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Monster Manual
vampire takes 20 Acid damage if it ends its turn in running water.Stake to the Heart. If a weapon that deals Piercing damage is driven into the vampire’s heart while the vampire has the
, one creature the vampire can see within 30 feet that isn’t a Construct or an Undead. Failure: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Sanguine Drain
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
visible on the Material Plane while it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, yet it can't affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.A phantom warrior is the spectral remnant of a willful
soldier or knight who perished on the battlefield or died performing its sworn duty. It appears like a translucent version of its living self.
Task Driven. Although one is often mistaken for a ghost, a
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Entropic Aura. Each creature that is not a construct or undead that ends its turn within 15 feet of Ygorl takes 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Entropic Aura
Teleport action.
Call the Void (Costs 3 Actions). Each creature that is not a construct or undead within 30 feet of Ygorl must make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw against the lord of entropy’s
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
duplicate that looks just like the reigar. The duplicate obeys the reigar’s commands and uses the reigar’s statistics, except it is an unaligned Construct that doesn’t have a talarith of its
land. When the endless battles there grew tiresome, some reigar ventured to the Astral Sea and Wildspace in search of glory. Many are driven by artistic pursuits, but each reigar has their own notion
Symbol
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
common triggers are opening the object, approaching within a certain distance of it, or seeing or reading the glyph.
You can further refine the trigger so the spell is activated only under certain
Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target is driven insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can't take actions, can't understand what other creatures say, can't read, and speaks only in
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
.
Stake to the Heart. If a piercing weapon made of wood is driven into his heart while he is incapacitated in his coffin, he is paralyzed until the stake is removed.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. While
card reading in chapter 1, unless he has been forced into his tomb in the catacombs of Castle Ravenloft.
Strahd's Tactics
Because the entire adventure revolves around Strahd, you must play him
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Hobgoblins trace their origins to the ancient courts of the Feywild, where they first appeared with their goblin and bugbear kin. Many of them were driven from the Feywild by the conquering god
in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but
Paladin
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
paladins take their work seriously. A delve into an ancient ruin or dusty crypt can be a quest driven by a higher purpose than the acquisition of treasure. Evil lurks in dungeons and primeval forests
. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Adventure Structure Much of the adventure’s action is driven by the clash between the adventurers’ decisions and Strahd’s goals, and the adventurers and the vampire are all caught in strands of fate
that are represented by a special card reading detailed in chapter 1, “Into the Mists.” Before you run the adventure, you need to conduct that reading to determine the location of several items that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
many human cities are built on goblin foundations. This empire collapsed into savagery, and when humanity arrived, goblins were driven from their ancestral lands or enslaved. Galifar ended the
the territory he was supposed to protect. The Five Nations were unprepared, and Breland quickly negotiated an alliance with Haruuc to secure the border. Cyre fought the goblins until the Day of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Chapter 8: The Village of Krezk The fortified village of Krezk lies near the edge of Strahd’s domain, and the wall of mist that marks the border is clearly visible above the treeline. Yet even here
isolation and greed that doomed them. The clergy began fighting over food and wine. By the time their supplies ran out, they had either been killed by each other’s hands or driven hopelessly insane by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
two factions weakened them both. The mariners’ guild then sent a force ashore, and the remaining pirates were killed or driven off by the guild’ soldiers. The island, though now apparently abandoned
, and clear it entirely of threats so that the guild can construct a lighthouse on the site. Payment is made upon completion of the job, which will be verified by guild members. The mariners’ guild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Mourning No one knows the reason for what happened on 20 Olarune 994 YK. Though it had been battered, Cyre stood defiant; Cyran soldiers had recently driven deep into Karrnathi territory and were
characters.) In the days immediately following the Mourning, many assumed that the mist would continue to spread. Intense panic slowly turned to curiosity as it became clear that the border had stabilized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
peevishness brings the worst of the sun god’s qualities into focus. As a campaign villain, Heliod is most likely driven by his desire to assert his rulership over the other gods of the pantheon and his
wild with power and tries to slay Purphoros. The repercussions border on the cataclysmic, with the champion slain, Mount Velus erupting, and the spear shattered. Only Purphoros can repair the spear, and he’s hardly in the mood to do so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
mother’s species until it reaches adolescence, at which point it discovers its true nature and is driven to seek out its kind to join them. Doppelganger
Medium monstrosity (shapechanger), neutral
doppelganger can continue reading its thoughts, as long as the doppelganger’s concentration isn’t broken (as if concentrating on a spell). While reading the target’s mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good, loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in shining armor venturing
? Or are you an embittered loner sworn to take vengeance on those who have done great evil, sent as an angel of death by the gods or driven by your need for revenge? Appendix B lists many deities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
a lively debate on the current state of the Race of Eight Winds. Detention is run by a halfling who calls herself Brandy. She claims to be a excoriate, driven from House Ghallanda after refusing to
students. Honors. The counterbalance to Detention, Honors is both bar, bookstore, and reading room. Many of the more respectable faculty members take their meals in Honors, and it’s a good place to find a debate on the cosmology of Eberron or the morality of the Last War.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
process their ores and shape their precious metals. The border region between the planes of Water and Earth is a horrid swamp where twisted, gnarled trees and thick, stinging vines grow from the dense
settlements here consist of wooden structures suspended above the muck. Most are built on platforms between trees, but a few stand on stilts driven deep into the muck. No solid earth underlies the mud of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Strahd’s Enemy Drawn from the high deck, the fourth card in the card reading determines the location of an NPC who can improve the characters’ chances of defeating Strahd. (Some cards offer two
character he or she can see. Each of the NPCs described in this section has a role to play in the adventure, even if that individual isn’t indicated in the card reading. For the one so designated, however
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
its living self. Task Driven. Although one is often mistaken for a ghost, a phantom warrior isn’t bound by a yearning to complete some unresolved goal. It can choose to end its undead existence at any
visible on the Material Plane while it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, yet it can’t affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
exemplify the idea that the Outer Planes are realms of thought and spirit. As with the Elemental Planes, one can imagine the perceptible part of the Outer Planes as a border region, while extensive
celestial creatures, including angels, couatls, and pegasi. The Lower Planes are the home of fiends: demons, devils, yugoloths, and their ilk. The planes in between host their own unique denizens: the construct race of modrons inhabit Mechanus, and the aberrations called slaadi thrive in Limbo.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
inscribed within an object, the most common triggers are opening the object, approaching within a certain distance of it, or seeing or reading the glyph. You can further refine the trigger so the spell
. Insanity. Each target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target is driven insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can’t take actions, can’t understand what other creatures say
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good, loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in shining armor venturing
? Or are you an embittered loner sworn to take vengeance on those who have done great evil, sent as an angel of death by the gods or driven by your need for revenge? Appendix B lists many deities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
in running water.
