billowing bards diffusing closes rituals

Escaping Evernight

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

reflection of Neverwinter. The Crevice of Dusk closes immediately after shunting the characters. The characters experience the following vision: Around the world and across the planes, you perceive

innumerable cults of Vecna. They snatch away people and strip their secrets in rituals like the one you stopped. Behind them, the withered form of Vecna gathers the secrets like threads, adding them to a

Gala at the Cerulean Lyceum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

filled with Janyans enraptured by the low-toned, hypnotic music of a group of bards. Xoese-Addae leads the characters to a private audience suite overlooking the quad, occupied by a single Janyan wearing

fine, billowing robes—this is Zisatta. Zisatta Zisatta The aloof Zisatta is a member of the High Court and commands Janya’s security forces, called the Billowing Patrol for their sable robes that

K36. Dining Hall of the Count

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

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

doesn’t appear again. If the characters attack the ghost, it attacks them in turn. Treasure The lute, though old and covered in dust, has survived the passage of time. It is a magic instrument of the bards called a Doss lute.

Life in Djaynai and Janya

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

criminal cases, controversial rituals are performed to prevent the offender from acting on their wicked impulses. The offender is then banished for life. Government in Janya Janya is an oligarchy ruled

turn meetings into fraught debates. The security forces of Janya are called the Billowing Patrol, named for their flowing, dark robes. Their headquarters is a looming silvery fortress guarded by

Life in the Domains of Dread

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

. Religion In many domains, locals maintain chilly relationships with aloof deities, knowing “the gods” only through hollow rituals and clergy with scant supernatural powers. Conversely, some people

The denizens of several domains worship an aloof god known as Ezra. Depicted as a vague, vaporous figure, the god is known for her dark, billowing hair and for her ability to manipulate the Mists

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at

season that lasts a tenday. Among the rituals in homage to the goddess of wealth and trade are these: Caravance (Tarsahk 1). This gift-giving holiday commemorates the traditional arrival of the first

The Seldarine

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

his presence is no longer felt. Priest of Corellon Corellon doesn’t expect much from followers — no complex rituals or frequent ceremonies or even regular prayer. Corellon wants them to enjoy life

be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold

Howling Caves Locations

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

are four thin figures in billowing cult robes. The wind doesn’t seem to impede them at all. Four emaciated Howling Hatred priests (see chapter 7) — Aerisi’s most devout cultists — guard this area

only by hurling Windvane into it, destroying the weapon in the process. If the portal closes while Yan-C-Bin remains in the world, he is forced back to the Elemental Plane of Air. Treasure Aerisi has

Area Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

catacombs several months ago, whispering about strange rituals and secrets. Delvin. Chanelle saw a man matching Delvin’s description flee through the rotunda from deeper within the catacombs, pursued by

holy symbol of Oghma, god of knowledge and patron to bards and wizards. If the check succeeds by 3 or more, the character intuits that rededicating the shrine to Oghma could help against the zombies

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

loses its Gibbering feature. Third Success: The portal closes and the gibbering mouther dies. Development. If the portal isn’t closed after 1 minute, a second gibbering mouther comes through. It suffers

necromantic rituals have caused the humanoids slain here to come back as three shadows. All were professional grapplers hired by the operatives of the Six for the attack on Tresendar Manor, and were

Fortress Level 1

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

three archways leading into it from the north, east, and west. A stone bench runs along the south wall. Set in the north wall, opposite the west archway, is a metal gate that closes off an opening to the

rituals often involve the use of freshly harvested organs. If the adventurers’ corpses are targeted by speak with dead or similar magic, they answer the caster’s questions truthfully. They know

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

. These eyes watch the characters, and creatures within the region can’t be surprised by the characters for as long as the eyes exist. An eye closes and disappears if it takes any damage. Reroll if you’ve

. Such regions come into being when potent rituals go awry (or if they succeed, in the case of dangerous and destructive undertakings), in the aftermath of cataclysmic magical battles, or where an

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