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Candlekeep Mysteries
target drops to 0 hit points or dies. The target’s game statistics are replaced by the wolf;wolf's statistics, but it retains its hit points. The target is limited in the actions it can perform
twisting and dancing at the tip of her black horn, this corrupted avatar of Lurue is instead a nightmare come to life.
While tainted by the influence of Malar, the avatar of Lurue carries out the Beast Lord’s will: to slaughter anything that dares to cross its path.Poison
Ancient Gold Dragon
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Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of
action to make a Charisma check contested by the dragon’s. If the creature wins, it escapes the dream plane. Otherwise, the effect ends on initiative count 20 on the next round. When the effect
Adult Gold Dragon
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Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that
make a Charisma check contested by the dragon’s. If the creature wins, it escapes the dream plane. Otherwise, the effect ends on initiative count 20 on the next round. When the effect ends, the
Sphere of Annihilation
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Magic Items
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This 2-foot-diameter black sphere is a hole in the multiverse, hovering in space and stabilized by a magical field surrounding it.
The sphere obliterates all matter it passes through and all matter
attempt to control a sphere that is under another creature's control, you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check contested by the other creature's Intelligence (Arcana) check. The winner of the contest
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
removed the goblin’s ability to perceive that fear and replaced it with an insatiable and overwhelming need to collect keys. So great is this obsession that Jingle Jangle has lost her own sense
frightened by locked doors!”
Goblins are small, black-hearted humanoids that lair in despoiled dungeons and other dismal settings. Individually weak, they gather in large numbers to torment other creatures.
Dragonborn
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
wrestle down a dire bear himself. His familiar well-worn armor was gone, replaced by violet-tinted scale armor with bright silvery tracings. There was a blazon on his arm as well, the mark of some
ancestor—bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze.
Self-Sufficient Clans
To any dragonborn, the clan is more important
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Grell Hideout At the end of a long hall is a 50-foot-square room with five pillars made of mortared humanoid bones, painted black. Two grells float in separate alcoves to the north and the east
. The floors of the alcoves are littered with the gnawed bones of past meals (mostly goblins and gricks). The deep alcoves and black pillars provide cover for the grells. As the characters move into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
be utterly destroyed. If the characters finish off Strahd in his coffin, read: Strahd can’t hide his surprise as death takes him into the black abyss. Surprise turns to rage, and the Pillarstone of
Ravenloft trembles with fury, shaking dust from the ceiling of the vampire’s tomb. The shudders abate as Strahd’s burning hatred melts away, replaced at last with relief. The dark orbs of his eyes wither
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Sphere of Annihilation Wondrous item, legendary This 2-foot-diameter black sphere is a hole in the multiverse, hovering in space and stabilized by a magical field surrounding it. The sphere
by it, taking 4d10 force damage. If you attempt to control a sphere that is under another creature’s control, you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check contested by the other creature’s Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sphere of Annihilation Wondrous item, legendary This 2-foot-diameter black sphere is a hole in the multiverse, hovering in space and stabilized by a magical field surrounding it. The sphere
by it, taking 4d10 force damage. If you attempt to control a sphere that is under another creature’s control, you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check contested by the other creature’s Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
characters a chance to succeed.
It’s okay if the characters circumvent combat and talk their way past castle defenders. Both the Cragmaw tribe and the Redbrands work for the Black Spider, so the goblinoids
aren’t likely to attack the party if they claim to be working in the Black Spider’s interest.
If the characters try to perpetrate a deception as a group, have them each make a Charisma (Deception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardians
The first paragraph of descriptive text has been replaced by the following: The Uthgardt are
. Other Uthgardt fear and respect a shaman’s power.
The sidebar’s name is now “Uthgardt Shaman Tribal Spells” and the following spells have been cut from the sidebar: animate dead (Black Lion), feather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(Perception) check contested by the spider’s Dexterity (Stealth) check to spot it before it moves. Treasure The altar is flanked by a pair of heavy silver candlesticks worth 25 gp each. They hold thick
black candles, lit only when a ritual is being performed in the shrine. The eight “eyes” of the spider statue are eight pieces of polished jet — four small ones worth 5 gp each and four larger ones
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
randomly. The replaced tooth vanishes, and you lose the implanted effect.
Recovering Teeth. Once all the teeth have vanished, their pouch also vanishes. The pouch with all the teeth then appears in
the tooth to cast the Evard's black tentacles spell (DC 18). Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
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The Thousand Deaths of Jander Sunstar (yellowed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
! Grizzlegut, where are you? A pox on you, you mangy cat!” Through the darkness comes a crone wearing a pointed black hat and a burlap gown stained with soot.
Characters can try to hide from the witch
(who has darkvision) or catch her by surprise. This Barovian witch is one of the servants of Strahd dwelling in area K56. She is calling out the name of her black cat familiar, which has gone missing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
metallic to fetid and repugnant, the fires of industry replaced by squalor. The homes in this part of Gracklstugh are crudely carved from the rock or are just holes in the walls, arranged in no apparent
mob meant to drive away invisible duergar patrols. Derro make active Wisdom (Perception) checks contested by the characters’ Dexterity (Stealth) checks if a ward is activated. Characters using detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Black Lake The darkest and most remote corner of the Glitterhame’s cavern system, the Black Lake is a large, winding cavern filled with water that drains from the Dark Mere through a submerged
. The dwarves of Khundrukar never settled these caverns, although Durgeddin had his followers begin work on an escape route through the depths. The Black Lake is now the domain of Nightscale, a young
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
37. Showers and Sauna Temple workers came here to shower and bathe. 37a. Showers Benches. Black marble benches stand in the middle of this marble-tiled room.
Showers. Alcoves in the west and east
protrudes from the wall just inside the door.
