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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The Briny Maze Ilvaash’s domain in the Far Realm is a confusing tangle of disturbingly organic tunnels and chambers. Those trapped within it might never realize the overall shape is reminiscent of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Darklords Central to each domain is a Darklord, the seed from which a thorny thicket blooms. The villain might be a nation’s leader, a prominent citizen, a notorious monster, a mysterious recluse, or
a seemingly innocuous character. Regardless of the Darklord’s current role, their wickedness led to the creation of their domain and their imprisonment in Ravenloft. Though these individuals vary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, most Barovians realize that they have nowhere to go and no reason to leave. A few depart, fearing the return of the darkness or longing to see their ancestral homelands. Those who have souls can leave
the valley, while those without souls fade into nothingness as they take their first steps beyond the edge of Strahd’s former domain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cultural Specifics As you develop your domain, consider the culture and how it emerges from this tragic setting. What might be most unsettling for the Darklord: if the culture is one with familiar
strictures, one they opposed or were an outsider in, or something completely unknown or alien to them? While a domain’s culture might take inspirations from fantastical or historical examples, remember
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Bluetspur Memories of Bluetspur prove as impossible
as they are inescapable Domain of Alien Memories Darklord: The God-Brain of Bluetspur Genre: Cosmic horror Hallmarks: Alien abductions
Bluetspur, and none who witness them remember. This alien domain etches itself not upon the waking mind, but rather upon the body as inexplicable scars and on the psyche through nightmares. Not all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Plague” section later in this domain explores how to use an ongoing disease as a backdrop to your adventures, while the Richemulot Adventures table suggests other plots that might unfold in the
domain. Richemulot Adventures d6 Adventure
1 At the command of Jacqueline Renier, swarms of rats nightly slip into homes and murder the resident cats. Distraught pet owners entreat the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Barovia Domain of the First Vampire Darklord: Strahd von Zarovich Genre: Gothic horror Hallmarks: Undead despot, notorious haunted stronghold, tragic resurrection Mist Talismans: Barovian wine bottle
them the Devil Strahd watches and reaches to claim whatever he desires. Yet none realize their torments have played out over and over again, all part of Strahd’s plot to claim one victim who has eluded him for generations.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
future Darklord realize that they were losing any hope of redemption, yet choose to commit other heinous acts in keeping with their flaw? What evil act was so atrocious that the future Darklord’s
friends and family rejected them? Did the Darklord think this was warranted or an unreasonable judgment? How did they react? When and how did these acts attract the attention of the Dark Powers? How did the Dark Powers use these acts to craft the perfect prison domain for the Darklord?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
through the Mists as a traveling domain. Those on board fear the disaster pursuing them, the mysterious passenger seated in the train’s foremost carriage, and the necrotic energy now infusing the
engine’s elemental spirit. Yet none of the passengers realize their endless escape is pointless, as Cyre 1313 carries only the dead. Cyre 1313, The Mourning Rail, thunders through domains,
ever trying to escape the disaster that slew its passengers
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Adventure Hook
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A pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a
realize they enjoy hunting together.
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A tempestuous marid continually floods the carefully dried-out lair of a topaz dragon.
6
A sahuagin baron attempts to gain the support of other sahuagin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Wrapping Up If the characters defeat the refraction of Ilvaash, the entire Briny Maze shudders. Any denizens of the maze still within it realize that the godlet has been dealt a terrible blow, and
it’s a good time to leave Ilvaash’s domain, if they can. They don’t trouble the characters as they attempt to preserve their own lives. Two effects occur at the maze entry (area B1) once the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
the Mere. Characters who succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check realize the gas is present and understand its danger. A pit of snakes opens to the right of the characters as they pass, and
, it sinks 1d4 + 1 feet into the quicksand and becomes restrained. At the start of each of the creature’s turns, it sinks another 1d4 feet. If the creature isn’t completely submerged in quicksand, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
enjoy the cold mountain air while surveying its domain from over the battlements. It sleeps in a 10-foot-square area in the middle of the roof, away from obstacles, and awakes if one of the following
spell, sounds of combat in areas not completely sealed off from the outside by doors, or a whisper in the dragon’s ear. If the dragon realizes intruders are near but can’t determine their whereabouts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
realize the truth—whatever it may be—in their own time. When asked directly if the young lovers are Caerwyn and Porphura reborn, the Gardener is slyly evasive with a twinkle in their eye. After
domain has become twisted and bitter. Plants are wilted, denizens are vicious, and the climate bears the cold bite of winter. The Gardener no longer eschews violence and seeks to vent their fury on the characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
traditions beyond their understanding. Alternatively, characters might realize their own beliefs are lies as others reveal unsettling truths. Communities that ascribe to the traditions of folk horror
traditions have ways of excising blasphemers. Consider the following genre tropes when creating your folk horror domain: Strange and potentially dangerous traditions flourish in isolated or otherwise private
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
completely obscure the characters’ vision, and the characters exit the haunted zone. Endless Graveyard Countless headstones dot this barren landscape as far as you can see. A pale full moon looms over the
horizon.
