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tomb according to tradition. There, they performed holy rites and accepted food and offerings from the outside.
As time went on, Nafik grew envious of Amun Sa. “Why should the pharaoh get to
, seeking forbidden rituals he hoped could teach him the secrets of everlasting life.
When the lands of Bakar dried up, the faithful stopped bringing offerings to Amun Sa’s tomb. The threat of
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Keys from the Golden Vault
her triumph onto her skin. Using ancient rituals, Korda infused many of these artful etchings with the magic of Gauntlgrym’s forges, granting her wondrous gifts.
Korda grew too ambitious for
little as she can get away with.
Prisoner 13’s Tattoos
Most of Prisoner 13’s inkwork is covered by her uniform. Her tattoos include the following:
Dwarven Poetry. An excerpt from a poem
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
terrible or seek something incredibly important.
Zakhara. As the saying goes among those in Faerûn who know of the place, “To get to Zakhara, go south. Then go south some more.” Of
traditional rituals that are unfamiliar to those around me.
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Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
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Open. I have much to learn from the kindly folk I meet
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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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
body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
Gnome
Legacy
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beauties of the world in their long years, but gnomes seem to worry that even with all that time, they can’t get in enough of the things they want to do and see.
Gnomes speak as if they can’t
get the thoughts out of their heads fast enough. Even as they offer ideas and opinions on a range of subjects, they still manage to listen carefully to others, adding the appropriate exclamations of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
isn’t a vampire, but uses his reputation as one to terrorize his vassals
2 An indulgent socialite who made a terrible bargain with a fell power to retain her youth
3 A scientist obsessed with
creating the perfect poison, machine, or lifeform
4 A beloved magnate who abducts commoners to steal their blood for his beauty rituals
5 A celebrity who openly murders innocents but uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
separated from their memories, which become wandering eidolons (see chapter 6). They retain their personalities and skills, but each Returned tends to be a very different being from who they once were
might once have held meaning. Other Returned visit anographers and describe what scraps of memory they retain. Some believe hidden wisdom lies upon these scrolls, clues to ancient mysteries, or hints
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
them beyond death. Unlike mere zombies, they retain the memories and evil agendas they harbored in life. After dying and returning from the grave, a wight continues its villainous ways, but it is now
Motives 1d8 The Wight Returned from the Dead To...
1 Challenge anyone who passes near its grave on a certain cursed night.
2 Conquer the land it believes it should rule.
3 Continue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, becoming like the gods in body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race
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->Basic Rules (2014)
Bright Burrows Gnomes make their homes in hilly, wooded lands. They live underground but get more fresh air than dwarves do, enjoying the natural, living world on the surface whenever they can. Their
in the first place. Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils enjoy a mix of serious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Bright Burrows Gnomes make their homes in hilly, wooded lands. They live underground but get more fresh air than dwarves do, enjoying the natural, living world on the surface whenever they can. Their
in the first place. Gnomes who settle in human lands are commonly gemcutters, engineers, sages, or tinkers. Some human families retain gnome tutors, ensuring that their pupils enjoy a mix of serious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
believed, that he is the master of his own fate. When he was alive, Strahd could admit to letting his emotions get the better of him from time to time. Now, as a vampire, he is more monster than man
. In his mind, her death couldn’t have been prevented, and what is done cannot be undone. In life, Strahd lived to conquer. In undeath, he conquers still—not realms, but people, driving good souls to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
elements that the witches use in their fell concoctions and rituals. The labels identify such items as “Eye of Newt,” “Hair of Bat,” “Snail Hearts,” and “Frog’s Breath.” There are no magic potions among the
hidden latch, causing the trapdoor to swing down. Area K51 lies below. (There’s no ability check that will let the characters figure out the trick to opening the door. They can get that information from the witches, or perhaps by using a divination spell or similar magic.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fleshy odors. To the west, a huge gong carved with snake patterns stands on a second balcony.
During rituals, the fane swells with yuan-ti, but the room is unguarded otherwise. When struck, the gong
sometimes brought here to be eaten by frenzied revelers or transformed into yuan-ti (see “Yuan-ti Rituals” below). Cauldron A stew made from boiled flesh sloshes inside the cauldron, which is heated by a
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
are certainly those among them who might try if they could see a way to retain their own powers.
