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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Gift Descriptions This section presents a selection of Dark Gifts in alphabetical order.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
or magic items to an allied temple, while a Fiend might demand a living sacrifice or a gift of treasure. Some creatures might exchange their service for a quest undertaken by you.
A task that can be
adjust these payments based on the circumstances under which you cast the spell. If the task is aligned with the creature’s ethos, the payment might be halved or even waived. Nonhazardous tasks
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites doom.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna the
divined.
Nature can’t abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even
Monsters
Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack
Powers.
To rid themselves of this curse, Osybus’s former devotees turned to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They received a mission: Provide a mighty noble to serve as
possibly prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he shared his secrets with disciples who wished to defy
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Powers.
To rid themselves of this curse, Osybus’s former devotees turned to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They received a mission: Provide a mighty noble to serve as
possibly prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he shared his secrets with disciples who wished to defy
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
Deathly power resides within you, bursting out at the slightest provocation. You gain the following features.
Death Touch. You learn the Chill
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
storehouses, and even its infamous prison, Dreadhold. Some also serve as agents of the mysterious Ghorad’din, a secretive group of assassins and spies little known beyond the members of the house. Kundarak wardens are adept at bypassing security measures as well as reinforcing them.
’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Some dragonmarked heirs (mostly dwarves) of House Kundarak serve as personal guardians for the house’s vaults and
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
You experience echoes from a past or alternate life. You gain the following features.
Channeled Prowess. You have proficiency in two skills of your
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
can serve for an agent of either house.
Even though House Phiarlan agents don’t typically work as entertainers or artists in addition to their espionage activities, they receive extensive
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
Exposure to alien horrors like those of the Far Realm has warped your physical form in supernatural ways. You gain the following features
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
You are haunted by a cacophony of whispering spirits only you can hear. You gain the following features.
Spirit Whispers. You learn the Message
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
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
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
The shadow you cast is animate and ever-present—sometimes it even acts according to its own will. You gain the following features.
Grasping
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
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
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
Something unnatural is always watching you, taking the form of scurrying vermin and other eerie creatures. You gain the following features
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
There is another side of you that most people never see: a beast, a terrifying avenger, or a walking nightmare. You gain the following features
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
often believe their immortality will exempt them from any infernal claim to their souls. The archdevil Mephistopheles happily exploits such hubris and proves that even undead aren’t immune to the
laws of the Nine Hells.
The greatest hell-bound vampires are masters of hellfire called infernalists, who prey on mages. Vampire infernalists are usually too arrogant to work together; even a large
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
A second being resides within your body, offering knowledge and assistance while furthering its own agenda. You gain the following features
races
Void Speech are also common and are presented below.
All satarre are given cult names, indicating which dark god their lives were dedicated to at their naming day. Such names preface the name of the
even among their own kind since they have an instinctual sensitivity to places of transition. An unbound satarre is compelled to find such gateways and widen their influence through mundane or magical
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
glittering spores, a statuette resembling its former self, a chunk of ice, or a sponge shaped like a dodecahedron (DM’s choice).Magical Gift (1/Day). The chwinga targets a Humanoid it can see
spelljamming ships or ride around on space guppy;space guppies. Using its Magical Gift ability, a chwinga astronaut can bestow one of the following charms in place of those described in the Dungeon Master
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
and their own language. Their feet are fully as dexterous as their hands, even to the extent of having toes that serve as opposable thumbs. Membranes of skin hang loosely from their arms and legs
warriors often adopt colorful names, such as the Soaring Hadozees, the Jammin’ Wingbats, and the Night Howlers.
Hadozees
Hadozees are slender, highly adaptive Humanoids with simian features
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
use a combination of cunning, faith, and magic to defend their coastal home. Most of these skilled soldiers serve in the Reverent Army, the defenders of Meletis, which uses an array of proven strategies
typically work in groups and use coordinated tactics to win victories.
The three Hoplite Unit Names tables present the sorts of titles used by hoplite contingents hailing from Theros's great poleis. Consider
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lives to destroying such cults.
Warlocks
Warlocks gain arcane might through magical pacts with mysterious entities. While some use their abilities to serve the sources of their power, others use them to undermine or even destroy these entities.Fire
Dark One’s Own Luck (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When the warlock makes an ability check or saving throw, it can add a d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
);{"diceNotation":"2d10+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Snaking predators lurking in the dark waters of the ocean, these kelp-colored beasts serve as guards and mounts for the locathah (including those found in Danger at Dunwater).
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"piercing"} piercing damage.The first bronze sables were presented to Karametra as a gift by Purphoros to serve primarily as guardians in Karametra's temples. But as others have been created, some have
most devoted followers so they could mimic his works and invent new forms at their own forges.
Some anvilwroughts are vigilant guardians at holy shrines, others serve as familiars and messengers, and a
Book of Vile Darkness
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even stone cracks and turns to
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned this way.Multiattack. The xill makes four claw attacks.
Claw. Melee weapon attack: +6;{"diceNotation
"} piercing damage.Deep within the Ethereal Plane are the demiplanes, miniatures worlds built by powerful archmages and other mighty entities to serve as a private domain. Each demiplane is a designed realm
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
choose:
Vile Apotheosis. The book could hold a ritual that allows a character to become a lich or death knight.
True Names. The true names of any number of fiends might be in the book.
Dark Magic
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
Changeling
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
be. And so it remains. Though the children are shunned by all, the gift of the Traveler protects them still.
—Chance, changeling priest
Changelings can shift their forms with a thought. Many
changelings use this gift as a form of artistic and emotional expression. It’s also an invaluable tool for grifters, spies, and others who wish to deceive. This leads many people to treat
races
Changelings are the natural result of humans adapting to a life in the shadows over multiple generations. Originally, humans were stolen from the mortal lands to serve their shadow fey masters&mdash
alabaster white, ebon black, or subtle grays. Some have even grown rudimentary horns, like shadow fey. Their appearance may change further in generations to come—perhaps constantly evolving and even
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
2nd level (3 slots): gift of gab,* misty step, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): fast friends,* fly, lightning bolt
4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility
5th level (1 slot): cone of cold
*New spell
certain amount of guilt around being complicit in certain Dran Enterprises' dealings, and helped Acquisitions Incorporated on the side even before taking up an official role with the company. Though Head
classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
The twilit transition from light into darkness often brings calm and even joy, as the day’s labors end and the hours of rest begin. The darkness can also bring terrors, but the gods of twilight
guard against the horrors of the night.
Clerics who serve these deities—examples of which appear on the Twilight Deities table—bring comfort to those who seek rest and protect them by
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
damage.Skeletal knights are powerful Undead that arise to serve even more wicked beings—often death knight;death knights. Those who become skeletal knights were typically virtuous in life but betrayed
their oaths and died in disgrace. Unable to rest, they are now unswervingly loyal to the villains they serve. Should a skeletal knight’s master be destroyed, the knight regains its will and is
backgrounds
Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
Feat: Sharp Eye or a Dark Gift feat of your choice (see “Feats”)
Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Investigation
Tool Proficiencies
Human
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
to be short, stout, and muscular. They usually have dusky skin, dark eyes, and thick black hair.
Rashemi Names: (Male) Borivik, Faurgar, Jandar, Kanithar, Madislak, Ralmevik, Shaumar, Vladislak
powerful ethnic group in Kara-Tur, far to the east of Faerûn. They are yellowish-bronze in hue, with black hair and dark eyes. Shou surnames are usually presented before the given name.
Shou Names