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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Devoured the souls of children to occupy their bodies
Vaeristhelph Rex
Seized power as a wizard-king, traded his throne for lichdom
Vlad Xil Haerven
Wallowed in greed and traded lives
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Zlan’s current plan is to heat Icewind Dale from below, warming the Underdark to melt its ice and release aberrant terrors from frozen stasis. This melting also exposes ancient sites containing power Zlan needs to enforce its wicked will on the region.Cold, PoisonLightning, Necrotic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
devoured many of his echoes before withdrawing to a planar lair in the Outlands. The red greatwyrm Ashardalon worked with a balor to ritually drain the power of his echoes, then infused their power into
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
involves fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
":"Confusing Burble"} to determine what it does during its current turn:
1–2. The creature does nothing.
3. The creature does nothing except use all its movement to move in a random direction.
4. The
attacks on that target until the victim is killed (and devoured), until the jabberwock is killed, or until the target escapes using teleportation magic or other means.
If a jabberwock is slain
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
fusing the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. However, this chapter reveals that the characters—as well as Alustriel and Tasha—have been deceived. The fake Mordenkainen reveals himself to be Kas the Betrayer, Vecna’s former ally and current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
similarly scorched. In one patch lies the charred corpse of a bald, grayish-purple gnome, which has been partially devoured by a larger predator.
Grisdelfawr killed the svirfneblin here a week ago and razed
knows the bite was left by a large, reptilian creature. A subsequent successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check reveals the predator was a dragon. Gibberling Horde About one mile from the forge, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
is touched, and it clears a minute later. A detect magic spell reveals the shard emanates an aura of enchantment magic. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check realizes the
glass is a remnant of a destroyed Orb of Dragonkind (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The shattered, incomplete artifact has no properties in its current state. Dalamar recognizes the shard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Chips around the seam suggest that the shield can be pivoted. Experimentation thereafter reveals that the sundial marker is movable. When it’s in its current position, leaning to the right, the secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
one of the corpses. (The gnome is really a troll named Xlorp, transformed by the runes in area 11b.)
In its current form, the troll has the statistics of an unarmored (AC 12), chaotic evil deep gnome
character who examines the bodies and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check reveals that four drow are covered in burn marks consistent with lightning strikes, three were torn to pieces by large claws, and one was crushed to death (a victim of the behir’s coils).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
6. Dire Den This small network of tiny grottos leads into one of the dens of the Gray Ghosts, but it is the current residence of a warped creature called the Spider King. The characters must travel
through narrow tunnels to reach this area (see the “Whorlstone Tunnels: General Features” sidebar). The glow of faerzress in these tunnels reveals sticky white strands clinging to the walls. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Planting Adventure Seeds You can make a campaign feel like one story with many chapters by planting the seeds of the next adventure before the current one is finished. This technique can naturally
find evidence that the villain was working for someone else. A captured NPC reveals the location of someone or something that might interest the characters. The characters are heading to a local tavern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the rats swarm over him. If he takes damage, Jian panics and is swiftly devoured by the rats. If the swarm loses more than half its hit points, it scatters and flees. 7b. Ritual Preparation Table. In
disobey. Close examination of the dead cultist reveals no signs of a struggle, suggesting that he offered no resistance as he died from exsanguination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
require universal solvent to remove without destroying them. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of illusion magic around each painting, of which there are hundreds. Half of them are portraits of Halaster
if needed. Hanging on a stone peg that juts from the wall, the gold-plated shield is etched with arcane runes. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of necromancy magic radiating from the shield. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, and it decreases by 1 every midnight. If her hit point maximum drops to 0, Syndra dies and can’t be brought back from the dead until the death curse has ended (and if her soul hasn’t been devoured
. Mapping the place has always been nigh impossible, and nothing is known about the region’s current geography beyond a few miles from the coast.” “Working from dozens of sea charts, log books, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Its stacked levels resemble steps in a staircase, but a ramp running from top to bottom provides an easy way up.
