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Storm King's Thunder
entrusted the shepherd Shalvus with an important assignment: to figure out the best way by which Goldenfields can be brought under the Black Network’s control. Shalvus believes that success will ensure
his swift rise through the Zhentarim ranks.
Ideal: “I’ll do what it takes to prove myself to the Zhentarim.”
Bond: “I love animals, and I’m very protective of them.”
Flaw: “I can’t resist taking risks to feed my ambitions.”
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
appendix D) with a wicked will of its own. It looks like a floating, black planar rift in the shape of a sword. Like a demon, it craves destruction.
Areas of wild magic and sites that have been ravaged
by powerful eldritch forces can give rise to spell effects that become living beings. These so-called living spells haunt the places where they were created, subsisting on ambient magical energy.Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.Void scavvers are 20 feet long. Each one is a solitary menace with a pitch-black hide
of these bodies, so that as their “host” moves (often at high speed), the scavvers keep pace. The lesser varieties—brown and gray—rarely rise above the level of nuisances. The
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
knowledge.
Bak Mei is an old man with a long white beard and bushy eyebrows. Like the other members of his order, Bak Mei is clad in snow-white robes secured by a black sash over a form-fitting black
past by giving me an unending future.”
Bond. “I will lead my students to a life unstained by the problems of the world. We will rise above all into eternity.”
Flaw. “I am
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
horror, Juiblex is a mass of bubbling slime, swirling black and green, with glaring red eyes floating and shifting within it. It can rise up like a 20-foot hill, lashing out with dripping pseudopods to
layer of the Abyss, which is also known as Shedaklah, is a bubbling morass of fetid sludge. The landscape is covered in vast expanses of caustic slimes, and strange organic forms rise from the oceans of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons.
Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension involves
fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons.
Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension involves
fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
level of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons.
Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension
involves fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
this level of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons.
Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s
ascension involves fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and
Juiblex
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
others of its kind. It exists only to consume, digesting and transforming living matter into more of itself.
A true horror, Juiblex is a mass of bubbling slime, swirling black and green, with glaring
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons.
Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension involves
fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
from many walks of life, setting them to tasks that serve the goals of the Black Network but aren’t necessarily criminal in nature. Agents of the Black Network must often work in secret, and are
to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful)
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Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Bent Pyramid In the northern desert stands a small pyramid that has a curious design: the sides rise from the earth at a steep angle until halfway up, then come together at a shallower angle. The
Bent Pyramid, which is encased in black granite, has no interior, no temple, and no obvious reason for existing. Sute’s Chosen, however, know it sits atop a well of immense magical power that can be tapped by manipulating sound waves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating a Black Dragon Use the Black Dragon Personality Traits and Black Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive black dragon characters, and use the Black Dragon Spellcasting
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. Black Dragon Personality Traits d8 Trait
1 I demonstrate my brilliance through the cruel subtlety of my actions.
2 Watching the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Approaching the Cabin Perched on the edge of a snowy ridge above a gorge is a black lodge on wooden stilts. Whatever path might have led to this ramshackle retreat lies buried under snow.
Icy steps
shutters, suggest utter abandonment. Large snowdrifts huddle around the rotting stilts and engulf a nearby woodshed and outhouse. Only the wind visits this sinister place.
The Black Cabin has two stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Mudbutton Warren Huts built into trees and atop ruined mounds rise out of the swamp. Twisting, raised wooden pathways stand above the pungent muck, connecting one place to another with little rhyme
or reason.
Mudbutton Warren is home to three hundred residents. Most are boggarts, though a few daring faeries, flamekin, and changelings also make it their home. Mudbutton Warren is among the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
kind. It exists only to consume, digesting and transforming living matter into more of itself. A true horror, Juiblex is a mass of bubbling slime, swirling black and green, with glaring 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 truly insane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
kind. It exists only to consume, digesting and transforming living matter into more of itself. A true horror, Juiblex is a mass of bubbling slime, swirling black and green, with glaring 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 truly insane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Wisps of white smoke or steam rise from the peak, in contrast to the black wildfire smoke hanging over the valleys to the south.
