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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Erebos wields Mastix, a whip capable of extending like an impossibly long shadow. In the hands of the god of the dead, the whip snares the reluctant dead and drags them into his realm. When Erebos
grants his weapon to a mortal follower, it’s typically to reclaim a powerful soul or to humiliate Heliod.
Whip of the Dead. Erebos’s whip seethes with the enervating energy of the
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
key between her hunched shoulders that rotates quickly when she’s in a good mood and slows down as her mood sours. When she is furious, the key comes to a dead stop.
Alignment. Neutral evil
creature she sees when she awakens after a long rest. See the stat block for details.
Hourglass Coven
The Hourglass Coven is a group of three hags, each one bound to an aspect of time: one reflects
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
have camped on the petrified hulks of dead gods and narrowly escaped the psychic winds that sweep across the Astral Sea while also avoiding prolonged contact with the plane’s most dangerous
lasting impression on you. This deity saw fit to share one secret or obscure bit of cosmic lore with you. Work with your DM to determine the details of this knowledge and its impact on the campaign.
Roll
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since.
2
You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less
contradictions, fills your hours.
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You tend to some part of the city’s forgotten history: the unmarked graves in Cliffside Cemetery, the crumbling remains of dead patriar families’ manors, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, such claims have actually raised a figure’s standing in the public eye. For more details on the Dead Three, see “Dangers in Baldur’s Gate”.
Dead Three Bane (the Lord of Tyranny), Bhaal (the Lord of Murder), and Myrkul (the Lord of Bones) make up the Dead Three. While these deities have lost much of their power, their faiths still command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
, such claims have actually raised a figure’s standing in the public eye. For more details on the Dead Three, see “Dangers in Baldur’s Gate”.
Dead Three Bane (the Lord of Tyranny), Bhaal (the Lord of Murder), and Myrkul (the Lord of Bones) make up the Dead Three. While these deities have lost much of their power, their faiths still command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
area has one environmental effect: extreme cold, extreme heat, heavy precipitation, or strong wind (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for details about each). 2 Dulled or Warped Magic. The area is a dead
spells such as Commune with Nature, Speak with Animals, or Speak with Dead. Severe Temporal Effects The closer characters come to a time gate, the stronger its temporal magic swirls, creating even more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Mortuary Basement The basement of the Mortuary is a collection of musty chambers where the Heralds of Dust, also known as the Dusters, process Sigil’s dead. Cheerless faction agents prowl its halls
, wheeling corpses to embalming chambers or to the crematorium. The Heralds of Dust treat the dead with reverence and dignity, granting them last rites in accordance with the beliefs of the deceased
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, something creepy with something cute, dead with alive, threatening with welcoming. Mix details together in unexpected ways, the more unnatural or off-putting the better. Rationalize and Normalize
similar to settings that appear in your Darklord’s past, or take inspiration from the Settings tables in the “Genres of Horror” section later in this chapter. Combine Locations and Visceral Details
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Details Did they kill for justice or just for the thrill? Define the particulars of the murder, either by letting the players craft their own or by rolling on the Murder Details table. Murder Details d6
Murder Details 1 She knew, which meant tomorrow every pastry-loving patriar in Baldur’s Gate would too. The Upper City’s most notorious gossip, Ellyn Harbreeze of Harbreeze Bakery, had to be dealt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Details Did they kill for justice or just for the thrill? Define the particulars of the murder, either by letting the players craft their own or by rolling on the Murder Details table. Murder Details d6
Murder Details
1 She knew, which meant tomorrow every pastry-loving patriar in Baldur’s Gate would too. The Upper City’s most notorious gossip, Ellyn Harbreeze of Harbreeze Bakery, had to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
or roll on the Alignment supplemental table. Status. By now, each of your siblings might be alive and well, alive and not so well, in dire straits, or dead. Roll on the Status supplemental table
how the others do. Other Details. You can decide any other details you like about each sibling, including gender, personality, and place in the world. Number of Siblings d10 Siblings 2 or lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
deeper into the Mere of Dead Men to investigate. Traveling within the Mere requires ability checks to follow the lizardfolk’s trail and avoid hazards and threats (see “Tracking the Lizards” below). Any
time the party fails at one of these ability checks, roll on the Mere Encounters table below. Mere Encounters 2d6 Event (see below for details)
2-3 Yuan-ti Scouts
4-5 Pit of Snakes
6-8 Quicksand and Alligators
9-10 Troll Brawl
11-12 Hydra Wranglers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Sharn’s main geographical quarters, including Skyway, Cliffside, the Cogs, and the City of the Dead. (See Eberron: Rising from the Last War for more details.) Every neighborhood has its own flavor of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Mission table to determine the details of your career-defining exploit. Memorable Mission d4 Mission 1 Betrayal. A former associate turned against you. You escaped, and want revenge. 2 Left in the Cold
. Things went wrong, and you had to make the terrible decision to abandon an ally. They might be dead, or they might be looking for revenge. 3 The Perfect Operation. Your actions made headlines across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
A Campaign of Heists You can combine the adventures in this book to form a campaign. Each adventure would be an episode in the campaign, with you filling in the details of the characters’ stories
these details before play begins so the adventures progress seamlessly. To ensure the characters are always prepared for their next heist, make sure their level matches the heist’s level, as shown in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
effects: It transforms the dead vegetation in area 58 into three shambling mounds (see that area for details). It is poisonous to non-plants. Any creature susceptible to the gas that starts its turn
. Treasure The dead figure on the floor is Lord Brixton, the Cormyrean leader of the doomed Company of the Yellow Banner. He died when Withers rotated the cogs from area 61 and trapped him in this room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to the Underworld’s borders. Though Athreos ferries the dead across the Tartyx, he’s not above accepting a one-way fare from those who still breathe. Even the other fearsome Underworld guardians that
keep watch over the dead often allow the living to enter. Leaving the Underworld isn’t so simple, and once beyond the Tartyx River the living find themselves in the same predicament as the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
cloth hangs from a crude wooden flagpole.
