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":"Discordant Song","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage at the start of its turn while Aphemia is singing. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending
bonus action on her subsequent turns to continue singing. She can stop singing at any time. The song ends if Aphemia is incapacitated or dies.
Grave Calling Song. Aphemia intones a low, growling
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Vampirates are the walking, talking husks of dead pirates who refused to go quietly into the afterlife. They ply the void in their ships, plundering unsuspecting
coffin and sleep amid their cargo. When they’re not sleeping or marauding, a crew of vampirates whiles away the hours by drinking rum and singing grim chanteys.
A ship crewed by vampirates usually
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Vampirates are the walking, talking husks of dead pirates who refused to go quietly into the afterlife. They ply the void in their ships, plundering unsuspecting vessels and feeding on the life
they’re not sleeping or marauding, a crew of vampirates whiles away the hours by drinking rum and singing grim chanteys.
A ship crewed by vampirates usually has one or more Shadow;shadows aboard—the Undead remains of some of the vampirates’ victims.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonRadiant
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
as a crawling claw or a Will-o'-Wisp;will-o'-wisp.
Vampirate
Vampirates are the walking, talking husks of dead pirates who refused to go quietly into the afterlife. They ply the void in their
ship’s hold as one big coffin and sleep amid their cargo. When they’re not sleeping or marauding, a crew of vampirates whiles away the hours by drinking rum and singing grim chanteys.
A ship
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ghost of the knight Caradoc. Seeking to forge a new knighthood of loyal dead, Soth became obsessed with Dragon Highlord Kitiara Uth Matar and charged Caradoc with claiming her soul. When Kitiara died in
, singing of Soth’s disgrace.Necrotic, PoisonCommanding Magic (3/Day). Lord Soth casts Dispel Magic, Hold Person, or Banishment (level 5 version), using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19).
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“Yer late, elf!” came the rough edge of a familiar voice. Bruenor Battlehammer walked up the back of his dead foe, disregarding the fact that the heavy monster lay on top of his elven
to depend on the elves. No telling what an elf will do next; when the hammer meets the orc’s head, they’re as apt to start singing as to pull out a sword. They’re flighty and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Harpies Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set upon travelers
succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of her until the song ends. A frightened creature takes 7 (2d6) psychic damage at the start of its turn while Aphemia is singing. A frightened
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Vampirates Vampirates are the walking, talking husks of dead pirates who refused to go quietly into the afterlife. They ply the void in their ships, plundering unsuspecting vessels and feeding on the
not sleeping or marauding, a crew of vampirates whiles away the hours by drinking rum and singing grim chanteys. A ship crewed by vampirates usually has one or more shadows aboard—the Undead remains of some of the vampirates’ victims.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
) 5 The archmage Porphura isn’t dead at all. She lives still as a lich who rules the island in secret. (False) 6 Singing sea chanteys charms creatures in the garden. (True only for leprechauns; see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
street shrieks when a specific party member steps on it. The crack runs for blocks, tracing back to Mandorcai’s Mansion.
11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well
(bandits)
Table F: Lower City Threats d10 Threat
1 1d4 swarms of rats
2 1d4 invisible imps
3 Dead Three abduction squad (see the “More Dead Three Encounters” sidebar)
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
—to determine what encounters they have. Skybridge Sights d4 Encounter 1 Bonesinger (see Boneslinger below) 2 A small storm reveals itself to be a violent group of three air elementals. 3 A dead
crouching near one of the draconic statues adorning the bridge, singing to it in a gentle voice. This is Ina (neutral good, human priest), a skybridge tender known as a bonesinger. She tends the magic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Sample tabaxi names include Nest of Eggs (“Eggs”), Dead Leaf (“Leaf”), Eyes of Onyx (“Onyx”), Lost Spear (“Lost”), and Daylight Moon (“Moon”). Clan names include Distant Rain, Hundred Feathers, Sleeping
rest, the tabaxi can spend 1 minute singing, playing an instrument, telling a story, or reciting a poem to soothe and inspire creatures other than itself. Up to five creatures of the tabaxi’s choice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
back to Mandorcai’s Mansion. 11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well-known shanty called Really Big Oysters, but quickly forget the words and stumble away. 12 A
captain) and 2d6 operatives (bandits) Table F: Lower City Threats d10 Threat 1 1d4 swarms of rats 2 1d4 invisible imps 3 Dead Three squad (4 fists of Bane, 3 night blades, and 2 necromites of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
calls for the crowd to place their bets. 31–34 Three harpies fly through the streets singing a jolly drinking song. Each carries a bucket around her neck, and passersby occasionally drop coins in one. 35
rats in a merry dance. 77–80 Four orcs jab at an ochre jelly with long staffs, trying to herd the ooze into the sewers. 81–82 Several Cyran refugees are gathered in a circle, singing a haunting song. 83
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
cave appears to hold nine boulders, but three are Galeb Duhr that are singing while rolled up. Their song is quiet but deep and resonant, causing vibrations in the floor. If the galeb duhr notice the
characters, they lift their heads and begin singing more loudly, shaking the ground and making bits of gravel fall from the ceiling as they try to entertain their unexpected audience. When the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
body of a dead whale being pulled behind a fishing boat. When you delivered the goods, the corpse suddenly exploded, sending whale meat and whiskey bottles for half a mile. 2 Cart and Sword. You drove a
cart filled with stolen art through the middle of a battlefield while singing sea shanties to confuse the combatants. 3 The Recruit. You enlisted in another nation’s navy for the purpose of smuggling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
shadow as an action. When you do so, it vanishes, magically transforming into a disguise that appears on you. You now look like the dead person, but healthy and alive. This disguise lasts for 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
hours. Elves and hobgoblins dance together in glittering patches of magical light, serenaded by singing harpies and the drum of satyr hooves on hollow stumps. Locals treat every visitor like the
dead, these eternal beings act as Sylvania’s party planners, peacekeepers, and gracious hosts. Virtues of celebration, the Spiritors are manifestations of nostalgia, passion, and relaxation, among
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
southern gate, and in the heart of the Trades Ward where the city is at its narrowest — bounded by Castle Waterdeep, high on a spur of the mountain, and the walls of the City of the Dead. The conjoined
continue north. The aforementioned boulevards, along with the Street of the Singing Dolphin in the Sea Ward, are the major arteries of the city. Hire-coaches and drays can be most frequently found on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
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Singing echoes from the chamber ahead. Cruel lyrics undermine the song’s celebratory tone.
