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Dungeon Master’s Guide
you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until you are found and removed from the sphere. You can’t be located by any Divination magic, but a Wish spell can reveal the location
an ally. As Dungeon Master, you should wait for a dramatically appropriate moment to reveal this enmity, leaving the adventurer guessing who is likely to become a betrayer.
Fool. You have
Monsters
Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
gatekeeper of the Hellfire Games’ final challenge.
Raised by vile magic from the corpse of a beheaded black dragon, the demodragon is the picture of its creator: an abomination with three
writhing tails, monstrous wings, and two hideous heads. Initially, each bulbous head appears featureless—a disturbing, preternatural bud yet to bloom. When threatened, however, each unfurls to reveal
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Cunning Action. On each of her turns, the Black Viper can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Evasion. If the Black Viper is subjected to an effect that allows her to make
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Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The Black Viper deals an extra 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sneak Attack"} damage when she hits a target with a weapon attack and has
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
could reveal his location to point to the nearest xvart instead.
Xvarts
Xvarts are cowardly, greedy creatures spawned by a renegade demigod, Raxivort. They have blue skin, orange eyes, and
Black Sewers, a realm within Pandemonium that he filled with his beloved creatures, rat;rats and bat;bats, which xvarts befriend to this day. He enjoyed his reign only briefly before Graz’zt
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
living, commanding individuals to perform evil deeds of the undead's choosing or be destroyed. If its commands are not obeyed, an eye of fear and flame throws back its hood to reveal its skull—set
with gems of red and black in each eye socket—then attacks.
Spectral Visage. An eye of fear and flame resembles a hooded, skeletal humanoid figure. The interior of its hood cannot be seen except as an
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.A Lunar Dragon’s Lair
The cave complex where a lunar dragon makes its lair
ancient or adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects:
Black Frost. A thin layer of black frost covers the ground
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
creatures or solid objects. In this semi-incorporeal state, roughly half of the dragon’s body has a dark, indistinctly spectral form.A Lunar Dragon’s Lair
The cave complex where a lunar
containing an ancient or adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects:
Black Frost. A thin layer of black frost
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
gold to black. While their hands prove as nimble as those of other humanoids, leonin have retractable feline claws, which they can extend instantly. This, along with their ability to produce bone
adversaries—incredibly clever and well-prepared to play a long game but ultimately doomed to lose their games.
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I’m certain every bad thing that happens can ultimately be blamed on the
Baphomet
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires.
Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret
minotaur—considered the greatest gift of the Prince of Beasts.
Baphomet himself appears as a great, black-furred minotaur, 20 feet tall with six iron horns. An infernal light burns in his red eyes
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
in the black depths of vast seas or enthroned among jagged reefs. Olhydra waits for the chance to enter the Material Plane through elemental water nodes or when called by the proper rituals. Whether
— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life.
Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation
Deck of Many Things
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Basic Rules (2014)
you are found and removed from the sphere. You can't be located by any divination magic, but a wish spell can reveal the location of your prison. You draw no more cards.
Euryale. The card's medusa
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Skull. You summon an avatar of death--a ghostly humanoid skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. It appears in a space of the GM's choice within 10 feet of you and attacks
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
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Beak and Feather
From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing
changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen.
Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
come to the Stone Tooth in search of a reputed cache of Durgeddin’s superior blades and find the stronghold inhabited by dangerous monsters. The complex consists of the following five sections: The
Mountain Door. The Mountain Door comprises the uppermost level of the cavern complex. It is currently inhabited by a tribe of fierce orcs, led by a brutal ogre known as Great Ulfe. The Glitterhame. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
produced by the nearby elemental node. Unlike the members of the other three cults, the Black Earth cultists have easy access to the surface. This quarter of the temple complex lies almost directly
Temple of Black Earth When the elemental prophets were drawn to Tyar-Besil, the servants of elemental earth took control of the northeast quarter of the dwarven ruins. Long ago, this area served as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q30. Curtained Staircase A tattered black curtain conceals an archway leading to a spiral staircase that descends to area Q17. At the top of the stairs is a secret door that can be pulled open to reveal area Q36 beyond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
first found the tunnels didn’t reveal their discovery to anyone, and to this day only a handful among the Council of Savants and the Gray Ghosts know about them. The long, gently curving tunnels have
mysterious black obelisk in the farthest cave (see area 16). The other group is a budding cult of derro demon worshipers led by a renegade member of the Council of Savants. Sensing that the demon lords are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. The Black Spider has sent bugbears to reinforce the Redbrands and provide extra muscle (see area 9).
The lower part of the complex is guarded by a hideous “eye monster” (see area 8).
