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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
mistook Floon for him. If the characters ask Renaer to join their search for Floon, he agrees to do so, arming himself with a dagger and a rapier scavenged from the dead Zhents in the warehouse. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Mogis-worshiping raiders make brutal sacrifices and endlessly quarrel, their war cries echoing through the canyon. The Stratian Front Soldiers from the Akroan army monitor Phoberos and patrol the
Vesios erupted. Numerous undead wander these lands, many not realizing that they’re dead as they wander half-buried ruins. These lands are also the home of the Felhide minotaurs and the bleached dragon oracle known as Timedrinker.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
L4. Dancing Dead The passage that leads to this room from the north can be described as follows: This narrow passage is about ten feet high in most places, with rough, irregular walls. Protruding
, releasing a rockfall. If Oreioth is in position, he waits until at least two intruders have entered the cave, then he moves away from the peephole and pulls the lever. When he does, he cries, easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and snuffs its living breath, its spirit cries out to the demon lord Orcus or some vile god of the underworld for a reprieve: undeath in return for eternal war on the living. If a dark power answers
Eaters. Neither dead nor alive, a wight exists in a transitional state between one world and the next. The bright spark it possessed in life is gone, and in its place is a yearning to consume that spark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Banshee When night falls, unlucky travelers hear the faint cries of the forlorn dead. This woeful spirit is a banshee, a spiteful creature formed from the spirit of a female elf. Banshees appear as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
(1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Multiattack. The warlock makes two Rapier attacks, or it uses Bewildering Word twice.
Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit
warlock casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: detect magic, guidance, levitate, mage armor (self only), mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation, speak with dead
1/day each: arcane gate, detect thoughts, true seeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
spell kills the target, its soul is trapped in the hag’s soul bag, and the target can’t be raised from the dead until its soul is released.
Spellcasting. The hag casts one of the following spells
+1 +1
Con 11 +0 +0
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 12 +1 +1
Wis 14 +2 +2
Cha 16 +3 +3
Skills Deception +5, Insight +4, Persuasion +5
Gear Breastplate, Rapier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
his son in the church’s undercroft, where he remains to this day. Doru hasn’t fed since he was imprisoned, and he cries out to his father at all hours. Meanwhile, Donavich prays day and night, hoping
memory of her past. Kolyan adopted her and loved her dearly. Every night at midnight, the spirits of dead adventurers rise up out of the church graveyard, forming a silent procession as they walk the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Pistol, Rapier
Senses Passive Perception 15
Languages Common plus one other language
CR 6 (XP 2,300; PB +3)
Actions
Multiattack. The pirate makes three attacks, using Rapier or Pistol in any
combination.
Rapier. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Piercing damage, and the pirate has Advantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of this turn.
Pistol. Ranged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
warrior adorns its lid.
A mummy rests in the coffin, clutching a +1 Rapier to its wrinkled chest. If disturbed, the mummy awakens, releases the rapier, and attacks. B32: Ankheg Den Three empty coffins
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
encounter, characters seeking a missing body must find their quarry among the other dead, whether for themselves, another faction, or an interested party in Sigil. During the characters’ search, the
Player Version Three zombies process the dead under the supervision of two Duster morticians (each uses the cultist stat block). An animated coffin (see the appendix) loiters nearby. Periodically, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
deck. N’ghathrod carries a rapier as an affectation but it not proficient with the weapon.
Before it turned to a life of space piracy, N’ghathrod lived in a mind flayer colony on the ringed planet of
, relying on their darkvision to keep watch. 13b. Cargo Hold Ladder. A ladder bolted to a wall climbs to the upper deck (area 13a). Hanging upside down on the ladder is a dead orog in plate armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
floor, feebly trying to rise. He struggles to sit up when he sees you. “Maygan!” he cries. “My wife! Please find her!” Then he collapses again in another fit of coughing.
