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absorbs over the course of its lifetime explodes outward when the darkling dies, incinerating the creature and much of its possessions.
Love of Art. Despite their curse, darklings retain a fondness
qualify to undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling some of the darkling's absorbed light away from its body. If the ritual succeeds, the
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much of its possessions.
Love of Art. Despite their curse, darklings retain a fondness for the beauty of art. A darkling might risk taking a peek at a sunset or lighting a tiny candle to glimpse
the colors in a painting or a jewel.
Elder Transformation. A wise and respected darkling can qualify to undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos
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Liquefaction Ritual. The shator can perform a 1-minute ritual that turns all willing farastu demodand;farastus and kelubar demodand;kelubars of its choice within 60 feet of itself into a living liquid form. Each
liquefied in this way, a demodand has the paralyzed condition despite any immunity to that condition, it has immunity to all damage, and any curse affecting it is suspended.
Magic Resistance. The shator
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, fly, hold person, suggestion, wall of fire
1/day each: dominate person, etherealness, feeblemindLong ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have
.
Hungry to claim more power despite the Raven Queen’s curse, nagpas strive to bring about world-shaking destruction. From the shadows, they manipulate events to bring about ruin. They can bring to
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dust, clearing the way for new growth and construction.
Despite being competent swimmers and making their lairs on seacoasts and in brackish marshes, topaz dragons hate the water. Unfortunately
Creatures
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Moved by pity, a giant eagle continues bringing food to an abandoned topaz dragon wyrmling, despite the wyrmling’s attempts to eat the eagle.
2
A pseudodragon who is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
in. A few drops of blood or ichor from a demon lord, to connect with the demons the ritual will call. Gromph Baenre’s grimoires and notes on his ritual, to assist in better understanding the power
have the ability to devise and cast a ritual, similar to Gromph’s but nowhere near as dangerous or foolish, that will draw the most powerful demon lords together to the site of the original summoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
? The final piece? I can tell from the spring in your step that you do! How exciting!
“While you’ve been away, we’ve deduced that Vecna needs to conduct his ritual in a place of great import where he
surprise, steal the rod, and flee to Pandemonium to free Miska the Wolf-Spider before confronting Vecna. Even if a character is already attuned to the rod, Kas plans to steal it. Despite what he has said
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sign of any inconvenience, Lolth abandons her allies. Despite that fact, some believe her patronage is valuable. Most recently, Lolth allied with Vecna. The archlich promised Lolth a place at his side
as the second-most powerful being in existence if she aids his efforts to use the Ritual of Remaking to re-form the multiverse. Lolth has deployed armies to protect Vecna on Pandemonium, though if the tide turns against the archlich, Lolth plans to strand her forces. Ekaterina Burmak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Evermeet Uaul’Selu’Keryth. In your tongue, the name might be translated as “At War with the Weave.” When twelve High Mages last performed this ritual, the world was torn asunder. It is a power no
suffers their presence only for a short time, forcing them to vacate the realm or be overcome by it. It was, in part, this situation that led to the creation of Evermeet. By means of a cataclysmic ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
adventurers guessing as to the identity of the villain is to ensure that more than one suspect has a secret. When questioned by the adventurers, a suspect might appear nervous or attempt to lie, despite being
, such as an unfinished message written in the victim’s blood, a piece of jewelry left behind by the villain, or a weapon found hidden in a suspect’s room. A clue should connect a suspect to the crime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
complaining about “the master” while the other talks about something he once fished out of the Darklake.