Stake to the Heart. If a weapon that deals Piercing damage is driven into the vampire’s heart while the vampire has the Incapacitated condition in its resting place, the vampire has
).
Bonus Actions
Sanguine Drain. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 18, one creature the vampire can see within 30 feet that isn’t a Construct or an Undead. Failure: 14 (4d6) Necrotic damage. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Puzzle Book. The book on the reading desk is the puzzle book with the letter L on its spine. Animated Chained Library Animated Chained Library
Large construct
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit
M12 or break through the ceiling from the attic above area M10. This room is bare except for a bookshelf covered in chains against one wall, a plain wooden bench, and a reading desk built into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
character can notice a slight gap beneath the secret door with a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. C4. Reading Room This reading nook has the following features: Light pours into this room
the northern wall has a butterfly-shaped, stained-glass peephole. If Victoro Cassalanter (see appendix B) is here, he’s reading a historical text titled The Rise and Fall of Hellgate Keep and taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wizard hurling over Tser Falls (area H). The wizard, his staff and spellbook lost, survived the fall and retreated into the mountains, hoping to regain his power, only to be driven mad by the
know his old friend Elminster of Shadowdale. If Mordenkainen isn’t the party’s ally as foretold in Madam Eva’s card reading (see chapter 1), he declines to join them if asked. With his wits restored, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
bottle with a sweet-smelling liquid inside. The bottle holds a potion of mind reading. C19. Student Storage This storeroom is filled with loose parchment, books, and misfiled paperwork. In the center of
search this area find two potions of mind reading tucked into a pouch in one of the boxes. C20. Attic This cramped attic holds oddities considered too strange to display on the manor’s main floor. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Student Dormitories Each room contains identical furnishings: Pneumatic Tubes. A row of five pneumatic tubes is attached to one wall. These tubes connect to the reading niche (area 6), the
comforts, including silk bedsheets, soft furs from exotic beasts, a bowl of fresh fruit, a censer of burning incense, and a cushioned wicker reading chair. Skrianna’s Diary. Skrianna keeps a diary in her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
routine of its life. Others are driven by wickedness or spite, as with a ghost that refuses to rest until every member of a certain family or organization is dead. The surest way to rid an area of a ghost
visible on the Material Plane while it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, yet it can’t affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.
Horrifying Visage. Each non-undead creature within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
prone and can’t use its Stomp action, but makes three extra turret attacks when it takes the Multiattack action option. “Landro” (Colossus WX-33) is partially phased into a mountainside on the border of
colossus might serve as an adventure location. Warforged Colossus
Gargantuan construct, unaligned
Armor Class 23 (natural armor)
Hit Points 410 (20d20 + 200)
Speed 60 ft.
STR
30 (+10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
—broken and consumed by the march of eternity. It has no sense of empathy or compassion, driven only to unmake so that the resulting base elements of reality can fuel the multiverse’s endless cycles of
creatures that have attempted to parley with Ygorl are known to have been driven to madness in the process.
Death and Destruction. Ygorl’s most notable possession is an adamantine scythe with the slaad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
creator and Ruxithid can command the Construct to cast it. If this fight seems too easy for the party, add two goblin psi brawlers (see appendix A), who rush from Zorzula’s Rest to join the combat in
crudely drawn map of the region on the central table, with messy arrows and scrawled labels reading “Gibbet Crossing,” “Crypt of the Talhund,” and “Talhundereth.” (See the Goblins’ Map handout in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Summerlast. Their armor is covered in the ichor of Yeenoghu’s demons. The ichor has driven the guards mad, making them hunger for humanoid flesh. When they notice the characters, the guards attack. If a
hazy border. Next Event. After the characters deal with the guards, proceed with event 4. Event 4. Unsettling Calm This event begins with Yael telepathically contacting the characters: A woman’s voice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
driven berserk, she fights until the Abbot reasserts control or until she is destroyed. She has the supernatural strength of a typical flesh golem despite her smaller size. The Abbot has no desire to
of healing (superior) in a crystal and electrum flask (worth 250 gp). Four gold candelabras (worth 250 gp each) rest atop the table. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is hidden in the niche along with the potion.