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might die. If it is freed from its specific duties, a wood woad might roam to find another place of natural beauty or fey influence to watch over.
Wood woads are drawn to creatures that have close ties
or Fey that performed the rituals, while others acquire the services of freed wood woads that find renewed purpose in serving a kindred guardian.Bludgeoning, PiercingFire
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Elminster
The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
advisor in human society. The very rare offspring of such a union are always purebloods, although they may appear fully human at birth and for several years afterward.
The yuan-ti know rituals that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
9. Secret Room This secret room contains bookshelves packed with tomes describing fiend-summoning rituals and the necromantic rituals of a cult called the Priests of Osybus. The rituals are bogus
lid half-closed. Sticking out of the chest is a skeleton in leather armor. Close inspection reveals that the skeleton belongs to a human who triggered a poisoned dart trap. Three darts are stuck in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
form of a stone tablet falls into the characters’ hands. They must return the seal to the Gatekeepers before its magic fades. 3 A logging operation is moving close to the area protected by a seal, and
characters will bring a daelkyr one step closer to freedom. 5 The characters discover evidence suggesting that the rituals performed by the local Gatekeepers are weakening their seal, not empowering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
arcane rituals. Dragonshards come in three distinct varieties, each of which are found in different environments. Eberron dragonshards are found in shallow soil, and often encased in geode-like stone
dragonshards are also used for many necromantic rituals. Siberys dragonshards fall from the Ring of Siberys, the ring of crystals that encircles the world. While rare in Khorvaire, there are significant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
they influence and are influenced by the Material Plane. The intensity of this influence waxes and wanes; scholars often depict the planes as orbiting Eberron — sometimes coming close, other times far
coterminous. When its influence is weak, a plane is remote. The state of a plane can be important for performing epic rituals, creating of eldritch machines, or interacting with extraplanar entities. Whether or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
inspiration: Connections to the Throne. Simbon mentions how close Kirina once was to Empress Inaya, pondering aloud what the prince might have done to earn the empress’s disfavor. Favored of the People
rituals. Prior to the scorpion attack in Anisa, Kirina painted the runes from this paper in a nearby alley, preparing it for the priest’s magic. In the course of the expedition into the Goldwarren, if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for sinister rituals, jewelry stolen from graves, cursed magic items, and other ominous goods. In return, they demand kitchen utensils, worn bridles, waterlogged books, and other unremarkable trash
abilities. Regardless of how they came upon their grisly magic, kakomanteis keep small animals, such as rodents, snakes, and insects, close at hand to power their spells, though more potent magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. No door remains unopened in my presence.
5 I let people underestimate me, revealing my full competency only to those close to me.
6 I compulsively seek to collect trophies of my travels and
within me. I will fight against it and the world’s other evils for as long as I can.
9 I’m desperately seeking a cure to an affliction or a curse, either for someone close to me for myself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
place to enter it willingly. In their communities they reenact their old rituals and ceremonies, in a pale imitation of the days when they dwelled in the life and light of their now-lost kingdom. When
queen, the shadar-kai use their shadow magic. If a target is living, they magically infiltrate the person’s mind and excise the desired bits of emotion, or if the target is close to death, the shadar-kai
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
D3. Courtyard This courtyard is open to the sky, and its walls have been carved with scenes of dwarves engaged in rituals, often in pairs, of a friendly or amorous nature. A twenty-foot-tall statue
ruse and attack. If the characters think the ceremony is real and join the festivities, the dwarves wait for them to get close before drawing hidden weapons and taking the characters. Characters with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
criminal cases, controversial rituals are performed to prevent the offender from acting on their wicked impulses. The offender is then banished for life. Government in Janya Janya is an oligarchy ruled
, reserving family names for close loved ones. In both realms, those family names combine Djaynaian words focused on nature, such as Pineshadow or Misthare. The following are common public names: Feminine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Vesve Forest’s evil inhabitants. Central Flanaess Culture The culture of the Central Flanaess is a result of the long imposition of the Great Kingdom’s rule over a variety of peoples living in close
includes a tunic of varying length, sometimes worn with close-fitting trousers. A cape or cloak, usually featuring patterns of ovals or diamonds, completes the ensemble. The cuisine of the Central
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
precious baubles with oil.
The cultists are named Elthimar and Zelaya. They are carefully anointing items that have been plucked from Umbraxakar’s hoard — treasures that will be used in rituals to tether
disobey. Close examination of the dead cultist reveals no signs of a struggle, suggesting that he offered no resistance as he died from exsanguination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
lodging with other worshipers nearly anywhere. Rituals honoring Kruphix are usually performed at boundaries, both temporal and spatial: shorelines, riverbanks, equinoxes, and sunsets. One of the god’s
greatest festivals is the Agrypnion (“the Watching”), which marks the end of winter and the close of the year. (DAARKEN) MYTHS OF KRUPHIX
Kruphix appears in stories in an ancillary role, often as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, twisting caves, primeval woods, and the maze-like streets and passages of desolate ruins. A minotaur can visualize every route it might take to close the distance to its prey. The scent of blood, the
respect authority or hierarchy, and they are notoriously difficult to enslave, let alone control. Cults of the Horned King. Minotaurs are the dark descendants of humanoids transformed by the rituals of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
detected, a combat encounter or social interaction might result. Stop a Ritual The plots of evil cult leaders, malevolent spellcasters, and Fiends often involve rituals that must be foiled. In a
getting to the place where the ritual is occurring, or a social interaction encounter, where the objective is convincing the ritual leaders to stop their rite. As a complication, the ritual might be close
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
presence. Complications might ensue if they are detected. Stop a Ritual. The plots of evil cult leaders, malevolent warlocks, and powerful fiends often involve rituals that must be foiled. Characters
engaged in stopping a ritual must typically fight their way through evil minions before attempting to disrupt the ritual’s powerful magic. As a complication, the ritual might be close to completion when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the serpent gods began to demand more and more
influence by controlling enemy rulers — and those close to them — through blackmail, drugs, magic, and the subterfuge of disguised purebloods. Calm long-view schemers, innate deceivers, and immune to poison — yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers.
