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Effects
The region containing Geryon’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Chilling Wind. Freezing strong winds howl around the area within 1 mile of
abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Indomitable Strength trait.
Crushing Blow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action
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The region containing Geryon’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Chilling Wind. Freezing strong winds howl around the area within 1 mile of the lair
abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Indomitable Strength trait.
Crushing Blow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the
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named Aameul and Hathradiah. Their gaze brings bewilderment and confusion to any who confront them.
Similarly, the spiraling Y sign of Demogorgon’s cult drives those who contemplate it for too
hitting him with an attack), there is a 50 percent chance that the illusory duplicate is affected, not Demogorgon, in which case the illusion disappears.
Regional Effects
The region containing Demogorgon
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Monster Manual). These Undead obey his telepathic commands, which can reach anywhere in the lair.
Regional Effects
The region containing Orcus’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more
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Cultists of Orcus
Orcus grants his rank-and-file cultists the Undying Soul trait, and his cult leaders can gain the Aura of Death trait.
Undying Soul
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of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Regional Effects
The region containing Zariel’s lair is warped by her magic, which creates one or more of the following effects
her most loyal cultists. They can gain the Ferocious Surge trait, and her cult’s leaders can also gain the Infernal Tactics trait.
Ferocious Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When
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for 1 minute or until Baphomet takes this lair action again.
Regional Effects
The region containing Baphomet’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects
below. He grants his rank-and-file followers the Unerring Tracker trait, and cult leaders gain the Incite the Hunters trait.
Labyrinthine Recall. This creature can perfectly recall any path it has
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have disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
Regional Effects
The region containing Graz’zt’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects
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Cultists of Graz’zt
Graz’zt grants his cultists special abilities. His cultists can gain the Joy from Pain trait, while his cult leaders
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or hyena that Yeenoghu can see can use its reaction to move up to its speed.
Regional Effects
The region containing Yeenoghu’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the
most devoted followers gain the Gnashing Jaws action and the Rampage bonus action, while cult leaders gain the Aura of Bloodthirst trait.
Gnashing Jaws. Melee Weapon Attack: bonus to hit equal to
Demogorgon
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Demogorgon’s cult can inspire madness in those who contemplate it for too long. All the followers of the Prince of Demons go mad, sooner or later.Demogorgon’s Lair
Demogorgon makes his lair
doesn’t need to concentrate on the spells, which end on initiative count 20 of the next round.
Regional Effects
The region containing Demogorgon’s lair is warped by his magic
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, sacrificing their own to appease their so-called god. Appeased by these living offerings, Zargon returned to the tunnels beneath Cynidicea, where its cult grew.Zargon’s Lair
Zargon’s lair
again.
Regional Effects
The region containing Zargon’s lair is warped by Zargon’s unnatural presence, creating one or more of the following effects:
Arcane Enervation. Enemies of Zargon
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
a member of a cult devoted to an ancient demon who delights in violence and chaos. It just so happens that Rakdos loves a good show, and your highest aspiration is to please the Defiler, the Lord of
, a set of common clothes, a belt pouch containing 10 gp (a mix of Azorius and Boros 1-zino coins), and a bottle of sweet, red juice
A Flair for the Dramatic
Rakdos performance styles typically fuse
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to serve your god in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any established temple structure, or even an occult group that served a fiendish master that you now deny
incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
34. Cult Leaders’ Quarters This room contains a large wood-framed bed with a rotted feather mattress, a wardrobe containing several old robes, a pair of iron candlesticks, and an open crate
containing thirty torches and a leather sack with fifteen candles inside it. At the foot of the bed is an unlocked wooden footlocker containing some gear and magic items (see “Treasure” below). Two ghasts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
24. Cult Initiates’ Quarters A wooden table and four chairs stand at the east end of this room. To the west are four alcoves containing moldy straw pallets.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
contains a bed, a trunk containing Mondath’s clothes, and a second trunk containing Mondath’s Cult of the Dragon regalia and a key to the chest in area 9. With this regalia, one person (preferably a
from the fall. Spread open on one of the tables is a simple map of the Greenfields area showing the villages the cult attacked and looted. An arrow is sketched in from the Greenfields toward the west
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
a bed, a trunk containing Mondath’s clothes, and a second trunk containing Mondath’s Cult of the Dragon regalia and a key to the chest in area 9. With this regalia, one person can be outfitted as a
fall. Spread open on one of the tables is a simple map of the Greenfields area showing the villages the cult attacked and looted. An arrow is sketched in from the Greenfields toward the west and the town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Dragon Mask. Because Rezmir is a half-dragon, it’s unlikely that her clothing or armor will fit anyone else. The wardrobe containing the cult regalia is trapped. The trap can be detected with a
. The other, whose doors are painted with a depiction of a five-headed dragon, contains Rezmir’s Cult of the Dragon regalia — purple robes, cloaks, mantles, and many items of rank, but not the Black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Dragon Mask. Because Rezmir is a half-dragon, it’s unlikely that her clothing or armor will fit anyone else. The wardrobe containing the cult regalia is trapped. The trap can be detected with a successful
. The other, whose doors are painted with a depiction of a five-headed dragon, contains Rezmir’s Cult of the Dragon regalia—purple robes, cloaks, mantles, and many items of rank, but not the Black
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any established temple structure
to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
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Equipment: A Gruul insignia, a hunting trap, an herbalism kit, the skull of a boar, a beast-hide cloak, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins
joined the Cult of Rakdos.
