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Vampire Infernalist

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

containing an infernalist’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects, all of which happen at the vampire’s discretion: Diabolic Beasts. Animals in the vampire’s domain

doesn’t burn written material. If the infernalist dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.Fire, Necrotic, PoisonShape-Shift. If the vampire isn’t in sunlight or

Fire Giant Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

damage.With dark skin and flaming red hair, fire giants have a fearsome reputation as soldiers and conquerors. They dwell among volcanoes, lava flows, and rocky mountains, and are known for their ability to burn, plunder, and destroy.Fire

Emberosa

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Hurl Fire","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.With dark skin and flaming red hair, fire giants have a fearsome reputation as soldiers and conquerors. They dwell among

volcanoes, lava flows, and rocky mountains, and are known for their ability to burn, plunder, and destroy.Fire

King Snurre

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

: 29 (4d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"4d10+7","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.With dark skin and flaming red hair, fire giants have a fearsome

reputation as soldiers and conquerors. They dwell among volcanoes, lava flows, and rocky mountains, and are known for their ability to burn, plunder, and destroy.FireCold

Fire Giant (variant)

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.With dark skin and flaming red hair, fire giants have a fearsome reputation as soldiers and conquerors. They dwell among volcanoes, lava flows, and rocky mountains, and

are known for their ability to burn, plunder, and destroy. Some adult fire giants are trained to lay siege to strongholds and break through enemy lines.Fire

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burn","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and

Darkling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

’ wrath, she cursed every member of his house. The seelie fey’s true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha (“Dark Crow” in Common), and other Fey

Duchess Brimskarda

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

","rollAction":"Iron Cauldron","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.With dark skin and flaming red hair, fire giants have a fearsome reputation as soldiers and conquerors. They dwell among

volcanoes, lava flows, and rocky mountains, and are known for their ability to burn, plunder, and destroy.Fire

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

speak of a seelie fey who betrayed the Summer Queen. His true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath

Dusk Hag

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

to the amount of damage taken.Dusk hags resemble gnarled crones with shriveled orange skin, tangled gray hair, and eyes that burn like hot coals. They see visions of the future in their dreams, and

their dark magic allows them to influence the dreams of others, sending messages or inflicting nightmares with a touch. Tales talk of ambitious wizards, frantic monarchs, and desperate heroes

Juvenile Kraken

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

the kraken’s next turn.Hidden in a deep, dark underwater pit near the Styes, this creature bears the mark of the dark god Tharizdun’s madness. Becoming more independent every day, it

dreams of freeing itself from its aboleth tenders and wreaking its own foul will upon the seas.A Kraken’s Lair A kraken lives in dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with detritus

Rezmir

Monsters Tyranny of Dragons

, Rezmir can deal an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Dark Advantage"} damage when she hits with a weapon attack, provided Rezmir has advantage on the attack roll

created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell creating the light is dispelled. Melee Attack. Rezmir makes one melee attack. Hide. Rezmir takes the Hide action.Acid

Kraken Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

current disperses the cloud, which otherwise disappears at the end of the kraken's next turn.A Kraken’s Lair A kraken lives in dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with

is warped by the creature’s blasphemous presence, creating the following magical effects: The kraken can alter the weather at will in a 6-mile radius centered on its lair. The effect is

Tarandus

races

travelling, observing and creating maps that guide others along safe paths. All tarandus possess antlers that rise roughly a foot above their heads. Their dark-red noses can emit a gentle glow

Graz'zt Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Dark Prince is a warning that not all beautiful things are good. Standing nearly nine feet tall, Graz’zt strikes the perfect figure of untamed desire, every plane and curve of his body, every

pleasure palaces where nothing is forbidden, save moderation or kindness. The dark Prince of Pleasure considers restriction the only sin, and takes what he wants. Cults devoted to him are secret societies

Slarkrethel

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

cloud, which otherwise disappears at the end of the kraken's next turn.A Kraken’s Lair A kraken lives in dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with detritus, treasure, and

creature’s blasphemous presence, creating the following magical effects: The kraken can alter the weather at will in a 6-mile radius centered on its lair. The effect is identical to the control

Aasimar Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

dark eyes 3 Starkly colored hair 4 An unusual hue tinting your shadow 5 A ghostly halo crowning your head 6 Rainbows gleaming on your skin Creating Your Character At

Dark Dealings in Yartar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Dark Dealings in Yartar The city of Yartar is renowned as a place to make deals. Merchants, smugglers, mercenaries, and spies from all over the North meet in Yartar’s taverns and alleyways to do

between Waterdeep and Luskan. When the Hand finds itself in possession of a devastation orb, the guild does what any self-respecting thieves’ guild might do: They auction it off to the highest bidder.

