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Tyranny of Dragons
"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum
over an ancient temple or tomb that is protected by lesser undead and rigged with traps. Hidden in this temple is the sarcophagus where a mummy lord keeps its greatest treasures.
A mummy lord
Mummy Lord
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","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can't regain hit points
rigged with traps. Hidden in this temple is the sarcophagus where a mummy lord keeps its greatest treasures.
A mummy lord encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 16 (15,000 XP).
Lair Actions
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can't regain hit points
mummy lord keeps its greatest treasures.
A mummy lord encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 16 (15,000 XP).
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the mummy lord
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. The stories surrounding every piece in my collection are as important as the treasures themselves. (Any)
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Order. An organized hoard makes me happy—and you don’t want to see me
treasures are the guests who stop by to see it. (Good)
Sapphire Dragon Adventures
The Sapphire Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving sapphire dragons
Demilich
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15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its
turns, ending the curse on a success.A Demilich’s Lair
A demilich hides its earthly remains and treasures in a labyrinthine tomb guarded by monsters and traps. At the heart of this labyrinth rests
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, moonstone dragons are not particularly interested in gold or copper, but they love silver, platinum, and mithral. They also cherish treasures whose value can’t be easily quantified—a song sung
, conversation.
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A moonstone dragon wyrmling has convinced a lost white dragon wyrmling that the latter is also a moonstone dragon, cursed by an archfey of winter. The two travel together, causing
Demilich (Variant)
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throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the
hit points.A Demilich’s Lair
A demilich hides its earthly remains and treasures in a labyrinthine tomb guarded by monsters and traps. At the heart of this labyrinth rests the demilich’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ancient Seal This curse protects the resting place of a long-dead ruler and punishes any who disturb the ruler’s remains or plunder the treasures. Pronouncement. Carved into the stone of the crypt
, pursuing the single-minded goal of slaying the cursed individual. The wraith manifests in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of its victim. Destroying the wraith grants a temporary reprieve; it doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
descendants from an ancient threat.
5 Punish the progeny of those who cursed it.
6 Reclaim treasures robbed from its crypt.
7 Serve whoever speaks the prayer on its tomb.
8 Slay
creature, it is cursed. While cursed, the target can’t regain Hit Points, its Hit Point maximum doesn’t return to normal when finishing a Long Rest, and its Hit Point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) every 24
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Emberlost, which is bound into the cursed bones that comprise the vessel. Emberlost’s mournful spirit yearns for Anauria, a city long since swallowed up by the Anauroch Desert, and it gladly serves
brig below decks. Fheralai has since appeased Emberlost’s spirit by bringing it treasures from the lost city of Anauria, which she stole from the auction houses of Neverwinter. Now her cultists ply
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
hosts fighting tournaments, with victors winning treasures from distant domains. Cavea Plains The Cavea Plains’ acoustics carry voices over great distances. Any speech above a whisper might attract the
Undead goblinoids often emerge from the Goblyn Graves, the former lair of Radaga, an undead witch said to possess powerful magic treasures. House of Illusions This fun house of visual illusions is run by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
for being left alone. These bribes take the form of treasures that the aldani collect from the bottoms of rivers and lakes. Cursed by Ubtao. The aldani are the monstrous descendants of Chultan humans
belonging to the Aldani tribe. The fishers of the tribe trapped the lobsters of the rivers by the thousands, until no lobsters remained. Their greed made Ubtao angry, and he cursed the fishers by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to present the party with one or more of Malaxxix’s custom-made cursed items, exposing characters to the curse of Malaxxix. Sample cursed items and rules for the curse of Malaxxix are included below
Things. Of course, you can also place such a cursed item in your next dungeon or among an otherwise unremarkable treasure hoard.
Once a character attunes to one of Malaxxix’s cursed items, that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
merchants. Cautious vendors often hire guards to protect them from trouble. Dokkaebi Temple Not far from the city, this cursed temple sits on a cliff above a majestic waterfall. Foolhardy children dare each
. Although the site is rumored to be filled with treasures, only the most reckless thieves consider breaking in, for countless gwishin rage there each night, their screams echoing for miles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
further than any of his predecessors. He was paranoid of grave robbers, believing that if his tomb were plundered, it would bar his passage to paradise. To safeguard his treasures, Amun Sa commissioned a
people and cursed them, holding high his two royal implements—the Staff of Ruling (see appendix A) and the star-gem of Mo-Pelar (a Gem of Seeing). He invoked the gods and decreed that if his people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the corpses and dust. Occasionally, Returned who’ve grown tired of their half-lives congregate here, waiting for a final death to claim them. Some tales claim that treasures lie amid the crypts, but
, there was one witness to his escape, an unremarkable soul called Tymaret. Sharing what he’d seen with the god of the dead, Tymaret received a cursed blessing from Erebos: he would be restored to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
superstitious say that these people are cursed, that anyone touched by the Mourning is now an agent of darkness. (See the book’s introduction for further details on how the Mourning might have affected
. Over the last four years, people have ventured into the mist for many reasons. Some sought to plunder the abandoned treasures of the richest nation in Galifar. Others hoped to find lost loved ones, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Goliaths are hulking wanderers who dwell at the highest mountain reaches. Kenku are cursed bird folk, who still pay the price for an ancient betrayal. Dwelling in human cities, they have a sinister
are curious cat folk, who have journeyed from their distant homeland in search of interesting treasures and lore. Tritons are guardians of the ocean depths, who sometimes join people on land in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
couatl attempts to shape the moral outlook of a green dragon wyrmling, so the dragon might inherit the duty of guarding the couatl’s treasures.
