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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     sampling of the terrifying domains, dreaded Darklords, and daring wanderers trapped in the Dark Powersâ clutches. Dr. Viktra Mordenheim, Darklord of Lamordia, crafts the perfect
body for her newest band of golem-hunting mercenaries
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Domains of Ravenloft In a far-flung corner of the Plane of Shadow drifts a hidden expanse of roiling mist and vague semi-reality. At this eerie edge of the multiverse, the Dark Powers collect the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Dargaard Mountains, constantly cloaked in dark clouds that often spread their gloom across the surrounding land. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (History) check knows the Solamnic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                       1 Light rain falls for an hour, and distant lightning is visible over the Dargaard Mountains. 2 A band of 2d4 bandits heads northwest, paying the characters no mind. The bandits have no interest in
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Hook Horror Hunt The characters enter an area where a band of gnolls lured to the Underdark by the demon lord Yeenoghu are hunting a mated pair of hook horrors. Having left guards at the main
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     dark, which doesnât hinder either the gnolls or the hook horrors.
 Tight Passages. Tunnels marked âPâ on the map are narrow enough that Large creatures such as the hook horrors must squeeze through them
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     inquisitive individuals simply vanish, the Mists delivering them to deadly domains from which they never return. But others manage to band together, learning the ways of the Mists, how to travel through them
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , and how to survive their dangers. Those who travel between domains might have the Mist Walker Dark Gift (see chapter 1) or know how to employ Mist talismans (detailed at the start of this chapter
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , unambiguous foe. Mogisâs followers could be anything from a disgraced politician seeking revenge against their enemies to a roving band of minotaurs pillaging the countryside. Mogisâs faithful tend to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     be at least partially blinded by dark emotions, a state that might make them easy to manipulate by the followers of clever deities. The servants of the god of slaughter arenât all mindless brutes
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     war band* â 2 2d6 jackalweres 3 3 1d3 manticores 4 4 1d3 + 1 trolls 5 5 Elk tribe hunters* â 6 1d8 will-oâ-wisps 6 â Knights of Samular* 7 â Homestead* â 7 1d2 ghasts and 1d4 + 2 ghouls 8 8 1d4 + 1
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     gargoyles 9 9 Air cult skyriders* 10 10 Water cult raiders* 11 11 1d6 + 2 bugbears 12 12 Fire cult war band* 13 13 Earth cult marauders* 14 14 2d4 ogres 15 â Caravan* â 15 1d4 + 1 wights 16 16 2d4
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     dark arts. Through seduction and indoctrination, they expanded their cult to include a small yet nefarious circle of friends. When word got out, the rest of the village turned a blind eye to the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ranks of the cult thinned as members began to lose interest in the debacle. Then Strahd von Zarovich arrived. The cultists regarded Strahd as a messiah sent to them by the Dark Powers. Drawn to Strahd
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     she pledged to marry. In a desperate attempt to regain Tatyanaâs love, Strahd forged a pact with dark powers that made him immortal. Strahd confronted his brother at Sergei and Tatyanaâs wedding and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Sea of Swords. Itâs a narrow band of territory dominated by several major city-states, from Neverwinter in the north to Baldurâs Gate in the south, with Waterdeep in between.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
â Elminster
Search, Destroy, Repeat
When a tribe is on the move, orc
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde â a sea of slavering
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     turn against them if they proceed.  Paloma Paloma Paloma (chaotic good, gnome assassin) leads a band of revolutionaries in the borderlands around San CitlĂĄn. She was falsely accused of rustling
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , defended herself from the unjust arrest, and was charged with attempted murder as a result. She fled to the Indigo Desert and joined an outlaw band, quickly climbing the ranks to become the leader. While
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     or the inspiration for a barbarianâs rage. Are you still loyal to your dark lord, or did you break free from its influence? Either way, work with the DM to develop the details of your overlord
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     inhabitants have vanished in a single night, leaving all their possessions behind. Today itâs known as Desolate, and it awaits the next band of settlers willing to stake their claim.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     mortally ill members, the groupâs leader, Irena Radanavich, ordered her band to kidnap Rudolphâs son and then sold the young man to the vampire Baron Metus. Rudolph pursued the Radanaviches, shattered
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with the knowledge they need to confront the dark. Though heâs made many devoted allies, he keeps them at armâs length, fearing the threat of his curse. When not traveling, van Richten lives out of his
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     twisting as if to ward you off. Undeterred, you emerge from the tangled thicket into a stark ravine. Its rocky walls rise steeply one hundred feet or so above. Several dark cave mouths pockmark the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to that caveâs section.  Caves of Chaos   Cave Description Recommended Level   A: Kobold Lair A band of kobolds stole a dragon egg, and it hatched! 1+ B: Mephit Lair Mischievous elementals lair in
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     left his mark on Icewind Dale, Netherese wizards created their own chardalyn. Many items made from this dark-colored crystal can be found in the ruins of ancient Netherese enclaves.