Selwyn (a commoner with 1
reveals that no one else, dead or alive, is inside. No remains can be found in the barn. Selwyn relates as much he can remember about what happened before he was beaten to unconsciousness. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
empty, but cries of pain can be heard coming from beyond the door. 7b. Unused Torture Chamber The walls of this room are lined with coiled whips, daggers, and other menacing tools. A small table in the
tries to arm herself. As a daughter of House Auvryndar, she uses her status in the house as a shield, claiming that she’s worth more alive than dead. If captured or cornered, she is willing to divulge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, with the following changes: Lord Drylund is unarmored (AC 11) and speaks Common, Dwarvish, and Elvish. He wields a rapier with a bejeweled octopus-shaped hilt (worth 2,500 gp). As long as Lord Drylund
on which rests a locked wooden chest rigged with a poison needle trap (see the “Sample Traps” section in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Lord Drylund hides the key inside a miniature “dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
!" a priest of the Sovereign Host cries, pointing to a grimy halfling clutching a silver chain and climbing up the side of a tower. 49–50 A young woman using a crutch and missing a leg approaches, asking
if you can spare any coin to help a Brelish veteran of the Last War. 51–52 Cries of alarm fill the street as a wooden crate from somewhere above crashes down into the lower city. 53–56 A splash of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
wrest the stone from them during the chaos of the jailbreak. If the characters refuse to play along, the doppelganger cries out in alarm, bringing the full weight of the courthouse garrison (ten guards
its true form when it dies.) Speak with dead spells can be cast on the cell block guards slain by the doppelganger to obtain testimony that clears the characters of the guards’ murder. Next Encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
years ago.) Corpses. Lying about the room are the bodies of eight guards wearing bloody and tattered House Gralhund livery over their chain shirts, as well as two dead Zhents in black leather armor. All
chairs, a chaise longue, a wine cabinet, and framed paintings of various long-dead members of the Gralhund family. Corpses. The bodies of the two guards lie atop bloodsoaked rugs. The guards wear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
leaps to land on one side of the chasm or the other (its choice) and doesn’t fall. F2. Trophies. The floor of this 10-foot-high tunnel is strewn with the bones of Mokingo Growling Bear, whose dead body
knocking her around like a ball, and it’s clear from her cries that Perilou is still alive. She has three levels of exhaustion but is otherwise unharmed. The appearance of intruders terrifies the yeti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lantomir is dead, but her weasel familiar yet lives I3. Nass Lantomir’s Ghost Nass Lantomir outsmarted her rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood by partnering with a pirate captain before leaving Luskan for
one would find us!” The sound isn’t coming from the weasel, but from the orb.
If anyone tries to pry the orb from the dead wizard’s fingers or otherwise disturbs the remains, Nass Lantomir’s ghost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
previous dream. All damage dealt by the dream-devils converts to psychic damage. The devils let out dying screams and fall dead when reduced to 0 hit points. This dream ends when half of the spined devils
open, her face alight with excitement. She cries out, “The sword, the sword! I know where it is!”
As the dream ends, the characters and Lulu wake up in the ritual space. Lulu can barely contain her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is intact and unguarded. One of the cages hanging from it contains a prisoner: a dead human that the ravens are feasting on. K4. Archer Platforms These wooden platforms creak and groan underfoot. Each
-shaped head. This humanoid contraption is attached to an arrangement of ropes and pulleys that make it look like a giant marionette.
When announcements or rallying cries need to be made, the top of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
an event occurs, the creature’s scream echoes through the Feywild. If it echoes at just the right angle between a rocky outcropping in the dead of night, the scream gains intensity and volume until
terrible creatures can be lulled into silence in two cases. They remain quiet when they stalk their prey, unleashing their shrieks only when they are about to attack. They also still their cries in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
falls into a magical trance that lasts for 1 hour. While in the trance, the creature is unaware of its surroundings as it dreams of hurtling through space toward a faraway, dead star. At the end of the
the party, the dandelion unsheathes its rapier to defend his beloved honeybee. Upon seeing Amidor, the cyclops roars in Giant, “You stole queen bee! Mudlump needs queen to make honey mead! Best mead in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Add: Standing behind the chair, holding an open book, is a bear of a man. His breastplate, rapier, silk tunic, and greasy beard glisten in the lamplight. Resting on small rugs to his left and right
are a pair of black mastiffs. Baron Vargas Vallakovich never goes anywhere without his two mastiffs. A paranoid man, he wears his breastplate and rapier even while relaxing in his library. Two of his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, with shouting and cheering patrons clustered around it. Numbered rats scurry along their respective lanes. As the rats cross the finish line, cries of victory and groans of defeat erupt from the
notices you, he curls his lips in a lopsided smile. “Well, now,” he says. “What can I do for you?”
