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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
rival and an equal. The Zlan Liches table gives a brief description of each component.
Zlan Liches
Name
History
Argent Black
Emerged from the Negative Plane, fed on hate and
black crystal called chardalyn, fragments of the shattered Crystal Shard.
Zlan has leveraged its connection with the shattered Artifact to psychically infest chardalyn, using the crystalline material to
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
This thick, black paint is stored in a small jar, containing enough paint to apply moodmarks to one creature. The paint is dabbed on the face in spots or markings that often resemble the eyes of
(Insight) check can discern whether you are happy, sad, angry, disgusted, surprised, or afraid, as well as the main source of that emotion. For example, you might communicate fear caused by a monster you
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Walker. The spiderdragon ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Multiattack. The spiderdragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks
as much damage on a successful one.The terrors known as spiderdragons were first found in the deepest corners of the Underdark and trace their origins to black dragon wyrmlings who ate a steady diet
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
by Vellynne’s rival, Nass Lantomir), but Vellynne animated their corpses, turning them into zombies.
If she is wounded, Vellynne can cast vampiric touch and use the spell to regain hit points
of a beast.
Spellbook. Vellynne’s spellbook has black leather covers around pages of ragged parchment, all wrapped in a crimson sash. The necromancer’s personal sigil is written in goat
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
successful saves against the poison end it, and ending the poison removes any levels of exhaustion caused by it. Each failed save causes the target to gain another level of exhaustion. Once the target reaches
whip.
66–70
The target’s entire eyes turn black, and it gains darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
71–75
The target swells, tripling its weight.
76–80
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Mage Tower Affront. The characters beat the Rival at Mage Tower in chapter 4, or the characters’ efforts caused the Rival to lose a bet. So Special. The Rival just can’t stand the characters. Now’s the
and challenge them. Who Are the Rivals? Determine who issues the challenge. If one or more of the characters have Rivals, pick a Rival to be the challenger. The challenger leads a group the same size
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the entire city, your place in the Azorius can easily bring you into contact with members of other guilds, for good or ill.
Roll twice on the Azorius Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and
complimented me on my work.
Non-Azorius Contacts
d10
Contact
1
Roll an additional Azorius contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
2
The person who
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;m alone.
2
I see everything in clear-cut black and white.
3
I’m just a little fascinated by the ways of the Gruul.
4
I trust the chain of command more than anything &mdash
Boros emphasis on order and community, or bitter enemies among the guilds that represent chaos and destruction.
Roll twice on the Boros Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
black at the spot), and I cherish it.
5
I want to be better at my chosen form of performance than any other member of my troupe.
6
I am devoted to Rakdos and live to impress him
in different troupes, which allows for the possibility of a widespread network of contacts.
Roll twice on the Rakdos Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Rakdos Contacts table
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of an arcanaloth seeking a powerful Feywild artifact.
5
An adult moonstone dragon attempts to help a beholder worried that its dreams will soon give birth to a rival beholder.
6
Members of
look to other maps in this chapter as inspiration for the scattered parts of a moonstone dragon’s lair. For example, a well maintained and above-water version of the black dragon lair’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
rival groups. As the characters explore the ziggurat, they slowly uncover clues of the tragedy that befell Cynidicea and its people. While braving clever traps, evil cultists, and restless Undead, the
characters might learn that Zargon, the one-eyed creature that caused Cynidicea’s fall, still dwells beneath the monument. The party might even discover an entrance to the surviving Cynidiceans
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, then flying off as they emerge. 2 The surge of necromantic energy caused by the skeletons’ awakening draws 4d10 zombies of slain pirates out of the waters and toward the beach. 3 3d6 swarms of quippers
keelboat with a full crew and carrying five rival treasure hunters (LE human veterans) arrives at the island. The group scouted the beach earlier and now plans on luring the skeletons out of the dunes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
restore one ability score that has been reduced to less than its normal value. This benefit cannot be used if the harmful effect was caused by a spell or some other magical effect with an ongoing
duration. Complications. Relaxation rarely comes with complications. If you want to make life complicated for the characters, introduce an action or an event connected to a rival.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
familiar
Darkon Rivals d6 Rival
1 Alcio Metus and the Kargat
2 Darcalus Rex and the Eternal Order
3 Madame Talisveri Eris and the Family
4 Ebbasheyth, Azalin’s black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Black Dragon Treasures Black dragons appreciate objects of cultural, magical, or scientific significance that originated from lost cultures. Knowing a relic they possess is coveted by others because
it presents a link to a lost past is what gives that relic its value. Black dragons also love conventional treasures such as gems (particularly opals), precious metals that don’t corrode easily, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
, green, black, and white. Ages ago, metallic dragons imprisoned a rampaging red dragon beneath the ocean floor. But the red dragon’s fury caused the undersea volcanic activity that formed Stormwreck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
crystal approaches the characters and requests their aid. The minions of a rival dragon (creatures from the Giant Kin Encounters table in chapter 3) seek to destroy the crystal. The rival, a young black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Fate d4 Fate
1 Azalin was destroyed—slain by a failed magical experiment, a rival, or the Dark Powers.
2 Azalin escaped the Domains of Dread and returned to his home world of Oerth
.
