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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
death and to recover knowledge that might otherwise be lost to the grave.
How did you discover this grim power? Did you sleep in a graveyard and awaken to your new abilities? Or did you cultivate them in a temple or thieves’ guild dedicated to a deity of death?
Many rogues walk a fine line between life and death, risking their own lives and taking the lives of others. While adventuring on that line, some rogues discover a mystical connection to death itself
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
death and to recover knowledge that might otherwise be lost to the grave.
How did you discover this grim power? Did you sleep in a graveyard and awaken to your new abilities? Or did you cultivate them in a temple or thieves’ guild dedicated to a deity of death?
Many rogues walk a fine line between life and death, risking their own lives and taking the lives of others. While adventuring on that line, some rogues discover a mystical connection to death itself
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
campaign against the living. In death, dullahans are often rejoined by those who followed them in life, either in the form of lesser undead, like skeleton;skeletons or wight;wights, or terrifying mounts
shards of its shattered skull.
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A vain dullahan pursues it own relatives, seeking to claim a head with its family resemblance.
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A greedy dullahan seeks to recover its bejeweled helmet
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
death.
Sea spawn come in a wide variety of forms. An individual might have a tentacle for an arm, the jaws of a shark, a sea urchin’s spines, a whale’s fin, octopus eyes, seaweed hair, or
the Forgotten Realms setting) might notice one curious fact about the islands’ human inhabitants: no infants or elderly are among them. This is because babies born to the Rocklanders are claimed
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
who study this entity claim that it is clearly evil and destructive. Others call it simply a necessary part of the cycle of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious
, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance.
Wide-Eyed and Curious
Verdan are hungry to undertake new challenges and absorb new experiences. When they meet
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
. The dragon adds a feather to a necklace for each harpy slain.
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A curious water elemental supplies a young topaz dragon with aquatic delicacies so as to learn more about the dragon.
5
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background The Cognoscenti Esoterica collects obscure objects of curious origin and historical significance. The group’s interests focus on items owned by powerful and popular individuals
is willing to trade information for his freedom. The Cognoscenti Esoterica distrusts the authorities and doesn’t wish to report the theft. Instead, the organization seeks skilled adventurers to recover the painting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Story Overview When Phenax sent Varyas the Knowing a vision of the oracle’s impending death, the seer didn’t fear—he knew his work was just beginning. (BASTIEN L. DEHARME) Like all the Returned who
followed him, Phenax abandoned his past identity during his flight from the Underworld. Through ages, the god managed to recover parts of his history, but much remained a mystery to him. Recently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Folk Horror Plots Folk horror stories often involve outsiders or an unwitting new member of the community discovering a unsettling practices. Folk Horror Plots d8 Plot
1 Recover a missing
horseback is imprisoned and sentenced to death.
4 Help a cult summon a fiend to combat an impending greater evil.
5 Defeat a violent hag who’s protected by everyone in town and called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these spells, Bigby’s Hand is his undisputed magnum opus. A recent misadventure led to Bigby’s untimely demise. After he was crushed to death by a frost giant’s boulder, Bigby was the target of a
Reincarnate spell. The spell transformed Bigby from a human into a gnome. Before setting off on his next adventure, Bigby was overheard saying how curious he was to experience the multiverse from a gnome’s perspective.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, powerful allies to destroy them. 2 I miss the kinship of my identical twin, who disappeared years ago. 3 I must recover an artifact that was stolen from me. 4 I have foreseen the moment of my death and
to recover an ancient tome that contains the secret of creating perfect, obedient clones of myself. Beholder Flaws d6 Flaw 1 I usually ignore advice from my minions. 2 I enjoy taunting rivals with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Or a teacher. Or a student. Or any other member of the university staff. Rosie speaks quickly and with so much energy that it often takes a moment to recover from a conversation with her. She moves
insists on roleplaying only “monsters” and delights in chasing down participants to “eat” them. Many a participant has heard giggling approaching them at high speed before their character’s death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Army Engineers (see below) 5 A curious death slaad wants to eat one of each type of draconian. If the characters help it hunt all five, it rewards them with a ring of feather falling. 6 Monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
“Old White Death” The white dragon Arauthator haunts the Sea of Moving Ice like an avenging wind. Personifying the brutality and savagery of his kind, Arauthator is a solid ally of the Cult of the
Arauthator seeks a way to gain her commitment. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. She has never accepted his death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
’ cult; she looks forward to her own death because she expects to be transformed into an Undead when it occurs. She therefore fights to the death and is entirely unwilling to share information with the
it lies a sloped passageway (area T3). Stolen Goods to Recover. The brooms, Ropes, and wheelbarrows are all stolen goods (see “Stolen Goods”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
“Old White Death” The white dragon Arauthator haunts the Sea of Moving Ice like an avenging wind. Personifying the brutality and savagery of his kind, Arauthator is a solid ally of the Cult of the
Arauthator seeks a way to gain her commitment. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. She has never accepted his death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
outposts or vaults the adventurers are guarding. Whatever the Dhakaani do, it should be part of a mission objective. Is the goal to strengthen their kech? Gather information about the enemy? Recover
Dhakaani relics? Initially the Dhakaani should be mysterious: remarkably skilled goblins that fight to the death or disappear into the shadows. The characters might logically assume that they are Darguul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
temperatures improve, flora and fauna begin to recover. Depending on how they fared against the chardalyn dragon in chapter 4, the people of Ten-Towns can look forward to warmer times once more
. Auril’s death is temporary, for a god who has mortal worshipers can’t truly die. When the Frostmaiden is resurrected on the next winter solstice, she has all her divine power. But her inclination is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
thrown into the arena (area 15a) without their weapons and forced to fight to the death against the nagas’ thralls. 15a. Arena The Ssethian Scourges sometimes have their thralls fight captives for their
weapons lie in the wet muck. (Characters forced to fight here can easily recover serviceable melee weapons from the muck and detritus.)
