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Curse of Strahd
): augury, lesser restoration, protection from poison
3rd level (3 slots): magic circle, remove curse, speak with dead
4th level (3 slots): death ward, freedom of movement
5th level (1 slot): dispel
Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid, and together they had a son, Erasmus. When he was fourteen, Erasmus was
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Tomb of Annihilation
me nervous.
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I might fail, but I will never give up.
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You might think I’m a scholar, but I love a good brawl. These fists were made for punching.
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Preservation. That artifact belongs in a museum. (Good)
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Greed. I won’t risk my life for nothing. I expect some kind of payment. (Any)
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Death Wish. Nothing is more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the study and manipulation of the magical energy of the Positive Plane and the Negative Plane, the primal forces of life and death. Witherbloom’s curriculum shares some overlap with Quandrix’s analysis
reproduce is the most essential principle in the cosmos. Mages who adopt this view wield positive energy and practice healing magic. The philosophy of the vein (decay) focuses on the inevitability of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Reddick Professor Sendor Reddick (Medium Death Cultist) is a taxidermist as well as a noted scholar of animal biology. As curator of the Valdain Museum of Natural History, Reddick pays handsomely for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
cities stand on the brink of war, someone needs to make the arduous journey to convince a gold dragon to arbitrate the dispute.
2 A scholar has learned a secret so dangerous that a gold dragon
is set on magically wiping the scholar’s mind. The dragon is recruiting trackers to locate the scholar, while the scholar tries to hire bodyguards.
3 A gold dragon seeks to vanquish evil by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
while the greater part escaped through a metaphysical rent between domains—the King’s Tear. Now, disguised as the scholar Firan Zal’honan, Azalin searches for secrets of the Dark Powers in other domains
. He avoids entering the Mists without Mist-wandering guides, fearing the Dark Powers will find him otherwise. The Dead Serve In Darkon, Humanoid corpses reanimate as Zombies 24 hours after death. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
organization include changelings, gnolls, harpies, ogres, minotaurs, medusas, trolls, and other monstrous beings. Basilisks, cockatrices, death dogs, displacer beasts, and similar monsters are kept by Daask
current leader of the Daask cell in Sharn. She is the mastermind of the organization’s machinations against the Boromar Clan, a scholar obsessed with studying Sharn’s manifest zone, and a devoted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Seeds of Fear Aside from supernatural sources of dread and monsters who strike terror in their victims, fear is subjective and often quite personal. A battle-hardened warrior and a reclusive scholar
1 “I can’t stand dark places.”
2 “I’m terrified of a particular kind of animal.”
3 “Deep water will be the death of me.”
4 “I can’t stand heights.”
5 “I hate being stuck in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
incense sticks. Sarcophagus. Visible through the transparent lid of this sarcophagus is the mummified body of Iedcaru’s first caretaker, the githzerai scholar Laxuelu, whose name is etched on the lid. The
(Intimidation or Persuasion) check or who offers each tiefling at least 1,000 gp convinces the pair to betray their yugoloth allies. Otherwise, the tieflings scream battle cries as they fight to the death. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
psychic damage, and vulnerability to fire damage. If the box is destroyed, the books within it are thoroughly scorched and rendered unreadable. If Zhong Yin sees the burned books, the scholar momentarily
scholar notes that the bones likely belong to common folk who rose up in revolt and ended the Yun dynasty. Hungry Ghosts. An otyugh hides among the debris in the northwest corner of the room. When it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, seekers, but The Book of Inner Alchemy has been vandalized. This manual is said to grant untold power over life and death to anyone who can master its secrets … and last night, someone had the
could reach the library. Development If the characters don’t locate any clues or identify the wounds, an Avowed scholar discovers the scrap of white cloth. A commune spell or similar magic can be used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
respected scholar and reformer adamant that her persona not eclipse her teachings. She insisted that after her death her followers not repeat her name or depict her face in art. Today, the faithful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
tabaxi sometimes leave their families and venture into the jungle to claim a hunter’s death. A divine being known as the Cat Lord leads the bravest to Omu, where they spend their final days hunting
characters could offer to gain their help. Hooded Lantern has graying black fur, and cataracts cloud his left eye. He is preparing himself for a glorious death fighting the great tyrannosaurus rex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van Richten’s tale is a sad one. A scholar and doctor from a land called Darkon, he married his childhood sweetheart, Ingrid
, remove curse, speak with dead
4th level (3 slots): death ward, freedom of movement
5th level (1 slot): dispel evil and good
Undead Slayer. When Rictavio hits an undead with a weapon attack, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
behavior to recognize this new hierarchy. At no time is an emperor’s favor in greater question than when they die. Rarely do Yongjing’s long-lived rulers have to consider the prospect of death, and they
(second-born), Zhong (second-born), Shu (third-born), Ji (fourth-born or more), Jun (noble), Si (heir), Wen (scholar) Aspirational. Jie (heroic), Mei (charming), Ming (bright), Qian (rising), Tong (leader), Yi (virtuous), Zi (gentle)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
and criminal gangs. You were about to make a run for it when you heard a rumor that a merchant named Syndra Silvane is offering good pay for an assignment far from home. Cloistered Scholar Sword
expedition to Chult and help put an end to the “death curse” affecting several wealthy citizens of the city. Entertainer Player’s Handbook Your sponsor is a retired adventurer and merchant named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, aquatic monsters start attacking the waterfront at night. 19 The ruins on the hill near the village lie under a curse, so people don’t go there—except a scholar who wants to study the ruins. 20 A
expedition to a famous ruin. Levels 11–16: Masters of the Realm Chase Stone The death of an ancient dragon can shake the foundations of the world The fate of a nation or even the world depends on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
javelin.
