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Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant

turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Their ears grew pointed, and they gained a limited form of telepathy — but at the cost of forgetting their history. The underground homes

Describing Horror

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

flesh, or is it a supernatural force that warps what it comes in contact with? Wounded. When it’s wounded, how does it react? What does its blood look like? What is inside it instead of flesh and blood

these: What does the way it moves remind you of? It emits the worst smell—what is it? Something falls free and, for an instant, what are you certain it is? Players’ responses don’t need to control the narrative; it’s up to you whether they’re true or just one perception.

1. Secret Entrances

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

and spell components, Sladis carries a blood-caked flint knife that he uses to cut up his victims, as well as a Heward’s handy haversack stuffed full of severed limbs and eviscerated organs — the

of monsters, but the Zhents have installed trip wires and pressure plates at irregular intervals. These are triggering mechanisms for collapsing roofs, poison darts, and rolling spheres (see “Sample

Hive Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

chase a nimble cranium rat squeaker (see Morte’s Planar Parade). “Get ’em!” they cry as the rat darts toward the characters. 6 A droopy-eyed corpse collector (dwarf commoner) in tattered clothing dumps

include the following offerings: Annam’s Blood. Barreled on Ysgard, this crimson mead swirls with scenes of battle. A war cry bellows from the tap when a mug of Annam’s Blood is poured. Chaos Frog. This

Middle Level (M1-M9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

trying different command words for the last half hour to get the portal to reopen. Matreous takes on a thoughtful expression and pauses for an instant, tapping his chin in thought. The mansion must be

mundane but finely made. There are four daggers, four quarterstaffs, and twenty darts in a bandolier hanging from one of the pegs. One wall holds diagrams of attack and parry positions for wielders of

Mournland Environment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

spring is marked by the Crimson Water, a stagnant lake of blood-colored liquid. The shores of the Crimson Water are littered with the remains of animals and travelers that have strayed into the

forest have been turned to objects of glossy white stone with blood-red flecks. 4 The battlefield before the characters contains no bodies, only the clothing and weapons of thousands of missing soldiers

Death House Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

room’s south wall. When a creature opens this chest’s lid, poison-tipped darts shoot from a spring-loaded mechanism attached to the lid’s underside. Each creature within 10 feet of the chest that isn’t

in freshly spilled blood. The source of the blood is the body of lifeless woman dangling above the altar from chains mounted to the ceiling. A ceramic stake has been plunged through the woman’s heart

The Grand Dame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

receives a telepathic message from the kraken — a wave of mind-shattering dread that deals 20 psychic damage to the nobleman. An instant later, Lord Drylund keels over dead, blood running from his

Maze of Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

detect the stench of rotten flesh from the north. If the top chest is opened, it sprays poisoned darts in all directions. Each creature within 10 feet of the chest must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving

P22: Minotaur Lair The walls of this room are splattered with dried blood. There is a ten-foot-diameter hole in the ceiling. Piled beneath it is a large mound of straw. Three hulking creatures with

Arcane Brotherhood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Dexterity saving throw or take 7 (2d6) acid damage. Magic Missile (1st-Level Spell; Requires a Spell Slot). The simulacrum creates three darts of magical force. Each dart unerringly strikes one creature

beast. Spellbook. Vellynne’s spellbook has black leather covers around pages of ragged parchment, all wrapped in a crimson sash. The necromancer’s personal sigil is written in goat’s blood on the

K84. Catacombs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

the treasure automatically. Crypt 6 Saint Markovia: Dead for all time The 10-foot-square section of floor in front of this crypt is a pressure plate that releases four poison darts hidden in tiny holes

can be triggered a total of four times before its supply of darts is depleted. If the door to the crypt is opened, read: This crypt smells of roses. The remains atop its marble slab have disintegrated

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

the trap, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. If the trap isn’t deactivated, poisoned darts burst from the box when it’s opened. Each creature within 10 feet of the box

. Thin script engraved above the pair of masks reads as follows: “Pay the toll, in blood or in song.” There are two ways to open the doors. A character can play one of the hallway’s instruments and

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