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Princes of the Apocalypse
difficult terrain composed of anything made from earth or stone as if it were normal terrain. He can move through solid earth and rock as if it were difficult terrain. If he ends his turn there, he is
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“But you do see the way people look at you, devil’s child.”
Those black eyes, cold as a winter storm, were staring right into her heart and the sudden seriousness in his voice
around their legs when they get upset or nervous. Their canine teeth are sharply pointed, and their eyes are solid colors—black, red, white, silver, or gold—with no visible sclera or pupil
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
“But you do see the way people look at you, devil’s child.”
Those black eyes, cold as a winter storm, were staring right into her heart and the sudden seriousness in his voice
around their legs when they get upset or nervous. Their canine teeth are sharply pointed, and their eyes are solid colors—black, red, white, silver, or gold—with no visible sclera or pupil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
2. Secret Hallway Empty Frames. Empty mirror frames cover the walls, the floor around them littered with shards of reflective glass (just as in area 1).
Skeleton. An animated drow skeleton clad in
a tattered black cloak stands in the middle of the hall. The skeleton is missing one of its hands and clutches a wand in the other (see “Treasure”).
The skeleton found itself trapped in this hall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
embedded in the hair-strangled trees
2 A world of monuments and houses, all made of flesh
3 A domain ordinary save for the abundance of black hair, the strands always moving even when
there is no breeze
4 A neighborhood of derelict houses, each one composed of numerous mimics
5 An ocean of undead leviathans, still moving despite the entrails bubbling from their burst torsos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Cannith vaults for those who brave the dangers of the Mournland? Stories say communities of warforged live in the Mournland, including the insurgent called the Lord of Blades. While not as flamboyant
as Aundair, Cyran fashions involved bright colors and glamerweave. Some have made a point of continuing this custom. Others wear clothing cut in the Cyran style, but entirely in black; this is generally known as “Mourning wear.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
treasures wait in Cannith vaults for those who brave the dangers of the Mournland? While not as flamboyant as Aundairians, Cyran fashions involved bright colors and glamerweave (see chapter 5). Some
Cyrans have made a point of continuing this custom. Others wear clothing cut in the Cyran style, but entirely in black; this has become known as Mourning wear. Stories say communities of warforged live in the Mournland, including the insurgent called the Lord of Blades.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
would-be heroes. The Kargat and the Kargatane Darkon’s secret police, the Kargat, is composed of vampires and others supernaturally disposed toward intrigue. Since Azalin’s disappearance (see “Darkon
monastic caretakers hunts down and puts an end to dangerous supernatural objects, cursed items, and stranger anomalies. In the case of dangers they can’t destroy, the Guardians hope to prevent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
elves have bronze skin. Their eyes are black, metallic gold, or metallic silver, and their hair is black, metallic copper, or golden blond. Sun elf culture and civilization is highly magical in nature
a feeling of noblesse oblige to their profession: they venture out into the world to challenge its dangers because someone must, and who could be better suited?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Local Nuisances While Sigil’s inhabitants potentially pose the greatest threat to those exploring the city, two dangers pervade Sigil: cranium rats and razorvine. Cranium Rats Rats thrive on the
hazard native to the Lower Planes. This black, creeping ivy has broad, glossy leaves with razor-sharp stems and thorns. Work crews fight the rapidly growing weed from overrunning the city. Others use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
ensure the prosperity and security of Phandalin by clearing the rich mine of its monsters, and to put an end to the troublemaking of the Black Spider — if they can survive the dangers of the Lost Mine of Phandelver.
called the Black Spider — and that the Black Spider wants the adventurers out of the picture. Part 3, “The Spider’s Web,” provides the characters with several short adventures in the region around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
so, since it is never clear the extent of Tiamat’s influence over the creatures. There are five kinds of abishai, each one reflective of one of Tiamat’s dragon heads (black, blue, green, red, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
floor. The basin is about ten feet long, five feet wide, and three feet tall. It is filled with a steaming golden liquid.
