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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This copper-hued helm contains a shard of the Elemental Chaos embedded in its forehead, surrounded by a motif of a rising sun. Legend says Annam fashioned this helm for his daughter Diancastra to
hold the fragment of chaos she used to prove her worth to her father.
Random Properties. The helm has the following random properties, determined by rolling on the appropriate table in the Dungeon
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
While attuned to this device, you have a +1 bonus to Charisma saving throws, and you have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
Aberrant Ally. You can conjure an aberrant creature from the
chaos of the multiverse to serve you. This functions as the conjure celestial spell (no concentration required), except the creature you summon is an aberration of challenge rating 4 or lower. Once you
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
chaos, confusion, and destruction, seeking to corrupt all that is good and undermine order in the multiverse, to see everything dragged howling into the infinite depths of the Abyss.
The demon lord is
’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Beguiling Realm. Within 6 miles of the lair, all Charisma (Persuasion) and Charisma (Performance) checks have
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
falls there, causing the area to be lightly obscured. Heavy rain also extinguishes open flames and imposes disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing. In addition, strong winds swirl
, feeding the chaos they create.Lightning, Poison, ThunderBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s goal is to tap into vast energy sources and perform the dire rites that will extend a bridge between the Material Plane and the squirming chaos of an Elder Evil’s realm.
An entity that
ability checks. The affected creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each minute, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Cult of Tyranthraxus, the Flamed One
Radiant Flames (1/Day
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the
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An ancient topaz dragon;ancient topaz dragon's lair contains a portal to the Elemental Chaos.
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An ancient bronze dragon and an ancient topaz dragon are locked in an ongoing conflict that
Feats
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
You can channel cosmic forces of chaos to gain these benefits:
Ability Score Increase. Increase an ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Chaotic Flare. When you roll a 1 or a 20 on
an attack roll or a saving throw, the magic of chaos flows through you. Roll a d4 and consult the Chaotic Flares table to determine what happens. A flare lasts until the end of your next turn, and a
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Vexing Presence. While within 30 feet of a mite that can see it, a non-fey creature has disadvantage on Dexterity checks and Dexterity saving throws.Dagger. Melee or Ranged weapon attack: +4
frustration and antipathy build. When adventurers enter the dungeon, the mites go to work to exploit the added chaos. They use their magic to drag visitors into their web of anger and frustration, luring explorers deeper into the site and into situations and locations that promise to yield up the most havoc.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Far Gear Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) While attuned to this device, you have a +1 bonus to Charisma saving throws, and you have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks. Aberrant
Ally. You can conjure an aberrant creature from the chaos of the multiverse to serve you. This functions as the conjure celestial spell (no concentration required), except the creature you summon is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Abominable Yeti Devious mountain folk sometimes use the yetis as unwitting weapons. A warlord might lay down slaughtered sheep or goats to draw yetis into an enemy’s camp, sowing chaos and thinning
Languages Yeti
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Fear of Fire. If the yeti takes fire damage, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn.
Keen Smell. The yeti has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
chaos. The characters will make saving throws against acquiring levels of madness, as called for in different encounters and whenever you feel it is appropriate. (See chapter 2 of the adventure for more
paranoia on that NPC. In addition to the effect of Wisdom and Charisma checks, that character might believe that the adventurers are actually agents of the demon lords, and are intent on leading the NPCs to their doom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Demogorgon Prince of Demons, the Sibilant Beast, and Master of the Spiraling Depths, Demogorgon is the embodiment of chaos, confusion, and destruction, seeking to corrupt all that is good and
sooner or later. Are two heads better than one? In Demogorgon’s case, the two double the horror and the chaos.
—Mordenkainen
Demogorgon
Huge Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 22
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
is nowhere to be found. As the characters flee, narrate the city crumbling around them. Use any of the following encounters to highlight the chaos of their escape. Escaped Dragonnels Four Dragon Army
rocks to navigate this obstacle. The character must succeed on three DC 14 Strength (Athletics) checks to leap from rock to rock. A character safely ascends or descends 10 feet with each successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
walk through buildings, trample people underfoot, and generally cause as much chaos as possible. They often armor themselves with pieces of buildings and wield columns or other architectural elements
of its next turn.
Siege Monster. The giant deals double damage to objects and structures.
Stone Camouflage. The giant has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in rocky terrain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
experts to direct a crew’s efforts. Other roles focus on keeping the crew’s health and morale in order. The roles are meant to provide a sense of the types of ability checks useful to managing a ship
. Of these, though, captain is the only role that must be filled for the ship to function. A ship needs a single person to issue orders and respond to threats, otherwise a ship risks chaos and confusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
must succeed on one of the following ability checks: DC 15 Strength (Athletics). The character scales the gorge to safety. DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics). The character leaps across the branches
successful check, the character hears the hobgoblins debating whether they should ally with the bugbears in the Caves of Chaos or hire the ogre mercenary that dwells there (both are detailed in “Caves of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
. An invisible, magical aura surrounds the creature. Colors are muted within 30 feet of the creature, and other creatures in that area have disadvantage on Charisma checks and Charisma saving throws
thaumaturgy cantrip, choosing a magical effect at random. Charisma is the spellcasting ability for this spell.
Churning Chaos. When the creature scores a critical hit or takes a critical hit, chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Quest: Chaos Unfurls Once Toryn learns the characters are adventurers, she tries to hire them. Read the following aloud: “I recently received a shipment of tempestuous magical scrolls. I need them
action, a character can try to stow a scroll in its case by succeeding on one of the following ability checks: DC 12 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand). The character deftly plucks a scroll from the air and puts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
somehow using faerzress to spread chaos and madness, the demon worshipers have begun conducting rituals to infect Gracklstugh. Intent on weakening the city and breaking the power of King Horgar
the effect.
