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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
necrotic damage.After giving the characters their quest, Professor Lang hands them a file with information the faculty members have collected about Murgaxor from university records. Tell the players
the following to give them context about this evil spellcaster:
Murgaxor is a bullywug who attended Strixhaven 200 years ago. He was a member of Witherbloom College, though there are no records of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusionEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding
and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, invisibility, silent imageEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to
the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
death.
Sea spawn come in a wide variety of forms. An individual might have a tentacle for an arm, the jaws of a shark, a sea urchin’s spines, a whale’s fin, octopus eyes, seaweed hair, or
the Forgotten Realms setting) might notice one curious fact about the islands’ human inhabitants: no infants or elderly are among them. This is because babies born to the Rocklanders are claimed
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Acquisitions Incorporated
who study this entity claim that it is clearly evil and destructive. Others call it simply a necessary part of the cycle of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious
, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance.
Wide-Eyed and Curious
Verdan are hungry to undertake new challenges and absorb new experiences. When they meet
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"damage", "rollAction":"Emerald Embers", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Emerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to weave illusions to
to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"Emerald Embers", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Emerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to weave illusions to deceive and
dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic abilities to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
. The dragon adds a feather to a necklace for each harpy slain.
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A curious water elemental supplies a young topaz dragon with aquatic delicacies so as to learn more about the dragon.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
About Murgaxor After giving the characters their quest, Professor Lang hands them a file with information the faculty members have collected about Murgaxor from university records. Tell the players
the following to give them context about this evil spellcaster: Murgaxor is a bullywug who attended Strixhaven 200 years ago. He was a member of Witherbloom College, though there are no records of him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
throughout. Death Masks. The walls of the Mortuary are adorned with thousands of death masks imprinted with the faces of Sigil’s dead. Planar magic flows through the masks, allowing spellcasters to
commune with the dead through them. A speak with dead spell cast on a death mask causes the face to animate as if it were the corpse of the deceased creature that bore its likeness. The Heralds of Dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
City Archive, in the Highest Towers district of Upper Central. The archive contains exhaustive historical documents of Sharn; birth, death, and marriage records; and copies of legal documents such as
identification papers and letters of marque issued in the city. Access to these records, however, is more restricted than to the contents of the Morgrave library. Those who want to further their
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to help protect the territory surrounding their lairs.
Martial Hoards
Sapphire dragons’ favorite prizes are weapons and armor, records of military history and tactics, and magic items that
discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon.
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A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goal—destroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
than one piece
8 Floating in an unstable parallel reality
(SAM BURLEY) Abandoned Temple Adventures An abandoned temple might contain records, special items, and humanoid remains, any
place.
Abandoned Temple Adventures d12 Adventure Goal
1 Retrieve records or a magic item left in the temple.
2 Demolish what’s left of the temple to prevent anyone from retrieving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
characters leave the rat unharmed, it follows them around as though curious or hungry. It might even feign affection for a character who feeds it, though it remains absolutely loyal to Iarno. Books and
done so.) In addition, Urmon records that a magic mace named Lightbringer was commissioned by priests of Lathander, the god of dawn, from the mages working with the gnomes and dwarves of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Arauthator’s Treasure If Old White Death is killed or driven away, he leaves his iceberg lair’s treasure hoard behind. (Because Oyaviggaton is just one of a number of minor lairs maintained by the
talked into letting this material be transported south, provided she gets to come along. If Arauthator still lives, the ice toad would prefer to stay and continue her work with her records intact.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Karavarix. The resulting battle between the dragons and Onyari’s people ended in Sarlamir’s death and the city’s ruin. The flying city fell apart across the Northern Wastes, its bulk ultimately crashing
in the hidden depression where it lies now. Not willing to acknowledge his failure, the kingpriest suppressed all records of Onyari, and those who knew of the failed marvel refused to speak its name
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Arauthator’s Treasure If Old White Death is killed or driven away, he leaves his iceberg lair’s treasure hoard behind. (Because Oyaviggaton is just one of a number of minor lairs maintained by the
talked into letting this material be transported south, provided she gets to come along. If Arauthator still lives, the ice toad would prefer to stay and continue her work with her records intact.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
age, but any character who success on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check finds the room’s treasure and one of the following documents: Loren’s Will. Loren’s will and death certificate names the four
Mara Silvra, Dalk Dranzorg, Lord Cordon Silvra; dates unknown.” Treasure. In addition to dull business records, the desk holds a key to the lockbox in area 22, a 4-foot-long silver chain necklace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these spells, Bigby’s Hand is his undisputed magnum opus. A recent misadventure led to Bigby’s untimely demise. After he was crushed to death by a frost giant’s boulder, Bigby was the target of a
Reincarnate spell. The spell transformed Bigby from a human into a gnome. Before setting off on his next adventure, Bigby was overheard saying how curious he was to experience the multiverse from a gnome’s perspective.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Reunite a Returned sentry (see chapter 6) and their ghostblade eidolon (see chapter 6).
