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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Destroying the Demonomicon. To destroy the book, six different demon lords must each tear out a sixth of the book’s pages. If this occurs, the pages reappear after 24 hours. Before all
. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Create or Destroy Water, Detect Magic, Major Image
2/Day Each: Control Water (Flood, Part Water, or Redirect Flow
a cunning mind. Biha Babir is politically savvy and prefers to outsmart her opponents rather than battle them, though she doesn’t shy from combat if necessary.
Biha Babir covets opulence, but
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
False Object. If the library is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the library move or act, that creature must
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks.
Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
False Objects. If the swarm is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the swarm move or act, that creature must
","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Book Club"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Book Club","rollDamageType
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilv—the greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book
, including the ability to summon demons and demonic spirits. But in her quest for absolute power, she made too many enemies and underestimated their determination to destroy her, so she fled to other worlds
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, it has 1d4 fiends occupying its pages, typically an assortment of demons.
Destroying the Demonomicon. To destroy the book, six different demon lords must each tear out a sixth of the book’s
recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the general
Cleric
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Basic Rules (2014)
their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.
Divine Agents
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
semiautonomous bringers of destruction. Amnizu;Amnizus and other devilish generals hold them in reserve until they are needed to repel an incursion by demons or crusading mortals, but occasionally one of
these magical-mechanical hybrids gets loose, driven berserk by its need to destroy.
Hellfire engines take many forms, but all of them have one purpose: to mow down foes in waves. They are incapable of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
trained in the arcane tradition of evocation. She likes using her magic to destroy things, and her hunger for magic items knows no bounds. Her supreme confidence means that she never backs down from a
. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
it forms a bond, a gray render serves its master devotedly.
A gray render might be a strong ally, but it’s always an unpredictable one. In combat, a gray render fights viciously and never
willingly harms its master, but outside battle, it might cause considerable difficulties. It might follow its master despite being told to stay put, destroy its master’s house, burrow holes through a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
much damage on a successful one.No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward
turn in combat, roll a d6. If you roll a 1, it retreats from combat if possible. It otherwise keeps fighting.
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Overheats. Roll a d6 at the start of the clockwork’s turn. If you roll a 1
Sword of Kas
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
your person, you add a d10 to your initiative at the start of every combat. In addition, when you use an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor
foiling his machinations all help to fulfill this goal.
The Sword of Kas also seeks to destroy anyone corrupted by the Eye and Hand of Vecna. The sword’s obsession with those artifacts eventually
Whelm
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
cries in Dwarvish when used in combat.
Personality
Whelm’s purpose is to slaughter giants and goblinoids. It also seeks to protect dwarves against all enemies. Conflict arises if the wielder fails
to destroy goblins and giants or to protect dwarves.
Whelm has ties to the dwarf clan that created it, variously called the Dankil or the Mightyhammer clan. It longs to be returned to that clan. It
Acolyte
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Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of
is for the common people.
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I will do anything to protect the temple where I served.
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I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
scythe. Only a skilled and determined hero can hope to survive single combat with an orc.
Savage and fearless, orc tribes are ever in search of elves, dwarves, and humans to destroy. Motivated by their
while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods.
The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
favorite religious hymn that I constantly hum.
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I must keep a written record of my beliefs and the sins that I witness. When finished, this book will be my gift to the multiverse.
3
I have
by transmitting emotion to the creature carrying or wielding it.
Truth Seer. While holding the sword, you gain advantage on all Wisdom (Insight) checks.
Destroying the Sword. Zariel can destroy the
Ranger
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hiding themselves in brush and rubble. Rangers focus their combat training on techniques that are particularly useful against their specific favored foes. Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds
, rangers acquire the ability to cast spells that harness nature’s power, much as a druid does. Their spells, like their combat abilities, emphasize speed, stealth, and the hunt. A ranger’s
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
destroy Nafas is to take his place.
Nafas as a Patron
In addition to linking the adventures in this book, you can use Nafas as a group patron (detailed in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything). In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
A Book of Books Candlekeep Mysteries is an anthology of adventures written by members of the Dungeons & Dragons community. Each adventure begins with a book that the characters find in Candlekeep, an
enormous library located on the Sword Coast in the Forgotten Realms setting. If you’re not running a Forgotten Realms campaign, you can adapt the adventures in this book for other settings
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
guild.
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I was a member of this guild before the Dimir recruited me.
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I don’t like what this guild stands for and want to destroy it from within.
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I secretly wish I could
people’s nightmares.
