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Curse of Strahd
. While Khazan was busying himself destroying the blade, his apprentice stole the hilt and fled. Khazan later located his apprentice’s mutilated corpse in the Svalich Woods, but the hilt was
The Sunsword is a unique blade once possessed by Strahd’s brother, Sergei von Zarovich. In its original form, it had a platinum hilt and guard, and a thin crystal blade as strong as steel
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the assassin has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.Multiattack. The assassin makes two Shadow Blade attacks.
Shadow Blade. Melee
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If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow (see the Monster Manual) rises from the corpse 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll"} hours later.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksRadiant
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Additionally, any Medium or smaller Humanoid killed by the breath’s damage, as well as every corpse of such a creature within the cone, becomes a zombie (see the Monster Manual) under the dragon
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cataclysmic Rush", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. A creature can take this damage only once per turn.Some death dragons manage to retain almost all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dragon, since it loses its draconic nature when it becomes undead. When a dragon becomes a shadow dragon, it retains its statistics except as described below. The shadow dragon might retain or lose any
corpse and acts immediately after the dragon in the initiative count. The shadow is under the dragon’s control.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Weakness. While in sunlight, the assassin has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.
Actions
Multiattack. The assassin makes two Shadow Blade attacks.
Shadow Blade. Melee
by 1d4 each time it is hit by this attack. The target dies if its Strength is reduced to 0. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest.
If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow (see the Monster Manual) rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to determine what they find. Then roll once on the Treasure Drops table to see what, if anything, can be found on or near the remains. Dead Explorers d20 Remains 1 The bloated corpse of a dead
halfling, riddled with tiny arrows and dangling from a tree vine. (The halfling trespassed on grung sacred ground, and the corpse was hung here as a warning.) 2 The bones of an unarmored humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Wight Life-Leeching Corpse Warrior Habitat: Desert, Planar (Shadowfell), Swamp, Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Wights are the withered corpses of relentless warriors whose wickedness sustains
them beyond death. Unlike mere zombies, they retain the memories and evil agendas they harbored in life. After dying and returning from the grave, a wight continues its villainous ways, but it is now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
because you’re stupid.
Way of the Kensei Features Monk Level Feature 3rd Path of the Kensei (2 weapons) 6th One with the Blade, Path of the Kensei (3 weapons) 11th Sharpen the Blade, Path of the
target you hit with a ranged attack using a kensei weapon takes an extra 1d4 damage of the weapon’s type. You retain this benefit until the end of the current turn. Way of the Brush. You gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
supplies lay destroyed on the floor of this hut near the corpse of an old woman lying face down in a pool of dried blood. Manda Gutterpunch ran this shop that serviced the fishers in the village. A
character who searches her body, making a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check finds the tip of a blade made of bone in a fatal wound in Manda’s stomach, and with a successful DC 18 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
was destroyed or is otherwise unavailable, the spirit of the revenant enters another humanoid corpse. Regardless of the body the revenant uses as a vessel, its adversary always recognizes the revenant
, it pursues them one at a time, starting with the creature that dealt it the killing blow. If the revenant’s body is destroyed, its soul flies forth to seek out a new corpse in which to resume its hunt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Broken blade, medal 28–30 Clock tower face High Courts Mechanus Metal cog, perfectly balanced scales 31–33 Razorvine trellis Great Foundry Arcadia Rune-inscribed ingot, sprig of grapes 34–36 Temple
Blazing hearth Smoldering Corpse Bar Elemental Plane of Fire Brass brazier, burning coal 78–80 Crumbling well The Ditch Elemental Plane of Water Pearl, pure water 81–90 Mausoleum entrance Mortuary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Orc Eye of Gruumsh When an orc slays an elf in Gruumsh’s name and offers the corpse of its foe as a sacrifice to the god of slaughter, an aspect of the god might appear. This aspect demands an
stop there, digging and ripping the blade back and forth unrelentingly until he took the head off the dwarf king’s shoulders.
