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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     blast, mending, prestidigitation, thorn whip, vicious mockery
1stâ3rd level (2 3rd-level slots): dissonant whispers, fly, hex, misty step, sending, shatterMultiattack. K'thriss makes two attacks with his
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     largely indifferent elder entity from beyond reality. Tapped into this dark power, the âCâ Team's hoardsÂperson sees all existence as a puzzle to unlock, and he is obsessed by the essential lack of meaning
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends on the target. On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5â6
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    );{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Reality-Stealing Hex"}. The horror expels a wave of perception-distorting energy. Each creature within 30 feet of the horror must make a DC
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     on the target. On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5â6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollAction":"Reality-Stealing Hex"}. The horror expels a wave of perception-distorting energy. Each creature within 30 feet of the horror must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     stunned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Warp Reality. When hit by an attack roll, the mind flayer gains a +4 bonus to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     starless depths and been subsequently rewarded with extraordinary powers.
Instead of heeding an elder brain, a mind flayer clairvoyant listens to the whispers and whims of the voices of the Far Realm. In
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     One whispers promises of reality-defying knowledge and world-bending power. When a wizard or a warlock hears that whisper and listens too intently, they might set foot on the twisting path toward
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     lichâs next turn as incomprehensible whispers fill the targetâs mind.
Spellcasting. The lich casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Graz'zt
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     spells, requiring no material components:
At will: charm person, crown of madness, detect magic, dispel magic, dissonant whispers
3/day each: counterspell, darkness, dominate person, sanctuary
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     reaction to move up to its speed as Grazâzt directs.
Sow Discord. Grazâzt casts crown of madness or dissonant whispers.
Teleport. Grazâzt uses his Teleport action.The appearance of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5â6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Reality
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    );{"diceNotation":"5d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Reality-Stealing Hex","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and is deafened until the end of its next turn. If the saving throw fails by 5 or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     encounter.
Variant: Servants of Living Stars
Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm.
A living portent can be a fragment of these beings
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     minions to avert its own demise.
Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths.
Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5â6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Reality-Stealing Hex"}. The horror expels a wave of perception-distorting energy. Each creature
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     within 30 feet of the horror must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 22 (5d8);{"diceNotation":"5d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Reality-Stealing Hex
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . On a failure, the target is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Reality-Stealing Hex (Recharge 5â6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"Reality-Stealing Hex"}. The horror expels a wave of perception-distorting energy. Each creature within 30 feet of the horror must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 22
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     kindness.
Cults devoted to him are secret societies of indulgence, often using their debauchery to subjugate others through blackmail, addiction, and manipulation. They wear alabaster masks with
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Argent Palace, a grandiose structure in the city of Zelatar, found within his abyssal domain of Azzagrat. Grazâztâs demonic influence radiates outward in a tangible ripple, warping reality
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do ⊠or than any of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The dragon telepathically whispers to one creature within range of the dragonâs telepathy. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the dragon until initiative
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     take one of the following lair actions; the dragon canât take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Beguiling Whisper. The dragon telepathically whispers to one creature within range of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Tiefling
                                                    
    
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                                                     stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. And to twist the knife, tieflings know that this is because a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tieflings, assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. The reality is that a tieflingâs bloodline doesnât affect their personality. They are gifted with magic from the infernal realms but chart their own course in life.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
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Spells
Cantrip
fire bolt, vicious mockery
1st
burning hands, dissonant whispers, hellish rebuke
2nd
crown of madness, enthrall, 
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Characteristics
Members of demonic cults arenât generally known as the kindest or most mentally stable individuals, so youâre likely to have something in your nature that distinguishes you from the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. And to twist the knife, tieflings know that this is because a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     watch might follow a tiefling around for a while, and demagogues blame tieflings for strange happenings. The reality, though, is that a tieflingâs bloodline doesnât affect his or her
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Drive all doubt from your heart and you will see reality through new eyes. The Cults of the Dragon Below are wildly diverse. The tenets above describe the beliefs of three different cults, and the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Cults of the Dragon Below 
 Cults of the Dragon Below
 There is a paradise within the world, a vale bathed in the light of the Inner Sun. Earn your passage with the blood of worthy foes. Our
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , not from faith. Cults driven by madness have a warped view of reality. A cultist might believe aberrations are a higher form of life and that the daelkyr will elevate mortals. Other cultists may not
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Cults of the Dragon Below A paradise exists within the world, a vale bathed in the light of the Inner Sun. Earn your passage with the blood of worthy foes. Our existence is a chrysalis state
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Cults of the Dragon Below The Cults of the Dragon Below are made up of people fanatically devoted to the daelkyr or the fiendish overlords (both described in chapter 6). Though some choose this path
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , most are drawn to it by strange visions and corrupting madness. Like weeds breaking through the foundation of Khorvaire, Cults of the Dragon Below can spring up anywhere, at any time. Unlike other