Climbing the mesa reveals that its steps aren’t concentric circles but the bands of a
by overhearing any sound or conversation occurring within the previous tenday in the city above or in the Whorlstone Tunnels. This can include discovering Droki’s current location by following his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
point out that there’s nothing left in the library to steal, Ilda is overcome by a fit of misery as she agonizes over her failures. A successful DC 14 Intelligence (Religion) check reveals that Ilda
exceedingly dangerous. Using the divination pool required a personal sacrifice, but over time, the pool’s demands grew steeper. If others have been using the pool since Diderius died, as Ilda suspects the yuan-ti do, its current price must be vile indeed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
creatures who fail to speak the correct passphrase. The current passphrase is “black mask.” Characters are given three chances to utter the correct phrase before Ukurlahmu attacks. Before it attacks, the
containing twenty arrows each. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the shield hanging on the wall. The shield has a minor magical property: words spoken by the shield’s bearer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the power of a single dragon’s echoes across different worlds of the Material Plane. The black greatwyrm Chronepsis, for example, is said to have stalked multiple worlds and devoured many of his echoes
Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath Weapon, and it regains any expended uses of Legendary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
legs as easily as it travels on all four. Its eyes can emit fiery beams. Once a jabberwock has chosen its target, it concentrates its attacks on that target until the victim is killed (and devoured
creature can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn, and it rolls a d4 to determine what it does during its current turn:
1–2. The creature does nothing.
3. The creature does nothing except
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
a creature. Now, every four years, the ward reveals a new object for its mascot, declaring it to be the mimic. The nature of the object is subject to much speculation and rumor until its unveiling
fakes out of cake or paper that are easily crushed when assumed to be real, and so on. As of the writing of this enchiridion, the current mimic is a tankard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
(Religion) check reveals that Ilda can be released from her sojourn here if any volumes from the lost library are returned (see area 11). Although Ilda is not evil, the confrontation with her should
without first offering a sacrifice was exceedingly dangerous. Using the divination pool required a personal sacrifice, but over time, the pool’s demands grew steeper. If others have been using the pool since Diderius died, as Ilda suspects the yuan-ti do, its current price must be vile indeed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
feet downriver. A creature that tumbles into the river or tries to swim across it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check to reach the bank. If the check fails, the current pulls the
of ever finding it. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the tabaxi has no intention of letting the characters leave his domain alive. He laces the stew with midnight tears (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
outside its menhir, a nalfeshnee can be magically compelled to divulge the command word that activates the gate. A legend lore spell or similar magic also reveals the command word. The current word
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
one trapped creature at random to accommodate the new prisoner. The Prisoners of the Mirror table lists the mirror’s current prisoners and summarizes how they react if set free or spoken to. Otherwise
while deactivated.) Speaking the word “Blackfire” along with a cell number frees the creature trapped in that cell. Casting an identify spell on the mirror reveals its command words and magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of Saltmarsh and begin to hear tales of the haunted house, after which they might seek more information about the house and its current state. If you decide so, they can speak to the poacher mentioned
characters are thorough in their exploration. Ned reveals his true colors at an opportune moment. The caverns and contraband below the house wait to be discovered. Access to the sea suggests the use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
that opposes a deity or another powerful cosmic force. Comet You were born under a sign associated with cataclysm, and every attempt to glimpse your future reveals ill omens. Donjon A religious
circumstance you don’t yet understand. Star When you adopted your current beliefs, your life changed dramatically for the better. Sun While you never placed much stock in the beliefs you were taught
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Dracolich’s Phylactery The Far Realm has warped the fabric of this chamber and its current occupant. The contents of this 20-foot-high room are as follows: Undulations. The walls and pillars
strike, cursing the characters as he does so. Morphing Statue A detect magic spell cast on the statue reveals an aura of transmutation magic surrounding it and a powerful source of necromancy magic deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of the door when this happens, the door wraps its tongue around the character and swallows the character whole. No attack roll or saving throw is required. A character “devoured” in this manner is
have the names Predator and Prey etched into their transoms. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of transmutation magic around each vessel. Each boat can hold up to four Small or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, facing south. Three more statues, unseen from this vantage point, are located under the hill in area E6.) A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals an aura of abjuration magic around each statue
pillars. Clearing the snow off the lid reveals an engraving of a brazier. You also notice a carving near the top of each pillar; from north to south, these images depict a twig, a pinecone, a flame, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
area 29. Any characters who fell into the pool are carried by the current toward the outflow at about 20 feet per round. A character who ends up in the river might be swept away; see “Fast-Flowing Water
; there’s no danger in crossing it. Watery Peril. At the west end of the cavern, the ceiling lowers to meet the surface of the river. Any creature swept past this point by the current is trapped in a long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
creature that wades into this fissure or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or be swept away by the current and dropped into the shaft that plunges thousands of feet
or raised. The true monster of the mine reveals itself M7. Bucket Lift Landing The mechanism creaks as the bucket lift descends to the floor of a small cave where two dusty tunnels lead in opposite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
or confuse those who enter it. Some mazes are elaborate obstacles that protect treasure, while others are gauntlets for prisoners banished there to be hunted and devoured by the monsters within. Mine
what happened to them can help shape the dungeon’s current state. The Dungeon History table notes key events that can transform a site from its original purpose into a dungeon for adventurers to explore