Map 4.5: Cultist Pens The three cave bears (use the polar bear statistics) are alert, despite
” sidebar). Spiral Path This path helps to channel the ritual magic the cultists use to tame the cave bears. Though the ritual is currently inactive, the area radiates a faint aura of enchantment under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
controlling its spectral weapon as a bonus action. That bonus action does not involve casting a spell, despite the fact that it’s granted by a spell, so you can control the weapon and cast whatever spell
counterspell on him. Cornelius also has counterspell prepared, so he uses his reaction to cast it and break his foe’s counterspell before it can stop fireball. Does casting a spell as a ritual require
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
table suggests ways to justify why the characters are cooperating. Party Makeup 1d8 Composition 1 One-House Party. Choose a dragonmarked house and connect all characters to it. 2 Bodyguards. A
, so it’s helpful for the player characters to find common ground that unites them despite their differences in house affiliation and agenda. Many house members have friends and acquaintances among other houses. Those positive associations can bind an adventuring party together.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Entering into a Deal Despite their thirst for trapping mortal souls in binding contracts, devils can enter into deals only in specific circumstances. The easiest way for a devil to forge a deal is to
in “Devil True Names and Talismans” in the Monster Manual), instead of binding the devil into service, the summoner can create a ritual circle that allows the devil to forge a deal. Once the deal is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
to dispel the collective power of the secrets Vecna gathered, rendering the lich’s Ritual of Remaking useless. Despite looking identical to Mordenkainen, Kas has no significant magical power. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
catalyze one of Pharika’s experiments.
6 Perfect a perilous ritual to awaken the landscape and learn how to discover its forgotten lore.
A Pharika Campaign Pharika delights in testing the limits
slaying the monstrous guardians of a place that holds the medicine needed to cure a plague. Then, before leaving the area, they or the god’s other servants might sow the seeds of a new threat. Despite any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
connect to. Each gate-town shares many of the characteristics of the plane where its gate leads. Planar emissaries often meet in these gate-towns, so it isn’t unusual to see strange interactions, such as
deadly sabotage across the Outlands. Despite these conflicts, the Outlands remains a plane of balance. Toward the center of the plane, away from the gate-towns, lie vast stretches of land similar to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
10. Stone Giants’ Chamber Two 20-foot-tall, 8-foot-wide archways connect this chamber to the lower courtyard. Any loud disturbance in the courtyard alerts the stone giants that dwell here. In the
gladly aid in its defense. Presently, Wiglof is using a magic cauldron (see “Treasure”) to perform an augury ritual and hopes to ascertain the most likely outcome of Blagothkus’s alliance with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
10. Stone Giants’ Chamber Two 20-foot-tall, 8-foot-wide archways connect this chamber to the lower courtyard. Any loud disturbance in the courtyard alerts the stone giants that dwell here. In the
and gladly aid in its defense. Presently, Wiglof is using a magic cauldron (see “Treasure” below) to perform an augury ritual and hopes to ascertain the most likely outcome of Blagothkus’s alliance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
captives in case the Six needed them for some ritual, though it knows nothing more than that. The Dran & Courtier As you draw closer, you see the sign marking the Dran & Courtier swinging slowly despite
Mission to Red Larch At whatever point in the search process you deem appropriate, the characters narrow down the search for the ritual site to a final location: the settlement of Red Larch on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
might remain aware.
Day 6: No appreciable loss of vigor.
Day 11: Still no appreciable loss of vigor.
Day 13: Ritual must commence tomorrow despite subject’s high level of mental activity.
Day
is beauty. INSIDE THE MIND OF A GNOLL
From a journal recovered from a slain cultist of Yeenoghu:
Day 2: The subject continues to growl and struggle, despite the removal of its arms and legs. I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Undeath I’ve never met a creature I didn’t love. But I have met a few I didn’t want alive.
