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Deathless Rider

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

disadvantage if it can see the rider, ending the condition on itself on a success.Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the deathless riders serve a warlock-queen, known simply as the Shadow

Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the result of imagination trying to account for a terrifying and

Sahuagin Priestess Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

villages. Devils of the Deep. Sahuagin are a predatory, piscine race that ventures from the ocean's black depths to hunt the creatures of the shallows and shore. Though they dwell in the deepest

aquatic elf cities and the societies of other creatures that pose a threat to sahuagin. The mere shadow of the malenti threat incites paranoia and suspicion among aquatic elves, whose resilience is weakened as the prelude to an actual sahuagin invasion.

Nightmare Haunt

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

haunts appear as horrifying shadow creatures with forms evocative of their victims’ deepest fears. Due to the collective trauma experienced by the people of Eldraine during the Phyrexian

Sahuagin Baron Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

shallows and shore. Though they dwell in the deepest trenches of the ocean, sahuagin view the entire aquatic realm as their kingdom and the creatures in it as blood sport for their hunting parties. The

— none can say. The sahuagin put the malenti to good use as spies and assassins in aquatic elf cities and the societies of other creatures that pose a threat to sahuagin. The mere shadow of the

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

aboleth flesh. 6 I might be willing to exert myself to take out a mind flayer. Those disgusting creatures must be stopped. 7 I dream of seeing the deepest places in the ocean. 8 I find

it to the surface world. Lost and confused, the wyrmling has been captured by a group of cruel adventurers. 3 A deep dragon wyrmling whimsically rules over a worshipful group of kobolds, sending

Duergar

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Duergar are dwarves whose ancestors were transformed by centuries living in the deepest places of the Underdark. That chthonic realm is saturated with strange magical energy, and over generations

fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your character’s ability scores, increase

Hexblood Legacy

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

enter into bargains with hags gain their deepest wishes but eventually find themselves transformed. These changes evidence a hag’s influence: ears that split in forked points, skin in lurid

player, unless the DM rules otherwise. Creating Your Character At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races

Dhampir Legacy

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft): Barovia. In the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, tales flourish of those who love or descend from vampires

lineage option, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score Increases When determining your ability scores, you increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different

Aasimar Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

dark eyes 3 Starkly colored hair 4 An unusual hue tinting your shadow 5 A ghostly halo crowning your head 6 Rainbows gleaming on your skin Creating Your Character At

1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability

Monk

classes Basic Rules (2014)

exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes. Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky

shadow on a balcony a stone’s throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

flesh. 6 I might be willing to exert myself to take out a mind flayer. Those disgusting creatures must be stopped. 7 I dream of seeing the deepest places in the ocean. 8 I find I

has taken on a young red shadow dragon as a protégé. 2 Two ancient dragon lovers—one ancient deep dragon;deep and one ancient white dragon;white—see each other only

Final Conflict

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

moonlight suddenly disappears, shrouding the land in darkness. An instant later, with a burst of radiance, the moon returns. In the deepest night of Shabe Taabaan, daylight washes over Akharin Sangar. A

shadow moves across the brightly lit platform. Overhead, silhouettes stand out against the radiant moon. The identity of the creatures approaching depends on which side the characters are fighting

Horror Subclasses May 6, 2025

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana

Horror Subclasses May 6, 2025 Scream! … for joy with this new Unearthed Arcana document in which we explore horror themed subclasses using the rules from the 2024 Player’s Handbook. This playtest

document presents revised subclasses for the Bard (College of Spirits), Cleric (Grave Domain), Rogue (Phantom), Sorcerer (Shadow Sorcery), and Warlock (Hexblade Patron and Undead Patron) as well as new subclasses for the Artificer (Reanimator) and Ranger (Hollow Warden).

