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Mask of the Dragon Queen

Magic Items Tyranny of Dragons

. Below the five masks, a new mask shapes itself, granting the wearer a draconic visage that covers the face, neck, and shoulders. While you are attuned to and wear this mask, you can have any of the

saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. Dragon Fire (Red Dragon Mask Only). If you deal fire damage to a creature or flammable object, it starts burning. At the start of each of its turns, a

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

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

. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire

Riverine

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

. The riverine conjures swampy ground that briefly covers the ground in a 20-foot square the riverine can see within 120 feet of itself. That area becomes difficult terrain until initiative count

, the flora and fauna return to normal levels, and its river dries out over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Regional Effect Fade Days"} days. All other effects

Gemstone Garden

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

Gemstone Garden A beautiful park of fruiting trees and glistening ponds filled with bone-white carp covers acres of rich land hidden within the city. A dozen gleaming, gem-colored pavilions give the

massive graveyard. The dead here don’t lie quietly, as each marker names an ancient jiangshi. These jiangshi work Tsien Chiang’s will throughout the city, but they return to seek vengeance if anyone intrudes in their garden.

Key Plot Points

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

must rescue villagers from a burning tavern. When the villagers are safe, Respite’s mayor hires the characters to retrieve two stolen magic gems that protect Respite from terrible storms. Cobblehook

Cove. The characters must foray into Cobblehook Cove, the pirates’ lair, to reclaim the gems. There, they discover that an evil dragon named Sablewing has goaded the pirates toward violence. The characters must contend with the dragon and return the gems before an imminent storm destroys Respite.

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

Conclusion Once the characters recover the ritual from Elakdras’s corpse, they can return to Grahlista and attempt to break the oppressive heat wave. The frost giant’s ritual requires at least four

participants, takes a full day to perform, and consumes 1,000 GP of rare moss and crystals. Grahlista covers the cost of materials and leads the ritual, though she asks willing characters to

5. Cave of Crystals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

guano covers the ground. Treat this area as difficult terrain. The xorn protect their crystalline food source. If a xorn loses more than half its hit points, it disengages from combat on its next

turn and sinks into the floor, never to return. Treasure Once the xorn are defeated, the characters can retrieve forty fist-sized crystals worth 10 gp each.

Bandit Attack

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

. Haeler and his guards are preoccupied by the burning wagon, because they need to focus on removing the coin coffers. If no one from the encampment rushes to find who fired on them, the bandits return

. They use the light of the burning wagon to target individuals. The bandits prefer to harry the caravan from cover and mount an attack once the defenders are weakened. None of the bandits is willing to die. They retreat so they can attack the caravan again later.

Burning Hills

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

Burning Hills Use this event only if the fire node is still active. The characters find themselves — and perhaps a settlement they care about — in the path of three fire elementals and five smoke

shapes flit in the smoke. The adventurers detect the fire when it is 500 feet away. It covers a front of about 200 feet. At the start of each round, the fire advances 2d6 × 10 feet. Smoke renders the

21. The Agitated Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7

, it is 75 percent probable that the jerking motion will tear the thing. If these hangings are subjected to burning, they instantly turn to brown mold that covers the same area. The secret door behind

Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). If either tapestry is torn down, it instantly turns into green slime and covers a 20-foot-long, 10-foot-wide area of floor when it falls. Note that

K79. Western Stair

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

K79. Western Stair This staircase of ancient stone is worn smooth. Thick dust covers its steps, and cobwebs choke the passage. The stairs rise at a 45-degree angle for a distance of 40 feet

mist fills the stairway ahead, then coalesces into the form of the vampire Strahd, his eyes burning red with anger. “You have worn out your welcome,” he says. “Whatever gods you believe in cannot save

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Speak with Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life to a

spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

V2: Godshead Crossing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

success, the character recognizes that an unnaturally massive bird of prey made the scrapes. Dragoneye Flowers The flowers are dragoneye flowers. The Burning Circle members believe that when dragoneye

flowers bloom, it is time for Xabazhut to return to his slumber (see “Nature Lovers”). These flowers have slender petals like tongues of flame surrounding bright yellow centers, and the flowers’ oblong

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of

repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Speak with Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life to a

spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of

repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its

Boros Legion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Boros armor floated in protective positions over its animate flame. — Doug Beyer, Return to Ravnica: The Secretist Clad in shining armor and fueled by righteous zeal, the soldiers of the Boros

muscle, stout of heart, and possessing a burning love of justice and the battlefield, they have become the steel spine of the Boros Legion. Generations of minotaurs of the Ordruun family line have served with honor and distinction, claiming more than fifteen generals to their lineage.