The characters face one significant obstacle on their ascent up the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
, green, black, and white. Ages ago, metallic dragons imprisoned a rampaging red dragon beneath the ocean floor. But the red dragon’s fury caused the undersea volcanic activity that formed Stormwreck
draws other dragons to the island, making it a recurring battlefield. The spiritual scars of dragons who have died there give rise to monsters and unpredictable magic—and this is where the adventure begins!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the area, stairs rise to an open level above. If the kenku aren’t hidden, add: Four short, avian creatures with long beaks and black feathers look over in surprise from where they stand in the middle
Z1. Main Room The Black Network’s main business is recruiting, training, and equipping sellswords. Crates packed with weapons, rations, boots, black uniforms, and other gear fill the warehouse. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
boxed text aloud: The canyon’s rocky walls rise to a height of eighty feet. At the end of the canyon, a twenty-foot-high wall of black stone has a broken gate carved into it, with one stone door hanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the following: Castle Cinis has deteriorated to the extent that sections of it now float in the air. Ash and detritus rise toward the spherical black void that hovers high above the castle. The void
, with clouds of ash rising toward the black, spherical void that looms above Castle Cinis. The characters have no encounters on their way to the castle. When they arrive at the castle, read or paraphrase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K86. Strahd’s Tomb A heavy portcullis stands closed in the archway leading to this tomb. Lifting it requires a successful DC 25 Strength check. Black marble steps descend to a dark tomb that has a
vaulted ceiling thirty feet overhead. The essence of evil permeates the very air. The smell of freshly turned earth is here. Settled into the dirt on the floor is a shining black coffin of finely waxed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
and the rise of Ras Nsi. Characters who examine them see the following tableaus: A giant serpent coils in the underworld, devouring the dreams of sleeping creatures. Yuan-ti terrorize Chultans, feeding
their nightmares to the great serpent. A yuan-ti malison (Ras Nsi) wielding a flaming sword and wearing a gold crown set with a black opal leads the snake people to a great door to the underworld. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T1. Gatehouse Portcullis When the characters approach from the west, read: The shelf of rock on which the mountain road clings grows narrow. To your left, the icy cliffs rise sharply toward dark
, rolling clouds. To your right, the ground falls away into a sea of fog. Ahead, through the wind and snow, you see a high wall of black stone lined with spikes and topped by statues of demonic vultures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
of the five aspects of Tiamat and the matching branch of chromatic dragons, all surrounding a central apse. The apse and all five chapels rise into separate spires, culminating in the sanctuary at the
the overwhelming color of the place is a lifeless, ashen gray, each of the side vaults shimmers dimly blue, green, red, white, or black — the hues of the evil dragons and their world-consuming queen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
aspects of Tiamat, all surrounding a central apse. The apse and all five chapels rise in separate spires, culminating in the sanctuary atop the central spire. Level 2 is a zone 50 feet above ground
dimly blue, green, red, white, or black—the hues of evil dragons and their world-consuming queen.
Red Wizards stand in each of the five vaults, chanting and channeling magical force into the central
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, black web strands. A balcony set into the north wall overlooks the room and has two large thrones atop it, with a red velvet curtain behind them. The ceiling is 17 feet above the surface of the water
more characters move more than 10 feet into the room, six Strahd zombies rise slowly out of the water, their slime-gray arms clawing upward through the water as they attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Mournland, but if tensions rise with Droaam or Darguun, the fortress can be deployed to reinforce a threatened border. As a Brelish soldier or spy, you might have served aboard Argonth for a time
before some incident led you to become an adventurer. Black Pit A massive chasm in the Blackcap Mountains, the Black Pit is over a mile across and descends beyond the limits of sight. It’s said to be an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
threats of the surrounding wilderness. Two forces of evil are on the rise nearby, eager to control the region around Leilon and eventually the Sword Coast for themselves. The first is a cult of Talos
. Ularan Mortus, a priest of Myrkul, god of death, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bane The Black Hand, the Lord of Darkness Bane has a simple ethos: the strong have not just the right but the duty to rule over the weak. A tyrant who is able to seize power must do so, for not only
does the tyrant benefit, but so do those under the tyrant’s rule. When a ruler succumbs to decadence, corruption, or decrepitude, a stronger and more suitable ruler will rise. Bane is vilified in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and widespread of the four, and has dominated the business of crime in Sharn for centuries. The group called Daask is on the rise, directly challenging the Boromars. The Tyrants and House Tarkanan are
. Though dreamlily isn’t illegal if used for medicinal purposes, it’s heavily taxed, and thus most dreamlily is smuggled in and sold on the black market. Dreamlily dens can be found across the lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, their faces chipped away by vandals. An inscription carved into the door’s molding has also been damaged, rendering it indecipherable.
Ferry. A black gondola, its hull carved with leering eyes, is
moored at the river’s edge and ferried by a black-robed tiefling skeleton clutching a 10-foot pole, which it uses to guide the boat.
The gondola and the skeletal ferryman are all creations of Halaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Black Dragon Lairs Black dragons prefer to lair in swamps and jungles—the more dismal and fetid, the better. Within those environs, they favor ruins for their defensibility and dreary aesthetic. When
choosing their lairs, black dragons are fond of locations that are naturally constraining and confounding. Whether adventurers seeking the dragon must wind their way through the roots of an ancient