Quentin (lawful evil, gnome noble) shrewdly shuns combat, but he draws his rapier and defends himself if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
haphazardly stacked atop one another to conserve space. The crooked high-rises darken cramped alleys, many of which are dead ends in more ways than one. Many residents of the city avoid the ward when
from a desperate human commoner and flees into a nearby alley. The victim cries for help from the characters. 8 Two ettercaps hiss at the characters from an abandoned tenement building cocooned in thick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
(Perception) score hears faint crying coming from a small stand of stones. Investigating the cries reveals a tiny winged figure, head in hands. This is Thunderwing, a sprite. She immediately gravitates
ingredients here and there in the room have infestations of mold and insects. Thunderwing looks forlornly about the kitchen and cries a bit, lamenting the loss of the Xanthoria she remembers. Lost Memento
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rise from the pool. Bobbing among the breaking ice, the bloated bodies of small humanoids stare up with wide, dead eyes.
The shift to extreme heat, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s
. Breathless Cave Giant spiders are seized in death among dead cave lizards, giant bats, a carrion crawler, and a female drow decked in fine chain mail, with ruby-pommeled knives at her hips. No injuries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
in which the characters can come to terms with the dragon. M39: Dead-End Cave and Sunken Hoard The water in this cave is 20 feet deep, and the damp ceiling is only 10 feet above the water. Treasure
inlaid with mother-of pearl (worth 25 GP), inside which are six Beads of Nourishment and six Beads of Refreshment Moon-Touched Sword (Rapier) Rusty anchor (worthless, but necessary to keep the boat from drifting)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Azrok’s Hold d10 Encounter 1 Halaster’s scrying eye (see “Halaster’s Lair”), which observes the characters silently for a minute before disappearing 2 A goblin child (noncombatant) eating a dead rat 3 A
with tiny gemstones sewn into it (2 gp). The characters can trade for this item like any other and return it to its proper owner (see area 21b). 21b. Sad Huggybug Huggybug, a goblin child, cries alone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Secret Door. This crypt is seemingly a dead end. A character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 20 or higher notices the secret door if they come within 5 feet of it. The detect magic
covered in thick, black algae. At the center of the room stands a well, from which emanates the sound of distant waves and the cries of sea birds.
Here, initiates of Habbakuk once made offerings to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
sense. For now, the tunnel leads only to a dead end. If the characters draw attention to themselves with light or noise, the pechs investigate. The pechs are initially indifferent toward the characters
carries a silvered rapier and wears Bracers of Defense. L9: Stinking Cave Arash Radkia Three hungry trolls pass the time in their foul-smelling cave This reeking cave is filled with rotting vegetation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
) are diligently carving a tunnel from this grotto up into the mountain toward an enclosed cavern they can sense. For now, the tunnel leads only to a dead end. If the characters draw attention with light
succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition for 8 hours. Treasure. The elf corpse carries a silvered rapier and wears Bracers of Defense. L8: Stinking Cave Arash Radkia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
difficult to gauge the chamber’s true size. Slumped against one of the columns is a dead man wearing a stone breastplate.
Any creature entering the cave for the first time on a turn or starting its turn
. The cries last only a few seconds, then stop suddenly.
Once the party can see the cave, read the following: Humanoid bones litter the floor of this cavern. Some skeletons are partially intact