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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, ice troll;ice trolls, young white dragon;young white dragons, the treacherous mountain terrain, and the cruel indifference of nature.
Bitter Rivals. Skytower Shelter and Wyrmdoom Crag are two
mountain strongholds inhabited by goliaths. The former is home to the Skytower (Akannathi) clan, the latter to the Wyrmdoom (Thuunlakalaga) clan. The two groups refuse to get along, and competition between
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
giant;frost giants, remorhaz;remorhazes, ice troll;ice trolls, young white dragon;young white dragons, the treacherous mountain terrain, and the cruel indifference of nature.
Bitter Rivals. Skytower
Shelter and Wyrmdoom Crag are two mountain strongholds inhabited by goliaths. The former is home to the Skytower (Akannathi) clan, the latter to the Wyrmdoom (Thuunlakalaga) clan. The two groups refuse
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
damage whenever the eater of hope hits it with an attack. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage and isn’t cursed.An eater of hope is bitter to the core, resentful of all forms
death. The worst of these hateful dead, through ages of bitterness, gradually transform into fiends, the tormentors of the Underworld. The people of Theros know these fiends as demons.
Immortal Nature
magic-items
supplied for the ritual. If the target was a dead dragon’s body, the body reanimates, and the gem is inhabited by an evil dragon spirit from the Outer Planes. The dracolich is under no obligation toward its creators and acts according to its nature.
cover. The Tome of the Dragon contains the secret ritual to transform a dragon or a dead dragon’s body into a dracolich.
To decipher and use the Tome of the Dragon, you must be either a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Story Overview The characters are drawn into the story by Syndra Silvane, a retired adventurer and merchant who, years ago, was raised from the dead. Now, she’s withering away. When she consulted
help Syndra must travel to Chult, a land of jungles and monsters, to find the Soulmonger and destroy it. Unknown to Syndra and her allies, the Soulmonger is trapping the souls of the dead and depriving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Cycle of Dread Monsters and wild beasts mysteriously appear to menace the people of Yeonido A bitter spirit and strict local traditions trap Yeonido in a cycle of quiet suffering. While spirits
called gwishin are well known among the city’s populace, social mores prevent people from speaking openly about their dead ancestors. One vengeful gwishin takes advantage of this custom to torment the city.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Encounter 4: Mausoleum The City of the Dead is a public park dotted with mausoleums. The place is closed at night, with two City Guard soldiers (guards) stationed at each entry gate. A character can
slip over a wall undetected with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check. At dusk, hundreds of driftglobes make their way from the inhabited part of the city and congregate in the City of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billowing his cape in the darkness. Lightning splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. Strahd turns to the sky
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
rows of dead olive trees. A long, straight, cobblestone driveway in need of repair passes through the orchard on its way to the conservatory, forming a loop before the entrance. Where the driveway meets
orchard was poisoned with demon ichor, he concludes Joster Mareet is responsible but keeps his suspicions to himself. The revelation makes Sythian bitter toward the incubus and poisons their long-term relationship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
meet its wrath.” (True)
Jane Katsubo Yvette
Human Bank Guard
Stat Block: Guard
This corrupt guard exploits her station for selfish ends.
