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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Map of Mystery The mystery surrounding the Book of the Raven has to do with the map Anil Zasperdes slipped between its pages. It’s clear that the map was never part of the book to begin with. You can
Scarlet Sash, a group of wereravens known for stealing magic items from evil individuals and hiding evil items from the world at large. He chose the Book of the Raven as a hiding place for the map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
spells. The Princess of the Shadow Glass has the ability to misdirect such inquiries.
The Scrivener’s Tale. Questions asked about the book with commune or divination spells yield only the information
which the book binds the Princess of the Shadow Glass, even as it allows her to magically mark the book’s readers and others near and dear to them.
Princess of the Shadow Glass. Commune and divination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Background Centuries ago, a family living in a remote water mill endured a string of unfortunate events. A malevolent spirit called Shemshime attached itself to the family and caused the “accidents
cautionary tale meant to warn people to keep their attention on their chores. When a traveling gnome bard heard the tale, he was so intrigued that he set the story down in the book, Shemshime’s Bedtime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
set up an ambush in a remote location. All are fanatically loyal to the queen and fight to the end. If the characters capture and subdue one or more of these assailants, threats and intimidation do
set on ending the threat of the princess by destroying the book and all those connected to it. If the characters ask about the Princess of the Shadow Glass, the elves say that she was exiled from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, and the relatively small stature of present-day humans is a mark of their degeneracy. Others imagine remote realms—cloud castles or lost continents—where Brobdingnagian people dwell, set apart from
live apart in remote steadings, undersea palaces, subterranean realms, and flying citadels. Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants explores giants’ role in D&D and their realms across the worlds. It delves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
became Markos’s obsession. He sequestered himself and his fellow researchers in the remote Delphi Mansion. Markos used astrology-based magic to attempt to contact other planes, and something finally
from the sage’s library. In addition to containing lore about stars and the planes of existence, the book describes rituals that can be used to summon extraplanar entities. Krokulmar needs Markos to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Attack on the Great Library After delivering The Book of Inner Alchemy to the characters, an embarrassed member of the Avowed informs them that critical pages from the tome are missing. “My apologies
, seekers, but The Book of Inner Alchemy has been vandalized. This manual is said to grant untold power over life and death to anyone who can master its secrets … and last night, someone had the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Ring of Siberys is intact, and contact between Eberron and the worlds and planes beyond its cosmology is impossible. This is the default assumption of this book. On the other hand, you might want
hidden in remote libraries. But if Asmodeus has only just discovered Eberron and begun to influence it for the first time, there is no lore about him to be discovered on Eberron. He has no power base
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Inner Ward The poster map included with this book shows the Inner Ward, which contains the Great Library—a veritable forest of stone towers clumped around stockier buildings, all joined together in
highest shelves. Continual flame spells light the well-traveled areas, and the Avowed employ driftglobes when visiting remote sections. An intricate arrangement of mounted mirrors lights the upper reaches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, perhaps burning farmland and devouring livestock, demanding tribute from a village, or holding captives for ransom. Alternatively, a dragon might have established a new lair in the remote wilderness
a dragon down for an all-out fight in most other sites. You can use one of the lair maps in chapter 5 of this book as the key location for such an adventure, fleshing the site out with features and inhabitants using the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. The process usually transformed subjects into the spindly creatures her devotees expected, but occasionally, an elf changed into a choldrith (appears in this book): an arachnid Monstrosity able to
can be found in remote, gloomy areas of the surface world, warring against Lolth’s enemies. The cult of Lolth still creates chitines as the need arises. Outside the presence of a choldrith, chitines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
crocodile 5 Mammoth 6 Flail snail (appears in this book) 7 Triceratops 8 Water elemental Archdruid
Medium Humanoid (Druid), Any Alignment
Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Hit Points 154 (28d8 + 28
, faerie fire, tree stride
1/day each: commune with nature (as an action), mass cure wounds
Bonus Actions
Change Shape (2/Day). The archdruid magically transforms into a Beast or an Elemental with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giant Patrons Many of the adventure hooks throughout this book involve giants asking characters for help or hiring them to carry out a task. This section outlines long-term patron roles giants might
the adventure hooks and other information included here. Each of the roles described here corresponds (at least loosely) to a patron type described in that book, as shown on the Giant Patrons table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
both leaders to discover which has the worthier claim.
