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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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Relentless Methods
d8
Method
1
Artist. The killer turns its victims into works of art, perhaps creating grisly tableaus or using their blood in the forging of new weapons.
2
relentless killer, consider what circumstances led to their transformation and signature methods. Roll or choose options from the Relentless Origins and Relentless Methods tables when creating your own
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
signature methods. Roll or choose options from the Relentless Origins and Relentless Methods tables when creating your own, unique monstrous slayers.
Relentless Origins
d6
Origin
1
It
was left for dead and granted new life to seek revenge.
2
It was turned into a weapon of vengeance by a family member’s bargain with sinister forces.
3
It was marked by a fiend before
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A warlock who fails to live up to a bargain with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock
, a foul Undead driven to serve its otherworldly patron.
An powerful necromancer might also discover the wicked methods of creating a deathlock and then subjugate it, acting as the deathlock’s patron.PoisonNecrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
adhered to the giant unless the giant is dead, in which case the magic works normally, freeing the petrified creature as well as ending the petrified condition on it.The surface of the world is an alien
there is permanent, so nothing there is real. What happens on the surface doesn’t matter. Promises and bargains made there needn’t be honored. Life and even art hold less value there
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to live up to a bargain with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock, a foul Undead driven to serve its otherworldly patron.
An powerful necromancer might also discover
the wicked methods of creating a deathlock and then subjugate it, acting as the deathlock’s patron.PoisonNecrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock, a foul Undead driven to serve its otherworldly patron.
An powerful necromancer might also discover the wicked methods of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
her divine spark vanishes. She is dead until the next winter solstice, when she reappears at full health in a cold, remote location of her choosing.
Frigid Aura. So long as Auril has at least 1 hit
heart of the diamond.
If Auril is killed in her third and final form, she is dead until the next winter solstice. While she is dead, her mortal worshipers lose their god-granted spells and abilities
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
horns and spines shift slightly with the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their
easily accessible entrances or exits at all, and trespassers who do find their way inside must then contend with a maze of corridors, dead ends, and steep inclines.
Sapphire Dragon Lair Features
The
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
missile, shield, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): blur, detect thoughts, mirror image
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, fireball, fly, lightning bolt
4th level (3 slots): blight, confusion
Emerald Claw, but her motives for founding the order are buried in her past. Lady Illmarrow has no interest in ruling the living. Rather, she seeks to become Queen of the Dead.
The Mark of Death
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Tomb of Annihilation
original purpose and determine its builders, whether those were dwarves, elves, humans, yuan-ti, or some other known race. In addition, you can determine the monetary value of art objects more than a
no qualms about stealing from the dead.
5
I’m happier in a dusty old tomb than I am in the centers of civilization.
6
Traps don’t make me nervous. Idiots who trigger traps make
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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
of art and magic
2
Tymora, god of good fortune
3
Fharlanghn, god of horizons and travel
4
Istus, god of fate and destiny
5
Nuada, god of war and warriors
6
Zivilyn, god
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A
trespassers who do find their way inside must then contend with a maze of corridors, dead ends, and steep inclines.
Sapphire Dragon Lair Features
The sapphire dragon lair shown in map 5.12 is a series
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Tomb of Annihilation
, rituals, religious beliefs, languages, and art, you have learned how tribes, empires, and all forms of society in between craft their own destinies and doom. This knowledge came to you not only through
desensitized to violence.
5
I would risk life and limb to discover a new culture or unravel the secrets of a dead one.
6
When I arrive at a new settlement for the first time, I must learn all its
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
utility and importance. Nowhere does this come through as strongly as when lizardfolk deal with the dead. To a lizardfolk, a comrade who dies becomes a potential source of food. That companion might have
swamps they inhabit are filled with a staggering variety of threats. Lizardfolk focus on survival above all, without sentiment.
Lizardfolk assess everyone and everything in terms of utility. Art and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Lizardfolk focus on survival above all, without sentiment. Lizardfolk assess everyone and everything in terms of utility. Art and beauty have little meaning for them. A sharp sword serves a useful
and good purpose, while a dull sword is a dead weight without a whetstone. Lizardfolk see little need to plan more than a season or so into the future. This approach allows them to maintain their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Lizardfolk focus on survival above all, without sentiment. Lizardfolk assess everyone and everything in terms of utility. Art and beauty have little meaning for them. A sharp sword serves a useful
and good purpose, while a dull sword is a dead weight without a whetstone. Lizardfolk see little need to plan more than a season or so into the future. This approach allows them to maintain their
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
dead are restless for blood. But the greatest threat facing commoners isn’t any single beast or slumbering catastrophe—it's ignorance and superstition.
The profession of hunting and killing
be as big an industry as killing people.
What also keeps the guilds separated is their varied, and sometimes incompatible, methods of monster hunting. Some guilds insist on fighting with sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
facet of existence—magical or otherwise—applying magic to whatever they study. At Strixhaven, historians call the spirits of the dead to aid their lessons about the past, and arcano-biologists use
necromancy to pull at life and coax out death when teaching about the natural world. Simultaneously, mage-artists sculpt elemental energy to create animate art, and arcane symbologists teach students how to recognize and understand the magical glyphs they encounter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
facet of existence—magical or otherwise—applying magic to whatever they study. At Strixhaven, historians call the spirits of the dead to aid their lessons about the past, and arcano-biologists use
necromancy to pull at life and coax out death when teaching about the natural world. Simultaneously, mage-artists sculpt elemental energy to create animate art, and arcane symbologists teach students how to recognize and understand the magical glyphs they encounter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, armor, and weapons of long-dead foes to portraits, personal items, and oddities such as a single ancient coin or an arcane clockwork. Copper Dragon Art Objects d8 Object
1 A jeweled cloak pin
Copper Dragon Treasures Copper dragons love burnished metals, particularly those with red and yellow tones, along with gleaming gemstones of all kinds and colors. They also like fine art objects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Johnson, Tim Jones, Jeff Leason, Dave Sutherland, Jean Wells
Art: Dave Sutherland, Erol Otus, Darlene Pekul, Jeff Dee, David S. LaForce, Jim Roslof, Bill Willingham
The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1980
: Erol Otus, Jeff Dee, Gregory K. Fleming, David S. LaForce, David C. Sutherland III
Against the Giants (1981) Design: Gary Gygax
Editing: Mike Carr, Timothy Jones, Jon Pickens, Lawrence Schick
Art
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Johnson, Tim Jones, Jeff Leason, Dave Sutherland, Jean Wells
Art: Dave Sutherland, Erol Otus, Darlene Pekul, Jeff Dee, David S. LaForce, Jim Roslof, Bill Willingham
The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1980
: Erol Otus, Jeff Dee, Gregory K. Fleming, David S. LaForce, David C. Sutherland III
Against the Giants (1981) Design: Gary Gygax
Editing: Mike Carr, Timothy Jones, Jon Pickens, Lawrence Schick
Art
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, armor, and weapons of long-dead foes to portraits, personal items, and oddities such as a single ancient coin or an arcane clockwork. Copper Dragon Art Objects d8 Object
1 A jeweled cloak pin
Copper Dragon Treasures Copper dragons love burnished metals, particularly those with red and yellow tones, along with gleaming gemstones of all kinds and colors. They also like fine art objects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
they already helped themselves to the magic items on display in the art gallery (area P6), Eliphas considers their reward paid in full. If one or more characters died but Zorhanna survived, she makes
. If Zorhanna perished but Eliphas survived, he calls in a few favors to raise characters from the dead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
they already helped themselves to the magic items on display in the art gallery (area P6), Eliphas considers their reward paid in full. If one or more characters died but Zorhanna survived, she makes
. If Zorhanna perished but Eliphas survived, he calls in a few favors to raise characters from the dead.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
is long dead. Her haunting image illuminates the dark streets. Her voice echoes in the dusk, “Help me!”
A lithe figure shambles into town from the graveyard; their body is luminous and ghastly
the dead that would chill their murderer’s blood to ice.
A living person becomes a Specter through death, by contacting the realm of the dead, or through magic that breaks the body’s ties to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, methods, and weaknesses. Let the tables that follow inspire you. Villain’s Scheme d8 Objective and Scheme 1 Immortality (d4) 1 Acquire a legendary item to prolong life 2 Ascend to godhood 3 Become
disaster 6 Utterly destroy a bloodline or clan 5 Passion (d4) 1 Prolong the life of a loved one 2 Prove worthy of another person’s love 3 Raise or restore a dead loved one 4 Destroy rivals for another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or choose options from the Relentless Origins and Relentless Methods tables when creating your own, unique monstrous slayers. Relentless Origins d6 Origin
1 It was left for dead and
an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged.
Relentless Methods d8 Method
1 Artist. The killer turns its victims into works of art, perhaps creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
for removing the heart, draining the body of blood, and wrapping the remains in linen. These methods preserve the body so the pharaoh might call it to service. It is a crime to burn the dead. Akirrans
land is ruled by Pharaoh Ankhtepot, the immortal intermediary between the mortals and the gods. The pharaoh rules from his pyramid, Pharaoh’s Rest, in the City of the Dead. The people worship a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
for removing the heart, draining the body of blood, and wrapping the remains in linen. These methods preserve the body so the pharaoh might call it to service. It is a crime to burn the dead. Akirrans
land is ruled by Pharaoh Ankhtepot, the immortal intermediary between the mortals and the gods. The pharaoh rules from his pyramid, Pharaoh’s Rest, in the City of the Dead. The people worship a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or choose options from the Relentless Origins and Relentless Methods tables when creating your own, unique monstrous slayers. Relentless Origins d6 Origin
1 It was left for dead and
an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged.
Relentless Methods d8 Method
1 Artist. The killer turns its victims into works of art, perhaps creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, methods, and weaknesses. Let the tables that follow inspire you. Villain’s Scheme d8 Objective and Scheme 1 Immortality (d4) 1 Acquire a legendary item to prolong life 2 Ascend to godhood 3 Become
disaster 6 Utterly destroy a bloodline or clan 5 Passion (d4) 1 Prolong the life of a loved one 2 Prove worthy of another person’s love 3 Raise or restore a dead loved one 4 Destroy rivals for another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
section examines fates and features of the Underworld, including how the living and the dead might interact with this grim land and its inhabitants. Methods of escaping this supposedly final resting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the circle of kind souls in van Richten’s orbit have kept him engaged over the years. Erasmus is a unique spirit. His behavior and rare appearances mark him as a thoughtful, art-loving teenager. He
. When possible, he depicts information and conveys emotions or warnings. Erasmus’s art is fleeting, though, vanishing in seconds. Sadly, his father cannot perceive him or any manifestation he creates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Aboleth Ageless Alien Mastermind Habitat: Underdark, Underwater; Treasure: Relics Kev Walker A gnome cultist consults an all-knowing aboleth In aquatic abysses, aboleths dream of dead empires and
power. Aboleths’ alien goals and methods are often mysterious to other creatures. Roll on or choose a result from the Aboleth Schemes table to inspire an aboleth’s schemes. Aboleth Schemes 1d6 The