This camp was made by the Company of the Yellow Banner, a party of explorers that arrived in Omu over six months ago. All the explorers are now dead. For
further details, see chapter 5. Characters who search the area discover a moldy parchment caught in the lining of one of the tents; give the players a copy of handout 13 (see appendix E). The leader of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
network of which the Bloodgate was a part gave her the ability to open portals directly into the Doomvault. The following sections contain details on the logistics of running an adventure set there. When
you’re familiar with these, continue with the characters’ introduction to Syranna and their mission in Into The Doomvault. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL
Dead in Thay, by Scott Fitzgerald Gray, was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
dreams. To help Frantosh, Harkon asks the characters to fetch voice-enchanting waters from a mystical silver spring near Argent Falls Conservatory. The spring is guarded by dead performers risen as
details this performance. After this Harkon might resent the characters or start obsessing over one of them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the only relevant details of this history are those that feature in your adventures. Highlight significant in-world details by revealing them in the course of your adventures. Use the following
touchstones to past events. The characters might learn that a ruin they’re exploring was destroyed in a catastrophic battle or natural disaster.
Historical Records. Written historical details might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
past several months. The people of Uskarn are understandably concerned if one of the peaceful hermits of the island has turned up dead. Though they have no money to offer as incentive, the villagers are
for the adventure, the following details about prominent people and other background information might come in handy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
clearly is preparing to return to Promise for the Awakening Festival. They also share that Kianna had been behaving strangely, growing increasingly convinced that her dead friend was speaking to her
. The farmers can also relate details from the adventure’s background or about Cradlelace Lake if asked. Although the farmers can’t reward the characters with much in the way of wealth, they gift the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
map shows that the area you now travel is where the High Road runs into the edge of the Mere of Dead Men. The Leilon soldiers start their patrol into the Mere here. Just off the path, the wet earth is
. An obvious trail also leads west, deeper into the Mere of Dead Men. With a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check, the adventurers can also learn the following: A large number of tracks are apparent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
claim to have seen the fog and creatures within it as well, Ahn-Jun is relieved and shares the following details with the party: No one else in the city has seen the fog, but it’s been rising and
isolated incidents. If the characters don’t already know about the city’s customs, Ahn-Jun shares the details in the “Yeonido Customs” section and notes that these mores contribute to locals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
for details). Larissa Snowmane Domain-Traveling Riverboat Captain Larissa Snowmane ferries travelers between the Domains of Dread aboard her riverboat, River Dancer. Larissa protects those traveling
with her. In the most dire circumstance, she uses her mysterious magic, the Dance of the Dead, which can control the dead at the risk of slaying the living. Larissa learned her magic in part from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
of lost times and fallen heroes lie throughout the count’s home, some of which might hold the key to his undoing. The adventure Curse of Strahd details Castle Ravenloft. Von Zarovich Sanctuaries
from using these symbols of his authority. Servants’ Space. Alcoves carved in the walls provide space for the coffins or bunks of Strahd’s living or dead servants. Sometimes, the Darklord uses these spaces for arcane experiments or as makeshift prisons.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
skeleton draped over the northern slab is that of the high priest’s torturer (see “Treasure” below and “Temple Features” for details). Treasure. The dead torturer clutches a +1 Whip. Behind the loose stone in cell B lies a Wand of Secrets.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
details of the mine from Sildar Hallwinter, a character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (History) check can relate the information from the first two paragraphs of chapter 1. Elmina also
Elmina doesn’t know is that Tharden is dead and Nundro is a prisoner in the mine. (See chapter 4 for more information.) Elmina’s News If the characters ask Elmina for news of the town, the shopkeeper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
vials of acid (see the Player’s Handbook for details). Hydra Wranglers After hearing rumors of a hydra lairing in the Mere of Dead Men, a Waterdhavian circus owner hired a band of mercenaries to go
has been exploring the Mere of Dead Men, assessing it as a location for colonization — and then to serve as a launch point for attacks in the north. A yuan-ti abomination acts as an advance scout for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
the characters to go to Gzemnid’s Realm; find the group’s leader, the hexton modron called X01; and help the modrons escape. R04M can also reiterate any details he provided in chapter 13. While the
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Campaign Tracking Consistent details bring your campaign to life, and continuity helps players imagine that their characters are living in a real world. If the adventurers frequent a particular
. When the adventurers kill a monster, it stays dead, unless someone raises it. When they remove treasure from a room, it doesn’t reappear the next time they enter — assuming it hasn’t been stolen from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
) maintain that “dead dragons will rule the world entire.” The cult thus creates dracoliches as a step toward achieving that particular vision of a future paradise. Similar rites exist on other worlds
, whether spread by cultists from Faerûn, invented independently, or discovered by dragons who have dracolich echoes on Faerûn. Chapter 6 details three additional kinds of draconic Undead. A hollow dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
DM, includes details and rules for observatories: locations that facilitate stargazing and astronomical studies.
The Sky of Many Things A zodiac is a series of constellations that appear to rotate
phenomena—they’re far stranger things: the remains of dead gods, the domains of evil entities, or vast cosmic civilizations. Stargazers who spin tales about the sparkling lights in the night sky might be surprised at how accurate their stellar myths really are.