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Brothers and Sisters of Strahd. Barovian witches have no scruples. They will deal with anyone in return for power. They will also betray anyone for the same reason. The only thing they fear is
Strahd, and his wish is their command. Barovian witches sometimes refer to themselves as the brothers and sisters of Strahd, though never to Strahd's face.
Pack Rats with Cats. Barovian witches are
Bugbear
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deities who are brothers, Hruggek and Grankhul. Hruggek is the fearsome elder sibling, possessed of legendary might and prowess in battle. Bugbears believe their strength and bravery come from him
commands to the severed heads to wake Hruggek if any danger threatens him.
Bugbears admire the qualities of both brothers. Because of Hruggek, they consider bravery and physical superiority to be their
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
mentions that two more Rockseeker brothers, Nundro and Tharden, are camped somewhere outside town. Elmina hasn’t seen them in a tenday and expects the brothers to return “any day now” to resupply. What
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
couple’s first child. They employ two laborers, a pair of young human brothers named Ob and Fip Lavelle who came to the region from Waterdeep to escape city life and enjoy the country. Iceshield orcs
attacked the homestead about an hour ago, taking Maygan and the brothers captive. They gravely wounded Selwyn, who was beaten into unconsciousness while trying to protect his wife. The orcs forced the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Where Next? Convinced that his two older brothers conspired to kill him, Mortlock Vanthampur urges the characters to capture or kill Amrik at a dockside tavern called the Low Lantern. The adventure
instead, skip to the “Vanthampur Villa” section. Having conquered the Dungeon of the Dead Three, the characters should advance to 3rd level before they head off to the Low Lantern or Vanthampur Villa
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
also mentions that two more Rockseeker brothers, Nundro and Tharden, are camped somewhere outside town. Barthen hasn’t seen them in a tenday and expects the brothers to return “any day now” to resupply
. What Barthen doesn’t know is that Tharden is dead and Nundro is a prisoner in the mine. See part 4, the “Wave Echo Cave” section, for more information. Barthen’s News. If the characters ask Barthen
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
see in the dark. When traveling in the open, they use alter self spells to assume less conspicuous forms. They also use these spells to grow long, sharp claws with which they can attack. Brothers and
wish is their command. Barovian witches sometimes refer to themselves as the brothers and sisters of Strahd, though never to Strahd’s face. Pack Rats with Cats. Barovian witches are obsessive collectors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Siblings You might be an only child or one of many children. Your siblings could be cherished friends or hated rivals. Roll on the Number of Siblings table to determine how many brothers or sisters
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is stubborn to a fault. She firmly believes that the missing teenagers are dead, and she’s not about to give food to the winter wolves when her own people barely have enough to feed themselves. She
lets the characters deal with the winter wolves as they see fit but offers no assistance. The winter wolf brothers, Koran and Kanan, pose a threat to all who visit Dougan’s Hole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
inmates at this prison a week ago. The warden decided enough was enough and put through his transfer.” “Krenko has made a lot of enemies, but the Shattergang Brothers are his biggest threat. They’re a
rival goblin gang specializing in illicit weapons, and they want Krenko dead in reprisal for the murder of one of their lieutenants. The dead lieutenant also happens to be the youngest of the three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
complex below her villa. Thalamra is a widow three times over, and each of her dead husbands was kind enough to give her a son. Her oldest boy, Thurstwell, is a pale and sullen recluse in his forties. A
veritable shut-in, he uses imps to spy on his brothers, Amrik and Mortlock. Thurstwell resents both of them — Amrik for being their mother’s favorite, and Mortlock for being a monstrous dolt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
gathering food, and gangs sometimes come together peacefully to exchange members and goods between them. Malevolent Worship of Malign Gods Bugbears worship two deities who are brothers, Hruggek and Grankhul
any danger threatens him. Bugbears admire the qualities of both brothers. Because of Hruggek, they consider bravery and physical superiority to be their natural state. Thanks to Grankhul, they can use
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network of passages beneath the streets, connecting them to a nearby waterway and greatly improving the town’s sanitation. If the kobolds like the area and aren’t mistreated by the humans
lay up to six eggs per year, and an egg matures for two to three months before it hatches.
