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Returning 32 results for 'claiming warrior rites'.
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Curse of Strahd
Ravenloft, has served Strahd's family faithfully for nearly five hundred years. He is Strahd's eternal servant, a longtime comrade-in-arms, and a ruthless warrior who has killed thousands in his lifetime
claiming her as his wife.
Strahd was upset that the dusk elves had taken Patrina from him. After securing her body and entombing it in the catacombs of Ravenloft, Strahd sent Rahadin to punish the dusk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Villain
1 An oracle (see chapter 6) follows omens to find those who have been resurrected, claiming they owe Athreos a debt.
2 A mercenary (gladiator) accuses a community of harboring
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4 A group of cult fanatics charges exorbitant prices for funeral rites, threatening to lead the dead astray unless they’re shown proper respect.
5 A priest of Athreos speaks out against healers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
dangerous lot. From the spurned lover thirsting for revenge to the blood-drenched warrior on the battlefield, all honor Mogis with the shedding of blood in anger. Minotaurs are the most ardent worshipers of
Mogis and regularly hold bloody rites in his honor. Warchanters, the minotaur clergy of Mogis, whip their marauders into a near-mindless frenzy before battle; the ensuing slaughter gives glory to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Caverns are believed to be hidden. Whether the margrave covets one of Iggwilv’s treasures for himself, seeks to sponsor the adventurers, or wants the characters to prevent his rivals from claiming the
lair. Bloodthirsty monsters and the deadly remnants of the archmage’s power stand between the characters and the Witch Queen’s hoard, which is guarded by the greatest of Iggwilv’s treasures—her daughter, the vampire warrior Drelnza.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
escorting his supplies safely to Barthen’s Provisions, a trading post in Phandalin. He then set out ahead of you on horse, along with a warrior escort named Sildar Hallwinter, claiming he needed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
form of a doughty halfling warrior, claiming to be someone who has been trapped by the evil wizard. Treasure. Qesnef’s valuables have been casually shoved beneath the divan. The hoard includes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Kalakeri Adventures table when planning adventures in this domain. Kalakeri Adventures d10 Adventure
1 Bandits takes over the village of Neelakurinji, claiming Ramya or Arijani as their leader
. With constant upheaval, no one has performed the rites necessary to placate what dwells in the deep.
4 Dozens of servants were hired to help host a grand gala thrown by Arijani. The event was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
remaining aloof from a bitter war against dragons, spurring her to prove herself a valiant warrior as well as a champion of peaceful giants. Priests and Rites. Giants of all kinds offer prayers to
and Rites. Thanks to his prolonged absence from mortal giants’ affairs, Annam has few priests. On some worlds, he has no priests and his name is all but forgotten. On other worlds, a priest of Annam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Half-Dragon Warrior Created by Dragons Habitat: Any; Treasure: Armaments Mathias Kollros Born through magical rites involving the essences of dragons, half-dragons serve their creators and their own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Claiming the Sword When the characters return to the Bleeding Citadel from Lulu’s memory of Idyllglen, read the following boxed text to the players: You stand before the dais, atop which glows the
Sword of Zariel. Also before you are Lulu and the ghostly warrior, Yael. The hollyphant is the first to speak. “I remember everything now. Idyllglen was the last straw. We followed Zariel to Avernus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check discerns that these materials describe various rites practiced by Orcus worshipers. Ghostly Librarian. The spectral figure in the alcove is the Ghost of
advises them to search for secret doors behind every statue, claiming there are “secret vaults throughout.” Melindra doesn’t know how to find peace in the afterlife. A character who takes the Study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Each wave of reinforcements consists of 2d4 drow plus 1d4 giant spiders that crawl down from rooftops. Drow Priestess of Lolth A drow priestess of Lolth accompanied by a drow elite warrior and 2d4 drow
is out surveying damaged sections of the city. Merchants and crafters who confront the priestess, claiming to have lost everything in Demogorgon’s attack, are banished to the Braelyn. Locals driven mad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Mother, is an aged grippli warrior (see the end of the adventure for her stat block stat block). She evacuated the village when most of the other residents did and has set up quarters inside the
ago, claiming to be followers of a benevolent deity they called the Scaled Mother. They were friendly, the opposite of other yuan-ti that the grippli had encountered and fought with. These yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
for escorting his supplies safely to Barthen’s Provisions, a trading post in Phandalin. He then set out ahead of you on horse, along with a warrior escort named Sildar Hallwinter, claiming he needed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
martial bands, holding strong in the face of unbeatable odds. It sings of a great yearly competition that crowns the preeminent warrior-athlete in Akros, and—by extension—the world. The majority of
Akroan society are the lektoi, the large warrior class of Akros. Members of this class claim descent from the seven warriors who first established the Kolophon after the fall of the archons. Though the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
with distaste and unease. They interact with the tribe mostly on occasions of death, claiming the bones of fallen warriors to add to the ossuary shrines of Yurtrus, and sometimes during shamanic rites
is Gruumsh One-Eye, who created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ruthless warrior who has killed thousands in his lifetime. Exile. Rahadin was exiled for refusing to bow down to a dusk elf prince whom he considered weak and corrupt. When the dusk elves later
Patrina’s own people stoned her to death to keep Strahd from claiming her as his wife. Strahd was upset that the dusk elves had taken Patrina from him. After securing her body and entombing it in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
his head. (His weapons, shirt, and armor lie in a pile in the northeast corner.)