Creatures. Unless the party is under Ghared’s protection (see area 36), the lone duergar on duty fights to the death to protect his leader, who is in area 40. If the characters engage the
terrible foe would never return. Then they entombed a fierce orc warrior to defend it forever in undeath. The door leading from area 36 bears an inscription in Orc: “Beyond this door the Maker of Death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Reggaryarva, Yselm betrays and attacks them. A winter wolf sent by the Frostmaiden joins the fray on Yselm’s side. Both villains fight to the death. Peace Out Karkolohk quest (see "Karkolohk") A
(see "Wyrmdoom Crag") Dannika Graysteel, a scholar whom the characters might know from an earlier quest (see “Starting Quest: Nature Spirits”), asks the characters to bring her some white dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
to serve. If the characters run out of platinum chips, he offers them one in exchange for a valuable secret, such as details about the attacks on Rigus from chapter 10 or anything the Scholar in
in death-defying feats. Beneath, on an island of bare stone floating amid a misty expanse, stands a plain archway and a circular desk attended by a well-dressed tiefling. Luminous symbols on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Old Omuan. A character with the Cloistered Scholar or Sage background can translate an Old Omuan inscription with a successful DC 10 Intelligence (History) check. A warlock with the Eyes of the Rune
wildroots (see appendix C) 18–19 Yahcha beetle (see appendix C) 20 The rotting corpse of a human mage who was strangled to death by an assassin vine. A search of the corpse yields a scholar’s pack, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
leading to a descending staircase at the rear of the room. Against the walls rest six stone coffins, three on each side. A stone slab engraved with a name, birth year, and death year covers each coffin
exclude them. The cultists all fight to the death. A Noisy Fight. Loud noise here rouses the two mages dozing in area C16. Unholy Basin. The cultists desecrated the basin by placing iconography of Vecna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw spontaneously out of their graves, while ghouls and ghasts burrow
mysterious — and usually unexpected — invitation from the institute’s superintendent, Mother Aramina, a lawful good female human priest. Aramina is a former Candlekeep scholar who’s moved her lifelong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
destroyed. Opening the Door. Generations of the haven’s scholars bound themselves to defend the site beyond death. Three stone golems and a number of undead scholars (now mummies) protect the site, held in
of which use the mummy stat block but are lawful neutral. The scholar mummies are wrapped in funeral robes set with purple-glowing runes of oath-binding, recognized as such by any character who has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
and laborers, the Gravemakers guard the dead — and Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw
. Aramina is a former Candlekeep scholar who’s moved her lifelong study of psychology from the academic to the clinical. How Mother Aramina learns of individuals’ distress and under what circumstances she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
for an expected reason. Worried about the punishments the fanatics will inflict upon them for letting invaders into Illithinoch, the two mind flayers fight to the death. Dripping Statue. The infected
“gifts” of the Far Realm and give up his humanity, so Duoro is lecturing him about Ilvaash. This pair fights anyone they believe to be intruders. Duoro fights to the death, but Larnon attempts to flee if
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
. The balance has shifted unnaturally, and unfolding events stray from the path once set. Time has been reset. Insanity decays the light, and the Eye sees all. Death and survival set the trajectory toward
success, the character learns one rumor, plus one additional rumor for every 2 points by which the check exceeds the DC: “A disheveled scholar came through last week, asking about various elemental symbols