Seven members of the Corsairs of varied species and sizes sit on barrels in this area’s center. They
include four Pirates, two Mages, and one Assassin. Characters who hear the carousing realize the pirates are singing about the death and mayhem the Corsairs caused in Respite this morning.
Elemental Gem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
out. Stalagmites. The rock formations throughout this cavern are dangerously sharp. A creature pushed into a stalagmite takes 11 (2d10) piercing damage. Treasure. The skeleton of a decades-dead human
knight rests in the south chamber, impaled on a stalagmite by the poltergeists. Most equipment the knight once carried has rusted or rotted away, but a Necklace of Adaptation hangs around the dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
) Lampad Lampads guard the shadowed paths of the world, depths typically trod by souls destined for the Underworld. These rarely seen nymphs assist Athreos in guiding the dead, moving among the spirits that
, groups of oreads might race ahead of the destruction, dancing, singing, and doing what they can to maximize the impending devastation. Honor Among Fey. Hearkening back to some ages-old conflict, oreads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Encounters d12† Encounter
1 2d4 gargoyles (attitude: 1d8) keeping watch, crouching utterly still
2 2 galeb duhrs (attitude: 1d10) singing a rumbling bass duet to an audience of boulders
3
stalking
4 1 storm crab* (attitude: 1d8) traveling in a straight path with purpose
5 1 frost giant of Evil Water* (attitude: 1d6) considering going on a rampage
6 1 marid singing as it
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toward you.
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You can cast the raise dead spell once, requiring no material components.
If you drop to 0 hit points, you automatically suffer 1 failed death saving throw.
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Each time you
, you drop one object you are holding (DM’s choice).
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A group of small forest animals appears and follows you everywhere, singing and dancing. These magical creatures can perform any task
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cleverthrush LN Law, thought Knowledge Interlocking gears
Segojan Earthcaller NG Earth, the dead Grave,* Light Glowing gemstone
Sheyanna Flaxenstrand CG Love, beauty, passion Light Two
these embarrassments, he declared an oath to bring death to all gnomes.
To keep his nemesis from doing him harm, Garl tricked Kurtulmak into chasing him into a maze of caves by singing mocking songs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, and to occasionally attack folk in the darkness, strangling them or tripping them into fatal falls. Most often, though, it takes no notice of those who don’t bother or follow it, eerily singing
vanishing again. This magical effect, the result of a spell cast by a long-dead wizard, has resisted all attempts to dispel it. Some locals boast of how many times they’ve crossed the alley and lived
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a giant raven, attack the characters. Rules for mounted combat appear in chapter 9 of the Player’s Handbook. Suggested Encounter (Night) Characters who explore Raven Rock in the dead of night
can remember. Luskanite raiders have plundered and razed the island’s settlements more than once, but the natives keep rebuilding their villages and their ships while singing songs of bloody
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
doorsteps, and the like), it is an occasion of much drinking, singing, and dancing in Waterdeep. The wealthy host elaborate masked balls, while poorer folk don costumes of their own make and travel door
, on his statue in the City of the Dead, and atop the altars of the House of Wonder. Bards perform songs in honor of the wizard all over the city. The Open Lord visits taverns and inns throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
find Bess, she tries to flee unless one of them wears a symbol of St. Cuthbert, in which case she follows that character around singing and obeys orders given to her by that character. M7. Missionary
created are destroyed, and their souls return to the afterlife. Vecna’s Dead. The cultists twisted the souls of five missionaries, turning them into one wraith and four specters that haunt the lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
is a dead intellect snare (see appendix A) that once lurked in this area. (The characters might have fought an intellect snare in Talhundereth in chapter 6.) The intellect snare ambushed the githyanki
to immediately wink out. They don’t return, even if the silence effect ends. Danger of Making Music. The characters can create their own musical echoes here by playing an instrument or singing, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Mirran and Nym. Mirran is singing, while Nym provides instrumental accompaniment by tapping on the crab’s shell with a pair of whalebone mallets. Mirran and Nym have the statistics of a storm giant, with
offer to cast the spell on Queen Neri and bring her back from the dead. If they make such an offer, Serissa leads them to her mother’s sunken tomb (area 24) or has the queen’s body brought to them. If