before blessing dark continues risk

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

speak of a seelie fey who betrayed the Summer Queen. His true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath

, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every part of their body with clothing when exposure to light is a risk. The light a darkling

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

":"1d12+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Radiant Strike", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. Prophetic Blessing. The living portent magically infuses the power of its prophecy into another

", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath that she cursed every member of his house. Other fey refer to the descendants of Dubh Catha's house as the dubh sith-or

part of their body with clothing when exposure to light is a risk. The light a darkling absorbs over the course of its lifetime explodes outward when the darkling dies, incinerating the creature and

Nightbringer

Magic Items Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

This heavy mace has a dark oaken handle and a head of blackened steel trimmed with gold. In combat, the mace’s head is wreathed in inky black energy. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage

attuned to Nightbringer: Blessing of the Dragon Queen. You are immune to the charmed and frightened conditions, and you gain immunity to one of the following damage types (choose when you attune to the

Killmoulis

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

Slam. Melee weapon attack: -1;{"diceNotation":"1d20-1","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage. Blessing of Bountiful Generosity (1/day

sore and cramped, as rocks or sharp sticks somehow end up under their bedrolls. Once a killmoulis is angered, it continues to tail a group and visit its curse upon them. Only an offering of fine food

Folk Hero Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

after I led a symbolic act of protest against it. 9 A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secret origin. 10 Recruited into a lord’s army, I rose to

, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for

Ancient Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water Blessing of the Sea (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dragon turtle would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total

62,000 XP (124,000 XP total) for defeating the dragon turtle after its Blessing of the Sea activates. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon turtle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

;Disguise kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this

identity. 3 I have trouble trusting anyone but myself. 4 I have a particular vice that puts all my secrets at risk if I’m not careful. 5 I’m pretty sure I’ve done

Topaz Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

love gazing upon it, but I abhor being wet. 4 Why should I risk damaging my splendid physique when I can fight with the power of my mind? 5 I am predictable only in my unpredictability

Creatures 1 Moved by pity, a giant eagle continues bringing food to an abandoned topaz dragon wyrmling, despite the wyrmling’s attempts to eat the eagle. 2 A pseudodragon who is

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

self-assurance in one genasi and as arrogance in another. Such self- confidence can sometimes blind genasi to risk, and their great plans often get them and others into trouble. Too much failure can

accustomed to a variety of different people. GENASI ON ATHAS Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting

Claugiyliamatar (possessed)

Monsters Divine Contention

exhales dark energy in a 90--foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw, taking 77 (22d6);{"diceNotation":"22d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Necrotic

the crest that begins near its eyes and continues down its spine, reaching full height just behind the skull. A small wooded region near Westbridge hides many old dwarven ruins and the extensive

Folk Hero - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for a meal. 3 Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you guided the wayward noble through back streets to safety. The patriar repaid your

, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you. BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

skills. This dedication to competition has a dark side. Goliaths are ferocious competitors, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a goliath slays a dragon, he or she might

give up their lives as their physical skills decay. Because of their risk-taking, goliath tribes suffer from a chronic lack of the experience offered by long- term leaders. They hope for innate

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the battlefield. The followers of all

battle or illness, but an orc can live to about 40, remaining healthy almost up until the end. Luthic’s divine blessing can further extend an orc’s life, though Gruumsh is never happy when

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; Elminster The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh

primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by

Cult of Shar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Undermountain by the dark grace of Shar herself. Keresta turns the most promising acolytes into vampire spawn. Those deemed unworthy of Shar’s blessing nourish Keresta and her spawn with their blood

, after which Umbraxakar devours the exsanguinated corpses. Cultists are neutral evil humans who wear dusty gray robes over their armor. These robes bear the symbol of Shar: a black circle bordered in dark purple.

K83. Spiral Stair

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

K83. Spiral Stair Behind the door lies a dark spiral staircase. The staircase starts at area K78, climbs to a landing at area K83a, and continues upward to area K37.

Shar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

have the power to make folk forget their pain or become inured to a loss, and many people in distress pray to Shar for such a blessing. Shar is revered by those who must venture into dark places and so

Shar The Mistress of the Night, the Dark Lady, Our Lady of Loss The dark twin of Selûne, Shar is the goddess of darkness, both in its physical form and as it exists in the minds and souls of mortals

Divine Intervention

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

. The gods can tell characters to do things and even threaten to punish them if they don’t do things, but the gods can’t control mortal actions. Don’t Eliminate Risk and Danger. The intervention of a

on mortal heroes to act like heroes. With those principles in mind, you might have gods intervene in dire situations in one of these ways: Blessings. A god might bestow a Blessing (see “Supernatural

Welcome to the Far North

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

became locked in a perpetual, dark winter without reprieve. Auril the Frostmaiden, the divine embodiment of winter’s fury, has withdrawn to this cold corner of the world to live among mortals