3 Azalin caused an ongoing conjunction that allows him to walk free so long as Darkon is collapsing.
4 Azalin escaped into his past or drew multiple versions of himself into the present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
her two gargoyles, her raven familiar, twenty cult fanatics (members of the Knights of the Black Sword), and ten roped mountain goats (see appendix C) that the cultists use for food and to set off
traps. If Huarwar Mulphoon and Fel Suparra are alive, they are among the cult fanatics (see area C6 for more information about these NPCs). The Knights of the Black Sword speak Common and Infernal, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
.) When a complication occurs during a downtime or franchise activity, the DM determines whether and how that complication connects to a rival. Certain complications might be caused by rivals, as when
, and how the franchise’s enemies — or potential enemies — might get caught up in those complications. When a complication or a rival comes into play during downtime or franchise activities, the DM
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
eternal honor directly caused the destruction of Manivarsha. Having lived a cursed life as a pride-obsessed fiend in the depths of the swamps for centuries, Jijibisha has recently heard of a rival that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Black Dragon Adventures The Black Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving black dragons. Black Dragon Adventure Hooks d8 Adventure Hook
1 A
black dragon recently took control of a band of pirates and their backwater hideout. Emboldened, the pirates have started raiding nearby shipping lanes.
2 A conflict-averse black dragon is secretly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Sir Ursas’s courier. After delivering the invitation, the courier warns them against Ursas’s courier (who is dressed entirely in black), and asks for help setting traps against the courier’s arrival
.
25–37 Lynx’s courier arrives and Ursas’s never shows. Lynx’s courier has already murdered their rival and hastily stashed the body, which is easily and eventually found in the area by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Talking to Mordenkainen Mordenkainen is a stern, bald man with a neatly trimmed black goatee beard and a penetrating stare. When his tower arrives in Avernus, Mordenkainen steps out onto the balcony
renown” who haunts the site of an obelisk. The yugoloths recently told Mordenkainen about this stranger and his guidance has an ulterior motive: if the characters end up slaying the mysterious mage, Mordenkainen has one less rival to contend with in Avernus.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
hundred gray oozes and seeks to sell them in the gate-town of Rigus as a weapon capable of destroying Acheron’s floating cubes. A rival hires the characters to steal and dispose of the oozes. 2 Within a
destroying the cube. 3 A bog in a region influenced by Carceri is swamped with countless black puddings. The characters are hired to recover a lost relic from the bottom of the bog. 4 A chef in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of a man whose infidelity caused his scorned wife to cut out the heart of her younger, more beautiful rival and consume it in a ritual intended to forever win her husband’s heart. The ritual succeeded
until the woman’s villainy was exposed. She was hanged for her crime, but the lingering magic of her foul ritual caused the carrion birds that feasted on her corpse to transform into the first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
signify his blindness, caused by a wound dealt to him by Ao when he questioned the justice of the Overgod’s actions. Tyr’s followers devote themselves to the cause of justice, to the righting of wrongs and
stiff-necked about matters of theology and laws, seeing things in terms of black and white. Tyr’s credo of lawfulness and honesty is a demanding one, and his priests remind the faithful not to hold in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
recognize any stir caused by the adventurers’ arrival.) The cultists don’t know the adventurers’ plans, but with the Blue Dragon Mask on hand, they don’t intend to take chances. Their preparations
they are spending too long in the village, read or paraphrase the following. As you prepare to step onto the garden path, you notice movement high up on the tower. A human male dressed in black robes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Triboar The town of Triboar stands where the Long Road meets the Evermoor Way, a well-used caravan road that runs east to the city of Yartar. Triboar is the chief rival to Yartar, and the two
, two important merchants from Waterdeep, Kharloss and Jarlee, are overdue. (Gervor is currently a prisoner in area B14 of the Temple of the Black Earth, while the two Waterdhavians were captured by fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
recognize any stir caused by the adventurers’ arrival.) The cultists don’t know the adventurers’ plans, but with the Blue Dragon Mask on hand, they don’t intend to take chances. Their preparations
they are spending too long in the village, read or paraphrase the following. As you prepare to step onto the garden path, you notice movement high up on the tower. A human male dressed in black robes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
brutal and cruel gods, dominated by their father and chieftain, Gruumsh One-Eye. This god of conquest, strength, and survival is the hated rival of the elven deity Corellon Larethian. It is said that
Master in the pantheon, revered by those who believe in the wisdom of attacking with overwhelming numbers. Black and White The two most sinister members of the orc pantheon lie at opposite ends of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
) Accidentally triggered a protective spell on a book that caused another student to be banished to an extradimensional space for a short time 3 Grayson Wildemere (Silverquill) Defaced a rival student’s
caused the supply run to go awry. If the characters inquire how the crates came to be lost, Minexes guesses that the ruin grinders used to haul the supplies malfunctioned. If the characters are amenable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Dilapidated Rooms These rooms have sagging floors and ceilings, their walls covered with cracked and peeling wallpaper. 5a. Dining Hall Furnishings. Three 20-foot-long tables carved from black
of wreckage that was once an ornate cabinet fashioned from black wood.
Treasure. Characters who search the wrecked cabinet find fifty pieces of silverware tarnished black with age. If cleaned, each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
dragon to assault and take over, an evil dragon that makes its lair near a dwarven stronghold can be a threat to the occupants in many ways. Black Dragons. Since black dragons prefer to dwell in swampland
, one rarely makes a lair close to a stronghold. When a black dragon does cross paths with dwarves, it might attempt to isolate a settlement by making the roads leading to it impassable. The terrain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Spiderdragon The terrors known as spiderdragons were first found in the deepest corners of the Underdark and trace their origins to black dragon wyrmlings who ate a steady diet of spiders. Though
areas that Lolth’s faithful claim as their own. Lolth worshipers might employ spiderdragons as guards or treat them as venerated guests. The creatures aren’t as powerful as their black dragon