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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
. That Manshoon is dead, and the current Manshoon is one of the original’s many clones. Being a magical copy rather than an original doesn’t make Manshoon any less of a threat, as he’s
formative influence.
Manshoon made many enemies and sought to preserve his power by crafting several clones. A magical accident decades ago caused all his clones to activate at once and fight against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
nights bitten by a vampyr. For over four hundred years, this creature has drained the life blood of my people. Now, my dear Ireena languishes and dies from an unholy wound caused by this vile beast
. He has become too powerful to conquer.
So I say to you, give us up for dead and encircle this land with the symbols of good. Let holy men call upon their power that the devil may be contained within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, then flying off as they emerge. 2 The surge of necromantic energy caused by the skeletons’ awakening draws 4d10 zombies of slain pirates out of the waters and toward the beach. 3 3d6 swarms of quippers
arise in three random squares. 5 A pirate, Knife-Catcher Skeen (NE male human bandit), has hidden in a clear square in the dunes. Left for dead by his comrades, he begs the characters for help. 6 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
24. Collapsed Areas A tremor caused a collapse in this section of the dungeon, wrecking two rooms (areas 24a and 24c) and creating a small maze of tunnels (area 24b). 24a. Guard Post A foul stench
sixteen troglodytes in varying stages of decay. Feasting on the remains are seven drow ghouls that were created by Vlonwelv to devour the dead. The ghouls retreat into the back tunnels when one or more drow enter the room. If a drow is not among those who enter, the ghouls attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
like wildfire. Everyone comes out to greet you, including Honorary Mayor Jenna Bean, who snorts contentedly. Frody apologizes to everyone for the trouble he has caused and says he looks forward to
Frody is returned to the earth, Toadhop’s residents stand around his grave wearing straw hats—a local custom, you reckon—to sing a somber hymn. A little girl lays a tiny flower on the dead bard’s grave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. From the House on Gryphon Hill, Godefroy forces throngs of the dead to serve his will and to seek out a path to their true, final deaths. Lord of the Dead. After 24 hours, the spirit of anyone who
dies in Mordent reappears as a ghost, a specter, or another incorporeal Undead near where they died. These spectral dead can be magically returned to life as normal, but those who aren’t restored to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
eastern doors is mounted the skull of a dragon.
Cyrus Belview (see area K62) created this enormous work of art out of the bones of dead servants and slain adventurers. It has taken him many years
to complete it. The bones and skulls are held together with gray mortar and white paste. The dark stains on the floor are old bloodstains, caused here when Strahd hunted down and killed the remainder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
free to re-imprison Miska. Forces Disperse. Creatures left standing on the tower’s floor are in full view of Lolth’s forces. The nearby troops, realizing their general is dead and their only
find who caused the collapse. If the characters are there, Kas confronts them as described in the “Fighting Kas” section later in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dead land of Cyre continue to fight as if the war had not ended, launching raids out of the “dead-gray mist” to the neighboring lands — including, of course, Thrane. Proclaiming allegiance to something
construct eldritch machines and other weapons. What would happen if the Lord of Blades were to discover the power that caused the Mourning and unleashed that power across Khorvaire?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Planar Glitch The characters’ incarnations are just one manifestation of the planar instability caused by the inaccurate beliefs of modrons lost in the Outlands (see chapter 15). At any point during
surroundings. The illusion continues for an hour before vanishing. 5 The characters find a field littered with thousands of dead sunflies. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check knows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
disasters caused by the elemental cults launches a series of raids against homesteaders in the eastern part of the valley. This adventure is designed for 4th-level characters. The Long Road. Trade in the
Manor. A sinister entity known only as the Dark Lady lurks in Rundreth Manor, overlooking the Long Road. For years, caravans have hurried by in safety, but now dead bodies are appearing on the road
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
, legend says, caused the undersea volcanic activity that formed Stormwreck Isle. In all likelihood, Sharruth is long dead and entombed beneath the island, but chromatic dragons whisper that she still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
sprites. They rarely devour other sapient creatures swiftly, preferring to cocoon their captives and terrorize them for days. Ettercaps avoid fire, which can quickly burn through their webs and the dead
ability check.
Web Walker. The ettercap ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and the ettercap knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web.
Actions
Multiattack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Strong magic unleashed underground caused it — maybe even magic from Undermountain. Acquisitions Incorporated is making a play for control in the city, and the other power groups of Waterdeep are not
performance several days ago. Her adoring fans fear she is dead. Towering forms in black cloaks have been seen around the City of the Dead at night. A number of witnesses swear that those cloaks and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
uses magic on fields near the border of the forest, creating animated plants to drive off farmers.
5 A scout has taken to hunting and eating sapient beings. What could have caused this gruesome
turn?
6 Those who follow a mysterious green unicorn inevitably turn up dead, their bodies entangled in strangling vines.
Nylea’s Monsters Nylea’s forests are home to many dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
say that dead-gray mists rose in the capital city of Metrol and spread from there. Within the space of one day, the nation of Cyre had been engulfed in a wall of mist, and anything caught within the
wall of dead-gray mist surrounds the remnants of Cyre. Beyond the mists lies a land twisted by magic, a wound that will not heal. The blasted land is strangely transformed. In some places, the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
cloaked man take something from the body of a dead gnome, then start limping away. He was badly burned and casting glances over his shoulder, like he was afraid someone might be following him. He was
caused the explosion. I saw those halflings burned alive! I saw them!” Jezrynne doesn’t know what the “puppet” hurled to cause the fireball. She took her eyes off the thing during the chaos and doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
behind the tapestry opens into area 47c.)
Yarek. A dead male human (Yarek) in bloody robes is sprawled on the floor in front of the tapestry.
