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Magic Items
Tales from the Yawning Portal
This whistle is carved from transparent crystal, and it resembles a tiny dragon curled up like a snail. The name Night Caller is etched on the whistle in Dwarvish runes. If a character succeeds on a
under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it takes 1 minute to claw its way to
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as
helm floating as though worn by an invisible figure, and illusory footprints appearing on a dusty floor.
Silent apparitions of dead adventurers drift through halls and rooms as though they are lost
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
5th
dominate person
Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you
successfully prevented a murder, and the would-be perpetrator wants me dead.
5
One of my parents was prominent in the guild, and I resent constantly being compared to that standard.
6
I’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hall is 20 feet high, arched, and lightly obscured by thick webs.
Dead Spiders. Three giant spiders lie dead at various points in the hallway, riddled with crossbow bolts. (Members of the Undertakers
placed an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”) on the double door leading to area 16, set to trigger when the doors are opened. Draw from the Elder Runes Deck to determine which rune appears. The elder rune targets a random creature in this hall and within 60 feet of the doors.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Embedded in the wall at the end of the westward hallway is an arch gate (see “Gates”). Close inspection reveals the image of a dead tree carved into its keystone. The rules of this gate are as follows
: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the hearth and hospitality, as well as of trust and handicrafts. Arvoreen is a defender-god, a watchful protector who sacrifices personal comfort for the safety of others. The Shadowed Gods
saddened by his duties, and vigilant in ensuring that the dead are respected and protected. Lady Luck Many halflings have taken to regular worship of Tymora, seeing her as a helping hand in their fortunes and a patron of the luckiness associated with the hin.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
they unquestionably lost more to the war than any other nation. As a Cyran, you stand on the moral high ground, but that may offer little comfort. Cyrans like to say that their culture represented the
. Queen Dannel ir’Wynarn was in Metrol on the Day of Mourning and is presumed dead. Her son, Prince Oargev ir’Wynarn, holds court in New Cyre, a massive refugee camp set up in Breland. Some refugees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the room. An iron chandelier with melted wax candles is suspended from a rafter above it by a rope tied off to a hook near the northern door.
Dead Halfling. Tucked behind an iron stove in the
northeast corner is a dead halfling in leather armor, his face twisted into a mask of horror.
The halfling adventurer, Haddon Fleetfoot, refused to serve the will-o’-wisp in area 2d and barricaded himself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
runes. If a character succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check, the character recalls lore that says the duergar made several such whistles for various groups in an age past. If you
blow the whistle in darkness or under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Ring of Winter After reclaiming Svardborg, Jarl Storvald used rune magic to divine how best to find the Ring of Winter — what the frost giants call the Ice That Never Melts. The runes told
Zhentarim mage, Nilraun Dhaerlost. Nilraun was dragged before Storvald and came to realize that the frost giants were searching for the Ring of Winter. As the runes had foretold, Nilraun was also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
lost more to the war than any other nation. As a Cyran, you stand on the moral high ground, but that may offer little comfort. Cyrans like to say that their culture represents the best that Galifar had
Mourning and is presumed to be dead. Her son Prince Oargev ir’Wynarn holds court in New Cyre, a massive refugee camp set up in Breland. Some refugees support Oargev and the dream of a restored Cyre, while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of her guards leave Baldur’s Gate secretly ahead of the caravan and ride north at a fast clip. They are headed for Castle Naerytar in the Mere of Dead Men and won’t be seen again until chapter 6. She
small towns have roadside inns if travelers want more comfort, and walled hostelries catering to wagon caravans are spread a few days apart. Animals and travelers can rest comfortably at these walled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
of her guards leave Baldur’s Gate secretly ahead of the caravan and ride north at a fast clip. They are headed for Castle Naerytar in the Mere of Dead Men and won’t be seen again until chapter 6. She
small towns have roadside inns if travelers want more comfort, and walled hostelries catering to wagon caravans are spread a few days apart. Animals and travelers can rest comfortably at these walled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved with vines that twist through eleven actual humanoid skulls mounted to the frame. Carved into the bottom of the frame are the following words in Celestial: “The dead know the secret.” The
or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, and both wear ornate collars of silvery metal. Each stands within a square scribed onto the floor, ten feet on a side and edged with runes. The rune-marked boundaries appear to push the creatures back
“crated” here. The hell hounds can’t leave the rune-bounded areas unless the runes are disturbed (including by a character who enters the warded area), or if the characters activate the runes on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gold rather than stone. Treasure. The gold circlet is a circlet of blasting. 39b. Bugbear Den Three bugbears sit in the middle of the floor, eating from a sack of dead rats and stirges. One of them
scraps of moldy food in this long hall.
Dead Goblin. A twentieth goblin lies dead on the floor, the victim of an argument that ended badly.
39d. Old Forge Ettins. Two ettins, a female named Krung-Jung
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to end a target’s threat or simply deliver a message (violently or otherwise), those around you can take comfort in knowing that when you take on a job, the job gets done. When your franchise loses
coin you’ve been promised for a job if the job leaves you dead. Keeping them Guessing No combat tactic is too down-and-dirty when your life and the welfare of your franchise are on the line. Smart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
entrance extend into the cave.