6
Combat is meant to be quick, clean, and one-sided.
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I like to stick to the shadows.
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I never show my anger. I just plot my revenge.
Ideals
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
choice, as appropriate to your factionLanguages: Two of your choiceEquipment: Badge or emblem of your faction, a copy of a seminal faction text (or a code-book for a covert faction), a set of common
and seek to destroy.
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Flaw
1
I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2
I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
temple where I served.
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I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.
d6
Flaw
1
I judge others harshly, and myself even more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
delightful terror of his more intelligent victims. Trepsin cares mostly about combat and mayhem, but he has found that serving the cult makes combat and mayhem more likely. He’s very devoted to Talis, and he
even use red, blue, and green stripes as coded bits of clothing. A few banners showing cult insignia also exist, but most of those are being held in reserve for the days when the dragons rise to take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
delightful terror of his more intelligent victims. Trepsin cares mostly about combat and mayhem, but he has found that serving the cult makes combat and mayhem more likely. He’s very devoted to Talis, and he
even use red, blue, and green stripes as coded bits of clothing. A few banners showing cult insignia also exist, but most of those are being held in reserve for the days when the dragons rise to take
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
1/day each: bane, create or destroy waterDecay and despair are bound up in the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to
Combat. I despise most other dragons, but I meet them face to face without resorting to the base trickery I use on lesser creatures. (Lawful)
Topaz Dragon Adventures
The Topaz Dragon
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice with which to combat foes. These weapons are supernaturally resilient until Auril discards them, whereupon they break and melt like normal ice.
Auril the Frostmaiden
Auril the Frostmaiden is a
her current weakened state.
Auril’s Three Forms
In her current weakened state, Auril can assume three different forms. To destroy her, heroes must reduce each of her forms to 0 hit points one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Introduction: Forge of the Artificer Introduction
Forge of the Artificer
Introduction
When the gorgon’s breath
gives life instead of stony death,
when fires create instead of destroy
book is an extensive supplement to Eberron: Rising from the Last War. That book is a comprehensive guide to the world of Eberron; this one adds new character options, new campaign models, and new
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
feeling about who might fulfill their duties strictly by the book.
Suggested Characteristics
The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all
I’m full of inspiring and cautionary tales from my military experience relevant to almost every combat situation.
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I can stare down a hell hound without flinching.
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I enjoy being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, inanimate item like a window, door, sword, book, table, chair, or stone. It isn’t a building or a vehicle, which are composed of many objects. Time-Limited Object Interactions When time is short, such
as in combat, interactions with objects are limited: one free interaction per turn. That interaction must occur during a creature’s movement or action. Any additional interactions require the Utilize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, inanimate item like a window, door, sword, book, table, chair, or stone. It isn’t a building or a vehicle, which are composed of many objects. Time-Limited Object Interactions When time is short, such
as in combat, interactions with objects are limited: one free interaction per turn. That interaction must occur during a creature’s movement or action. Any additional interactions require the Utilize
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
test of faith, Remi has been tasked with using her connection to her former patron—the arcanaloth Nebukath—to help the holy order obtain and destroy the Book of Vile Darkness. Remi has gotten the
necessary information from Nebukath, but stealing the book is beyond her ability, so she recruits the characters to carry out this task for the order. Remi offers no reward, but if the characters bring the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Finding the Book Characters in the Great Library of Candlekeep might encounter The Book of Inner Alchemy while researching one of the following topics: The nature of ki and its uses in hand-to-hand
combat and healing Legends pertaining to immortality Monastic traditions, especially the Way of the Open Hand The crafting of magic weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
New Rules and Styles The creatures in this book generally follow the core rules, but we’ve made a few tweaks. These new rules and presentation styles are designed to make combat encounters easier to run, more fun, and more memorable.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Eldritch Master At 20th level, you can draw on your inner reserve of mystical power while entreating your patron to regain expended spell slots. You can spend 1 minute entreating your patron for aid
the Tome. Your Book of Shadows might be a fine, gilt-edged tome with spells of enchantment and illusion, gifted to you by the lordly Archfey. It could be a weighty tome bound in demon hide studded with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Eldritch Master At 20th level, you can draw on your inner reserve of mystical power while entreating your patron to regain expended spell slots. You can spend 1 minute entreating your patron for aid
the Tome. Your Book of Shadows might be a fine, gilt-edged tome with spells of enchantment and illusion, gifted to you by the lordly Archfey. It could be a weighty tome bound in demon hide studded with