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A distant relative is trying to recruit me into the Selesnya Conclave.
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I stopped a Simic biomancer from trapping wild beasts to perform vile experiments on them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
35. Reliquary The ghostly chant emanating from area 38 fills this room. Characters can discern a dozen or so voices saying, over and over, “He is the Ancient. He is the Land.” The cult amassed
its chest An iron pendant adorned with a devil’s face The shrunken, shriveled head of a halfling A small wooden coffer containing a dire wolf’s withered tongue The southernmost tunnel slopes down at a 20-degree angle into murky water and ends at a rusty portcullis (area 37).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
on the floor, curled around the fireplace. Before you have time for further assessment, however, a half-dozen black-cloaked figures move to attack you.
The six cult fanatics in this room move in as
see signs that the cultists do their cooking here, finding a collection of simple dishware stacked along the north wall, along with sacks containing potatoes, turnips, jerky, and flour. Aside from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
on the floor, curled around the fireplace. Before you have time for further assessment, however, a half-dozen black-cloaked figures move to attack you.
The six cult fanatics in this room move in as
signs that the cultists do their cooking here, finding a collection of simple dishware stacked along the north wall, along with sacks containing potatoes, turnips, jerky, and flour. Aside from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
cult symbol. Roleplaying Shoalar Shoalar appears jovial, but he has a biting sense of humor and tends to laugh at people rather than with them. If questioned, he denies any knowledge of books or
containing 10 gp, three small malachites (10 gp each), and a potion of healing. A trunk in the deckhouse contains five tomes written in Dwarvish (historical accounts of the old kingdom of Delzoun
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Setting A fertile agricultural region like the Dessarin Valley does not exist in Athas, but there are several frontier areas containing small, out-of-the-way villages separated by several days
, and Silver Spring works well in the role of Bargewright Inn and Womford. You can invent another small village or two — perhaps a merchant house outpost — to serve as Westbridge, and provide a location that can be threatened or destroyed by cult reprisals as the adventure unfolds.
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and twisted remains of a failed experiment, a hammer, a block and tackle, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Urban Infrastructure
The popular
An Orzhov banker financed my laboratory’s current work and expects great returns.
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I have a cousin in the Cult of Rakdos, and we get along quite well.
9
A former attendant from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is an unlocked wooden chest containing six flasks of alchemist’s fire. Hanging from hooks on the walls are eight longbows and eight quivers. Each quiver holds fifty arrows. C6. Gatehouse This chamber
can be poured. The south wall has a row of five arrow slits built into it. Two wooden cots covered with furs are in the northeast corner of the room. Of the two cult fanatics stationed here, one stands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Haayon the Punisher This encounter occurs only after the prophets of the Cult of the Howling Hatred and the Cult of the Crushing Wave have been defeated. Bands of raiders roaming the area, minor
defeated temples; one such leader is Haayon the Punisher. Haayon is a cloud giant who hopes to become the next leader of the air cult. Late to answer the call of Elemental Evil, he recently arrived in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
-shaped passageway that narrows as it draws closer to the main vault, where the Cult of the Dragon stores its treasure. If the characters explore the tunnels, read or paraphrase the following: The walls
spells or a long wait with bonfires to melt the ice. The hoard includes 500,000 cp, 100,000 sp, and 5,000 gp, a frozen chest containing 800 pp and 21 small blue sapphires worth 300 gp each, a frozen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Day 3: The Howling Hatred On the third day of the party’s journey, representatives of an evil elemental cult called the Howling Hatred arrive at Zephyros’s tower, hoping to find a powerful cloud
their eyes and resemble stylized bird heads. One of them is equipped with a shoulder bag adorned with a smiling face.
The visitors include two cult fanatics (NE male Illuskan humans) and seven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
-shaped passageway that narrows as it draws closer to the main vault, where the Cult of the Dragon stores its treasure. If the characters explore the tunnels, read or paraphrase the following: The walls
spells or a long wait with bonfires to melt the ice. The hoard includes 500,000 cp, 100,000 sp, and 5,000 gp, a frozen chest containing 800 pp and 21 small blue sapphires worth 300 gp each, a frozen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
characters are ostracized from then on. Taking the beating means Bog Luck keeps the incident between the two of them. Characters can arrange to have a room next to the Cult of the Dragon teamsters and listen
cultists (they don’t use that word). Searching the cultists’ two rooms turns up something a personal bag containing six polished gems and small, easily concealed items of jewelry, all together worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
characters are ostracized from then on. Taking the beating means Bog Luck keeps the incident between the two of them. Characters can arrange to have a room next to the Cult of the Dragon teamsters and listen
cultists (they don’t use that word). Searching the cultists’ two rooms turns up something a personal bag containing six polished gems and small, easily concealed items of jewelry, all together worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, their candles lit. D34: Cult Leaders’ Quarters This room contains a wood-framed bed with a feather mattress, a wardrobe containing several robes, a pair of iron candlesticks, and an open crate containing
stone shaft containing a wooden elevator box attached to a hand-operated rope-and-pulley mechanism. The shaft connects to the servants’ quarters (area D7a) and the Durst parents’ bedroom (area D12a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pay little attention to anyone heading in that direction. Visitors heading east must make the handsign of the fire cult (one hand in a fist, thumb up, with the other hand over the fist) or state the
containing 20 gp and a pair of polished bloodstones worth 50 gp each. Development If the characters defeat these hobgoblins and then leave this part of the dungeon, the guards are replaced by the






