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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dark Devotion. The fanatic has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Spellcasting. The fanatic is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC
fireplace and drawing inspiration from its crackling flames. The slightest disturbance upsets him.
Kadroth appreciates the wisdom of maintaining the illusion that Speaker Crannoc Siever is still in
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
performed dark rituals, robbing the power of ancient, slumbering giants and using it to transform their servants. This primal energy granted the archons' agents numerous limbs—the better to raise the
beards, frozen skin, hair crackling with lightning, or other primal incarnations.
Beyond these primal giants, though, other giants fill the tales of Theros.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
form and related powers through their deeds or a curse. Maybe they even gained supernatural abilities via a pact with the Dark Powers or upon arriving in their domain. Consider whether or not your
Darklord’s monstrousness. The Dark Gifts in chapter 1 serve as examples of the sorts of forms and powers a Darklord might possess. In any case, consider how this transformation embodies the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
all manner of strange and deadly creatures. Duergar and drow — dark reflections of dwarves and elves — live in these sunless lands, as do the svirfneblin, or deep gnomes. Most surface-dwelling folk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Shadowfell Riven stood in the uppermost room of the central tower of his citadel — a fortress of shadows and dark stone carved in relief into the sheer face of a jagged peak. . . . The starless black
vault of the plane’s sky hung over a landscape of gray and black, where lived the dark simulacra of actual things. Shadows and wraiths and specters and ghosts and other undead hung in the air around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
flame, or a crackling bolt of lightning. On nothing more than a whim, Corellon’s body could become a school of fish, a swarm of bees, or a flock of birds. When consorting with other gods, Corellon often
creatures, they traveled in Corellon’s shadow, sparkling like the reflections from a finely cut gem. When Corellon came to notice these glorious echoes, the god tarried with them in the place that became
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Ebony, onyx, and similar dark-hued valuables bring shadow dragons no particular joy, but they aren’t as inherently repellent as silver, platinum, and diamonds. Beauty fills shadow dragons with contempt
7 A pile of loose sheet music representing the lost dirges of a famous shadar-kai bard
8 An exquisitely crafted mirror that drains all color from the reflections of those who look into it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
wagon. The author describes rough roads, days of travel through impenetrable mist and thick forest, crackling fires on cold nights, wolves howling in the dead of night, and ravens pecking at the roof of
traveled a winding mountain road to the gates of a tall, dark castle. The book ends with a description of the castle’s dreadful countenance. The writing abruptly stops on the third-to-last page, suggesting that the book was snatched from the author in midsentence. The last two pages are blank.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and sate that hunger by drinking the blood of the living. Vampires abhor sunlight, for its touch burns them. They never cast shadows or reflections, and any vampire wishing to move unnoticed among the
living keeps to the darkness and far from reflective surfaces. Dark Desires. Whether or not a vampire retains any memories from its former life, its emotional attachments wither as once-pure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
1 “I can’t stand dark places.”
2 “I’m terrified of a particular kind of animal.”
3 “Deep water will be the death of me.”
4 “I can’t stand heights.”
5 “I hate being stuck in
followed chills my blood.”
10 “Sudden noises or appearances fray my nerves.”
11 “I can’t be comfortable around creatures larger than I am.”