Bitter. Yvette thinks the world owes her
you find yourself face to face with an owlbear, just play dead. It will quickly get bored and move on.” (False)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Wizard’s Tower At the north end of the village stands a square tower once inhabited by the wizard Vandomar. He’s long dead, and the tower’s floors have collapsed; all that remains is a fifty-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Worshiping Athreos Most funeral traditions include small offerings and words of reverence to Athreos. Predominant among these traditions is burying or burning the dead with a clay funerary mask, to
“frame” the identity of the dead for Athreos, and with at least one coin, so a soul might pay Athreos to ferry them to the Underworld. Some people are laid to rest with large amounts of grave goods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of the dead against the people of Khorvaire…
In the city of Sharn, a brilliant team of spies pull off an impossible scheme — breaking into the impenetrable vaults of House Kundarak. But instead of
adventure and adds a layer of neo-noir intrigue. Stories don’t always end well and there isn’t a perfect answer to every problem. The Last War turned old allies into bitter enemies and destroyed an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Plane of Water The nature of water is to flow, not like the gusting wind or the leaping flame, but smoothly and steadily. It is the rhythm of the tide, the nectar of life, the bitter tears of
extreme of the plane is the Sea of Ice, bordering the Frostfell. The frigid water is choked with icebergs and sheet ice, inhabited by the cold-loving creatures that inhabit the Frostfell. Drifting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Deadstone Cleft In the desolate, fog-shrouded foothills of the Graypeak Mountains is a dead-end canyon with the petrified bodies of stone giants embedded in its hundred-foot-tall gray walls. The
. Dead, fossilized stone giants stand in alcoves throughout the canyon and caves of Deadstone Cleft. They’ve been here so long that they have partially joined with the surrounding stone. These stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
disappearing into separate tunnels. Pale purple sludge flows slowly through the grooves from two passages opposite the rift. A bitter smell like scorched sugar fills the room.
The sludge is flavorless
bitter but nutritious, but any character who consumes more than a mouthful must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition for 10 minutes. The circle in the ceiling is a 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Lost Treasures As they explore the tomb, characters are likely to find one or more fabled treasures as well as magic items inhabited by the spirits of Omu’s dead trickster gods. What happens to these
Company of the Yellow Banner was vanquished trying to obtain this lost jewel, which is rumored to have the power to resurrect the ancient dead. If the Eye of Zaltec indeed has such power, it requires
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
The Dead Three The plots of patriars and the schemes of Guild operatives fill the gossip and whispers of Baldur’s Gate. Yet, throughout the city, no names are as synonymous with dastardly acts as
those of Dead Three. The demigods Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul walk among mortals, personally seeking followers to their cause. More than once, it’s rumored, the trio has even trod the streets of Baldur’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Dead Three The plots of patriars and the schemes of Guild operatives fill the gossip and whispers of Baldur’s Gate. Yet, throughout the city, no names are as synonymous with dastardly acts as
those of Dead Three. The demigods Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul walk among mortals, personally seeking followers to their cause. More than once, it’s rumored, the trio has even trod the streets of Baldur’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
guarded by four awakened zurkhwoods (use awakened tree statistics).
A svirfneblin druid inhabited this grove until a few months ago, when he felt threatened by the arrival of the aboleth and decided
meal. It attacks creatures that come within 10 feet of the dead duergar, but otherwise the crawler just wants to be left alone. Treasure A search of Iktarve’s corpse and the surrounding area yields a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
when they return to the maze, and the air has an uncomfortable chill—the garden’s endless summer has ended. The hedges of the maze appear withered and dead, and the Gardener is furious. The archfey
domain has become twisted and bitter. Plants are wilted, denizens are vicious, and the climate bears the cold bite of winter. The Gardener no longer eschews violence and seeks to vent their fury on the characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
practical to the esoteric, such as the accumulation of material wealth or the resurrection of a dead god. Whatever their goals, these factions inevitably collide, creating conflict that can steer the
by magic traps, as well as magically constructed dungeons inhabited by monsters created by magic, cursed by magic, or endowed with magical abilities.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Moa or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Kind Moa suggests freeing the shackled creatures. Violent Wongo urges his host to stab the body
