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Earthen Defeat. When Marlos drops to 0 hit points, his body transforms into mud and collapses into a pool. Anything he is wearing or carrying is left behind.
Earth Passage. Marlos can move in
its next turn, becoming petrified on a failure or ending the effect on a success. The petrification lasts until the creature is freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.
Unless surprised
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
, common;set of common clothes, and 1 sp.
Harrowing Event
Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness
words and images are burned into your psyche.
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A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, but now you try to keep it bottled up.
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Basic Rules (2014)
hatred.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m always polite and respectful.
2
I’m haunted by memories of war. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind.
3
I
forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it.
5
Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for.
6
I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Personality Trait
1
I’m always polite and respectful.
2
I’m haunted by memories of war. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind.
3
I’ve lost too many
defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it.
5
Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for.
6
I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
d6
Flaw
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
memories of war. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind.
3
I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones.
4
I’m full of inspiring and cautionary
never leave a friend behind.
3
My honor is my life.
4
I’ll never forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it.
5
Those who fight beside me are those
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
respectful.
2
I’m haunted by memories of war. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind.
3
I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones.
4
life on the battlefield. To this day, I will never leave a friend behind.
3
My honor is my life.
4
I’ll never forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Valin’s Vengeance If Valin’s heart is not destroyed, the mummy lord re-forms 24 hours after her defeat, appearing in the sarcophagus in area T6. If the characters are still in the tomb at that point
sarcophagus to the characters’ location provided they’re still in the tomb. If the characters leave the tomb before Valin re-forms, the mummy lord oracle might hunt them down, becoming a recurring villain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Quest Goals To complete the Foul Weather at Wayside quest (see “Leilon Quests”), the adventurers must defeat the cultists of Talos at the Wayside Inn, destroy the shrine of Talos before it is fully
is a powerful tool. Images or symbols, when repeated, become a pattern that strengthens a story. Subtle differences in repeated scenes can add to the horror, comedy, or drama of a situation.
In this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Akroan soldiers are warned that to give in to his seductive battle rage is to risk becoming an androphage—a bloodthirsty killer wholly consumed by Mogis’s fury. Mogis cuts a terrifying figure
to behold the cruelty of war personified. He hungers endlessly to defeat his brother Iroas in combat and thus become the sole avatar of war among mortals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Harrowing Event Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you
fills your mind with evil thoughts.
8 You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
9 A fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Harrowing Event Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you
opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche. 9 A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Giant Necropolis Encounters tables in chapter 3. Starry Beacon A character who rests at Dreamer’s Reach dreams of a brilliant star falling from the sky. Images of the dream persist upon waking and
lead the character to a distinctive mountain. There, the character can use the Star Forge (in this chapter) to create a sentient magic item if they gather the proper materials and defeat creatures from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Re-created by the Doctor If the characters oppose Dr. Mordenheim, they face droves of her bizarre creations. They also risk becoming her newest experimental subjects. Dr. Mordenheim’s experiments
. Mordenheim attack the party or their allies (at the doctor’s command or otherwise). These foes are more powerful than the characters, who might defeat the majority of the attackers before being overwhelmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
had risen again, becoming an evil god of secrets and magic on Oerth. Vecna’s defeat of Kas grates on the warlord’s ego. Kas aches to annihilate Vecna. Meanwhile, Vecna has been building his power, though the lich yearns to finally destroy his former lieutenant.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
purple-red stone its forehead. The altar and floor are covered with dust. The walls of the room are decorated with paintings of the sun and moon in motion. Other images show people standing about a
magic is cast on it. Any creature that touches the octopus figure sticks to the stone, becoming grappled (escape DC 15). Once a creature is stuck, the octopus-altar starts to spin, dragging the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
one competitor Hazlik was unable to defeat: the Red Wizard Indreficus. Hazlik gradually came to fixate on Indreficus as his true rival. Indreficus shared Hazlik’s genius and arrogance, and they spent
lands into a realm that knew nothing of magic. He had changed, becoming covered in golden tattoos evocative of symbols that meant “traitor” in his homeland. Undaunted, Hazlik claimed the title of zulkir and dubbed his new world Hazlan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
A Titanic Problem Among the endless celebrations ongoing throughout the gate-town, the scion of a god is nursing a crushing defeat and is on the verge of making it everyone’s problem. As the
defeat by her bitterest rival, her sister Alethira. The two are always trying to outdo each other as they vie for their parents’ approval. They are usually well matched, but this time Alethira humiliated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
turned on the others, killing noble Siberys and scattering the pieces of his body. Eberron fought Khyber, but couldn’t defeat the dark wyrm. And so Eberron wound Khyber in her coils and transformed
, becoming a living prison that could forever hold the darkness within. And this is the foundation of our reality. Eberron is the Dragon Between, the world on which we stand. Khyber is the Dragon Below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the remains of the Consortium of Three, the Netherese wizards who were loyal to Prince Hamukai. After establishing the refuge at Haruun, they honed their magic and vowed to return to Azumar to defeat
