before black dwelling complex reveal

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until you are found and removed from the sphere. You can’t be located by any Divination magic, but a Wish spell can reveal the location

an ally. As Dungeon Master, you should wait for a dramatically appropriate moment to reveal this enmity, leaving the adventurer guessing who is likely to become a betrayer. Fool. You have

Demodragon

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

gatekeeper of the Hellfire Games’ final challenge. Raised by vile magic from the corpse of a beheaded black dragon, the demodragon is the picture of its creator: an abomination with three

writhing tails, monstrous wings, and two hideous heads. Initially, each bulbous head appears featureless—a disturbing, preternatural bud yet to bloom. When threatened, however, each unfurls to reveal

Black Viper

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Cunning Action. On each of her turns, the Black Viper can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Evasion. If the Black Viper is subjected to an effect that allows her to make

. Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The Black Viper deals an extra 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sneak Attack"} damage when she hits a target with a weapon attack and has

Xvart

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

could reveal his location to point to the nearest xvart instead. Xvarts Xvarts are cowardly, greedy creatures spawned by a renegade demigod, Raxivort. They have blue skin, orange eyes, and

Black Sewers, a realm within Pandemonium that he filled with his beloved creatures, rat;rats and bat;bats, which xvarts befriend to this day. He enjoyed his reign only briefly before Graz’zt

Ancient Red Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon

control. Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered. Lair

Eye of Fear and Flame

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

living, commanding individuals to perform evil deeds of the undead's choosing or be destroyed. If its commands are not obeyed, an eye of fear and flame throws back its hood to reveal its skull—set

with gems of red and black in each eye socket—then attacks. Spectral Visage. An eye of fear and flame resembles a hooded, skeletal humanoid figure. The interior of its hood cannot be seen except as an

Girallon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator. Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest

out across the world. Numerous creatures have tried to tame, subjugate, or cooperate with the monsters. For instance, some forest-dwelling peoples capture girallons and train them to serve as sentinels

Solar Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

feed on kindori, scavvers, and other forms of space-dwelling wildlife. A solar dragon might mistake a distant spelljamming ship for possible prey and come within range of the vessel’s weapons

detected in a solar dragon’s lair can expect to be met with resistance, followed by hostility, especially if the lair contains eggs. A solar dragon egg has an obsidian shell, shiny black and

Adult Red Dracolich Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

to half its flying speed.A Red Dracolich's Lair Red dracoliches lair in high mountains or hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven

are the throne from which it can look out to survey all it controls—and the wider world it seeks to control. Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dracolich's power

Adult Lunar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.A Lunar Dragon’s Lair The cave complex where a lunar dragon makes its lair

ancient or adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects: Black Frost. A thin layer of black frost covers the ground

Ancient Lunar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

creatures or solid objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.A Lunar Dragon’s Lair The cave complex where a lunar

containing an ancient or adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects: Black Frost. A thin layer of black frost

Adult Red Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon lairs

. Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered. Lair Actions On

Young Solar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

typically feed on kindori, scavvers, and other forms of space-dwelling wildlife. A solar dragon might mistake a distant spelljamming ship for possible prey and come within range of the vessel’s weapons

are detected in a solar dragon’s lair can expect to be met with resistance, followed by hostility, especially if the lair contains eggs. A solar dragon egg has an obsidian shell, shiny black and

Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

"} Ideal 1 Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral) 2 Knowledge. We are the whole of creation

, seeking to understand itself. (Any) 3 Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any) 4 Responsibility

Young Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

than this one. Amethyst Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"} Ideal 1 Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that

must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral) 2 Knowledge. We are the whole of creation, seeking to understand itself. (Any) 3 Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem

Adult Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

"} Ideal 1 Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral) 2 Knowledge. We are the whole of creation

, seeking to understand itself. (Any) 3 Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any) 4

Ancient Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral) 2 Knowledge. We are the whole of creation, seeking to understand itself

. (Any) 3 Self-Improvement. I am a complex gem, and I constantly polish and refine my many facets to make the whole that much more perfect. (Any) 4 Responsibility. Having knowledge and

Ancient Solar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

. Solar dragons typically feed on kindori, scavvers, and other forms of space-dwelling wildlife. A solar dragon might mistake a distant spelljamming ship for possible prey and come within range of the

shell, shiny black and opaque. When an egg is close to hatching, the shell becomes translucent, allowing the light from the unborn wyrmling’s wings to shine through.A Solar Dragon’s Lair

Adult Solar Dragon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

. Solar dragons typically feed on kindori, scavvers, and other forms of space-dwelling wildlife. A solar dragon might mistake a distant spelljamming ship for possible prey and come within range of the

shell, shiny black and opaque. When an egg is close to hatching, the shell becomes translucent, allowing the light from the unborn wyrmling’s wings to shine through.A Solar Dragon’s Lair A

