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                                                    Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites doom.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     lore about demons. When you do so, you have Advantage on that check.
At the DM’s discretion, the book might reveal secrets no mortal should know, such as the true names of powerful Fiends
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     retains its name, alignment, and personality. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains.
If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , ushering them safely to the nearest staircase. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and take no damage from falling. Aberrations, Fiends, Undead, and creatures that fall due to Nafas&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     in the cosmos. A character can use the lore the book contains to unearth terrible secrets no mortal should know. Among the contents a character might find are the following, plus whatever else you
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Book of Vile Darkness
                                                    
    
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                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Darkness touches on every evil in the cosmos. A character can use the lore the book contains to unearth terrible secrets no mortal should know. Among the contents a character might find are the following
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Lords of Dust NPCs Most of the Lords of Dust are rakshasas, but any sort of fiend — devil, demon, or otherwise — could be part of this organization. Such fiends are spawned in Khyber and aren’t
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     actually from the Outer Planes. These fiends generally work through a wide network of duped pawns and indebted servitors. Each overlord has a chief servant, and these leaders meet in the ruins of Ashtakala
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     boxed text to the players: Spiky chains lash a fifteen-foot-diameter, floating blob of quivering flesh to a 20-foot-tall wrought-iron scaffold. Two fiends wrapped in chains stand atop the scaffold
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     loudly at the bloated prisoner in multiple languages. It sits cross-legged about half-way up the scaffolding.
 Bel’s fiends captured a sibriex and have been torturing and interrogating it for quite
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     normally once unstitched from the banner. A mahogany chest the spyder-fiends took from a drow quartermaster contains 750 flawless black opals, each worth 1,000 gp. Y5: Planning Chamber The north wall of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     kakkuu spyder-fiends (see appendix A) drill on this beach while awaiting orders from the battle leaders in the citadel. They find marching in formation dull and are eager to rejoin the battle raging on
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the truth of these assertions remains unknown. No other planets have been discovered within Eberron’s Material Plane. The underworld of Khyber, however, contains a host of demiplanes, tiny pockets of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     altered reality. As such, venturing beneath the surface of Eberron can lead you to a network of caverns and passages, and if you find the right passage, it can take you to fantastic and deadly places inhabited by fiends, aberrations, and other children of Khyber.  Planes of Existence View Larger Version
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Khyber contains a host of demiplanes: tiny pockets of reality that exist within the underworld. As such, venturing below the surface of Eberron can lead you to a network of caverns and passages… but if you
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     find the right passage, it can take you to fantastic and deadly worlds inhabited by fiends, aberrations, and other children of Khyber. This is one way to adapt material from Out of the Abyss and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Castle’s Residents Once the Fiends are defeated and Zaythir is freed, the characters have access to the walking castle and the gratitude of its residents. These residents help the characters however
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     emotion. If she is freed and the Fiends are driven out of her home, she’s indebted to the characters. She introduces herself and can provide information on the following topics: Personal Background
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the time is right. The rest of this book also contains a wealth of advice and tools that address the challenges posed by specific cards. For example, the keep described in chapter 15 is perfect for any
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     character who draws the Throne card. The three powerful fiends found in chapter 20 make ideal enemies for those who draw the Flames card. Chapter 18 includes a full map of the Void’s prison, as well
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check can determine that it confers the same benefit as a magic circle spell that affects celestials, elementals, fey, and fiends all at once. The circle
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     have a combined Strength of 34 or higher can push the plug out of the hole, provided they have something firm to stand on. Treasure. Ezzat’s spellbook weighs 13 pounds and contains all the spells the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     characters don’t silence the tieflings quickly, the Fiends in areas W5, area W6, and area W7 are alerted. Through doors to the southwest are a pantry and washroom. If a character dies in the castle
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     writing desk, and an empty cabinet. W4c. This room contains a large nest, once used by an avian scholar, and a cabinet with clothes suited for a winged wearer. A door to the east opens onto a sturdy
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    15. Valtagar’s Quarters The walls and floor of this 15-foot-high chamber are covered with interlocking stone tiles. The room contains the following: Valtagar. When the characters first arrive
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Fazrian rarely leaves its throne hall and keeps the cleric’s headless corpse as a memento. Fazrian takes advice from four yugoloths. These fiends arrived shortly after Fazrian’s madness took hold. Aximus
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     over the shrine are two arcanaloths named Aximus and Exekarus. These fiends use alter self spells to appear as duergar priests. Valtagar and the duergar under his command avoid the shrine, finding the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     fiends quickly turn hostile if attacked. The arcanaloths’ attitude changes to friendly if the characters appeal to their love of magic by giving them a single very rare magic item, multiple rare magic
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     celestials and fiends that embody these ideas. Irian: The Eternal Dawn. A plane of light and hope, Irian is the source of positive energy in Eberron. Kythri: The Churning Chaos. The plane of chaos and change
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Kythri is a morphic realm in constant flux. Lamannia: The Twilight Forest. While it is called a “Forest”, Lamannia embodies primordial nature, and contains every possible natural environment. It is
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     detects the presence of fiends, such as a paladin’s Divine Sense class feature, reveals the presence of such a creature bound within the shield. If an identify spell is cast on the shield, or if it is
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     undertaking a quest to find its sister shield. The pit fiend suspects that the other shield is nearby, but does not know its location. 6c. Components Storeroom This room contains wooden trestle tables laden
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     teleportation into the bunker fails. The door has AC 22, 75 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The bunker contains a narrow set of stairs descending 200 feet into Kas’s chamber (area
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , blurred by scouring sand. Rubble is all that remains of the portico’s collapsed roof.