Zikzokrishka. When they did, they discovered to their horror that Zikzokrishka had transformed into a dracolich, becoming even more powerful. They were defeated, transformed into flameskulls by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
settlement they visited. This might occur minutes, days, or even years after the characters’ defeat. They’re then free to reattempt challenges, though the threats have likely recovered. Returned but
insights about a character’s past. At your discretion, a character might change their incarnations, effectively becoming a new character. Work to tie such changes into meaningful character developments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
friends safe. If the characters defeat the minotaurs and move deeper into the Labyrinth, Gash can accompany them as a follower and guide, giving the characters advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to avoid becoming lost in the Labyrinth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
images of soaring dragons is embedded in the middle of the north wall, atop a 3-foot-high red marble dais. Carved into the wall above the arch are the following words in Draconic: “Only a dragon can
name to Netherskull after becoming a death tyrant. Netherskull has slain countless interlopers, none more deserving of death than a pompous human paladin named Fidelio, who wept bitter tears before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
images of violence out of my mind. 3 I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones. 4 I’m full of inspiring and cautionary tales from my military experience relevant to almost every
battlefield. To this day, I will never leave a friend behind. 3 My honor is my life. 4 I’ll never forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it. 5 Those who fight beside me
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
might defeat that villain. Something for All Player Types As outlined in the book’s introduction, players come to the gaming table with different expectations. An adventure needs to account for the
that have been made freely available for use, as well as floor plans of real-world buildings and images that can inspire your mapmaking. You can also use software to help put your maps together.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. Chief among those causes is the defeat of the servants of the archdevil Bel. An eccentric dilettante, Lynx has had her thick horns intricately carved and inlaid with sigils and figures in silver
, including multiple images of her namesake lynx. She has also lost one eye from old adventuring misfortunes, replacing it with a glass eye of hazy crystal. Several of her teeth have also been replaced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
carved with images of snarling bears with long, sharp claws.
The shrine to the trickster god Obo’laka (represented by a zorbo) contains one of nine puzzle cubes needed to enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods
who would deny him the cube. Voj takes orders from Zagmira and knows the legend of Obo’laka and I’jin. If the characters defeat him, they find some valuables on his person (see “Treasure” below) that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
common foes.
4 An adult shadow dragon and a beholder share a precarious bond, allied against an ancient sapphire dragon neither can defeat alone.
5 An adult shadow dragon is gathering a
indistinguishable from the dragon’s other grim baubles.
4 An ancient shadow dragon courts Tiamat, enacting the Dragon Queen’s every demand in hopes of gaining her affection—and becoming her first shadow dragon consort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
-forgotten empires. Greyhawk As tensions rise among warring nations, heroes plunder dungeons to gain the magic and might they need to defeat the growing forces of evil. Planescape Sigil, the City of Doors
organizations can characters join, becoming part of something larger than themselves? How Common Is Magic? Spellcasters and magic item shops might be common, rare, or practically nonexistent in your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
a defeat that leads to her removal. For now, though, the devils are fighting with a berserker fury under her charge. Zariel leads their offensives herself, and her unyielding resolve coupled with the
and her court prefer to be left alone. She appears disinterested in becoming involved in the Blood War.
Tiamat’s presence in Avernus has confounded sages for years. As with devils, she is unable to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Hostile toward all who approach. As an Influence action, a character can try to convince Armin that the characters are strong enough to defeat Sunset-Is-Nigh. The character makes a DC 13 Charisma
, ghostly images of dead elf warriors wielding tall spears appear, fading in and out of existence, some uttering cryptic warnings in Common and Elvish. Foremost among the images is Ethvarn, an androgynous
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Machine of Lum the Mad. Yet with Lum’s eventual defeat, his great machine was destroyed.
The Infernal Machine is a delicate, intricate, bulky, and heavy device, weighing some 5,500 pounds. It can
(your choice).
The cure wounds spell restores no hit points for you.
13
You have an innate sense of direction. You automatically succeed on ability checks made to avoid becoming lost.
Whenever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
square room, its walls, floor, and ceiling made of glowing crystal set with images of unblinking eyes. A crystal door stands closed, but you can just make out the long corridor beyond it, and a lone
cover this area and hang as freestanding walls inside it show a super-realistic reflection of everything in the room, including the other mirrors—quickly creating a confusing cascade of images. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
the mountains to the southeast. The gnomes of Gnomengarde are known for their magical inventions, and they might have something with which to defeat the dragon. Get whatever you can from them. If you
Hill Quest. “The local midwife — an acolyte of Chauntea named Adabra Gwynn — lives by herself in a stone windmill on the side of a hill a few miles south of Phandalin. With dragon sightings becoming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the manner in which our fellow mages suffer at the hands of the matron mothers and mistresses of the drow. Gromph has always hungered for power, and not even becoming Archmage of Menzoberranzan was
defeat the demon lords — but he needs the adventurers’ help to make it happen (see “Vizeran’s Plan”). Vizeran is willing to negotiate other reasonable agreements, including tutoring wizards and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
other prisoners to a terrifying castle in the mountains. She helps the characters defeat Caradoc if the spirit is present, but she wants nothing more than to return home to Kalaman. S23: Mourning Sanctum
of Sargonnas or a character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the images on the walls represent the god Sargonnas. Lord Soth glimpses his past betrayals in the Mirror