Fraz-Urb'luu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

that of a great gargoyle, some 12 feet tall, with an extended, muscular neck and a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair, and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful

take 33 (6d10) psychic damage. Regional Effects The region containing Fraz-Urb’luu’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects: Intelligent

Fraz-Urb'luu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

an extended, muscular neck; a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair; and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful shoulders. He can assume other forms, however, from the

Effects The region containing Fraz-Urb’luu’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects: Beguiling Realm. Within 6 miles of the lair, all Charisma (Persuasion

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back. Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark

itchy straw stuffing inside you. Reborn in the Domains of Dread When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains

Salamanders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

snake minions to burn all they encounter Salamanders are serpentine denizens of the Elemental Plane of Fire. They believe that flames expose the purest forms of all things and delight in burning and

flames are nothing but ashes in disguise. They harbor malice toward few creatures, but they consider creating remarkable flames more important than the pain and loss their fires cause. Salamanders are

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; Elminster The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh

primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by

Ancient Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

immense power. Creating a Sapphire Dragon Use the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters. Sapphire

the lair. Cobweb-Choked Tunnels. Adventurers who manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set

Ancient Dragon Turtle

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Creating a Dragon Turtle Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting

. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below. Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

, druids take on a more active role in combating the threat, as adventurers. Creating a Druid When making a druid, consider why your character has such a close bond with nature. Perhaps your

druids count them all (even the violent ones) as worthy of veneration. The druids of Eberron hold animistic beliefs completely unconnected to the Sovereign Host, the Dark Six, or any of the other

Dark Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, consider the following genre tropes when creating your dark fantasy domain: Good does not always win. Evil individuals with great power and unopposed schemes might be the norm. The lines between good

Dark Fantasy Dark fantasy is as much a genre of fantasy as it is a genre of horror. Generally, any tale featuring both supernatural elements and horror themes might be considered dark fantasy

The Dreaming Dark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

The Dreaming Dark In the spaces between sleeping and waking, nightmares wait with grasping claws. The quori spirits that rule Dal Quor spent a thousand years seizing control of the continent of

Sarlona. Now they have turned their many eyes toward Khorvaire. The ultimate goal of the Dreaming Dark is to control all the nations of the world. The plane of Dal Quor goes through cycles of light and

Q33. Collapsed Ceiling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Q33. Collapsed Ceiling The roof over this part of the mansion has collapsed, creating a twenty-foot-diameter gaping hole with broken rafters bisecting it. Dark storm clouds roll across the sky

The Returned

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

. Their second life is theirs to do with as they please, but it’s typically a confused, cursed life, plagued by frustration, bitterness, loneliness, and melancholy. Such leads many Returned along dark paths

effects demand more significant sacrifices. Palamnites While most of the Returned are listless and quiet, palamnites burn with envy and rage. They are vicious killers, destroying what no longer brings

Developing a Darklord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

was harmed, how the Dark Powers encouraged them, and the price the Darklord paid. Describe why they chose to commit these evil acts, including their ideals, flaws, and bonds. Consider these questions

when creating your Darklord’s backstory: What was the first depraved act the Darklord chose to commit, and how did their ideal encourage them down this path? Was the Darklord rewarded or celebrated for

Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

of the corruptible, the resolve of the truly heroic—the Dark Powers savor these traits. Whether for a night or an eternity, Ravenloft seeks heroes of all sorts and pits them against their greatest

. This chapter offers you, the player, the following tools and choices: Haunted Heroes. Explore your role in creating a tale of terror and how you might design a character that contributes to frightful

Birth of a Darklord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

idea of who your Darklord is, what they did, what form their evil takes, and how they came to the attention of the Dark Powers. Flesh out these details, referring back to how the Darklord reflects

your players’ characters and the section on creating nonplayer characters in the Dungeon Master’s Guide as you desire. Now, everything the Darklord knew changes and they find themself a prisoner within a domain of their own.

Darklings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha (“Dark Crow” in Common), and other Fey refer to the house’s descendants as dubh sith—“darklings.” Darklings dwell in secluded caverns and chambers beneath the

light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Background A large section of a fey-infused woodland has fallen under the control of a coven of green hags. Using dark gardening techniques, the hags have grafted myconids into the trees of the wood

, creating dangerous hybrids and a spreading corruption. Opposing the hags’ evil is a female unicorn named Banrion. After years of skirmishes, the hags have driven Banrion to an isolated pinnacle of

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