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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
where the barrier between the Material Plane and the Shadowfell is thin, the seeping negative energy drastically alters the ritual’s outcome. The giant’s soul becomes infused with negative
energy and doesn’t disperse into the elements. Rather, it absorbs the elemental energy around it, and its lower body becomes a storm cloud. The resulting tempest spirit is similar in appearance
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
shield takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. Armor reduced to an AC of 10 or a shield that drops to a +0 bonus is destroyed. The khargra can detach itself by spending 5 feet
tasty, refined metal their victim carries, they quickly flee—and will flee before that rather than risk death.
Stealthy Couriers. A number of clans among the dwarves, duergar, and azers have trained
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
drops to 0 hit points, Caradoc ends it as a bonus action, or he is turned or forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, Caradoc reappears in an unoccupied
at his core, the seneschal didn’t return as a skeletal knight but rather as an intangible spirit. Caradoc’s Undead form suits him well, allowing him to possess the living and use unwilling
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Awakening of the Scion. The cradle is a container for the scion of Memnor. When the cradle drops to 0 hit points, its body dissipates into cloud wisps. The scion instantly appears in the space the
feet tall and wields a morningstar made from magically dense clouds.
It tends to regard other creatures as toys rather than serious threats, and it uses its illusion magic to manipulate creatures into
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
which the creature is covered by ectoplasm.
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives. The priest dies if it receives
slime to make itself look and feel like any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics. This transformation lasts for 8 hours or until the priest drops to 0 hit
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will.
Divine Resurrection. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her crystalline form shatters and
within the sphere is heavily obscured, and the sphere moves with Auril. The effect lasts until Auril drops to 0 hit points in this form, until she chooses to end the effect (no action required), or
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside a creature or an object.
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives
name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
10 feet.
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives. The priest dies if it receives a boon it already has. If it
their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from the Boons of Undeath table. You can give a priest one or more of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
): blur, flaming sphere
3rd level (1 slot): fireball
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives. The priest dies if it
pawns. They also ironically bear their hated founder’s name, for they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Deathly Boon. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons
.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from the Boons of Undeath table. You can give a priest one or more of these boons of your choice
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
frightened of the priest until the start of the creature’s next turn.
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives. The
they know it is his original deathly gift that gives them their horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons of Undeath table for the boon the priest receives. The priest dies if it receives a boon it already has. If it receives a new
horrific powers.
Boons of Undeath
When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from the Boons of Undeath table. You can give a priest one or more of these
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
Discorporation. When Tiamat drops to 0 hit points or dies, her body is destroyed but her essence travels back to her domain in the Nine Hells, and she is unable to take physical form for a time
effects.
Magic Weapons. Tiamat’s weapon attacks are magical.
Multiple Heads. Tiamat can take one reaction per turn, rather than only one per round. She also has advantage on saving throws
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
instantly and leave behind no remains.
This does not destroy the servant permanently. Rather, 2d6 days later, its parts—left arm, left leg, right arm, right leg, lower torso, and upper torso&mdash
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
until the body drops to 0 hit points, the ghost ends it as a bonus action, or the ghost is turned or forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, the ghost
overheard her master talking to another wizard about a covert expedition to Icewind Dale being undertaken to seek out long-lost magic from a bygone empire. Rather than carry out her original plan, Nass
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will.
Divine Rejuvenation. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her body turns to slush and melts
rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions
Auril dwells on Solstice, a frozen island hidden among the titanic icebergs in the Sea of Moving Ice. Few creatures know of this
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
effects.
Rejuvenation. Illmarrow’s body turns to dust when she drops to 0 hit points, and her equipment is left behind. She gains a new body after 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll
Emerald Claw, but her motives for founding the order are buried in her past. Lady Illmarrow has no interest in ruling the living. Rather, she seeks to become Queen of the Dead.
The Mark of Death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Character Advancement If you want to use story-based level advancement, the characters receive experience points for achieving the following milestones rather than defeating monsters: Entering the
method, the characters should reach 13th level by the adventure’s conclusion.
About the Original
Published in 1980, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was designed by Gary Gygax to introduce D&D
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Divine Being. Auril can’t be surprised and can’t be changed into another form against her will.
Divine Rejuvenation. When Auril drops to 0 hit points, her body collapses into shards of
forms. These descriptions do not reflect Auril at full power, but rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions
Auril dwells on Solstice, a frozen island hidden among the titanic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
some more esoteric barrier. Beyond the form the locks and keys take, you might also consider adjusting the creatures depicted with each lock to suit your adventures. Just keep in mind that the number of
teeth on each key must match the number of letters in your substitutions, and those substitutions should be things the characters can identify. Raising the Difficulty Rather than associating each lock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
track or reaches its maximum speed of 60 feet. A cart stops if it hits a stopped cart or the iron guard barrier at either end of the track.
