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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Decay
While generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears dead wood
of eel favored by a local topaz dragon is “haunted,” and shipments of the eel vanish every time the ghost appears.
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Legends claim that a gauntlet imbued with divine power rests in a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce crumbling structures and diseased plants to
that specializes in a type of eel favored by a local topaz dragon is “haunted,” and shipments of the eel vanish every time the ghost appears.
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Legends claim that a gauntlet imbued
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, much as a forest fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce crumbling structures and
gauntlet imbued with divine power rests in a temple beneath the waves. Unfortunately, that temple is now the lair of an especially tricky topaz dragon.
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A topaz dragon is injured and stranded far
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce
Legends claim that a gauntlet imbued with divine power rests in a temple beneath the waves. Unfortunately, that temple is now the lair of an especially tricky topaz dragon.
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A topaz dragon is
magic-items
The Crown of Horns contains the essence and intelligence of Myrkul, one of the Dead Three. This ghastly crown is a pale silver circlet with four curved bones set around its rim. On the crown's brow
is set a black diamond whose depths swirl with weird, malignant energy.
Myrkul created the Crown of Horns at the height of his power. When Myrkul was slain by Mystra, he imbued the crown with his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Sapping Snow Sapping snow — that’s what aquatic explorers call the powdery remains of dead organisms that cover the ocean floor. When this substance is imbued with necromantic magic, it becomes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
too slow to escape its grasp. Dark Servants. Sinister necromantic magic infuses the remains of the dead, causing them to rise as zombies that do their creator’s bidding without fear or hesitation. They
any formerly living creature can be imbued with a semblance of life. Necromantic magic, usually from spells, animates a zombie. Some zombies rise spontaneously when dark magic saturates an area. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
candle, then floating the lit candle in a vessel of holy water. If a creature imbued with one of Valin’s organs spends an entire long rest within 5 feet of the candle, the candle is consumed, Valin’s
ritual through research or a side quest.
Replacing What’s Lost. A more direct restoration can be undertaken if the creature imbued with one of Valin’s organs has been killed and the characters have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Tree Blight Tree blights look like ancient, dead trees with gnarled limbs and splintered hollows. Imbued with bloodlust, these blights feed on the living. Evidence of their past meals is often
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
problem lurking in the wrecked hull of Compass Rose. The greater threat is a cursed talisman held in the ship’s hold, imbued with magic by a long-dead sailor’s desperate prayers to a demon lord. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
mind flayer would get from it.
Each door plate is imbued with psionic energy that functions like an arcane lock spell. The Qualith inscription on the plate describes the genuflections a mind flayer
. If magic is unavailable, a locked door can be forced open with a successful DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check.
Clever adventurers might discover that a decapitated mind flayer head, animated through an animate dead spell, can be used to access the locks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Magical Storms Even worse than the threat of storms is the menace of weather imbued with magic. When a ship enters a storm, roll a d20. On a 20, the storm churns with magical energy. Pick or randomly
of long-dead mariners stir in their watery graves. During the storm, 1d4 specters, 2d4 ghouls, and 4d6 zombies emerge from the waves to attack the ship. Transmutation These violently unpredictable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Flesh Golem A flesh golem is a grisly assortment of humanoid body parts stitched and bolted together into a muscled brute imbued with formidable strength. Its brain is capable of simple reason
, necromancer
A flesh golem lurches with a stiff-jointed gait, as if not in complete control of its body. Its dead flesh isn’t an ideal container for an elemental spirit, which sometimes howls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
13. Crypt of Diderius Diderius’s final resting place is a 20-foot-high chamber lit by braziers imbued with continual flame. A massive stone sarcophagus sits atop a stepped stone dais at center. The
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, dispel magic
4th level (3 slots): fire shield, greater invisibility
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, wall of stone
A canopic jar in the sarcophagus contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
13. Crypt of Diderius
Varram
Diderius’s final resting place is a 20-foot-high chamber lit by braziers imbued with continual flame. A massive stone sarcophagus sits atop a stepped stone dais at
illusion, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): charm person, detect magic, shield, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): cloud of daggers, hold person, see invisibility
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
lamenting the burdens of being a father of nine, he is quick to point out that the characters’ continued compliance with guild rules and regulations makes his rather difficult life “just a bitty bit
, he chastises them for their current selection of beverages, even if he previously sold them those goods. Justyn Rassk Guild of Butchers Dead-eyed, slack-jawed Justyn (NE male Illuskan human thug
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
with clumsiness that manifests as disadvantage on Dexterity checks might not notice anything until they make such a check. Burdens can take many forms, such as the following: The victim has
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
threads are arranged reveals what type of magic is used (necromancy, abjuration, and so on). Similarly, active spells and areas imbued with magic are limned in a silvery network of threads, which might
an area of antimagic, the construct of the Weave unravels, but the threads snap back into place once the magic is outside the area.
Dead Magic. In rare areas of dead magic, the Weave is absent. Not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
is “haunted,” and shipments of the eel vanish every time the ghost appears.
4 Legends claim that a gauntlet imbued with divine power rests in a temple beneath the waves. Unfortunately, that
secretly starting to enjoy the bouts.
2 A young topaz dragon found and ate a dead sahuagin on the beach, unwittingly incurring the wrath of the sahuagin’s community.