15b. Naga Thrones The north side of the ledge drops away 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Phantom can become a wizard’s confidant and right hand. In temples of gods of death, the Phantom might work as an agent to track down those who try to cheat death and to recover knowledge that might
between life and death, risking their own lives and taking the lives of others. While adventuring on that line, some rogues discover a mystical connection to death itself. These rogues take knowledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Dalamar is curious about the adventurers’ motives and whether they align with his. Speaking with him reveals the following information: Dalamar is part of a contingent of Silvanesti elves. The ship is
of High Sorcery. Personality Trait. “Everybody wants something. I’m certain we can help one another.” Ideal. “Magic is meant to be used.” Bond. “I’ll do anything to recover my home.” Flaw. “I’m
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
projections of psionic gem dragons. And dragons can also linger after death as ghost dragons. Whatever form an Undead dragon takes, the creature’s transformation ripples throughout the Material Plane
. Every dragon has echoes on other worlds, and when one dragon violates the natural cycle of life and death, that dragon’s echoes are often affected—particularly in the case of dracoliches. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the crown, Fenthaza tries to kill them before they escape Chult with it. The crown rests in the maze of death (area 49). Eye of Zaltec For centuries, this fist-sized ruby surmounted the Great Pyramid
," and appendix D) is keen to recover the Skull Chalice of Ch’gakare as part of her bid to reclaim the throne of Omu. To obtain it, characters must first survive the perils of the hall of the golden mastodon (area 67).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
gods. As he stood before them in death, the immortals forsook him, cursing him and denying him entry to the afterlife. Instead, they returned him to the world, but stripped away a piece of his soul
. His sole remaining desire is to recover his lost ka, which he knows remains somewhere in Har’Akir. With it, he hopes to become mortal again, die, and face his original gods’ judgment once more. Whether this means peace or oblivion is meaningless to him. Ankhtepot seeks only an end.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Beyond Death When a character dies, the Underworld serves as an opportunity to allow a dead character to experience their own story while their companions (hopefully) try to get the body resurrected
of Dishonor.
18 Prevent one of your ancestors from transforming into an eater of hope (see chapter 6).
19 Travel to Erebos’s palace and recover a secret from one who failed to bargain for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
T12: Ghastly Work Jodie Muir npc with zombies The stench of death fills this pillared hall. Two ten-foot ladders lean against the west wall. A rotting figure in a crimson robe clings to each ladder
feet and spills its pot of paint. Stolen Goods to Recover. The Ladders, pots of paint, and paintbrushes are all stolen goods (see “Stolen Goods”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
deck of the Marshal. The undead attack the characters when they come below, fighting to the death. Ignoring the Threat. If the characters don’t kill the undead and recover the dagger, the undead attack
evil act (such as if the characters are carrying items they stole from the ship’s occupants). If the characters have committed no such acts, the ghosts ask the characters to recover their remains as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
sitting in meditation and communing with nature. During a short rest, you choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your
druid level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest. For example, when you are a 4th-level druid, you can recover up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
awaits the coming of the death god, which it believes heralds the fall of divinity. Until that day, the aboleth humbly obeys Withers (whom the creature refers to by his original name of Gorra) and attacks
anyone seeking to prevent the atropal’s ascension. The aboleth’s other personality is that of a humanoid child — harmless, gleeful, and insanely curious. In this state of mind, the aboleth poses no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
particular false prediction.
4 Help the addled victim of a lightning strike recover.
5 Recover sacrificial animals from a cyclops raider.
6 Rig tools used to predict the future so that they
Villains d6 Villain
1 A bitter oracle (see chapter 6) who has foreseen her imminent death gives false predictions to worshipers so they will share her misery.
2 A storm giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
empty container once held the mimic found in area M8. Gravely injured when it was captured, it feigned death until it could recover and escape into the upper levels of the mansion. The four severed hands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
and death. Such spells can grant an extra reserve of life force, drain the life energy from another creature, create the undead, or even bring the dead back to life.
Creating the undead through the
. They might turn an enemy into a harmless creature, bolster the strength of an ally, make an object move at the caster's command, or enhance a creature's innate healing abilities to rapidly recover from injury.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
became the new chief after the previous one choked to death on a mountain goat tongue. By then, Yarb-Gnock had already drawn up plans to build a fortress in the mountains. Karkolohk, the Gnomish word
refuge in Ten-Towns when, two days ago, his fortunes improved suddenly. Goblins out scavenging in a wagon stumbled across a curious object in the tundra—a metallic, egg-shaped crate. (This object was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of purple flesh dimly lit by pinkish, bioluminescent orbs. The air reeks of death. An opening in one wall leads to another chamber.
A character holding the first rod piece divines that the next
, finding the rod piece on a successful check. Once the hertilod is dispatched, a character can easily recover the rod piece from the hertilod’s gullet. For more about the Rod of Seven Parts, see this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
skulls. A character who understands Dwarvish recognizes the rune on the door as a dwarven symbol of death (identical to the one in area 27). Behind the door is a dusty, 10-foot-high crypt that contains
brother wasn’t so fortunate (see area 11). Lorlynn doesn’t know he’s dead and is expecting him to return any moment, but news of his death doesn’t upset her. So gloomy a creature was he that if