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Dungeon Master’s Guide
again until the next dawn.
Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased.
Vecna watches anyone using this tome and can write cryptic messages in it. These messages typically fade away after they are read.
This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which one is the original. The tongue on the first Tome of the Stilled Tongue belonged
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
dying essence. Myrkul has since returned to become one of the Dead Three, and the Crown of Horns continues to further his gruesome will by seeking out mortal agents and gradually transforming them into
the curse to you. Only a Wish spell or the will of Myrkul can remove this curse. As long as you remain cursed, the following properties apply to you:
Bound. You are unwilling to part with the crown
Book of Vile Darkness
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the book.
Dark Magic. Several spells of horrific evil of the DM’s design and choosing could be in the book. Spells could impose dreadful curses, disfigure others, require human sacrifice, afflict creatures with crippling pain, spread vile plagues, and so on.
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
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Keys from the Golden Vault
. Several spells of horrific evil of the DM’s design and choosing could be in the book. Spells could impose dreadful curses, disfigure others, require human sacrifice, afflict creatures with crippling pain, spread vile plagues, and so on.
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
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Lorwyn: First Light
empathic web that lets them sense the feelings of nearby kithkin. Because of this connection, many kithkin trust each other implicitly.
Some kithkin remove themselves from this empathic web
Book of Kith and Kin. They also often entertain many superstitions, particularly related to Lorwyn’s incarnations of nature.
In Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor kithkin are more insular and xenophobic
Ancient Green Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
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
described above. The plants remove themselves from the dragon’s path.
Rodents and birds within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair serve as the dragon’s eyes and ears. Deer and other large
Adult Green Dragon
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treacherous of true dragons, green dragons use misdirection and trickery to get the upper hand against their enemies. A green dragon is recognized by the crest that begins near its eyes and continues down
above. The plants remove themselves from the dragon’s path.
Rodents and birds within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair serve as the dragon’s eyes and ears. Deer and other large game are
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Divine Contention
the crest that begins near its eyes and continues down its spine, reaching full height just behind the skull.
A small wooded region near Westbridge hides many old dwarven ruins and the extensive
plants in this area that are neither magical nor creatures, including the thickets described above. The plants remove themselves from the dragon’s path.
Rodents and birds within 1 mile of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, and the Underdark below, as a campaign setting in which you can base adventures of your own. All pertinent details about the setting are covered in this book, with room to add new locations and villains of your own design.
About This Book Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure optimized for four to six characters. The player characters are the heroes of the story. This book
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and grass. The writing is neat and steady, each line inscribed in practiced calligraphy. Although the design of the book is simple, the crafting and materials are of the highest quality. In fact, the book is a magic object that transforms into a portal when the activation phrase is spoken.
Book Description The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale is bound in green leather, with leaves and vines carefully burned into the corners of the front and back covers. The title is embossed in gold on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 3: Singing Skull The remains of Yowen Pilt, the book seller who brought the book and its curse to Candlekeep, are hidden in a secret compartment in area F4. This event begins when his skull
starts singing the words to the rhyme. The tune continues to tug at each of your minds, willing you to intone its sequence of notes. The notes take on the shapes of words you’re certain you’ve never
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description This children’s book is a mechanical curiosity of gnomish design, with a cover made of wood and copper. The front cover bears a faded, hand-painted rendering of a round millstone
. The book is square, eighteen inches along each edge of the cover. A silver music box set into the book’s spine is heavily dented at one end. The book has no pages in the typical sense, but it opens to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
About This Book Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure optimized for four to six characters. The player characters are the heroes of the story; this book describes
the villains and monsters the heroes must overcome and the locations they must explore to bring the adventure to a successful conclusion. This book presents Icewind Dale as a self-contained campaign
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Conditions Some of the creatures in this book inflict—or are immune to—the following new conditions. Dazed A dazed creature can only do one of the following things on their turn: move, use an action
, or use a bonus action. If a creature becomes dazed during their turn, their turn ends. The cure ailment power, lesser restoration spell, and greater restoration spell remove the dazed condition. At
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Specialist: Jefferson Dunlap
D&D Tabletop Team Executive Producer: Ray Winninger
Principal Designers: Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins
Design Manager: Steve Scott
Design Department: Dan
was inspired by a map design by Marco Bernardini.
Special thanks to our hundreds of playtesters!
ON THE COVER
Clint Cearley gives us a glimpse of two adventurers trying to solve one of
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack
One-Shot Wonders The one-shots and battle maps in this collection are based on the adventure design of One-Shot Wonders and The Map Library, the multi-award-winning book and map compendium by Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
books. This book is intended for Dungeon Masters (DMs) and provides game statistics for monsters: all sorts of creatures—whether friend or foe—controlled by the DM. Those statistics appear in stat blocks
. The book presents the monsters’ sections alphabetically, with animals gathered in appendix A. Official D&D adventures refer to the monsters in this book, and you may use these monsters—along with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased. Vecna watches anyone using this tome. He can also write cryptic messages in the book. These messages appear at midnight and fade away after they are read.
this tome, without expending a spell slot or using any verbal or somatic components. Once used, this property of the tome can’t be used again until the next dawn. While attuned to the book, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the book. Dark Magic. Several spells of horrific evil of the DM's design and choosing could be in the book. Spells could impose dreadful curses, disfigure others, require human sacrifice, afflict creatures with crippling pain, spread vile plagues, and so on.
Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
information from the book as the adventure continues. To get the characters into the mystery as quickly as possible, their trip to Waterdeep unfolds with no problems or random encounters, unless you
has revealed all she knows. The characters can have the book copied at the usual rates to have a way of referencing Sarah’s notes and sketches, but you can also assume that they remember any necessary
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Credits
Lead Designer: Jeremy Crawford
Art Directors: Emi Tanji, Kate Irwin
Original Design: Jeremy Crawford, Adam Lee, Mike Mearls, Christopher Perkins, Ben Petrisor, Sean K Reynolds
, Robert J. Schwalb, Matt Sernett, Chris Sims, Nolan Whale, Steve Winter
Revision Design: Sydney Adams, Judy Bauer, Jeremy Crawford, Makenzie De Armas, Dan Dillon, Ari Levitch, Ben Petrisor, Taymoor Rehman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Once used, this property of the tome can’t be used again until the next dawn. Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased
Tome of the Stilled Tongue Wondrous Item, Legendary (Requires Attunement by a Wizard) This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
one book that looks out of place among the others. It is a hefty, green-covered tome with a withered frog stitched into its spine. Kissing the frog or stroking it with a moistened finger causes the
frog to croak the book’s title in Elvish. This book is volume 3 of an eleven-book series titled Tales from the Gloaming Court. Endelyn stole this book and its companion (in area M17) from her sister
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
simplest curses are created by the Bestow Curse spell. The effects of such curses are limited and can be ended by the Remove Curse spell. Bestow Curse provides useful benchmarks for gauging the potency of
, whether as part of their origins or due to their ability to spread curses—werewolves being a prime example. You decide how a spell like Remove Curse affects a creature with accursed origins. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
curses are limited and can be ended by the Remove Curse spell. Bestow Curse provides useful benchmarks for gauging the potency of other curses. A curse that lasts for 1 minute equates to a level 3 spell
—werewolves being a prime example. You decide how a spell like Remove Curse affects a creature with accursed origins. For example, you might decide that a mummy was created through a curse and it can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Opening the Book If the characters agree to undertake the quest, Pelk hands them the Book of Cylinders and says: “This book was brought to Candlekeep several years ago. The explorers who found it
claimed it was not a historical text, but a warning. My superiors have authorized me to show it to you.”
Pelk allows the characters to inspect the book. It is surprisingly light, and brief examination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Such clerics carry a staff, but they are forbidden from wearing armor or using weapons other than that staff. To reflect this, you could remove the armor and weapon proficiencies for clerics of this
specific need for your campaign, or to appeal to a player trying to create a specific kind of character (perhaps one modeled after a character from a novel, TV series, comic book, or movie). The first
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. (The book speculates that this divine intervention is courtesy of Selûne, who has been waiting for Malar’s plan to come to fruition so that she might demonstrate to him the utter futility of his
. A short distance away along the bank of the pool is a narrow, spring-fed outlet stream that leads north toward the river. The purifying effect continues to flow into and along the stream, removing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the characters’ minds (see “The Rhyme”). The scene played out in the book also continues to its conclusion, showing the tiny representation of Shemshime being crushed beneath a millstone
Event 6: Shemshime The final event revolves around interacting with the book and learning the last stanza of the rhyme, which tells how to foil Shemshime and end the curse. Meanwhile, Shemshime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. When the adventurers kill a monster, it stays dead, unless someone raises it. When they remove treasure from a room, it doesn’t reappear the next time they enter — assuming it hasn’t been stolen from
doors, disarmed traps, and the like. Events beyond the scope of a single adventure are best recorded in a notebook dedicated to your campaign. Whether it’s a physical book or an electronic file, such a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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
. Macreadus’s device was similar in design to a mythallar (see appendix D), but much smaller. Unfortunately for him, it had a serious design flaw. When Macreadus tried to use it three days ago, it malfunctioned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
kithkin
often find the land a terrifying place Some kithkin remove themselves from this empathic web temporarily or even permanently for a variety of reasons, often due to trauma suffered during the
villages called clachans and welcome outsiders into their communities. These kithkin collect their cultural heritage in a tome called the Book of Kith and Kin. They also often entertain many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
area. A remove curse spell or similar magic ends the curse on a creature, though it remains susceptible to being cursed again. If cast on the book, the magic suppresses the curse on all creatures for 10 minutes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
What Next? If the characters are alone, they can notify other members of the Avowed about the death. Acolytes remove Buron’s body, seizing the book with a firmness that makes it clear the dwarf
should not have had it in his possession. If asked, the acolytes explain that the book came from the restricted vaults and is not to be viewed by outsiders. Barn Door Inquiries If the characters ask about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
wererats. If your game session needs a jolt, try using one of the following encounters or an encounter of your own design. Carrion Crawlers Three carrion crawlers, one creeping along the floor and
continues to make bite attacks against that character on subsequent rounds as it feeds. The carrion crawlers are too stupid and hungry to flee in the face of certain death. Goblin Skull-Hunters Pibble