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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Jiangshi Weaknesses. The jiangshi has the following flaws:
Fear of Its Own Reflection. If the jiangshi sees its own reflection, it immediately uses its reaction, if available, to move as far away
from the reflection as possible.
Susceptible to Holy Symbols. While the jiangshi is wearing or touching a holy symbol, it automatically fails saving throws against effects that turn Undead.
Unusual
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
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
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more of his allies
get caught in a blast, so be it.
League of Malevolence
The League of Malevolence is an odious assemblage of villains united in one purpose: the accumulation of power. Its founding member, the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
failed save, the creature is charmed by the morkoth for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the target tries to get as close to the morkoth as possible, using its actions to Dash until it is within
, lightning bolt, sendingSpell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Reflection. Muddied water always clears in time. (Any)
6
Hope. The horizon at sea holds the greatest promise. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
I must visit all the oceans
teeth shall adorn my hearth.
D6
FLAW
1
I don’t know when to throw something away. You never know when it might be useful again.
2
I get frustrated to the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric&mdash
;performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power.
Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your
Acolyte
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and
offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric—performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power
Morkoth
Legacy
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
energy. Each creature in that area must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is charmed by the morkoth for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the target tries to get as
hours.Spell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell, or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Vecna’s Grasp Vecna’s Grasp is a cave network in Pandesmos. Other than Vecna, only the characters can reach this cave network—and only because they carry Vecna’s Links. No portal is needed to get
demiplanar unrealities and dismantle them, causing the large crystal at the center of Vecna’s Grasp to disintegrate and leaving a pit in the floor that leads to the Cave of Crystal Reflection.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously afflicts the limbs of jiangshi, causing them to hold
Weaknesses. The jiangshi has the following flaws:
Fear of Its Own Reflection. If the jiangshi sees its own reflection, it immediately uses its reaction, if available, to move as far away from the
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
; animosity, gnomes tend to avoid or abandon settlements that have a severe infestation of kobolds, and conversely kobolds are usually driven out of communities that have a large gnome population
.
A kobold’s cautious nature doesn’t mean it can’t get angry. The blood of dragons flows in its veins, and like a raging drake, a kobold that is pushed too far or has its back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
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
with his own ferocity, remaking him as a reflection of Mogis’s wrath and an engine of destruction in combat. This warrior became the first minotaur, and many minotaurs still worship Mogis, as he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
. Conversely, a bad guide can easily get an adventuring party into trouble. Use the Feywild Guide Names, Feywild Guide Identities, and Feywild Guide Quirks tables to create Fey guides on the fly
frustration, possibly even their freedom and their lives—by helping them avoid or get around the illogical logic. While visitors are easily vexed by roads that lead nowhere and forest trails that double back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
. The passageway continues, stone steps leading upward. Beyond the steps, the sound of hushed, whispered voices echoes off the stone, incomprehensible but audible. You can try to get closer if you want
to hear clearly and make out the words. But if you get too close without being quiet, they may also hear you. What do you do?
Matias Tapia The two Bandits, Vonnet and Dilly (an orc woman and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Charisma saving throw or call for the save at longer intervals. Conversely, if the characters have access to enough magic that they’re likely to finish the adventure quickly, the effects of the mark
Benefit: You can speak, read, and write Sylvan, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Drawback: You no longer cast a reflection or a shadow.
2 Benefit: You can cast the message cantrip at will, no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
and pursuits contradict each other, frustrating any attempt to get to the truth of things. The public face of Dimir remains inscrutable, which some interpret as the best evidence that the guild’s true
, and to exploit those weaknesses for its own gain. Conversely, the house holds its own secrets tightly, because it doesn’t want its enemies to turn the tables. The Dimir lurk in the shadows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
distance such that characters who move toward the castle seem to get farther away from it. However, if all the characters move toward the hanging sun, the castle seems to move closer to them. Only by moving
) check to recall that this unreality is a reflection of Vecna’s hatred of Kas; as a vampire, Kas would loathe and fear the sun, so the sun is the key to witnessing Kas’s torment. When the characters reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
What Renaer Knows At some point during their investigation, the characters might want to speak to Renaer Neverember about the fireball, given his own recent brush with the Zhentarim. Conversely, he
constables spoke to Lord Gralhund. He assured them that no one had broken into the estate and that everything was fine. The constables had no grounds to get a search warrant, so they didn’t pursue the matter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Spectator Magic-Bound Beholder-Kin Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any Jesper Ejsing Invoking mysterious rites involving four beholder eyestalks, a spellcaster can mold aberrant dreams into a beholder
Frightened condition until the end of its next turn. Wounding Ray. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12. Failure: 16 (3d10) Necrotic damage. Success: Half damage. Reactions
Spell Reflection. Trigger: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric — performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power
service. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric — performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power
service. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the world in solitude offer prayers and homage to me, and I keep an eye on them as best I can. We are not that different.
