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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fantasizes about rising to fame and prominence in record time and hopes that plundering the lost Netherese city of Ythryn will turn her fantasies into reality.
The tiefling has the secret support of the
urged her to seek out the Black Sword. Avarice didn’t know who or what the Black Sword was until she was approached by cultists of Levistus bearing swordlike shards of chardalyn worn as pendants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Castle Ravenloft d12 + d8 Encounter 2 Ezmerelda d’Avenir (see appendix D) 3 Rahadin (see appendix D) 4 1 black cat 5 1 broom of animated attack (see appendix D) 6 1d4 + 1 flying swords 7 Blinsky
toy 8 Unseen servant 9 1d4 Barovian commoners 10 2d6 crawling claws 11 1d6 shadows 12 1d6 swarms of bats 13 1 crawling Strahd zombie (see appendix D) 14 1d4 + 1 Vistani thugs 15 1d4 wights 16 Trinket 17
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Crawling Claws A mob of severed hands, their mummified flesh black with soot, skitters out of the darkness across the dusty floor. The crawling claws gang up on one party member. During the confusion
! Grizzlegut, where are you? A pox on you, you mangy cat!” Through the darkness comes a crone wearing a pointed black hat and a burlap gown stained with soot.
Characters can try to hide from the witch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
outside the doors. Crawling around their feet are four swarms of rats.
Purple Flames. Mounted on the back walls of four wide alcoves are rusty iron sconces, each holding a torch coated in black wax
dragon wings on the right door. Above the double door is a 3-foot-diameter disk painted black with a purple metal rim (the symbol of Shar).
Cultists and Rats. Twelve human cultists of Shar are chanting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Black dragons versed in magic often record notes and rituals on bones, shells, and metal plates instead of paper or parchment. These unusual works are art in their own right, each featuring rows of
Black Dragon Treasures Black dragons appreciate objects of cultural, magical, or scientific significance that originated from lost cultures. Knowing a relic they possess is coveted by others because
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
vampire spawn 26–27 3d6 minotaurs 28–30 A 30-foot-tall inverted black pyramid floating 1 inch above the floor in a large cave 31–32 1d10 beholder zombies 33–34 1d4 mind flayer arcanists 35–36 1d6 + 2
salamanders 50–51 2d4 umber hulks 52–53 1d10 xorn 54–56 1 young red shadow dragon 57–59 2d4 fomorians 60–62 1d8 + 1 driders 63–65 1d20 + 20 spiders crawling on the walls of a web-filled cave 66–68 1d4 fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
following stat blocks in the Monster Manual or on D&D Beyond: Black Pudding Commoner Crawling Claws, Swarm of Cultist Fanatic Flameskull Ghast Gravecaller Ghost Ghoul Mummy Silver Dragon Wyrmling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
latch keeping it closed. The box contains a dozen crawling claws. If the lid is opened, the crawling claws quickly skitter out. A character who immediately tries to close the lid can make a DC 15
Dexterity check; if the check succeeds, 1d6 crawling claws escape before the lid shuts; the others are trapped in the box, unable to escape until it is opened again. On their first turn in combat, crawling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
players record this gain on their character sheets. What the Goblins Know
If the characters capture or charm any of the goblins here, the goblins can be persuaded to divulge some useful information
messenger told him that someone named the Black Spider was paying the Cragmaws to watch out for the dwarf Gundren Rockseeker, capture him, and send him and anything he was carrying back to King Grol
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12. Candlelit Halls The walls of these 10-foot-high corridors and chambers are lined with shallow niches holding black wax candles that burn with a purple light. If the characters have had an easy
areas 12c and 12d by crawling along the walls. 12a. Bat Roosts The bare walls and floors of these connected chambers are covered with bat guano, and the 10-foot-high ceiling is made of rough stone. Four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Halls of Worship Cultists gather in this area to worship Shar and suffer Keresta’s tests of devotion. 7a. Crawling Rats Characters hear human voices chanting as they approach this chamber, which
contains the following: Purple Flames. The walls are lined with rusty iron sconces, each holding a torch coated in black wax that burns with a purple flame.