— An account of War Chief Hartusk’s brutality in the aftermath of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Three gangly, ghoulish creatures hunch over the coffin, ripping into the corpse inside and feasting on aged flesh.
Three ghouls are devouring the corpse of a former high priest. When they detect the
Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using thieves’ tools. Inside rests the decrepit, still-smirking corpse of a halfling. Treasure. Ten jewels set in the coffin are worth 50 gp each. Inside the coffin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
archon makes a radiant spear attack, and then its mount can use its reaction to make a melee weapon attack.
Return to Nyx (Costs 3 Actions). The archon causes a corpse it can see within 30 feet of it
to burst into a shower of radiant stars leaving no trace of it behind. Everything it is wearing or carrying remains. Each creature within 10 feet of the corpse when it bursts must succeed on a DC 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and objects as easily as a mortal creature moves through fog.
A wraith might retain a few memories of its mortal life as shadowy echoes. However, even the strongest events and emotions become little
died violently. The target’s spirit rises as a specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest unoccupied space. The specter is under the wraith’s control. The wraith can have no more than seven specters under its control at one time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The coins have the profiled visage of Strahd von Zarovich stamped on them. A character can scoop up one hundred coins every minute. K74c. Rotting Corpse Clinging to the bars of this otherwise empty
cell is the rotting corpse of a male half-elf dressed in leather armor. This cell is linked to a teleport trap in area K73. Treasure. A search of the corpse yields a sheathed longsword and two belt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Specific Spells Can I cast animate dead on the humanoid-shaped corpse of an undead creature such as a zombie or a ghast? When animate dead targets a corpse, the body must have belonged to a creature
instantaneous spell animate dead harnesses magical energy to turn a corpse or a pile of bones into an undead creature. That necromantic magic is present for an instant and is then gone. The resulting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
of jade with cowrie-shell eyes and obsidian pupils. About the corpse’s neck is a jade pendant carved with the face of a humanlike bat.
Creature. The corpse is the body of Tloques-Popolocas, a
about. This part of the regeneration process requires 2 rounds, during which time the corpse has AC 12 and 27 hit points. (If they have not been removed, the corpse benefits from the bracers of defense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the death dragon’s will, typically going on rampages to destroy all living creatures in sight. Greater Death Dragon Some death dragons manage to retain almost all of their former selves, albeit twisted
. Additionally, any Medium or smaller Humanoid killed by the breath’s damage, as well as every corpse of such a creature within the cone, becomes a zombie (see the Monster Manual) under the dragon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, they gently nudge the characters toward the tunnel leading to area L4. L2. Flensing Chamber A sour stench of decay fills your nostrils. Lying on the ice-packed ground is the frozen corpse of a whale
, crudely butchered. Beside it is a blade in the shape of a paring knife the size of a longsword.
Garagai used this room to carve up whales and harvest their oil. Treasure. An alcove west of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
against the dragons, and behirs retain a natural hatred for dragonkind. A behir never makes its lair in an area it knows to be inhabited by a dragon. If a dragon attempts to establish a lair within a few
Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate the creature, which falls prone in a space within 10 feet of the behir. If the behir dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wouldn’t take much to provoke her into doing so. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose frozen corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. Arveiaturace has
surface, looking like a frozen, desiccated corpse sitting in the snow. If the characters are close enough to touch the corpse, they’re already on the dragon’s back. If they attack or otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hit points by this damage dies, and an undead shadow rises from its corpse and acts immediately after Umbraxakar in the initiative count. The shadow is under Umbraxakar’s control. Umbraxakar and the
polished coral ring in area 5 (a symbol of friendship) Vanrak’s sun blade in area 8 (a symbol of light) Vanrak’s mithral armor in area 15 (a symbol of preservation and resilience) The gold horn in area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. This benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this
it to your service. When you slay a humanoid, you can cause its spirit to rise from its corpse as a specter, the statistics for which are in the Monster Manual. When the specter appears, it gains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
axe juts from his chest. The axe is a Berserker Axe. The weapon’s name (“Enduval”) is inscribed into the blade. The axe stops shimmering once it’s removed from the corpse. P14i. Characters who have a
. The bottom two chests each contain 250 gp. P14h. This area reeks of dead flesh. Bodies in various states of decay lie strewn about the floor. In the center lies the corpse of a human. A shimmering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
demonic face looking back at her. Thoughts of murder and carnage fill her thoughts as she hides the gemstone on her person, draws her shortsword, and coats the blade with poison.