3 A flock of harpies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
muttering about omens and prophecies, while others become imbued with supernatural power and rise to positions of leadership. Eyes of Gruumsh. A few of the orcs touched by the power of Gruumsh are given
battle. No orc will eat or harm one of these sacred beasts, which are believed to be imbued with Bahgtru’s spirit. Luthic, “the Cave Mother” While Gruumsh is the external force that pushes the orcs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
whistles
7 Fiddles with tip of tail
8 Absently chews on or picks at teeth with swords, spears, or lances
9 Quickly forgets names and invents random nicknames instead
10 Burdens
particular item in my hoard—a gift from a person I loved, who is long since dead.
2 I am close to my siblings, whose lairs are nearby. I would go to great lengths to protect them—or avenge them.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
basin is near the slab. Wall carvings show dwarves reverently tending to the dead.
Specially trained attendants prepared deceased Talhund in these connected rooms: East Room. Attendants here washed the
, crumbling skull on the floor. Both doors bear Dwarvish writing.
The stone door to the north has the words “the honored dead” carved into it in Dwarvish. The askew door to the east bears the words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Far Realm As the ritual approaches its end, the magic imbued into the orrery components senses the presence of the characters and works to thwart them. Drawing from the franchise’s collective
effective. If Splugoth is dead and the characters do not control the orrery components, no goblins are summoned. Instead, the ritual resurrects Splugoth from the dead no matter what condition his body is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
haphazardly stacked atop one another to conserve space. The crooked high-rises darken cramped alleys, many of which are dead ends in more ways than one. Many residents of the city avoid the ward when
distilled spirit constantly shifts in color. Made from a plant harvested on Limbo, each bottle contains a dead slaad tadpole. Eight Squared. This small-batch, amber hooch comes in a rectangular bottle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
their burdens. Visitors must surrender their weapons before entering the gymnasium, and spellcasting is allowed only in sanctioned areas. Sigil’s factions regard the Great Gymnasium as neutral ground
flow of magic throughout the multiverse on an array of planar orreries, scanning them for arcane anomalies—hotspots, dead zones, and areas teeming with antimagic. The collective seeks to maintain a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Armor of the Fallen Armor (Medium or Heavy), Uncommon (Requires Attunement) While wearing this armor, you can use it to cast either Speak with Dead or Animate Dead. Once the armor has cast a spell in
dried and imbued with a mote of animating magic. If you hit a creature with a ranged attack roll using this ammunition, the leech springs to life and sinks its teeth into the target, dealing 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a thick layer of rot and debris, within which can be seen scraps of leather, the husks of countless dead insects, and bits of rusted metal. A doorway in the far wall has collapsed and is fully blocked
debris and dead insects coats the floor of this area, its contents remain largely intact. Four trestle tables, a side table set with what looks like cups, and two dozen chairs stand covered in dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rise from the pool. Bobbing among the breaking ice, the bloated bodies of small humanoids stare up with wide, dead eyes.
The shift to extreme heat, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s
here wander the ruins. The power of the air node imbued them with elemental energy, so their attacks deal lightning damage instead of necrotic. They attack any creature that enters the cavern. N6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
retrieve empty buckets stacked there. Arch of Blades. The 3-foot-thick, 15-foot-diameter arch is a former trap imbued with enchantment magic. The Red Wizards suppressed the magic, but they couldn’t
set into the western alcove, not immediately visible from the entrance. White Gate. To the southwest, a white gate separates this area from the Spawning Pools. 71. Dead Pool A reeking, acrid pool of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dal Quor from the Material Plane is through the psychic projection of dreaming, and the quori are forced to possess mortal hosts to work their will on Eberron. Dolurrh, the Realm of the Dead When a
notwithstanding, Dolurrh is a gloomy plane filled with the lingering traces of the dead. Dolurrh Manifest Zone Features d4 Feature 1 Bodies buried here reanimate in 1d4 days, possessed by restless spirits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Wizard sent here to face execution, fell to the gargoyles but became stabilized after being left for dead. It takes healing magic or a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check to bring him back to
another pillar each round thereafter, until eight undead have appeared. The undead don’t leave the room. Pillars of Shadow. The pillars here are imbued with necromancy magic. An undead creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
stepladder is cleaning out one of the cages.
Each birdcage weighs 20 pounds. The first time the characters visit the aviary, the monk is removing the remains of dead falcons from the cages and
Lock, Color Spray, Counterspell, Darkvision, Detect Magic, Feather Fall, Invisibility, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Melf’s Acid Arrow, Phantasmal Force, Sending, Speak with Dead, Unseen Servant, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 11 or higher, read: A scarecrow lurches into view. Its sackcloth eyes and rictus are ripe with malevolence, and its gut is stuffed with dead ravens. It has
the party by surprise. Baba Lysaga (see chapter 10, area U3) crafted these scarecrows to hunt down and kill ravens and wereravens. The scarecrows are imbued with evil spirits and delight in murdering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
within, there are thousands of inconsequential recipes, old songs, bits of history, journals of long-dead folk, and myriad other pieces of writing of no lasting importance save to the monks of this place
tall towers that rise up above the northern court wall are interconnected by covered walkways. Many of these are roofed, but not walled, and monks — some of them under quite prodigious burdens of books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Mortuaries Red Wizards bind and reanimate dead flesh and bone in these halls. 86. Hall of Teleportation The walls of this massive hall are carved with reliefs of humanoid monarchs adorned with jeweled
. Ahead is a broad archway of dimly glowing green stone. Inside it is a field of dead gray mist.
Any creature that moves within 5 feet of the mist must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving throw or be