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Hakuma sapwood is a fragrant and combustible wood that comes from the center of the hakuma tree. It is burned at shrines and sacred sites
throughout Obojima, delivering a complex and pleasing incense that clears the mind and soothes the soul. Hakuma trees are quite common across the island, but unless you are a priest, a druid, or know the proper rituals, most Obojimans frown on taking limbs from these trees.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do
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Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral)
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Knowledge. We are the whole of creation
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fantasizes about rising to fame and prominence in record time and hopes that plundering the lost Netherese city of Ythryn will turn her fantasies into reality.
The tiefling has the secret support of the
the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast.
Spellbook. Avarice’s spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of
. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral)
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Knowledge. We are the whole of creation, seeking to understand itself
Monsters
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. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place
than this one.
Amethyst Dragon Ideals
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Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
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Balance. Everything is a complex interaction of forces that must be kept in a delicate and carefully maintained balance. (Neutral)
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Knowledge. We are the whole of creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Traps Traps can be found almost anywhere. One wrong step in an ancient tomb might trigger a series of scything blades, which cleave through armor and bone. The seemingly innocuous vines that hang
their deaths, be burned alive, or fall under a fusillade of poisoned darts. A trap can be either mechanical or magical in nature. Mechanical traps include pits, arrow traps, falling blocks, water-filled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Traps Traps can be found almost anywhere. One wrong step in an ancient tomb might trigger a series of scything blades, which cleave through armor and bone. The seemingly innocuous vines that hang
deaths, be burned alive, or fall under a fusillade of poisoned darts. A trap can be either mechanical or magical in nature. Mechanical traps include pits, arrow traps, falling blocks, water-filled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
smith’s mark, and tells them that it was discovered near a rocky hill called the Stone Tooth. Baron Althon provides directions and promises to reward the characters richly for each of Durgeddin’s blades
they recover. He will pay the characters 20 gp each just for bringing back information about the dwarven complex, and an additional 100 gp if they provide detailed maps.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a
and initiative count 10. Active Elements. The Path of Blades includes a set of whirling blades along the first 80 feet of the trap, crushing pillars that slam down from the ceiling to the floor before
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Improvising Damage The Improvising Damage table gives guidelines for determining damage on the fly. Improvising Damage Damage Examples 1d10 Burned by coals, hit by a falling bookcase, pricked by
steel blades, wading through lava 18d10 Submerged in lava, hit by a crashing flying fortress 24d10 Tumbling into a vortex of fire on the Elemental Plane of Fire, crushed in the jaws of a godlike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
province of Nightlund, which encompasses both the Dargaard Mountains and Kalaman, is widely said to be a land of eternal twilight where the sun never shines. In reality, the area is gloomy and sees
fighting; they’re following rumors of well-paying mercenary work. 3 The characters see a small, burned farmhouse. A character who investigates and succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom (Survival) check finds no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Complex Traps A complex trap poses multiple dangers to adventurers. After a complex trap activates, it remains dangerous round after round until the characters avoid it or disable it. Some complex
traps become more dangerous over time, as they accumulate power or gain speed. Complex traps are also more difficult to disable than simple ones. A single check is not enough. Instead, a series of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of your selves do, really.
7 It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
8 With a true
understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including the creation of a more orderly and perfect cosmos than this one.
Amethyst Dragon Ideals d6 Ideal
1 Balance. Everything is a complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
suggestions for when you do so. Improvising Damage Dice Examples 1d10 Burned by coals, hit by a falling bookcase, pricked by a poison needle 2d10 Being struck by lightning, stumbling into a fire pit
4d10 Hit by falling rubble in a collapsing tunnel, stumbling into a vat of acid 10d10 Crushed by compacting walls, hit by whirling steel blades, wading through a lava stream 18d10 Being submerged in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
General Features The areas that make up the Lykortha Expanse have several common physical features, summarized here: Light. The complex is dimly lit by bioluminescent fungi growing in patches on the
into the distance for long stretches.” 41–60 “I see an altered version of reality, with my mind convincing itself that things are true even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” 61–80
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Xanathar, who has turned the forlorn settlement into a haven for its criminal organization. (The beholder inhabits a dungeon complex under Skullport that is described in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.) Few folk
since its founding, are all that remain of the Sargauth Enclave, a settlement of Netherese wizards. The flameskulls consider themselves the true rulers of Skullport, but they have lost touch with reality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
lair of a hag named Maud Chiselbone. Characters who explore the cave complex find the bodies of the fishers, as well as Maud’s cauldron of plenty (see appendix D). The cauldron is a stunning discovery
various towns strive to obtain it. With no end to winter in sight, the cauldron might be the last thing standing between one town’s survival and another’s extinction. Easthaven residents bask in the warmth of an evil wizard being burned at the stake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
inconvenient to deadly, making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison, toxic gas, blasts of fire, and deep pits. The deadliest traps combine multiple elements to kill, injure, contain
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
from inconvenient to deadly, making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison, toxic gas, blasts of fire, and deep pits. The deadliest traps combine multiple elements to kill, injure
18d10 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
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches.
Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s body is burned or disposed of in
moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its more successful neighbors.
As demonstrated by their hatred of gnomes, kobolds have a persecution complex and easily take offense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
complex during these periods. During the ritual, mesmerizing incense is burned in the wall sconces. (See area 13 for more information on the incense.) Fenthaza preaches to the congregation from the
can be heard throughout the temple complex. One strike announces the start of a serpent ritual: when sounded, all the yuan-ti within the temple complex arrive here within half an hour. Two or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. This large workshop was badly damaged by the ancient spell battle that laid waste to the mine. Worktables taking up two corners of the room are scorched, and the plaster has been burned off the masonry
the spectator’s grip on reality. It has become deranged and believes that the mine is still in use, ignoring all evidence to the contrary.
The wraith (area 14) wants to drive off or kill the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and powders. Books are stacked between the glassware and chemicals. Yellowed paper charts and blackboards full of complex formulas cover the walls.
The books here cover chemical science and alchemy
three cardinal points of the circle. Whatever material they contained has long ago burned to cinders, but the room still smells of charcoal and sulfur. Sitting next to the bookstand is a warty toad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the duergar have a culture as rich and complex as any other, and nowhere is this so evident as in Gracklstugh. Work never stops in the City of Blades, and the gray dwarves take pride in efficiency
Life in the City of Blades The duergar are called gray dwarves not only because of the color of their skin, but also because of their drab and joyless lifestyle. While they make no time for merriment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
capability. The goal of the adventure is to remove the psychic lock, which might take the form of a complex trap or maze in the dream. The actual objective of the adventure lies in Dal Quor. The
construction of an eldritch machine in Dal Quor that will give the quori physical access to the Material Plane again. Dying in Dreams Death in dreams is less severe than in reality, but it’s not without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
colors, lamps, and chandeliers, but elaborate waxwork constructions that depict all sorts of subjects from personages of note, to dragons, to complex and abstract lattices — all represented as fantastical
, such that Azuth, god of wizards, was forced to appear and set things right. He is said to have stitched reality and the Weave back together, but a wrinkle in the fabric remains. To this day, magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Forge Domain The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a village in horseshoes and plow blades to the mighty elf artisan whose diamond
burned? Oh, the fire must be for the wax seals!
Forge Domain Features Cleric Level Feature 1st Domain Spells, Bonus Proficiencies, Blessing of the Forge 2nd Channel Divinity: Artisan’s Blessing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
powers. A scar cuts across his handsome face, curving from the top of his left cheekbone down to his jaw.. If asked about the scar, he explains that he got it years ago when the man who burned down his
, the beholder has used its reality-altering dreams to create a twin of Quill that feels real to the touch. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of illusion magic around the fake Quill, which otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
room has become the den of an ankheg, drawn to the tomb complex to feast on giant rodents and Cynidiceans who come to pay their respects. A character who examines the dead rat and succeeds on a DC 13
clouded eyes shuffle about the room.
This burial room was looted during Cynidicea’s fall. In the years following, trespassers fell prey to the dangers of the tomb complex. They rose again as five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
into the lake. That water is now frozen solid, creating a floor of ice several feet thick. The fishers entered the cave complex by this route, as evidenced by tracks in the snow that clings to the ice
.
Characters who search the charred remains of the campfire can find three torn-out pages, only partially burned, from a journal written in Dwarvish. Written on the loose pages are an anonymous dwarf’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
reality. New arrivals are subject to forced conscription when encountered (whether by angel, demon, or devil), if they aren’t summarily dispatched. Amid the constant strife, windstorms of blades scour
Feature 1 Blades crafted here have a reputation for being especially fine and sharp. When a creature in the zone scores a critical hit with an attack that deals piercing or slashing damage, the attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
stand, but most have been burned or smashed to the ground. The older masonry of the manor walls had been crumbling for some time. New stonework was replacing the old, but everything has been smashed to
with other adventuring equipment that has been smashed, burned, or melted.
GILDHA DUHN
Survivor As the characters search the area where the jackals were digging, a low, pained moaning rises from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
body is burned or disposed of in some other convenient way (or, in a cannibalistic tribe, eaten). Kobolds believe that if they die in service to their tribe, Kurtulmak immediately sends each of them
more successful neighbors. As demonstrated by their hatred of gnomes, kobolds have a persecution complex and easily take offense at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other