Young Green Dragon Connections d6 Connected
Creatures
1 A young green dragon and a treant vie for influence over a woodland region.
2 A young green dragon forces a group of dryads to collect treasures for the dragon’s hoard, threatening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
commonly, a transgression against its tomb, treasures, lands, or former loved ones will cause a mummy to rise.
“Before opening a sarcophagus, light a torch.”
— X the Mystic’s 7th rule of dungeon
who committed crimes of treason, adultery, or murder. As punishment, they were cursed with eternal undeath, embalmed, mummified, and sealed away. Other times, mummies acting as tomb guardians are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Aboleth Lairs Aboleths usually dwell in submerged ruins and caverns. They keep air-filled spaces for their terrestrial servants and to hold treasures that would be damaged by water. The region
of the aboleth’s turn. Failure: The target is cursed. Until the curse ends, the target’s skin becomes slimy, the target can breathe air and water, and it can’t regain Hit Points unless it is underwater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
region, haunted and cursed. Dark secrets and great treasures remain in the vast war labyrinths of Ohr Kaluun, but fiends, wards, and far deadlier threats linger in this fallen kingdom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rule, surrounding themselves with sycophants. Lamias rely on jackalweres to perform various tasks, sending them across the wastes to capture thralls or steal treasures from caravans, encampments, or
cursed for 1 hour. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws and all ability checks.
Minions of Graz’zt. The demon lord Graz’zt creates lamias from his mortal servants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
repurposing cursed or dangerous items as elements of traps or obstacles in its lair, especially if such an item emits an ongoing effect that it can suppress as needed with its antimagic cone. A trophy
influences how it categorizes its treasures. A braggart beholder might use a slain enemy’s magic battleaxe as a trophy, but a manipulative beholder might give that axe as a gift to a lieutenant in order to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. The interior of the sarcophagus is lined with lead and contains several treasures (see “Treasure” below). Golden Sun Whenever the sun or its chain
takes 10 (3d6) fire damage. This effect ends if all creatures leave the affected area. The first time the queen’s remains or any of her treasures are removed from the sarcophagus, the sun’s expression
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
to the death. Players who negotiate get to see first-hand how Talos responds to their advice (see “Rise of the Storm Lord”). Treasure. The following treasures looted from Fheralai’s raids are dumped
compartment. The ship’s bones spill from the knight’s chest and are entwined with his body, fusing him to the vessel. This is the death knight Emberlost, and his corpse houses the cursed soul of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0
lesser undead and rigged with traps. Hidden in this temple is the sarcophagus where a mummy lord keeps its greatest treasures. A mummy lord encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 16 (15,000
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to claim the dragon’s real treasures. RHASHAAK
Guardian of the cursed city of Haka’torvhak, the black greatwyrm Rhashaak lives deep in the jungles of Q’barra on the world of Eberron, where he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Terror from the Sky We praised Pelor when we realized the shapes above us were not dragons. We cursed him when we saw they were the airships of the githyanki.
— Lord Kedrek Thoroden,
Marshal of
carrying troops and the spoils of their raids. Their wizards’ divination magic seeks out great treasures. Under the guidance of Vlaakith, the supreme leaders organize raiding parties and dispatch them to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
treasures.
Second Entry. Sorvina’s digging revealed strange standing stones. Mirabel worries about her sister, who’s started whispering to herself as she obsesses over learning more about the stones
bones to rise as a Minotaur Skeleton. Both it and Sorvina fight the characters to the death. When the skeleton is defeated, its bones remain intact. Cursed Remains. The skeleton exudes evil magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
win.
8 A sapphire dragon’s lair is so well protected that its inner defenses have never been tested. The dragon spreads rumors of the treasures within to attract adventurers who can put the traps
starvation after incorrectly identifying a nearby phase spider nest as an easy food source.
6 A sapphire dragon wyrmling’s hoard contains a cursed item, which has attracted specters and wraiths to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Demilich “I, Acererak the Eternal, beckon you to your doom. Come, foolish ones, plunder my treasures, if you dare! Others have tried. All have failed! From your skin, tapestries shall be woven, and
within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the curse on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
realms of Thay and Halruaa) use the currencies of other realms when trading abroad because their own coins and tokens are feared to be magically cursed, and so are shunned by others. Conversely, the
treasures. Finding six hundred ancient bedoars from the rule of Coronal Eltargrim twelve centuries before offers a deeper sense of immersion in your world than finding 60 sp. Varying names and descriptions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
not hesitate to use promises or bribes to defuse the situation. For instance, most treasures in a hag’s lair are useless without her knowledge of how to identify and handle them, so she might offer to
provide such information in return for her life. If an item later backfires on the one who uses it, or turns out to be cursed in some way, that’s just another lesson in why never to never threaten or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
. The devilkin steal treasures, weapons, and supplies, dooming an expedition to a slow death. The devilkin fly near their victims, taunting them with the items they stole. Predators in the area learn
follow close behind the lord of entropy, delighting and furthering the destruction it brings.
Cycles of Chaos. As a personification of entropy, Ygorl is cursed to see things as they will become