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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
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
bonus action on her subsequent turns to continue singing. She can stop singing at any time. The song ends if Aphemia is incapacitated or dies.
Grave Calling Song. Aphemia intones a low, growling
travelers and settlements.
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
, calling to those close to death. Each non-Undead creature within 120 feet of the specter must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature hears the wail and is marked for death
essence to the dead body, giving the corpse the semblance of life as a rider. The two function as a single creature, more powerful for their unnatural union.
Humans of Eldraine view specters as
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Knight of Solamnia, Caradoc burned when Dargaard Keep was consumed in the fires of the Cataclysm. As with many of Soth’s retainers, Caradoc was cursed with undeath. Being duplicitous and cowardly
’s swiftly pulled back if caught beyond its walls without a host.
Personality Trait. “I might be dead, but there’s no reason I can’t live it up a little.”
Ideal. &ldquo
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit
would be lost.
Cryptic Whispers
Even though a creature transformed into a stone cursed is long dead, a vague whisper of their memories lives on in the obsidian skull embedded within the stone cursed
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Dead. The corpse flower swallows one unsecured Humanoid corpse within 10 feet of it, along with any equipment the corpse is wearing or carrying.A corpse flower can sprout atop the grave of an evil
necromancer or the remains of powerful Undead creatures. Unless it is uprooted and burned while it is still a seedling, the corpse flower grows to enormous size over several weeks, then tears itself free
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night.
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An apparition that has haunted your family for generations now haunts you. You don’t know what it wants, and it won’t leave you alone
. You escaped, but the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts.
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You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: animate dead (1 charge), blight (2 charges), circle of death (3 charges), finger of death (3 charges), power word kill
(4 charges), or speak with dead (1 charge). The wand regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn.
While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Icy Doom. When Avarice dies, her corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead.
Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff
the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast.
Spellbook. Avarice’s spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover
Dwarf
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“Yer late, elf!” came the rough edge of a familiar voice. Bruenor Battlehammer walked up the back of his dead foe, disregarding the fact that the heavy monster lay on top of his elven
command or inspiration of a deity, a direct calling or simply a desire to bring glory to one of the dwarf gods. Clan and ancestry are also important motivators. A dwarf might seek to restore a clan
Paladin
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Basic Rules (2014)
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
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
the treasures and relics of wizards, warlords, or royalty. Some archaeologists plunder for wealth or fame, while others consider it their calling to illuminate the past or keep the world’s
no qualms about stealing from the dead.
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I’m happier in a dusty old tomb than I am in the centers of civilization.
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Traps don’t make me nervous. Idiots who trigger traps make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold College Lorehold is the College of Archaeomancy—a term that describes the exploration of ancient things through magic. Its mages explore the past by poring over archaeological sites, calling
forth magical energy from old tomes, and summoning the spirits of long-dead historical figures. Lorehold mages travel far and wide across the world, gathering relics of bygone ages and learning dead languages to unpack the secrets of history.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
it and can refuse. The spirit of a dead creature has left the body and departed for the Outer Planes, and reviving the creature requires calling the spirit back. If the creature returns to life, the
Dead A dead creature has no Hit Points and can’t regain them unless it is first revived by magic such as the Raise Dead or Revivify spell. When such a spell is cast, the spirit knows who is casting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
it and can refuse. The spirit of a dead creature has left the body and departed for the Outer Planes, and reviving the creature requires calling the spirit back. If the creature returns to life, the
Dead A dead creature has no Hit Points and can’t regain them unless it is first revived by magic such as the Raise Dead or Revivify spell. When such a spell is cast, the spirit knows who is casting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
dead comrades and arranged their bones into a spirit pole. Characters who explore the compound discover this effigy: A glaive has been thrust into remains of a burned-out pyre. Charred snake skulls
stole their enemies’ weapons. Six wild dogs (use jackal statistics) feed on one of the Red Wizards. The dogs pose no threat if the characters keep their distance. Spirit Pole The yuan-ti burned their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Reflections This swampy cavern has a 50-foot-high ceiling of jagged rock. Rising from the mire is an island of dry rock, upon which are the following features: Ruins and Statue. Amid the ruins of
on this level, the image changes to appear as that character, even if the character is later raised from the dead. A dispel magic spell that targets the image causes it to disappear for 1 hour. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
people spared your life, and you don’t know why. 2 You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night. 3 An apparition that
opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche. 9 A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Warlock Spells Cantrips (0 Level)
Create bonfire (conjuration)
Frostbite (evocation)
Infestation (conjuration)
Magic stone (transmutation)
Thunderclap (evocation)
Toll the dead
demon (conjuration)
5th Level
Danse Macabre (necromancy)
Enervation (necromancy)
Far step (conjuration)
Infernal calling (conjuration)
Negative energy flood (necromancy)
Synaptic static
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
that, once he committed them to memory, he burned in the stove. He also burned his journals. Ezmerelda searched the room, hoping to find a clue to her mentor’s plan or whereabouts. Among the things she
found here was a rolled-up map of Barovia and a burned page from van Richten’s journal, which she took and hid in her wagon (area V1). The standing armor is a suit of animated armor. It is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
innocent people spared your life, and you don’t know why.