, turning midday into twilight and trapping Icewind Dale in winter’s dark embrace, with no sunlight or warmth to melt the snow and ice. Each casting of the spell leaves the Frostmaiden weakened, with just

Dreaming Dark NPCs

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

dragonmarked houses, noble families, and other driving forces. Because Dreaming Dark agents can communicate and coordinate with one another in dreams, they never have to risk losing their cover to receive

Dreaming Dark NPCs Agents of the Dreaming Dark are insidious villains that can appear anywhere, in almost any context. They receive orders from a cabal of powerful quori. The leader of the

The Amber Temple

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

The Amber Temple Once a haven of virtuous wizards, the Amber Temple was long ago corrupted by evil. It was here that Strahd made his pact with the Dark Powers to become a vampire, with the blessing

H2. Worm Rubble

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

continues on the other side, but one must make the climb with care or risk causing the rubble to shift and alert the worm (see below). Removing enough debris to allow a Small or Medium humanoid to

K40. Belfry

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

path leads to the dark center of the room, where a rope dangles from high above. The rope is attached to a great bell mounted in a wooden framework 50 feet overhead. Pulling the rope or attempting to

belfry is filled with giant spider webs (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Characters who blunder into them risk becoming stuck. At the west end of the north wall, behind thick webs, is a secret door that opens into area K41.

Noteworthy Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

fertile, blessing farmers with bountiful harvests of juicy pomegranates, buttery pistachios, and crimson strands of saffron. Rebellion also flourishes, as the Brightguard has a smaller presence here, and

can do nothing but admire her own reflection in a mirrored cell that neutralizes her power. Given Atash’s intolerance for misconduct, the prison’s population continues to grow, but now it fills with more ordinary folk guilty of lesser crimes.

Crypt Features

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

descriptions assume that the characters have a light source or some other method of seeing in the dark. Doors Doors throughout the temple are made of 2-inch-thick slabs of stone with simple handles a few

), valiant approach (area P11), and haunted hall (area P16). Dumathoin’s Blessing. When the characters purify the crypt, any character that helped put a haunt to rest or defeated one of the crypt’s ghosts

Sealing the Rift

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

light, the vent is the center and source of the area’s dark hallow effect. This narrow opening continues down for hundreds of feet beneath the ocean bottom, never widening. Sealing this vent is the only

Frozen Shipwreck

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Frozen Shipwreck The Dark Duchess is hundreds of yards from shore, trapped in thick ice. When the characters get close enough to see it, read: The Sea of Moving Ice stretches out before you, a

the waterline of the vessel, it’s a 10-foot climb to get to the main deck. The sides of the hull are slippery and can’t be climbed without using magic or climbing gear. The ice around the Dark Duchess

The Soul's Shape

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

remaining loyal Children of Ankhtepot 4 A blessing granted to those who survive both the Breath of the Forgotten and the Breath of the False 5 A set of relics holy to the old gods of Har’Akir

6 The manifestation of a joyous song sung by Muhar’s people 7 The soul of an innocent healer who resembles the pharaoh as he was in life 8 The soul of a character, perhaps one with an Echoing Soul (a Dark Gift detailed in chapter 1)

Chapter 4: Gracklstugh

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

adventurers will quickly realize that the power of the demon lords is a threat even here, getting an even closer glimpse of the Underdark’s decay as the madness of the Abyss continues to spread. Built

shape events in the city that point toward the danger Gracklstugh faces — and how unprepared the city is for it. But with each moment the characters spend in the City of Blades, they run the risk of having escaped the drow only to be enslaved by the duergar.

Living Portent

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

guidance and minions seem to help for a time but whose influence inevitably leads to disaster. Hadar, the Dark Hunger. A cinder-red dying star that siphons life from its minions to avert its own

120 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3) radiant damage. Prophetic Blessing. The living portent magically infuses the power of its prophecy into another willing creature the living portent can see

Evil Inchoate

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

powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great

. Such a site is usually protected with intricate traps, mindless servants, and other defenses that bring no risk of subversion or betrayal. If an archdevil were ever to acquire a demonic amulet

Capture

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

Capture The drow try to capture the escaped prisoners if at all possible, since Ilvara wants the pleasure of teaching them a lesson about disobedience. If the dark elves reduce any characters to 0

before Ilvara has the opportunity to torture them or sell them into slavery in the City of Spiders. If they escape her clutches again, the drow priestess continues her pursuit until she is dead or the party leaves the Underdark (see chapter 7).

The Fiend

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

, scorching ray 3rd fireball, stinking cloud 4th fire shield, wall of fire 5th flame strike, hallow Dark One’s Blessing Starting at 1st level, when you reduce a hostile creature to 0 hit points, you gain

temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your warlock level (minimum of 1). Dark One’s Own Luck Starting at 6th level, you can call on your patron to alter fate in your favor. When you make

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