 A raklupis spyder-fiend named Kalzak and three phisarazu spyder-fiends (for both stat blocks, see appendix A) keep
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     its spells; the exception has no effect on how a weapon or a spell functions for others. If a stat block contains the name of a class in the monster’s name or in parentheses under the name, the monster
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     that nevertheless wield rune magic. Giant Cultists. Other variations include giants that follow the cults of "interloper gods." Some of these are Fiends transformed by their devotion to demon lords or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     mirror, and a bone scroll tube with a silver stopper and chain (worth 25 gp). The tube contains a spell scroll of protection from fiends and a spell scroll of protection from undead. Fortunes of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     84 hit points. It is clad in specially fitted half plate (AC 17) and has been trained to hunt Strahd's Vistani servants. The wagon also contains the torn-up remains of a doll. A character who makes a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Darkness touches on every evil in the cosmos. A character can use the lore the book contains to unearth terrible secrets no mortal should know. Among the contents a character might find are the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Stranger. Cells  The Stranger The door to each cell opens into a 10-foot-square extradimensional space brightly lit by magic. The cells and their contents are as follows: Cell 1. This cell contains a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     it to work for them. Cell 2. This cell is empty. Cell 3. A bench against the far wall has a +2 rod of the pact keeper resting on it. The cell is otherwise empty. Cell 4. This cell contains a friendly
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .) A4b. Empty Crypt This crypt contains nothing but dust and cobwebs. A5. Cultists’ Chamber This room has the following features: Six wooden cots stand against the north and south walls. The west wall is
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     carved with four bas-reliefs of pit fiends. Tired cultists sleep here after ceremonies, particularly if they drank too much wine. Secret Door. Behind one of the bas-reliefs is a secret door, which can
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     as lore about demons. When you do so, you have Advantage on that check. At the DM’s discretion, the book might reveal secrets no mortal should know, such as the true names of powerful Fiends, foul
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     close examination of the work. Kavil won’t start a fight, but he sides with the nycaloths if a battle erupts, which is likely since the fiends have orders to slay intruders. If reduced to 33 hit points
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     compartment is hidden atop the hexagonal plinth. Finding it requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. It contains a 6-inch-long key carved from a dragon’s finger bone, shaped like an H. This key, which is identical to the one in area 19, unlocks the doors to area 39c.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals the wings have black blood; they don’t belong to a bat or any other Beast. Creatures other than Constructs, Fiends, or Undead that partake of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     reduced to 0 hit points, a hostile vargouille reflection sprouts from their corpse. Portals Each of the lettered sewer pipes on map 2.1 contains a portal to one of the others in this room. The pipes are
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , northeast, and southeast walls are rusted shut, and a semicircular chamber that opens in the southwest wall contains a shrine.
 To convince unwelcome visitors that this cave is unused, the facility’s
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     corner, mumbling profane phrases.
 Cultists and agents gather here to commune with Lolth’s Abyssal servants and occasionally summon Fiends to assist with missions. The figure at the table is
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the ten-foot-high vaulted ceiling of this dry cellar, the walls of which are lined by a dozen barrels on wooden braces. Half the barrels have brass spigots tapped into them. The room also contains two
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     stacks of wooden crates — one in the middle of the room and another by the south wall.
 The topmost crate in the middle of the room contains three spined devils that spy on this area through knotholes
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     moldy scroll case containing a scroll of protection against fiends. Basidia promises an additional reward (see “Treasure”) if the characters investigate the Garden of Welcome on its behalf. Basidia
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     two days. Treasure If the characters complete Basidia’s quest, the myconid sovereign digs up a small box buried in the earth and gives it to them. The box contains curiosities Basidia has collected
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     and transformed into fiends. One of Zariel’s generals, Olanthius, killed himself rather than embrace tyranny. Zariel raised him as a death knight to ensure his loyalty. The knights’ souls are cursed
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     characters approach one of these areas, read: Recesses in the walls hold iron burial caskets. Each casket has a single, healthy red rose resting on its lid.
 Each of these corridors contains six
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     damage from falling. Aberrations, Fiends, Undead, and creatures that fall due to Nafas’s or his allies’ actions don’t gain this benefit, instead falling as normal. Wishful Winds. The wishes of creatures
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains. If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10 days, regaining all his hit points and appearing in a random safe location on the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     unless it has some other magical means of traveling from one world to another. (See “Material Plane” in this chapter.) Spelljammer: Adventures in Space contains extensive information about Wildspace and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the Material Plane via Wildspace. En route, they might encounter fellow travelers, such as Celestials, Fiends, slaadi, modrons, or githyanki. As a realm of thought, memory, and dream, the Astral Plane
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     free of their panels (whether on the walls or not; see “Treasure”) and attack the tomb’s interlopers. Use the flying sword statistics for each crystal battleaxe. The sarcophagus contains tatters of a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     true form in the nearest unoccupied space. Trapped Demons. The Melairkyn dwarves trapped four demons in the statues after attempts to banish the fiends failed — a barlgura in the statue of Moradin, a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of protection (fiends). Number 5 contains a scroll of gibberish with an explosive runes glyph of warding on it (spell save DC 15). Number 6 has two spell scrolls, one of delayed blast fireball and one
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Cave The place contains some remnants of carcasses, a few broken boxes with spoiled provisions, some split sacks containing moldering grain, casks of wine turned to vinegar, and ale barrels that have
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Abyssal Prisons Originally an area containing summoning traps, this sector has been changed into a place for confining demons. Thayans break the will of imprisoned fiends and bind them into service
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     dimensional barriers that prevent fiends from teleporting or summoning other demons within the sector. Fiendish Arena In this zone, a vampire named Issem culls the weakest demons using arena combat. When
                                                
                                            
                                        






