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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
undetected to bleed their victims dry.
Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being defeated or suffering
victim, so vampiric mists can feed on sleepers without waking them. The more a mist feeds, the redder it gets, such that it turns pink, then red, and finally a deep scarlet hue; when sated, it rains blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Mound Entrance When the characters move to the barrow entrance, read the following: Tall monoliths line the earthen corridor that connects the barrow’s entrance to the burial chamber far within. Motes
within the burial chamber at the end of the hall, except vague details of the stone bier and the Elk beast altar at the bier’s head. Burial Chamber When the characters can see the burial chamber better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Schley Map 2.2: Buried Ziggurat, Tier 4 View Player Version B27: Jester’s Burial Room The walls of this burial chamber sport colorful murals of a human court jester entertaining her king and queen. A
B14 to this chamber. A small handle bolted to the ceiling of this room allows the ramp to be easily raised and lowered by a creature that can reach it. B28: High Priest’s Burial Room Scorch marks from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Forsaken Deep Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Forsaken Deep or to give them missions to pursue there. Burial at Sea Restless spirits of the storm giants who died
in the Forsaken Deep create a perpetual necrotic storm on the ocean surface above. To stop it, the characters must brave creatures from the Elemental Water Encounters and Giant Necropolis Encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the stairs rests an empty basin one hundred feet in diameter. South of the basin, a deep stone channel cuts a path into the desert ground.
The pharaohs of Bakar built pyramids not merely as burial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and posts supporting a rectangular slab roughly four feet wide and six feet high.
The water here is roughly 30 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Though the river can be easily forded, the shallow waters
and offer final prayers. The bodies this room once held have rotted away in their burial niches, and the urns hold only gray muck. Any character who sifts through the goo must succeed on a DC 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hostility, Gravillok retreats to area 13 while shouting out to his family in Giant, “Invasion! Arm yourselves! We’re under attack!” Gravillok’s deep bellow echoes throughout the level. To the best of his
recollection, Gravillok has never seen small folk before. His instinct is to treat them as vermin and smoosh them with his greatclub. If they attempt to parley and he can understand them, he stops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
exile and chooses to remain in Shadowdusk Hold despite every instinct telling her to flee. Melissara is a human archmage, with these changes: Melissara is neutral. She speaks Common, Deep Speech, Draconic
Deep Speech. Derrion stores his weapons and plate armor on the equipment racks. If he doesn’t have time to don his plate armor, he makes do with a chain shirt (AC 15). Derrion accompanies Melissara
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. E7. Vaults of the Uthlords Each of these burial chambers houses the
remains of a different noble family of Uthtower. Their bones are interred inside niches in the walls, which are 3 feet wide, 3 feet high, 9 feet deep, and stacked three high along the walls. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
in area V10. Each burial niche in this tunnel is 2 feet wide, 2 feet tall, and 5 feet deep. The bones of warriors were placed here to guard the way to the chieftain’s tomb. Animals have savaged the
in the middle of the floor.
The verbeeg and the ogre dug this refuse pit, which is 20 feet deep and filled to a depth of 5 feet with bones, trash, and filth. V5. Stolen Mead Casks If the ogre has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and a hoard. Driven by instinct to jealously defend its hoard, an eyedrake fights to the death if anything threatens even the smallest trinket it claims as its own. Eyedrake
Large Aberration
Deep Speech, Draconic
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Unusual Nature. The eyedrake doesn’t require food or drink.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
unseen and undetected to bleed their victims dry. Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being defeated or
vampiric mists can feed on sleepers without waking them. The more a mist feeds, the redder it gets, such that it turns pink, then red, and finally a deep scarlet hue; when sated, it rains blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
unseen and undetected to bleed their victims dry. Former Vampires. Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being
discomfort to the victim, so vampiric mists can feed on sleepers without waking them. The more a mist feeds, the redder it gets, such that it turns pink, then red, and finally a deep scarlet hue that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Encounters in the Crypt The following descriptions correspond to areas marked on map 3.3. The entire crypt is terribly cold and wreathed in ankle-deep mist. All rooms and passages in the crypt are 10
the players: Large iron burial urns are positioned reverently throughout this hall, each engraved with a noble coats-of-arms from the city of Elturel. Polished swords, lances, and shields hang from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Flaw 1 I act based on instinct, rarely with a plan. 2 I am cowed by threats, and even preposterous ones make me pause. 3 Deep down, I know I am doomed to anonymity. 4 My natural inclination is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
instead trigger one of these effects at the start of his turn (no action required). He can trigger each effect only once. Rapids. Two 10-foot-deep aqueducts surge with water 10 feet below the landings
P56 and area P64), the chamber is covered with thick grime. A deep voice emanates from the water column and utters the following message in Common: “A terrible evil befouls this place. A wicked priest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
unlock it is located at the bottom of a hidden pit. Pit Trap. The pit in this hall is 10 feet wide and 30 feet deep. A character who searches the floor for traps and succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom
lettering. The lid of the sarcophagus can be lifted by creatures with a combined Strength of 20 or more. Treasure. Inside the sarcophagus is the mummified corpse of the dwarf king, clad in burial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
half-drowned ruins of a temple are visible beyond; a platinum triangle gleams on its leaning belfry.
The causeway rises over water that’s 20 feet deep. From it, characters can see the temple grounds
assorted bottles and vials, most of which have cracked and stained the walls with their drippings.
Here, the dead were prepared for burial in the crypts below the temple. These crypts have crumbled, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
after my father’s death, his great burial place was desecrated by thieves. I was tortured by the thought of his spirit wandering the planes alone forever.”
If translated, the west wall’s hieroglyphs
leading to this humid chamber.