Shadow Demon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

demons. There are three rules to endings. First, good always wins. Second, evil always returns. Third, the first rule isn’t always true. —Tarsheva Longreach, planar traveler Shadow Demon Medium

Shadow Demon Vestige of Evil Habitat: Planar (Abyss); Treasure: None Lars Grant-west Shadow demons form when exceptionally wicked demons are destroyed and prevented from reconstituting their

1. Entrance to Arcturiadoom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

his shadow demon in area 29. 1b. Stalactites and Stalagmites This damp, dripping cave contains a veritable forest of stalagmites and stalactites. 1c. Claw-Shaped Cave The drow have hidden supplies in

the deepest arm of this otherwise empty cave. A search reveals three backpacks made of woven spiderwebs. Each pack contains a mess kit, 10 days of rations (dried mushrooms, moss, and boiled cockatrice eggs), 50 feet of spider silk rope, and a full water skin made from a lizard’s bladder.

Creating a Dragonmarked Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks manifest on certain members of a few species, represented in the rules by variant race options: For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race

. For dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, the dragonmark replaces your subrace. So, if you’re making an elf character, you can choose to take the Mark of Shadow instead of being a wood elf or a high

Horrors and Madness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Horrors and Madness Horrors on Ravnica are terror and madness personified. You can represent this reality by using the madness rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Whenever a character fails a saving

throw against the flying horror’s Frightening Screech, the shadow horror’s claw attack, or the skittering horror’s Maddening Presence, note that fact. At the end of the encounter, have each character

Raven Queen, The

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Raven Queen, The The Raven Queen is a being of mystery. Those who claim to have encountered her have described an array of disturbing images: a terrible shadow that clawed at their innermost thoughts

into the gloom. Despite all attempts to demystify her, the Raven Queen has remained enigmatic and aloof. She rules from her Raven Throne within the Fortress of Memories, a mazelike castle deep within

College of Whispers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

capture another one with it until you finish a short or long rest. Shadow Lore At 14th level, you gain the ability to weave dark magic into your words and tap into a creature’s deepest fears. As an

Whispers Features Bard Level Feature 3rd Psychic Blades, Words of Terror 6th Mantle of Whispers 14th Shadow Lore Psychic Blades When you join the College of Whispers at 3rd level, you gain the ability

Horrors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

horrors — a variety of things that lurk in the dark and embody the deepest fears of Ravnica’s people. All are evil creatures with dim reason and preternatural cunning. At least three guilds have been

territory. House Dimir uses all three base kinds of horrors. The Cult of Rakdos prefers shadow horrors, and the Golgari Swarm uses skittering horrors. Flying Horror Medium aberration, neutral evil

Nightmare Haunt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

attack the minds of dreamers afflicted by the Wicked Slumber. Nightmare haunts appear as horrifying shadow creatures with forms evocative of their victims’ deepest fears. Due to the collective trauma

longer in the area with tendrils, takes any damage, or is targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic. Bonus Actions Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the nightmare haunt takes the Hide action.

Scrivening and Symbology Exam: Glyph of Warding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

shadow; see chapter 7), a rising star in scriptology whose dynamic lectures are practically performance art. This course’s first Exam takes place a short while after the events of the “Mascots Everywhere

!” section and tests students on their knowledge of scrivening and symbology, as expressed in glyph of warding spells. For more information about the rules used for Exams, see chapter 3. Scribing magic is an important field of study at Strixhaven, as sloppiness can have strange effects

House Thuranni

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

House Thuranni The story of the Shadow Schism that sundered House Thuranni from its kindred in House Phiarlan is a tangled knot of mystery. The surface details of the tale seem simple enough. About

the new political powers of Khorvaire, and the division of Thuranni from Phiarlan embodies that new reality. From his enclave in Regalport (in the Lhazaar Principalities), Baron Elar d’Thuranni rules a

Siberys Dragonmarks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Siberys Dragonmarks Lee Moyer Left to Right: Siberys Mark of Detection, Siberys Mark of Shadow, Siberys Mark of Making While the people of Khorvaire have a limited understanding of

damage, and manifest the Siberys mark of Storm. A character with ties to House Phiarlan or House Thuranni might represent the Siberys mark of Shadow by choosing the Boon of the Night Spirit. What’s New