Each cart weighs 300 pounds empty and is equipped with a
hand brake. A creature inside a cart or next to one can use its action to pull the hand brake to reduce the cart’s speed by up to 30 feet, bringing it to a stop if its speed drops to 0.
Moving out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
expression rather than its actual reflection. A creature that ingests any amount of graymatter fluid must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or experience the following effects: Altered Speech
. Psychic Damage. For each ounce of graymatter fluid consumed, the creature takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage. A creature killed by this damage rises as a zombie 1d4 hours after dying. Invisible Barrier The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Enhanced Medusa Like the enhanced sphinx from Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature has been augmented with various technologies from the Barrier Peaks. Specifically, its eyes have been replaced
Petrifying Gaze trait turns creatures into metal, wood, or porcelain (the medusa’s choice) rather than stone. If this adventure is played as a sequel to Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, the enhanced medusa might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Akros and Skophos were born from that bloodshed, inspired by the martial doctrines of Iroas and Mogis rather than the legal code of Ephara. Eventually the years of war settled into an uneasy peace with
the badlands of Phoberos as a barrier separating the poleis from each other. Meletis, Akros, and Skophos perpetuated the stark division between civilization and nature that was inherent in the archons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Aarakocra Simulacra Years ago, a wounded aarakocra named Jakka landed on Sansuri’s cloud castle. Sansuri was struck by the beauty and color of the noble creature, but rather than befriend Jakka, she
aarakocra simulacrum has the statistics of an aarakocra, with the following changes: Each simulacrum has 6 hit points and a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP). When a simulacrum drops to 0 hit points or is subjected to a successful dispel magic spell (DC 17), it reverts to ice and snow and is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
smaller objects, such as spacecraft, gravity doesn’t radiate from a point but rather from a plane that cuts horizontally through the object and extends out as far as its air envelope. An object’s gravity
gravity plane is that an object that falls off the side of a ship can end up oscillating back and forth across the gravity plane. It drops in one direction until it crosses the plane, then reverses direction back toward the plane again, continuing until something causes it to stop.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
1st level. Rather than gaining experience points, a survivor increases in level whenever it makes sense for your adventure. When a survivor gains a level, it gains the benefits on the Survivor
minimum of 1 hit point per level. If a survivor drops to 0 hit points, it falls unconscious and subsequently makes death saving throws just like a normal player character.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
removed in this way falls under a curse. While so cursed, whenever the character drops to 0 hit points, they are treated as if they had already failed one death saving throw. This curse can be removed only
concerns, and he believes that the secrets of the technology found in the Barrier Peaks hold a vast potential to advance knowledge. If questioned, he proudly details his experiments (including with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
gnome—as long as the charlatan accomplishes the deed through cunning, negotiation, or deception rather than violence or outright theft, and as long as the mine stays in Zil hands. The same applies to
agents of the Trust simply pass information through dead drops; some estimate that a third of the nation works for the Trust in this capacity. When the Trust identifies a threat, it acts preemptively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
gnome charlatan to connive another gnome out of a jewel mine—as long as this is accomplished through cunning, negotiation, or deception rather than violence or outright theft, and as long as the mine
spies and assassins. Most agents of the Trust simply pass information through dead drops; some estimate that a third of the nation works for the Trust in this capacity. When the Trust identifies a threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Tempest Spirit A storm giant can escape death through a mystical ritual that transforms the giant into a semiconscious storm. However, if the giant performs the ritual in a place where the barrier
into the elements. Rather, it absorbs the elemental energy around it, and its lower body becomes a storm cloud. The resulting tempest spirit is similar in appearance to a djinni and is sometimes mistaken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Boons of Undeath When a priest of Osybus drops to 0 hit points, the priest might revive with a benefit from the Boons of Undeath table below. Before adventurers face a priest of Osybus, you can
decide that the priest has revived with one or more of these boons of your choice. If you do so, the priest is Undead rather than Humanoid. A priest can receive each boon only once. Boons of Undeath d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
30 feet. Landro isn’t interested in fighting. Rather, it wants to question the newcomers who’ve made it all the way to the colossus’s uppermost level. Landro the Host In its manifestation as Landro
antigravity wells and floors—is dispelled. Barrier Dropped. The invisible barrier around Landro disappears. Self-Destruct Initiated. Characters inside Landro must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
components. To do so, you must write the message on the page. The target hears the message in their mind, and if the target replies, their message appears on the page, rather than in your mind. The writing
name is on the page is reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, the creature magically drops to 1 hit point instead. Once this magic is triggered, no creature can benefit from it until you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
can undertake the puzzle and cross the room safely. You can also increase the difficulty by introducing trap variants, as described below. Trap Variants Rather than have the same poison gas trap on
mind. Unless the creature is a construct or undead, it must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature drops to 0 hit points. On a success, it takes 10 (3d6) psychic damage