The shaft drops 120 feet to the surface of the murky water below, which is 30 feet deep. Water of Athis. The water of Athis (see the “Pyramid Features” section) fills the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
chamber reeks of embalming fluids. A mortician in a bloodstained apron hunches over a humanoid amalgam of patchwork flesh. Elbow deep in its flayed-open chest with a pair of surgical instruments, this
) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Treasure. The silverware on the table is collectively worth 200 gp. M8: Burial Grove Snow blankets this quiet, indoor grove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
out that my avocados went bad. What a mess.”
–Digny Vots, Market Ward shopper
Market Ward Encounters d8 Encounter 1 A Transcendent Order instinct (see Morte’s Planar Parade) asks to spar with
and deep appetites, challenging expectations about food and the forms it takes. A three-course dinner at the Gastrognome might consist of a gravity-defying salad cloud, a whispering Shadowfell steak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the lower deck (areas 13b through 13h). The ceilings on the lower deck are 10 feet high. The ship sits in a 5-foot-deep pool of ooze in an immense cavern, the ceiling of which varies from 30 to 50 feet
instinct supersedes its hunger, prompting it to surrender telepathically. The mind flayer apologizes for its assault and proposes an end to hostilities. Given a chance, it recounts how the Scavenger was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
into a murky pool at the bottom of a deep moss-covered shaft.
Handholds line the walls. Characters can climb this shaft without needing to make any checks. Water of Athis. The waterway is filled
thoughts the pharaoh sleeps,
In dreamy realms and sky so deep.
The high priest worked a wonder great,
And sealed him up into his fate.
Great Nafik, the priest most high,
Studies tomes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
). Six survivors reached the shrine, but they managed to hold on to only one offering: a pouch of blue deep-sea pearls. Approaching the Shrine When the characters arrive, the Wash is low. The sea elves
succeeds on a DC 17 Strength check can open either sarcophagus—though Ishvern strongly objects. The corpse within each sarcophagus is immaculately preserved, but the burial places contain nothing of value
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
floating platform reveal a fifty-foot-deep shaft below. A stone staircase encircling the platform winds around the chamber and down the shaft.
As a Magic action, a creature on the floating platform or the
dried-up, 30-foot-deep well and make a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a success, the character spots a green stone amulet of Yaarnak (see “Haskasori Features”) at the bottom of the well. H8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, duergar, or deep gnomes). 20 This crystal isn’t a repository of memories, but a heightened mind crystal; see “Treasure” below. Reroll this result if the characters have already found this crystal
charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Deep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP) Proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
haunt to rest. P3: Corpse Preparation Rooms These rooms all look similar, and each can be described as follows: A stone slab in the middle of this room bears a few metal tools covered in dust. A deep
flooded pit. The dark water ripples and splashes strangely, as though something lurks deep within it.
The collapse that occurred here long ago disturbed an underground wellspring, flooding the whole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
its delights or hawk them to hungry customers over the hubbub of the daily crowds. The Grease Pit offers patrons a taste of the Outer Planes. Deep-fried meat skewers sizzle in bubbling oil taken from
before sending them through planar portals to distant burial grounds, faraway family crypts, or elemental planes for storage or cremation. The funerary process often uncovers a creature’s cause of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
reveal that each of these burial vaults contains only the remains of a king or a queen, moldering garments, a few corroded weapons, and similar worthless items (wererat grave robbers stole anything of
are made of bronze that is green with age, and each branch holds a fat black candle that burns with a flame of leaping lavender and deep glowing purple but never grows shorter. The third tier is dull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
this limestone cavern. At the far end, worn steps lead up to a pair of massive doors. Each door is made of black iron and shaped like half of a giant face, cast with an expression of deep pain.
If the
so with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. A knock spell or similar magic also opens the trapdoor. X22: Crypt of the Watched A large burial chamber opens before you, divided in two by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
only holy-ground burial the city’s poor can afford, and Brother Hodges does his best to bring quiet dignity to the practice. However, a fertile carrion crawler has recently slithered up from the sewers
enormous pier like a monster of the deep, its stone walls trailing over the side and descending down beneath the waves and river mud. At the pier’s tip, a huge fountain in the shape of a sinking ship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
chamber is obviously an ancient crypt. Niches along the walls hold dozens of old skeletons, some with scraps of burial cloth still clinging to their bones.
Not all the monsters beneath the
wrench the cage door open. The natural stone column and the floor of loose earth are harmless. The earth is about 5 feet deep with hard rock underneath; it’s not any harder to walk across than firmly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Uthgar’s followers buried the half-ogre’s bones alongside a relic stolen from their enemies, the giants, and built an altar upon the burial site. When the Uthgardt call upon Uthgar for guidance or
underground city. Deep beneath the mountains are tunnels connecting to Felbarr’s mines, the Underdark, and the distant dwarven bastions of Mithral Hall and Citadel Adbar. Citadel Felbarr has fallen to orcs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
chamber contains a Potion of Healing (greater) and a Sword of Vengeance (longsword). G2: Cavern of Corpses This gruesome cave is either a burial crypt or a trophy room. The walls of the vaulted cavern are
night sky at the top and fading to the pale blue of a twilight horizon at the ledge. The lower half of the room is serpentine, gradually darkening from pale green near the equator to a deep, forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
rats flood in to eat the flesh, leaving (mostly) clean bones to be interred in the attached ossuary by Ilmater’s faithful. While a somewhat ignoble end, it’s often the only holy-ground burial the city’s
the deep, its stone walls trailing over the side and descending down beneath the waves and river mud. At the pier’s tip, a huge fountain in the shape of a sinking ship sprays water high, reminding