— Elminster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Membership The Heralds of the Comet is a small, close-knit community. Through the process of severing their ties to the doomed world, members become entirely dependent on the group and its leaders
participate in the rites together speak of themselves as a single “brood” and remain especially close-knit. This brood is the only family that remains to initiates. Broods are numbered in the group’s annals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
within the Council of Savants using demonology as a path to power. Since the arrival of the demon lords, he has gathered and bullied several apprentices to participate in rituals aimed to sow chaos in
and stay close to Narrak. Fungi Patches Fungi is rampant throughout this area, growing in large patches on the floors and walls. Two thick fungi patches grow by each wall in the western tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
her tattooed eye decorated with gemstones. Her dark green hair is close-cropped, with a mark shaved into it that matches a sigil on her cherrywood staff. She looks up toward you as she pours from a
on her divinatory abilities. If The Canopic Being is discussed, Shir doesn’t recognize the name of the book. If its contents are described, she is horrified, but she says that the dark rituals the book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
beauty or fey influence to watch over. Wood woads are drawn to creatures that have close ties to nature and that protect and respect the land, such as druids and treants (both appear in the Monster Manual
). Some treants have wood woad servants by virtue of age-old pacts with druids or Fey that performed the rituals, while others acquire the services of freed wood woads that find renewed purpose in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
duties, a wood woad might roam to find another place of natural beauty or fey influence to watch over. Wood woads are drawn to creatures that have close ties to nature, and that protect and respect the
land, such as druids and treants. Some treants have wood woad servants by virtue of age-old pacts with druids or fey that performed the rituals, while others acquire the services of freed wood woads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
influence. When the influence of a plane is especially strong it is said to be coterminous. When its influence is weak, a plane is remote. These states can be important for epic rituals, the creation of
what is possible. Some can look upon Xoriat and see it as a place of revelations; but most mortals who come to close to Xoriat fall prey to madness. Xoriat is the source of many aberrations, along with the terrifying daelkyr.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
recently been sensed north of the lighthouse, and relatively close. All the activities mentioned in this section are introduced or talked about in the “Franchise Tasks and Downtime” section in chapter 2
schmoozing might gain information from knowledgeable sages regarding existing portals to Mechanus, or unique rituals that can open a temporary portal. If the characters are successful in helping Stevie get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
outside the Zhentarim, one of their agents has infiltrated the cult and gets close enough to Wyrmspeaker Varram to steal the White Dragon Mask. This theft sets off a sequence of events that culminates
figures and questioning the chance of success for attempts to turn or interrogate them. She favors discreet execution, interrogation of the corpse with appropriate rituals, and destruction of the body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
seal off the castle. The gatehouse (area C6) holds the mechanisms that raise and lower the portcullises as well as open and close both sets of doors. Knock spells and similar magic can bypass these
, the guards respond, “Speaker Crannoc Siever has no need for your heathen rituals!” C2. Snowy Courtyard Footprints in the snow lead to various doors along this courtyard’s perimeter, including a tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
rituals stolen from the Arcane Brotherhood—which have kept her sealed and helpless in Oyaviggaton, invisible to scrying and unable to use sending to call for help. Before he turns Maccath over to
currently in area 20 of his lair, close to the entrance beneath the scriptorium (area 11). Most of the material stolen from the Hosttower is in the scriptorium, but a few items might be in Arauthator’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, except when the booming reverberation of a Harpell-crafted spell breaks the silence. The family is constantly researching magic both old and new, and twisting spells and rituals into interesting (to them
be tiresome. The first is the Gilded Horseshoe, an old inn to the west of the road that serves fine food and drink, offers comfortable beds, and is close enough to the Ivy Mansion that no one would
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
outside the Zhentarim, one of their agents has infiltrated the cult and gets close enough to Wyrmspeaker Varram to steal the White Dragon Mask. This theft sets off a sequence of events that culminates
figures and questioning the chance of success for attempts to turn or interrogate them. She favors discreet execution, interrogation of the corpse with appropriate rituals, and destruction of the body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
and rituals stolen from the Arcane Brotherhood — which have kept her sealed and helpless in Oyaviggaton, invisible to scrying and unable to use sending to call for help. Before he turns Maccath over
is currently in area 20 of his lair, close to the entrance beneath the scriptorium (area 11). Most of the material stolen from the Hosttower is in the scriptorium, but a few items might be in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
outside the Zhentarim, one of their agents has infiltrated the cult and gets close enough to Wyrmspeaker Varram to steal the White Dragon Mask. This theft sets off a sequence of events that culminates
figures and questioning the chance of success for attempts to turn or interrogate them. She favors discreet execution, interrogation of the corpse with appropriate rituals, and destruction of the body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
knocker shaped like a sheep’s head. The door’s stone frame is decorated with carvings of flowers and small birds. Engraved above the door are the words “Enter in Peace” in Common.
Close inspection of the
Scout) with pale blue skin who can breathe both air and water. She was close to the Naiad’s late captain, a human named Jeressa Lameer. When the Naiad sank, Ashlyn helped Devi and Treef swim to Najkir
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
naturally. The only place where they are found in significant numbers is the island of Aerenal, a land whose close ties to the plane of Irian suffuse it with positive energy. The elves of Aerenal spent
thousands of years working to develop rituals that tap into this energy, allowing them to preserve their greatest citizens as undying. The Face of Death. The light of Irian sustains the spirit, but it