Sylkress. Unless she is drawn to area 7c by sounds of combat there, a female drow elite warrior named Sylkress
tries to arm herself. As a daughter of House Auvryndar, she uses her status in the house as a shield, claiming that she’s worth more alive than dead. If captured or cornered, she is willing to divulge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
each of the two pin locks with a separate successful DC 20 Dexterity check. White Gate. Behind the doors to the south is a white gate that connects with the Warrior Pools. 76. Naga’s Den If the spirit
that holds seven spell scrolls (two each of detect magic, identify, and lesser restoration, and one of remove curse). Glyph Key. Ihanvas carries a glyph key attuned to this zone, the Warrior Pools, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
set into the west, south, and east walls. Each panel is a 6-foot-tall, 3-foot-wide, 1-inch-thick rectangle of golden crystal, carved with the bas-relief image of a dwarf warrior clutching a battleaxe
while trapped in their statues. The glabrezu makes telepathic contact with one character at random, congratulating that character on making it this far and claiming to have the knowledge and power to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dragon Inn in Clerkburg has good food and affordable rooms. The inn’s stable can hold up to a dozen steeds. The inn’s proprietor is Miklos Dare, a human Warrior Veteran (Chaotic Good) who loves to
contains a prison where the city’s most hardened criminals are incarcerated. The captain-general of the City Watch is Sental Nurev, a tall, human Warrior Veteran (Neutral Good) with thinning blond hair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
rites. He was keeper of the tomes of Terbakar, the greatest library in all lands of the golden age.
“Nafik searched, too, for life eternal, and some say he sought to rob the pharaohs of their right
(area P51). Since then, she has been surviving on rations, but her supplies are running low. She doesn’t know how to get to the tomb’s next level. Hazem Ameen Uma, a valiant warrior who headed Amun Sa’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
scout the gardens for resources the merchant might exploit. But the naga in area G6 captured them and transformed them into their current forms through sinister rites and excruciating torture. The yuan
beautiful frescoes on the walls between exits feature scenes of conquest, each lorded over by a githyanki warrior mounted on an enormous red dragon. A column of shimmering air connects large shafts in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
swear fealty. Warrior Cult. Cultists of Bane are warriors who wear heavy armor and wield maces, swords, spears, and crossbows. They paint the right gauntlet of their armor black in honor of their
(2d6) fire damage per ray.
Myrkul and His Followers Myrkul is the Lord of Bones, claiming power over corpses and souls. His cultists are those who seek to claim lore, power, and even fealty from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
hope of escaping their plight. Outsiders who don’t understand the goblins’ social system are sometimes surprised by how different castes interact with them. A single human warrior might frighten away a
need by claiming mines abandoned by other races and scratching away at veins thought to be played out. When goblins expand a mine, the tunnels they dig are narrow and warren-like. Goblins live both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
someone in the party. 8 Atop a low building, a githyanki warrior proselytizes furiously to the characters about Aoskar, the Keeper of Gateways, claiming to have seen the dead god alive and well on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
with etchings of funerary rites in honor of Moradin (150 gp), and an immovable rod. A9. Tombs Gigantic stone doors covered in twin reliefs of dwarven gods in profile loom fifteen feet high. The dwarven
. The initiates wear cult garb and are being tested. If the characters try to free them, they protest, claiming that their cult masters are teaching them how to “survive on air alone.” A17. The Palace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
a glyph key attuned to this zone. The deathlock wight’s key is also attuned to all the zones in the Ooze Grottos. White Gate. The exit to the north has a white gate that connects with the Warrior
is questioned, he lies, claiming to be a prisoner of the Red Wizards. If the characters spare him, he accompanies the party until he sees an opportunity to escape. Also present is a reduced-threat clay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
headbands and silver bracelets are performing a ritual over the eggs.
Two sahuagin priestesses are conducting rites to Sekolah over the unhatched eggs. If the priestesses notice the party, they
warrior looms above a normal-sized sahuagin who swims submissively before her. The large one has four arms, and one of its hands holds a single gold earring, which she shakes at the cowering sahuagin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Gauntlgrym. His handpicked successor, Dagnabbet Waybeard, now rules Mithral Hall as queen. A bold leader and a fierce warrior, Queen Dagnabbet firmly supports Mithral Hall’s membership in the Lords’ Alliance
night, claiming the land around Noanar’s Hold is haunted by the spirits of dead hunters. Characters who seek an audience with the Hunt Lords must first speak to Amrath Mulnobar (NE male shield dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
is vacant (Obmi is very clever). He can see through the door by means of a peephole, and if he sees intruders who are battling the gnolls and winning he will yell for them to help him, claiming to be
worthless giant-sized items in the chests and other containers. One warrior has a greatsword, and the other one fights with a human-sized +2 greataxe. The weapon gives the giant a +13 bonus to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the mage is attacked. Shon confronts intruders and orders them to leave the library at once, claiming that no one may peruse the books without Zybilna’s consent. Zybilna has made no such declaration
ballroom. Kelek, the leader of the League of Malevolence, is terrified of it (“as he should be,” Shon adds). Warduke, a helmed warrior with a flaming sword, acts as Kelek’s bodyguard, but not out of