-Fizban
Despite their incredible life spans, some dragons pursue undeath to extend their existences
dragon into undergoing a foul ritual. In the world of the Forgotten Realms, this ritual originated with the Cult of the Dragon, whose teachings (based on a mistranslated fragment of ancient prophecy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. The Banites’ ritual is designed to break Shan’s will, making him subservient to Bane. Amath has been using this ritual to “turn” broadsheet publishers as
Manshoon or his simulacrum to arrive and retrieve it shortly. Outer Scaffolding The tower is encircled by wooden scaffolding covered with ice and snow. Despite its precarious appearance, the scaffolding is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
be obsolete. Getting Around Portals connect various locations in the Abyss, but these passages are as unreliable as anything else in this environment. Most of them fluctuate, sometimes winking in and
out of existence or connecting to different layers at random. Rituals exist that travelers can use to attune a portal to a certain domain. However, the exact specifications of such a ritual vary for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
sewers. Stop the spread of a deadly drug or strange disease flowing from a well tied to Khyber. Khyber is an ever-present threat. Any deep passage could connect to a realm of fiends or spew out an army
of aberrations. Despite the magnitude of this threat, portals to Khyber are very rare, and they are stable once found. If you dig a hole in the ground, the odds that you’ll eventually reach the Vale of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, burning cinders, and heated smoke. These beings are tangible despite largely being made of flames and particles, and they can uses their vague limbs to ignite foes and flammable materials. Fire elementals
, wildfires, or magma flows that connect to their home plane. All the elements bow to fire. The strongest earth melts. Water boils. Even air ignites. We are all souls of flame, and we know what it is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
food. Despite their displeasure, they keep the kitchen clean and tidy, as befits their orderly nature. The living unseen servants have no function other than to deliver meals. The stove is powered by
connect to various other locations in Dweomercore and are used to receive food orders (though food is not sent through them). From left to right, the tubes are labeled with their destinations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creatures
1 Moved by pity, a giant eagle continues bringing food to an abandoned topaz dragon wyrmling, despite the wyrmling’s attempts to eat the eagle.
2 A pseudodragon who is fanatical
their own.
5 A sea hag is on the hunt for a topaz dragon wyrmling, to be used as a component in a fell ritual.
6 A pirate crew keeps a curmudgeonly topaz dragon wyrmling as a beloved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
risk. The light a darkling absorbs over the course of its lifetime explodes outward when the darkling dies, incinerating the creature and much of its possessions. Love of Art. Despite their curse
and respected darkling can qualify to undergo a ritual to become an elder. Other elders mark the supplicant with glowing tattoos, channeling some of the darkling’s absorbed light away from its body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Despite these different goals and varying methods, the elemental cults are linked to each other by forces they don’t fully understand. From world to world and age to age, the cults of Elemental Evil
symbol associated with each of the four cults. They could figure out how the four symbols connect to form a fifth symbol: that of the Elder Elemental Eye.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
temporarily serves its creator as a thug, a thief, and a kidnapper. Birthed by Hags. In the earliest days of the world, a coven of night hags devised a ritual that led to the creation of the first
banderhobb. A hag that knows the ritual might be willing to teach it for the right price. Some other dark fey and powerful fiends also know of the process, as do a few mortal mages. Instructions might also be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Wiltroot Hall Despite its location on the outer grounds of Witherbloom College’s campus, Wiltroot Hall is normally a safe locale. But the activities of Murgaxor and his mage hunter servitors have
will eventually culminate in his destructive ritual in chapter 6. Evidence of his magic persists in area W5. The strange energy of his magic has drawn creatures to the area around Wiltroot Hall and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Nagpa Long ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have helped avert a war between the gods. She transformed them into the scabrous, birdlike
remain alive, thanks to their cunning and their willingness to do whatever is necessary to survive. Hungry to claim more power despite the Raven Queen’s curse, nagpas strive to bring about world-shaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
are certainly those among them who might try if they could see a way to retain their own powers.
The Silence. When the squabbling of the gods threatened the world once more despite Kruphix’s warning
crossing the horizon. Then the blindfolds are removed as the faithful intone a paean to Kruphix. The hope is that Kruphix will choose to reveal himself at the climax of the ritual, whether by the appearance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
that hires them, yugoloths almost never fight on their home plane of Gehenna despite the fact that both sides sometimes traverse it and many battles of the Blood War are fought there. A yugoloth killed
in Gehenna can’t be restored to life except through an exceptional ritual, so the sums required to entice one to fight on its home plane are astronomical … and making such a bargain always draws the attention of the ultroloths.