—Diancastra
Exiles d6 Adventure Hook 1 Characters get entangled in
secret cult conducting sinister rites in a vast mansion where a giant lives in luxury. 3 A giant takes up residence in a city and demands a huge share of tax revenue in exchange for protecting the city
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
encounters easier. It also bears remembering that the villains are meant to be thwarted, not killed, and they are rarely spoiling for a fight. Adventurers who get in over their heads can be knocked
unconscious rather than killed. Such characters might awaken in an alley, a sewer tunnel, or a prison cell, with or without their gear. Conversely, they might awaken safe and sound with all their gear in a private residence, being cared for by friendly NPCs who took them in.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
When you wash or bathe, anything less than uncomfortably hot water feels cold to you.
6 You have to slap some creature roughly before you can get a good night’s sleep.
7 You’re just not
the face with eldritch blast are just as valuable for corporate espionage as for tomb raiding. How you present yourself to the world at large is often a subtle reflection of your patron. Being a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Sanctums of the Heralds Most meetings of the Heralds of the Comet involve broods of initiates gathering in private homes to read divinatory cards and look for signs of impending cataclysm. Rites of
as for initiates who serve as caretakers. A sanctum is typically located a few miles outside a major city, allowing the group to meet in private while still enabling the residents to get to and from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
motes of their movement. Perhaps they were rebels, or members of a union or some clandestine organization. Regardless, their rivals didn’t get where they are by being oblivious or merciful. Conspiracy
within Mandorcai’s Mansion. You and others sought the tools and rites to prod the power within, to draw it out and make it yours. But what lies within the mansion refuses to ever serve again.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retinue. When Amun Sa died, Nafik and a cadre of priests locked themselves in Amun Sa’s 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 enjoy eternal bliss in the afterlife while his priests are condemned to live out the rest of their lives imprisoned in his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Kelek uses Arcane Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more
of his allies get caught in a blast, so be it. Kelek
Medium Humanoid (Human, Sorcerer), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 12 (bracers of defense)
Hit Points 45 (7d8 + 14)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
motes of their movement. Perhaps they were rebels, or members of a union or some clandestine organization. Regardless, their rivals didn’t get where they are by being oblivious or merciful. Conspiracy
Mandorcai’s Mansion. You and others sought the tools and rites to prod the power within, to draw it out and make it yours. But what lies within the mansion refuses to ever serve again. 3 Too long has the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
lungs and it’s close by. Conversely, a message cantrip or similar magic can be used to get the plesiosaurus’s attention. The creature is curious to hear what the characters have to say: A reptilian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
help you arbitrate issues as they arise. When in doubt, make it up. It’s better to keep the game moving than to get bogged down in the rules. Embrace the shared story. D&D is about telling a story as a
for an ability check. Just tell the player what happens. Conversely, if there’s no way anyone could accomplish the task, just tell the player it doesn’t work. If and when you decide that an ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
fled his homeland a few years back and is too smart to get caught doing anything illegal. He and his gang of bullies prowl the Dock Ward. Scuttle the deal, and do it fast!” The characters can create a
rift between the Zhentarim and Esloon’s gang by sowing rumors of betrayal. They must spend 25 gp in bribes and succeed on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check. Conversely, they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
? Asmodeus has you covered. Many civilized nations don’t even count worshiping Asmodeus as a crime, unless you get into those nasty side trips of humanoid sacrifice and the like. But as long as you remain
works alongside Kelemvor, the god of the dead. But whereas Kelemvor sees to the more metaphysical side of death, Jergal sees to the details. Where did sweet Nana want to be buried? What rites did your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
!”
Have the characters roll initiative for their dream-selves. Each character is restrained by the black sludge. On its turn, a character must use its action to try to get free of the sludge, doing so with
made it to the end of the dreamscape, Mad Maggie is eager to repeat the ritual. Conversely, Lulu might regain enough of her memory to lead characters on the next leg of the journey without having to