Cult Ritual. Six human cultists of Shar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Elemental Evil. The cultists are planning the widespread death of innocents across this region, and I won’t stand for it.
“My spies infiltrated Nulb, a village near the temple, and stole a record book from
summon allies to their destructive cause.
“You must find the leaders, eliminate them, and stop the cults’ plot. However, the temple is crawling with cultists. Instead of battling them all directly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
(Athletics) check. Statues 1d6 Statue’s Form 1 Cloaked vampire 2 Death knight 3 Lich 4 Mummy lord 5 Skeletal goat 6 Wraith Creatures 1d6 Guardian(s) 1 A Hostile Swarm of Crawling Claws nests in the
engage the characters in combat. 5 Disturbing the statue causes it to disgorge a Hostile Black Pudding. 6 There is no guardian. Treasure 1d6 Compartment Contents 1 Basket containing what appears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
inspiration. On later occurrences of this encounter, the platter holds a crawling claw that attacks the nearest character. 2 A silver goblet (worth 50 gp) filled to the brim with wine. A character who drinks
attracts 1d4 hungry vampire spawn (see below), which arrive in 1d4 + 1 rounds. 6 A wizard’s spellbook with a black velvet dust jacket over its stitched leather cover. The book contains all the spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. “Fresh faces are always welcome in Camp Greenbriar!”
The sloth is named Razak. He uses black bear stat block, with the following adjustments: Razak is neutral good. He has a climbing speed of 10
characters are honest about why they want to use the gate, Wrath allows them to bring their mimir close to the gate and record an entry for Faunel.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Cavern Ledges within this cavern overlook a pool of black liquid twenty feet below. At the center of the cave, an island supports an ancient, bare tree. Rope bridges connect this island to the ledge at the
identifies the ghost orchids and their properties (see the “Ghost Orchids” sidebar). Additionally, a character who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check notices the orchids bear one black seed pod and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
frowning visage. Around the figure’s neck hangs a black skull-shaped amulet, and a number of severed hands crawl on the desk and floor around him.
Before he was turned into an undead creature
performed the best. This pleased the archlich enough that he transformed Gorra into a wight, with these changes: Withers has an Intelligence of 16 (+3). He wears an amulet of the black skull (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Any Habitat Monsters CR Monsters 0 Commoner, Crawling Claw, Homunculus 1/8 Bandit, Cultist, Guard, Noble, Warrior Infantry 1/4 Priest Acolyte 1/2 Performer, Scout, Tough 1 Empyrean Iota, Imp
, Pirate, Spy 2 Bandit Captain, Berserker, Cultist Fanatic, Druid, Mage Apprentice, Priest 3 Knight, Scout Captain, Swarm of Crawling Claws, Warrior Veteran 4 Banshee, Guard Captain, Helmed Horror, Tough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
have fallen prey to a pack of werewolves that spills out of the Misty Forest on nights of the full moon, cloaked in crawling mist that seems to follow them wherever they go. The beasts spread death and
, stealth, innuendo, and combat. Backed by the wealthy, they carry well-made equipment (often disguised to appear common). Alliance operatives are often glory hounds. Zhentarim The Black Network sees the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
through a fey crossing by entering a clearing, passing through the surface of a pool, stepping into a circle of mushrooms, or crawling under the trunk of a tree. A few warlocks seek out such places to
unseelie of the Gloaming Court from an onyx throne that sits empty except for the hovering Night Diamond, a black gem the size of a human head that dully glimmers with captured stars. The Queen of Air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
gargoyles if they have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher. The gargoyles ignore groups exiting the Temple of Black Earth. They attack any strangers approaching from the north unless
the strangers pause at the bridge to either give the hand sign of the cult (a triangle formed with thumbs and forefingers of both hands) or call out, “I serve the Black Earth!” In combat, the gargoyles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
carved in the white marble walls of the chamber, slight gusts whistling from each of their open mouths. Down the center of the chamber, toward the doors at the far end, a series of black stone platforms
lead to the Temple of Chaos and to the Abyssal Gate. 17. Crawling Hall Two enormous pillars on the far side of this chamber emit brilliant white light that holds the attention of dozens of giant vermin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
gemstones worth 10 gp each, 15 small gemstones worth 50 gp each, and a black pearl worth 500 gp Three potions of healing, one elixir of health, and a manual of golems (flesh). An ornate wooden case carved
exploration of the mountains, building an ambulatory craft capable of crawling up and down mountainous slopes to travel farther into the Barrier Peaks, and other tasks of your devising. Completing any such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
churning cauldron of black clouds fills the sky as thunder peals and lightning flashes. Half buried in the cold dunes is a crumbling amphitheater adorned with statues, many of them broken, the rest
character of giant size stands in the amphitheater and loudly challenges Iymrith, the dragon’s ego gets the better of her, and she responds to the challenge by crawling out of her lair to destroy her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
behind him.