Cyrog Lives! Hail
triple-headed flail at a beholder, crushing it. As the eye tyrant falls to the floor, a pack of hyenas leaps onto the corpse and tears off its eyestalks while the demon lord licks the gore off his weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.
Tongue. The froghemoth targets one Medium or smaller creature that it can see within
, Infernal, thieves’ cant
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Special Equipment. Garret wears a ring of warmth (included in his statistics) and wields a gambler’s blade longsword (see appendix D).
Bardic Inspiration
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
yet, Glaive and one of her blade scout companions attack the characters from both ends of this narrow tunnel. After all combatants have taken a turn, the attackers flee into Landro and hide for another
feet above the eastern passage.
Assuming they haven’t both been defeated, one of Glaive’s blade scouts (see appendix A) hides on the overhang here while the other scout hides down the eastern tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
atop a marble slab in the center of this otherwise barren crypt. Sir Erik Vonderbucks was a wealthy noble whose dying wish was to have his corpse dipped in molten gold. Treasure. The thin layer of
gold, if peeled from Sir Erik’s desiccated corpse, is worth 500 gp. Crypt 23 The first time the characters happen upon this crypt, they see one of their names (determined randomly) etched into the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
lost many people in recent years, and the dwarves that remain are struggling to retain ancient lands only recently reclaimed. He knows the adventurers only by reputation, and desires tangible proof
is a stern warrior dedicated to discipline and results. Having risen through the ranks of the Flaming Fist by the might of his blade and the sharpness of his wits, he sometimes lacks sophistication and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
lost many people in recent years, and the dwarves that remain are struggling to retain ancient lands only recently reclaimed. He knows the adventurers only by reputation, and desires tangible proof
a stern warrior dedicated to discipline and results. Having risen through the ranks of the Flaming Fist by the might of his blade and the sharpness of his wits, he sometimes lacks sophistication and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
lost many people in recent years, and the dwarves that remain are struggling to retain ancient lands only recently reclaimed. He knows the adventurers only by reputation, and desires tangible proof
is a stern warrior dedicated to discipline and results. Having risen through the ranks of the Flaming Fist by the might of his blade and the sharpness of his wits, he sometimes lacks sophistication and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, and each wields a massive, rusted axe.
A knot of corpse-like figures clusters around a door in the eastern wall. Pain and terror twists each creature's hollow visage.
Unless a character in the
fighting machines. Their heads are smooth, featureless iron balls. Their torsos are short and broad, and their legs are thick and stumpy. The right forearm of each one is a razor-sharp sword blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
rushes from west to east through the center of the room, crossed by two stone bridges. On the other side of the stream, three bald, gray dwarves work at a roaring forge, beating a white-hot blade into
shape on an old anvil.
Creatures. Two duergar smiths are forging a blade at the forge in the center of the south wall. The work is overseen by Snurrevin, a duergar with the following changes, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
blade in Gnomish. Once the golem is destroyed, the sword can easily be freed from its chest. L3: Guano-Covered Cave The floor of this vaulted cave is covered in pungent piles of bat guano. Large leather
overtaking the cave. The cloaked figure is the corpse of an elf adventurer who died here, trapped by the green slime. His body has been partially calcified by the mineral-rich water dripping from the