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Cults of the Dragon Below NPCs Some Cults of the Dragon Below are bizarre yet harmless, but most of them are dangerous and destructive forces that prey on innocents and vulnerable people. Some
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     poisons laced with the whispers of a dark entity. 6 A dragonmarked heir whose fortunes were ruined in the Last War founds a cult within their house. 7 The local thievesâ guild turns from mundane
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Elemental Cults  Elemental Evil perverts the natural elements, limiting them to aspects of destruction. This force wants to gain the power to tear down everything â morals, social structures
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     corruption that grows stronger over time as the natural order decays. Secret cults spring up, institutions are debased, and the fundamental laws governing the seasons begin to weaken. As Elemental Evil
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     put to ruin; the servants ascribe this to its protection by the âfamily ghost.â In reality, a secretive dragon named Umsheryoth (adult male bronze dragon) guards the house and has been a friend to the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Silmerhelves for generations. Reason to Visit. Helvenblade House offers a respite from the machinations of the elemental cults, and the âfamily ghostâ could prove an unusual but potent ally.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , Elemental Evil cults, and Iuz and his followers. You can replace one or more of these conflicts with ones of your devising or with ones from the âFlavors of Fantasyâ section earlier in this chapter. If you
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     years, adventurers have kept these evil dragons at bay, sometimes with the help of benevolent metallic dragons. Lately, the chromatic dragons have grown restless, their dreams invaded by the whispers of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     emerges through imagination and the indescribable, not details. At its best, cosmic horror makes characters feel gradually unmoored from their familiar reality. Cosmic horror is about ineffable forces
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     driven by motivations humans canât understand. Cults, forbidden books, and strange symbols form the cornerstones of cosmic horror. The genre has a history of framing marginalized demographics as monstrous and stigmatizing mental illness. Be aware and avoid those tropes.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     nods in appreciation. She continues: âWhat I am about to tell you requires the utmost discretion,â the queen says. âMy spies have uncovered evidence of several new cults based in the Temple of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a cult recruiter. This book revealed the names of the cults and their leaders, as well as the existence of their plot. Look at this page torn from the book and see what I mean.â
 Queen Yolande hands
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Eldritch Lich From beyond the stars, a Great Old One whispers promises of reality-defying knowledge and world-bending power. When a wizard or a warlock hears that whisper and listens too intently
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , thereby forcing the lich to return in a distorted form, robbed of most of its power. An eldritch lich constantly hears bizarre whispers from the Far Realm, to which the lich nods and mutters. Occasionally
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ravenous, inscrutable, and largely indifferent elder entity from beyond reality. Tapped into this dark power, the âCâ Teamâs hoardsÂperson sees all existence as a puzzle to unlock, and he is obsessed by the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     essential lack of meaning and purpose in the structures of so-called âreality.â Still, all things considered, he is most often polite and affable. Because after a long adventuring career, he
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The Great Old One Your patron is a mysterious entity whose nature is utterly foreign to the fabric of reality. It might come from the Far Realm, the space beyond reality, or it could be one of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     whispers, Tashaâs hideous laughter 2nd detect thoughts, phantasmal force 3rd clairvoyance, sending 4th dominate beast, Evardâs black tentacles 5th dominate person, telekinesis  Awakened Mind Starting
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     realmâs starless depths and been subsequently rewarded with extraordinary powers. Instead of heeding an elder brain, a mind flayer clairvoyant listens to the whispers and whims of the voices of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Far Realm. In addition to feasting on brains, a mind flayer clairvoyant can summon tentacles that rip through the fabric of reality and distort the minds of enemies. Mind Flayer Clairvoyant Medium
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     death knights that dwell on the lower tiers of Shadowdusk Hold. Contact with the Far Realm has given Dezmyr the ability to warp reality to a limited extent. Zalthar has no such ability but wields a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to the Far Realm has made him sleep-deprived and irritable. His eyes are bloodshot, and he hears whispers of things that arenât real. Only Melissara can control his inexplicable rage toward visitors
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    : Servants of Living Stars
 Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm. A living portent can be a fragment of these beingsâ will. These
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     demise.
 Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths.
 Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the power to defy death
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     waiting. THE SIX DAELKYR
 Six daelkyr are known on Eberron through their cults and legends: Belashyrra and Dyrrn, who are detailed in this chapter, and the four described below. Other daelkyr surely
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     vegetation might be its work.
 Kyrzin. The cults of the Prince of Slime are based in the Shadow Marches and are infamous for cultivating gibbering beasts. Kyrzin creates sentient slimes that can enter
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     nothing more than impressions, whispers, or vaporous visions amid the fog, mysterious eddies in the Mists sometimes gather such evils, forcing them into unique, misshapen bodies untethered from the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     laws of reason or reality. Such unspeakable horrors might continue to haunt the misty netherworld between the Domains of Dread, or they might slink forth into other realms to slake unnameable hungers
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldurâs Gate Gazetteer
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    The Dead Three The plots of patriars and the schemes of Guild operatives fill the gossip and whispers of Baldurâs Gate. Yet, throughout the city, no names are as synonymous with dastardly acts as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     on overzealous fanatics. Despite public fears and resistance from law enforcement, the cults of the Dead Three persist, causing many to darkly wonder why the servants of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul hold
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     thumbs and forefingers of both hands together. Tactics and Philosophy The Black Earth cult is the most defense-minded and patient of the four elemental cults. Earth cultists admire stoicism, endurance
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     suspicious of the Cult of Howling Hatred. They believe that the air cultists are mercurial, unreliable, and generally out of touch with reality. The earth cultists respect the strength and ferocity of the
                                                
                                            
                                        