12 “Reflections always seem like they’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
of the carnival, they haunt the dark spaces between wagons and attractions, scanning the crowds for ticketless interlopers. Characters who have tickets or who work at the carnival are not targets for
these thieves. Some characters might catch glimpses of these spooky figures as reflections in mirrors, shadows in doorways, or out-of-place figures standing motionless in the moving crowd. Use these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Reflections of Lolth From the time they’re old enough to understand, drow are taught that they’re superior to all other creatures, for they remain steadfast in their devotion to Lolth despite the
. All dark elves constantly watch for signs of her favor. Any incident or physical feature can be interpreted as such a sign, and priestesses are quick to attach meanings to obscure omens that benefit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
camped on the hill outside the gates of Daggerford, near the road. Guards atop the walls watch the camp closely at all hours. When the characters approach the camp, read: As the evening grows dark, you
see a dozen men and women gathered around a crackling bonfire. The folk are in good spirits. A few of them sing and dance around the fire while others find happiness in their flasks and wineskins. Three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ocean and live on as sea spawn, haunting the waves like tortured reflections of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now
. They return from the sea as humans, but when they reach old age, they transform into sea spawn and rejoin their master in the dark depths. Some children return having suffered partial transformations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
embody, which might manifest as flaming beards, frozen skin, hair crackling with lightning, or other primal incarnations. Beyond these primal giants, though, other giants fill the tales of Theros. (KEV
their greatness. Some believed the grandest testaments to their glory were being denied them by their servants’ unremarkable forms. So the archons performed dark rituals, robbing the power of ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Celestial child of a god of storms who is trying to crash a private event. Empyreans are creatures of incredible power and overwhelming emotion. Should Kopoha’s dark mood grows much stronger, she might
following scene: An eighteen-foot-tall, humanlike woman with marble skin and eyes crackling with lightning crouches to agitatedly argue with a calm, silver-haired elf. Beyond the elf is a rollicking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
mound caps a high hill overlooking the surrounding countryside. The area around the barrow is still and charred. Burned trees reach like dark fingerbones from the bald earthen mound. It’s noticeably
. The Chieftain’s Return After the characters have a minute to look around, read the following: The temperature drops further, and with a crackling sound, frost coats the entire chamber. Flames on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Caves of Hunger Locations (H31-H39) H31. Thing in the Ice A flat sheet of cloudy ice forms one wall of this forty-foot-high cavern. Something dark and humungous shifts behind the wall, its tentacles
twenty-foot-high cave is polished to a mirror finish, such that you are faced with countless distorted reflections of yourself. Your head spins as you try to keep your bearings.
If Tekeli-li is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
speared, a creature is pulled into the darkness to be sliced apart or teleported elsewhere to be tortured to death.
Dark Reflections. A boneclaw’s master might not want such a servant or even know it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
like a bear’s head with its mouth agape. The tunnel beyond it is dark.
The portico is sturdier than it looks. It has AC 15, 75 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Characters who
is bathed in flickering blue light. The light’s source is a blue flame crackling in a stone brazier that stands against the far wall. The white smoke that rises above it coalesces every few seconds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a banner depicting the town’s heraldry: a stone watchtower on a dark blue field, with a horizontal red fish facing to the right under the tower.
The servant is a fourteen-year-old tiefling
and drawing inspiration from its crackling flames. The slightest disturbance upsets him. Kadroth appreciates the wisdom of maintaining the illusion that Speaker Crannoc Siever is still in charge, if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
sarcophagi contain nothing but dust and bones. The spirits of several dead members of the Cassalanter family are bound to this crypt. They manifest as three dark, vaporous specters plus a ghost that looks
floor, is a 3-foot-deep, 9-foot-diameter stone bowl filled with crackling flames. Three human cultists wearing red robes, devil masks, and wooden holy symbols of Asmodeus kneel before the statue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mountain pass are reflections of Auril’s self-imposed isolation. A blizzard in Icewind Dale typically lasts 2d4 hours, and whenever the characters are caught in one, the following rules apply until it
. Icewind Dale is otherwise dark until Auril’s aurora or the full moon appears in the night sky. Overland Travel The fastest way to travel across the tundra is by dogsled (see “Getting Around Ten-Towns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
silent, turns dark gray, and can’t create any more gems. Gem Shards Attack Roll or Check Total Thunder Damage Gemstone Value 5 or lower 33 (6d10) 10 gp 10–14 22 (4d10) 50 gp 15–19 11 (2d10) 100 gp
objects and can’t be broken. Reflections. Reflections in this room take on a life of their own, taunting the creatures who cast them. A creature that converses with its own reflection must succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is marked by a pair of dashed lines.) This invisible bridge, which is safe to cross, is suppressed by the activation of the spindle in area Y19n. Y19j. Chamber of Sorcery Your reflections dance over
its fixture, which causes the crystal to go dark for good, ending the wall of force. Destroying the crystal has the same effect. The crystal is a Tiny, 1-pound object with AC 13, 4 hit points, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
as drawings in charcoal and some reddish substance. These runes pulse with the same dark energy of the portal, surging and ebbing in a steady rhythm.
