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Goliath
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much on them can grow complacent, a recipe for disaster in the mountains.
This trait manifests most strongly when goliaths interact with other folk. The relationship between peasants and nobles puzzles
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
Monsters
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of abandoned mines and dwarven strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dragon lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and
dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a
Adult Red Dracolich
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strongholds. Caves with volcanic or geothermal activity are the most highly prized red dracolich lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a
, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dracolich takes a lair action to cause
Ancient Red Dragon
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lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.
With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as
control.
Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.
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Adult Red Dragon
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, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.
With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as much of its
.
Throughout the lair complex, servants erect monuments to the dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.
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’s grim energy.
Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane.
Like other elves
, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
Ranger
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talents and abilities are honed with deadly focus on the grim task of protecting the borderlands. Independent Adventurers Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a
in a fight against monstrous foes are worth any extra burden. Coddled city folk might not know how to feed themselves or find fresh water in the wild, but they make up for it in other ways. Creating a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Creating a Domain The guidelines in this section help you create your own unique Domain of Dread. This setting’s details should reflect the Darklord of the domain, being a reflection of that
villain’s evil and torment. Use the “Genres of Horror” section later in this chapter or your own grim imaginings to inspire the details of your nightmare domain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Such traps provide a way to theme the dangers and monsters of a haunted place to reveal a grim history or frightening tale. When creating haunted traps, consider what events brought them into being and how the trap’s effects suggest those origins.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Creating Domains of Dread Ravenloft is a place where your nightmares can run wild, where anything you can imagine in moments of dread or despair can come to frightful life among the Mists. The
setting as a whole is made up of countless isolated domains, each one a perfect expression of a particular flavor of the macabre. Creating your own domain allows you to blend legendary evils, unexpected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nightmares. This chapter explores how to create a character prepared to face the horrors of Ravenloft, while also forging ties to the haunted pedigrees and grim fates common to the Domains of Dread
. This chapter offers you, the player, the following tools and choices: Haunted Heroes. Explore your role in creating a tale of terror and how you might design a character that contributes to frightful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Horror Adventures Creating your own horror adventures is like crafting any other D&D adventure with one exception: your goal is to horrify your players in the most fun way possible. Frightening
toolbox of horror-focused rules also provides options for what sort of grim adventures you might create. At the end of this chapter, a horror adventure puts these methods to use and leads characters on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Eldeen Characters When creating an Eldeen character or NPC, consider the following: Farm or Forest? Did you grow up on one of the farms of the eastern Reaches, or did you spend your childhood in the
farmers from bandits and beasts. Natural Magic. Druidic traditions play an important role in Eldeen society. If you’re a druid or ranger, are you a stoic Warden of the Wood or a grim Child of Winter? Even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, whether it’s a fantasy story steeped in horror elements or an otherwise realistic world that features a supernatural terror. Dark fantasy refers to fantasy worlds where grim themes, nihilistic plots, or
, consider the following genre tropes when creating your dark fantasy domain: Good does not always win. Evil individuals with great power and unopposed schemes might be the norm. The lines between good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Karrnath Capital: Korth Noted for Ale, dairy, glass, livestock, lumber, paper, textiles; undead, martial discipline The people of Karrnath are stoic and grim. Karrnath is a nation of storms and long
and has stopped creating new undead, but Karrnath still has a significant number of skeletons and zombies in service. Many Karrns still follow the faith of the Blood of Vol and approve of the use of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Creating Magic Items House Cannith has an enclave devoted solely to wand production. This facility is equipped with tools that amplify the Mark of Making and channel planar energies; the artisans
also have access to a vast array of exotic woods and materials. You can also create a wand, but you’re starting from scratch and creating the tools you need. Essentially, when House Cannith creates magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Karrnath Capital: Korth Hallmarks: Ale, dairy, glass, livestock, lumber, martial discipline, paper, textiles, undead In a nation of storms and long winters, the grim and stoic Karrns are accustomed
national religion. The priests of this faith bolstered Karrnath’s forces with undead. The current king, Kaius ir’Wynarn III, broke ties with the Blood of Vol and has stopped creating new undead, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
from their grim fortresses to wage war against their neighbors, ogres plunder farmsteads for food, and monstrous spiders drop from the web-shrouded canopies of trees. Within a dungeon, adventurers are
, takes many forms, and urban settings aren’t always the safe havens they seem to be. This chapter provides an overview of these three environments plus a few unusual environments, taking you through the process of creating an adventure location, with plenty of random tables to inspire you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with Karrnath left farms and cities such as Shadukar devastated and abandoned, home only to the lingering undead left behind after the Karrnathi retreat. For most, these grim reminders of war
wound. The Council of Cardinals is determined to hold onto this prize, but it is a bitter point of contention with Aundair and a constant source of tension and violence. In creating a Thrane character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Grim. Loyal and tempestuous, she leaps into the fray with a thunderous cry. The one-armed warrior’s face and body bear the scars of countless duels, and the gnarled haft of her trusty battleaxe is
patron deities of fire and frost giants, respectively—regularly send hulking subjects to pillage the wintry camp, darkening its skies with ash and snow. Meanwhile, nomadic groups of mountain bariaurs hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
legendary mage or a priest dedicated to the gods of fate and destiny succeeded in creating a new card that appeared alongside the Deck of Many Things, and that card replicated throughout the multiverse
this avatar rise again as Undead, doomed to exist as long as the decks do. Over the centuries, these Undead gathered to form the Grim Harrow, a horde of merciless hunters traveling the multiverse on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Sights in Viktal d8 Sight
1 Locals weave flowers into crowns and sew cuts of meat into cloaks, creating traditional garb for an upcoming festival.
2 Most children in town are
youngsters how to debone live eels and create festive “elver-crowns,” a grim local decoration.