Gargenhale’s tone of voice is inviting, but his dead-black eyes glint with malice. “It’s dangerous out here. That menace from Xaryxis, Commander Vael, keeps sending ships to our system, but
calls “Lefty,” was later animated as a crawling claw. The disembodied hand can play instruments and communicate using simple gestures. If Topolah is in sight, Captain Gargenhale’s posture briefly slumps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
are the fastest in the race, and overall have the best record. The reigning champion is the Pegasus of Highwater, whose supporters wear white and silver. The Hippogriff is tied to Overlook and
its rider. Malleon’s Gate used to be represented by the Bat, but twelve years ago they exchanged that mascot for the Gargoyle, whose colors are black and gray. The current Gargoyle is a stone-faced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
singing with a wave of her hand. She introduces herself as Jebbek, and she says to the characters, “This is a robbery. If you resist, we’ll beat you black and blue.” Jebbek has no interest in treasure
the gourd. (Give each player a minute or so to think about what the character’s memory could be and then to note it on their character sheet, as a matter of record.) Removing the stopper releases all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Unless… did the skeleton just move?
Small, harmless crabs are crawling over the skeletal remains, causing the illusion of movement. C6: Crew Quarters Six double bunks line the edges of this cabin
words “Aleitha and Brastos—together forever.” The black-haired woman wears a sailor’s uniform similar to the tatters worn by the zombies aboard this ship. The blond-haired man wears a merchant’s fine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
guides.” This ritual takes 24 hours, during which Zitembe sees visions of “a jungle city far to the south, enclosed by cliffs and crawling with snakes” and “a black obelisk draped in vines.” He dared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
for the Record Room Administration occupies the level above the Sea Dock. It includes a visitors’ lounge with a bar, guest rooms for visiting off-world dignitaries, and the academy reception. A record
inspectors wear meticulously maintained uniforms and the most-feared white gloves in the academy. Both have walnut-colored skin and carefully groomed long black hair, kept in tidy buns. Kip is well known for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
to serve their insatiable greed. Takers record financial agreements in the Hall of Records and revel in seizing properties at bargain-basement prices when owners default on payments. The Fated
. Visitors find all manner of sensory delights within: gastronomic masterpieces served by innovative chefs; halls lined with fragrant, scratch-and-sniff statuaries; and pitch-black deprivation chambers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
doesn’t require air, food, or water. Items worn or carried by the creature are unaffected. A wish spell can end the curse. The creature can end the curse on itself by giving a bouquet of eight black
roses to Iggwilv, but only Iggwilv and Iggrik (the quasit in area P51) know that the curse can be ended in this way. The black roses can be harvested from the rose garden (area P7). P34. Hall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
greets her guests here, under the watchful eyes of her dead husband. Here three elegant couches surround an oval table made of black glass. All are set in front of a blazing hearth, above which hangs
a man dressed in black, his eyes each covered with a copper piece. He bears a striking resemblance to the father in the painting.
Lady Wachter’s husband, Nikolai, lies in his bed, impeccably dressed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. They are beginning to decay, and black streaks mar their rotting flesh. One corpse leans against the tree, insects crawling around its open, blackened mouth. Another lies on its side under a blanket, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
natural form, Maud has sickly grayish-purple flesh, bulging eyes that seldom blink, and stringy black hair interwoven with fingerbones. If her disguise is pierced or the characters threaten her, Maud
contains 600 gp. Buried under the gold coins are four crawling claws that leap out and attack if the gold is removed, dumped, or otherwise disturbed.