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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Hook 1 While pursuing rumors of lycanthrope activity, the characters discover a good-aligned werebear that is working with the Gatekeepers to stop an incursion from Khyber. 2 A Gatekeeper seal in the
the party must convince the loggers to relocate before their work touches off a conflict with the Gatekeepers. 4 Working with an agent of the Chamber, the Gatekeepers are convinced the actions of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Divine Rank The divine beings of the multiverse are often categorized according to their relative cosmic power. Some gods who are worshiped on multiple worlds have a different rank on each world
Monster Manual. Vestiges are deities who have lost nearly all their worshipers and are considered dead from a mortal perspective. Esoteric rituals can sometimes contact vestiges and draw on their latent power.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of mortality, vacillating between helping and harming innocent subjects. Characters working in Pharika’s service might travel to sites of suffering and death in order to provide relief, such as by
servants to abandon worldly scruples in favor of deciphering one of Theros’s great secrets. To accomplish this, the god might send the characters into the Underworld or Nyx to answer a burning cosmic question.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Darklord? Don’t get bogged down with the particulars of a working society. It doesn’t matter how a village in a domain of endless night grows crops, but it does matter that the supplies are about to run
out. These details can fade into the background as your adventures focus on more exciting threats, or you can highlight the cosmic dread that declares, yes, this place doesn’t make sense at all, yet it
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->Rise of Tiamat
as Wearers of Purple, and they outrank normal cultists, but no formal grades exist within the ranks of the Wearers of Purple. Although the cult uses regalia in its rituals and its distant camps
, members who operate in public places dress and act no differently from anyone else. The cult is not above hiring mercenaries when it has special jobs to fulfill. Indeed, many of the “cultists” that characters encounter in the first three chapters of this adventure are working for pay.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
as Wearers of Purple, and they outrank normal cultists, but no formal grades exist within the ranks of the Wearers of Purple. Although the cult uses regalia in its rituals and its distant camps
, members who operate in public places dress and act no differently from anyone else. The cult is not above hiring mercenaries when it has special jobs to fulfill. Indeed, many of the “cultists” that characters encounter in the first three chapters of this adventure are working for pay.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
as Wearers of Purple, and they outrank normal cultists, but no formal grades exist within the ranks of the Wearers of Purple. Although the cult uses regalia in its rituals and its distant camps
, members who operate in public places dress and act no differently from anyone else. The cult is not above hiring mercenaries when it has special jobs to fulfill. Indeed, many of the “cultists” that characters encounter in the first three chapters of this adventure are working for pay.
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
of some omen or in a personal epiphany. Such a revelation isn’t always positive, though, as Kruphix often imparts a glimpse of cosmic truths for which mortals have no possible context.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Gariba Vaeve An Explanation. The battle rages between forces loyal to Lolth, who is working with Vecna, and forces loyal to Miska, who is in the process of breaking free from his prison and is allied
with a vampire. Vaeve and her identical twin sister, Naxa, are adventurers from Neverwinter who came here to retrieve potent magical components for their arcane rituals. They were using the chaos of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the rubble in 4 hours, and multiple characters working together can reduce the time proportionately. The cellar is a 30-foot-square room with mortared stone walls, a 10-foot-high ceiling supported by
poisonous snakes attack characters who venture more than 10 feet inside the garden. Goat Pen Baba Lysaga captures goats and uses their blood in her rituals of longevity. Nine goats are trapped behind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
potential in working together and swiftly dominated Illithinoch’s other mind flayers. Once they became masters of the stronghold, these three mind flayers engaged in increasingly bizarre and esoteric
rituals with the weakened elder brain. The three mind flayers eventually heard a strange psychic call from a Far Realm godlet called Ilvaash, the Dissonant Psyche. Singing a siren song made up of profane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Oath of the Ancients The Oath of the Ancients is as old as the race of elves and the rituals of the druids. Sometimes called fey knights, green knights, or horned knights, paladins who swear this
oath cast their lot with the side of the light in the cosmic struggle against darkness because they love the beautiful and life-giving things of the world, not necessarily because they believe in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Working alone or in small cells, they gather information throughout Faerûn, discern the political dynamics within each region, and help the weak, the poor, and the oppressed, acting openly only as a
Underdark. A hill giant chief with a headband of intellect performing rituals that can transform people into pigs. The Emerald Enclave The Emerald Enclave is a group of wilderness survivalists who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
empathy for all who suffer. 5 I’m oblivious to etiquette and social expectations. 6 I connect everything that happens to me to a grand, cosmic plan. 7 I often get lost in my own thoughts and
contemplation, becoming oblivious to my surroundings. 8 I am working on a grand philosophical theory and love sharing my ideas. d6 Ideal 1 Greater Good. My gifts are meant to be shared with all, not used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fuel her terrible transmutation rituals. Alussiarr has no beef with the adventurers and doesn’t want to distress them by revealing its true form. It does, however, ask them to set it free by breaking
the seal outside the room. If the characters do so, the rakshasa turns invisible and makes its way out of Undermountain with the goal of working all manner of evil in Waterdeep — but not before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
occasion. Divine Deals From the most notable nobles to the most humble members of the working class, everyone needs faith and spiritual guidance. And what better way to teach the value of faith to
. Meditative Rituals d8 Ritual
1 Fifteen minutes of deity-mandated calisthenics
2 Handwriting a detailed agenda for the next 24 hours
3 Sitting in silence for 15 minutes, while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lesser option not working?
12 I’m easily startled, but I’m not a coward.
Horror Character Ideals d12 Ideal
1 Adrenaline. I’ve experienced such strangeness that now I feel alive
immediately.