6 With adult approval, youngsters affix hornlike sticks to a terrified animal’s head.
7 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
desired sort. A character can sell an item crafted in this way at its listed price. Crafting Magic Items. Creating a magic item requires more than just time, effort, and materials. It is a long-term
. The formula is like a recipe. It lists the materials needed and steps required to make the item. An item invariably requires an exotic material to complete it. This material can range from the skin of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
traditions have ways of excising blasphemers. Consider the following genre tropes when creating your folk horror domain: Strange and potentially dangerous traditions flourish in isolated or otherwise private
beliefs, whether physically obscuring them or by manipulating others in power. Communities in folk horror stories often serve as a grim mirror of some aspect of accepted society. Beliefs highlighted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
pursuits, such as creating the perfect mortal form and visiting dream realms within an individual’s psyche. As Hazlik advanced in power, he developed rivalries with his fellow Red Wizards. Through
had been Indreficus. To his surprise, Hazlik emerged in a grim netherworld of fog and hateful visions where Indreficus’s condemning voice hounded him mercilessly. Eventually, he escaped those nightmare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
learn from or command the dead. Those who plunder tombs for lost knowledge, grim entrepreneurs who see business sense in undead servants, even pragmatic necromancers seeking to conjure secrets from the
wealthy dead of Cliffside Cemetery all whisper prayers to Myrkul. Of the Dead Three, Myrkul’s base of power is the smallest. Residents of Baldur’s Gate rarely fear death by old age — a grim fact of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
learn from or command the dead. Those who plunder tombs for lost knowledge, grim entrepreneurs who see business sense in undead servants, even pragmatic necromancers seeking to conjure secrets from the
wealthy dead of Cliffside Cemetery all whisper prayers to Myrkul. Of the Dead Three, Myrkul’s base of power is the smallest. Residents of Baldur’s Gate rarely fear death by old age — a grim fact of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
for everyone at the table. If your character laughs in the face of every danger, they undermine the adventure’s threats and its broader atmosphere. When creating and playing your character, consider
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Not everyone exploring the Domains of Dread comes from those grim lands. Work with the DM to determine your character’s origins. Has your character lived their entire life among the Mists? Or do they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Savant Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and time you must spend to copy a necromancy spell into your spellbook is halved. Grim Harvest At 2nd level, you gain the ability
to your spellbook if it is not there already. When you cast animate dead, you can target one additional corpse or pile of bones, creating another zombie or skeleton, as appropriate. Whenever you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Melanora questioned how these grim remnants could linger for so long, but I dismissed it as the remarkable effect of the exceptionally dry climate. If only I had given more thought to this matter
, creating the first changelings, skulks, and tiefling bloodlines. Ohr Kaluun was ultimately consumed by the feuds of its paranoid mage-lords and the crusading legions of its neighbors. Today, it is a shunned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
setting inspired by the myths of ancient Greece. *This setting is based on a Magic: The Gathering world. Creating Your Own Setting One advantage of creating your own world is it can be whatever you
superstitions? What Mysteries Does the World Hold? Every campaign setting has mysteries: a fabled land across the sea, a grim forest hiding a terrible secret, restless spirits haunting a ruined keep for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
covered with algae and coral at the bottom of the ocean, or grim fortresses in undersea rifts.
Detached Oracles. Storm giants recall the glory of ancient giant empires forged by the god Annam. They seek
.
Some humanoid cultures worship storm giants as they would worship lesser gods, creating myths and stories around the giants’ exploits and vast knowledge. A storm giant is governed by the dictates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
with bloodshot eyes. Auntie Greenbones knows how to infuse demon ichor into the paints needed to create the cursed paintings that drive the coven’s evil bargains. This recipe is inscribed on the
the cursed elf-turned-medusa petrifies one or more of them in the process. The coven’s greatest weakness is the hags’ contempt for one another. Each yearns to learn the others’ secrets for creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
and cast into the noxious void. Moments later, the Pit belches up a demon to serve in the ranks of the Hounds. One Pixel Brush A grim fortress, Blightsteel Keep, looms over the demon-infested town of
-aligned deities as ill omens that must be wrangled and pitched into the Pit. Regional Effects The region containing Plague-Mort’s planar gate is influenced by the magic of the Abyss, creating one or more of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Carceri, creating one or more of the following effects in and around the gate-town: Ball and Chain. Creatures in Curst feel as though they’re dragging a ball and chain behind themselves and have their
by a haggard, grim-faced man named Tainted Barse (chaotic neutral, human bandit). The tavern sees its share of lowlifes, but rebels, visionaries, and heroic outlaws also dot the taproom, finding common