7 Destroy giant spiders infesting a tomb.
8 Acquire death records for a family from a temple full
tombs containing interment niches or urns, or a combination of all such sites honoring the dead. These places often include a shrine to the god of death, which is home to the graveyard’s priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Army Engineers (see below) 5 A curious death slaad wants to eat one of each type of draconian. If the characters help it hunt all five, it rewards them with a ring of feather falling. 6 Monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
complex, members of the Fated conduct all manner of documentation. Clerks file property deeds, issue birth and death certificates, and maintain extensive financial records, while scriveners meticulously
bookish frost giant, trips before the characters as she hurries to the Hall of Records, sending a stack of titanic papers into the air. 8 An obnoxious equinal guardinal (see Morte’s Planar Parade) brays
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
been incarcerated at Revel’s End. The records also include death certificates for prisoners who died while incarcerated. The cause of death is always given as “natural,” “accidental,” or “unnatural
finds one in the lid. It holds a wand of binding that the warden keeps for emergencies. R22. Warden’s Office Prison records are stored here in five locked wooden cabinets along the east wall. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, records, and accounts of their kind. Arcanaloths speak and write all languages, making them cunning diplomats and negotiators. An arcanaloth properly paid can broker treaties or alliances with subtlety
): chain lightning
7th level (1 slot): finger of death
8th level (1 slot): mind blank
Actions
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
have a written language adapted from that of the dwarves, but they aren’t a literate culture and rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use
, grayish-white ash to represent death, and charcoal to represent darkness. The unwritten laws that govern the status of individual orcs within a tribe are manifested to a degree in how each orc uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
merits and similarities of life and death. It describes the author’s numerous experiments both natural and unnatural. One of the more thorough studies details the life cycle of a worm-like parasite that
natural life and the undead. The end of the book records several failed attempts by Xanthoria to extend her life through a process similar to becoming a lich. There are various drawings of dissected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
awaits the coming of the death god, which it believes heralds the fall of divinity. Until that day, the aboleth humbly obeys Withers (whom the creature refers to by his original name of Gorra) and attacks
anyone seeking to prevent the atropal’s ascension. The aboleth’s other personality is that of a humanoid child — harmless, gleeful, and insanely curious. In this state of mind, the aboleth poses no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
painted frescoes line the walls deeper in the cave.
The wizards who escaped Zikzokrishka’s wrath used this cave as a scriptorium and hall of records. They recorded what they knew and continued their
the mural, three wizards wearing curious hats flee toward a distant series of caves. An inscription below the painting is accompanied by a rough map.
The inscription reads: “Here the dragon returns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
became the new chief after the previous one choked to death on a mountain goat tongue. By then, Yarb-Gnock had already drawn up plans to build a fortress in the mountains. Karkolohk, the Gnomish word
refuge in Ten-Towns when, two days ago, his fortunes improved suddenly. Goblins out scavenging in a wagon stumbled across a curious object in the tundra—a metallic, egg-shaped crate. (This object was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
entirely. Sinkers have strong allies in both the Bleak Cabal and the Heralds of Dust. Fated Who Take All They Can and More Factol: Duke Rowan Darkwood Headquarters: Hall of Records Aligned Plane: Ysgard
Sigil. Secure in the Hall of Records, the Fated cement their role as the tax collectors of the Cage. Their ruthless debt collection efforts and aggressive foreclosures earn them a heaping share of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Jergal The Final Scribe, the Pitiless One, the Bleak Seneschal Legend has it that Jergal is an ancient deity. The story goes that in the time of Netheril he was worshiped as the god of death, murder
, Deneir, and Myrkul. His faithful send their annual recordings of mortality to holy sites where records of that sort are kept. THE LEGEND OF KNUCKLEBONES, SKULL BOWLING, AND THE EMPTY THRONE
Long ago
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the characters walk as the living do, they stink of death. A Gulthias tree (see the “Blights” entry in the Monster Manual), surrounded by brambles, rises above the thicket. It bears a single, bone
-white fruit resembling an apple. A creature that eats half or more of the fruit takes 70 necrotic damage. The dryads don’t stop characters from picking the fruit. M9: Records Room A floating feline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
herself as rhymes in the Elvish script. Throughout these records, Endelyn acknowledges that not every future she glimpses comes to pass, for any possible future can be negated by another. The black books
, Skabatha, is cursed to forget the first creature she sees when she wakes each morning. In the event of Endelyn’s death, she wants this secret to be known, so Endelyn wrote it on a scrap of invisible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
.”
Nezznar the Black Spider is joined by four giant spiders that defend their master to the death. If they are expecting trouble, the spiders hide behind pillars, and Nezznar casts invisibility on himself and
leather sack of treasure is amid the papers (see the “Treasure” section).
Roleplaying Nezznar Even though he intends to kill the characters, Nezznar is curious about them. Given the chance, he