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Player’s Handbook (2014)
against your spell save DC. If the check succeeds, the target realizes that the phantasm is an illusion, and the spell ends.
While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it
have knocked it off.
An affected target is so convinced of the phantasm’s reality that it can even take damage from the illusion. A phantasm created to appear as a creature can attack the target
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
some much-needed light to Barovia. His efforts worked for a while, but then the Dark Powers began to corrupt him.
Imperfections. The Abbot's fall from grace started when the Belviews—a family of sickly
performance garnered the deva's sympathy, and the Abbot, playing into Strahd's hands, set for himself the goal of finding a cure for Strahd's “malady.” The Abbot is now convinced that the cure lies
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
death, Bak Mei became obsessed with living an unending life. He began collecting texts on the subject, consulting with practitioners of the necromantic arts, and seeking audiences with dark forces.
The
convinced that I deserve eternal life, despite all the suffering I've inflicted on others."Poison, ThunderNimble Escape. Bak Mei takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
very amusing dark side.
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A Boros captain really wants to “redeem” me.
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I think a member of my troupe is a Dimir agent.
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I once convinced a Golgari medusa to participate
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the
bother to couch my opinions in flattering words.
5
I can’t help but pocket any trinket or coin I come across, no matter how worthless.
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I’m convinced that I’m better and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. HANNE'S HELP
Educated by her mother, Hanne Hallen (see “Voice in the Dark”) knows quite a bit about purple worms. If she’s traveling with the characters, she realizes that they are in a worm nursery
mouth is 40 feet above the cavern floor. Scaling the rock wall to reach the tunnel requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Development Zhora Hallen and her Dark Hunters enter the purple
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
1
The tyrant who rules my land will stop at nothing to see me killed.
2
I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure.
3
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
4
The sea around a wizard’s tower is too stormy for ships to sail through, but a resident dragon turtle might be convinced to ferry the characters across.
5
A royal bathhouse was
. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below.
Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Dark Hunters The Dark Hunters consist of Zhora Hallen (a drow elite warrior) and ten drow. Each carries adventuring equipment (bedroll, rope, a flask of oil), three days’ worth of food and water
rations, and 2d6 × 10 gp. Zhora and her comrades survived the purple worm attack that separated them from Hanne (see “Voice in the Dark”). Zhora believes that Hanne is dead. Twenty minutes after the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
through it without alerting the troll requires a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check. If a character fails this check, the troll hears the character’s footsteps or the creaking of the deck and realizes there’s an easier meal to be had. Map 2.6: dark duchess View Player Version
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
when a passing purple worm burst into the tunnel they were traveling through, separating her from the rest of the group. Convinced that her mother and the rest of the Dark Hunters were killed by the
Voice in the Dark After dealing with or avoiding the troglodytes, the adventurers can continue on toward the purple worm nursery. However, within six miles of the nursery they come across an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
1. False Entrance Tunnel If the characters clear the passage on the west side of the cliff face, read: The corridor before you is made of plain stone, roughly worked, and it is dark and full of
burned away for someone to be able to inspect the tunnel ceiling. Anyone who does so and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check realizes that the ceiling is unstable and in danger of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
target realizes that the phantasm is an illusion, and the spell ends. While a target is affected by the spell, the target treats the phantasm as if it were real. The target rationalizes any illogical
convinced of the phantasm’s reality that it can even take damage from the illusion. A phantasm created to appear as a creature can attack the target. Similarly, a phantasm created to appear as fire, a pool of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Hazlik’s Powers and Dominion Hazlik is a vain, egotistical overlord, convinced he is the supreme being in his domain. His statistics echo those of an archmage, but he favors using an array of magic
wizard. His favorite—or least disappointing—apprentices include the masked wizard Yhal the Skygazer, shadow-cloaked Ruzelo, and the daring genius Eleni. Inside the Experiment. Hazlik realizes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
realizes what has happened. Luckily for them, the beholder can’t tell one fish from another. Xanathar is extremely fond of gold. A few years ago, its spies stole the Stone of Golorr, which contained
Golorr from where it was hidden inside its lair, and the beholder is convinced that the Black Network is behind the theft. The beholder is caught up in the unbreakable grip of its own paranoia. It sees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Wizards Three When the Dark Powers divulged Vecna’s plan to Kas, the powers also whispered that Lady Alustriel Silverhand was marshaling allies to stop the lich. Kas didn’t relish the thought of
of Kas’s impersonation. When Kas arrives in the sanctum, he realizes that Alustriel plans to combine her magic with Tasha’s and Mordenkainen’s to craft a Wish spell to thwart Vecna. Alustriel intends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
General Features Each floor inside the Phylactery Vault has the following features. Dark Pools. A dark pool is 1 foot deep and difficult terrain. Any creature that starts its turn in a dark pool
takes 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. A creature in a dark pool can’t regain hit points. Pedestals. The 3-foot-high pedestals store radiant energy, which is released in the presence of undead intruders. If an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
vortex.
