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Tales from the Yawning Portal
This whistle is carved from transparent crystal, and it resembles a tiny dragon curled up like a snail. The name Night Caller is etched on the whistle in Dwarvish runes. If a character succeeds on a
under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it takes 1 minute to claw its way to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
"} psychic damage.
Howling Void. The warlock opens a momentary extraplanar rift within 60 feet of it. The rift is a scream-filled, 20-foot cube. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Wisdom
, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: detect magic, guidance, levitate, mage armor (self only), mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation, speak with dead
1/day
Death Tyrant
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
and whether the cone is active.
Any creature in that area can’t regain hit points. Any humanoid that dies there becomes a zombie under the tyrant’s command. The dead humanoid retains its
the target is a Huge or larger object or creation of magical force, this ray disintegrates a 10-foot cube of it.
Death Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
Whispers of Azzagrat. Each creature in a 15-foot cube originating from Sythian must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage
. Now that his parents are dead, he is determined to hold on to his estate and will do whatever it takes to keep what he has left.
Sythian has attuned to Golden Axe so that he can learn and exercise
Moloch
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, burning hands (as a 7th-level spell), confusion, detect magic, fly, geas, major image, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire
1/day each: flame
30-foot cube. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or take 27 (5d10);{"diceNotation":"5d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Breath of Despair","rollDamageType
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as
helm floating as though worn by an invisible figure, and illusory footprints appearing on a dusty floor.
Silent apparitions of dead adventurers drift through halls and rooms as though they are lost
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
5th
dominate person
Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you
successfully prevented a murder, and the would-be perpetrator wants me dead.
5
One of my parents was prominent in the guild, and I resent constantly being compared to that standard.
6
I’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
26. Clean Tunnels These tunnels are 10 feet high with flat ceilings. They’re swept clean on a regular basis by the gelatinous cube that characters first encounter in area 26c. Halaster has also
. 26c. Ooze Your Janitor? Just around this corner is a gelatinous cube. The first character to walk around the corner is surprised by the cube unless that character has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hall is 20 feet high, arched, and lightly obscured by thick webs.
Dead Spiders. Three giant spiders lie dead at various points in the hallway, riddled with crossbow bolts. (Members of the Undertakers
placed an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”) on the double door leading to area 16, set to trigger when the doors are opened. Draw from the Elder Runes Deck to determine which rune appears. The elder rune targets a random creature in this hall and within 60 feet of the doors.
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. 10a. Skull in the Cube Clean. This 30-foot-high room is swept clean, with no trace of dust or debris.
Frescoes. The walls are carved with frescoes depicting horrific cyclopean cities of black stone
submerged beneath raging seas.
Giant Ooze. A gelatinous cube measuring 30 feet on a side is trapped in the room. The monster is situated in the northeast corner when the characters first arrive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 16 on level 18, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located
property. 30b. Play-by-Play Generator This dusty room has a 10-foot-high ceiling. A 3-foot cube composed of equal parts adamantine and flesh sits atop a 3-foot-tall hexagonal plinth of carved stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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
northeast corner is a dead halfling in leather armor, his face twisted into a mask of horror.
The halfling adventurer, Haddon Fleetfoot, refused to serve the will-o’-wisp in area 2d and barricaded himself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
runes. If a character succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check, the character recalls lore that says the duergar made several such whistles for various groups in an age past. If you
blow the whistle in darkness or under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Ring of Winter After reclaiming Svardborg, Jarl Storvald used rune magic to divine how best to find the Ring of Winter — what the frost giants call the Ice That Never Melts. The runes told
Zhentarim mage, Nilraun Dhaerlost. Nilraun was dragged before Storvald and came to realize that the frost giants were searching for the Ring of Winter. As the runes had foretold, Nilraun was also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
dead trickster god Nangnang. If the characters enter into negotiations with Yorb, he can recount the full legend of Omu’s nine trickster gods (see “Legend of the Nine Gods”). Shrine Doors. The doors
treasures found in the shrine. However, if another creature in the shrine is also carrying such treasure, the doors remains closed. A knock spell also opens the doors. 18C. Puzzle Cube In the middle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved with vines that twist through eleven actual humanoid skulls mounted to the frame. Carved into the bottom of the frame are the following words in Celestial: “The dead know the secret.” The
or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, and both wear ornate collars of silvery metal. Each stands within a square scribed onto the floor, ten feet on a side and edged with runes. The rune-marked boundaries appear to push the creatures back
“crated” here. The hell hounds can’t leave the rune-bounded areas unless the runes are disturbed (including by a character who enters the warded area), or if the characters activate the runes on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gold rather than stone. Treasure. The gold circlet is a circlet of blasting. 39b. Bugbear Den Three bugbears sit in the middle of the floor, eating from a sack of dead rats and stirges. One of them
scraps of moldy food in this long hall.
Dead Goblin. A twentieth goblin lies dead on the floor, the victim of an argument that ended badly.
39d. Old Forge Ettins. Two ettins, a female named Krung-Jung
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
entrance extend into the cave.