8 A bronze dragon fears that a remote library-fortress is no longer the best place to safeguard an infamous tome called the Antitheorem
magical book that teleports back and forth between them.
3 A young bronze dragon seeks to turn a band of cyclopes into a disciplined army, with little success.
4 A young bronze dragon has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, and examples of these peoples appear in chapter 6 of this book.) The principle of peace leads the knights to cooperate with other peoples
Adventure Hook 1 Characters arriving in a remote village are greeted by a stern giant who urges them to move along quickly, as the town is under the giant’s protection. 2 A wandering knight of the stewards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
look at a diagram in a book. No mortal can verify whether Mount Celestia is sandwiched between Bytopia and Arcadia, but it’s a convenient theoretical construct based on the philosophical shading among
, it overlays the Material Plane and can be reached through “thin places” where the worlds are particularly close: through caves, by sailing far across the sea, or in fairy rings in remote forests. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Alhoon Mind flayers that pursue arcane magic are exiled as deviants, and for them no everlasting communion with an elder brain (appears in this book) is possible. The road to lichdom offers an
the colony for their own safety. Once they taste freedom from the colony, some prize their privacy, others seek to commune with similar minds, and still others seek to dominate a colony by elevating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giant society. The head of the pantheon is the All-Father, but most giants view him as a remote, disinterested, or deeply disappointed father who has little role to play in giant life any more. The other
worlds, or giants shared the worlds with dragons. In other myths, Annam worked with other gods to create worlds together. Diancastra’s Saga, told in part in the introduction to this book, describes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
through four tall bay windows that look out on the butterfly garden (area C25). Furnishings include a luxurious armchair and a small side table where an empty wine glass sits atop a small book. A door in
notes in his journal. Journal. The small book on the side table is a journal that Victoro Cassalanter uses to take notes while reading. It mostly contains dry observations on atlases of Faerûn and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
into a library of sorts. Ossuaries riddle the walls of his bizarre exhibit, their ledges richly decorated with grave goods paid to the departed. The Master of Bones uses necromancy to commune with
, a friendly, lawful good bodak (see Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse; replace with a lawful good revenant if you don’t have that book). Sir Cleave eagerly assists customers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dal Quor and Eberron and disrupting the cycle of the planes. As a result, Dal Quor is always remote in relation to the Material Plane, and no manifest zones are tied to Dal Quor. The only way to reach
placed in its center. 3 An eladrin commune that holds powerful esoteric knowledge is nestled in the depths of a forest inhabited by large numbers of pixies. 4 The magic of the fey runs deep here. Saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Far Realm to commune with their newfound god and perform their ritual. Oshundo knows they had some trouble erecting their gate to the Far Realm and doesn’t know how they solved that problem—likely by
homunculus nearby. Unless the mind flayer is aware that intruders are active in Illithinoch, Gulguush is sitting at the desk, composing a book of prayers to Ilvaash. The homunculus perches on the back of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
smiling ones appear in chapter 3 of this book.
Masks of Nobility Ancient depictions of Memnor often showed him wearing a two-faced mask. Because of this, cloud giant nobles seldom show their faces, but
the crafters couldn’t succeed. (See chapter 3 of this book for more information on fire giant dreadnoughts.) Fire giants don’t spend a lot of time crafting works of art, although they would maintain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
more interesting than an old vine-covered wizard’s tower in the woods? Is the headquarters remote or within a settlement — perhaps an old tavern or caravansary the characters can restore? It can be
in chapter 1 of this book. Part of that feel comes from the substantial benefits that characters gain from franchise features and company positions — mechanical boons, magic items, access to powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the region hears whispers from celestial beings or refrains of celestial choirs. The character can ask those voices one question as if using the commune spell. 49–54 Aberrations, fiends, and undead in
silverfish destroy one random book or other paper item that isn’t magical. 81–85 One random creature in the region must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or become host to a particularly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a large book clad in black leather with the Zhentarim symbol imprinted on the front. Oboth suspects that someone in town knows where the tomb is hidden, or knows some bit of lore hinting at its
the spirit mound’s name refers to. The Sky Ponies use the stone as an altar, and Sky Pony shamans believe they can commune with Uthgar simply by touching the boulder while its surface is bathed in