The Redbrands
General Features The hideout consists of well-built dungeon chambers with flagstone floors and walls of dressed stone blocks. The western end of the complex is lower than the eastern end, with stairs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K4. Carriage House Read the following text if the characters open the carriage house doors: The double doors swing open to reveal a sleek, black carriage fitted with glass windows and brass lanterns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
as the Black Network) recently tried to ally their organization with the Xanathar Guild. The architect of this attempt was a clone of the wizard Manshoon, a founder of the Black Network long thought
dead. While the two sides were negotiating in Xanathar’s lair, the Stone of Golorr suddenly disappeared from where Xanathar had hidden it. The paranoid beholder accused the Black Network of stealing it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
hunger.) Painted on the stone floor is a 10-foot-diameter, shield-shaped crest that features a black tower being struck by a golden bolt of lightning — the emblem of the warlord Delsendra Amzarr. Secret
Door. This room has two secret doors. The east secret door pushes open to reveal area H9. The west secret door pulls open to reveal a 3-foot-wide staircase descending 10 feet to area H21. Cryovain is too big to enter this staircase.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Examining the Trunk Characters who examine the mimic and succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check notice that the defeated trunk’s wood and leather has been rubbed with a black, oily substance
. If asked about this, Professor Sharpbeak says it’s likely just a leather conditioner. With no magic remaining in the eldritch balm to reveal the contamination, she has no explanation for why the trunk temporarily turned into a mimic and attacked.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
A Lunar Dragon’s Lair The cave complex where a lunar dragon makes its lair contains ample space for food, as well as one or more hidden chambers where the dragon keeps its treasure. Depending on the
to living with the dragon. Regional Effects The region containing an ancient or adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects: Black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the Xanathar Guild, and Bregan D’aerthe spies have tracked them to a cellar complex in the Southern Ward. In the guise of Laeral Silverhand, Jarlaxle steers the characters in that direction (encounter
9, “Cellar Complex”). A search of the cellar complex yields a fake stone, but not the real Stone of Golorr. With no other leads, the characters can follow up with “Laeral” at a theater in the Dock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
and reveal the future in the way of traditional tarot, and each of its seventy-eight cards had a unique effect when drawn. In 1989, the Deck of Many Things expanded again. “Luck of the Draw” in Dragon
it gained a pair of dragons—one white, one black—embodying the deck’s equal balance of positive and negative cards. Around the same time, the adventure “House of Cards” appeared in Dungeon 19. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
black ink flecked with silver. A detect magic spell reveals that the book gives off auras of illusion and transmutation magic, but an identify spell does not reveal the magical mark it bestows.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X30. Preserved Library This stone library has twenty-foot-high walls and a thirty-foot-high vaulted ceiling. Covering the ceiling is a fresco that depicts angels being set ablaze in a hell. A black
marble railing encloses a gold marble staircase that spirals gently down a thirty-foot-wide, thirty-foot-deep shaft to the north. Against the gray walls stand six ten-foot-tall, black marble bookcases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
likeness of a gaunt, pale-faced man wearing a voluminous black cloak, his pale left hand resting on the head of a wolf that stands next to him. In his right hand, he holds a smoky-gray crystal orb. The
room has exits in the west and north walls. Chanting can be heard coming from the west.
The statue depicts Strahd, to whom the cultists made sacrifices in the vain hope that he might reveal his darkest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Zhentarim Members of the shadowy Black Network consider themselves part of an extended family, and rely on the larger organization for resources and security. The Zhentarim recognizes and
knows that demons at large in the world are bad for business. The organization thus views the possible presence of the demon lords in the Underdark with the same concern as any other external threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Bad Time to Be a Zhent Within days after the events that local broadsheets dub the “Gralhund Villa Bloodbath,” the City Watch cracks down on the Black Network. Even members of the Zhentarim who have
broadsheets jump on the bandwagon by portraying the Black Network in the most unflattering light, thus dealing a crippling blow to the faction’s already questionable reputation. Encounter with Istrid Horn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
secret door in the south wall can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check and pulls open to reveal area 38 beyond. Treasure Hanging on the back wall of the cell marked X on the map is a
human skeleton clad in a tattered black robe. The skeleton belongs to a cult member who questioned the cult’s blind devotion to Strahd. Characters who search the skeleton find a gold ring (worth 25 gp) on one of its bony fingers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the trade hub from the surface world. The Black Network doesn’t reveal the shortest route for security reasons. Instead, its representatives lead the adventurers to a remote cave in the Surbrin Hills
, about 180 miles east of Gauntlgrym. Black Network sentries (six human veterans) guard the cave, which leads to a series of tunnels. These tunnels descend sharply as they wind their way east for another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
anything shady or villainous, but maneuvering pieces into position so they can play their designated parts. As the campaign unfolds, the dragons of the Chamber might reveal that the adventurers have their
different ways that the demons and the dragons could be interpreting those words. Ultimately, the adventurers might be in the position of having to choose between an outcome that is bad for them but good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
11. Balcony Characters who climb the red marble staircase to its full height come to a dusty balcony with a suit of black plate armor standing against one wall, draped in cobwebs. This suit of
corpses hanging from the trees and worms bursting up from the ground. Secret Door A secret door in the west wall can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. It pushes open easily to reveal a cobweb-filled wooden staircase leading up to the attic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
her wear. One of the things Esvele has learned is to embrace the legend of the Black Viper. When she throws back her cloak to reveal the costume she has put together, most folk toss their purses and
The Black Viper The Black Viper was a notorious burglar, pickpocket, mugger, and assassin who died a century ago, after a long and nefarious career. Esvele Rosznar, a brash young noble, has recently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to discover a trap without making an ability check if an action would clearly reveal the trap's presence. For example, if a character lifts a rug that conceals a pressure plate, the character has
24d10 Complex Traps Complex traps work like standard traps, except once activated they execute a series of actions each round. A complex trap turns the process of dealing with a trap into something more