Edible Fungi. Edible fungi (including pygmywort and bigwig) are abundant in the Whorlstone Tunnels. Characters can attempt DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) checks to forage here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
is the inverted town of the Inverse. There, gravity pulls toward the surface, allowing rebels and outcasts to create a warped mirror of Automata where chaos reigns. Stairs leading between the Inverse
Inverse has the following features: Chaotic Essence. At a point 30 feet below the surface of Automata and lower, the Inverse is saturated with the essence of chaos. Due to disorientation and headaches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Cohort of Chaos Prerequisites: 4th Level, Scion of the Outer Planes (Chaotic Outer Plane
) Feat You can channel cosmic forces of chaos to gain these benefits: Ability Score Increase. Increase an ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 20. Chaotic Flare. When you roll a 1 or a 20 on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
horror known as a chaos quadrapod (see appendix B). It uses its Chaos Cloud at the start of combat, then surges forward to lay into stunned characters. Each round, it focuses its grappling ability on
whichever characters dealt it the most damage in the previous round. If any part of the chaos quadrapod is pushed back through the door, it can be forced to return to its void of origin if the door is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
try to de-escalate the situation and make one of the following ability checks (with Advantage if the character is dressed like a member of the Cult of Chaos). Consider these examples: DC 13 Charisma
robes recline on the beds.
Torches in wall sconces fill this room with Bright Light. Four Cultists relax in these quarters for the Cult of Chaos. They are nonchalantly discussing the finer points of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
through the sky. The tempest drowns the land beneath it with rain and stabs the earth with lances of lightning. Punishing winds scream around it as it flies, feeding the chaos it creates. Elder Tempest
Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.
In addition, strong winds swirl in the area covered by the storm. The winds impose disadvantage on ranged attack rolls. The winds extinguish open flames
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
him look ridiculous or ineffectual through acts such as these: Forthrightly assisting lawgivers in their duties Swearing and then honoring an oath Bringing order in times of chaos Phenax’s Devotee
rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. Phenax’s Votary Piety 10+ Phenax trait Your words are inspired by Theros’s greatest liar. You have advantage on Charisma (Deception) checks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of them learns what that person saw or heard. (No ability checks are required, since the eyewitnesses are eager to talk.) Fala Lefaliir Fala, the owner of Corellon’s Crown (see chapter 2, area T4
caused the explosion. I saw those halflings burned alive! I saw them!” Jezrynne doesn’t know what the “puppet” hurled to cause the fireball. She took her eyes off the thing during the chaos and doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
sky. They drown the land beneath them with rain and stab the earth with lances of lightning. Punishing winds scream around them as they fly, feeding the chaos they create. Elder Tempest
Gargantuan
imposes disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing. In addition, strong winds swirl in the area covered by the storm. The winds impose disadvantage on ranged attack rolls. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
before the first or second time Thoman checks it. This act achieves the desired chaos, and should give the characters opportunities to notice Two Dry Cloaks. Perhaps she looks guilty, has some cuts and
“Orrery Vault” below for more information. Picking the Locks. Three consecutive successful DC 20 Dexterity checks using thieves’ tools are required to open an outer vault door. Failing any check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
creature that qualifies as a controller can gain control of a globe by winning a contest of Intelligence checks against the current controller. A creature that touches a globe but isn’t its controller must
lead away from area 42 both contain white gates. The northern route leads to the Warren of Eyes, and the southern path goes to the Caverns of Chaos. 43. Summoning Chamber A blood-red circle is scribed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
the Borderlands to the Caves of Chaos and the lands beyond.
Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map: Trail
Trail Features The trail has the following features:
Lighting. The trail is
described later in this adventure).
A character who inspects the wagon can make one of the following ability checks to learn more about it. Consider these examples:
DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, contradict her ideals, or let her down through acts such as these: Betraying one’s trust to commit acts of corruption or tyranny Destroying a civic institution or sowing chaos within a city Willfully
spell. Ephara’s Votary Piety 10+ Ephara trait You gain advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks while you are within a city. In addition, when you fail an Intelligence check or Intelligence saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
try to appease the kobold and make one of the following ability checks. Consider these examples:
DC 10 Charisma (Deception). The character tricks the kobold with an outlandish lie.
DC 10 Charisma
flees toward area A4, yelping a call to arms.
Ability Checks. When the outcome of an action is uncertain, the game uses a d20 roll to determine success or failure. This is called a D20 Test. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
the added chaos. They use their magic to drag visitors into their web of anger and frustration, luring explorers deeper into the site and into situations and locations that promise to yield up the most
within 30 feet of a mite that can see it, a non-fey creature has disadvantage on Dexterity checks and Dexterity saving throws.
Actions
Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the Labyrinth well, and befriending the modrons grants characters a +5 bonus to Wisdom (Survival) checks made to navigate the region. The tridrone warns the characters to avoid the center of the
resonates with the modrons. The tridrone explains that an Orderer is designed to bring order to chaos by altering reality. A malfunctioning Orderer can be very dangerous, however, altering reality in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
shift Oggdug’s attitude from Hostile to Indifferent by hiring him (see the “Hiring the Ogre” section below) or taking the Influence action to make one of the following ability checks. Consider these
other denizens of the Caves of Chaos hiring him for mercenary work. His rate is 50 GP per job, but first-time customers get a 50 percent discount (25 GP). Cindertooth gets half of Oggdug’s earnings. If