6 I’m a skeptic and don’t believe in the power of rituals, religion, superstition, or spirits.
7 I know my future is written and that anything I do will lead to a prophesied end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
13–14 Storage for food, as well as tools used by the maze’s guardians to keep the complex in working order 15–18 Trap to confound or kill those sent into the maze 19 Well that provides drinking water
faithful can sit in quiet contemplation 15–24 Central temple built to accommodate rituals 25–28 Chapel dedicated to a lesser deity associated with the temple’s major deity 29–31 Classroom used to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
shadows, sometimes aiding the other deities, and sometimes working against them with the pantheon’s enemies. Mystery Cults A mystery cult is a secretive religious organization based on a ritual of
. Sometimes a mystery cult is a type of worship within a pantheon. It acknowledges the myths and rituals of the pantheon, but presents its own myths and rites as primary. For instance, a secretive order of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
leads up ten feet to a higher cave area in the north. Water burbles down from that upper cave and collects in a large pool. Two small mushroom-like people are working amid the mushrooms near the pond
floor is covered with decaying vegetation. Three small mushroom-folk are working amid the filth. In the southwest corner of the cave, a bulbous object the size of a cart clings to the wall and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the ordning (and from the notion of a cosmic order more generally), and exactly the kind of power their ordning rewards. Of the countless rulers of the infinite Abyss, four have particular influence
. More than most members of individual Elemental Evil cults, giants see the big picture of the four cults working toward the common goal of elemental cataclysm. Some giants even worship the Elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, they come upon an unlikely commercial venture. A ramshackle stall set up along the street bears a sign that reads: “Maps and Poshuns.” Working the stall is a filthy but cheerful gnome urchin
counterfeit objects at your discretion. If the adventurers ask Jerr to be a guide, he happily takes the job for 1 gp. He then leads the characters straight into an ambush by a gang working for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Speaker You can cast the Beast Sense and Speak with Animals spells but only as Rituals. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for them. Level 3: Rage of the Wilds Your Rage taps into the primal power of
Tree MARCELA MEDEIROS Path of the World Tree Subclass Trace the Roots and Branches of the Multiverse Barbarians who follow the Path of the World Tree connect with the cosmic tree Yggdrasil through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
arranged around the walls of the room, though there are none near the north wall west of the archway.
Propped against the center of the north wall are dozens of stone-working tools.
This barracks area
piles of stone-working tools, chunks of chiseled stone, and debris.
The slaves are using this room to store tools and the unwanted stone from their work. 9. Armory This room has a plain stone floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and evil. Even adventure villains are more often driven by human motives than by cosmic concepts of good and evil. People sometimes do evil things for good reasons. Exercise some caution when
. 3 The villain is rising to power through entirely legal means, winning popular support (through generous campaign promises) and working within the system. 4 The villain’s schemes are directed at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
health to avoid the threat of disease that comes from working with the dead. H3: Corpse Disposal The stench here is horrendous. Hundreds of humanoid and animal bones fill the chamber in charnel heaps
Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a spell scroll of lesser restoration and a book containing rituals for the alarm, find familiar, and illusory script spells. Drawing Desk. Nubs of charcoal and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
employ of Acquisitions Incorporated, has been working to move Acq Inc treasure out of Neverwinter. By consolidating caches of treasure and using them to purchase rare diamonds, she’s been able to
shapechangers working in the area, the half-elf initially denies knowing anything about such a person. A character who succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check notices that the barkeep is clearly concealing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Forms to Guard the Wilds Druids of the Circle of the Moon draw on lunar magic to transform themselves. Their order gathers under the moon to share news and perform rituals. Changeable as the moon, a
or lower on the d20 as a 10. Level 6: Cosmic Omen Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can consult your Star Map for omens and roll a die. Until you finish your next Long Rest, you gain access to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
his superiors in the Black Network. The bugbear bodyguards know this fact too, and because of it, they are less than enthusiastic about working for Rasqel. Tactics. If the characters refuse to back
information about working ongoing business activities into the franchise’s campaign story.
Franchise Opportunity. If the characters aid her, Thetsis shares the story of her business arrangement with Rasqel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
his presence is no longer felt.
Priest of Corellon
Corellon doesn’t expect much from followers — no complex rituals or frequent ceremonies or even regular prayer. Corellon wants them to enjoy life
sages imagine that, one day, all elves will be given this opportunity, after Corellon is satisfied by the completion of some great cosmic quest, and elves will once again be a people of unfettered form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
weathered mosaic decorates the stairwell, depicting dwarves, elves, and humans working together to forge the Realm of Three Crowns. The area reeks of decay, and a few birds fly out of the shaft.
The
magical stasis until a threat is detected. The masters of the haven once knew the rituals that would summon the keys held by the golems, allowing easy passage through the door to the great library. With
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
here after being sacrificed to fuel the ritual in area 10. Tunnel. A tunnel leads out of the rift to the south. The operatives working for the Six collapsed it intentionally, as can be determined with a
necromantic rituals have caused the humanoids slain here to come back as three shadows. All were professional grapplers hired by the operatives of the Six for the attack on Tresendar Manor, and were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Unfinished Letter. The letter in front of Kalimanzaros reads as follows: Dear Rotten Ethel,
You have requested access to ancient rituals handed down by Baba Yaga herself—rituals that can be used to
fulfill bargains. I regret to inform you that Iggwilv is unwilling to share her knowledge of these rituals with you at this time. Your coven has much work to do to earn her favor. Until then, she