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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
powerful as their black dragon progenitors, though, and they often drain the enclaves’ resources with their selfish demands.
Uninterested in building lairs, spiderdragons weave powerful webs and
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
Backgrounds
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
otherwise. The metaphorical power of words to illuminate or conceal is joined with the literal ability of magic to do the same in your academic pursuits.
Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation
, Persuasion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book of poetry, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Feature: Silverquill Initiate
You
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
black tentacles, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, geas, scrying
6th level (1 slot): programmed illusion, true seeing
7th level (1 slot): finger of death, mirage arcane
8th level (1 slot
consider the wereravens a serious threat, but Lysaga has chosen to make them the bane of her existence. After much searching and scrying, she discovered a wereraven refuge at the Wizard of Wines
Adult Green Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
its spine, reaching full height just behind the skull.The forest-loving green dragons sometimes compete for territory with black dragons in marshy woods and with white dragons in subarctic taiga
mouths concealed behind waterfalls, or partly submerged caverns that can be accessed through lakes or streams. Others conceal the entrances to their lairs with vegetation.
Lair Actions
On
Ancient Green Dragon
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continues down its spine, reaching full height just behind the skull.The forest-loving green dragons sometimes compete for territory with black dragons in marshy woods and with white dragons in subarctic
out cave mouths concealed behind waterfalls, or partly submerged caverns that can be accessed through lakes or streams. Others conceal the entrances to their lairs with vegetation.
Lair Actions
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Valindra Shadowmantle
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Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
half as much damage on a successful one.With her ability to appear as a living elf, Valindra can easily conceal her lichdom and her association to Thay. She presents herself as a scholarly wizard who
a lonely tower, a haunted ruin, or an academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians and traps.
Everything about a lich’s lair
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
folk. Even so, her collection of crystal balls allows her to stay abreast of events happening in the world.The forest-loving green dragons sometimes compete for territory with black dragons in marshy
entrance hidden from prying eyes. Some seek out cave mouths concealed behind waterfalls, or partly submerged caverns that can be accessed through lakes or streams. Others conceal the entrances to
Monsters
Divine Contention
is possessing the body of ClaugiyliamatarThe forest-loving green dragons sometimes compete for territory with black dragons in marshy woods and with white dragons in subarctic taiga. However, a forest
concealed behind waterfalls, or partly submerged caverns that can be accessed through lakes or streams. Others conceal the entrances to their lairs with vegetation.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Some locals believe that DeGrootz’s hanging was staged to conceal his murder at the hands of some old “friends” of his. Townsfolk are currently using the vacant building for lumber storage, but anyone
Ramshackle Closed inn This aptly named building—which used to be the only inn in town—closed after its last owner, a retired sawyer named DeGrootz, hanged himself in the common room two years ago
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
fortress also provides refuge during incursions. Seat of Government. During the day, the castellan and his two assistants conduct business in the main building, where they hold audience with citizens and visitors of the keep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Horizon’s Edge Horizon’s Edge is a demiplane refuge that drifts in the roiling fog of the Deep Ethereal plane, beyond a shimmering, golden ethereal curtain. The demiplane is a serene bubble of air
and planes, building cyclopean monuments and intricate art, and wielding magic of almost unimaginable power. As this mighty empire neared its collapse, its greatest mages created Horizon’s Edge to
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind.
Deep dragons’ black-and
, they use local settlements—and any competent visitors—as pawns in their struggle.
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An ancient deep dragon has put the folk of a city to work building the dragon a metropolis to rule
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the old building can tell that its wooden floors are in poor condition, perhaps even in danger of collapse in one location (see area B4). It’s clear to anyone surveying the Black Cabin that part of the
ridge it rests on fell away some time ago, leaving the westernmost section of the building hanging over the gorge. All of the cabin’s doors are closed and unlocked, and its windows are big enough for characters to climb through. Map 2.3: black cabin View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the Masked Lords into making him the new Open Lord. He also wants to regain control of the Black Network. Manshoon lurks in Kolat Towers, a pair of wizards’ towers in the Trades Ward. This residence is
described in chapter 8. Manshoon creates copies of himself using the simulacrum spell and takes great pains to conceal his identity, since his success hinges on not attracting the attention of others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Black Swords The characters don’t get this quest in the customary way, which is to say that the residents of Caer-Dineval aren’t counting on adventurers to help them. The quest falls into the party’s
her missing son, Huarwar. Crannoc Siever, the town speaker, resides in the castle and is also a prisoner. Devil-worshiping cultists calling themselves the Knights of the Black Sword have taken over and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, except for a few isolated outposts where Chultans and their allies take refuge behind walls. Map 2.1 shows where the undead are thickest. Characters passing through territories marked with black skull-and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
words, both magical and otherwise. The metaphorical power of words to illuminate or conceal is joined with the literal ability of magic to do the same in your academic pursuits. Skill Proficiencies
: Intimidation, Persuasion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book of poetry, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp Feature: Silverquill Initiate You gain
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->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
comfortable-looking building, its gleaming wooden exterior carved in overlapping Strixhaven star motifs. The interior is dim and cozy (if loud), featuring rich mahogany floors and well-worn furniture