Areas of Effect

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Areas of Effect Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once. A spell's description specifies its area of effect, which typically

extends from its point of origin in a straight path up to its length and covers an area defined by its width. A line's point of origin is not included in the line's area of effect, unless you decide

Developments

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

She shall return!” As with the first assault on the adventurers, try to ensure that if the attackers are defeated, at least one escapes to report the outcome of the battle. Most easily, the dragon can

— one that not only exceeds what the cult is paying but covers the damage to reputation that comes from changing sides in the middle of battle. A good starting offer is 10,000 gp, or 2,000 gp per

The Quest Board

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

Leilon Point report aquatic humanoids making small but frequent raids on the area. They’re killing farmers and burning Leilon’s food supply. Kill or rout the raiders, then return to the town council

town council. The council members are unable to provide context beyond what is written on the board. When the characters return to the fishery after completing a quest, the council pays the reward

Developments

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

She shall return!” As with the first assault on the adventurers, try to ensure that if the attackers are defeated, at least one escapes to report the outcome of the battle. Most easily, the dragon can

—one that not only exceeds what the cult is paying but covers the damage to reputation that comes from changing sides in the middle of battle. A good starting offer is 10,000 gp, or 2,000 gp per

Florrb's Problem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

back to their home plane, but Florrb was left behind. It wants to return home but doesn’t know how. The other mephits were swimming in the mud pits when they disappeared. In the years since, other

: earth and water in the mud, fire and air in the flame.) Whenever an open flame is burning within 10 feet of a mud pit, the pit becomes a portal linked to a similar but larger mud pit on the Elemental

Ghost Trap

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Ghost Trap Gremorly’s ritual forces any Humanoid who dies within the keep to return as a ghost that’s unable to pass beyond the keep’s walls. The ritual can be broken by disassembling, moving, or

trap is broken, all the ghosts in the keep can leave except Gremorly, who remains to haunt the observatory. Side Effects When the characters first arrive at Harrowhall, a thick and unsettling fog covers

Interacting with Townsfolk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

to people on the street, they encounter merchants and traditionalists, but they might also find members of the Burning Circle (see “Nature Lovers” below). Each group’s general opinions align with its

wildfire tvhat almost eliminated the young town of Arborean Springs and the surrounding farms and pasturelands. This rampage turned out to be the first of many. Burning Circle. A small group of nature

Horns of the Beast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

temple lost in the jungle. He offers to pay them a total of 2,000 GP in trade bars—half when they reach the temple and half when they safely return to civilization—and promises to support them with what

. Use the map to determine how long the sea voyage takes, depending on where the adventurers begin the trip and figuring that the ship covers about 1½ hexes per day. Near the end of the trip, as the

Vecna's Grasp Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, so the creature can’t leave the unreality and return to the tunnel. E2a. Images of Kas the Betrayer flicker on the walls of this tunnel. In each reflection, Vecna torments Kas, who appears powerless

against the evil god. Characters who cross the threshold appear in the unreality described in the “Torment of Kas” section. E2b. Hazy scenes of civil unrest—peasants rioting, buildings burning, and

Finding the Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

, one of Candlekeep’s sages and the foremost expert on Xanthoria—both the book and its mysterious author: Your guide does not return. Instead, you are greeted by a robed wood elf with brown hair and a

plain face. In her hands, she holds a book so encrusted with lichen that its covers can barely be closed around its wrinkled pages. “I believe you’re looking for this,” she says with a warm, bright smile

Barbed Devil

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

fiend warlords, archdevils, and similarly powerful villains. In return, barbed devils gain protection for their own collections. Many barbed devils also maintain networks of imps that search the

) Slashing damage. Hurl Flame. Ranged Attack Roll: +5, range 150 ft. Hit: 17 (5d6) Fire damage. If the target is a flammable object that isn’t being worn or carried, it starts burning.

Lorinda's Powers and Dominion

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

figure wearing a cloak of moth wings and bearing a branch burning with torches. Using her control of the land as Tepest’s Darklord, Mother brings bounty to fields and flocks, or curses farms with

famine and aberrant livestock. Those in her service rarely produce offspring and so petition her for hexblood children (see chapter 1). All Mother asks of her followers in return for her blessing is that

Worshiping Athreos

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

Worshiping Athreos Most funeral traditions include small offerings and words of reverence to Athreos. Predominant among these traditions is burying or burning the dead with a clay funerary mask, to

offering to each of Theros’s five mightiest deities, hoping to receive a peaceful place among them in return. The gods realized what Athreos’s spirit represented: the first of an endless flood of mortal

Areas of Effect

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Areas of Effect Left to Right: Line, Cone, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder *Point of Origin Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once

cylinder. A cylinder’s point of origin is included in the cylinder’s area of effect. Line A line extends from its point of origin in a straight path up to its length and covers an area defined by its width

Moloch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

of his station and sentenced to death — and only the timely use of a planar portal allowed him to escape. Moloch wasted no time in preparing for his return. He amassed an army of devils and monsters

return to his former status, but every time he enters the Nine Hells, he is demoted to an imp and can’t regain his normal powers until he leaves. Thus, he lives a split existence, sometimes scheming

Y3. Druids' Circle

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

,” they sleep in earthen graves hidden under covers made of sod and dead grass. Characters entering the circle who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher notice the dozen covered

are replenished as others return from forays into the Svalich Woods. At the end of each day, at dusk, 1d4 − 1 druids and 1d4 − 1 berserkers arrive until there are six of each.

The Survivors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

known for fear the pirates will return and finish them off. Even though the survivors desperately want to leave the island, their superiors would not approve of their abandoning the island to the

against the pirates because he tried to rescue important books and scrolls from the burning abbey, and a collapsing hall closed a doorway behind him. He was forced to abandon the written works, and he

K36. Dining Hall of the Count

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

K36. Dining Hall of the Count Dust assaults your lungs. A sweet yet pungent smell of decay fills this room, in the center of which stands a long oak table. A blanket of dust covers the tabletop and

with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the characters take the groom figurine out of the room, read the following if they return to the room at a later time: Billowing drapes draw your

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