Monk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

Shadow monk, can their silence be dispelled? A spell is a spell, no matter its source. When you cast a spell through a feature, the spell is subject to the normal spellcasting rules, unless the feature

type of melee weapon attack. The game often makes exceptions to general rules, and this is an important exception: that unarmed strikes count as melee weapon attacks despite not being weapons. When a

Languages in Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

closely tied to the distant land of Xen’drik. The following optional rules are a way to explore this aspect of the setting. Optional Rule: Common Languages Common is the language of the Five Nations

usually speak Goblin. Goblin is the common tongue of Darguun, Droaam, and the Shadow Marches, along with most “monstrous” creatures in Khorvaire. It was the language of the goblin empire that

The Raven Queen and the Shadar-kai

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

images: a terrible shadow that clawed at their innermost thoughts, a pale and regal elf who exploded into an untold number of ravens, a shambling tangle of slick roots and sticks that overwhelmed them with

questions. She rules from her Raven Throne within the Fortress of Memories, a mazelike castle deep within the bleakness of the Shadowfell. From there she sends out her ravens to find interesting souls she can

Adventures in Kalakeri

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

dooms upon isolated villages. Your adventures might lead characters into Kalakeri’s deepest wilds to rediscover lost secrets, save innocents, or curry favor with a faction. Consider the plots on the

, and the shadow-bereft soon sicken and die. A local leader claims that the strange plague’s cure lies among the hidden isles known as the Ashram of Niranjan (detailed in “Other Domains of Dread

Sahuagin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

that ventures from the ocean’s black depths to hunt the creatures of the shallows and shore. Though they dwell in the deepest trenches of the ocean, sahuagin view the entire aquatic realm as their

good use as spies and assassins in aquatic elf cities and the societies of other creatures that pose a threat to sahuagin. The mere shadow of the malenti threat incites paranoia and suspicion among aquatic elves, whose resilience is weakened as the prelude to an actual sahuagin invasion.

Amidor and Gleam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

to see that Gleam casts no shadow. While she has no shadow, Gleam is cursed (see the “Shadowless” sidebar). SHADOWLESS A shadowless creature is one that carries the curse of having no shadow—a fact

evident only when the creature is in bright or dim light. A remove curse spell or similar magic ends the curse on a shadowless creature, reuniting it with its shadow instantly. Creatures native to

Village of Barovia

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

Village of Barovia Lying in the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, the village of Barovia teeters on the brink of ruin. Its few residents rarely venture from their homes, suspecting their neighbors of

within the deepest reaches. Tser Pool The Vistani who camp near the Tser Pool lake are often joined by other wanderers. This is also the home of the seer Madam Eva (see chapter 5), who knows much of

Horror Content Survey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

one entirely knows how the horror might unfold. Never assume you know your players’ deepest fears—no matter how long you’ve been roleplaying with them. Gameplay Questions After your list of topics

? Do you want to allow phones or other distractions at the game table, or should they be set aside? Are there any specific stories or rules you’d like to see highlighted during the game? Are there

Godefroy's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Godefroy’s Powers and Dominion Lord Wilfred Godefroy rules his own personal afterlife. His statistics are similar to those of a ghost, and he is one of the most powerful spectral Undead in the domain

struggle to keep in his good graces. Those spirits who rebel are punished, either forced to face Godefroy’s kennel of spectral hounds or dragged to the deepest recesses of the house, which even the

Robust Patronage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

warlock. Standard Dark Spellcaster Franchise Rules No summoning circles in the bathroom. No “tentacle talk” during mealtimes. You must wear a gag at bedtime. That constant screaming makes it hard for

walking the fine line between light and shadow. Or, you know, walking the shadow but being pretty sure the light is over there somewhere. As such, you’re the perfect person to take point when your

Deathless Rider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

deathless riders serve a warlock-queen, known simply as the Shadow Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the

Deathless Rider Igor Krstic “Headed to the wilds? Beware the dead riders who serve the Shadow Queen.” —Scalan, Edgewall innkeeper Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the

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