Kobolds don’t engage in funeral ceremonies; a dead kobold’s body is burned or disposed of in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
What the Residents Know Characters who strike up a conversation with any of the monastery’s residents can learn what they know about the following topics. Dead Falcons. The monks use trained falcons
on the lower level (see “Skalanthas the Dragon” below). Ronnom Daamos. Ronnom, a noble, arrived by ship six months ago with his three bodyguards, whom the monks know as the brothers Eko and Mok and a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
material wealth. Others pray to him because they want to be more accepting of their misfortune. These individuals see themselves as beyond hope of improving their lot in life, asking only that Erebos
. Only with the first dawning was Erebos’s form diminished enough that Heliod could overpower him, and the god of the dead has never forgiven his upstart brother. The faithful of both Erebos and Heliod
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Underdark, and the mind flayers aren’t always the enemy. Laduguer and Deep Duerra don’t feature in their mythic history. Instead they tell of two brothers, Diirinka and Diinkarazan, and of how Diirinka
cleverly betrayed his sibling so that he could steal magical power from the evil they escaped. The danger the brothers are said to face in this legend varies, depending on whatever foe the savants want
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
shadow, so too does the spirit have a light. That light is called the sun soul. Brothers and sisters of the Order of the Sun Soul train to tap into the “spiritual light within” and manifest it as
. These monks seek the secrets of life by studying death itself. It is the condition of being dead that concerns them most, and not what lies beyond; the afterlife holds little interest for them. Their
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, his goal is to see Phandalin thrive and become prosperous. Therefore, he wants to find the lost mine of Wave Echo Cave and help the Rockseeker brothers put it back into production. Sildar also
asks the characters to investigate the manor and the surrounding area to find and bring back Iarno—or what’s left of him if he is dead. Sildar describes Iarno as “a short, dark-bearded human wizard in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Mortal elves cannot know if it is the soul of someone recently dead or someone who died millennia ago. They cannot even be certain it is an elf of the same world. The only assurance they have is that it
. Because of the rarity of elf births, siblings might be separated in age by decades, or even a century or more. Thus, few elves grow up playing with brothers or sisters of similar age and instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, whatever squabbles their brothers might have. Ephara, Karametra, and Iroas are closely aligned with Heliod in attitude and philosophy. In some ways, these three gods represent the principles and the
shadow. He views the god of the dead as a pathetic liar and coward who wallows in self-pity in his exile. Heliod is also plagued by a nagging suspicion that the true ruler of the pantheon is Kruphix, a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
War. How to Keep Villains Alive WRITE of PASSAGE
Back from the dead?
It was too good to be true.
A year ago, the nefarious Alais ir’Rannan was presumed dead when she fell from an airship into
adventurers kill their nemesis, they might next encounter the villain raised from the dead or as an undead. It’s conceivable that dying could make a villain more powerful and more angry at the meddling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
assassins conspired with my brothers to kill me. If you hadn’t come along, I’d be dead. I owe you my life.” “My family is paying the Dead Three cultists to murder people in the city. Our goal is to prove
, featuring smooth stone steps and brick walls. Two sputtering torches in wall sconces illuminate the staircase, but the dungeon below is dark.
Map 1.3: Dungeon of the Dead Three View Player Version
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
serve Strahd. The elders have died, leaving a pair of brothers named Luvash and Arrigal in charge. Both men are evil and willing to do whatever Strahd demands of them. These Vistani have two problems
burdened by dreams sent to him by his dead sister, Patrina Velikovna, whose spirit has languished in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft for centuries. Kasimir believes that Patrina has repented for her
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
cultists to keep. Fiona Wachter and Majesto Another secret of Fiona’s is that she sleeps with the corpse of her dead husband, Nikolai, who died of sickness nearly three years ago and whom Fiona cherished
, mending, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, purify food and drink, sanctuary
2nd level (3 slots): augury, gentle repose, hold person
3rd level (2 slots): animate dead, create food and water
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
entertainers. Tomdon Manor The dead dance in Tomdon Manor, a haunted mansion at the edge of town. The once-elegant three-story villa is in a state of disrepair. Dusty planks cover its broken windows, and
. Some nights, the manor comes to life, and music can be heard within. Free from their glum tethers, spirits gather for a supernatural soiree hosted by the phantom brothers. Will-o’-wisps appear on the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lantomir is dead, but her weasel familiar yet lives I3. Nass Lantomir’s Ghost Nass Lantomir outsmarted her rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood by partnering with a pirate captain before leaving Luskan for
one would find us!” The sound isn’t coming from the weasel, but from the orb.