bag, making sure that whatever is inside it is dead. Body Bag The leather body bag can be cut open to reveal an unconscious prisoner, whose identity is yours to decide. It might be Artus Cimber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of Mistshore Mistshore is a riotous assemblage of ramshackle homes made of wood from old ships and inhabited by impoverished Waterdavians. Several buildings were reduced to ash by the fire last
Grinda lifts the lid of the chest. Chest. Grinda’s chest contains a heavy iron key that locks and unlocks the Garloth family mausoleum in the City of the Dead (see “Mistshore: Spring” below). D3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
lantern is destroyed, the spirit becomes trapped in the Soulmonger. The Starfallen was slain almost a thousand years ago by a fomorian. After her death, her soul inhabited the lantern. The Company of the
Yellow Banner found the lantern and began questing for a way to return the Starfallen to life. The fabled Eye of Zaltec was said to possess the power to raise the ancient dead. The company tracked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Braeryn The Braeryn (also known as “the Stenchstreets”) is a shantytown of ramshackle structures overlooking garbage-choked alleyways, inhabited by the dregs of drow society. Fallen priestesses
mad drow wears an amulet made from a dead spider. Shield Dwarf Berserker This chaotic neutral dwarf — a former slave of the drow — sees nonexistent enemies everywhere, swinging his or her greataxe at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Lord of the Underworld and the River Guide. Still bitter over Phenax’s deception, Erebos concocts ways to torment the upstart god. Were he to discover a method to slay Phenax and return him to the
Underworld, the god of the dead would pursue it over all other goals. Phenax finds Heliod and Iroas overbearing and insufferable. Both represent ideologies diametrically opposed to Phenax’s, and both have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
isn’t harmful, but it is bitter, viscous, and stains like ink. Mara Silvra. If the characters approach the monolith, the air around them grows colder. The spirit of Mara Silvra (use the banshee stat
a dead, hateful deity of any origin you choose. This vestige can’t be harmed or controlled, and it is immune to all conditions. Any creature that touches the amber monolith forms a telepathic link
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hovering over the lake.
Big Barkless is a tree blight, a carnivorous, ambulatory Plant of menacing disposition (see the accompanying stat block). While it remains motionless, it easily passes for a dead
tree. Four sprites live in hollow cavities in its trunk. Their names are Bitzi, Dandy, Mintleaf, and Timpella. The sprites are a bitter bunch, taunting those who come close by spewing forth insulting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
might lead some characters back to Araj to aid the drow apprentice.
Araumycos At the center of the network of caves and passages inhabited by Araumycos, the cavern where Juiblex and Zuggtmoy battled in
chapter 16 is a good potential site. If the vast fungal colony is already dead or badly damaged by its abuse at Zuggtmoy’s hands, it’s in no position to object. Otherwise, it opposes becoming a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
them a chance to meet the evil cloud giant and convince him to aid their cause. The characters might also want to confront him after meeting the ghost of his dead son, Eigeron, in chapter 4, “The Chosen
orchestrated the king’s abduction. Although they share a disdain for dragons, Blagothkus and Countess Sansuri are bitter rivals. If the characters intend to confront Sansuri (see chapter 9, “Castle of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the footsteps of this ancestor, living as the patron did. In this way, the champion comes to embody their ancestor, allowing the dead to live on. The Tairnadal have three distinct lines: the Draleus
whose patron ancestor was a bitter rival of yours? Also consider why you are traveling with a group of player characters (who are presumably not also members of your war band) instead of serving with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bordering the Para-elemental Plane of Ice is the Sea of Ice. The frigid water is choked with icebergs and sheet ice, which are inhabited by cold-loving creatures from the Plane of Ice. Drifting
to flow, not like the gusting wind or the leaping flame, but smoothly and steadily. It is the rhythm of the tide, the nectar of life, the bitter tears of mourning, and the balm of sympathy and healing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
cylindrical device is the Soulmonger. The malformed creature floating next to it is an atropal (see appendix D), which feeds on the captured souls of the dead. The atropal attacks any creature that
north balcony are lined with alcoves containing piles of skulls and bones — the remains of Old Omuans and their minotaur protectors. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by trickster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
temple inhabited by yuan-ti. This section lays out a process for creating a dungeon and bringing it to life. Dungeon Location You can use the Dungeon Location table to determine the locale of your
Purpose Except in the case of a natural cavern, a dungeon is crafted and inhabited for a specific purpose that influences its design and features. You can choose a purpose from the Dungeon Purpose table