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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
their tribes and their allies. In order to cement ties to their ancestral guardians, barbarians who follow this path cover themselves in elaborate tattoos that celebrate their ancestors’ deeds
. These tattoos tell sagas of victories against terrible monsters and other fearsome rivals.
Path of the Ancestral Guardian Features
Barbarian Level
Feature
3rd
Ancestral Protectors
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
quori's Possession for 24 hours after succeeding on the saving throw or after the possession ends.Quori
Dal Quor is the plane of dreams and is currently dominated by a dark power known as il-Lashtavar
, or the Dreaming Dark. Il-Lashtavar is served by a host of aberrations that are the embodiments of dreams and nightmares — the quori. Because it is difficult for anything to physically travel to or
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the kraken, and it takes 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start
the kraken’s next turn.Hidden in a deep, dark underwater pit near the Styes, this creature bears the mark of the dark god Tharizdun’s madness. Becoming more independent every day, it
Darkling
Legacy
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
speak of a seelie fey who betrayed the Summer Queen. His true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath
, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every part of their body with clothing when exposure to light is a risk. The light a darkling
Darkling Elder
Legacy
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath that she cursed every member of his house. Other fey refer to the descendants of Dubh Catha's house as the dubh sith-or
.
The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the scavver. The scavver can have one creature swallowed at a time.
A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, has total cover
creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.Brown scavvers are 10 feet long and range in color from sun-dappled brownish gold to dark
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
their tribes and their allies. In order to cement ties to their ancestral guardians, barbarians who follow this path cover themselves in elaborate tattoos that celebrate their ancestors’ deeds
. These tattoos tell sagas of victories against terrible monsters and other fearsome rivals.
Path of the Ancestral Guardian Features
Barbarian Level
Feature
3rd
Ancestral Protectors
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Attack. Hutijin makes one Claw, Mace, or Tail attack.
Teleport. Hutijin uses Teleport.
Lightning Storm (Costs 2 Actions). Hutijin releases lightning in a 30-foot radius, blocked only by total cover. All
rivals. Other archdevils know how much Hutijin despises mortals and have secretly disseminated the means to call him from the Nine Hells in the hope of distracting the archdevil long enough for them to
Kraken
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the kraken, and it takes 42 (12d6);{"diceNotation
current disperses the cloud, which otherwise disappears at the end of the kraken's next turn.A Kraken’s Lair
A kraken lives in dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
—a nervous disorder that manifests as trembling. It can affect her balance and her stride, but she has learned to cast her spells unimpeded by it.
Despite her firm grasp of the dark arts, she
Reghed Glacier. The orb was recently stolen by Nass Lantomir, one of Vellynne’s rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood. Vellynne intends to get it back before resuming her quest to find Ythryn
Tiefling
Legacy
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
half masks that cover their eyes. The masks’ runic magic allows these giants not only to see normally, but also to see through illusions, invisibility, darkness, and other forms of magical
trickery.
Years of successful wagers make destiny gamblers so confident in their ability to win any challenge that they invite potential rivals to name the terms of a wager. Those who are foolish enough to
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the kraken, and it takes 42 (12d6);{"diceNotation":"12d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the
cloud, which otherwise disappears at the end of the kraken's next turn.A Kraken’s Lair
A kraken lives in dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with detritus, treasure, and
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
cover against attacks and other effects outside the thessalkraken, and it takes 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start
acid.A Thessalkraken’s Lair
A thessalkraken lives in the dark depths, usually a sunken rift or a cavern filled with detritus, treasure, and the remains of sacrificial victims.
Lair Actions
On
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Fantasy Torments For Darklords in dark fantasy settings, power is at the root of their suffering. Perhaps their rise to dominance led them to sacrifice what mattered to them most, or they
secretly seek to be rid of their might but fear being without it. Dark Fantasy Torments d8 Torment
1 The Darklord’s regime is fraught with spies and saboteurs, increasing the Darklord’s paranoia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
town leaderless. Militia. Good Mead can muster up to 20 soldiers (use the tribal warrior stat block) and 2 veterans. Heraldry. A dark brown drinking mug made of a cut-off section of horn, with an
antler handle added, upright and centered on a white field, representing the town’s mead exports and its cold, snowy climate. Sacrifice to Auril. Warmth (see "Sacrifices to Auril"). Rivals. Caer-Dineval, Caer-Konig.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
conflict is part of the very nature of sapphire dragons. Militant and territorial, they defend their lairs fiercely, ambushing intruders and plotting assaults against their rivals. The sonic pulse of their
the lair.