2 You were born under a dark star. You can feel it watching you, coldly and distantly. Sometimes it beckons you in the dead of night.
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fills your mind with evil thoughts.
8 You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
9 A fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
some places the ground has fused into jagged glass. In others, it is cracked and burned. Broken bodies of soldiers from various sides litter the landscape — soldiers whose dead bodies refuse to decompose
The Mournland A wall of dead-grey mist surrounds the remnants of Cyre. Beyond the mists lies a land twisted by magic, a wound that will not heal. The land is blasted and strangely transformed. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, needle-like spire — a forty-foot-tall pine tree ravaged by fire long ago, its limbs burned off. Tied to the dead tree near its base are several ghastly dolls made of twigs bound with black hair. Ten
the dead tree’s roots to magically animate and erupt from the ground. When the constricting roots erupt, each creature standing in the clearing must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Crime Scene In the wake of the explosion, people emerge from their houses and shops to survey the devastation. The fireball didn’t set any buildings ablaze, but it left eleven people dead: One
dressed in plain clothes (servants of wealthy North Ward families, killed while running errands) One male gnome (Dalakhar) wearing a burned cloak and clutching a dagger Two female halflings who were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
trees, an area where the forest has burned or been cut down, and so on. Also describe notable smells and sounds, such as the roar of a faraway monster, the stench of burned wood, or the sweet aroma
different random encounter tables. Finally, a wilderness trek can be enhanced by calling attention to the weather. “You spend the next three days crossing the swamp” sounds less harrowing than, “You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
myconid sovereign lies among the dead — pierced by multiple hobgoblin arrows and burned like the other corpses. If the sovereign is touched, it trembles with life, having stabilized at 0 hit points. If
12. Paradise Lost These 40-foot-high caverns once housed a thriving fungus forest and a colony of peaceful myconids. The hobgoblins slaughtered the myconids, then burned down the forest. A thin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Background The time of dragons dawns. Calling upon ancient magic and a host of draconic allies, the Cult of the Dragon seeks to unleash Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. By bringing the Queen
cult, even as the situation in Faerûn grows more dire. Abductions and raids undertaken by the Cult of the Dragon increase daily, and refugees are fleeing from burned-out regions under cult attack to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
floor here, under a burned fur cloak. Several amber doors lead from this hall, and three arrow slits are cut into the east wall. Floating in the middle of the hall are three skulls wreathed in green
Amber Temple seeking power. The flameskulls incinerated the wizard. The arrow slits look down on the temple (area X5). Treasure Although the dead wizard’s spellbook didn’t survive, his staff did. It is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Vilnius with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check. Vilnius wears scorched robes, his unkempt hair is half burned away, and his face and arms are covered with blisters from magic fire. He is the
apprentice of Jakarion, the dead wizard in area X17. After the flameskulls there incinerated his master, the wounded Vilnius retreated here. He eats vermin to survive. The amber golem has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
frame and is blue in color. Reflections in this mirror ripple as if the viewer were looking into a pool of water.
Red Mirror. A creature that looks into the red mirror sees a ghostly white form
incarnation. The image says, in Olman, “Command me to answer, and I shall.” The image of a long-dead Olman is superimposed on the character’s reflection. A command spell can cause the spirit to answer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Background The time of dragons dawns. Calling upon ancient magic and a host of draconic allies, the Cult of the Dragon seeks to unleash Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. By bringing the Queen
cult, even as the situation in Faerûn grows more dire. Abductions and raids undertaken by the Cult of the Dragon increase daily, and refugees are fleeing from burned-out regions under cult attack to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Background The time of dragons dawns. Calling upon ancient magic and a host of draconic allies, the Cult of the Dragon seeks to unleash Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. By bringing the Queen
cult, even as the situation in Faerûn grows more dire. Abductions and raids undertaken by the Cult of the Dragon increase daily, and refugees are fleeing from burned-out regions under cult attack to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
is not necessarily a drawback, though; an eccentricity of this sort is usually harmless and could provide a source of amusement or serve as a calling card of sorts. If your character has an
your purposes. 3 You never enter a room without looking to see what’s hanging from the ceiling. 4 Your most prized possession is a dead worm that you keep inside a potion vial. 5 When you want people to
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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->Lost Mine of Phandelver
gold and platinum in the nearby foothills, you came to Phandalin as well, not to earn a living, but to prey on those who struck it rich. You joined a gang calling itself the Redbrands and made some
Redbrands who still want you dead. Alignment: Neutral. You tend to do whatever seems best at the time. Sure, you’ve done some things you’re not proud of, and you’re not personally committed to making the