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forces of annihilation and corruption. Whether sworn before a god’s altar, in a sacred glade before nature spirits, or in a moment of desperation and grief with the dead as the only witnesses, a
;s armies, but even fewer people can claim the calling of a Paladin. When they do receive the call, these blessed folk turn from their former occupations and take up arms and magic.
Becoming a
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
drawing this card, you can ask a question in meditation and mentally receive a truthful answer to that question.
Skull. An Avatar of Death appears in an unoccupied space as close to you as possible
CON
16
+3
+3
Mod
Save
INT
16
+3
+3
WIS
16
+3
+3
CHA
16
+3
+3
Immunities Necrotic, Poison; Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Nearer to the Dead. While Bloodied, the cultist has Immunity to the Frightened and Poisoned conditions.Multiattack. The cultist makes three Necrotic Burst attacks.
Necrotic Burst. Melee or Ranged
following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Speak with Dead, Thaumaturgy
1/Day Each: Animate Dead, Circle of DeathCultists of Myrkul dominate the dead
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
adventurers Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul seized divinity but were slain for their hubris. All three have been reborn and are now known as the Dead Three. Each of the Dead Three has inspired wicked cults that
follow their paths of tyranny, murder, and necromancy.
More than any other gods, the Dead Three directly influence Faerûn—and particularly the city of Baldur’s Gate—in malign
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
their hands as a sign of devotion.
Cultists
The adventurers Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul seized divinity but were slain for their hubris. All three have been reborn and are now known as the Dead Three
. Each of the Dead Three has inspired wicked cults that follow their paths of tyranny, murder, and necromancy.
More than any other gods, the Dead Three directly influence Faerûn—and
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived.
Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor from
the soul and regain 2d8 hit points.
Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
utility and importance. Nowhere does this come through as strongly as when lizardfolk deal with the dead. To a lizardfolk, a comrade who dies becomes a potential source of food. That companion might have
beauty have little meaning for them. A sharp sword serves a useful and good purpose, while a dull sword is a dead weight without a whetstone.
Lizardfolk see little need to plan more than a season or so
Deck of Many Things
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summoner Speed 60 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
16 (+3)
16 (+3)
16 (+3)
16 (+3)
16 (+3)
16 (+3)
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition
mentally receive a truthful answer to that question. Besides information, the answer helps you solve a puzzling problem or other dilemma. In other words, the knowledge comes with wisdom on how to
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Deathly Boon. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons
before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of
Paladin
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an orc war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two orcs are dead before they even realize he is there.
Silver hair shining in a shaft
sacred glade before nature spirits and fey beings, or in a moment of desperation and grief with the dead as the only witness, a paladin’s oath is a powerful bond. It is a source of power that
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn
can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, and it gains the following action:
Circle of Death (Spell; Recharge 5–6;{"diceNotation":"1d6
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
.
6
Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead
challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, and it gains the following action:
Circle of Death (Spell
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts
1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, and it gains the following action:
Circle of Death (Spell; Recharge 5–6
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
these boons of your choice before the priest faces adventurers. If you do so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
object.
6
Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
so, the priest is Undead, rather than Humanoid, and a priest can receive each boon only once.
Boons of Undeath
d6
Boon
1
Priest of Osybus (Dread);Dread. Eerie whispers can now be
visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, and it gains the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
and magic items aren’t allowed. A duelist can’t receive aid from non-duelists. A duel is over when one duelist surrenders or is incapacitated. A duelist may not kill another duelist. Any duelist who
breaks these rules loses the duel. If a duelist kills an opponent, the killer, if discovered, is expelled from the university and forced to pay for raise dead to be cast on the dead duelist. As
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the fringes of a society first test its defenses by stealing objects, and if these crimes go unpunished, they begin stealing people.
Enslaved creatures receive the worst treatment the goblins can dish
made from dead darkmantles
20
Cloaks made of scraps from an elven tapestry
Booyahgs
Spellcasters of any sort among the goblins are rare. Goblins typically lack the intelligence and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
located in the Hive Ward, the seediest of Sigil’s districts. In the Mortuary’s eerie yet reverent chambers, the Heralds of Dust receive, process, and lay the dead to rest on a multiversal scale
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary Hinchel Or The Mortuary rises above Sigil, the crossroads of the multiverse, like a dead hand erupting from a grave. Headquarters of the Heralds of Dust, one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Skeleton Animated Dead. Whatever sinister force awakens a skeleton infuses its bones with a dark vitality, adhering joint to joint and reassembling dismantled limbs. This energy motivates a skeleton
restores it body and soul, banishing the hateful undead spirit that empowers it.