The red mirror on the eastern wall seems to be composed of fiery glass and
framed in bronze. Light beams are broken by the mirror into myriad flames, and ghostly shapes seem to flicker in its depths.
On the northern wall are two mirrors: a striking black one of obsidian framed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
death Myrkul, and his followers are raising an army of undead to lay siege to the city of Neverwinter. The spirit of the dead black dragon Chardansearavitriol, also known as Ebondeath, aids Ularan
Mortus in exchange for help finding and seizing the body of a living dragon to inhabit. The people of Leilon are completely unaware of these threats, as they focus on more immediate dangers, like the wild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Wyllow Wyllow is a moon elf druid with eyes as green as emeralds. Butterflies nest in her tangled black hair, and small critters gather around her feet. Over two hundred years ago, Wyllow fell in
pities him, for the Mad Mage too appears to be trapped in a prison of his own making. Wyllow believes he is no longer human, but an immortal entity composed of pure magic. Thus, she has given up any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
through the darkness. Camouflaged Lurkers. Like a stingray, a cloaker’s body is composed of cartilage and muscle. With its tail and fins unfurled, it flies through darkness and lurks among the shadows
of caverns the same way a stingray glides through water and hides on the ocean floor. Parallel rows of round, black eyespots run along its back like buttons, and the ivory-colored claws on its cowl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fifty feet high. The polished marble floor is so perfectly reflective that it creates the illusion of standing at the entrance to a sphere. Nine alcoves filled with glittering treasure open up along
the walls. In the middle of the chamber, a large spherical object hovers under a black silk drape twenty feet above the floor.
The beholder, Belchorzh (pronounced BEL-korj), floats at the top of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
addition to her heartstone, the hag carries a black soul bag (see the “Night Hag” entry in the Monster Manual for more information on this magic items. The bag contains nine soul coins, which Mad Maggie
supply them with food and water as well. Maggie could also offer information about the dangers the characters might face in the wasteland, including other gangs, if the characters gain enough leverage and delight Maggie with their offerings.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Mages of High Sorcery Many magic-users on Krynn are members of an ancient organization known as the Mages of High Sorcery. Predominantly composed of wizards—with a lesser number of sorcerers
Red Robes are expected to wield their power responsibly, represent their order faithfully, and uphold the balance between good and evil in their own actions and the world at large. Order of the Black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
white pillar at the center of this cavern, a pool of mottled black liquid gleams.
Light. The white pillar fills this area with bright light. Pool. Silvery calm water forms this highly reflective, 1-foot
. 61. Bone Room Cracked and decaying bones are piled throughout this chamber. In the northwest corner is a black gate.
Creatures. Three sentient ochre jellies and a wight guard this area. The wight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
irregular intervals. Perched atop a distant bluff, overlooking the rest of the city, is a crumbled fortress.
Traxigor gazes up at the black orb nervously, utters a few arcane syllables, and
the earthquakes and other dangers. Upon her return to Avernus, Lulu the hollyphant regains her at-will innate spellcasting ability: light. In terms of her memories, she can at first only recognize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
a pillar composed of thick, red, ooze-like stuff. The creature is actually inside the pillar, and when it is roused, it emerges with evil intent. Undead Nature. The Ooze Master doesn’t require air
level (3 slots): confusion, Evard’s black tentacles
5th level (1 slot): cloudkill
Spider Climb. The Ooze Master can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
robes watches over this chamber.
