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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the carrionette is animate.
Unusual Nature. The carrionette doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Silver Needle. Melee
explores the world in its stolen guise—often that of the very person who wished the carrionette into being.
Carrionettes might appear as any type of toy or piece of art. While marionettes and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. The shard doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The shard makes two Telekinetic Rend attacks.
Telekinetic Rend. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12
. In this vessel, a draconic shard continues to pursue the interests and struggles that drove the dragon, perhaps even accompanying adventurers in the guise of an intelligent magic item and steering
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lantomir was an apprentice of Zelenn the White, one of five archmages who oversee the Arcane Brotherhood. Nass and Zelenn’s relationship started off well, but in recent years it has become
cast spells that require material components, which limits its options. Its list of prepared spells shows only those spells it can cast. Although it has no 2nd-level spells available, the ghost can use
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
operated openly or secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership
: In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its reputation among the common people. The faction draws employees and associates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
as Vecna. Alustriel, please forgive me, but I did plan a contingency.
“Vecna is too powerful to stop directly at this point. However, no power is absolute. I suspect Vecna will be vulnerable while he
recent piece of the rod will suffice.
“There’s no time to waste. Once you’ve reassembled the rod, we can all confront Vecna and stop his heinous plan. You’ll be the heroes of the multiverse! How does
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
gathering on the fringes of Icewind Dale. Adventurers are much better equipped to deal with such threats, particularly in the dead of winter. One recent arrival in the area is Xardorok Sunblight, a
, and heartlessly cruel—the perfect realm for Xardorok to claim as despot. Unbeknownst to Xardorok, however, it is not Deep Duerra guiding his actions but the archdevil Asmodeus in the guise of Deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
earth slide make ability checks that require hearing with disadvantage. A creature that starts its turn in the rockslide must make a DC 20 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature descends
allow access around the rockslide. A crane and winch with buckets and sieves, installed in recent times, allow workers to gather minerals from the slide. Chambers. Giant-sized chambers are carved into the rock near the falls, including a workshop that holds tools for working metal, stone, and gems.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
involved with investigations into recent dragon attacks in the Misty Forest. King Melandrach waves away Delaan’s concerns, saying that dragon attacks in the area have stopped since his elves increased
During the council, the adventurers are introduced to the silver dragon Otaaryliakkarnos, in her human guise as Elia. She bears an invitation from the metallic dragons to a council of their own, and the council delegates ask the adventurers to attend. This leads into chapter 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. When circumstances require that it cast off its guise, a deva is a beautiful humanoid-like creature with silvery skin. Its hair and eyes gleam with an unearthly luster, and large feathery wings unfurl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
is involved with investigations into recent dragon attacks in the Misty Forest. King Melandrach waves away Delaan’s concerns, saying that dragon attacks in the area have stopped since his elves
During the council, the adventurers are introduced to the silver dragon Otaaryliakkarnos, in her human guise as Elia. She bears an invitation from the metallic dragons to a council of their own, and the council delegates ask the adventurers to attend. This leads into chapter 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
threats require a united front. The agents of the Lords’ Alliance work to maintain the delicate network of information and diplomacy that sustains their order, alert for anything that might threaten
the alliance’s interests. Recent reports of unusual activity from the Underdark might mark one such threat. The alliance has noted how many Underdark sites near their settlements have gone quiet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
frame. The carrionette then imprisons its old body, keeping the animate doll hidden while it explores the world in its stolen guise—often that of the very person who wished the carrionette into being
must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the carrionette is animate.
Unusual Nature. The carrionette doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Silver Needle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. For now, it has adopted the guise of a scatterbrained, shabbily dressed young man who has, for reasons he would rather not divulge, set up an alchemist’s lab in this cave. The slaad refers to itself
the next 8 hours: magic can’t put you to sleep, and you can remain awake during a long rest and still gain its benefits. This sweet, amber-colored brew has no effect on creatures that don’t require sleep, such as elves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
that will ultimately require hundreds of victims. B11. Cells These two cells—one to the north and one to the south—are closed off by locked iron-bar doors. Lord Viallis carries the keys that unlock
notes are spread across the floor of this worked stone alcove. Four recent recruits of the Burnt Tongue Cult (three cultists and one cult fanatic) normally work here to learn and practice spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
toward you.
The three shambling sailors are zombies, the animated corpses of sailors who died in a recent shipwreck. The characters face a choice: they can turn and fight the zombies, or they can
doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) bludgeoning damage.
Conceptopolis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Mount Ironrot, the graymatter engine fell into a despondent torpor that lasted until the arrival of its recent visitors. Brian Valeza Landro Sharing Secrets Landro understands the world by peering into
harmless and takes only a moment, though it does require physical contact with the head of a consenting character, as well as spending a secret the character has learned. If the characters reject the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
by natural features and magical guise. No significant human settlement stands within a hundred miles west of it, and to the east lies the hungry desert sands of Anauroch. Strange, then, that the
the city as the buildings are, their presence essential to our way of life. With the recent tragedy of Myth Drannor’s second fall, Evereska has seen the largest influx of new citizens in many centuries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to Waterdeep in the guise of an Illuskan human named Zardoz Zord. “Captain Zord” is the master of the Sea Maidens Faire, a carnival that travels up and down the Sword Coast in three ships: the
succeed instead.
Master Attuner. Jarlaxle can attune to up to five magic items, and he can attune to magic items that normally require attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard.