 Four members of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     choose to aid or oppose these wizards is up to them, but one thing is certain: the Arcane Brotherhood wonât let a band of adventurers stand between them and the magic that waits to be found in the doomed, sepulchral ruin.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Kartakass also presents a fantastic domain in which to explore surreal twists on nature. The Dark Powers might give animals and plants friendly voices and welcoming aspects, but every being in the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     party to deliver a cart of meekulbrauâa local berry wine that soothes the throat and improves vocal performances. A band of thieves hijacked the last two deliveries, and the brewer wants to make sure this latest delivery reaches its buyer, Harkon Lukas.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     now are full-fledged members of Vistani culture (see the âVistani Charactersâ sidebar for details). As they travel, members of a Vistani band walk, ride on horseback, and drive ledge wagons, stopping
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     possess the Mist Walker Dark Gift (see chapter 1), allowing them to make their way between domains. Vistani donât enter the Mists lightly, though, knowing that each such passage holds inherent danger
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     drow priestess is seated on the throne in the southern alcove (area 25b), listening to tedious reports of the battles waging against House Freth. 25a. Hall of the Dark Seldarine Any character who tries
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     60-foot-diameter fountain adorned with eight statues that represent the Dark Seldarine (the drow pantheon). Cracked tiles fanning out from the fountain form a web-like mosaic on the floor.
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     caverns beneath the Sumber Hills and claimed it as their territory. These dark elves venerated a terrible god of primordial evil, and they built a shrine to this nameless power. In time, the ancient drow
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     below it. Few made any lasting record of their explorations, and their names are forgotten. But in the year 893 DR (using the Dalereckoning calendar, about 600 years before the present day), a band of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     intelligent creatures â to govern other regions. Within Droaam, any creature that commands the loyalty of a band and has successfully claimed and held territory can call itself a warlord, but only a small
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . He leads the largest host of gargoyles in Droaam, and Grimstone is also home to orcs and other creatures. The Dark Pack. An alliance of lycanthropes, worgs, and other bestial creatures is led by an
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     trained to act alone and rely on their own resources. When they get into scrapes, they donât count on fellow Harpers to rescue them. Sometimes Harper agents must band together to face world-threatening
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     their ranks are researching how to defeat the demon lords and their kind. For long years, the Harpers have sworn to put an end to unbridled evil in all its forms â especially evil that wields dark
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     approaches the characters in plain clothes and asks them to keep their eyes open for Falkirâs Fist, a band of four dwarf adventurers that disappeared in Undermountain over a year ago. The leader of the band
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Runestone. The crystal was created by Halaster Blackcloak and secreted away in the depths of Undermountain. Laeral has sent Jalester to hire a band of adventurers to retrieve a pebble-sized fragment of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     tell that the duchess seems more out of sorts than usual. Then a pall comes over the occasion as she voices her concern about a band of wayward travelers camped outside the townâs walls. They seemed
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     camped on the hill outside the gates of Daggerford, near the road. Guards atop the walls watch the camp closely at all hours. When the characters approach the camp, read: As the evening grows dark, you
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Triboar Trail, where travelers have reported trouble with a band of orcs near Wyvern Tor. He offers 100 gp to any group that can take care of the problem. If the party pursues this quest, see âWyvern
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     him, if something killed him. Sildar describes Iarno as âa short, dark-bearded human wizard in his thirties.â Unknown to Sildar, Iarno created the Redbrands, installed himself as their leader, and took
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cocooned in webbing. He is poisoned and paralyzed for the next hour. Fargas Rumblefoot was a member of an adventuring band looking for a long-lost tomb when they were attacked by a pack of mad gnolls
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     through the web-filled chasm. It communicates with the characters telepathically, warning them about âdemons rising in the dark.â The creature becomes increasingly paranoid and convinced that the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Canyon Shrine  Aside from the other dangers of the twisting canyons of Phoberos, followers of Mogis openly worship and offer sacrifices to their dark god in these places. Twisting cave systems run
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     canyon while escorting a caravan transporting offerings to another god. 
