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Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
artificer spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light, mending, message, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): alarm, cure wounds, identify, ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, Melf's
master alchemist and creator of monsters, whose own blood was said to possess dire magical properties.
He is vainglorious, egotistical, and utterly ruthless in furthering his research. His career began
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to indulge.
While many dhampirs thirst for blood, your character might otherwise gain
. Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Coming to Baldur’s Gate might seem like a good idea for a spectrum of reasons. Profit, excitement, and cosmopolitan opportunities all present tempting prospects, but rarely does one start on
, survived weather more extreme than any city-dweller could comprehend, and enjoyed the solitude of being the only thinking creature for miles in any direction. The wilds are in your blood, whether you were a
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
2/day each: cure wounds (8th-level version), hold person
1/day each: divination, sending, word of recallStar
their ships and citadels in orbit around stars. Astral elves do this for several reasons. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Relentless killers come into being and undertake their terrifying sprees for a spectrum of reasons. When creating a relentless killer, consider what circumstances led to their transformation and
victims into works of art, perhaps creating grisly tableaus or using their blood in the forging of new weapons.
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Author. The killer leaves messages, poems, song lyrics, or parts of its creative
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fear into innocents across lands and over ages.
Creating a Relentless Killer
Relentless killers come into being and undertake their terrifying sprees for a spectrum of reasons. When creating a
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Relentless Methods
d8
Method
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Artist. The killer turns its victims into works of art, perhaps creating grisly tableaus or using their blood in the forging of new weapons.
2
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
expect things of you when they know your surname and what it means. Your reasons for taking up adventuring likely involve your family in some way: Are you the family rebel, who prefers delving in
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6
Despite my noble birth, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.
7
My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
8
If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
exceptional ways of controlling their urges or suppress them through constant, molar-grinding restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to
indulge. While many dhampirs thirst for blood, your character might otherwise gain sustenance from the living. Roll on or choose an option from the Dhampir Hungers table to determine what tempts your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
here? Quest for the Unicorn. The characters seek a unicorn for personal reasons. Perhaps the unicorn’s healing magic can cure a character’s dying relative or friend. Maybe the characters seek a patron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
muralists to arrive here to collect more blood, for use in either area 3 or 10. Spending 2 charges also restores a measure of health to Nolzur, equivalent to the effect of a cure wounds spell.
solitary prisoner. The artisan Nolzur (a neutral male human master thief, but he is reduced to 1 hit point) has been captured and held here, his alchemical blood continually drained to create the magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
brackish waters, sometimes bending and swaying with the movements of currents. Underwater, the merrow make their home. Valuables change hands all over the city, but blood from failed deals often stains
Shadowmoor is available in the Red Shallows for a price, though rumors suggest the name comes from the blood that spills into the water from deals gone wrong. When it’s in Lorwyn, Druim Calad is called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
called Lys Gaerlinon. Reasons to Visit Adventurers might visit Caer Flur for one of the following reasons. Dawnglove. Taylin has heard of the planned theft of a bundle of precious dawnglove (see
“Dawnglove Grove” later in this chapter), from which a cure for most ailments can be made. They hire the adventurers to protect the flowers as they are moved to a safer location. Eluvian. The adventurers seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
, and the crown and the scepter reappear on the throne. Blood Trap. If the door is attacked by force it will not budge, but if it is scratched or nicked it will turn red in that spot, and if it is cut
by a sharp weapon it will begin to gush forth blood—the blood of all those who have died within the tomb! The red flow will cascade down the steps and fill the area to the top of the southernmost step
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Drow Priestess of Lolth Female drow with blood ties to a noble house are molded and trained from birth to become priestesses of Lolth. The Spider Queen doesn’t allow male drow to hold such positions
, resistance, spare the dying, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): animal friendship, cure wounds, detect poison and disease, ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): lesser restoration, protection from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
elation and every death rattle. On occasion, Pharika’s followers might seem to be beneficent when they ease others’ suffering or cure a pandemic. Yet they do so indiscriminately, meaning that these cures
the beasts, Nylea sends dozens of hydras to seek revenge, catching innocents in the fray.
4 A town suffering from a plague seeks a cure from a cult fanatic of Pharika engaged in warlike research
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
gobbled up much of the fruit. It’s said that this original basilisk and its progeny are still heavy with undigested secrets, and that if basilisk blood is distilled into ink, it can be used to write out
festival in hopes of receiving a miraculous cure, and the truly devout imbibe near-lethal doses of poison, trusting Pharika to oversee their recovery. In some tales, a cobra with rainbow scales appears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Balance The demons and the devils both foresee their own versions of the future of the multiverse — a cosmos in which one side or the other triumphs in the Blood War and rules for the rest of
magical power to keep the extremists of the Blood War in check. To an outside observer, a disciple of the Balance might act cruelly or heartlessly one day, and benevolent and caring the next. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
antidote for a powerful affliction that resists conventional treatments.
2 Seek out a powerful beast whose blood has unique alchemical value.
3 Infiltrate the Underworld to extract a
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
Emridy Meadows. A character with the Wayfarer background might know Miklos as a generous man who gives away food and sometimes even lodging to people in need. Reasons to Visit. Adventurers might
visit the Black Dragon Inn for one of the following reasons: Eavesdropper’s Paradise. Many clandestine meetings occur at the Black Dragon. Adventurers eavesdropping on private conversations might overhear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
requests the characters’ aid in solving murders in which the victims have been drained of blood. The murderer is a strigoi (see chapter 5) that haunts a sunken chapel in the swamp known as the Gardens
.