Illusory Wall. A 20-foot-wide section of the north
piercing weapon (the devil’s hooked polearm) and has a deep, poisoned wound in his chest (caused by the bone devil’s stinger). A search of the body yields nothing of value. 47b. Dealing with the Bone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
shaft descends 90 feet to an underground stream that provides no access to other locations in Undermountain.)
Magic caused all the kitchen’s accoutrements to take flight and crash into one another
components (for the indicated spells): a vial of blood, a strip of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust (animate dead); a clay pot of grave dirt, a clay pot of brackish water, and three 150 gp black onyx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
with the result or effect of what caused it to be abandoned. You can use the Abandoned Temple Condition table to determine an abandoned temple’s present state. Abandoned Temple Condition d8 Status
the ancient secrets hidden inside.
3 Retrieve the remains of a dead humanoid from the temple.
4 Kill monsters infesting the temple.
5 Find a replacement for the temple’s current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Missing Modrons When the characters meet with R04M again, the monodrone assesses that they can now do what it couldn’t: correct the multiversal disruption that affected the party and caused other
multiverse might contort to keep R04M alive, if the modron is dead, Zaythir can provide this information as the result of her studies and investigations into Shemeshka’s dealings. R04M notes that, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
most of her time in the mage tower (area S14). Consuming Void. A spherical void has formed high above the castle. The souls of the dead and the ashes of the city are being drawn into it. Most people in
restore the lives of those who died because of the ritual. Saving the King’s Heart. Simply destroying Jhaeros’s heart would end the ritual without reversing the damage it has caused or undoing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Hag Lairs No matter what form it takes, a hag’s home is a manifestation of her basic nature. It is ugly, eerie, or unnerving in some way, often incorporating some aspect of decay, such as a dead tree
.” If a hag is forced to resort to such measures, she immediately begins to plot her retaliation against those that caused her to flee. Like a vampire or a demon, a hag has a long life over which to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
blight, death ward 17th cloudkill, raise dead Experimental Elixir Beginning at 3rd level, whenever you finish a long rest, you can magically produce an experimental elixir in an empty flask you touch
body is transformed as if by the alter self spell. The drinker determines the transformation caused by the spell, the effects of which last for 10 minutes. Alchemical Savant At 5th level, you develop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the fright of seeing his dead wife that caused him to capsize the boat and drown. Either way, Rinaldo is certain that the man’s treasure lies at the bottom of the lake, waiting for some intrepid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Elminster. Fearing that he might be destroyed by his foes, Manshoon magically crafted several clones — but a mishap caused all of them to be awakened at once, whereupon they tried to destroy one another in
a series of conflicts that came to be known as the Manshoon Wars.
A Flying Snake of the Zhentarim
Now the original Manshoon is dead, and it’s widely believed that all his clones were destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
), Caerhan returned from a research trip to Candlekeep to find his fellow party members all dead. Recognizing too late that the orrery housing channeled dark power, the grieving Caerhan decided that the
encounter with a carrion crawler. Caerhan pressed on. But when he activated the shrine, he caused a minor earthquake that opened a sinkhole in Waterdeep’s Dock Ward, and which cracked walls and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
sphere, Melf’s acid arrow 9th gaseous form, mass healing word 13th blight, death ward 17th cloudkill, raise dead Experimental Elixir 3rd-level Alchemist feature Whenever you finish a long rest, you
flying speed of 10 feet for 10 minutes. 6 Transformation. The drinker’s body is transformed as if by the alter self spell. The drinker determines the transformation caused by the spell, the effects of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
suffering to the curse’s victim. A burden is often reflective of what caused the curse in the first place, twisting the transgressor’s action against them. The burden takes effect immediately, along with a
raised from the dead while the curse lasts. A monster hunts the victim relentlessly. Even if the monster dies, it rises again or a new one takes its place 24 hours later. Resolution Sometimes a curse can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. The arcs can blind the elf to this world, but they vanish when the elf enters the next, allowing sight of the elven heaven. Well that’s exactly what happens in Evermeet, and the elf need not be dead
from his basket, and when he did so, his eyes were clear as diamonds and just as hard. I thought for sure that I was dead, and on seeing my surroundings, I can say with all my heart that I didn’t care
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Mournland Environment The arcane energies that caused the Day of Mourning and that linger in the remains of Cyre are mysterious and unpredictable, so they can be the cause of any bizarre magical
cloud of dead-gray mist.
Maps of Cyre from before the Day of Mourning are of limited use nowadays. The land beyond the gray mist has been twisted and warped, and distances seem to expand and shrink
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
godhood, assuming the responsibilities of the dead deities. The Return of Netheril In 1374 DR, the Empire of Netheril rose again when the floating city of Thultanthar, commonly known as Shade
first indication of new turmoil came in 1482 DR, when Bhaal, the long-dead god of murder, was reborn in Baldur’s Gate amid chaos and bloodshed, leaving two of the city’s dukes and many of its citizens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
13th blight, death ward
17th cloudkill, raise dead
Experimental Elixir Beginning at 3rd level, whenever you finish a long rest, you can magically produce an experimental elixir in an
feet for 10 minutes.
6 Transformation. The drinker’s body is transformed as if by the alter self spell. The drinker determines the transformation caused by the spell, the effects of which last for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Walker. The chitine ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Actions
Multiattack. The chitine makes three attacks with its daggers.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit
tend them were dead. Nowadays, drow still create chitines when they have need to. Outside the presence of a choldrith, chitines make good workers for the drow, and they can be useful if the drow find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Interloper Gods Annam’s withdrawal has caused ongoing upheaval in the religious lives of giants across the Material Plane. Most believe Annam turned from his descendants in anger or disappointment
, and many hope he can be convinced to return to his divine throne if the giants restore their ancient glory. But some giants believe that Annam is dead, that he is petulant and unworthy of worship, or