If anyone tries to pry the orb from the dead wizard’s fingers or otherwise disturbs the remains, Nass Lantomir’s ghost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
one prisoner, formerly a Ten-Towner or a Reghed nomad who was abducted and killed by the duergar. Using the animating spores of a myconid sovereign, the duergar have turned these dead humans into five
duergar are brothers named Ruvik and Skorn. If the characters move around without making any loud noises, the duergar stay asleep. If awakened, they attack the intruders. The duergar sleep in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
lamp oil, pickaxes, shovels, and other gear. Amid the supplies, you see the body of a dwarf, dead for at least a week.
The northeastern section of the cavern has collapsed, forming a ten-foot-wide
, twenty-foot-deep pit. A sturdy hemp rope is tied around one of three stalagmites in the cavern and dangles into the pit.
This was the Rockseekers’ campsite. The dead dwarf is Tharden, Gundren’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dead or diseased slaves; they’re tough enough to deter most intruders; and their susceptibility to fire makes them little threat to a fire giant. SURTUR'S CLEANSING FIRE
Surtur, the chief deity of fire
. Often in legends these contests are bloody battles, but some tales have the brothers acting side by side on grand adventures. Surtur is seen as the more clever of the two, and fire giants emulate his
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
chest of drawers, and a small table flanked by two chairs. Seated at the table and playing a quiet game of three-dragon ante are two slender human men who look like brothers. They are both unarmed
in which the characters can come to terms with the dragon. M39: Dead-End Cave and Sunken Hoard The water in this cave is 20 feet deep, and the damp ceiling is only 10 feet above the water. Treasure
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Othovir to learn the truth. Urlam is convinced that Tolmara Hysstryn (see area T14) has a secret, and he wants to know what it is. The characters can complete this quest by finding Tolmara’s dead
discover that Tolmara isn’t shy about spying on them through keyholes and listening at doors while chuckling to herself. Locked in the Six Windows’ attic are the bones of Tolmara’s dead husband, Mirak, of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
duke, her three dead husbands, her three sons, and the family’s winged cat, Slobberchops. Treasure. A tapestry hanging on the north wall depicts burning angels falling from the sky into a pit of fire
seize control of Baldur’s Gate. He and his brothers recently stole the Shield of the Hidden Lord from a crypt under the city. A powerful devil named Gargauth is trapped in the shield, and has vowed to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
, they approach the characters. Their names are Mek and Minn, and they’re the brothers of Myla, the kobold tinkerer at Dragon’s Rest. They left their sister for dead after the stirge attack that maimed
plans to use Aidron’s death to claim the power of all the dead dragons on the island, transforming himself into a mighty draconic avatar. If the characters have not yet defeated Sparkrender, Aidron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
someone in the party. 8 Atop a low building, a githyanki warrior proselytizes furiously to the characters about Aoskar, the Keeper of Gateways, claiming to have seen the dead god alive and well on the
sourced from among the faithful cause their numbers to dwindle. Intent on improving their reputation and converting new members to their sinister fold, the fanatics of the Infinite Well don insincere smiles
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Cave. The three Rockseeker brothers (Gundren, Tharden, and Nundro) recently located an entrance to the long-lost Wave Echo Cave, site of the mines of the Phandelver Pact. (Share the information in the
first two paragraphs of this chapter with the players at this time. The characters won’t know yet, but Tharden is dead and Nundro is a prisoner in the mine.) The Mysterious Spider. Klarg, the bugbear