The headstones continue in every direction no matter how far a character travels. Each headstone is inscribed with the name of a different individual who died within Strahd’s domain (the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Domains of Delight Much of the Feywild is governed by powerful Fey called archfey. The area under a particular archfey’s command—called a Domain of Delight—reflects the character and desires of its
emotional state of their rulers. The following sections describe a handful of the best-known Domains of Delight. Fablerise The domain of a story-spinning spider archfey named Yarnspinner, Fablerise is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
din of the tunnel, this chamber seems preternaturally silent—until you realize you are completely deafened in the presence of the fearsome Draakhorn. Carved from the massive horn of an ancient red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
an entrance is all but impossible. Spells such as disintegrate and passwall can create an artificial exit, but the characters should quickly realize that the most obvious way out is the 10-foot-wide
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature reduced to 0 hit points from this acid damage is completely dissolved. Surgical Precision. Controlling the fluid’s release more carefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
rises up and out of the ruins if the doors to area 39 are opened. It takes one month for the lower levels to clear completely. If the doors are closed again, the lower chambers refill with gas in two
character knows the shims aren’t properly placed. If the check fails by 5 or more, the character doesn’t realize the shims will fail to hold up the plate. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL
The Hidden Shrine of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
din of the tunnel, this chamber seems preternaturally silent — until you realize you are completely deafened in the presence of the fearsome Draakhorn. Carved from the massive horn of an ancient red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ruling over its domain. Long ago, the beholder heard rumors of an arcane device known as the Maze Engine, capable of shifting the gears of reality. During the last Great Modron March, Karazikar
his mind and his will. Shedrak is completely mad, considers Karazikar a god, and brooks no defiance or disrespect toward his “divine master.” Slaves One hundred slaves of various humanoid races serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
Weird Magic Magical forces, strange interlopers, and tragic events can alter a smaller region within a Domain of Delight. While the flora, fauna, structures, and inhabitants might remain unaffected
feels a profound sense of purpose and gains the benefit of the bless spell. 6 Creatures in the region can’t leave it and find themselves covering the same ground over and over. By the time they realize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
who experience its terrors never suspect its surreal nature; only a few gradually realize that things don’t add up. Whether they do or don’t, the setting’s supernatural features and malicious
. This flexibility provides a powerful tool to upend assumptions of safety and tailor your characters’ struggles. It also encourages layers of mysteries about the nature of the setting. Is each domain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
whisper through sinister lore—names like Osybus, Shami-Amourae, and Tenebrous—domain inhabitants know almost nothing of the Dark Powers. While some Darklords realize they’re imprisoned by antagonistic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
completely reasonable and plausible explanation. Singing songs and strumming lutes might be fine for most bards. Who doesn’t like a rousing shanty now and then? But standing in a crowded tavern playing for
gymnast! Slaying a kobold? Take it down with a legendary oath, and no one will realize that an asthmatic farmhand could have done the same thing with a rusty sickle. Running across a room? Use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
realize that the mind flayer fanatics placed their bolstering rune before the slaadi arrived and don’t care about returning. The characters can access Spawn Hollow from area X5 in Illithinoch. The
whirlpool in area S2. A creature or object subjected to this fate doesn’t experience the passage of time until it reappears. S4: Rune Alcove This alcove is completely free of warts. A palm-sized fuzzy sphere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Old Village and Temple Following the river leads the characters northeast through the Cloakwood. The characters should realize that this is the route to the grippli’s old village, which they have
courtyard when the characters arrive will make a hasty but silent retreat to places of safety outside the temple. T2. Upper Court The upper court of the temple has been completely cleared of debris. Six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
pirate ship is found floating on the open sea, the bodies of the crew completely desiccated. The only clue to what happened is a single topaz dragon scale on the deck.
2 A topaz dragon has claimed
dragon to tolerate the djinni’s presence by driving off a clan of cyclopes harassing the dragon.
4 Reunited after years apart, an adult topaz dragon parent and young dragon child realize they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, enabling just enough of the wolves to survive that they aren’t wiped out completely. Human barbarians also inhabit the High Moor, living mostly on its western fringes with large herds of sheep and
the fog that rolls off the heights of the moor to shroud its trees. Melandrach, King of the Woods, rules here and holds the forest as the exclusive domain of the elves. Though game animals roam in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
spell, Gar is aware of every inhabitant within the coral mountain and has been tracking the characters’ progress through his domain. While he doesn’t know precisely what they’ve accomplished, outside
characters what he plans to do, and how he plans to do it. While Gar doesn’t gloat, he will speak of his intentions as though his success is inevitable. Once Gar has completely described his plans, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
shells rattle in the breeze, and smoke drifts from hut.
A creature shuffles slowly around the hut, hunched over in an animal-like posture. You realize it’s a human woman: impossibly old, crippled by
tunnel leads from the hole to a cramped, completely flooded chamber. In the chamber is a tied sack made from human skin. It contains six onyx gemstones (50 gp each), a spell scroll of comprehend languages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tentacle pulls Chalkie into the drink. Belle then perishes if the characters ignore the fight completely. Shore Fight. The crew is aboard a 15-foot longboat with a sail. The fight takes place 15 feet
. What’s more, you’re never more than two steps from some sort of convenient rope that you can cut and use to dramatically swing into danger.
What’s more, people don’t realize that profit-sharing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Against the Giants d8 Adventure Hook 1 Adventurers find a village completely deserted, with tracks leading to a hill giant steading. Can they rescue the surviving villagers and livestock before the hill
settlements near the giants’ realm. 2 Convinced she is the rightful ruler of another giant’s domain, a giant launches an invasion, heedless of the inhabitants of the lands between the giants’ realms. 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
gems into the xorn’s maw. Keltar soberly informs contributors the treasure is transported to Ogrémoch’s domain. The xorn can smell the party’s wealth, and so it demands a tribute of 500 gp in Terran
between this cave and area G11; that stretch of the river is completely submerged in mud. A creature can use an action to pull itself or another creature within its reach out of the Mudflow, doing so