An inscription at the base of the statue reads, in Elvish: “It is not surrender. Live to fight again another day.” Treasure. A weapon rack in the room holds a black
steel +1 Longsword and a steel shield bearing the stylized floral emblem of the Order of the Rose. An armor stand bears a black breastplate. A small, unlocked chest holds a Potion of Vitality. V3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
strongholds and settlements deep in the forests. Today, most wood elves stand guard over the ruins of the past, believing it their duty to preserve their fallen glory as an object lesson of the dangers of
variety of folk. Wood elves in Faerûn have the racial traits of wood elves in the Player’s Handbook. They have tan or coppery skin, with hair of wood brown, golden blond, black, or a shining metallic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
unobstructed floor space is directly in front of the doors on the east and west walls. In the center of this clutter stands a great black desk. A figure crouches atop a tall stool, scratching on a
by your card reading. Lief can draw a crude map showing a route to that location. His map is geographically accurate, but he admits that it doesn’t acknowledge or avoid any dangers that might lie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Jungle in the far south, emerge from below from time to time. Despite all these actual and potential dangers, several realms rely on the sea for waterborne trade. By tracing a route in and through the
, and two bugbears. An ogre named Yem serves as the ship’s first mate, and Yem’s method of discipline tends to be fatal. A red dragon’s wing emblazoned on a black background flies from the mast of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Black Earth Cultists Murderers, lunatics, hateful nihilists — these are the sort of people drawn to worship the might of Elemental Evil. The followers of evil elemental earth call themselves the Cult
of the Black Earth, and dream of the day when earthquakes reduce the world of mortals to rubble. They seek to recruit evil or destructive monsters that burrow or dwell in the ground, and in fact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
gargoyles if they have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher. The gargoyles ignore groups exiting the Temple of Black Earth. They attack any strangers approaching from the north unless
the strangers pause at the bridge to either give the hand sign of the cult (a triangle formed with thumbs and forefingers of both hands) or call out, “I serve the Black Earth!” In combat, the gargoyles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
vents and inhabited by braxats,* gaj,* megapedes,* remorhazes, ssurran,* and thri-kreen. (Creatures marked with an asterisk are described in Boo’s Astral Menagerie.) Vocath. This moon, composed
entirely of toxic green gas, is featured in chapters 8 and chapter 9. Yisheen. This small, barren moon is covered with black frost and belongs to Yisheen, a miserly adult lunar dragon (see Boo’s Astral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
center of a muddy lake. The camp is ringed by immense bone spurs, with makeshift wooden walls between. A wooden palisade surrounds a camp composed of tents, huts, and a crooked watchtower. Dozens of
following event occurs once the characters recover the bronze dragon egg or prepare to leave the camp. Read or paraphrase the following: Flapping wings sound above as a hulking creature with black scales
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
mallet dangles from a hook on one of the support posts.
Monsters. Sitting on the steps of the dais, scribbling madly in a journal with a quill pen, is a wretchedly pale man in a dusty black robe. He
property. 30b. Play-by-Play Generator This dusty room has a 10-foot-high ceiling. A 3-foot cube composed of equal parts adamantine and flesh sits atop a 3-foot-tall hexagonal plinth of carved stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
light in the fireplace from a small, highly reflective object.
Two swarms of insects (spiders) infest this room. One swarm descends on anyone who approaches the fireplace, and the other descends
abandoning their mission. He tries to achieve this by playing up the dangers of the place and causing accidents as they explore. The closer the characters get to discovering the truth about the smugglers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
dangers, as detailed by the encounters in this section. For more information about Undersigil, see chapter 2 of Sigil and the Outlands. On entering Undersigil, Farrow cautions the characters to keep
. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals the wings have black blood; they don’t belong to a bat or any other Beast. Creatures other than Constructs, Fiends, or Undead that partake of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
is a fountain of quicksilver: Ecstasy’s gate to Elysium. Creatures that submerge themselves in the reflective pool emerge in Amoria, the plane’s innermost layer. Aura of Tranquility The gate to Elysium
Moondark Tower open as darkness falls. A dull husk of speckled iron during the day, the tower greets the night with twinkling constellations on its glossy black frame. Out rides the Nightwhisperer, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Eye in the Sky The Mages of High Sorcery harness the magical power of the three moons of Krynn: Solinari the White, Lunitari the Red, and Nuitari the Black. Those blessed by the moons might show
. The trial requires magical talent but carries none of the dangers of the Test of High Sorcery. It provides a foundation for the real test. The goal is to complete the challenge presented in the room






