in the dungeon depths far beneath the city’s lowest tier. Fallen angels, sinister shapeshifters
, seemingly a victim of some sort of ritual slaying. Outside help is needed to solve this delicate matter. 6 A radiant idol (see chapter 6) has formed a cult that attracts professors and staff of Morgrave University, promising them knowledge beyond imagining in exchange for their worship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fell into ruin. Rise of Ras Nsi Fifty years ago, a brood of yuan-ti from Hisari (see chapter 2) slithered into Omu and made it their new home. They built an underground temple beneath the old palace and
city of Mezro, only to suffer a terrible defeat, arrived in Omu shortly after the yuan-ti. Ras Nsi wormed his way into the yuan-ti’s favor and underwent a ritual to transform into a malison. Before long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and goblinoids, or mighty creatures such as giants and dragons. Ruins dot the landscape and the caverns that wind beneath the surface. In these places, treasures of every living race — and a number of
extraplanar exploration, “Faerûn” is more than large enough of a concept for them to comprehend. Except in the most remote or insular places, Faerûnians are accustomed to seeing people of different
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
submit are subjected to an ancient ritual widespread among evil aquatic creatures. Its methods are painful and the result never certain, but when it works, the magic transforms an air-breathing person
into a shapechanger that can take a form that is fully at home beneath the waves. Deep Scion
Medium humanoid (shapechanger), neutral evil
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 67 (9d8 + 27)
Speed 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen’s curse causes a
and respected darkling can qualify to undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling some of the darkling’s absorbed light away from its body