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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
(spell save DC 14, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He has the following bard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, mending
","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Within the Waterdeep division of the Black Network, Davil is accorded the title of Master of Opportunities and Negotiations because he's
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
, currents and tides are exceptionally strong and treacherous. Any ability checks made to safely navigate or control a vessel moving through these waters has disadvantage.
Aquatic creatures that have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Despite its usefulness and the safety it enjoys, Mantol-Derith has never become a proper town. Those who maintain it as a trade hub have resisted any urge for expansion, apart from installing basic
a foothold in the Underdark. This presence grew into a power base that serves the Black Network well, and which is now being made available to the characters. Upon arrival, however, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
remembering the no-nonsense blacksmith with the tattoo of the black rose on his right shoulder or the badly dressed bard with the broken nose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Etherealness Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Up to 8 hours
You step into the border regions of the
spell. CRAIG J SPEARING The Wizard Evard calls on his infamous spell, Evard’s Black Tentacles, to teach reckless bandits a lesson
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
hangs three feet above the still, black water that fills this dungeon corridor. The water is five feet deep. Ten-foot-square cells, their entrances blocked by iron bars, line both sides of the hall. From
. Hanging Bard Pounded into the roof of this cell is a rusted iron pulley, strung through which is a rope that is tied to one of the crossbeams of the barred door. Dangling upside down from the pulley
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the
party, and which was found during a previous adventure. That item turns out to have once belonged to Tazmikella, and was part of a hoard she took from an ancient black dragon she defeated. (Legend lore or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cautious. If the party contains any character with a personal reputation for shady dealings (particularly a rogue or bard), she is unfriendly. Concession. Pick one magic item owned by a member of the
party, and which was found during a previous adventure. That item turns out to have once belonged to Tazmikella, and was part of a hoard she took from an ancient black dragon she defeated. (Legend lore or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
demoralize. Silverquill Students Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as apprentices and then as pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and
Apprentice Silverquill Apprentice
Medium or Small Humanoid (Bard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Doom Raiders The Doom Raiders were five unscrupulous adventurers who liked to plunder lich lairs (called “dooms” by some). They gave up adventuring to join the Black Network and came to Waterdeep
Harper spies. Davil Starsong Within the Waterdeep division of the Black Network, Davil is accorded the title of Master of Opportunities and Negotiations because he’s good at sniffing out lucrative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Ward to drop off his lady friend. She now has the stone — a fact that characters can discover by questioning the man, a bard named Agorn Fuoco. Agorn made such a good impression on Manshoon that he
has adopted the Zhentarim credo that power comes to those who deserve it and has come to see the Black Network as a new family of sorts. Agorn has come to Mistshore to visit a member of his actual
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
to Sablewing by name. When the black dragon seized control of the crew, Pierre and a few others refused to swear loyalty to him. Sablewing killed the other Corsairs who resisted but spared Pierre and
green sail looks newly sewn and depicts a grinning black dragon. B3: Crew Quarters Rickety doors lead into each of these moldy, wooden structures. This room is dirty and jammed full of bunks. A table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
natural phenomenon sometimes causes the ocean currents to form a great whirlpool with enough strength to draw ships down into it. These vessels are torn apart as they are pulled down, and the wreckage
feet deep. Large and smaller creatures treat the staircases as difficult terrain.
Giant Clam d100 Treasure 01–25 None 26–75 A pink grapefruit-sized pearl worth 500 gp 76–90 A black grapefruit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
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 she
miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12 hours, and lasts 1d3 hours. Downpours are so heavy that creatures moving overland travel at half normal speed. Within 5 miles of the lair, currents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. The fourth wall is made of alabaster and has a locked iron door set into it (leading to area E2). A black-robed female human with a bald, scarred head watches this room through a glass window set
features: Set into the alabaster floor is a large symbol in black marble, depicting a winged snake biting a coin. Characters recognize this as the symbol of the Zhentarim. (The coin conceals an alarm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to glide on planar currents, maintains the island’s environment, and keeps the place safe from harmful external effects. A morkoth’s island might be found anywhere from the bottom of the ocean to the
, shield, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, detect thoughts, shatter
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, lightning bolt, sending
4th level (3 slots): dimension door, Evard’s black tentacles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
"Rite of the Arcane Octad"). Y21. Obelisk A sixty-foot-tall obelisk of black stone, its surface covered in arcane runes, projects from the ground. A thin crack has formed on one side, stretching from
, read: An elderly woman sits rigidly on a black throne, shrouded in ice. She wears a crown of entwined iron tentacles, and her forehead is bruised where the band fits tightly against her skull. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pool requires DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks due to the swirling currents. Any creature that fails such a check is swept into the stream. The stream is 4 feet deep, cold, and swift. Any creature
benefit from this effect only once per day. F11. Foot of the Obelisk This cavern is a vertical shaft. Rising up the shaft is a black stone obelisk, twenty feet on a side, with a stone staircase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
unsuspecting occupants. Shortly after the characters arrive, a corpse tumbles down the chute and lands with a splat, disgorging a hostile black pudding. As the ooze accosts the party, bodies continue to spill
of icy brambles. Carcasses worn by time lie partially buried in the sleet and ice. A skeletal, black-barked tree looms over the gloomy orchard. Its branches bear a single fruit.