A character who examines the symbols and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes them as arcane runes designed to ward the cave against magical
scrutiny. The runes are unfinished, so they have no effect. C2: Ritual Chamber Half-melted black candles surround a circle of arcane symbols scribed on the floor in white chalk. Scorch marks mar the floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Lower Level B10-B13 B10. Ossuary This dark, dead-end chamber holds a mound of charred bones, desiccated body parts, and skulls scattered across a linen sheet. Strange red-black runes mark the sheet’s
proficiency in the Arcana skill or who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can interpret the runes to realize that these remains are being collected to fuel a huge ritual at a later date—one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Hammock of Worlds. D2: Dead End This short tunnel ends in a wall of pallid meat, devoid of the thick chitin covering the other walls.
If a creature approaches what appears to be the tunnel’s
runes is etched into the ground. The symbols move, crawling in a circle. Above them hovers a mass of insectile limbs encompassing an alien light. Beyond it, a narrow passage opens into the vast void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
interlocked links of Ilvaash’s runes (knots of tentacles, brains, and jagged lines reminiscent of jaws). A brain breaker uses the stat block of an infected elder brain (see chapter 7) with the following
. Ilvaash wants to punish the characters’ friends as much as the characters themselves. The characters can quell these attacks only by finding and draining the Shallows of Sudden Thought, a miles-wide dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sight. If one is killed, the other flees. Treasure. Pojo has a pouch containing a gold ring (worth 25 gp), which he pulled from Semile Southwell’s dead hand. Tot carries a pouch that holds 5 cp and a
Agganor, the village’s tiefling midwife, and her adult son, Grin. The cottage has locked shutters over its windows. The door, which is also locked, has row upon row of ornate runes burned into it. Most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
The Giant Lords Convinced that King Hekaton is dead or otherwise out of the picture, five giant lords have struck out into the world to reshape the ordning through their deeds, each hoping to be
grants immortality to its wearer, was last seen in the possession of a human adventurer (and former Harper) named Artus Cimber. Guided by magical runes of tracking, Storvald plans to find the ring and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of 15 or higher. 26d. Mirror Gate to Level 10 This tunnel comes to a dead end, mounted on the north wall of which is a mirror gate to level 10 (see “Gates”). Worked into the mirror’s stone frame is
. Characters must be 11th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
summons such creatures. Miner Body. The body on the ground is that of a missing miner named Enwa, who was killed by an aurumvorax attack. If a character casts the speak with dead spell on the corpse
follow any other tunnel, they reach a dead end after 10 minutes and have a 50 percent chance of encountering two aurumvoraxes gnawing on a seam of gold ore. These aurumvoraxes fight to the death and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their lair’s comfort. Rather than retiring to crypts, they seek filthy or inaccessible fissures, places any living soul would avoid. For a few moments after feeding, nosferatu are lucid and capable
life is long dead. Nosferatu
Medium Undead
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 85 (9d8 + 45)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
20 (+5)
DEX
18 (+4)
CON
21 (+5)
INT
6 (−2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
or public outhouses, members of the Dungsweepers’ Guild make multiple rounds each day, collecting urine and excrement separately — for use in industry and agriculture, respectively. Take comfort that
keeps the streets lit (excepting the Field Ward and the most dangerous areas of the Dock Ward). Not only that, but hundreds of driftglobes bob about the City of the Dead at night, departing to float over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
success, the character discerns that the runes are connected to a ritual that could open a rift to the Far Realm. The dead humanoids were likely victims sacrificed to power the ritual. Something went
desiccated and skeletal humanoid corpses litter the floor of this small chamber. The stone of the north wall has been etched with intricate runes, but the pattern ends abruptly.
Bodies and Runes. A closer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Though the survivors don’t require food in the timeless void of the Astral Sea, Kycera finds that cooking and eating bring the restless survivors comfort. Zuzanna Wuzyk Kycera Duskstride Talking with
front of the ship. During the Lambent Zenith’s crash, arcane wards should have sealed the safe room’s doors. The safe room is inaccessible while the wards are active. Ward Runes. Two runes hidden on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
southern gate, and in the heart of the Trades Ward where the city is at its narrowest — bounded by Castle Waterdeep, high on a spur of the mountain, and the walls of the City of the Dead. The conjoined
the port in the south. The City of the Dead lies opposite the northern ridge of Mount Waterdeep, which descends down to the Field of Triumph, the city’s great coliseum. One of Waterdeep’s titanic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Guardian of the Gulch When the dwarves abandoned their mine, a particularly devout priest of Dumathoin called Sister Silvergranite insisted that she stay behind to guard the buried dead. She lived a
speed of 25 feet. When characters enter the inner circle of moon runes, Sister Silvergranite emerges from the moonstone to assess the situation, then withdraws and animates her sacred statue. She attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
spore drifted into this cave from area 8. Its spores contain memory fragments of the dead beholder that birthed it. A creature that inhales the spores inherits a random memory, determined by rolling on
must be 16th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Giant Runes (Area J2) Dod (Death Rune)
Fjell (Mountain Rune)
Krig (War Rune)
Liv (Life Rune)
Vind (Wind Rune)
Wyrm (Dragon Rune)
J3. Curved Tunnel There is nothing remarkable
so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic also opens a chest. Each chest contains a single item. The four items are as follows: An elven arrow A dead snowy owl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
cleft surrounded by foul, bleeding runes. Inside is the Book of Vile Darkness. Secrets of Eternity If a character agrees to let the Scholar share a forbidden secret, the baernaloth requests that the
Sigil from past incarnations of the multiverse. 2 Portals are alive. They’re all part of the god Aoskar, whose body forms the foundation for Dendradis, and who is thought to be dead but is far from it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 15 on level 19, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. 8c. Dead-End