Benches. Black marble benches hug the wall.
When cold water from an underground river is fed into the tank through the pipe, the fire elemental turns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
for 1 minute, replaced by an open doorway to area 12a. This magic gate remains open while the rod is in place and closes 1 minute after the rod is removed from the pedestal. While the gate is open
rune randomly by drawing a card from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B). STARDOCK RODS
A Stardock rod is a 1-foot-long black crystal rod that is needed to open the magic gate in area 11 and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
Whymsee Whymsee is a shorter woman with broad shoulders. Her legs have been replaced with tentacles, and her upper torso is covered in some kind of tough, conical shell. When startled, she can tuck
:
At will: command, create or destroy water
3/day each: control water, darkness, water breathing, water walk
1/day each: Evard’s black tentacles, lightning bolt.
Actions
Thunderous Touch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
immediately replaced with its nonmagical twin from area 52, or if Napaka’s remains are removed from their resting place, the queen’s corpse opens its mouth in a wide yawn and exhales a baleful black gas
carrying spears and ornate jugs. The ceiling is painted to look like a clear blue sky. A small bejeweled cockroach rests atop a sarcophagus of black basalt in the middle of the room. A two-foot-diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
within a couple minutes’ walk to the south. In the far distance, the sky is clear, but directly above the pool is a black storm cloud spitting bolts of red lightning. When the characters arrive
, or at least what’s left of it: its once clear waters are now streaked with red and black impurities. Standing at the edge of the pool is a feral-looking human clad in animal skins. This individual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
black sphere holds the demon in place, and appears to be slowly draining away its essence.
The balor Tarnhem is bound here by the magic of Acererak, who has fashioned a device from a sphere of
is incapacitated but can still speak. Until he recovers his weapons from the chapel, his Longsword and Whip actions are replaced by the following action option: Fist of Retribution. Melee Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
revealing her location. Any character who peers up through the hole in the ceiling can spot Kella lurking in the shadows with a successful Wisdom (Perception) check contested by Kella’s Dexterity
village and turn it into a Black Network base. Her original plan was to drive away the Lionshield Coster and bully Lady Velrosa Nandar into subservience, but the cloud giant attack has left the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
are magically replaced by a pair of soft, fuzzy donkey ears. Moreover, when you try to speak, you instead bray. 2 You gain 1d3 levels of exhaustion. Until the curse ends, these levels of exhaustion
her “fair blessing.” 5 After filling your pockets with fool’s gold, you must flap your arms and quack like a duck. 6 You must bury an executioner’s hood (a black-capped mushroom found in the Feywild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Dangerous Paths These caverns stand between the drow and goblinoid settlements on this level. 17a. Contested Cavern Guards. Eleven hobgoblins and a hobgoblin captain are stationed in this 20-foot
, but its Disintegration Ray is replaced with the following: Telekinetic Ray. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw, or the zombie moves it up to 30 feet in any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
replaced by simple buildings aligned along muddy streets. They now house hundreds who can’t find lodgings within the city’s walls. Wyhan’s Apothecary Wyhan (lawful evil, human mage) is a black-robed Mage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Shadow Mastiff These black hounds of the Shadowfell move invisibly through the shadows, always on the hunt. In gloomy places where the veil between the Shadowfell and the Material Plane is thinnest
replaced. When a shadow mastiff pack is hungry and senses prey nearby, the alpha lets loose a howl that strikes fear into the hearts of nearby beasts and humanoids. Its howl is also a signal to the rest of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
sponsoring and then leading adventuring expeditions into Undermountain. One of the items they recovered from the dungeon was a tablet of black crystal that allowed contact with entities of the Far Realm
rumors that the Shadowdusks had been replaced by aberrant horrors in human guise. Their ancestral villa, Shadowdusk Hold, was burned to the ground in the Year of the Harp (1355 DR). The Waterdavian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Zilch lost his spellbook during his escape from Menzoberranzan, and an unfortunate encounter with a black pudding left him with acid scars covering the left side of his body, including his face. In
, he attempts to steal something from one randomly determined party member. Far from being a skilled thief, Zilch must succeed at a Dexterity check contested by the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
G. Tser Pool Encampment The road gradually disappears and is replaced by a twisted, muddy path through the trees. Deep ruts in the earth are evidence of the comings and goings of wagons.
The canopy
of mist and branches suddenly gives way to black clouds boiling far above. There is a clearing here, next to a river that widens to form a small lake several hundred feet across. Five colorful round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
contested by the merrow’s Strength check. If the merrow wins the contest, the vessel capsizes. Stirges These stirges cling to the ceiling like bats. If the party is aware of the stirges, the
Discoveries table to determine what the water weird is guarding. Weird Discoveries d6 Discovery 1–2 Sunken altar dedicated to a forgotten deity 3–4 Sunken statue with 500 gp black pearls for eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
space next to the identical gate located there. Treasure. The treasures inside the building are as follows: 3,500 gp, 6,000 sp, and 15,000 cp in loose coinage A 500 gp black pearl with a minor magical
contested by the character’s Charisma (Deception) check to see through the deception. A character who is caught lying to the dragon can never win back its trust. If the dragon is incapacitated, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Fyreen Fyreen is a volcanic world despoiled by dragons. The planet’s remaining resources are hotly contested, giving rise to tyrants. Temperatures on Fyreen plunged dramatically after the sun
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->Volo's Guide to Monsters
make them unlocked, or until she uses this lair action again to open them. A powerful annis hag might have the following additional lair action: The hag creates a thick cloud of caustic black smoke that
prison demiplane. To escape, the creature must use its action to make a Charisma check contested by the hag’s. If the creature wins, it escapes the demiplane. Otherwise, the effect ends on initiative