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Curse of Strahd
card reading in chapter 1, unless he has been forced into his tomb in the catacombs of Castle Ravenloft.
Strahd's Tactics
Because the entire adventure revolves around Strahd, you must play him
against other members of the adventuring party.
The Vampire’s Minions
Whenever Strahd appears in a location other than his tomb or the place indicated by the card reading, roll a d20 and consult
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
)
3
Responsibility. It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak. (Lawful)
4
Respect. All people deserve to be treated with dignity. (Good)
5
Honor. The way I
have disadvantage on attack rolls made within the weapon’s radius of bright light.
As a bonus action, you can intensify the sword’s light, causing it to shed bright light in a 15-foot
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
help by paying for improved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, causing the entire community to celebrate your deed.
4
Fueled by alcohol, you faced down a carrion crawler that slunk out of the
.
8
I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good)
2
Fairness. No
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
within. Most of the windows are encrusted with dirt and have drapes or wooden shutters in poor condition. The elements have gained a foothold inside the chalet, causing plaster to peel, wood to rot
, metal fixtures to rust, and floors to bow and creak. Whatever grandeur the chalet possessed in its heyday is gone, replaced by the sight and stench of mold and decay. The following locations are keyed to the map of Chalet Brantifax. Map 4.1: chalet brantifax View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
has yet found. If the characters enter or leave the Bay of Chult by ship, Aremag appears: The sea ahead roils and churns, and waves crash over the bow of your ship, driven by saw-toothed hills rising
, for example — Aremag impatiently blows a blast of steam breath above the ship and slaps the hull with its tail, causing everyone not below deck to make a successful DC 15 Strength or Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
just one player causing the trouble, it’s perfectly appropriate to issue an ultimatum: an out-of-control player who wants to continue playing with the group must stop being disruptive and play as part of
helpless creatures to activate those rules. Rules Rely on Good-Faith Interpretation. The rules assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group’s fun at heart and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the conversation about the kind of game you want to play. If it’s just one player causing the trouble, it’s perfectly appropriate to issue an ultimatum: an out-of-control player who wants to continue
assume that everyone reading and interpreting the rules has the interests of the group’s fun at heart and is reading the rules in that light. Outlining these principles can help hold players’ exploits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
characters interrupt or otherwise ruin the tune, 1d4 irascible specters emerge from the walls and attack, causing the bards to flee. 10 Three skeleton farmers quietly tend to corpse-white grave
bow; the mummies attack all who refuse. 7 A cadaver collector† emerges from a portal to Acheron, dragging a cart of corpses behind it. 8 A deathlock mastermind† leads four deathlocks† in an unholy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
thing. Yanking the string from Feenia’s grasp releases the goblin child from the pact but also ages her 10 years for every bow that is attached to the kite. The most she can age is 50 years—enough to
untie each bow. Another way to free Feenia is to reduce the kite to 0 hit points with a single attack or effect before it can react (see “The Kite Reacts” below). The Kite Falls. A character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
room. There are small reading desks with cozy scarlet chairs in the corners.
The shelves contain books on Fistandia’s favorite subjects: arcana, natural science, religion, astrology, and planar
successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Treasure. Sitting on the reading desk is a jeweled letter opener worth 20 gp. Puzzle Book. The puzzle book with the letter R on its spine is on one of the shelves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
character can notice a slight gap beneath the secret door with a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. C4. Reading Room This reading nook has the following features: Light pours into this room
the northern wall has a butterfly-shaped, stained-glass peephole. If Victoro Cassalanter (see appendix B) is here, he’s reading a historical text titled The Rise and Fall of Hellgate Keep and taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, comprehend languages, hold person, identify, locate object, nondetection, polymorph, protection from evil and good, and wall of stone. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is
teenager hugs the central tent pole, his wrists bound with rope and his back streaked with blood. An older, larger man in studded leather armor lashes the young man with a horsewhip, causing him to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
understand his personality and goals. Although Strahd can be encountered almost anywhere in his domain, the vampire is always encountered in the place indicated by the card reading in chapter 1, unless
appears in a location other than his tomb or the place indicated by the card reading, roll a d20 and consult the Strahd’s Minions table to determine what creatures he brings with him, if any. Strahd’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wall of this otherwise empty closet is a badly beaten man wearing nothing but a loincloth. The iron shackles have cut into his wrists, causing blood to trickle down his hands. The man is a Vallakian
points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Destroying it lays the assassin’s spirit to rest, causing the manifestation to disappear if it is present. The mirror corrupts those who use it to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
marble table in a reading nook. A stone staircase spirals up to area K6. Gargoyles. The two real gargoyles are indistinguishable from the inanimate gargoyle statues in the high alcoves. When intruders
wands (worth 10 gp each). K7. Reading Room This room contains the following features: A burly half-orc clad in black leather armor sits in an overstuffed chair in the northernmost corner of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
from the top of the wall to the deck of the boat, about six feet below. Hatchways lead into the boat’s cabin from the bow and the stern.
This is the Rivermaid. The ship’s water genasi captain
, Shoalar Quanderil (see chapter 7) and a halfling servant named Pike (a thug) occupy the boat’s cabin. Two bandits serve as the rest of the crew. They remain in a cramped bunkroom below the deck on the bow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry.
Alignment. Neutral good.
Personality Trait. “I treat my
quick to lose my temper.”
Kettlesteam the Kenku
CHAPTER 1: WITCHLIGHT CARNIVAL
Kettlesteam delights in causing trouble at the carnival. She uses a combination of mimicry and conjured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry.
Alignment. Neutral good.
Personality Trait. “I treat my
. “I’m quick to lose my temper.”
