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Blood Rune. The fomorian has a blood rune inscribed on an effigy or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Corrupting Hex
action and Poisoning Rebuke reaction.
The object bearing the blood rune has AC 15; 30 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end
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that of a great gargoyle, some 12 feet tall, with an extended, muscular neck and a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair, and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful
elaborate fantasies that have no bearing on reality. When I return my focus to the world, I have a hard time remembering that it was just a daydream.”
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“I convince myself that
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
immense power.
Creating a Sapphire Dragon
Use the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire
the lair.
Cobweb-Choked Tunnels. Adventurers who manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set
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.
Creating a Dragon Turtle
Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting
. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below.
Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that
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the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits
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manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set with natural steps and shelves throughout. The
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Pegasus Elusive Winged Steed Habitat: Forest, Grassland, Hill, Planar (Upper Planes); Treasure: None Alejandro Pacheco Winged, sapient horses of noble bearing, pegasi are as majestic as they are
strangers on sight. Roll on or choose a result from the Pegasus Offerings table to inspire how one might show their good intentions to a wary pegasus. Pegasus Offerings 1d4 A Pegasus Won’t Flee
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dreaming Dark can trick a priest by sending dreams that appear to be divine visions, or inspire a soldier to rebel against their lord. The greatest weapon of the Dreaming Dark is its ability to
The Dreaming Dark In the spaces between sleeping and waking, nightmares wait with grasping claws. The quori spirits that rule Dal Quor spent a thousand years seizing control of the continent of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
heroism, wealthy and influential NPCs come forward bearing gifts of thanks. These gifts can take many forms, including parcels of land and special favors (see “Marks of Prestige” in chapter 7 of the
Dungeon Master’s Guide). If the characters allow the atropal to survive in the depths of the tomb, it eventually attracts nihilistic devotees of Acererak who feed it their own dark souls as nourishment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
but also to inspire hope. Relentless despair gradually beats characters down and takes the fun out of adventures. Punctuate your horror tales with moments of relief, comedy, and fortuitous coincidences. These moments of hope help characters push through the dark to the thrill of dawn.
creepy manors suit ghostly inhabitants, so does each domain inspire and encourage a distinct type of terror. Details on how to create your own domains appear in chapter 2, while chapter 3 describes some of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
experiencing random instances of good luck. Meanwhile, Far Realm energies manifest as eyes staring from the dark, insidious insects, or misshapen silhouettes looming in the distance. The land’s
fraying planar boundaries might also allow glimpses into other planes or ghostly appearances of strange figures. Let Atagua’s place between the real and surreal inspire your descriptions.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
characters, add one dark tide knight. As enemy approaches, use the following read-aloud text to describe the situation: Strange knights bearing a symbol with three lightning bolts striking ride
anchorites of the Cult of Talos. The forces of the cult include one archer and one dark tide knight (see appendix A) for every two characters, including sidekicks, rounded down. If there is an odd number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Way of the Lion Read the following boxed text to describe the characters’ final day of travel to Candlekeep: Over the past four days, the weather on the Coast Way has gradually worsened. Dark
clouds release heavy rain until the road runs thick with mud, yet you trudge on, passing by friendly merchant caravans heading north.
On the morning of the fifth day, the rain subsides but the dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
position, and its commercial importance all have a bearing on its overall atmosphere. A city nestled against the edge of a jungle has a very different feel than one on the edge of a desert. Elf and dwarf
an early system of democracy might boast an open-air market where philosophical ideas are traded as freely as produce. All the possible combinations of these factors can inspire endless variety in the settlements of your campaign world.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of the Shadow.
The Dark Six inspire worship in different ways among diverse cultures. Temples to the Dark Six appear in Droaam, along with wild revels driven by the Fury. The Dark Six aren’t
Dark Six The Dark Six are the shadows of the Sovereign Host. These dark gods shape the world and are present at all times, speaking to those willing to hear them. Where the Sovereigns govern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gargoyle Ambushes Gargoyles have a variety of appearances. Roll on or choose a result from the Gargoyle Sculptures table to inspire how a gargoyle looks.
Gargoyle Sculptures 1d6 The Gargoyle
to lurk where statuary seems commonplace or where terrain obscures the shape and color of their bodies. Roll on or choose a result from the Gargoyle Camouflage table to inspire where a gargoyle sets up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
E3. Mad Mary’s Townhouse A moaning sob floats through the still, gray streets, coloring your thoughts with sadness. The sounds flow from a dark, two-story townhouse. Mad Mary The house, which is
and was passed down to Gertruda. Gadof Blinsky, the toymaker of Vallaki (see chapter 5, area N7), made the doll. Stitched into the hem of its dress is a frayed tag bearing the words “Is No Fun, Is No Blinsky!”
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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.
— Elminster
Search, Destroy, Repeat
When a tribe is on the move, orc
tribe to the death.
2
Every serious choice I make must be decided by signs or omens from the gods.
3
I carry the teeth of a great warrior. They inspire me to commit great deeds in battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark, silent stretches. Occasionally, though, in a moment of
peace, stress, or excitement, a reborn gains a glimpse of what came before. When you desire to have such a dreamlike vision, roll on the Lost Memories table to inspire its details. Lost Memories d6
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Roll on or choose a result from the Stone Golem Orders table to inspire the commands a stone golem follows.