Cobweb-Choked Tunnels. Adventurers who manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Layers of Villainy Although the characters have no way to discover this fact at present, the attack on Tresendar Manor was carried out by operatives working for the Six. That dark cabal of dark
individuals wants to bring dark forces into the world — and its members have a specific motive of wanting to destroy Acquisitions Incorporated in the process. However, most of the agents involved in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Complications and Rivals The franchise and downtime activities introduced in this section all incorporate the idea that such activities can introduce ongoing complications to the campaign, and that
anything a franchise’s characters or employees do might bring the franchise into conflict with rivals. If you use Xanathar’s Guide to Everything in your games, you’re probably already familiar with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
.
2 The characters were involved in the Hour of Ascension and share a Dark Gift (see chapter 1).
3 One of the characters is the perfect vessel for a new Darklord or Azalin’s rebirth.
4
The party is forced to work with an evil being, one from the Darkon Rivals table or another Darklord.
5 The dead of Darkon wish to aid the characters, flocking to them in a growing legion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
The Environment By its nature, adventuring involves delving into places that are dark, dangerous, and full of mysteries to be explored. The rules in this section cover some of the most important ways in which adventurers interact with the environment in such places.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Environment By its nature, adventuring involves delving into places that are dark, dangerous, and full of mysteries to be explored. The rules in this section cover some of the most important ways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
soldiers (use the tribal warrior stat block) and 2 veterans. Heraldry. A crenellated stone watchtower (three merlons, two crenellations) on a dark blue field, with a horizontal red fish facing right
beneath the tower, representing the town’s vigilance, harbor, and proud fishing tradition. Sacrifice to Auril. Food (see "Sacrifices to Auril"). Rivals. Caer-Konig, Easthaven.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
loose rocks or other cover, and require a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check to notice. Light. The stronghold is dark unless otherwise noted.
Map 12.1: Neronvain’s Stronghold
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
creatures to squeeze through. They are obscured behind loose rocks or other cover, and require a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check to notice. Light. The stronghold is dark unless otherwise noted.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Harkon Lukas’s Torment The Dark Powers endlessly stymie Harkon’s quest for fame, assaulting his ego in the following ways: Harkon is obsessed with spreading his fame and travels Kartakass endlessly
talent. His protégés swiftly attain stardom, and with it, Harkon’s resentment. Harkon’s frustration eventually gives way to indulgences of his lycanthropic hungers. Bloody slaughters of his students and rivals often precede him moving on to another town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
) and 12 veterans. Heraldry. A snowflake at the top center of a steel-gray field, above a horizontal brown field that forms the left-hand base, and a dark blue field that forms the right-hand base; where
they meet is a thin white tower. The brown field represents the Eastway, the tower represents the town, and the blue field is Lac Dinneshere. Sacrifice to Auril. Humanoid (see "Sacrifices to Auril"). Rivals. Caer-Dineval, Caer-Konig.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
soldiers (use the tribal warrior stat block) and 2 veterans. Heraldry. A white fish silhouette rising from the center bottom of a dark blue field, which has a white border on all sides but its bottom
. The fish signifies the local fishing trade, and the broken border represents the snow and the harbor surrounding the town. Sacrifice to Auril. Food (see "Sacrifices to Auril"). Rivals. Caer-Dineval, Easthaven.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
references in other works to a book whose cover matches Sarah’s sketch—a tome called Retribution of the Ancients. That work is not a part of Candlekeep’s collection, but several of the Avowed know it by reputation. It is a dark work of ritual magic, its contents potentially deadly in the wrong hands.
Lord Viallis’s Tome The crude sketch composed by Sarah shows the monster on the leather-bound cover of the book Lord Viallis was reading. This creature is a representation of the statue in area B7 of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dragonmarked houses, noble families, and other driving forces. Because Dreaming Dark agents can communicate and coordinate with one another in dreams, they never have to risk losing their cover to receive
Dreaming Dark NPCs Agents of the Dreaming Dark are insidious villains that can appear anywhere, in almost any context. They receive orders from a cabal of powerful quori. The leader of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
— black, red, white, silver, or gold — with no visible sclera or pupil. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red, blue, or purple.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
— black, red, white, silver, or gold — with no visible sclera or pupil. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red, blue, or purple.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K54. Familiar Room The low ceiling of this twenty-foot-square room presses down on you. Torn and broken couches lie in heaps, haphazardly strewn about. Deep claw marks cover the hardwood furniture
, and the once lush upholstery has been sliced to shreds. From the dark shadows amid the rubble, three pairs of green eyes stare back at you. The three cats are familiars of the witches in area K56. If the familiars see the characters here, the witches are alerted to their presence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Infernal War Machine Combat All the warlords described in this adventure use infernal war machines to strike fear into their rivals, fend off demons and other threats, and flee from Zariel’s devil
vehicle rules don’t cover, fall back on the core rules. For example, if a character wants to leap from one moving vehicle to another, determine whether the character succeeds or not with a Strength