The portal crackling in the corner is a growing
noted, all areas of the dungeon have the following features. Ceilings. The ceilings are 10 feet high. Light. The dungeon is dark. Old but still functional torches and lanterns are affixed to the walls of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
against the south wall. Atop the dais is a misshapen throne crudely carved out of black crystal. Small, crackling flames burn in braziers that occupy the room’s corners.
Slumped near the east wall is a
spore servant (as described in the “Myconids” entry in the Monster Manual). X20. Quaggoth Den This dark, filthy room is strewn with bones. It contains ten crude beds made of moss and clumps of fur
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
room, notices that one of the mirrors near the corner of the room has a shimmer in its reflections. A creature that touches that mirror takes no damage and causes the mirror to turn sideways, revealing
be confirmed by a detect evil and good spell or similar magic. Dark swirls of noxious steam fill this circular chamber, whose floor is taken up mostly by a large reflecting pool. Runes carved into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
carries a key to each of the cages in a ring on her belt. White Gates. Area 22 is bordered by three white gates. One connects to the Swine Run, another to the Dark Gardens, and a third to the Temples
of Despair. Dark Gardens Once an area of deadly gardens, these chambers have been altered to support the Blood Pens. 23. Dead Garden Dead and blackened thorny vines cover the walls and floor, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Elturel’s past decorate this white marble patio leading into the main chapel. The dark mahogany doors are ajar, and the remains of the patio’s windows have spread shattered stained glass
Companion. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check made to study the mist reveals that it pulsates in sync with the crackling energy of the corrupted Companion. Any creature that enters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
staircase railing. Framed portraits and mirrors festoon the walls, surrounding you with judging looks and dark reflections. You hear something scratching at one of the many doors. The scratching noise
chance that one of the maids (see area N4h) is here, tidying up. N4n. Stella’s Room The door to this room is locked from both sides, and only Lady Wachter has a key. This room is musty and dark. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
This hallway has a sunken floor filled to a depth of three feet with dark water. Lanterns lit with flickering blue flames hang from the ceiling thirty feet above by short chains, spaced roughly ten feet
apart. They produce eerie, ghostlike reflections off the water. As you take in the scene, an empty sailboat drifts into view from farther down the hall and makes its way toward you.
The sailboat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Talos. A towering female half-orc stands on the hilltop. Under her boar-skin hood, you see eyes crackling with lightning.
“You people defy me,” she snarls. “Get out of my way, or I’ll smash your town to
boxed text aloud: One of the warriors, a dark-skinned woman dressed in chainmail, swings her sword at the dragon. The beast howls in pain and for a moment, you see the spectral form of another dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
no weapons. He speaks Common and Infernal, wears an ankle-length caftan, and has dark hair. His neatly trimmed goatee beard is dyed crimson. Falaster works for Sylvira Savikas, a tiefling expert on
feet. Across from the crackling stove is a modest desk with a matching chair. Other furnishings include a small table and chair for dining, a bed, an iron chest resting at the foot of the bed, and two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
, two chairs, and a low table. Delicate candy teacups rest on white sugar doilies along the table’s edge. A candy teakettle hangs in the hearth over a crackling fire, whistling gently.
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wall of this tower. Other furnishings include a comfortable chair, an end table, and an ornate claw-footed desk, all carved from dark chocolate. A pair of dentures is clamped around a half-eaten candied