A character who examines the symbols and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes them as arcane runes designed to ward the cave against magical
scrutiny. The runes are unfinished, so they have no effect. C2: Ritual Chamber Half-melted black candles surround a circle of arcane symbols scribed on the floor in white chalk. Scorch marks mar the floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Lower Level B10-B13 B10. Ossuary This dark, dead-end chamber holds a mound of charred bones, desiccated body parts, and skulls scattered across a linen sheet. Strange red-black runes mark the sheet’s
proficiency in the Arcana skill or who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can interpret the runes to realize that these remains are being collected to fuel a huge ritual at a later date—one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Hammock of Worlds. D2: Dead End This short tunnel ends in a wall of pallid meat, devoid of the thick chitin covering the other walls.
If a creature approaches what appears to be the tunnel’s
runes is etched into the ground. The symbols move, crawling in a circle. Above them hovers a mass of insectile limbs encompassing an alien light. Beyond it, a narrow passage opens into the vast void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
interlocked links of Ilvaash’s runes (knots of tentacles, brains, and jagged lines reminiscent of jaws). A brain breaker uses the stat block of an infected elder brain (see chapter 7) with the following
. Ilvaash wants to punish the characters’ friends as much as the characters themselves. The characters can quell these attacks only by finding and draining the Shallows of Sudden Thought, a miles-wide dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sight. If one is killed, the other flees. Treasure. Pojo has a pouch containing a gold ring (worth 25 gp), which he pulled from Semile Southwell’s dead hand. Tot carries a pouch that holds 5 cp and a
Agganor, the village’s tiefling midwife, and her adult son, Grin. The cottage has locked shutters over its windows. The door, which is also locked, has row upon row of ornate runes burned into it. Most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Giant Lords Convinced that King Hekaton is dead or otherwise out of the picture, five giant lords have struck out into the world to reshape the ordning through their deeds, each hoping to be
grants immortality to its wearer, was last seen in the possession of a human adventurer (and former Harper) named Artus Cimber. Guided by magical runes of tracking, Storvald plans to find the ring and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar attacked. 6a. Svirfneblin Fungi Grove The fungal grove in the deep gnome enclave has been left to grow wild. Strewn about the grove are the corpses of a dozen dead svirfneblin, all of whom were
only a matter of time before they reduce the doors to rubble. Eight more invisible duergar stand nearby, ready to storm the svirfneblin warehouse as soon as the doors crumble. Treasure. Each dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
summons such creatures. Miner Body. The body on the ground is that of a missing miner named Enwa, who was killed by an aurumvorax attack. If a character casts the speak with dead spell on the corpse
follow any other tunnel, they reach a dead end after 10 minutes and have a 50 percent chance of encountering two aurumvoraxes gnawing on a seam of gold ore. These aurumvoraxes fight to the death and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
infirmary, tattered paper fan 10–12 Sewer pipe Infinite Well The Abyss Celestial blood, demon ichor 13–15 Cell door Prison Carceri Broken key, length of chain 16–18 Open grave Dead Nations Hades
githyanki armor, silver sphere 69–71 Chimney Great Bazaar Elemental Plane of Air Incense smoke, silken scarf 72–74 Cellar door Tower Sorcerous Elemental Plane of Earth Granite cube, metal ore 75–77
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
touch 3rd blindness/deafness, gentle repose 5th animate dead, gaseous form 7th blight, confusion 9th cloudkill, contagion Halo of Spores 2nd-level Circle of Spores feature You are surrounded by
Symbiotic Entity feature is active, you can hurl spores up to 30 feet away, where they swirl in a 10-foot cube for 1 minute. The spores disappear early if you use this feature again, if you dismiss them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
success, the character discerns that the runes are connected to a ritual that could open a rift to the Far Realm. The dead humanoids were likely victims sacrificed to power the ritual. Something went
desiccated and skeletal humanoid corpses litter the floor of this small chamber. The stone of the north wall has been etched with intricate runes, but the pattern ends abruptly.
Bodies and Runes. A closer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
front of the ship. During the Lambent Zenith’s crash, arcane wards should have sealed the safe room’s doors. The safe room is inaccessible while the wards are active. Ward Runes. Two runes hidden on the
ship power the wards. Kycera knows one rune was placed in the ship’s stateroom, but she doesn’t remember the second rune’s location. She believes that magic or a pass phrase can deactivate the runes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
sea chest with a glyph of warding spell cast on it. Grinda carries the key, and the glyph triggers an explosive runes effect (see the spell description in the Player’s Handbook) if anyone other than
Grinda lifts the lid of the chest. Chest. Grinda’s chest contains a heavy iron key that locks and unlocks the Garloth family mausoleum in the City of the Dead (see “Mistshore: Spring” below). D3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Giant Runes (Area J2) Dod (Death Rune)
Fjell (Mountain Rune)
Krig (War Rune)
Liv (Life Rune)
Vind (Wind Rune)
Wyrm (Dragon Rune)
J3. Curved Tunnel There is nothing remarkable
so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic also opens a chest. Each chest contains a single item. The four items are as follows: An elven arrow A dead snowy owl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Encounter 1 Flash Fire 2 Giant Spiders’ Nest 3 Hobgoblin Patrol 4 Pine Seeds Flash Fire Your expedition stops at the bottom of a steep gorge—a dead end. As you reorient yourselves, smoke begins to
starts their turn in the web. Giant Webs. The giant spiders have woven a 20-foot Cube of thick, sticky webs between the trees to snare prey. The webs are Difficult Terrain, and the area within them is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spore drifted into this cave from area 8. Its spores contain memory fragments of the dead beholder that birthed it. A creature that inhales the spores inherits a random memory, determined by rolling on
must be 16th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes






