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The Book of Many Things
successful life even more glorious—only to draw a destructive card that changed your destiny forever.
Your desperation has driven you to the career of adventurer. You don’t seek out dark dungeons
and their monstrous inhabitants for excitement and glory; you do it because every other path is closed to you. But you have risen high on fortune’s wheel once before, and with luck and fortitude
monsters
obeyed by the living and the dead. When he first appeared before his people, he adopted an illusion of the form he possessed in life: that of a middle-aged human man with dark hair and a superior
freedom, and his metaphysical violations inevitably reverted to the Dark Powers’ original designs. Nevertheless, Azalin refused to stay a prisoner. His most recent plot culminated in the Hour
feats
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
You know how to slip through the Mists’ grasp, but this freedom comes at a price: If you remain in one area for too long, the Mists find you
you to bypass domain borders closed by a Darklord’s will.
Mist Walk. When you take damage or fail a saving throw to avoid or end the Grappled or Restrained condition, you can take a Reaction
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the entire multiverse. For untold ages, the Dark Powers have bound this harbinger of doom. Unlike the other prisoners of the Domains of Dread, Cthulhu isn’t plagued by ironic torments or
. While the borders are closed, those who enter the Mists surrounding Innsmouth become lost at sea amid inky fog for 3d4 days before arriving once more at Innsmouth.
Something in the Air. Creatures other
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devices, the Dark Powers provide him with any creation he desires, no matter how bizarre.
Ivana and Ivan’s Domain
Borca is altered by Ivana’s and Ivan’s presences, creating the
following effects:
Closing the Borders. While in their domain, Ivana or Ivan can close or open the borders to Borca at will. While the borders are closed, the Mists surrounding Borca are filled with briar
monsters
—over and over again. Tormented by the Dark Powers, Strahd is haunted by visions of his lost family and tarnished nobility. The count spends long years brooding in the depths of Castle Ravenloft, but
, creating the following effects:
Closing the Borders. While in his domain, Strahd can close or open the borders to Barovia at will. While the borders are closed, noxious fog suffuses the Mists
Strahd von Zarovich
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monsters
Curse of Strahd
(Costs 2 Actions). Strahd makes one bite attack.With his mind sharp and his heart dark, Strahd von Zarovich is a formidable foe. Courage and lives beyond measure have been lost to him. Reread chapter 1
close as he wishes. Closed doors can be magically locked (needing a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open) until Strahd chooses to end the effect, or until Strahd uses this lair action again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Freedom of the Mists The Carnival travels through the Mists and between other Domains of Dread as Isolde pleases—though the Dark Powers occasionally send it off course. The Carnival provides one of
the few means of escaping from another Darklord’s domain, since it ignores the closed borders of other domains. Other Darklords cannot travel with the Carnival to escape their own domains, however.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. The lodge is not lit except by fireplaces and candles. The interior is dark when the shutters are closed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. The lodge is not lit except by fireplaces and candles. The interior is dark when the shutters are closed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
following roles: Dark Clutches. The Mists serve the Dark Powers. They might steal residents of other worlds or entire locations from elsewhere in the multiverse and trap them in the Domains of Dread
. Whether the Mists ever return what they claim depends on the whims of the Dark Powers. Domain Borders. The Mists surround and isolate every Domain of Dread, preventing easy or predictable travel between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Encounter 4: Mausoleum The City of the Dead is a public park dotted with mausoleums. The place is closed at night, with two City Guard soldiers (guards) stationed at each entry gate. A character can
of the dead), patrols the cemetery from sunset to sunrise, chasing off grave robbers and making sure the dead stay buried. Characters who creep around the cemetery in the dark have a 30 percent chance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
against the south wall holds three rusty spears and a frayed net. Nearby is a closed cabinet.
A search of the shelves and weapon rack yields a longsword, a box of 20 crossbow bolts, a box of 10 arrows
Dragongleam, is enchanted with 10 charges of a daylight spell for use in twilight or dark forest underbrush. The command phrase is “Tiamat’s eyes shine,” written in Draconic runes on the spear’s cross guard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
W14. Upstairs Hall Describe this area to the players as follows: The walls of this L-shaped hall are lined with closed doors and shuttered windows. Between them are hooks where decorations once hung
). The hallway leading to area W12 is dark. Stirges hang from the rafters here — three stirges per party member, not including sidekicks (maximum twelve stirges). The hungry stirges attack any warm-blooded creature that enters the area.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
standing against the south wall holds three rusty spears and a frayed net. Nearby is a closed cabinet. A search of the shelves and weapon rack yields a longsword, a box of 20 crossbow bolts, a box of 10
Dragongleam, is enchanted with 10 charges of a daylight spell for use in twilight or dark forest underbrush. The command phrase is “Tiamat’s eyes shine,” written in Draconic runes on the spear’s cross guard.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
with horned heads. Set in the center of the wall is a closed iron portcullis, behind which burns a curtain of green flame.
On the other side of the dark wall, gripping the mountain’s edge, is a guard
T1. Gatehouse Portcullis When the characters approach from the west, read: The shelf of rock on which the mountain road clings grows narrow. To your left, the icy cliffs rise sharply toward dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival When the adventurers arrive at Axeholm, read the following boxed text aloud: Thrust out from the base of a dark gray mountain is the entrance to the dwarven fortress — a dark, fifteen-foot
-wide passageway flanked by forty-foot-high bulwarks of smooth, seamless stone. An iron portcullis covered with rust blocks the entrance. Arrow slits carved into the bulwarks are dark, revealing no hint
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
balconies. Curtains. The curtains that hang across doorways are made of black fabric, and each curtain has been enchanted so that sound doesn’t pass through it while it is closed. Doors. With the exception
wrought-iron wall sconces throughout Motherhorn. Each orb sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Removing an orb from its sconce causes the orb’s light to go dark until it is returned to a sconce.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the wall, providing a rampart for defenders stationed on the wood-planked walkway. The wall’s hinged gates are 15 feet tall and can be barred from the inside with iron-banded wood beams. These gates are closed when it’s dark outside—which is to say more often than not.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
about 15 feet above the floor. The chamber ceilings are about 10 feet above the floor near the walls, but they can be as much as 30 feet high in the middle. Dark Curtains. Clouds of black fog, cold and
. No original locks remain operable, but the cultists secure some doors with a hasp-and-pin mechanism. A door closed in this way can be forced with a successful DC 15 Strength check. Light. The glow of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Plane, corrupted and laid waste to civilizations, and erected city-size monuments to its mighty predecessors. Such distortion and defilement didn’t go unnoticed by the Dark Powers. Multiple times the
Mists closed around dread Cthulhu, and multiple times the terror evaded them. It was drawn into the Shadowfell when an extinct cabal of mages summoned it onto a sepulchral world of the Material Plane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
to 15 feet in the center. All doors are 5 feet wide and 7 feet high, of normal wood construction; all are closed but unlocked (with the exception of area 15) and easy to open. Most of the window panes
are broken, and all are easy to open. Unless otherwise noted, illumination is bright during the day on the ground floor and the floor above it. In the attic, due to various holes in the roof, the light is dim but adequate, leaving plenty of dark shadows in corners.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K60. North Tower Peak If the characters climb the stairs to this area, read: The stairs end at a dark and dreary room with manacles attached to the walls. In the middle of the room is a wood-framed
bed fitted with leather restraints. At the foot of the bed rests a closed iron chest, is lid sculpted with an emblem.
A wooden ladder leads up to a trapdoor in the ceiling. Thin streams of water drip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The stairs descend into black, still water that fills an arched hallway before you. The water’s surface is like dark, mirrored glass, disturbed only occasionally by the “thwick” of a drop falling
from the ceiling. Twenty feet ahead, arched doorways lead downward from each side of the hallway. In each arched doorway, an iron door stands closed and partially submerged. You hear a weak cry for help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K86. Strahd’s Tomb A heavy portcullis stands closed in the archway leading to this tomb. Lifting it requires a successful DC 25 Strength check. Black marble steps descend to a dark tomb that has a
wood. The coffin’s fittings are of brilliant brass, and the lid is closed. South of the coffin are three gloomy alcoves. An iron lever protrudes from the north wall, east of the tomb’s entrance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Due to its many windows, Feathergale Spire is brightly lit during the day and dimly lit at night. With the reinforced shutters closed, the light becomes dim during the day and dark at night.
Locks
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Feathergale Moat
Map 3.1: Feathergale SpireView Player Version
A gap of twenty feet separates the ledge where the path ends from the closed drawbridge on Feathergale Spire. The space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
transport those who enter them to distant lands, other domains, or even beyond the Domains of Dread. The Mists are inscrutable, but they ever serve the schemes of the Dark Powers, delivering creatures
wherever these wicked forces desire. The Dark Powers also grant Darklords limited ability to manipulate the Mists surrounding their domains, allowing most to open or close their domains’ borders to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L11. Family Tree The door to L10 is closed but not locked, and the doors to areas L6 and L13 are both locked. Granny Nightshade carries keys to both of these doors (see “Skabatha’s Ring of Keys
-carved staircase that ascends to a higher level. The walls are a dense tangle of tree roots and brambles, nestled among which are five animated portraits: one of a svelte, dark-haired woman and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reach the village, read: The gravel road leads to a village, its tall houses dark as tombstones. Nestled among these solemn dwellings are a handful of closed-up shops. Even the tavern is shut tight
boy, the girl turns to you and says, “There’s a monster in our house!” She then points to a tall brick row house that has seen better days. Its windows are dark. It has a gated portico on the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
this Dark Gift. Additionally, you gain the traits that follow. Misty Travels d4 Origin
1 You learned a secret about the nature of the Mists. Ever since, you can manipulate them, but the lands
you can cast it this way again. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice when you gain this Dark Gift). If you have spell slots of 2nd level or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L10. Cupboards The doors in this chamber are closed but not locked. When the characters enter for the first time, read: Moths cluster around a lantern that hangs from the ceiling in the middle of a
only if they threaten Granny Nightshade in the ghoul’s presence or seem particularly suspicious. Sowpig follows them through the lair and shares an occasional joke, which is always dark and upsetting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
crystals fill the hall with dim light. (Crystals pried out of their fixtures go dark.)
Carvings. The lower walls were once lined with carvings depicting dwarves pushing mine carts toward the west
, but these works have been defaced and, in some cases, replaced with stony tentacles that protrude from the walls.
Dwarf-Guarded Doors. A 20-foot-tall double door stands closed at the west end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
casts dark shadows, and much goes on quietly behind closed doors. The absence of beggars and riffraff in the streets might also raise suspicion that Wroat is putting on appearances. The King’s Dark
thriving black market. If you have shady friends, you’ve likely heard of Black Pit’s reputation as a place to quietly “disappear.” Similarly, if you have ties to the King’s Dark Lanterns, you know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Zariel, used the dark energy of the Companion to raise the city’s dead as his minions. At the same time, a magical effect in the ossuary level beneath the cemetery’s chapel gave demons access to an
intermittently operational portal they could use to enter the city. So far, only a few demons have arrived, but more will come if it’s not closed soon. Grand Duke Ravengard is one of many people who know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
outgoing trade goods, ensuring that commerce flows smoothly and the city gets its share at every turn. The city gates are closed at night. At dusk, the Watch evicts anyone from the Upper City who is not
relatively little fear, but beyond its well-lit streets and tightly watched gates, the other districts become much more dangerous after dark.