before beyond defusing consumed related

Feral Ashenwight

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

or thoughts beyond a compulsive desire to destroy all living creatures they encounter. Ashenwights When a Humanoid consumed by cruelty and rage dies in an area corrupted by the Far Realm, the

Memory Web

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the memory web is animate. Memory Flood. When the memory web is reduced to 0 hit points, it discharges any memories it consumed over the past 24

can continue to feed on a corpse’s memories for days after its death. If a memory web is slain, any memories it consumed over the last day are discharged from its body in a telepathic deluge

Caradoc

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Knight of Solamnia, Caradoc burned when Dargaard Keep was consumed in the fires of the Cataclysm. As with many of Soth’s retainers, Caradoc was cursed with undeath. Being duplicitous and cowardly

’s swiftly pulled back if caught beyond its walls without a host. Personality Trait. “I might be dead, but there’s no reason I can’t live it up a little.” Ideal. &ldquo

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

colors. Halfling practicality extends beyond their clothing. They’re concerned with basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their

land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don’t recognize any sort of halfling nobility or royalty, instead looking to family elders to guide them. Families preserve their traditional ways

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

to poison damage. The range of your darkvision increases by 60 feet. You gain proficiency with artisan’s tools related to blacksmithing, brewing, and stonemasonry. Conjure Earth Elemental

Earthheart Forge, where it was created. It must remain in the burning forge for fifty years before it finally succumbs to the fire and is consumed.

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

adventuring. Your ideal is no doubt related to how you view the quest for knowledge and truth—perhaps as a worthy goal in itself, or maybe as a means to a desirable end. Sage d8

. d6 Ideal 1 Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral) 2 Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good

Sage Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

) 2 Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good) 3 Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful) 4 No Limits. Nothing should fetter the

work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery. 4 My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore. 5 I’ve been searching my whole

Fighter Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery

Fighter As you build your fighter, think about two related elements of your character’s background: Where did you get your combat training, and what set you apart from the mundane warriors

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

red eyes floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to drag victims into its bulk. Those consumed by Juiblex are obliterated. Only the

refuse to part with any of my possessions.” 41–60 “I’ll do everything I can to get others to eat and drink beyond their normal limits.” 61–80 “I

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

1 Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral) 2 Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good) 3 Logic. Emotions must

tomes related to a specific field of lore. 5 I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question. 6 I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Testing Phase On the day of the Exam, each character makes two ability checks related to parts of the test: Slaad Facts. Choosing the correct multiple choice answers to questions about red, blue

, green, gray, and death slaadi requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Defusing Slaad Confrontations. Writing short essays about commonly accepted ways to keep slaadi calm during

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

undead, and to protect the innocent and those who join them in the fight for justice. Beyond the Mundane Life Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury

. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted

Strixhaven Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

to this point has been consumed by the education that has made enrolling at Strixhaven possible for you, and you might not have much experience of the world beyond that preparatory work. You’re ready

Customizing the Puzzle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

some more esoteric barrier. Beyond the form the locks and keys take, you might also consider adjusting the creatures depicted with each lock to suit your adventures. Just keep in mind that the number of

with a particular image of a creature, consider presenting a riddle alongside each lock. The answer to each riddle should be the related creature’s name, allowing characters to match the riddles’ answers to the proper keys.

Supplemental Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Cause of Death 1 Unknown 2 Murdered 3 Killed in battle 4 Accident related to class or occupation 5 Accident unrelated to class or occupation 6–7 Natural causes, such as disease or old age 8 Apparent

suicide 9 Torn apart by an animal or a natural disaster 10 Consumed by a monster 11 Executed for a crime or tortured to death 12 Bizarre event, such as being hit by a meteorite, struck down by an

Studies and Philosophy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Studies and Philosophy The curriculum of Witherbloom College focuses on various sciences, revolving around the life sciences. Biology, ecology, botany, chemistry, and related sciences combine with

philosophy of Witherbloom. The decay philosophy sees life energy as a resource to be consumed, rather than a good to be nourished for its own sake. Mages who adopt this view wield negative energy and

Memory Web

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

death. If a memory web is slain, any memories it consumed over the last day are discharged from its body in a telepathic deluge. Some of these memories lodge themselves in the minds of nearby

) CON 13 (+1) INT 14 (+2) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 3 (–4) Damage Resistances fire Condition Immunities blinded, deafened Senses blindsight 60 ft. (can’t see beyond this radius), passive

The Cataclysm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

struck the gleaming Temple of the Kingpriest. The gods also warned a few chosen mortals, reasoning that if any of them reached Istar and prevented the ritual, the world might not be beyond redemption

Ansalon—consumed the empire. Coastlines shifted all over the world, sundering nations, drowning whole regions, and stranding ports miles from the sea. Though some lands escaped the worst of the

Godefroy's Torment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

escaping his undead existence. However, he can’t grasp even its basic workings and is frustrated by every delay and malfunction related to the device. FOUNDATIONS OF HORROR Three years after the 1983

release of the adventure Ravenloft, the sequel adventure, Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill, debuted. The adventure pulled back the Mists on the domain of Mordent, a realm of terrors beyond Barovia

Orcs of the Shadow Marches

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

the Gatekeepers, and you’re on a quest to combat a daelkyr-related threat beyond the bounds of the Shadow Marches. 2 House Tharashk recruited you from the Marches to serve as a mercenary in the Last