Sneak Attack (1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
accompanying adventurers in the guise of an intelligent magic item and steering them to fulfill the dragon’s designs. A draconic shard is difficult to destroy. Destroying the shard’s spectral form or an object
. The shard doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Multiattack. The shard makes two Telekinetic Rend attacks.
Telekinetic Rend. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
“Divine Magic” below). The work of a priest is to serve one’s deity and that deity’s faithful, a task that doesn’t necessarily require the use of magic. The kind of person attracted to a deity’s
worship of Torm, lest it inspire rebellion, and an otherwise fair-minded mayor of a river-mill community might demand that worshipers of Silvanus find elsewhere to live because of recent problems the timber-cutters have had with local druids.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
-ridden, and the curtains that once screened the bed are torn and stained. There is no bed linen, but the bed is mostly intact.
While some smugglers have slipped away to nap here in recent months, there
support significant weight. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) check enables a character to detect recent tracks that lead from the door to the window, and back again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
line of defense against these varied threats. In recent years, they have mobilized against the rising threats of Iuz and Elemental Evil, forcing them to broaden the scope of their operations into
guise, appearing as a dirt-covered farmer, a wanderer robed in brown and green, or an elderly tinker. And of the many quasi-deities that appear on Oerth, most prominent among them is Iuz, a demigod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
lantern with a continual flame spell cast on it hangs above the bed.
Maleen and Tendra have come from Shadowdusk Hold (level 22) on the orders of Halaster Blackcloak. Under the guise of seeking an
though that act is ultimately for her own gain — he will be cast out from his family. Drivvin is looking for the right time to break the news to his sister, whose recent defeats at the hands of House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Flamebeard’s Firebrandy. So, Baric has adopted the guise of an unemployed caravan guard, and his plan is to hang around Kelvin’s Comfort for a few days, on the chance that his quarry will walk right
human commoner), runs the shop. Elza has expanded the business in recent years by offering a selection of adventuring supplies — rations, fur cloaks, leather gloves and boots, ice picks, snowshoes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Tablets of Fate from the overgod Ao and use them to rule over Faerûn and its gods. They failed and were slain during the Time of Troubles. Since then, a variety of contingency plans they had in place
. Reapers are the next rank up. They gain the ability to turn invisible and can use Bhaal’s magic to evade suspicion. The highest rank are the death’s heads, who can take on the skull-faced guise of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
of their recent forays into the Material Plane and are arguing about what it could be. Spiderlily thinks it’s a slice of cake made for a treant, Cowslip thinks it’s an exercise bench for mice, and
whistle to summon the three pixies. This effect functions as a conjure woodland beings spell that summons only the three pixies and doesn’t require concentration. The pixies fly away when the spell ends after 1 hour.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Harrowhall Locations Harrowhall has held up well in the centuries since its creation, apart from a few missing stones and shattered windows due to recent neglect. The following areas in Harrowhall
the keep. The mechanism to lower the portcullis is in area 2. Were the portcullis to be dropped, lifting it manually would require a successful DC 22 Strength (Athletics) check. Scaling the Walls. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
their homeland was used as a battlefield by Cormyr, Netheril, Sembia, and Myth Drannor in the recent conflicts. Featherdale and Tasseldale have reasserted their independence since the end of the war
way to becoming the economic power it was in prior years. Although relations are cool with the Dales and Cormyr following the most recent war, Sembian merchants are quick to dismiss previous conflicts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and fight until destroyed. The escarpments are 10 feet high and require a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to climb. A creature that falls or is knocked from the top of a ledge takes 3
western half of the cavern, watching for any Undead incursions. A doppelganger named Vhalak supervises the operation in the guise of a drow. If a fight breaks out in the main cavern, the two bugbears in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
between worlds whenever a dragon embraces undeath (see “Undeath” earlier in this chapter), the cult’s influence has been tremendous. In recent years, Tiamat has worked through a young member of the Cult
Inheritors of the First World might seem unattainable; at the very least, achieving it would almost certainly require the intervention of both Bahamut and Tiamat. But they would be opposed by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Use the spirit to communicate as much useful information as you want; ideally, the characters should learn at least one fact that might help them in a future encounter. The goblins require one
environment in which the characters stand. Marionettes representing each of the characters dance on the stage and begin to reenact a recent scene from the party’s time in Yon. The marionettes, the wagon, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the surrounding limestone walls and require a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check to locate. Once located, a secret door pushes open easily. Certain areas of the dungeon (as shown on map 1.3
worshiper named Hiskaal, who was killed by his cultist peers for allowing a target to escape during a recent attack in the city. Any character who inspects the corpse and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lantomir was an apprentice of Zelenn the White, one of five archmages who oversee the Arcane Brotherhood. Nass and Zelenn’s relationship started off well, but in recent years it has become painfully obvious
order to get it back. Spellcasting. As a ghost, Nass can cast the spells she prepared prior to her death—except that the ghost can’t cast spells that require material components, which limits its options
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
that Valin appears quite normal. (This is a product of the mummy lord’s diadem, which functions as a hat of disguise.) Having escorted all the recent visitors to the temple, Alessia is under the
Nature. The golem doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Multiattack. The golem makes two attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 27 (4d10 + 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
floor. The first 40 feet of the climb require a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks, but after that, the DC is 15. Corpses. The bodies on the floor include a water cultist (the figure with the crab-shell
Battle This room smells of blood and death. The debris of several recent battles is scattered throughout this rough-hewn chamber. A dozen dead warriors, clearly of the earth and water cults, lie amid