of oak and black leather. Live musical acts often set up on the tavern’s patio, including performing groups made up of students, faculty, and staff alike.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
rulers of Yongjing have expanded and updated the city, building on top of existing architecture. As a result, many structures conceal forgotten chambers, hidden passages, dusty traps, and ancient
leave the district except for opera performances and holiday festivals. Spousal palaces line the east and west sides of the Inner Butterfly Court, each building the residence of a royal spouse and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Secret of the Black Cabin The Black Cabin was built by a ranger of the Far North long before the founding of Ten-Towns. When he moved on, the lodge became a refuge for others seeking sanctuary from
holed up in the Black Cabin, where he spent all his time assembling a weather-controlling magical device called the Summer Star, using knowledge he gleaned from a book about Netherese artifacts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Red Widow Theater The Red Widow is a cabaret known for lively music, provocative dancing, and shady dealings. A gigantic statue of a spider, painted in garish crimson with a black hourglass shape on
its abdomen, adorns the front roof of the building, inviting customers into its decadent web. At this shrine to decadent pleasures, attendees celebrate beauty and life in defiance of the crushing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The middle-aged innkeeper, Cora Mulphoon (neutral good human commoner), treats her guests like royalty while trying to conceal the fact that she is barely making ends meet. Cora’s Loss. Cora is
. Over the next few days, Huarwar displayed a meanness toward his mother that was uncharacteristic. The change in his demeanor started after Cora found what looked like a shard of black ice in her son’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Elves Skilled in both magic and warfare, the Tel’Quessir — “the People,” as they call themselves — came to Faerûn ages ago, building vast and powerful empires long before the rise of humans. The days
long, slow decline, and many of their kind took part in the great Retreat to their refuge on Evermeet. As the elves increasingly withdrew from the world, other races and civilizations rose to prominence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, Thavius Kreeg fled Elturel in secret and watched from a safe distance as the Companion transformed from a radiant sun into a black orb awash with crackling energy. It ripped Elturel from the Material
Kreeg was one of the first of his people to arrive at Baldur’s Gate with news of Elturel’s “destruction.” He slipped through the city’s gates with the help of his influential friend, Duke Vanthampur, and took refuge in her home.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
stinking swamp of blood. The domed top of an alabaster temple pokes through the scab. Many black iron chains of Avernus converge on the building, attaching within the grotesque mound.
The exposed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
21. Abandoned Barracks Cult warriors slept and trained here. Stone doors throughout are fitted with locks, though all doors are unlocked at present. The building has both lighting and plumbing (see
the “Lighting and Plumbing” sidebar). 21a. Training Area These rooms were set aside for cultists to spar and hone their martial skills. North Room. A woven black mat covers the floor of this room, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
shattered castle, causing new halls and rambling stairs to form between fractured floors. These surreal ruins can’t conceal the magical radiance hanging at the castle’s core—a vestige of the magical force
devastation, Castle Avernus isn’t empty. Azalin’s treasures and former servants survived, including Ebbasheyth, the Darklord’s black shadow dragon advisor; a vast library that records the memories of all who die in Darkon; and the tomb haunted by Irik Zal’honen, Azalin’s son.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
characters might be locals. Or they might be dragon hunters who’ve heard of a black dragon in the area, a threat they’re determined to end. To begin the adventure, read or paraphrase the following text
aloud: Mayhem rules in the seaside village of Respite. The Cobblehook Corsairs, a crew of troublemakers who aren’t normally violent, have raided the village. Black smoke billows from buildings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Random Buildings Pulse-pounding chases and harrowing escapes within the confines of a town or city can sometimes force characters to dash into buildings. When you need to flesh out a building quickly
, roll on the Building Type table. Then roll on the table corresponding to that building to add further detail. If a roll makes no sense considering where the characters are (such as a lavish mansion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Old Tower: Summer The old tower, formerly owned by a wizard, was recently bought by Esvele Rosznar, a young noblewoman with a fascinating alter ego (see “The Black Viper” in appendix B). House
Stonecutters, Masons, Potters, and Tile-makers This meeting is a formality. As the new owner, Esvele is required by law to bring the building up to code. She is gathering cost estimates from the guilds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Zilch lost his spellbook during his escape from Menzoberranzan, and an unfortunate encounter with a black pudding left him with acid scars covering the left side of his body, including his face. In
black gemstone. For reasons unknown to Flink, Yantha didn’t want to give the gemstone back to the duergar and instead offered him a lump of gold in trade. An argument ensued. Yantha entrusted the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and again—by its own will or that of Strahd. Locals give the building a wide berth for fear of antagonizing the evil spirits believed to haunt it. The wealthy family that built the house practiced the
his playthings. A black carriage arrived at Death House soon thereafter, and from out of its black heart stepped the vampire himself. The cultists tried to impress Strahd. In response, he slaughtered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
soon forced the fledgling order out of the city after the monks’ influence began to threaten the established powers. The monks took refuge in the heart of the Cloakwood. Toughened by the area’s rugged
simple, fitted black clothing under a white, flowing robe. The symbol of the Immortal Lotus is a white lotus inside a black circle. When operating outside the Cloakwood, the monks pass themselves off as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. It takes a successful DC 15 Strength check to break down a door that is barricaded shut. Floors. Cracked and uneven flagstones conceal a dirt floor underneath. Light. A small amount of natural light
characters a chance to succeed.
It’s okay if the characters circumvent combat and talk their way past castle defenders. Both the Cragmaw tribe and the Redbrands work for the Black Spider, so the goblinoids