War. 3 You’re a simple hunter, but you’ve decided to seek your fortune or a real challenge in the world beyond the Marches. 4 Your village was destroyed by monsters from Droaam, so you’re looking for a

Karrnath Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Karrnath Spire Zoology, animal husbandry, medicine, and related departments have offices and classrooms on the lowest levels of Karrnath Spire. Near the top lies the Valdain Museum of Natural History

, a fascinating collection of stuffed and mounted animals from across Khorvaire and beyond. Despite being underfunded and unappreciated at a university so focused on ancient ruins and relics, the

Nupperibo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

. A nupperibo knows nothing but the hunger that propels it on a blind quest for anything to devour. Once it senses a potential meal, it pursues that prey tirelessly until the food is consumed, the

nupperibo is slain, or some other morsel crosses the fiend’s path and distracts it. Slavish Obedience. With no interest of its own beyond the need to consume, a nupperibo obeys unthinkingly any command it

Rock Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Rock Gnome As a rock gnome, you have a natural inventiveness and hardiness beyond that of other gnomes. Most gnomes in the worlds of D&D are rock gnomes, including the tinker gnomes of the

Dragonlance setting. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Artificer’s Lore. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magic items, alchemical objects, or

The Secret of Darkon's Doom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

purpose. The Shadowfell is reabsorbing the demiplane. 2 Darkon is being consumed to fuel magic funneling power from Castle Avernus into the King’s Tear. 3 The Hour of Ascension was an attack

experiments with the Shroud, a taste of this threat can take the form of damage, stress (see “Fear and Stress” in chapter 4), or a glimpse of the deadly forces lurking beyond. Don’t outright slay characters who encounter the Shroud, but make sure the experience reinforces the threat to all of Darkon.

Heralds of Dust Roles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

Heralds of Dust Roles Eulogists, gravediggers, and morticians, the Heralds of Dust serve Sigil in all things related to death. The faction attracts the grief stricken, the undead, and those with a

deceased archmages, dignitaries, and other important figures who die in Sigil and the planes beyond. Morticians. The bulk of Dusters fall into this role. Morticians prepare the way for the dead. They bury

Star Angler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Star Angler Distantly related to scavvers, star anglers are astral predators that resemble hulking, golden anglerfish with iridescent fins and tails. A star angler lacks eyes, and its hide is dotted

3 (−4) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 6 (−2) Skills Perception +5, Stealth +8 Senses blindsight 120 ft. (can’t see beyond this radius), passive Perception 15 Languages — Challenge 8 (3,900 XP

Rock Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Rock Gnome As a rock gnome, you have a natural inventiveness and hardiness beyond that of other gnomes. Most gnomes in the worlds of D&D are rock gnomes, including the tinker gnomes of the

Dragonlance setting. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Artificer’s Lore. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magic items, alchemical objects, or

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

related to blacksmithing, brewing, and stonemasonry. Conjure Earth Elemental. If you are holding the axe, you can use your action to cast the conjure elemental spell from it, summoning an earth

destroy the axe is to melt it down in the Earthheart Forge, where it was created. It must remain in the burning forge for fifty years before it finally succumbs to the fire and is consumed.

Intellect Snare

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

as a writhing ball of tentacles, echoing with the cacophonous sounds of every thought the snare has consumed. Intellect snares are scavengers, often found scouring the aftermath of a mind flayer

. (can’t see beyond this radius), passive Perception 13 Languages Deep Speech, telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Cacophony of Minds. Any creature that starts its turn within

Carapace Ridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

clifftop towering hundreds of feet over a beach, beyond which boils a sea of kaleidoscopic clouds. On the beach, an ancient stone redoubt sits half-consumed by the sea. A tower juts from atop the cliff

Valin's Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

outside the temple see the demiplane beyond as a shifting space of glowing crystals. The demiplane does not enter into the adventure, and its full details are left to your determination. VALIN’S VICTIMS

candle, then floating the lit candle in a vessel of holy water. If a creature imbued with one of Valin’s organs spends an entire long rest within 5 feet of the candle, the candle is consumed, Valin’s

During the Siege

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

deliver orders from General Drakov (likely related to the siege’s climax). As the battle reaches what you determine to be the halfway point, start rolling 2d6 on the Zombie Siege Encounters table and

the portcullis beyond. 11 Zombies infiltrate the sewers and appear in a supposedly safe part of the city. 12+ Masses of zombies or a botched scheme by defenders causes a wall or tower to collapse.

Encephalon Cluster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

5 (−3) WIS 17 (+3) CHA 7 (−2) Damage Resistances psychic Condition Immunities blinded Senses blindsight 60 ft. (can’t see beyond this radius), passive Perception 13 Languages

saving throw or have the prone condition. If this attack reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target immediately dies and is consumed by the cluster. Spawn Progeny (Recharges after a Short or Long

Students

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

students, having chosen a college, spend virtually all their remaining school years on that campus and study with those professors, diving into their preferred area of study and related fields. Other

several years beyond that time frame. Most students eventually graduate, though, and they walk a variety of paths after leaving the university. Many return to whatever home they came from, putting what

Docks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Docks The docks of Saltmarsh are the beating heart of the town. The fishing trade and related commerce that keep the town alive are based here. The docks have recently undergone a series of

smugglers from beyond this world who can sell you anything you’ve dreamed of. 10 It’s only a matter of time before the dwarves dig too deep and unleash something horrible.

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