   2  Slay a massive, blood-drunk monster that rampages through the region. 
   3  Find a band of minotaurs residing in the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     house, but theyâre too bloodthirsty to pass up the chance to murder a band of adventurers standing in their way. The wind and snow render the City Watch oblivious to the danger. Cuttleâs Meat Pies
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     her twenties with dark, stringy hair. The other is a much older, dark-skinned man with a bald head, a half-missing ear, and a short white beard. Zhentarim Safe House This windowless house is occupied by
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Yeenoghu Gnolls embody the dark urges of Yeenoghu, the demon lord of slaughter and senseless destruction. Although Yeenoghu has been defeated and cast back into the Abyss more than once, gnolls
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to devour what they have killed, and to fashion crude weapons and armor from their victimsâ corpses. A gnoll war band exemplifies Yeenoghuâs plans for the world. He wants to transform it into a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     awaiting the chance to plunge their daggers into each otherâs backs. They vie against each other to supplant the archlector, a position prized for its access to demon lords and their dark gifts. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     throneâs despotic inheritor is doomed to defend the seat from an unending torrent of assassins and usurpers. Their pattern of betrayal has one exception. Periodically, the townsfolk band together to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     stubborn believers who refuse to renounce their allegiances. Within Nowhereâs dark warrens, criminals peddle seedy wares to dwindling factions, some consisting of just one member. Grungy alleys become
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     beneath the streets of Sigil The following are just a few of the non-ascendant factions headquartered in Nowhere: The Coterie of Cakes (Cakers) is a destitute band of rosy-cheeked bullies who assert the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     for finding the fire gate in the Weeping Colossus.
 Dark Omens The signs and portents are clear: nature is out of balance. Terrible disaster is drawing closer with every passing day. To restore the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     intends revenge. The character earns inspiration for reaching the water temple and again for defeating Gar.     
  Standing Offer Months ago, the character served as a guide for a band of mysterious
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     instead: The passage opens into a large, dark cavern filled by a subterranean lake. At the east end of the lake, a torch illuminates a stone quay with a ten-foot skiff tied up alongside it. The west end
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     darkness. The landing at the east end of the cavern is guarded by four Crushing Wave reavers and one fathomer commanded by a Dark Tide knight named Eyon (see chapter 7 for the cultistsâ statistics
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     elemental fire as reckless and short-tempered.  Crushing Wave Priest Crushing Wave priests are the fanatical core of the cult. Gathering in secretive cabals, they perform dark rituals to glorify
                                                
                                            
                                                
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 Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
  Dark Tide Knight Dark Tide knights are the elite warriors of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     plans to award the dwarves rulership of Saltmarsh as compensation. 11â12 The Brotherhood blackmails Ingo the Drover and Keledek the Unspoken, two people in town with dark pasts, into their service
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     sinister means to turn an important member of another faction into an ally. 17â18 A small band of escaped slaves arrives in town. They claim that several sailors at the docks once worked as slave traders
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     for resale (at regular wholesale discounts) and for franchise parties (at full cost; less drinking, more working, okay?):
 War Priest Dark Ale â˘ Red Larch Regular â˘ Velvet Curtain â˘ Waelvurâs Wood
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The dark cat can be seen roaming the area periodically, and keeps an eye on a mouse hole near the fireplace. Luna and Thalen would make excellent wizard hirelings for the franchise if the characters
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Pink light pours out of the highest windowâa single point of illumination in a dark and out-of-the-way region of the city.
 A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of enchantment magic. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , read: An elderly woman sits rigidly on a black throne, shrouded in ice. She wears a crown of entwined iron tentacles, and her forehead is bruised where the band fits tightly against her skull. An
                                                
                                            
                                        