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires. Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret

minotaur—considered the greatest gift of the Prince of Beasts. Baphomet himself appears as a great, black-furred minotaur, 20 feet tall with six iron horns. An infernal light burns in his red eyes

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

you are found and removed from the sphere. You can't be located by any divination magic, but a wish spell can reveal the location of your prison. You draw no more cards. Euryale. The card's medusa

. Skull. You summon an avatar of death--a ghostly humanoid skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. It appears in a space of the GM's choice within 10 feet of you and attacks

Adventure Synopsis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

come to the Stone Tooth in search of a reputed cache of Durgeddin’s superior blades and find the stronghold inhabited by dangerous monsters. The complex consists of the following five sections: The

Mountain Door. The Mountain Door comprises the uppermost level of the cavern complex. It is currently inhabited by a tribe of fierce orcs, led by a brutal ogre known as Great Ulfe. The Glitterhame. The

Klauth

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

kindness for creatures he doesn’t think can harm him.A Red Dragon’s Lair Red dragons lair in high mountains or hills, dwelling in caverns under snow-capped peaks, or within the deep halls

heights of the world are the throne from which it can look out to survey all it controls—and the wider world it seeks to control. Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

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

use for healing magic, and a sorcerer can meet most of the tribe’s other magic-related needs. Kobold shamans are very rare; priests of Kurtulmak, when they reveal themselves, are easily recognized

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

and reveal the future in the way of traditional tarot, and each of its seventy-eight cards had a unique effect when drawn. In 1989, the Deck of Many Things expanded again. “Luck of the Draw” in Dragon

dwelling on the plane of Concordant Opposition (known now as the Outlands) to test the greed of hapless adventurers. The cards were distributed throughout the world by leprechauns, who were familiar

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

offer bribes, favors, or other incentives to induce people to reveal their secrets. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an inaccessible place, or that it simply can

alterations in yourself or others, the result often displays the characteristics of fish, amphibians, or other water-dwelling creatures. Blue-green eddies of magical energy sometimes accompany your

Temple of Black Earth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

produced by the nearby elemental node. Unlike the members of the other three cults, the Black Earth cultists have easy access to the surface. This quarter of the temple complex lies almost directly

Temple of Black Earth When the elemental prophets were drawn to Tyar-Besil, the servants of elemental earth took control of the northeast quarter of the dwarven ruins. Long ago, this area served as

Whorlstone Tunnels

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

first found the tunnels didn’t reveal their discovery to anyone, and to this day only a handful among the Council of Savants and the Gray Ghosts know about them. The long, gently curving tunnels have

mysterious black obelisk in the farthest cave (see area 16). The other group is a budding cult of derro demon worshipers led by a renegade member of the Council of Savants. Sensing that the demon lords are

Q30. Curtained Staircase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Q30. Curtained Staircase A tattered black curtain conceals an archway leading to a spiral staircase that descends to area Q17. At the top of the stairs is a secret door that can be pulled open to reveal area Q36 beyond.

K4. Carriage House

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

K4. Carriage House Read the following text if the characters open the carriage house doors: The double doors swing open to reveal a sleek, black carriage fitted with glass windows and brass lanterns.

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

. The Black Spider has sent bugbears to reinforce the Redbrands and provide extra muscle (see area 9). The lower part of the complex is guarded by a hideous “eye monster” (see area 8). The Redbrands

General Features The hideout consists of well-built dungeon chambers with flagstone floors and walls of dressed stone blocks. The western end of the complex is lower than the eastern end, with stairs

H12. Audience Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

hunger.) Painted on the stone floor is a 10-foot-diameter, shield-shaped crest that features a black tower being struck by a golden bolt of lightning — the emblem of the warlord Delsendra Amzarr. Secret

Door. This room has two secret doors. The east secret door pushes open to reveal area H9. The west secret door pulls open to reveal a 3-foot-wide staircase descending 10 feet to area H21. Cryovain is too big to enter this staircase.

Examining the Trunk

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

Examining the Trunk Characters who examine the mimic and succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check notice that the defeated trunk’s wood and leather has been rubbed with a black, oily substance

. If asked about this, Professor Sharpbeak says it’s likely just a leather conditioner. With no magic remaining in the eldritch balm to reveal the contamination, she has no explanation for why the trunk temporarily turned into a mimic and attacked.

A Lunar Dragon's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

A Lunar Dragon’s Lair The cave complex where a lunar dragon makes its lair contains ample space for food, as well as one or more hidden chambers where the dragon keeps its treasure. Depending on the

to living with the dragon. Regional Effects The region containing an ancient or adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects: Black

Autumn Encounter Chain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

the Xanathar Guild, and Bregan D’aerthe spies have tracked them to a cellar complex in the Southern Ward. In the guise of Laeral Silverhand, Jarlaxle steers the characters in that direction (encounter

9, “Cellar Complex”). A search of the cellar complex yields a fake stone, but not the real Stone of Golorr. With no other leads, the characters can follow up with “Laeral” at a theater in the Dock

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