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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
level 1 features, which are listed in the Paladin Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots.
Paladin Features
—Spell Slots per
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, it always reflects the patron’s interests, ranging from small-scale concerns to matters of cosmic scope. A deathlock in the thrall of a Fiend might work to destroy a specific temple dedicated to
warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A warlock who fails to live up to a bargain with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the result of imagination trying to account for a terrifying and
the wilds? Beware the dead riders who serve the Shadow Queen.”
—Scalan, Edgewall innkeeper
PoisonNecrotic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8
)
2
Indifference. What do I care for the fleeting concerns of those who crawl upon the land? (Any)
3
Curiosity. I want to know about everything that enters my domain, especially oddities from
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Master of Undeath. Orcus can cast animate dead (at will) and create undead (3/day). He chooses the level at which the spells are cast, and the creatures created by them remain under his control
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
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Trait
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"Acid Spray","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.A hive lord rules each kruthik hive. When the hive lord dies, the surviving members of the
floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
;You enabled the escape of your fellow soldiers, but at great cost to yourself. Some of your past comrades may think you’re dead.
4
Juggernaut. No reasonable explanation can explain
, you are friends of Tom and Will Stoutly and can turn to them for help and support. Eliander Fireborn, captain of the guard, also makes time to listen to your concerns.
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
challenge, even when the odds are clearly stacked against her. Seeing other wizards as a threat, paranoia rules her life.
Avarice has been a member of the Arcane Brotherhood for almost two years. She
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
1
I speak slowly and deliberately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
frustration. He eagerly uses threats and violence to manipulate the living and the dead, eagerly taking advantage of any connection he perceives—especially ties to family. Personality Trait. “I have no
patience for insult, disrespect, or provocation, and I respond with violence to any affront.” Ideal. “My perspective and concerns are the only ones that matter.” Bond. “Gryphon Hill is my ancestral
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
)
6
Power. Knowledge is power, power must be used, and I use it. Your concerns are irrelevant. (Evil)
Amethyst Dragon Adventures
The Amethyst Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers
, preferring caverns with at least one entrance submerged underwater. They prize locations with a combination of open space, connecting tunnels, and dead ends to make the most of their natural and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
mediate disputes when I can. (Good)
6
Power. Knowledge is power, power must be used, and I use it. Your concerns are irrelevant. (Evil)
Amethyst Dragon Adventures
The Amethyst Dragon
. They prize locations with a combination of open space, connecting tunnels, and dead ends to make the most of their natural and magical mobility, using flight and teleportation to navigate obstacles in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
breaks these rules loses the duel. If a duelist kills an opponent, the killer, if discovered, is expelled from the university and forced to pay for raise dead to be cast on the dead duelist. As
Duels in the Repository Strixhaven students have the following rules for duels at the Furygale Repository: Only two students duel at a time. Duelists must use magic to defeat their opponents. Weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ankhtepot’s Powers and Dominion A fantastically ancient Undead, Ankhtepot has statistics similar to a mummy lord. Beyond this, he rules as pharaoh, national leader, and voice of the gods. None in
Har’Akir, among the living or the dead, denies his will, but the Darklord’s wishes are few. He cares only for order and to find his lost ka. Children of Ankhtepot. The Darklord is served by many of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
those rules to these aquatic dragons.) Dragon Turtle Personality Traits d8 Trait
1 I speak slowly and deliberately, pausing to reflect after (or sometimes in the middle of) each utterance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Embedded in the wall at the end of the westward hallway is an arch gate (see “Gates”). Close inspection reveals the image of a dead tree carved into its keystone. The rules of this gate are as follows
: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
The Sunless Citadel All things roll here: horrors of midnights,
Campaigns of a lost year,
Dungeons disturbed, and groves of lights;
Echoing on these shores, still clear,
Dead ecstasies of
questing knights—
Yet how the wind revives us here!
—Arthur Rimbaud
This adventure concerns a once-proud fortress that fell into the earth in an age long past. Now known as the Sunless Citadel, its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
spiritual journeys and seek to transcend mortal concerns. Shining One, light my hours. Enkindle my soul, and inspire my deeds. Chase the shadows from my path, and let me walk in your brilliance.
—Morning
), Greater Restoration, Raise Dead, Zone of Truth
Bonus Actions
Divine Aid (3/Day). The priest casts Bless, Dispel Magic, Healing Word, or Lesser Restoration, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ousa’s Pyramid A mountain of white limestone rises above the southern plateaus of Har’Akir. This pyramid is known as the spirit home of Ousa, partner of Ese and the god who rules in the afterlife
. Akirrans whisper that the interior holds a door between this world and the land of the dead. In front of this wonder, a giant statue of Anu, the Great Jackal, overlooks parched riverbeds. A small order
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
characters one morning, a worried expression on her face. She is friends with one of the soldiers, Private Vester Jessup. He works under Sgt. Yorrum, and he was set into the Mere of Dead Men as part of a
to Sgt. Yorrum, he brushes off their concerns with a lazy wave of his hand. He says he can’t spare any more of his troops to look into the missing soldiers, especially with the recent threats from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
chandelier is a dead giant spider.