Bodies undergo a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and provides no impediment. Underwater Passage. If the characters explore beneath the water, read the following: Forty feet beneath the water, the walls are constructed of worked stone. Red and black
mosaics of tentacles flank a set of black marble doors in the south wall. Reliefs of long, curving fangs line the arc of the door frame.
The double doors push open to reveal an underwater passage to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sinkhole (area 1) by a flooded passage with a lowered portcullis. An anemone chest stands in the southeast corner. It contains a black sack made from a merrow’s bladder. The sack is full of dead fish
southernmost chamber and one in the northernmost chamber. Their limbs are wrapped in kelp to keep them from drifting. The giants are sensitive to water currents, so that any creature that swims through a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Chain Lightning Stadium The air around this amphitheater is charged with static. Cracked steps descend to the stadium floor, where a tiny glittering object rests on a pedestal of black stone. Three
first time on a turn takes 40 (9d8) lightning damage. When the barrier appears, read: The shimmering head and shoulders of a woman blink into existence above the arena floor. Electrical currents course
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
back of the cave is a cranny mostly free of fungus. A black-cloaked figure, motionless, is wedged into the crack.
Originally this was another cultivated fungus farm like area L6, but slime molds are
position in defiance of the water’s swiftest currents. L13: Underground Lake A river flows into the south side of this high-vaulted cavern, feeding a glassy, ebon-hued lake. Drops of water fall from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
shades blankets most of the fungi, as well as the walls and ceiling.
Near the back of the cave is a cranny mostly free of fungus. A black-cloaked figure, motionless, is wedged into the crack
direction at a speed of 30 feet or to hold its position in defiance of the water’s swiftest currents. L14: Underground Lake A river flows into the south side of this high-vaulted cavern, feeding a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to the fireplace is an unoccupied raised stage where a bard might strike up a tune. The bar is to your left, where a half-elf in a heavy leather duster receives a drink from a tall female elf wearing a
nearly to the breaking point. K’thriss Drow’b has a neat room decorated in black and purple, a crystal ball that displays only a haze of smoke, and a collection of strange purple rocks. Walnut Dankgrass’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
all debris and is currently being scrubbed clean by a single robed figure. Three walls are heavily curtained with draperies of thick black velvet, and the east wall is decorated with a horrible mural
.
Bayleaf (bard) is in this room exchanging war stories with one of the guards (veteran) unless they hear a disturbance outside. This former armory of the clerics and the abbey guards is now devoid of such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled
with trees and piles of rocks that cloud giants use to make ranged attacks. The soil beneath the grass is 2 feet deep. A hedge divides the yard, and inside the smaller area is a black-and-white marble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clothing, as it were. His assignment is to determine how easy it would be for the Black Network to gain control of Goldenfields, and report his findings to Nalaskur Thaelond in Bargewright Inn. Shalvus
, mounted between sturdy roof beams, is a large bronze bell that is rung fifteen minutes before prayers every morning, noon, and evening. Wandering the abbey halls are two old black bears named Darlow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
include the heads of local militias, gangs, and other martial organizations. At the broadest scale, a criminal or underworld leader wields power through a network of spies, bribes, and black-market trade
: a prominent playwright, bard, or court fool in whose words, art, or performance the people perceive universal truth. On a smaller scale, this might be an influential local poet, minstrel, satirist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
kill any creature that enters the tunnel. Upon entering the tunnel for the first time, a character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notices odd waves and currents that suggest
The bottom of the stairway opens into a wide sanctuary with a vaulted ceiling. Stone pews are arranged in orderly rows. Black candles burning green flames occupy niches along the walls. Atop a pulpit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
opens a small vent in the center of the ceiling, and natural air currents draw the fumes out of the chamber in a few moments. Characters to notice the steady airflow. The vent closes again 1 minute
, uneven causeway of natural rock leads out into the middle, to a point where two crooked pillars of glassy black rock jut up on either side of a great altar of the same stone. Just beyond the altar, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
head to toe in black kelp. Pushing aside the sarcophagus lid requires a DC 22 Strength (Athletics) check. Arrayed along the walls are ten upright stone sarcophagi, their barnacle-covered lids sculpted
with small black pearls (worth 7,500 gp) and a coral-and-pearl necklace (worth 2,500 gp). 23. Scrying Pool The central feature of this air-filled chamber is a semicircular basin 20 feet in diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): minor illusion
can’t use this ability outside its lair, nor can it use this ability if another creature is using a control weather spell or similar magic to quell the storm.
Zhents claim the Black Road the safest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Cult of the Black Earth, viewing its members as stubborn, unenlightened drones without vision or imagination. Feathergale Knight The Feathergale Knights are ambitious, wealthy folk from cities such
.
Spellcasting. Windharrow is an 8th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). Windharrow knows the following bard spells:
Cantrips