A water weird bound to the pool years has been corrupted by the demonic influence infecting these tunnels, turning it evil and giving it a dark hunger. The western path slopes upward to a
Wisdom (Perception) score. If more than half the characters fail the check, the water weird notices them and attacks. If the characters are attacked by the water weird while following Droki, the wily derro realizes he’s being shadowed and makes a run for it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Erlanthar was also in town. Through diligent research and interviews conducted during his travels between Berdusk and Candlekeep, Leosin became convinced that the cult is engaged in a big operation
, welcoming town you expected, you see columns of black smoke rising from burning buildings, running figures that are little more than dots at this distance, and a dark, winged shape wheeling low over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
strategies to expand the lich’s empire. Convinced Kas was more gullible than Vecna, the sword urged Kas to kill and supplant Vecna. The sword wanted nothing less than full control of Vecna’s empire through Kas
battle, Kas transformed into a vampire. He became the ruler and prisoner of a Domain of Dread (a mist-bordered realm in the Shadowfell) called Tovag. Eventually, the Dark Powers whispered to Kas that Vecna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reach the village, read: The gravel road leads to a village, its tall houses dark as tombstones. Nestled among these solemn dwellings are a handful of closed-up shops. Even the tavern is shut tight
boy, the girl turns to you and says, “There’s a monster in our house!” She then points to a tall brick row house that has seen better days. Its windows are dark. It has a gated portico on the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Erlanthar was also in town. Through diligent research and interviews conducted during his travels between Berdusk and Candlekeep, Leosin became convinced that the cult is engaged in a big operation
, welcoming town you expected, you see columns of black smoke rising from burning buildings, running figures that are little more than dots at this distance, and a dark, winged shape wheeling low over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Let This Be Their Battlefield The players can choose where their characters confront the demon lords by deciding where to set the dark heart talisman. Vizeran’s preference is anywhere in
, you can add some action for those who remain behind by having a small number of the demons summoned by the ritual attracted to the site of the ritual rather than the location of the dark heart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
wooden vessels of water or wine. Until she’s fully convinced of the characters’ intentions, however, Derwyth actively discourages characters from snooping around her homestead. During their meal, Derwyth
web, Derwyth realizes Shalfey’s messengers intended for her to determine the star’s landing place. She tells the characters she saw the star fall and can approximate its point of impact (see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Magic and Metaphysics Eerie vendors such as those at the Carnival’s
Litwick Market deal in unique Mist talismans The Dark Powers manipulate the domains and creatures within their grasp in the most
magic-using characters as figures of awe or terror, or to assign storied origins to common magic items. Corrupted Magic. The Dark Powers influence magical effects, imparting them with sinister qualities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, and truths hinting at the nature of the Dark Powers. Consider the following plots when featuring the Caller in an adventure: One of the characters’ allies requests they check in on the ally’s brother
. This pious or artistic soul has been convinced by a charming peer (the Caller in disguise) to attend a retreat that is secretly a meeting of the priests of Osybus. An old friend reappears in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to describe any sect devoted to the daelkyr or the overlords. Each cult pursues its own mad schemes, tied to its dark patron. Even cults associated with the same master might not recognize one
of Rak Tulkhesh has sprung up among a local militia. Its members are convinced that refugees from the war are secretly inhuman monsters, and must be destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters must present Zariel with the argument to rejoin the celestial host, then make a DC 25 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check is successful, Zariel is convinced to grasp the sword and
check fails, proceed with “Zariel’s Wrath” instead. Zariel’s Redemption If Zariel is convinced to accept the angelic spark, she grasps the Sword of Zariel. Read or paraphrase the following boxed text
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
prevents most creatures ambushed by grells from crying out before being dragged into the dark and consumed. Grells are sapient beings, but their intellects and motivations are alien to most. They
connected to ravenous alien beings and serve as their feeding appendages. 5 Vestiges of an ancient evil that will return if grells collectively consume enough creatures. 6 Without souls, but convinced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reopened the abbey and began tending to the physically and mentally ill. In so doing, he hoped to bring some much-needed light to Barovia. His efforts worked for a while, but then the Dark Powers began
himself the goal of finding a cure for Strahd’s “malady.” The Abbot is now convinced that the cure lies in reuniting Strahd with his lost love and, in so doing, ending Barovia’s curse. The Abbot has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
loss because Urwin was on watch the night the gem was taken. Davian is convinced that Urwin shirked his duty to spend time with his betrothed, and the two men have been at odds ever since. To this day
the Martikovs reclaim the winery, wine production in the valley will eventually stop as the vineyard dies off. Only by recovering the magic gems and replanting them in the soil can the characters ensure that the Barovians aren’t without wine to comfort them on dark, wretched nights.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
through the web-filled chasm. It communicates with the characters telepathically, warning them about “demons rising in the dark.” The creature becomes increasingly paranoid and convinced that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Refrum is convinced that a young man named Jarme Loveage was wrongfully executed for the killings attributed to the Lantern Ghost. As proof, he points to the fact that another murder has occurred
to Tharizdun, where they are attacked by chuuls that dwell there. At the climax of this battle, the Whisperer appears from the polluted sea to attack the heroes — hoping to enslave them to its own dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
dark robes. Sarusanda kneels in one corner, wrapping a linen bandage around her leg. She startles at your intrusion, then relaxes.
The robed bodies belong to two priests of Osybus (see appendix A
realizes that it’s not just Sarusanda’s body that’s hurt—her pride is badly wounded too. If unaided, Sarusanda gains 1 level of exhaustion, which she retains until she finishes a long rest outside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, accessible via a hole under the boulder (see area P4). The treant bemoans that it didn’t notice “the previous intruder”—a small person in a dark-blue cloak—until the intruder had already squeezed into the
certainty: “The blue-cloaked gnat must be dead.” P4: Grotto It’s a 50-foot drop from the hole in area P2 to the floor of this underground chamber. Even during the day, the fetid grotto is dark