While most skeletons are the animated remains of dead humans and other humanoids, skeletal undead can be created from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, replacing them with parodies that make him and his followers central to the land’s faith. Over generations, these deities have become the gods of Har’Akir: Anu, who judges the fate of the dead Ese, who
presides over life and the living Neb, who guards the path of the dead Oru, who orders the heavens and all beneath Ousa, who controls death and the dead Sek, who heals the sick and cultivates life Sute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Midwinter Miracles If Zorhanna and Eliphas are reunited and the characters did their utmost to protect Paliset Hall and its guests, Eliphas sees that the characters receive their promised reward. If
. If Zorhanna perished but Eliphas survived, he calls in a few favors to raise characters from the dead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
military force. Your accommodations are appropriate to your rank and station, but never luxurious. Newthrone
Ledger
Thirteen dead in Blackscale Slaughter!
Venturing unusually far from their accustomed
receive no discount. Chain of Command. You are part of a rigid chain of command. In addition to providing you with orders, this structure reduces your responsibility for your own actions. If you land in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Heralds of Dust Charms At the DM’s discretion, characters who join the Heralds of Dust or otherwise prove themselves to the faction might receive one of the following supernatural charms from a god
of death, a powerful spirit, or Factol Skall. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information on supernatural gifts. Charm of the Dead Truce This charm grants you respect among the dead. Hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
exploit a soul for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived. Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor
from the soul and regain 2d8 hit points. Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used. The
Kobold
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him to grant spells to mortals and for those mortals to receive his favor. Furthermore, kobolds are so frail that a single hit from a human’s weapon can kill one of them, so a tribe has little
lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches.
Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s body is burned or disposed of in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Berbalang Berbalangs creep across the petrified remains of dead gods adrift on the Astral Plane. Obsessed with gathering secrets, both from the gods they inhabit and from the bones of dead creatures
, they call forth the spirits of the dead and force them to divulge what they learned in life. Speakers of the Dead. Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Heroes alive and dead are honored with medals and speeches. Governor Thren and Marshal Vendri personally thank the characters. Before all assembled, Vendri pronounces the characters’ commitment to the
with platinum medallions bearing the symbol of Kalaman worth 2,500 gp. Characters who choose to remain a part of Kalaman’s army receive the same medallion and are granted a new title: Knight of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
1. Cave Entrance Whether the characters follow Gundren’s map or receive directions to Wave Echo Cave from another source, their initial approach leads them to a narrow tunnel whose entrance is hidden
supplies, you see the body of a dwarf miner, dead for at least a week.
The northeastern section of the cavern has collapsed, forming a ten-foot-wide, twenty-foot-deep pit. A sturdy hemp rope is tied off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Star Lancer Drifting in the Astral Sea are the petrified husks of dead gods, their colossal bodies riddled with natural tunnels and caverns. While exploring the innards of one of these dead gods
realize star lancers are reincarnations of the dead god’s most ardent worshipers. When a star lancer dies, its soul instantly returns to the Great Cavern that forms the hollow heart of the dead god
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. There’s a 20 percent chance that the gnolls have brought food with them, such as a dead mountain goat or crag cat, in which case the gnolls gather in area Z2 (along with any other gnolls left alive in the
Nabira’s death has dampened the child’s mood. Ahmi would be delighted to receive the fishing hook as a gift, if the characters are willing to part with it. Ahmi’s family can scrape together 50 gp to buy it, if the characters insist on a monetary reward.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to the Underworld’s borders. Though Athreos ferries the dead across the Tartyx, he’s not above accepting a one-way fare from those who still breathe. Even the other fearsome Underworld guardians that
keep watch over the dead often allow the living to enter. Leaving the Underworld isn’t so simple, and once beyond the Tartyx River the living find themselves in the same predicament as the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Worshiping Athreos Most funeral traditions include small offerings and words of reverence to Athreos. Predominant among these traditions is burying or burning the dead with a clay funerary mask, to
“frame” the identity of the dead for Athreos, and with at least one coin, so a soul might pay Athreos to ferry them to the Underworld. Some people are laid to rest with large amounts of grave goods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Entering the
, the official Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth module was an expanded and revised version of The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, a tournament adventure Gary Gygax created for Winter Con V in 1976. The adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Choker Choker Small aberration, chaotic evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 13 (3d6 + 3)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
13 (+1)
INT
4 (–3)
WIS
12 (+1
this attack is a critical hit, the target also can’t breathe or speak until the grapple ends.
The choker (from Dead in Thay) is a malevolent, otherworldly creature that relies on stealth and