5 Doctor Temator of Mortigny believes she can create a cure for the Gnawing Plague and enlists the characters to find subjects who have never had the disease. Rumors soon spread that the doctor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, Tavick’s Landing offers a host of opportunities to enjoy food and entertainment from distant lands. Or you might find yourself here for one of a few specific reasons, such as: Take a chance. The
cot in High Walls, especially if you already have friends or family living there. Bond over blood. The Graystone district in Middle Tavick’s Landing is one of the few places in Breland where the Blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Corpse Market include ghoulish remains intended for consumption, such as fingers pickled in brine, jars of blood, and wrapped organs. Shops sell bouquets of dead flowers, frayed burial finery, jewelry
of warm blood, but perhaps you need something else? Something more ephemeral, like directions? Or knowledge? I’ve been in this city a long, long time.”
Sangora is a centuries-old vampire with sunken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
) are transformed into dragon eggs when they die, when they experience profound enlightenment, or when they undergo a ritual that might involve bathing in dragon blood or being devoured by a dragon
process, half-dragons come into being through a variety of means. The Half-Dragon Origin table below offers examples. Dragons create half-dragon progeny for a wide range of reasons. Some dragons create
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
work is among the reasons Waterdeep remained so strong for so many years. Even when much of the city’s navy lay disabled in its harbor, the strong ships of Orlumbor proved sturdy enough that folk could
built into the caverns of the island, and just as well defended as the docks that are its life’s blood. More than once down the years, Waterdeep’s protection has kept Orlumbor from falling to Mintarn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
his quarters His bodyguards sort through the latest haul of stolen and salvaged treasure. Occasionally the drow erupts in a coughing spasm that brings up blood from his lungs. He is worried but tries
not to show it. If combat breaks out here, Sovendahl fights bravely and expertly, but the exertion leads to more coughing. As the fight progresses, describe the drow’s spasms of coughing, and blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
drunken patrons. Revelers can stay as late as they wish and still get home safely, provided they hire someone trustworthy to guard their trip home. Most murders in the Lower City have reasons behind
death and their own blood dribbled like a crown around their heads. The Fist’s investigations have not yet resulted in an arrest, but officers suspect the murderers to be commoners with seemingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
offers reasons why your characters might need to visit such a location. In addition, the characters could meet with a Daask patron in a Cog hub. Cog Hub Adventures d10 Adventure Goal 1 Obtain
samples of dragon’s blood hidden in the Cog hub. 2 Infiltrate a Daask meeting to discover the next Boromar Clan holding they plan to target. 3 Capture a Daask worg and replace it with a worg loyal to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. His job is to curb the violence in the Dock Ward, but he has been dragging his heels. After all, he reasons, if the Xanathar Guild and the Zhentarim want to destroy each other, why not let them? Staget
them go: “Best not to meddle in criminal matters. Leave this dirty business to the City Watch.” “Not all City Watch officers are as nice as me.” “Keep the blood off the streets, okay?” (This is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the many battles of the Blood War, leaving him with terrible scars and a brain injury that has turned his alignment to chaotic good. Krikendolt’s comrades learned that he pities the abyssal chickens
Krikendolt into their care if they offer the right price. Krikendolt knows Avernus well, so he makes a good traveling companion and guide. The characters can cure Krikendolt of his disorder using a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
thus properly belongs to the Ordning, but others say he formed from Annam’s spilled blood. For a variety of reasons, he is never accorded equal status to the All-Father’s other children. Known as the
Destroyer, Vaprak is prone to mindless, destructive rampages. The god is described as a greenish creature strongly resembling a troll. Indeed, legend suggests trolls formed from Vaprak’s blood in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
Fey Curses Curses are common punishments among archfey and other powerful Fey creatures. An adventurer might be cursed for any number of reasons, a few of which are listed below: Offending a powerful
. Ending the Curse d12 Ending the Curse 1 You must carve your name into a tree, whereupon the tree inherits the curse’s magic and dies. 2 You must drink the blood of a pixie or sprite while basking in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
wounds with their stingers, healing her as cure wounds (cast as a 2nd-level spell). Or she could take a mummified toad from her pocket and throw it into her cauldron, which immediately spews out inky
how to invoke the razor wind, or the runestone containing the three syllables for crystallizing blood, it is better to use such things than to risk death by not doing so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
for something that makes him lucid again. A merchant whose child is deathly ill might go to the hag for a cure. The common element in these situations is that the mortals approach the hag for help
deliver a mysterious letter at a crossroads at noon on a certain day could be the key to ruining the mortal’s life. The hag’s reasons might not become apparent for years or even decades, or won’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, immense icebergs drift on the unpredictable currents. Levistus is trapped within one of these bergs, imprisoned there by Asmodeus for reasons that few can even guess about. As part of Levistus’s
in the Blood War engage in constant skirmishes across the ice, and yugoloths and other mercenaries from across the planes play a key role in the struggle. Both sides sometimes employ adventurers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reinforced with brass bands, and an iron tub stained with blood. In the middle of the room is a ghastly wooden crib with a small, angelic child sitting in it. All the furnishings except for the crib
spell components in the wicker cabinet. The tub is where she ritually bathes in blood to prevent aging (see “Gifts of Mother Night” in the “Baba Lysaga” section in appendix D). If the characters approach