Kettlesteam the Kenku
CHAPTER 1: WITCHLIGHT CARNIVAL
Kettlesteam delights in causing trouble at the carnival. She uses a combination of mimicry and conjured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
otherwise help them. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is hidden at the inn, the Keepers of the Feather don’t reveal where the treasure is until they know the characters
in not so many words. Szoldar has a notch in his bow for every wolf he’s killed, while Yevgeni adds a new swatch to his wolfskin cloak every time he makes a kill. Both men have families but spend most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
holding a weapon. Response: The gladiator adds 3 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Gnoll Warrior Medium Fiend, Chaotic Evil
AC 15 Initiative +1 (11)
HP 27 (6d8)
Speed 30
Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Gnoll
CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2)
Actions
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Piercing damage.
Bone Bow. Ranged Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
was slain with the rest of the garrison during the drowned ones’ initial attack. The weathering of storms and the salty air has eroded the mortar in part of the wall, causing the collapse. The room is
returned. If the characters haven’t already discovered Aaron’s body, Janore tells of having heard the bell ringing, then silence. Survivors’ Tale. Janore relates that she was reading in the library
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, causing the tattered gray curtains to billow and flap like angry ghosts. Snow covers a bed and much of the surrounding floor.
This room is unfit for habitation and hasn’t been used it in a long time
letter that Macreadus angrily threw into the hearth after reading it. Copper’s Letter. The scroll is stained with soot but remains intact, since Macreadus never got around to burning it. Characters who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters use the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” to cut a path to the dungeon. Reading the poem creates an opening in the ice wall that’s 100 feet high, 30 feet wide, and 20 feet deep. A tunnel at the back
next to an icicle and break it off, causing it to fall on an enemy below. Any creature standing under a falling icicle must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 7 (2d6) piercing damage from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
of their own kind, so it isn’t in their nature to bow to any god or otherworldly patron. However, wizardry remains a rare temptation.
In the pages of a spellbook, an illithid sees a system to acquire
.
Psychic Infiltrators. When an elder brain infiltrates a mind, it alters the creature’s perception and deceives its senses, causing it to see, hear, touch, taste, or feel reality according to the elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
west, a large statue depicts a human woman wielding a bow and arrow. To the east, two comfortable chairs accompany a small table. A double door leads outside to the north, and two doors on the south
, sized for a small dog, has a diamond-encrusted tag reading “Snowy.” (The collar is worth 1,000 gp.) Thesis of Mortinsor. The card reads, “Owned by Mortinsor, the famous necromancer. Possibly contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
, with locals standing atop a rocky promontory and dumping their refuse over the edge of the embankment. Instead of clearing the debris away, Torimesh used magic to nurture the local plants, causing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
) check, the robots leave satisfied. Repeated refusals offend the robots, causing them to go haywire and attack. Treasure. The robots cleaned and heaped the bones of previous diners in a pile in the
character comes within 30 feet of the android, it calls out to them for help. The android introduces itself as a bartending unit named Oakley. The android wears a bow tie and has a suave, shell-form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
over the edge of the embankment. Instead of clearing the debris away, Torimesh used magic to nurture the local plants, causing a forest of green to grow up over the garbage, rusting away debris and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
adventurers’ appearances. The doppelgangers play the role of grieving elves who have just found the bones of their long-lost kin, reading the characters’ thoughts to gain their pity and trust. The
pendulum’s rope, causing the blade to sweep down at them. It then attempts to shove creatures into the blade’s path. Pendulum. If the rope securing the pendulum is cut, the blade swings down toward the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
of Leilon! Mysteriously, Aubrey the shopkeeper is fighting alongside them. Before reading further, count any victories scored so far: The party achieved three or more victories. Read the following
, it kicks back from the tower, causing the building to collapse in a shower of dust and rubble! As the smoke clears, you see the dragon gliding away over the distant hills.
Ebondeath has escaped with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
sticks out of the cave floor. When an intruder crosses the bridge, the wood woad pulls the lever. As an action, a creature that can reach the lever can pull it, causing the bridge to suddenly part in
. Claugiyliamatar has a crystal ball, a crystal ball of mind reading, a crystal ball of telepathy, and a crystal ball of true seeing. Each is mounted on a 10-foot-high brass pedestal. The green dragon placed a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sentence when reading aloud: Stone stairs descend from Hallix Mausoleum to a large subterranean chamber with stone coffins sitting on sturdy shelves. Part of the west wall has collapsed, creating an opening
the ground, gathering evil energy around himself in glowing wisps. The desiccated man then screamed and the energy exploded, causing something terrible to happen. This vision terrified Sarcelle. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
crowns and other finery, while servants bow at their feet. Huge white pillars rise to the ceiling.
Creatures. Two reduced-threat helmed horrors and a reduced-threat flesh golem (see “Reduced-Threat
the panel without causing damage. Treasure. Each Thayan has a fine chisel (worth 50 gp). At the feet of the golem are a few jars of rare oils and boxes of rare powders. A character who succeeds on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
reading an eldritch tome written by those who have seen or otherwise interacted with the Far Realm. A Far Realm Incursion with Mind Flayer Nautiloids Far Realm Effects d100 Effect 01–09 A
wisp is put in a container, a creature holding the receptacle can cast the resurrection spell once, requiring no components and causing the wisp to vanish. Any creature returned to life in this way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
table with a flat chest on it, locked and full of stones (weighing 200 pounds). If the chest is lifted or moved, a pressure plate underneath it shifts, causing six poisoned arrows to shoot out from the
and two gems (worth 100 gp each). The disguised chest holds a jeweled scepter worth 1,000 gp, three potions (superior healing, mind reading, and invulnerability), and five spell scrolls (zone of