19b. Old Bedchamber Dead Spider. A dead giant spider, its body shot full of arrows and scorched by fire, lies next to a broken wooden bed against the east wall
Dense webbing fills this room as well (see area 19c for rules). Suspended within the webs are six cocoons. Five contain the desiccated corpses of four goblins and a nothic. The sixth contains a swarm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creatures of unknown realms far removed from mortal concerns. As heroes confront this evil, they must face the selfish, cold tendencies of their own kind as well. A campaign featuring troubled heroes who
adventures that aren’t necessarily connected by a common villain. One adventure might feature the dead bursting from their graves and threatening to overwhelm a whole town. In the next adventure, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
coveted her power. When Ignis disregarded Invido’s feigned concerns, Invido took matters into his own hands. He had her consort killed and tried to abduct the heirs, intending to raise them as his own
communicate well enough for him to get the whole story, but he understood that Invido is a giant who wants Ignis and her family dead and that Ignis was an influential individual among her people. Arthur sympathized with her and the children and strove to protect them at any cost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
image of a dead tree carved into its keystone. Its rules are as follows: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 6th level or higher to
the room. An iron chandelier with melted wax candles is suspended from a rafter above it by a rope tied off to a hook near the northern door.
Dead Halfling. Tucked behind an iron stove in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
a particular type. Lists of monsters organized by creature type appear in appendix B. The game includes the following creature types, which have no rules of their own: Aberrations are utterly alien
. Undead are spirits and the reanimated dead, such as ghosts, vampires, and zombies. Descriptive Tags A monster might have one or more tags in parentheses following its type. Such tags provide additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
a particular type. The game includes the following creature types, which have no rules of their own: Aberrations are utterly alien beings, such as aboleths, beholders, flumphs, and mind flayers
puddings and blobs of annihilation. Plants are sentient vegetation and fungal monsters, such as myconids, shambling mounds, and treants. Undead are spirits and the reanimated dead, such as ghosts, vampires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
occurs. Roll a d20 and consult the Random Events table, or choose a suitable event. For the rules on madness, see chapter 2 of this adventure and chapter 8, “Running the Game,” in the Dungeon Master’s
the area yields no treasure. Corpses d10 Corpse Present 1 1 dead behir 2–3 1d4 dead drow and 1d4 − 1 dead giant lizards 4–5 3d8 dead giant fire beetles (their glands are no longer glowing) 6–7 2d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Godefroy’s Powers and Dominion Lord Wilfred Godefroy rules his own personal afterlife. His statistics are similar to those of a ghost, and he is one of the most powerful spectral Undead in the domain
. From the House on Gryphon Hill, Godefroy forces throngs of the dead to serve his will and to seek out a path to their true, final deaths. Lord of the Dead. After 24 hours, the spirit of anyone who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Goblin Ambush Read the following boxed text to start the encounter: You’ve been on the Triboar Trail for about half a day. As you come around a bend, you spot two dead horses sprawled about fifty
Hallwinter. They’ve been dead about a day, and it’s clear that arrows killed the horses. When the characters inspect the scene closer, read the following: The saddlebags have been looted. Nearby lies an empty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
at the thought of having to reciprocate (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2) that it clutches its chest and keels over dead at the start of its next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Rumors When the characters interact with NPCs anywhere in Redwood Watch, villagers voice their concerns about recent local events. Roll on the Village Green Rumors table to determine which rumor an
bandits were robbing folks on the forest’s edge a while back. I bet they’re still hiding in the woods somewhere.” [Partially true; the bandits are now dead. Their animated corpses are in area R7.] 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Conversely, using only low-difficulty encounters is less likely to lead to character death, especially if characters have ample opportunity to rest during the adventure. Defeated, Not Dead If you and
your players agree to avoid character death in your game, you might consider an alternative: a character who would otherwise die is instead “defeated.” The following rules apply to a defeated character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dark Fantasy Vampires brood on the battlements of their accursed castles. Necromancers toil in dark dungeons to create horrid servants made of dead flesh. Devils corrupt the innocent, and werewolves
full of creatures that perfectly suit a storyline of supernatural horror. The most important element of such a campaign, though, isn’t covered by the rules. A dark-fantasy setting requires an