The Silence. When the squabbling of the gods threatened the world once more despite Kruphix’s warning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
far from our cities. 7 I am interested in modern human culture, even as primitive as it is. 8 I await the day when we again conquer lands by force, as we did in the old times. Yuan-ti Ideals d6 Ideal
I frequently overindulge in food and wine, and I am impaired and lethargic for days afterward. 4 I worship a forbidden god. 5 I secretly believe things would be better if I was in charge. 6 If I could get away with it, I would gladly kill and eat a superior yuan-ti.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Magic as a Tool. In Eberron, arcane magic is a form of science. The spells and rituals of wizards and artificers have been developed and honed over centuries, and those principles have been incorporated
get an illness cured by lesser restoration, but resurrection, teleportation, and similar effects are hard to come by. True wizards are rare and remarkable; most common magic is performed by a working
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
sacrifices, the yuan-ti stepped up their raids on bordering settlements to meet this need. The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their holdings for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
reflection. Anyone who doesn’t appreciate my beauty is a fool.” 21–40 “Sex is a great solution to all of life’s problems. Why doesn’t anyone else get this?” 41–60 “My appetite for delicious, pleasurable
substances knows no bounds. I’ll do anything to get more.” 61–80 “Rumors spread easily, and I know many of them. Who cares if they’re true?” 81–90 “To properly honor my dark, beautiful lord, I must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of the city, this means not merely the ability to carry a weapon, but the right to retain up to seventy equipped soldiers. These soldiers always wear a house’s colors and the house’s “arms of grace
” — a heraldic device often borne on a shield, worn as a cloak pin, or affixed to a helmet. Others throughout the city, even foreign dignitaries, are permitted to retain only up to sixteen armed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
characters try to leave, the ghost-children attempt to possess them. If one of the ghosts possesses a character, allow the player to retain control of the character, but assign the character one of the
following flaws: A character possessed by Rose gains the following flaw: “I like being in charge and get angry when other people tell me what to do.” A character possessed by Thorn gains the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to destroy Dezmyr and Zalthar before they can enact their plan to conquer Waterdeep, not realizing that death knights are not so easily vanquished. Melissara asks that she and Derrion be left out of
Hold, but doesn’t know where.) If the characters have no interest in conversing with Melissara, she uses dimension door to get to area 11 and sends her lunatic husband to eliminate them. Treasure. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Defensive spells, arcane travel rituals, eldritch utility magic — a wizard does it all. Plus, they’ll blow things up when needed. And not surprisingly, things in an Acq Inc campaign need to get blown up a lot
Wizard Yes, I can get you inside that vault. I can locate that secret treasure you’re all hyped up about. I can get you out with no collateral damage. I’m fine if you care less about the “no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
protector of the city of Mezro. He betrayed his oaths and was banished. Rather than redeem himself, he raised an undead army to conquer Mezro. The would-be tyrant was defeated and banished once more. Mezro
special power as well as a flaw. The nine trickster gods don’t get along, and they try to push one another out of the characters’ bodies. As the gods fight over their living hosts, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
, you’re not going to break anything in the game system, but you might undermine the story and the world being created in your campaign. Can a bound and gagged druid simply use Wild Shape to get out
only languages that appear in an elemental’s stat block, but the intent (RAI) is that druids retain their knowledge, including of languages, when they transform and can speak the languages they know if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
caravan was being protected by gnolls. Not protected from gnolls, protected by gnolls. I thought things couldn’t get any stranger. I couldn’t have been more wrong. …
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grow larger and more organized every day, and the rest of Khorvaire is uneasy with the potential power of a fully realized Droaam. The monsters that inhabit Droaam retain their racial subcultures. Most worship the Dark Six, but other religious traditions flourish as well.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
of the Grease Pit to the posh cuisine of the Gastrognome, Sigil offers a taste of the multiverse. Get Ink at Fell’s Tattoos. A dabus (see Morte’s Planar Parade) named Fell runs a tattoo parlor in the
adventure surrounds the characters’ identities and the nature of their deaths. While the characters retain vague, surface-level details about themselves, they’re likely to seek more information in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
one winged kobold. These creatures are in the upper part of the chamber. The lower area is where cultists conducted the rituals to create their guard drakes and then housed the creatures. The ledge is
drakes attack. If the drakes are spotted and attacked by characters on the ledge, they set up a howl that draws six kobolds and three winged kobolds from area 8. At least one of these try to get past the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
characters trying to stop the fighting and get the parties talking to each other. Protect an NPC or Object The characters must act as bodyguards or protect some object in their custody. As a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
one winged kobold. These creatures are in the upper part of the chamber. The lower area is where cultists conducted the rituals to create their guard drakes and then housed the creatures. The ledge is
try to get past the characters and unlock the gate at the bottom of the steps, letting the guard drakes join the battle as they’ve been trained to do. Spike Trap A portion of the floor between areas 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Acrobatics Dexterity Stay on your feet in a tricky situation, or perform an acrobatic stunt. Animal Handling Wisdom Calm or train an animal, or get an animal to behave in a certain way. Arcana
rituals, and holy symbols. Sleight of Hand Dexterity Pick a pocket, conceal a handheld object, or perform legerdemain. Stealth Dexterity Escape notice by moving quietly and hiding behind things. Survival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Zariel Keep wasting my time with your pointless words and die, or join my war band and live. Choose swiftly. I have a plane to conquer.
— Zariel addressing emissaries from Dis
Zariel was once an
leave the plane of her own will. She must be called forth, but only the mightiest rituals can draw her back into the world. So, if she has been imprisoned here, how and why did that come about?
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
well enough to know that they can get away with this casual disregard for life almost anytime. Furthermore, in the yuan-ti caste system, a greater yuan-ti’s life is worth far more than a lesser one’s
been encountered before, it is likely that the yuan-ti have prepared a special ambush at the end of the pursuit. Capture, Not Kill The objective of the yuan-ti as a race is to conquer and enslave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
useful, claiming to have been trapped in the circle by the archmage after failing to convince Gromph not to cast his spell (a lie). The demon tries to get the characters to free it by breaking the
rituals for summoning and binding powerful demons. It’s open to a chapter that talks about the summoning of Demogorgon. The various arcane components and ritual items in the workroom are worth 1,000 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
time went on, Nafik grew envious of Amun Sa. “Why should the pharaoh get to enjoy eternal bliss in the afterlife while his priests are condemned to live out the rest of their lives imprisoned in his
pyramid?” he thought. In his anger, Nafik turned to unholy grimoires, seeking forbidden rituals he hoped could teach him the secrets of everlasting life. When the lands of Bakar dried up, the faithful