Stone Golem Orders 1d6 The Stone Golem Follows Orders To...
1 Allow only those
wearing ritual garb to pass.
2 Cast Slow on and aid in apprehending anyone who touches a city’s prized relic.
3 Destroy a dam or bridge at the command of one bearing a ruler’s medallion
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
could be one of the three described here, or one of your own devising. Nature. You feel a kinship with the natural world, and its beauty and mystery inspire you. For you, a tree is deeply symbolic
, its roots delving into the dark unknown to draw forth the power of the earth, while its branches reach toward the sun to nourish their flowers and fruit. Nature is the ancient witness who has seen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
element and give details on how to flesh out your world with gods, factions, and so forth. The assumptions sketched out above aren’t carved in stone. They inspire exciting D&D worlds full of adventure
remote, and even angels never make contact with mortals? In the Dark Sun setting, the gods are extremely distant — perhaps nonexistent — and clerics rely instead on elemental power for their magic.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fomorian Cursed Giant of the Dark Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any DAARKEN Once infamous for their magical aptitude, fomorians are giants afflicted with a fey curse. In their pride, they were
Warping table to inspire the cosmetic effects a creature undergoes while they’re affected by a fomorian’s Warping Hex. Fomorian Warping 1d4 The Fomorian’s Hex Causes... 1 Colorful, wandering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Oni Wickedness Drawn to the Wicked Habitat: Forest, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Oni are elusive entities that inhabit dark forests and other wildernesses. By shape-shifting into the form of an
them from other threats for generations.
Oni torment villages that don’t pay them or other supernatural forces respect. Roll on or choose a result from the Oni Troubles table to inspire how an oni
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
a patriar, bearing a patriar’s livery or permission letter, or carrying a Watch-issued token. The enforcement of this rule is one of the means by which the Upper City reinforces its snobbery over the
relatively little fear, but beyond its well-lit streets and tightly watched gates, the other districts become much more dangerous after dark.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K27. King’s Hall This twenty-foot-high hall has a dark, vaulted ceiling draped with cobwebs. A low moan seems to travel the length of the corridor as it rises and falls, intoning sadness and despair
fanged visage, outstretched claws, and flapping black cape of a vampire bearing down on you from above! A deep, throaty chuckle fills the hall. The scraping noise is the sound of the hidden compartment
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the dead adventurer’s armor and ribcage. The dart-firing mechanism inside the chest no longer functions. Clutched in the skeleton’s left hand is a letter bearing the seal of Strahd von Zarovich, which
the adventurer tried to remove from the chest. Written in flowing script, the letter reads as follows: My most pathetic servant,
I am not a messiah sent to you by the Dark Powers of this land. I
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
detritus sometimes floats within a gelatinous cube, hinting at its past meals. Roll on or choose a result from the Gelatinous Cube Debris table to inspire a gelatinous cube’s contents. Gelatinous
need of repair. 5 Skeleton belonging to a famous adventurer. 6 Tablet bearing a mysterious message. Gelatinous Cube Large Ooze, Unaligned
AC 6 Initiative −4 (6)
HP 63 (6d10 + 30)
Speed 15 ft
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
went on to inspire the creation of a campaign setting of the same name in 1990: Ravenloft, home of the Domains of Dread.
Module I6: Ravenloft, written by Tracy and Laura Hickman, broke new ground by
expands what we know about the lands around Castle Ravenloft and sheds new light on the dark past of the castle’s lord. The lands of Barovia are from a forgotten world in the D&D multiverse, and this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
with the vestige inside. The vestige tries to coax the creature into its service by offering it a Dark Gift (see chapter 1). The amber monolith has AC 16, 80 hit points, and immunity to poison and
psychic damage. If the monolith is damaged or if a character openly bears Theodora’s Mark of the Raven, inky tendrils rise from the dark water and attack. These limbs use the statistics for five shadows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
? The characters’ pasts don’t have any bearing on the rest of this adventure, but use these details to inspire where the campaign leads next. Heroic Equipment Trapped with each incarnation in the House
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
filters through the arrow slits around the castle. During the day, this provides dim light in most areas. At night, all areas are dark. Walls. Exterior walls and load-bearing interior walls are 5 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a patriar, bearing a patriar’s livery or permission letter, or carrying a Watch-issued token. The enforcement of this rule is one of the means by which the Upper City reinforces its snobbery over the
relatively little fear, but beyond its well-lit streets and tightly watched gates, the other districts become much more dangerous after dark.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
possessing the potential and vitality lost to them. Shadows lurk in dark, lonely places, typically sites that were meaningful to them in life or cursed places with ties to death, sinister magic, or
the Shadow Shapes table to inspire a shadow’s form and haunting. Shadow Shapes 1d6 The Shadow Appears As... 1 A distorted stalker that lurks in the woods. 2 A fiend that dwells near a wicked
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Will-o’-Wisp Guide on the Path to Doom Habitat: Forest, Swamp, Urban; Treasure: None Vicki Pangestu From a distance, will-o’-wisps look like lanterns bobbing in the dark. Through the windows of
on or choose a result from the Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes table to inspire how a will-o’-wisp imperils its victims. Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes 1d6 The Will-o’-Wisp Tempts Victims Into... 1 An abandoned






